At first, I only planned to spend two chapters quickly glossing over it. I never expected the first two chapters to receive such positive feedback.
A reader in the group also supported writing more of it.
So I tried continuing it, and I never expected the response to be so good—good enough to surprise me.
This response wasn't just in the comments; it was the most direct feedback from the backend data.
Let me make a comparison.
Before this, when I was writing the Black Clover World arc, daily new subscriptions were around 3,000.
But after I started writing the screening arc, can you guess how high they went?
4,000–6,000+!
The follow-up reading data also skyrocketed from 400–500 to 1,300!
And that was on top of the two Alliance Leaders who appeared before and after.
What author could refuse that kind of improvement in results?
You can check all of the above data in the group.
So I decided to write out this entire screening arc from beginning to end.
Some readers did voice objections during this time, saying it was padded and not enjoyable.
But as an author, I can only use data and results as my standards for judgment.
After all, I write novels to make a living. Naturally, I'll try to write what most people like.
I wasn't deliberately padding it out. I skipped over a lot of content.
If you think it wasn't written well, then that was simply because my ability wasn't enough. It was my first time writing this kind of screening arc.
Fortunately, it's already finished. It came to 29 chapters in total—not a small number, but not too many either, especially since all of them were extra chapters.
Well, I have to thank the Alliance Leaders for that.
That's all I wanted