An Aside: On the Controversies Surrounding This Book's Plot (Revised)

Ahem. This chapter wasn't part of the main story; it was mainly to respond to a few recurring paragraph comments.

One was about the beginning, where the protagonist died in such a pathetic way. There were plenty of ways he could have died—for example, heroically saving someone, or getting run over by some dump truck god who said, "I thought it was a speed bump," and "We're all working very hard."

Or a meteor could have fallen from the sky and hit him on the head, or he could have held an umbrella on a rainy day and gotten struck by lightning.

But... those ways of dying were all too common, weren't they? That was why so many transmigration novels these days didn't like explaining how the protagonist transmigrated. At most, they gave a vague summary.

There was actually a basis for writing that kind of death at the beginning: the CD Subway Framing Incident. After more than six hundred days of defending his rights, the male lead lost both his job and his girlfriend.

I didn't know whether everyone had seen Search, starring the goddess Gao Yuanyuan. It was also a film about online violence.

Yes, indeed, undeniably, the protagonist's death at the beginning was extremely humiliating. He was so enraged that he didn't even dare activate Samurai Duel before dropping dead on the spot.

Then he got tied up in a cave with Tony, muttered to himself, and did all sorts of unreasonable things. People said all kinds of things, and some even escalated it into personal attacks.

Sigh, unfortunately, I graduated from the War Academy, not from Zaun.

But regarding the protagonist's death, I didn't even write that much about it—around two hundred words or so—yet so many people cursed him as a "coward," "trash," and so on.

I was completely baffled. Hiss... did no one see the line at the beginning telling them to turn off their brains while reading, or did I not write it?

I just wanted to write a different kind of death. If you didn't like it, you could just skip it. There was no need to curse people, right?

But now I've revised it and simply introduced it instead. After all, when I woke up, I was honestly so furious I could barely breathe. Cursing the author was one thing, but why drag the author's mother into it? Or did the people cursing not have mothers?

Later, I thought about it. The internet was just like that—no matter what you wrote, someone would criticize it. Better to keep it simple. What did social issues have to do with me? I'd better not poke the T0s' nest.

That opening plot originally had a purpose later on, but because of that beginning, even my family got cursed at. It really wasn't worth it, especially since my family knew I was writing a book and sometimes took a look to support me. I really didn't want them to feel uncomfortable because of me.

Then there was the part where Mephisto was controlled by Madara. There were also many comments saying the power scaling had collapsed, so let me explain. There was foreshadowing here. Madara was very strong, and Six Paths Madara's strength could not be underestimated, but he was still no match for Diablo.

In the earlier plot, Ancient One had told the protagonist that his appearance had drawn the attention of many Dimensional Demon Gods. They weren't only interested in the protagonist himself, but also in all of his summons, including but not limited to them.

Think about it: if a Dimensional Demon God controlled the protagonist, then whenever he summoned someone like Diablo, combined with the imprint of the cheat, the Dimensional Demon God would essentially have an infinite-energy level-up machine.

That was why Mephisto appeared. He appeared to prevent Diablo from protecting the protagonist. After all, Seven-in-One Diablo was truly powerful. Even if the protagonist hadn't developed all of his power, Mephisto alone couldn't deal with him.

So why did Mephisto fall for it? Or did he deliberately fall for it? Readers who saw Diablo's serious injuries already knew the answer.

But some readers couldn't wait until they got to the later chapters before they started cursing wildly. What was even more amusing was that some people sent gifts along with messages insulting me. I honestly didn't know whether to thank them or get angry. After all... the insults were pretty filthy.

In this book, Tony and the protagonist were like two big kids. They pranked each other and found amusement at each other's expense, but when it came to major matters of right and wrong, both of them retained a sense of justice.

So, their conversations always had a somewhat theatrical tone—exaggerated and mischievous.

Regarding that, I hope you readers can let me indulge myself just once and let the two protagonists under my pen remain that way.

That's all. The update requests have already reached 400... It's 23:55... This is terrifying. I previously promised that every 50 update requests would mean an extra 5,000-word chapter. Four hundred means eight chapters, plus the three chapters from the verification-period day.

Good heavens, eleven chapters? Fifty-five thousand words? I really can't help swearing. What was this? Was I supposed to grind out an entire new novel in one day?

Sigh, but a flag that had been raised had to be fulfilled. The usual three chapters would still be released at the usual time, between noon and one o'clock.

What I owe you all, I'll write chapter by chapter and release chapter by chapter.

I really don't have any saved drafts. I'm genuinely writing them as I go!