Society fears that young people don’t want to be literary godfathers

It is precisely because of this that Miki Yima, who recently founded the StraightEdge library and is busy with internal construction, is now seriously searching for new talents worth exploring on the Internet of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and is preparing to select those worth cultivating. Miaozi quickly recruited him before several major libraries, so that he could add competitiveness to his own library.

Of course, that's what I thought, but the difficulty of finding high-quality novels on the vast Internet may be a bit difficult.

"...The recent light novels seem to be getting worse and worse."

As a veteran who has been in the industry for decades and has witnessed countless storms, Kazuma Miki has indeed gradually discovered that the current light novel market is becoming more and more abstract, and certain content that has been badly written by Chinese online articles has also appeared frequently. In front of my own eyes, it was indeed a bit of a throwback to my ancestors——

This kind of novel, which can only be used to fill the library, is not in Miki Kazuma's sight.

Just leave the mediocre works that fill the library to others... As a well-known editor in the light novel industry, Kazuma Miki, who has been in the industry for decades, of course still hopes that he can discover some that have market potential and are a bit ruthless. Living works.

And soon.

He then saw a different world novel called "RE0" from a small website.

"........Um?"

Seeing this unremarkable title, I always feel that Miki Kazuma's expression becomes a little complicated.

.....Is this another mediocre business alien world?

He patted his head gently, still holding the coffee, and the middle-aged man frowned slightly.

The title is not long enough and the content is unclear... No matter what angle you look at this kind of work, it is not attractive at all.

As a famous contemporary editor, Kazuma Miki is probably the one who cares most about the appeal of light novels.

Even if we want to trace the origin, the rise of the earliest long light novel title trend is also due to the "contribution" of Sanmu and Yima.

He was responsible for the novel "How could my sister be so cute!" ten years ago. ", can be said to be one of the light novels with the most words and the most attractive title at that time - the subsequent work "My Sister" became a hit, which attracted another wave of attention in the industry to the original light novel, and it was in a highly competitive library. In this light novel market, Japanese editors and authors have even come to a conclusion: Our works did not sell well before, most likely because the titles were not attractive enough!

As a result, the arms race regarding light novel titles began. After ten years of evolution, today's light novels are eager to have their titles break through the sky, throw out all the selling points in one go, and attract all the attention... .....So much so that when Miki Kazuma clicks on the web to read online articles, he can clearly see a phenomenon: even if it is toilet paper or excellent works, most of the light novel titles are It is extremely long and full of selling points and attractive elements of the work.

"...So, why does this novel have such a simple title?"

Looking at the mysterious novel called "RE0", which gave off a sense of ambiguity just by looking at the title, Editor Miki frowned slightly, and his rating for this light novel had slowly begun to decline.

According to common sense, Miki Kazuma may not continue to click on this work that kills people at a glance, so as to understand the mystery of it.

But...perhaps because he felt that such unique works were too rare, out of curiosity, the man finally focused on this mysterious novel about another world.

It's okay if you don't look at it, but you'll be shocked when you look at it.

Miki Kazuma, who originally thought this was just a common defense essay, had a very obvious change in his expression after reading it briefly.

With the weird name "RE0", the first volume of the light novel has been completed, but it is far more interesting than he originally expected:

(A high school student walking out of a convenience store and going home: Subaru Natsuki was suddenly summoned to a different world.

Could this be the very popular summoning from another world? ?But even if there is no summoner in sight, he encounters robbers and quickly faces a life-threatening crisis.

At this time, a mysterious silver-haired beautiful girl and a cat elf rescued him, who was helpless.

In the name of repaying his kindness, Subaru volunteered to help the girl find something.

However, after finally finding the clues, Subaru and the girl were attacked and killed by unknown persons──it should have happened like this, but when he came back to his senses, Subaru found himself in the place where he was first summoned to this different world. Location.

"Death Return" - The only ability the powerless boy has is to turn back time to the beginning after death.

Overcome countless despairs and save the girl from the fate of death! )

".......Um?"

Seeing this somewhat special rewind ability, Miki Kazuma, who is quite keen on light novels, couldn't help but change his expression slightly.

It's interesting... Although I still don't know what the three characters in the title are, but at least the protagonist's abilities are very interesting.

"...So, is this some kind of alternative cool post?"

Gently holding his chin, Miki Kazuma silently began to guess in his mind

And it was with this thought in mind that the man began to cheer up and read the content carefully.

The novel signed "RE0" begins with a young man in sportswear going out for shopping and accidentally traveling to a bad street in a different world.

And after a hundred or two hundred words of pre-travel description, a young man in sportswear: Natsuki Subaru appeared in front of the apple stand.

After taking inventory of his equipment (a set of sportswear, a bag of cornballs, a box of instant noodles, and a flip phone) and chatting with the uncle selling apples to get information, I traveled to this bizarre and bizarre world, feeling extremely confused. After Natsuki Subaru was tired from shopping, he sorted out his thoughts in an alley——

"It's very cliché, but the writing is okay..."

Miki Kazuma patiently flipped through this light novel, and couldn't help but whisper like this——

Although the title of the book is somewhat unflattering, and I don’t know what it means, and it is indeed quite contrary to the market, but judging from the writing style and the initial impression, at least the author’s basic skills are relatively stable, and he is comparable to ordinary newcomers. It still has an advantage.

.....So, when will the male protagonist appear in front of others?

Miki Kazuma, who still feels that Natsuki Subaru may be one of the Dragon Aotians from another world, made his biggest misjudgment of this novel.

........But soon, the slaps in the face started.

It was also when Miki Kazuma almost subconsciously believed that the male protagonist should be like a normal RPG game, find an NPC to take on tasks, fight monsters, upgrade, enter the cycle of life and death, and finally clear the world copy to become Long Aotian with a slightly bitter temperament. The plot of "Zero - Starting Life in Another World" suddenly took a turn for the worse.

Turning to the novel content on the next page, Mr. Natsuki Subaru, who was identified by Kazuma Miki as Long Aotian from another world, was entangled by gangsters and was in danger.

Fortunately, the beautiful silver-haired girl and the elf Parker appeared out of nowhere and defeated the gangster in three strokes, five divisions and two, and then rescued the besieged 486.

"......?"

Some of them were confused about the situation, and they always felt that the plot of Long Aotian that they fantasized about did not appear. Miki and Kazuma's expression changed slightly, and the sliding speed of the mouse wheel also became slower.

..........

Because of this encounter, 486 fell in love with the girl at first sight, and then followed the beautiful girl.

As they got along, the distance between the two became closer and closer, and the half-elf girl also told 486 her real name: Satila with a complicated expression.

Natsuki Subaru, who didn't know what the name actually meant, nodded, indicating that he understood, which made the girl a little stunned - but looking at such an eager boy, the half-elf girl who called herself "Satila" He couldn't help but chuckle twice, and then he became more and more dependent on the young man in front of him.

Knowing that the beautiful girl was looking for the stolen badge, 486 volunteered to help her and accompanied the girl who called herself Satira for a day.

In the evening, several people came to the place where the stolen goods were sold by the little thief Felut. Seeing that it was dark, 486 asked the girl to wait outside the house, and went in first to take a look——

As a result, he sent it.

As soon as he entered the house, 486 saw Mr. Rom who died suddenly.

Before he could realize what was happening, the murderer's voice came from behind the young man at this moment.

He didn't even realize what happened, and he didn't wait for 486 to turn around and see what the murderer's face looked like.

A cold light flashed, and the confused 486 was also killed with a knife and fell to the ground.

At this time, Emilia, who heard the sound of fighting and tearing of flesh, also hurriedly walked in - and as soon as she turned around, she was completely killed and fell beside Natsuki Subaru in the moonlight.

"....?!!"

Seeing Emilia die with him so mysteriously, Natsuki Subaru almost collapsed.

"wait for me......."

Although his hands and feet were cold, the boy still tried hard to hold the girl's hand:

"I will definitely save you..."

The boy held the girl's hand tightly.

The body gradually became colder, and the consciousness gradually became blurred... The boy who had traveled to another world without any reason died completely.

?

There was no time to react.

In just the blink of an eye, the night turns back to day.

The young man in sportswear returned to the apple stand with a confused look on his face——

"Brother, do you want an apple?"

"........"

.....The young man stood in front of the apple stall in a daze, his pupils shaking.

At this point, the plot of the first stage of "re0" comes to an end at this moment.

..

And the moment I saw this.

Miki Kazuma's expression has changed considerably.

ければなんでもあり (As long as it is interesting, nothing is a problem), this is the founding philosophy of Dengeki Bunko, and it is also the motto of this former Dengeki Bunko editor who is well-known in the light novel circle.

For a long time, Miki Kazuma has not seen enough works that are eye-catching. He even pessimistically believes that the entire market may be dead and there will no longer be any so-called outstanding works in the past two or three years. in front of -

However...the light novel full of characteristics in front of him gave him a different taste.

".......interesting."

In the end, after murmuring like this, the man's mentality towards this strange light novel also changed considerably.

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111. Is this light novel writer really not mentally ill? Seven thousand

The opening chapter of "RE0" is indeed clear. Whether it is the writing style or the attractiveness of the plot, it is indeed several levels better than the mainstream alternative world toilet paper in the market——

It's really a good light novel...except for the title, which is too inconspicuous.

Looking at this anti-convention light novel, which the male protagonist sent away not long after the beginning, Kazuma Miki's curiosity was completely aroused.

For a whole year, he has not seen such a realistic and high-quality novel about another world... Although he doesn't know if this guy with the mermaid ID is someone wearing armor. The big guys in the industry just posted it for fun, but the interlocking plot and the golden finger setting of the rewind are really eye-catching. Therefore, I have always been very sensitive to interesting light novels, and I have already had an insight into the light novel market. Editor Miki, who was in urgent need of an excellent work to fill his library, also became very energetic at this moment and began to carefully read the light novel in front of him that made him curious.

Continuation of the book: At the beginning of the game, when the male and female protagonists are having lunch, and the male protagonist is holding the hand of the half-elf girl with long silver-colored hair while muttering "I must save you," the protagonist Natsuki Subaru of "RE0" is also triggered. I picked up the golden finger and stood in front of the apple stand again.

"........"

Facing this incredibly abstract scene, 486's expression was quite dull, and he even subconsciously felt that he was in heaven.

However, when his consciousness completely recovered, Natsuki Subaru realized that he was not in heaven, but actually stepping on the hot soil of another world...

As before, Natsuki Subaru was once again driven away by the owner of the apple stand, and his mood was quite complicated.

.....It was clearly night one second ago, but in the blink of an eye it turned into day?what on earth is it?

After checking his body, he found that the wounds left by the murderer were gone - everything was so strange, as if the previous attack had never happened!

And it was at the moment when Natsuki Subaru was thinking about this that he suddenly remembered that the half-elf girl with long silver hair was also attacked by a murderer at night——

Out of worry, Natsuki Subaru immediately set off, wanting to run back to save the silver-haired half-elf girl.

However, after passing through that fateful path, Natsuki Subaru once again encountered those familiar gangsters.

"...Do you want to take revenge?"

Natsuki Subaru's expression was quite nervous, and he thought his enemies would be particularly jealous when they met - but to his surprise, the three gangsters said they didn't know him at all, and in turn, they wanted to blackmail Natsuki Subaru.

After all, he had suffered a loss once, and Natsuki Subaru learned a lesson this time - before these gangsters could finish their words, he kept all the valuable things on his body, but it was a pity that the last few gangsters Still not grateful, Natsuki Subaru had no choice but to give the three boys a good beating and then walked away.

"......?"

Seeing Natsuki Subaru's tough character, Miki Kazuma's expression was somewhat unexpected.

.....I thought the protagonist would be a calm and calm type, but he turned out to be such a reckless man?

"...it does look a bit juvenile."

After flipping through the original novel and seeing the moment when Subaru Natsuki walked back to the place where the incident occurred, Editor Miki couldn't help but lift his glasses, and his mind was flooded with thoughts.

It's really reckless...Although his courage is commendable, if he continues like this, the young man in front of him will probably kick the iron plate.

"...After all, the special ability he possesses is the return of death full of malice."

He was talking to himself with a complicated expression, thinking about the dark and dark endings and the plot of the underworld that the horror light novel writer signed as "Mermaid" might write. Miki Kazuma couldn't help but swallow a gulp of saliva and continue. Put your attention back into the novel.

Returning to the world of "re0" for a moment, Natsuki Subaru returned to the crime scene after a long journey.

Although he was quite panicked, out of some courage and enthusiasm, the young man finally knocked on the door——

And before Natsuki Subaru could knock for long, a big man opened the door directly.

Natsuki Subaru was stunned when he saw the big man opening the door for him.

This big guy named Mr. Rom obviously had lunch just yesterday!Why are you standing in front of yourself now? !