A Novelist’s Guide for Side Characters to Survive

ChuZu,inhispreviouslife,hadbeenanovelist.Becausehestayedupallnightrushingtomeetdeadlines,hediedsuddenly.Afterdeath,heboundwiththe"SideCharacterCorrectionSystem".Thesystemproposedadeal:aslongasChuZucouldplayandcorrectthosesidecharactershatedbyreaders,hecouldbereborn.ChuZu:Changethecharactersetting,right?I’vealwaysbeengoodatthat!·Firstbook-ReaderA:【Youcanmakethevillaindumber,butdon’tdreamthatthereaderswillgetdumbertoo.Isthatsohardtounderstand?】StillReaderA:【Damn,damn,damn!Youshould’vesaidearlieritwasamastermind’splotwithinaplotwithinaplot!!GrandpaZu!I’msorry!Iwasspeakingtooloudly!!】Secondbook-ReaderB:【Enoughwiththelousydogpersona.Evenifyouemphasizefivehundredtimesthathe’sanadorablepuppy,allIseeisabootlicker,andthekindthatdoesn’tevenbark.】StillReaderB:【Wokeuptofindaninvincible,sunny,cheerfulbigpuppy—wherecanIadoptone?AhZu!IwanttoraiseAhZutoo!!】Thirdbook-ReaderC:【Istheauthor’slifesomiserablethattheyhavetowritesuchavile,loathsomecharacter?Ifyoucan’twrite,justgogetajob.】StillReaderC:【Damnit,GodZu,Ireallydeservetodie!】Fourthbook,fifthbook,sixthbook…ChuZu:So,howwasit?Myactingmightbeaverage,butmycorrectionsaredecent,right?System:…Doyouevenknowwhatasidecharacteris?Acharacterwhosepopularityexplodes—howisthatasidecharacter!!!