What's up everyone, very long ti no see.
This is a very abrupt ending to the volu, but I wanted to start fresh coming back to this novel. The last few chapters of the last volu were not my usual quality, and the characterisation was all over the place. I'm at the point where I don't even know how to fix it, so I'm just going to basically reset things sowhat with this new volu.
Now, so of you might be wondering why I was gone for so long (or at least I hope ;-;), so I feel like I should give so sort of coherent explanation.
When I first started this book, I was in 10th grade (I know, I'm basically an egg). At that ti, I didn't have much going on, so it was pretty easy to grind out chapters. When I first started posting (I started on Royal Road), I was posting 3 chapters a day (like a psychopath). It was fine since I would spend all day in the library just writing and writing and writing.
I never really struggled at school, so there was never any pressure for to do howork etc. That was the case for quite a while until a few months ago. 12th grade started, and things were heating up. Australia has quite a competitive ranking system which ans now I was finally facing people who were similar strength to .
As such, I've had to split my focus. I was basically studying 24/7, and there was just no ti for to fit in writing. Around that ti, I was also juggling several other books (for monetary reasons), which made it even harder for to commit to sothing. There was just no way that I was going to balance all of that, so what happened was that I basically just fell apart, lol.
I started and stopped a few more books in the anti during this break. None of them did that well, and I ended up just losing motivation.
Fast forward a little while. I'm still going decently at school, so I can finally invest so ti in writing ( a few failed business ventures, which is a separate story). I decided to co back to this book since I noticed that it still has a decent reader base.
I actually really like this book, and I think it's one of my best works. However, the latest few chapters, which I wrote during my hard tis really diminished the quality. Webnovel also doesn't allow for chapter deletion so I've just had to deal with it. I've gone back and edited them, but it's still iffy, you'll have to read them with a pinch of salt and ignore the characterisation problems.
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I'll definitely bring the quality back up with this new volu. The upload rate will much slower than before, but at least it won't be zero.
As for the future of the story, I'll be developing the nature vs nurture plot significantly harder in the coming volus. The school will begin creating harsher punishnts but also bringing in more students, as Kurosawa Hayao tries to find people who are smarter than Tachibana Kohei's Outcos.
Talking about Outcos, there'll be lots more coming into the school. These Outcos will be the ones who survived the Incident that Ruined the Outcos, aning they're incredibly smart, even surpassing Hasegawa Mio.
We might even be introduced to the Girl From All Those Years Ago...
Next volu, we'll get more special exams, more expulsions and more violence.
In the next special exam, conflict will ensue between Hasegawa Mio and Mizuhara Sayaka. In the chaos, both sides begin to show their vulnerabilities, and we learn what Hasegawa-san's mission is, the mission that has guided her for so long. We also find out why Sayaka holds a deep grudge against Mio.
Turns out, it wasn't the first ti they t.
"Do you still intend to hide behind all those people? You're just a coward, Mizuhara Sayaka-san."
"That's tough coming from you. You know, I've known your mission this entire ti, Mio-chan."
"Even if you do, there's nothing you can do about it."
For the first ti, Mizuhara Sayaka trembled.
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Outside the school, a sector of the governnt provides funding for the re-establishnt of the Ideal Human Project, trying to bury all the evidence from the Incident that Ruined the Outcos.
In complete secrecy, they run the project again. This ti, they were given more resource than ever before. They create lots of talented children, but no one like Mizuhara Ayato.
It makes them wonder whether sothing like that was possible to replicate ever again.
Kurosawa Hayao is seen talking to them.
Whilst he seems like the absolute power at National High School, there are still people above him. One person, to be exact.
Tachibana Kohei's legacy will forever live on.
Or will it?
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Anyways that's enough about the next volu. I just wanted to thank you all for sticking along with even after my long breaks. It's honestly amazing that so many people care about what I write and the story of Mizuhara Ayato.
On a separate note, I've been looking at so artists to see if I want to commission so art. I guess it'll all depend on whether or not Webnovel wants to promote . If so, I'll commission a high-quality cover (because I'll have to) and then we can see what the characters actually look like.
As for the length of this story, I briefly stated it before, but I've wanted to keep this novel up for the length of my childhood. It's a moir of all the experiences I've gone through and a vivid reminder that I'll leave so sort of imprint on this world, however small.
Don't worry, it'll be a while till the official end of this story. Even the initial 500 chapter guess was probably an understatent. Once exams finish for good, I'll be able to commit basically all fo my ti to writing this. Just like the beginning.
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Also, just a little spoiler for far (10-15 volus, maybe even more) into the future. I've planned out the ending and even the title of the final chapter.
—I'll et You After the End of the World
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From the perspective of Mizuhara Ayato.
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