On August 31, 1961, there was one day to go, and it was time for the school year to start.

Catherine came to school early.

As soon as she returned to her bedroom, she saw several of her friends gathered around the table, and Jenny was holding a book, counting something.

"Lily, you dealt 17 damage to the troll, and now the troll has 33 health."

Are they actually playing their own war chess?

"Look, our magical girl, Miss Catherine, has arrived~"

Lily laughed and threw herself on Catherine.

"Forget it, Lily."

Catherine looked tired.

"Kate, are you coming too?" Lily invited.

"No need."

Now that the war games are not on the market, what they are playing is the full version that they gave them - of course, this is the public version.

The rules of the mass version are relatively simple, not too strict but definitely interesting. The Pro version, on the other hand, is more suitable for gaming enthusiasts and lovers of tabletop role-playing games.

"Ada, your father...... Belch...... How's it going? ”

"It's all right, Jenny got a psychiatrist for my dad, and it's much better than that quack...... Oh, Jenny, thank you so much...... I don't know what to do without you......"

Ada said, looking at Jenny with affectionate eyes.

"My mom is also a doctor, and the so-called anterior lobotomy is actually just the interests of the doctors, who never think about their problems from the perspective of patients, just think about their reputation or make their work more convenient. Besides, I didn't really do anything. ”

"It's okay."

Catherine said, and threw herself on her bed.

"What's wrong, Kate?"

Lily asked with concern.

Although her war chess was taken seriously, Catherine couldn't laugh at all.

The reason is also very simple.

- Because she was rejected!

"I was rejected."

"What?"

Lily didn't think she was quite clear.

"I've been rejected!"

Catherine was rolling on the bed, and she was depressed. Originally, she thought that she was already a "successful person", but she didn't expect that she would encounter such a thing!

"What's going on?"

Catherine took the bound manuscript from her backpack and handed it to Lily.

The title of the book is "Fallout".

This novel, Catherine's "vest", in other words, she is written under a pseudonym.

His pen name is "Black Island Man".

The story is that in the year 2077, there is a nuclear war in the world, and before that, the war between China and the United States is the cause of this event - Catherine has changed China to the Soviet Union due to the needs of the times. The protagonist is a resident of Underground Vault 13 in Southern California, and in 2161, the leader decides to send the protagonist out to find a new chip to save the village due to a broken computer chip in the water purification system. At the end of the story, when the protagonist struggles to find chips from other villages to save his shelter, the residents trust the protagonist and banish him from the shelter for good.

And the name of the protagonist of the story is Bruce Edson, who is his cheap daddy.

In its original history, Fallout was supposed to be a computer game, but the story is a classic.

Catherine remembers that the first time she played the game, it was the third installment of Fallout.

Inside, in the Tepenny Mansion, there is a task for her to choose whether or not to convince the residents to agree to let a group of zombies move in, in this game, zombies are mutated humans who still retain their intelligence and live with people, but are discriminated against.

Most of the inhabitants have no aversion to zombies, and finally Catherine gets everyone to agree, and the zombies come in.

Catherine thought the task was accomplished.

But when Catherine returned to the area, she found that all the inhabitants had been slaughtered by these zombies, and their bodies had been placed in the basement.

Playing this game was the first time Catherine had experienced the feeling of doing bad things with good intentions.

Of course, because the original Fallout was only a game, Catherine had a major operation on Fallout.

One of the characteristics of this story is that it has a rich side plot, and Catherine connects all the plots of these stories to form a complete story. ,

After all, after writing "Harry Potter", Catherine is already familiar with it, and this is not difficult to solve.

"Fallout", whether it is the plot or the pattern of the world, is slightly better than "Harry Potter", and Catherine is very confident.

But......

She was rejected!

No one else knows, but Catherine knows that next year will be the height of the Cold War.

Especially after the outbreak of the Cuban crisis, the confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union reached a peak.

If your reasoning is correct, "Fallout", which describes the world after the nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union, will definitely be welcomed!

Not only that, Catherine even thought about the Vietnam War. In two years at most, an anti-war wave will break out in the United States, and the book "Fallout" is also just right for this theme.

Of course, another reason why the Fallout series is successful is that it is dated to the 90s, while Fallout is in the style of the 50s.

But Catherine now does the opposite, turning the tone of the radiant original into a postmodern feel - the exact opposite of the original.

Right now, people are most talked-about about the future, technology, and so on.

This is especially true when Gagarin goes into outer space.

Surveys have shown that the United States was the most rapidly developing in science and technology during that period.

At that time, when Americans who admired freedom and democracy found themselves outnumbered by the Soviet Union in terms of technology, there was a national craze -- ironically, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, more than half of Americans lost their enthusiasm for democracy and freedom.

In any case, Catherine can be said to have high hopes for her book.

But...... Not everyone has Catherine's vision.

"Your novel is excellent, but we regret to tell you that your novel is not in line with the purpose of our paper book publishing house......"

Your purpose is profit!

Or rather...... Don't want to step on the red lines of the Cold War?

Hey! Who is this person!!

Isn't it fashionable to talk about the Cold War these days? How can there be such people?

The more Catherine thought about it, the more angry she felt.

"In fact, I think the novel is very well written, or at least looks good."

Lily shrugged.

"But it's not suitable for girls."

Jenny added.

"Ugh."

Catherine sighed, but she didn't want to throw her novel away, after all, it was a painstaking effort.

And no one knows the future better than she does.

Changing publishers?

Will other publishers publish?

Is this going to be the way to issue it yourself?

……

In other words, it seems that most of them like poor milk......

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