"Saber-chan, is the manuscript ready?"

Rat Argo asked after Li wanted to open the door.

The two were located at this time in a hotel on the first floor of Al Grande, the closest town to the labyrinth area, "Torbana".

Rat Argo is a very special character in the plot of Sword Art Online, although she is a closed beta player, but she is not strong in combat. On the contrary, he has a high level of ability in intelligence work. Because of her powerful intelligence ability and the fact that her face is always painted with the same makeup as the mouse beard in the comics, she is nicknamed Mouse.

More than a month after the start of Sword Art Online, Rat Argo has become quite a well-known intelligence merchant. There was little news she didn't know.

And despite being outside, Rat Argo impresses people as a profiteer because of his pure businessman attitude and his ability to sell even his own ability points for money. However, she is one of the most responsible closed beta players, and in the shops of many towns on the level, there are consignment booklets made by her collection of information and intelligence, and they are sold for free. The booklet contains almost all the monsters and quests in the floor, information and combat techniques, and other useful things.

Recently, Argo the Mouse was working with a female gamer who called herself Saber to create an issue of the newspaper.

This female player who calls herself Saber is naturally Li Xiang. Ever since she was separated from Kirito in Crescent City, she began to explore maps and expeditions on her own, and about two weeks later, she stumbled upon Argo, a rat who was exploring the town and the wilderness.

Because he knew something about Sword Art Online, Li Xiang recognized Argo as an intelligence dealer at a glance, and deliberately made friends, and the two soon logged in to each other as friends.

From the mouse Argo and Kirito, Li Xiang learned that although the Benzi Kuniren of this world came from a world very similar to the real world he was in, he had never heard of cartoons such as Crayon Shin-chan and Doraemon, or the three major migrant manga of One Piece, Naruto, and Death.

It seems that this world is different from Li Xiang's real world.

At that moment, Li Xiang immediately saw a business opportunity.

So from that moment on, Li Xiang spent a lot of energy every day in addition to the normal game strategy, and began to write the novel Fate stay night based on the memory in his head. And convince the mouse Argo to work with her to prepare for the release of a newspaper among the gamers in the world of Ayn Grant.

For players who are trapped in the game world, life is actually very boring. Some people may think that the world itself is a game world, how can it be boring?

However, Sword Art Online is now a game of death, and what was originally an exciting and fun quest and monster fight has now become a life-threatening adventure. In terms of motivation, even for the most active players in the game world, fighting monsters and exploring for a long time is rare.

And for most players, safety comes first. As you can see, almost all players choose to team up and only hunt monsters with a lower level than themselves when farming. The process of fighting monsters is almost not as exciting and high-spirited as the original game. On the other hand, this is equivalent to treating one's hobby as a job, and naturally not feeling happy.

At the same time, in order to allow players to concentrate more on the main line of the game, SAO was designed with no other entertainment features, such as TVs, computers, mobile phones, etc. Against this backdrop, newspapers that can be run by players themselves have the opportunity to become a rare pastime for players trapped in the game. There must be a huge business opportunity in it.

Rat Argo agreed, and hit it off with Li Xiang after he came up with a draft of the novel he had written in his free time. She is responsible for deciding the news section and news section of the newspaper, and Li Xiang is in charge of the entertainment section of the serialized novel.

Recently, Li Xiang and Argo have spent a lot of energy on this matter. The cost of printing paper products in the game alone made Li Xiang spend a lot of energy hunting, doing tasks to earn game currency, and in other people's rest time, Li Xiang also spent a lot of time using the game's built-in notepad function to write hundreds of thousands of words of novel manuscripts.

On the side of the mouse Argo, not only to collect information and news, but also to explore sales channels and advertise, he is also tired and half dead.

And after nearly a month of preliminary preparations, the newspaper of the two is finally about to be completed. Today, the mouse Argo is here to collect the novel that Li Xiang has just finished.

"Speaking of which, is Saber-chan a light novel writer in reality?"

Rat Argo and Li Xiang chatted.

"Miss Argo, it's rude to ask other people for real-world information in the game, right? The content of the novel is good, so long as it is good. ”

While sorting out and editing his just-finished Fate stay night novel, Li Xiang refused to answer Argo's question head-on.

Argo was also very interested and stopped asking. shifted the conversation to the content of the novel.

"Saber-chan, you're amazing, such a wonderful novel is not something that ordinary people can write. But this heroine Saber is too similar to you, shouldn't you just write it based on yourself? ”

Out of consideration for personal interests, Li Xiang wrote Fate stay night and chose the saber line, among which the scene of the dull hair king is naturally the most. Li Xiang spent a long time polishing, and the content of the novel has also been adapted to a certain extent, once the newspaper publishes, a large number of people will definitely be attracted to the character of Saber, which can also provide great help for him to become an "idol" to collect the power of faith to complete the task. This was another important reason why he persuaded Argo to start a newspaper.

"Art comes from life, by the way, Argo, have you finished the news section?"

Li Xiang handed over the original manuscript of the novel to Argo.

"Don't worry, it's done. The headline on the front page of the first issue was the news about the SAO Layer 1 Strategy Conference, because of this news, I also received a lot of advertising money from the organizers of the conference. ”

Argo checked the manuscript in his hand and gave Li Xiang a "plan" expression.

Li Xiang: "You are really good at business, then my task today is completed, and I will trouble you next." ”

Argo: "Don't worry, in my opinion, this novel you have written is top-notch even in the real world, let alone in this lack of entertainment. As long as the first page of the newspaper is successful, we will definitely be able to make a lot of money. ”

"Alright, then I'll go first. An old friend is looking for me. I had to hurry over, I hadn't been in touch for a long time. ”

Li Xiang skillfully operated the system panel and changed into clothes for going out.

"That's right, Saber-chan, remember to give me the next novel within half a year, and there will be a new one after the book is serialized."

Li Xiang: "Don't worry, I already have the idea of a new novel." It's called Fate zero. And I think there will be other people who will contribute to you, and the entertainment section of the newspaper will definitely be very popular. As long as you pay some manuscript fees, there will be many people who will be willing to write some stories for you. I think the fiction section of the "Al Nin Grant Daily" that we founded can be called the "starting point"

Argo: "What are you talking about?" ”

In Argo's confusion, Lee wanted to show a mysterious smile.