After a long day at work, Li Zi came home exhausted. She made herself a luxurious instant-noodle dinner, then pulled out her phone, ready to enjoy her spiritual sustenance while eating.
After refreshing again and again, Li Zi found what she was looking for: a Naruto harem novel!
Days as the Beloved of the Shinobi World. What a wonderful title! It covered the period from Kaguya to Naruto. She checked the details carefully: it was a reverse harem romance. Li Zi was thrilled. Then she saw that it was complete at 1.56 million words, and she was even happier.
With that joy and anticipation, she polished off her noodles in two or three bites, afraid they'd spoil her reading pleasure.
Ten minutes later...
Li Zi was down for the count, dead from poison. Her final words were: "My eyes, my brain..."
She never imagined that in just ten minutes, the author would use their incredible writing skills to create the following characters:
The domineering clan head, Uchiha Madara: "Become my woman. You'll be the wife of the Uchiha clan head, and everything I own will be yours!"
The lovesick village leader, Senju Hashirama: "The peace of Konoha is nothing compared to your love. If I could, I'd abandon everything and be with you..."
Senju Tobirama, who invents things for love: "I love you. Let me develop a forbidden technique just for you."
Uchiha Izuna, who loves his brother but loves the people his brother loves even more: "My brother likes you, and I like you too. We could start a whole new family together."
And plenty of other guests haven't appeared yet.
It dealt tons of damage to her, so much that she couldn't forget it even in her sleep.
"Hey there, would you be interested in a job?" In her dream, a glowing orb produced a book titled Days as the Beloved of the Shinobi World and explained to Li Zi, "Hey there, if you finish this story's plot and sign a contract with our company, you'll get a huge bonus. What a great deal!"
Li Zi thought of that novel, so out of character that even the author wouldn't recognize it, and balked. "I'm not right for this. You..."
"Hey there, this is our company's first time offering this kind of job, so we're not very familiar with your currency. How about this as your pay?" The orb added a word after the word count: billion.
1.56 million plus a billion?
Well, in that case, Li Zi immediately changed her tune and started groveling. Even in a dream, she wanted to get rich. "You have such a good eye. I was born for this job."
"That's great! We're a legitimate company, so your pay will be calculated based entirely on how much of the job you complete. We'll also give you gifts and bonuses on holidays! Since you're not from our local area, we'll adjust the holidays to match the ones you celebrate!" Li Zi's brain, softened by the benefits, obediently signed the contract.
"By the way, I'm your work assistant, 007. Contact me anytime if you need anything!"
That was the final scene of the dream. When she woke, Li Zi was still reluctant to let it go, thinking how wonderful it would be if it were real.
...So it really was real.
First draft of the blurb. I'll polish it later, but the overall plot won't change.
Theme: Being out of character is fun until you transmigrate into the story and pay the price
