BXBX NOVEL Chapter 21 - Illustrator Phase 2
Chapter 21: Illustrator Phase 2
Sakura was a standard loli. She was also the OG of the cute world. She was well known enough that if Meng Fan drew her, the netizens wouldn’t think it was weird, or too different from the previous day’s spectacle.
“Maybe because it’s loli specialty today, yeah that’s probably why.”
“Jesus, are you guys here for the host’s hand speed or for his big follower count?”
“Yeah, this host draws so well and so fast. What more do you want?”
“That reason is true… He’s on the second one already my god… Chibi Maruko Chan are you kidding me?”
“HAHAHAHAHA. Is Maruko-chan loli enough for you?”
“666!”
“Hey, your speed is getting faster!”
“Jesus, drawing number three… Peppa pig!”
“HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”
“Hey, Mr. Host are you trying to kill me?”
“Peppa Pig is a girl?”
“Peppa Pig is a porky pink lady, of course, it’s a girl!”
“There must be a huge hole in this host’s head!”
“The fourth one is out, Chihiro.”
“Fatty, are you trying to remind yourself to not get fatter?”
“The fifth one now! Isn’t this the mascot of 8th Station, chibi butterfly?”
“Finally, a character from our country!”
“Okay, today’s rounds are all vanilla lolis. Gentlemen, you can leave!”
“Haibara Ai? I guess she counts as a standard loli!”
As Meng Fan drew the figure from “Detective Conan” on his sixth drawing, the arrogant and clever talkative girl that had also taken the same medicine as Conan, the viewers in his channel collectively sighed in relief, as if the plot had fallen back into an expected rhythm.
“This is… A witch costume?”
“This is a traditional black sailor uniform!”
“It really is Enma Ai!”
“Holy sh*t, such a classic loli all of a sudden, that rhythm change is too quick, no?!”
“Tu Shan Su Su?”
“Another Chinese anime character!”
“Tu Shan Su Su is also a classic loli, right?”
“Sailor uniform! Black stockings! Short Skirts! Proud! Small-breasted! The epitome of a loli, but what the hell is the gun in her hand for?”
“Aria! Who cares if it’s standard or not? This loli can’t be bothered!”
“Sh*t how long has it been? He already did nine!”
“Nine?”
“Nine!”
He didn’t know who had reminded everyone, but the live comments began exploding.
“Only an hour and a half!”
“Nine drawings in 90 minutes, you’re incredible!”
“On average, that’s ten minutes per drawing! Including his pause in the middle!”
“His hand speed is unbelievable!”
“Seems like he’s even faster than yesterday!”
“Maybe it’s because there aren’t voluptuous ladies to outline, so there are fewer strokes?”
“Lies, the voluptuous ladies yesterday also had less clothes to draw!”
Meng Fan added the color and rested his pen to stretch his hand. The +1 power from his running mission had improved his muscles and allowed him to draw longer. At the same time, he watched the reactions on his channel.
Presently, his channel [Today is Loli special] had 1523 viewers. That number had been achieved steadily throughout the day, all without number grabbing gifts like “center spot halo”. It was because of this that Meng Fan’s progress chart had only increased by 1900, which was a lot less than what he had gained the day before.
Of course, this meant that his stream channel could really keep an audience.
After completing the Aria drawing, Meng Fan saw his [Illustrator] progress rose to 95, meaning he was only 5 away from completing the task.
Meng Fan quickly made a decision and spoke at the same time, “I promised today I’d do around 10, so there will definitely be more than 10.”
“F**k that scared me!”
“Hahahahaha. This host randomly spoke again!”
“I like it!”
“Just asking if you guys are surprised!”
“More than 10? Don’t tell me you’re doing 11 *stink eye emoji* ”
“11 is not bad! Not like you are new to art streams. Don’t start with eleven at once, even doing one sketch in one sitting is hard enough to watch!”
“The 11th drawing is done. Victorique from ‘GOSICK’!”
“Vicky bun! I like it!”
“Congrats to this host. Can we get a goth loli?”
“Eucliwood Hellscythe! Zombie girl!”
“This pose! Did the host start driving again, he’s so fast!”
“Drawing number 12. OMG! This speed is deadly!”
“Do I see revealing lace??? This impact!”
“No, it’s not just one person!”
“There’s one sitting below her!”
“Is the first one Kuroku Shirai? Then the one under her must be her onee-san, seductive lady Mikoto Misaka!”
“The big-breasted girl is being wronged!”
“Kuroko Shirai: Protecting her Onee-san’s virginity is my duty.”
“So, Stealing her self?!!!”
“The thirteenth one… Seems like there are even more people!”
“What a generous host, five people in one drawing!”
“They’re all wearing maid costumes kek ~~~”
“Hey, you’re doing this on purpose, each one is so plump!”
“Wah ya ya, I used to be their fan but now I’m a superfan!”
…
Meng Fan saw his process bar was at 99/100, as the number of his viewers went up to 1700. He knew the harvest after today won’t be as big, especially when the studio was about to close soon. “My last drawing guys.”
As for what to draw for his last one, Meng Fan had already decided.
A petite figure, small boots, black stockings, shorts, a hooded windbreaker, big eyes, long hair… She was very, very much a lolita.
Just as Meng Fan added a blue nose, a pink hat with a cross on it and a pair of deer antlers, the live comments exploded.
Meng Fan speedily closed the stream.
The peak number of users he reached was more than 1700, with a final number of slightly over 2000. The first phase of the [Famous streamer] task was 4800/10000 completed. He was almost halfway. To Meng Fan, this was neither too fast nor too slow.
Besides, he didn’t receive that many gifts today. This time, there was no godfather who had casually funded 2.1 million gourds, but only about 400,000 gourds and silver gourds accounted for a large portion of the gifts. If he converted it into real money, it was about 130 HXB. However, it was already impressive to make that much in two hours. It was much better than working at a restaurant as a part-timer.
Of course, the most important thing was completing the tasks.
“Beep! You’ve completed 100 drawings, finishing [Illustrator] Task phase 2. Reward: Points +100, drawing skill +2, creativity +1.”
The voice appeared in his head as soon as he finished drawing the chibi version Chopper. For him, it was like the sound of nature, clear and beautiful.
With these 100 points, his total collection had gone up to 122.
Meng Fan’s existing painting skills were already at a 6 or 7 according to his predictions. When he finished the first illustration phase, he gained +1. And now he gained 2 more. Even if he didn’t attempt it hands-on, Meng Fan could feel his drawing skills had improved. One could even say that his understanding had taken a qualitative leap for the heavens.
From this, he could confirm that if his existing skill had been 7, a 3 point increase would put him at 10; putting him in the genius realm of the profession.
As for his creativity… Meng Fan couldn’t predict the outcome, nor did he have any way to immediately test the changes brought by the +1 attribute.
Daydream, delusion?
This proved nothing.
Perhaps once his creativity was enhanced, it would increase his chances of finding inspiration, too?
If that was true, then it would be a godlike attribute in itself!