So apparently this book has now reached 5600+ views.
I do not know how that happened. I genuinely thought this book would stay small and quietly disappear after a few chapters because, to be honest, nothing important is even happening here. There are no epic fights, no complicated world building, no dramatic main character trying to save the universe. This is literally just a book that keeps questioning why people are still reading it. And yet somehow thousands of people looked at the title, ignored the warning, and decided this was worth their time.
What confuses me even more is the person giving Power Stones. I do not know if it is a man, a woman, or a bot that accidentally became emotionally attached to nonsense. All I know is that for a few days, someone kept giving this book Power Stones like they truly believed in its future. That is concerning because even I do not fully believe in this book's future. At first it was just a joke that accidentally became longer than expected. But now there are views, returning readers, and a mysterious stone giver silently supporting a story that barely even counts as a story.
Honestly, the silence of the readers makes everything feel stranger. There are barely any comments. No giant theories. No people screaming about hidden meanings. Just numbers increasing quietly in the background while I continue writing paragraphs that should not logically keep anyone interested for this long. It almost feels like the book is growing on its own while nobody says anything about it.
Which brings me to Bob.
There is no reason for Bob to exist. He is not the main character. He is not important. He may not even appear often. But I feel like every strange book needs at least one strange person standing somewhere in the background pretending to matter. Bob is that person. I cannot tell you what he looks like because that would accidentally create lore. I cannot tell you where he came from because that would also create lore. In fact, I am not even sure if Bob himself knows whether he is supposed to have lore or not.
Still, I feel like Bob should remain here. Not because the story needs him, but because the book feels slightly emptier without a random man named Bob existing somewhere inside it. Maybe he appears again in future chapters. Maybe he disappears for twenty chapters and randomly returns as if nothing happened. Maybe readers will eventually start making theories about him even though there is probably nothing to theorize about.
Or maybe there is... I guess that depends on whether this book continues growing or finally decides to listen to its own title and stop being read.