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  • The Unexpected Rise Before My Exit from the Entertainment Industry  by goodtea
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    NOTE: THIS IS NOT MY WORK Double Female Leads + Lighthearted Funny + Daily Life + Entertainment Industry] On the verge of her debut, she unexpectedly died. When she woke up, she had transmigrated into a first-tier female celebrity! With plenty of scandals and poor public opinion, her career was beyond saving. She thought the original owner was rich, so she might as well enjoy a lifetime of luxury. But it turned out there were only five digits left in her account... Having endured the cruelty of society in her previous life, she hadn't caught a break in this one either. Not wanting to put in effort anymore, she took a laissez-faire approach on shows, never fighting for attention. But unexpectedly, she became hugely popular!? This is purely fictional. No implications or connections are intended. Please do not overanalyze or gossip. Thank you ALL RIGHT RESERVED: 姜葱蒜
  • 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐄𝐓'𝐒 𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐄 ║ 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗨𝗟𝗟'𝗦 𝗕𝗟𝗔𝗗𝗘 by Hinod3suuu
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    ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏꜱᴛ ᴅᴀɴɢᴇʀᴏᴜꜱ ᴡᴇᴀᴘᴏɴ ᴇᴠᴇʀ ʙᴜɪʟᴛ ɪɴ ꜰᴏʀᴍᴜʟᴀ ᴏɴᴇ, ᴡᴀꜱɴ'ᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴀᴍᴇꜱ ᴀʟʀᴇᴀᴅʏ ᴡʀɪᴛᴛᴇɴ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪꜱᴛᴏʀʏ ʙᴏᴏᴋꜱ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴᴇ ᴇʀᴀꜱᴇᴅ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ɪᴛꜱ ꜰᴜᴛᴜʀᴇ? Ferrari spent years building Hendryx Huntyr for one purpose. To wear red. From a rain-soaked karting circuit in Belgium to the top step of Formula 2, every victory carried him closer to Maranello. By nineteen, he is Ferrari's Golden Prospect. A champion shaped by their academy, adored by the Tifosi, and seemingly destined for the most famous seat in motorsports. Then Ferrari chooses the Seven-time World Champion. A living legend and a chance at history too tempting to ignore. With two seats filled and neither belonging to Hendryx, he walks away... Red Bull Racing is waiting. They don't offer him promises or destiny. They offer him the most unforgiving opportunity on the grid: A difficult car. A ruthless team environment. And a garage shared directly with Max Verstappen. The Four-time World Champion has spent years turning Red Bull into his kingdom, dismantling teammates and rewriting the limits of what an elite driver can do. Hendryx isn't expected to overthrow him. At first, surviving would be enough. But Hendryx has spent his entire career learning. Learning cars. Reading rivals. Waiting for the exact moment to strike. Now the prodigy Ferrari spent years creating belongs to their greatest enemy, carrying everything Maranello taught him into a machine that refuses to be tamed. And as the 2025 season begins, Ferrari's decision stops looking like the end of one young driver's dream. It starts looking like the beginning of their biggest mistake. Because Red Bull didn't steal Ferrari's future. Ferrari left the blade lying on the table. Red Bull simply picked it up.
  • The Boy Without An Insignia (Story Draft) by celestialh0shi
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    In a world where insignias determine status, talent, and destiny, those born without one are treated as nothing. They are called Nulls. Arthur Lynwirth enters Eldoria Academy carrying no insignia, no noble background, and no interest in standing out. Quiet and detached, he spends most of his days avoiding attention, training alone, and trying to survive academy life beside his loud-mouthed best friend, Darius. But despite Arthur's efforts to remain unnoticed... people can't help but notice him. Professors grow suspicious of the knowledge he casually reveals. Students whisper about the strange pressure surrounding him. Even powerful Cresteds find themselves unsettled by him without understanding why. Because Arthur isn't normal. He knows things he shouldn't know. Moves in ways he shouldn't move. And at times, it feels as though something ancient is staring back through his eyes. As tensions between Cresteds and Nulls continue to rise, forgotten legends surrounding Luciel - a figure long buried within myth and history - slowly begin resurfacing. And the deeper Arthur is pulled into the mysteries of the world, the more dangerous his existence becomes. Especially when even the strongest people around him begin asking the same terrifying question: Who... or what... is Arthur Lynwirth? Filled with mystery, brotherhood, hidden power, comedy, emotional bonds, and ancient secrets waiting to awaken, The Boy Without an Insignia is the beginning of an epic fantasy journey about a boy the world saw as worthless... unaware that his existence may one day change the world itself.
  • Outer Reaches by lucashotle
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    New chapters every Sunday 10:00AM EST! A stowaway. A stolen ship. A galaxy that doesn't believe in hope anymore. Outer Reaches follows Liam, a reckless optimist whose refusal to accept a broken universe slowly turns survival into rebellion. As he crosses Union borders and cartel space, his belief that everyone deserves to smile begins to challenge systems built on fear, control, and exhaustion.
  • The Disaster Hollow by MildAntiseptic
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    Updates every MONDAY AND THURSDAY before 3:00 PM UTC +7 Luna has spent her whole life trying to stay invisible. That ends the moment a loud, overly confident stranger drags her into the world of Quanta-the dangerous current running through human veins. Now forced to attend Elkington Academy, a secret school that trains Quanta users, Luna is dumped into Pine Hollow, the dorm notorious for explosions, property damage, and students who treat danger like a group hobby. Worst of all, she's paired with Trey Lancaster, a reckless, infuriatingly charming powerhouse who insists he's her mentor despite being barely supervised himself. Their "simple" assignments escalate into collapsing barns, airborne bandits, illegal guild missions, and enough chaos to make a sane person run. But the deeper Luna sinks into this world, the more she realizes: Quanta isn't just a power. It's a secret people are willing to kill for. And she may be right in the center of it. Secret academy. Found family. A chaotic duo who accidentally terrorize their professors. Welcome to Pine Hollow-better known as The Disaster Hollow.
  • TMKOC Fanfiction - Tapu: From Heartbreak to Success by Mr_Bose_
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    Everyone in Gokuldham knew Tapu as the carefree leader of Tapu Sena. Sonu knew him as her childhood friend. Jethalal knew him as his mischievous but lovable son. But after college, everything changes. While his friends move ahead in life-jobs, careers, stability and eventually marriage-Tapu finds himself stuck. Rejection after rejection slowly destroys his confidence, and the one person he has loved since childhood becomes the person who makes him question his entire worth. Then, just when Tapu's life reaches its lowest point, he loses the one person who never stopped believing in him-his Dadaji, Champaklal. With only Jethalal left by his side, Tapu makes a promise. He will change his life. What follows is a five-year journey of failures, heartbreak, loneliness, sacrifice, business struggles and countless nights where giving up seems easier than moving forward. He doesn't become successful to impress Sonu. He doesn't do it to prove Bhide wrong. He does it for the father who has always believed in him. And when Tapu finally builds the life he once thought was impossible, he makes one more promise to himself: Never fall in love again.
  • Iron Will by theskyespulse
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    ⚠️NOTE: THIS IS THE CONTINUATION OF IRON WILL! IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THE FIRST PART, PLEASE DO SO YOU DON'T GET LOST ON WHATS GOING ON!!⚠️ 4 Years. 4 Years since my life went to hell. I'm KK, yes that KK. The same KK who's the daughter of a NASCAR Champion. The same KK who's the niece of a 2X NASCAR Champion. The same KK who soften NASCAR's most violated driver. The same KK who started a race car when I was only 11 months old. The same KK who won the heart of America just by an old Indianapolis interview that's from 2003. The same KK whose racing career literally started in Power Wheels Drag Racing. Yes you heard me. Power Wheels....Drag Racing. The same KK who beat the Brothers at their home track in 2012...and I won the race. The same KK who was a junior drift event in Austria with a car nicknamed The Angry Matchbox. The same KK who drag raced my father at Daytona for the win in K&N Pro Series in 2013. The same KK who won the GT class during the 2014 24HRS of Daytona at 14. The same KK that won a rally race with Kyle Busch.....yes that Kyle Busch. The same KK that still has three Chili Bowl records that are still standing to this day. The same KK who stole her father's ride in 2018. The same KK who was the youngest driver in the sports history. 18 years old. The same KK that wreaked her father in 2018 Brickyard 400. I'm that KK.... Everyone tends to forget all the records I have broken through out my life, but that doesn't matter. Instead I am famous for two things: Stealing my father's ride in 2018. Wreaking my father in the 2018 Brickyard 400. And that's it... What else would I be remembered for? Winning the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series title with an open car team who originally left the sport back in '21? 
Yeah right.....NASCAR will never have a female driver that can compete in a male dominate sport. I might have been the closes, but that doesn't mean anything to anyone. I'm Ridlee, and this is my story.
  • Children Of The Blood #1 by Valloriya
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    Silla Ek Mhurkum is just barely a nobleman. One who has very little backing and no prospects. What he does have is knowledge on how to swing a sword, familiarity with military stratagem and a hunger to prove himself. In the Royal Mirlthanian war machine, that has to count for something. Ayanna Wu Kyrian knows that the meritocracy is not fair. Which is why she's spent her entire life trying to manipulate its rules, but when she finally thinks that her days of struggle are over, she's awoken by a frustrating twist of fate. But if something so cheap as fate thinks it can stop her, it is sorely mistaken. From mistake and curse, both Silla and Aya will rise to the heights of legend. *Inspired by Evan Winters "Rage Of Dragons" and Alexey Osadchucks "Last Life".* Cover by: @d0moniqueWrites NOTE: None of this story was written through AI. It all came from the old noggin. NOTE: This story touches on LGBTQ+ themes and traditional African Spirituality, if that makes you unhappy/uncomfortable please skip. Copyright: Please don't re-upload this anywhere or try to pass it off as your own. We are all just creatives trying our best okay.
  • My Hero Academia: The Hero Who Chose His Own Path by EricLainborg
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    Izuku Midoriya was born without a Quirk in a world where heroes are defined by their powers. After years of bullying and shattered dreams, Izuku leaves Japan at fifteen, determined to become strong through his own effort. Years later, he returns to Japan as a completely different person and enters U.A. High. But Izuku soon discovers that his past isn't as simple as he believed-and becoming a hero may require him to confront more than just his enemies. A Quirkless boy. A new beginning. A hidden past. This is Izuku Midoriya's journey to becoming a hero on his own terms.
  • Captain Average: The Average Hero by Gravityiscool1813
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    Arthur Middling is an ordinary 34-year-old man with an extraordinary desire to do something good. After an experimental enhancement accident gives him slightly enhanced strength, speed, reflexes, durability, intelligence, and healing, Arthur becomes convinced that he's finally got what it takes to be a superhero. There's just one problem: his powers are... well, average. When the dangerous criminal Victor Vance, known as The Equalizer, steals experimental technology and gains incredible power, Captain Average finds himself hopelessly outmatched. But Arthur soon discovers that being a hero isn't about being the strongest, fastest, or most powerful-it's about choosing to stand up when everyone else needs someone to. As Germania faces a growing threat, Arthur must learn that he doesn't need extraordinary powers to accomplish extraordinary things. Sometimes, the most average person can become the greatest hero of all.
  • The King that I chose by Sunnyboy100
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    Reincarnating into a romance fantasy sounded great-until I actually met the male leads. Between the cold Financial Minister who treated me like a financial transaction, the icy Duke obsessed with keeping me under his thumb, and the brave Marquis whose "protection" felt like a gilded cage, I was suffocating. To them, I was just a trophy to possess. Then I met Arthur. Just an actual, ordinary peasant who was the first person ever to treat me like a real person. When my obsessive suitors targeted his village out of jealousy, Arthur led his people into exile across the frozen northern tundra-and I abandoned my noble title to march right alongside him. The empire believes we froze to death in the wilderness. They have no idea that out in the snow, a brand-new kingdom is rising-and the peasant they mocked is about to wear a crown. A king that I chose.
  • chichinya street war by ultra9
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    Welcome to Chichinya, the lawless concrete jungle of Modjo town. and this story is 50 % real A brutal story of underground street crews, intense turf wars, deep revenge, romance drama, and an ultimate betrayal from within. When the borders clash, who will claim the secret throne? At first, it might not seem like much, but as you read through it carefully, it becomes absolutely thrilling.".
  • A Different World Sees Me by TaniaSanjaya
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    A Different World Sees Me (ADW) Di dunianya yang lama, dia cuma dianggap masalah dan dibesarkan oleh ayah yang tak pernah menunjukkan kasih sayang, dikelilingi abang-abang yang terlalu sibuk untuk sekadar sadar dia ada. Satu-satunya hal yang benar-benar dia kuasai : bertahan hidup, dan menyembuhkan luka yang tak pernah dipedulikan orang lain. Lalu, dunia yang berbeda memanggil namanya. Terdampar sendirian di sebuah desa kecil yang jauh dari ibu kota, dia justru menemukan sesuatu yang tak pernah dia miliki sebelumnya, keluarga yang menerimanya apa adanya. Tapi ketika desa itu diserang, dan orang-orang yang dia sayangi terancam, dia turun tangan tanpa berpikir panjang. Yang mereka lihat hanyalah seorang gadis yang menyembuhkan banyak korban sepanjang malam. Yang tidak mereka tahu : siapa yang sebenarnya melumpuhkan para penyerang itu. Direkrut ke Pelatihan Kerajaan karena kemampuan penyembuhannya, dia ditempatkan di Divisi Support dan dianggap tak berbahaya, mudah dilupakan. Dia tidak repot-repot membantah. Dia sudah terbiasa diremehkan. Tapi setiap dunia, cepat atau lambat, selalu bertanya hal yang sama : apa yang terjadi ketika orang yang tak pernah diperhatikan ternyata adalah yang terkuat di ruangan itu? ✧ Isekai | Action | Fantasy | Slow-burn Romance ✧
  • The Survival Signal by caleykhuffman
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    In a massive, city sized shelter, holding 15 million people, sixteen year old Kayla Hayes is in a living nightmare. Separated from her home during an invasion of mind-stealing Romacks, her only goal is to find her fourteen year old brother, Jeremy. But The Shelter holds dark secrets. As she's there, Kayla discovers that she has an older brother Jason, who she thought was dead, is actually alive and goes under the code name Twelve. To uncover the truth and save her brothers, she crosses paths with Nathan, 'Ace,' an infamous fugitive with permanent, natural blue sapphire hair and has a $9 million bounty on his head.
  • JACKRZ by F_TRE-Z
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    Charlotte's Augment Capacity shouldn't exist. She has no idea what it means. The masked stranger who died at her feet may have been the only one who did. Before she can find answers, Charlotte is transferred to an elite academy run by PRODIGI, a megacorporation whose reach spans every domed city on the planet. She plans to keep her head down, but in the highest spire, her face is already on the director's screen. And PRODIGI isn't the only one watching. Cybernetic outlaws known as jackers are closing in, hunting something PRODIGI wants kept buried. ​Whatever links Charlotte's impossible Augment capacity to the Great Impact: the century-old catastrophe that forced humanity into these domes, the factions hunting her don't want her dead. They want her. ​In a world where a genetic lottery determines who can wield advanced Augments, the deadliest secret isn't buried in the past. It's written in her DNA.
  • Warrior spirit: Rise of  the iron Willed Boy by Siddhilord
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    In a world of siddhi(cosmic energy), Where strength triumphs over truth and justice ,and the poor and weak are barely treated as humans ,a 6 year old boy named Rishi strives for glory While heirs of powerful bloodlines rise arrogantly , Rishi works tirelessly to earn his place in the mahaveera shila, concil of siddhi practicing warriors But in a world where power has a price of pain , will Rishi,s willpower be enough or will the evil lurking around him crush him before he rises
  • The Secrets Beneath Golden Academy by tieniu
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    Xianan grew up in the Soil Realm-buried deep beneath the world, the poorest and most forgotten of the five realms. To others, people like her are nothing more than worms. She never thought her life would change. Until the day her father disappeared. The only thing he left behind was a single message: Go to Golden Academy. The world is divided into five realms-Golden, Wood, Water, Fire, and Soil. Golden stands at the top, a place of power, talent, and privilege. A place someone like her was never meant to enter. And yet, to find her father, Xianan forces herself to do the one thing she has never cared for-study. Against all odds, she earns her place at Golden Academy. There, everything begins to change. She encounters things she has never imagined. She sees the cruelty hidden in human hearts... and the quiet kindness that still remains. But what unsettles her most is this- She sees someone. Someone who looks exactly like the childhood friend who vanished from her life years ago. At the same time, traces of the long-lost "Five of Golden," who disappeared a century ago, begin to surface. What seem like isolated mysteries slowly begin to connect. As Xianan and her companions journey across the five realms, they are drawn into a series of cases-each one deeper, stranger, and more dangerous than the last. And in the end, all paths lead to the same question- Is she really searching for just one person? Or is she uncovering a secret that Golden itself has tried to bury?
  •  Echoes of the Ring 6.0 by LunarLeopard
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    The ring has grown. The shadows have deepened. The definitive chronicle returns. Echoes of the Ring 6.0 is the 6th Edition is the ultimate, updated encyclopedia and tactical manual of the globally revered "Lunar Leopard" wrestling mythos. While the previous edition meticulously charted a superstar's rise from the cherry-blossom-strewn mats of elementary school to the bright lights of senior collegiate brands, the 8th Edition tears down the walls of the amateur circuit to venture into the true unknown: The Global Professional Transition and Legacy Era.This edition indexes the brutal reality of the leap from collegiate prodigy to masked icon. It breaks down the grueling psychology of evolving a gimmick, mastering international "Lucha-Style" high-flying and lethal catch-wrestling fusions, and surviving the backstage politics of predatory promotions. Beyond the tactics, this book unearths the deeper narrative of the Lunar Leopard lineage-revealing the hidden history of the original elders who wore the cowl, the blood-feuds passed down through generations, and the rising stars fighting to inherit the spots.
  • Until I found you (an inheritance games fanfiction) by Marinabooklover
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    The girl who stopped talking because no one was listening until she found someone who did. Avery Kylie Grambs is a brilliant but ignored and unpopular high school student. She is shy, timid, quiet and awkward making her the perfect target, but she is determined to prove them wrong. After a disastrous accident she gets into the wrong books of the popular magnetic Jameson Hawthorne. He is everything she wishes she was. He is like the dream she could never have thrown in her face and she hates him every bit as he hates her. She wasn't supposed to be noticed by people like him. His hate for her does nothing to improve how her classmates treat her. Could this accident unravel her life more or could it be the very thing that saves her. Slow burn romance Enemies to lovers Academic pressure and the girl who is determined earn her place. Disclaimer: I don't own the rights to any of these characters or the inheritance games world all rights belong to Jennifer Lynn Barnes
  • HARUS by Jefzee
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    Gladiator Fantasy · Futuristic Ancient Rome · Shonen Progression Fantasy Haru was invisible. At home, at school, everywhere - a quiet boy who knew too much about an empire that stopped existing two thousand years ago, and nobody who ever noticed. Until an old sacrificial knife and a drop of blood pulled him into a Rome that never fell - fused with technology no one can explain, where gladiators fight for honor, survival, and the favor of an emperor who feels nothing at the sight of blood. Too weak for a sword. Too small for a shield. But Haru has something no other fighter has: he knows this world better than anyone born into it. Knowledge doesn't win fights. Until it does. But when a princess with a past claims him for the palace, one thing becomes clear: the secret that brought Haru to Rome is bigger than he is.