Dear readers: I need to announce a temporary moratorium on ninja chapters. Long story short, I’ll bring them back in a couple of months. If you want the full details, keep reading.

MDB and BDB are both getting pretty homesick for China, so we’re planning to go back for a visit sometime in early 2020. We don’t have any specific dates yet, but it will likely be a trip of somewhere between 4-6 weeks. During that time, I will be able to work, but not very efficiently. Therefore, I want to build a large stockpile to make sure that I can consistently release chapters while traveling.

It’s going to take a lot of hard work to make this happen, as I’ll need to translate past my limit for several months in a row. One ninja chapter per week over the course of a few months can stack up to a good bundle of chapters. That’s why I’m putting them on hold for the moment.

Some readers might wonder why I don’t just do a huge mass-release and then go on vacation, or something similar. There are a couple of reasons why. First, I take pride in being able to provide 2 chapters a day, every day. Consistency is king, as far as I’m concerned, and I don’t like the idea of leaving readers on a cliffhanger for weeks on end, or reducing the release rate to a painfully low level. Another factor is that I spend a lot of time editing (about 3-5 hours per week depending on how things go), and that’s not to mention the work done by the team. Getting a big bunch of chapters fully edited and cleaned up is a big task, and that’s why I plan to create an unedited stockpile, and handle the editing on my travels.

Incidentally, I mentioned to sponsors a few months ago that I will be undergoing some dental surgery in the near future. That is still on the table, although I don’t know the details. It could be before the trip to China, it could be after. Whenever it is, I will probably end up taking a break from posting chapters for a few days while I recover. More news on that later.

To wrap up, no ninja chapters for a few months. I plan to bring them back after I return from traveling and get settled back into a routine.