I Totally Slack Off on Supernatural Reality Shows

According to published figures, there were 4.39 million criminal cases nationwide in ****, with a clearance rate of 41.9%. The remaining 58.9% were filed as unsolved cases, sealed away forever in archive rooms.

A ** person is invited to the variety show Strange Tales in a Can, currently the hottest show around. Each episode is based on a real, terrifying unsolved case, and the player with the most points wins a massive prize of over ten million.

Ten years ago, a horrifying case took place here: six campus idols were found dismembered like dolls taken apart, each missing various limbs.

The guests invited for this episode are a motley crew, each with their own special talents.

Nishio Osamu is one of them, but this time he's here to secretly investigate another case.

Wait! Aren't I just a nobody?

He only wanted to make some quick money and go home to lie flat, but he's forced to level up and fight monsters in all kinds of sanity-draining scenarios. He just can't stop.

It is...

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.