Kabukicho RPG

Ijuin Hatsuko has just gotten her hands on a brand-new full-dive game.

Full-dive technology, an old-fashioned setting, and the flavor of Edo. The keywords are irresistible.

[What is your name?]

[Hatsuko.]

[What is your gender?]

[Female.]

[What are your hobbies?]

[Kendo, kendo, kendo!]

[What is your motto?]

[You can reach the finish line by going straight!]

[Generating character. Please wait...]

*

[You have entered the [Pachinko Parlor].]

[You try to play, but you don't have a penny to your name. How unfortunate.]

[...You take cash from the [cash register].]

[Alert! Alert! The public security organization is approaching in a squad!]

[Huh? These black-uniformed officers who call themselves the [Shinsengumi] don't seem to be here for you, but they're paying a lot of attention to you...]

[Their leader walks over. Choose an action:]

[A. Drop to your knees and beg for mercy, shouting, "I'm a law-abiding citizen of Edo! I refuse to submit to police brutality!"]

[B. Offer the officer the valuables you just stole, to bribe him.]

[C. Tell the officer, "You're so beautiful, Mr. Hijikata."]

[D. Draw your sword!!!]

Ijuin Hatsuko smiles faintly.

Draw your sword!!!

*

A new nobody has arrived in Kabukicho.

When Sougo told him about it, Hijikata didn't give it a second thought.

That street was a melting pot. That was the whole point of it.

Until, during a routine patrol while searching for a fugitive, his team found a woman hostage wearing mosaic sunglasses, a neon-green vest, denim shorts, and orange-red winged shoes.

What an ugly outfit... No, no, how could he let her clothes distract him? He needed more training!

But seriously, what an ugly outfit!!!

While his attention wandered, a sword appeared out of nowhere in the woman's hand. She stabbed backward, and the fugitive burst apart on the spot into a shower of mosaic pixels.

She crouched down. The yen, jewels, and other things scattered among the pixels all mysteriously disappeared.

She walked over.

She gave her sword a swing, and Yamazaki beside him shuddered.

"Give me the bounty." She pointed at the heap of mosaic pixels. "Twenty million yen."

Hijikata: "..."

Hey, did you think I didn't just see you pick up all his drops?

...And why are words like "drops" and "pick up" suddenly popping into my head?!

*

[You have entered the [Docks].]

[You aren't carrying any weapons. How unfortunate.]

[...You demand a katana from [an unknown ronin].]

[Alert! Alert! The sword-testing murderer is on his way! His target is every human carrying a katana!]

[The sword-testing murderer stands before you, his tentacles swaying like electronic jellyfish. Choose an action:]

[A. Start eating the soba you just packed up.]

[B. Touch his tentacles and tell him, "I have never seen such a beautiful creation!"

[C. Demand to know, "Who is behind this?"

[D. Draw your sword!!!]

Ijuin Hatsuko smiles faintly.

Draw your sword!!!

*

When he heard that a sword-testing murderer was roaming the streets, Katsura Kotaro, leader of the Joi faction, couldn't sleep.

While staking out the docks, he spotted a strange woman.

She rummaged through ten trash cans in a row, then suddenly charged over and snatched his sword before readying herself for a fight.

"You! Wait, aren't you the woman who escaped the Shinsengumi last time? What did you stick on my sword?! Aaah! Huh, it disappeared? Wait, did my sword just get stronger? Huh???"

As soon as the murderer appeared, the woman's eyes lit up.

"Be careful! There's obviously something wrong with this guy! He looks like a cyborg who's been corrupted by that sword. Wait, how did you steal his sword? Wait, how did you get corrupted? Huh???"

That day, the young samurai known as the "Prince of Chaos" finally realized there was someone in the world even more offbeat than he was.

*I got hooked on writing Gintama and this is what came of it.

*Anyway, it's about a player doing whatever she wants and wreaking havoc (not) on the streets of O-Edo!

Theme: You can reach the finish line by going straight!