The Flower-Radish Brother Goes Legit at the Distillery

The main story is complete. I'm now taking requests for bonus chapters.

Upcoming: "Has the Frail Wizard Been Getting Cozy with Yukimura Today?" "The Love Ban on Amuro's Idol Career" and "A Detective Conan Love Game, but You're Married from the Start." Their blurbs are at the bottom.

Also recommending a friend's newly released novel, "The Outer God Is Outside the Service Area [Lord of the Mysteries]."

Blurb:

After killing himself when his attempt to recreate the Xuanwu Gate Incident failed, Li Xi, a prince of the Tang Dynasty, was reborn in the Detective Conan world as a nine-year-old child. He also found a gravely wounded teenage Gin.

Li Xi, who had a Sword Art Online System, healed Gin's injuries. A few hours later, Gin woke up, promptly scooped Li Xi up, took him back to the organization, and tossed him into the training camp.

Hey, does anyone actually want to play Battle Royale in the Black Organization's training camp?

After an unexpected death during training, Li Xi lay on the ice and chose to revive.

Once he earned his codename, Li Xi, a born organization wage slave, left his apprentice days behind and entered a new phase: working for the organization, slacking off whenever he could, and figuring out how to escape and go straight.

But how come, after only a few peaceful years, one undercover agent after another started turning up around him?

Li Xi looked at his considerate cat-eyed subordinate, Scotch, who'd been reported as a spy, then at his long-haired subordinate Rye, who kept blowing his own cover and falsely accusing people, and finally at his silver-haired, workaholic partner Gin.

What else could he do? He'd just have to get them all out!

The undercover agents are going straight! My partner is going straight too!

*

The first time Li Xi met Gin, Gin tried to kill him, but missed.

The second time they met, Gin was rescued, but said nothing.

When they met again two years later, Gin tossed him a princess dress. "Put it on."

*

The first time Li Xi met Hiromitsu, they were being hunted.

The second time they met, they were in the organization.

Two years later, Li Xi received a report: Your subordinate Scotch is an undercover agent.

Li Xi: ...Why are you just standing there? Go save him!

*

Two of Li Xi's three subordinates have been exposed as undercover agents. He's busy rescuing some and letting others go, with Gin watching him from behind. He feels like water cut with fake liquor, and life is tough, so he decides to send everyone flying.

Getting back at Rum: If you make me steal the list of undercover agents around the world again, I'll put your name on it!

Getting back at Rye: You've got 15 seconds. Get out of the car, or I'll blow it up~

Getting back at Gin: I had Vermouth write an alternate-universe story where you betray the organization...

Wait, is something not right here?

-- Key points --

1. Li Xi is a male lead with no romantic pairing and a Sword Art Online System. The terminology has been toned down, so you don't need to know the setting to enjoy the story.

2. The entire police academy group will be saved, along with a few others. Our goal is world peace! (Important: the male lead won't steal the original characters' moments to shine.)

3. There are a few references to the Sword Art Online source material's background story, but no whitewashing or vilification.

4. Important: No romantic pairing, but there's a lethal dose of rumor-based shipping (which could turn into one-sided crushes depending on how the plot develops). If this feels like getting hit by a truck, please retreat immediately!

[Upcoming: "Has the Frail Wizard Been Getting Cozy with Yukimura Today?"]

Asahina Ikuto is a wizard, the kind who's been cursed.

He's found three ways to keep himself alive: eating, nightfall, and... getting cozy with Yukimura, the boy who sits in front of him.

To make sure he can keep himself going every day, Asahina Ikuto joins the tennis club led by Yukimura.

Even though a breeze could blow him off the court, his shots are too feeble to make it over the net, and his whole body is so weak he can barely run...

The boy's tousled hair almost blends into the sunlight as he raises his arm and waves enthusiastically toward the violet-haired figure in the coaches' seats.

"But Yukimura, I won!"

*

Yukimura feels like the transfer student's seatmate has him in his sights.

Wherever he goes, the boy in the seat behind him follows with uncanny precision, including, but not limited to, the art room, the rooftop, and the restroom...

When Yukimura walks through the tennis club doors, he lets out a sigh of relief. Surely the kid who looks like he could drop dead at any moment won't join a sports club!

Asahina Ikuto: Here's my club application. Yukimura, you'll be my club captain from now on, right?

Yukimura: ...???

*

1. The protagonist is half British and half Japanese. At the start, the curse makes him weak and unable to care for himself. His condition is roughly like Panda-kun's. He's hopeless at studying and terrible at sports, and he'll use magic to cheat so he can stay in the tennis club and get close to Yukimura, his life-sustaining power bank.

2. The story begins when the third-years have just entered their first year, and Yukimura has only recently become captain. He's an adorable little captain~

3. Rikkai has 16+3 members, and Yukimura's illness will be treated without pain.

4. The story is mostly slice of life. I want to write about two boys growing up together, snuggled up close.

[Upcoming: "A Detective Conan Love Game, but You're Married from the Start"]

What's it like to start a school romance game already married?

Looking at his personal registration records, Nanami Haru angrily pokes the game's GM:

"Who is this Kurosawa Jin? Why! Would! A! Police academy student in a romance game already be married? Are you forcing me into an NTR ending?"

The game GM says nothing, only repeating that the system is busy.

Getting nowhere with his complaint, Nanami Haru can't bring himself to delete his save file, so he decides that the spouse who's never contacted him must just be part of the background-setting roleplay.

"It's not like a little affair is out of the question..." Saying this, Nanami Haru opens his chat with his online friend, Mr. G.

Mr. G is a kind online friend who keeps him company throughout his time at the police academy. But to unlock more romance routes, Nanami Haru decides to go undercover after graduation.

The moment he sees the silver-haired, cold-faced top killer, Nanami immediately puts Mr. G and his missing husband, Kurosawa Jin, in the same category.

To win over this guy, whose route looks like it has max difficulty, Nanami Haru decides to start with Gin's dedication to his work: first he'll get on the job, then get on his [beep]!

Player Nanami has planned the perfect harem route for his game: Mr. G on one arm, his boss Gin on the other, and Mr. Kurosawa, the husband who's never shown up but keeps sending him money, waiting in the background.

But by the time he finishes the game, Nanami Haru realizes he's gone too far.

Nobody told him that Mr. G was Kurosawa, and Kurosawa was Gin!

* When Gin returns from an overseas mission, he discovers that his spouse has gone to the police academy, keeps going out with his classmates, and never comes home on weekends.

When his sweetheart finally graduates, Gin thinks his job will be stable and they'll be able to have dinner at home.

He never expects his sweetheart to block his contact information!

When he runs into the little brat who abandoned home and work at the organization, Gin is just about to speak when the other man loudly and reverently calls out, "Big Brother!"

-- Reading Guide --

1. The protagonist goes undercover mainly to unlock more game routes.

2. The pairing is Gin. There are lots of original settings, all for the sake of a happy romance and a HE (not really).

3. The protagonist doesn't have an overpowered golden finger. He just muddles through, but save and load are basic features of the dating game.

[Upcoming: "The Love Ban on Amuro's Idol Career"]

"Welcome to the debut stage of the audition show 'Silver Bullets.' This is where dreams begin..."

Onstage, the national producer is bursting with enthusiasm. In the trainee seats, Amuro looks practically dead.

Honestly, anyone would look miserable if they spent the day working as a cafe's poster boy and an amateur detective, then the night undercover in a criminal organization and selling information, working four jobs a day, sleeping only four hours, and still having to squeeze in time to play a game.

But...

The audience erupts in applause. Amid the cheers, flowers, and spotlights, there's a familiar figure.

The person shining onstage is...

[I'm a trainee from Nagano. My name is Hiromitsu.]

After receiving a game disc, Amuro is forced to take part in a game called [Make Your Debut, Idol]. Players have to pass round after round of auditions to debut as one of the top seven. The king of part-time jobs scoffs at the idea and plans to slack off and get eliminated in the first round, but then he spots familiar faces from his police academy days among the trainees.

The moment the first stage ends, the main quest updates: if he succeeds in debuting, his teammates will come back to life in the real world.

Is this a plot against him, or a joke from the gods?

After the theme song evaluation, he makes it into Class A. The NPC who had worn a distant expression now looks full of life. Light shines in those blue catlike eyes, and the person who died gives him a wink.

"Zero."

Ding! Mission reward updated.

[Morofushi resurrection progress: 10%]

[Other targets, 'Hagiwara' and 'Matsuda'... locked]

At that moment, the world regains its color. Even an atheist would pray with all his heart: If this is a joke from the gods, I'm willing to pay any price.

-- Even if it means singing and dancing onstage with Gin?

Amuro: ...?

KALASU Entertainment in a parallel world has launched a new idol group audition show, "Silver Bullets," which has captured the world's attention. One hundred and one trainees have passed through round after round of auditions and gathered here, waiting to meet the audience.

Among the 101 trainees, a few stand out in particular.

-- Hiromitsu, the younger brother of Koumei, a famous idol senior who has since become an actor. His brother's status brings him prestige, but also too much attention.

-- Matsuda, formerly a trainee with a major company. For some reason, he was shelved for three years. Now he's finally free from his contract and has come to this stage as an independent trainee.

-- Hagiwara, a trainee at the same company as Matsuda. There were once rumors he would debut, but then he faded from view. He left the company along with Matsuda and entered this competition.

-- Akai, a professional dancer who has won numerous awards in the United States. He has a huge fanbase overseas and is considered a strong contender for this program's center position.

-- Kuroba, the only son of a great Magician. Why has a gifted high school student who once dreamed of becoming a Magician turned up at an idol audition?

-- Kurosawa, a veteran who debuted overseas before his group disbanded. He turned down many offers, as if destined to wait for this one opportunity...

-- Reading Guide --

1. The audition takes place in a parallel world without the Black Organization, and the story will jump back and forth between the original world and the parallel one.

2. The format is based on the Japanese version of Produce 101. Any differences from the real idol industry are original settings.

3. The pairing is Rei and Hiromitsu. The story may include all kinds of rumor-based crack ships along the way.

Theme: Let go of the past that holds you back and live a different life.