What's Wrong with Your Spider Nest?

Thank you all for your continued support and company! The new major story expansion for Bungo Stray Dogs, “City,” will officially open for public beta across all servers in one month!

One day, the players of a slow-updating, massive, fully immersive online game that had nearly gone dormant finally saw it come back to life with news of a new public beta.

They eagerly clicked into the details.

· New faction added: Spider's Nest

Still trying to decide which of the three major factions to join? A new faction has emerged. How can players afford to stand still?! Now you have four factions to choose between!

· New character added: Lucio

A silver-haired, violet-eyed young man stepped out of the shadows. Before the dozens of people present had time to react, his dazzling, relentless swordsmanship swept them up, shook them, and set off an explosion.

His silver mid-length ponytail snapped into a sharp arc as he spun, while blood flowed beneath his indifferent gaze.

· New character added: Albina

In the midst of gorgeous background music, an art display case held a pure white head adorned with flesh and blood.

“Looks like our audience has arrived.” The girl removed the silver-gold mask from her face, revealing a fully mechanized face that curved into a faint smile. “Shall we go make some new friends, Fasia?”

“The eternal-life game series has finally updated!”

“It's time to admire the characters' good looks again! A beautiful silver-haired, violet-eyed puppy of a boy! Give me everything there is to know about this cool, silver-haired cutie in three minutes. (Dog holding a rose in its mouth)”

“Whoa, a robot girl! The developers finally added one! ...She's so cool, and she has a second form! Is she a mini-boss?”

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Lucio had arrived in a strange world.

It was full of strange people who would come up to him for no reason and call him their wife.

It was a provocation. Lucio was sure of it.

So, to defend his dignity, he politely gave them two warnings. The last time, he knocked his tormentor to the ground, broke three ribs, then choked him until he suffocated.

It was meant to serve as a warning. Instead, the people around him became even more enthusiastic, and the number of people harassing him, as well as their methods, grew more outrageous.

“...” Were all the people in this world masochists?

He coldly looked down at the person gasping out their last breath. He'd give them to Albina as material. After all, the Ring Fingers loved fresh materials.

# Is Lucio really not on the Black side? He kills so casually. He wrecked both my accounts, but I still like him.

# Nobody told me Fasia, the robot girl, was the knife in her hand! I thought it was a buy-one-get-one deal. Now I've become “a feast for new friends,” sliced up for the knife to eat.

# At least you got off easy. Do you know what it's like to watch yourself being sculpted into a work of art? Hey, hey, don't hang me outside! That's so embarrassing!

# So just how much patience does Lucio have? Why did my save file get wiped out as soon as I met him? Is this the strength of a Spider's Nest executive?

# Wait, what do you mean this is just the tip of the iceberg that is Spider's Nest?!

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Please note:

* This story mixes transmigration, virtual games, manga, livestreams, and forums, and features multiple parallel worlds (servers). Players' actions can alter the original story's timeline.

* The older generation will show up later, as will the thirteen idiots from the Infernal Prison.

* For a better reading experience, corrected typos will be moved to the bottom.

* OOC warning: I'll write the characters according to my own understanding. There are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand readers' eyes, so please click away if you think the characters are out of character.

* The characters' intelligence is capped by the author's own, so some idiotic plot points may appear. Please read with caution.

Theme: Harmony and happiness