The Judge Just Wants to Collect Everything

On television, at the annual government commendation ceremony, Saniyo Kensuke, a Saniwa, and his starter sword, Mutsunokami Yoshiyuki, were being interviewed by a reporter. Asked, “How do you treat corrupted swords without showing favoritism?” Kensuke answered: “Oh, they’re not just different-colored versions?” When asked what he thought of his Saniwa, Mutsunokami Yoshiyuki laughed heartily. “My master is undoubtedly an excellent Saniwa. It’d be even better if he didn’t secretly look after other Honmaru behind my back. I’m not the jealous type, you know. Hahaha.” At that very moment, on the other side of the television, Corrupted Kiyomitsu shouted and accidentally crushed the remote. “‘Not’ where, exactly?!” - Ringo played a full-dive game. Though the game started with cryptic riddles, had an overly tedious tutorial, tangled its main and side quests together, and kept dropping duplicate versions in different colors, she stuck with it until she beat the game. And so, under the “true name” Saniyo Kensuke, Ringo saved swords, killed demons, exorcised cursed spirits, and saved the world, before finally being pursued by a white-haired man. “What’s wrong with repaying the life debt by giving yourself to me?! You just don’t want to take responsibility!” “I saved your life, so why don’t you honor me as your adoptive mother? You ungrateful brat!” - Reader’s guide: 1. Gojo Satoru is the love interest. Other characters will have one-sided crushes on the heroine. 2. Includes corrupted-sword lore and my own government-worldbuilding. 3. OOC warning. Theme: It’s never too late to start living. The only mistake is never starting