Grinding at Work in Mihua Town with Heroic Spirit Cards

Coming Soon: [Western Crossover] The Whole Universe Wants to Trick Me into Activating the Time-Travel Cheat Part Two: Using Heroic Spirit Cards to Compete in the Workplace in a Reversed World. Blurb below. Blurb: The explosion at the Port Mafia armory rocked the underworld. The culprit's whereabouts were unknown, and the bounty was enough to buy all of the Abandoned Lot. One day, a handyman's shop opened in Beika Town, claiming it could take any job, as long as the money was right. Oda Sakunosuke, who should have died during the three-way standoff, sat expressionlessly eating curry rice as he watched his adopted son pull out a stack of glowing cards, each with an ability powerful enough to drive people mad. Elaine took out one of the cards and said to his adoptive father, "Card abilities sure are useful. Oda, this is the great undertaking of revitalizing Beika Town's GDP with supernatural abilities!" Before the red-haired man could reply, the bandage-wasting device beside them quipped, "That's not an ability at all!" That's right. After Dazai Osamu examined Elaine's card abilities, he confirmed they weren't supernatural abilities, but powers from another system. Thanks to these cards, the handyman's shop could take any job. Bodyguard Service: The [Hassan] card. It stays hidden when not needed, giving clients plenty of privacy. When needed, it provides the protected person with all the comforts of home, and offers enemies a painless, one-stop beheading service. Gourmet Expert: The [Emiya] card. It masters every kind of cooking technique and can whip up Michelin-level cuisine anytime, anywhere~ All-Around Detective: The [Holmes] card. It has Bartitsu for close-range self-defense, makes short work of difficult cases, and boasts maxed-out bomb disposal skills. More professions being added... Today's top headlines in Beika Town: "Molecular Gastronomy Miracle at the Poirot Cafe. Sources Say the Chef Is Actually a Lord of the Celestial Sphere" "Metropolitan Police Department's Case Clearance Rate Plummets. Suspected Cause: Handyman's Shop Stealing Cases with Its 'Buy One, Get One Free Case-Solving Experience' Coupon" "Port Mafia Issues Warning: No One Named Oda Is Allowed in the Boss's Office!" One day, Elaine got a job offer: "You want me to pretend to be a princess? That's a little..." The man pulled out a calculator. "This much." Elaine immediately whipped out the [Moon Cancer] card and transformed into a true princess of the Ancestors. The mackerel was stunned. "Where's your dignity?" Elaine looked troubled. "I don't want to, either, but he's paying way too much." The detectives, chefs, and bodyguards whose jobs had been poached all held up protest signs: "How can your handyman's shop take on absolutely any job? Leave us some way to make a living!" [Reader's Guide] - Not a typical secret identity story. It's about using card abilities on oneself as a cheat. - Every profession gets put through the wringer, but the Police Academy Group gets resurrection armor. - A crossover world: when scientific reasoning meets Chaldea. Part Two is now underway: Using Heroic Spirit Cards to Compete in the Workplace in a Reversed World Blurb: "The explosion at the Port Mafia armory rocked the underworld..." [That never happened.] "Then Executive Dazai..." [Dazai Osamu is the Boss and your adoptive father in name. Oda Sakunosuke is opposed to your father.] "Why are you calling him Oda Sakunosuke, too? You really have been infected by the virus!" [That isn't the case.] "This isn't the Slime* production crew, and you're not the Great* One. Stop talking like that!" [Oh.] The boy, who had looked bored until now, finally couldn't take it anymore. Holding the character profile handed to him by some will, he said, "What do you mean I'll only get to meet Oda Sakunosuke ten years from now? What about ten years ago?" [You were raised by the Police Academy Group ten years ago.] Young Elaine: "What does that mean? Are you saying I have to do what Kudo Shinichi did, take poison a few years from now, turn into an elementary schooler, pretend to have amnesia, and get picked up by Oda Sakunosuke?" [I said it was Dazai... Forget it. You don't need to take the drug in Conan's first year.] Just as the boy breathed a sigh of relief, the World Will slowly added: [You'll be given a drug and turned into a child, just like him.] Elaine: "…" He thought only his character profile had changed, so Elaine carried on as usual. He ran Beika Town's Wonderful Hideaway, taking jobs on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays; competing in different workplaces on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays; and looking after his adoptive guardians, who kept disappearing, on Sundays. Matsuda: "You've taken on so much at such a young age. You must be exhausted." Hagiwara: "I think you bear a lot of responsibility for this, Matsuda!" Amuro: "Elaine's cooking really is good. He can rival Kei." Hiromitsu: "No, I think he's already surpassed me." Elaine stood there thinking for a long time, then knocked on the System that made him work part-time every day. "If I remember right, you said the Police Academy Group would raise me?" [That's right.] "But in reality, I'm the one raising them?" [...] "Is there something else you're keeping from me?" [This is a scientific reasoning world. Aside from the protagonists, many people's identities and personalities may be reversed.] Elaine tentatively asked, "For example?" [The undercover agent in the police force, Gin.] "..." Fine. The cards were useful and the Heroic Spirits were reliable. Even if he had to keep competing, it was no problem at all. Bodyguards, chefs, undercover agents, detectives: Please, stop showing off your powers and leave us a way to live! Here's the next story I'm planning to write. If you're interested, you can add it to your collection in advance~ Title: [Western Crossover] The Whole Universe Wants to Trick Me into Activating the Time-Travel Cheat Blurb: [Your time bank account is overdrawn.] When the 99th world turned to stardust in the hands of the Witch of Time, the System finally bound itself to the most unmotivated Host in history. "Reversing time is a useless ability to begin with, and now you want me to use it, but I have to spend something else as energy to activate it? Otherwise, you'll dock my performance pay? Then just dock it all." The boy pulled his wizard's robe over his face. "I never wanted to be bound to you in the first place." The sharp-tongued System flashed red and slammed into the back of his head. "We recommend that you lie flat. A friendly reminder: Gotham's richest man just mortgaged the Batcave, the Land of Light pawned its life-preservation technology, and Avengers Tower is up for sale. They all want to trade for your time-reversal vouchers." In an instant, projections of countless universes burst across the sky screen. At Wayne Manor in Gotham, a man stood before the Batcave. "If they can be brought back to life..." Inside Stark Tower, a man in armor watched the reactor glow. "Let's run another test on the possibility of operating a time machine." An Ultra Signature came from the M78 Nebula: "Let us jointly explore the possibility of reversing time." "You said I could lie flat! They're trying to use me as a human time machine!" Theme: Life is about the things you encounter and the people you meet along the way.