After Saving Tsuna 99 Times

Guys, help!

I only started playing a full-dive game because my doctor recommended it to help with my psychological issues.

Why is the male lead, whom I've saved ninety-nine times in the game, my upperclassman from college?!

And if he were only my upperclassman, that would be one thing, but why is he also the tenth boss of the Italian mafia?!

What, you think he should be grateful because I saved him so many times?

Then you're way too naive. I didn't just save him ninety-nine times, I also sabotaged him over a hundred times and scared him more than two hundred times!

I've seen every bit of this mafia don's embarrassing history. Am I even going to make it to tomorrow?

Wait, someone's at the door. It might be my food delivery. I'll talk to you all later.

[The door opens]

"Wait, what are you doing here? Help..."

The world fell silent.

A few things to know before reading:

1. The main story is told in third person.

2. One-on-one romance, with Tsuna as the male lead. There are only two people, but it's a love quadrangle (?), because the male lead has three identities.

3. The male lead's three identities are: the Tenth Vongola boss in real life, Senior Xia in real life, and Tsuna in the game.

4. The female lead is an original character and Syaoran's younger sister.

5. The story alternates between everyday life and the game, and the romance is slow-burn.

6. Because of her childhood, the female lead is socially anxious, has low emotional intelligence, and isn't good at interacting with people.

7. I don't recommend buying the whole book at once. Buy one chapter at a time, and stop if it's not for you.

[The following contains spoilers. Read with caution!]

The title, Saving Tsuna 99 Times, actually means saving Tsuna in ninety-nine different runs. She only succeeds completely in the hundredth run. The main story takes place during the hundredth run, while the first ninety-nine are shown in the flashback chapters, 106-108, and all the loose ends are ultimately tied up.

So if something in the main story seems illogical, it may be foreshadowing.

*Friends' upcoming works: The Scummy Game Master Does Whatever She Wants by Wushan Fuyu

How Matsuda, the Real Deal, Saved His Childhood Friend by Qiyi Guo

Upcoming Story 1

My Ex-Boyfriend Is the Tenth Vongola Boss?! Pairing: 270

Guys, help!

Why did my poor ex-boyfriend, whom I tricked ten years ago, turn into the Tenth Boss of Vongola, the biggest mafia family in Italy, ten years later?!

I thought we'd never see each other again, but on the very first night after our reunion, we ended up in the same bed because someone drugged us!

When I woke up and saw the man sleeping beside me, I regretted everything.

I didn't just deceive him about my feelings, now I've gone and taken his body too!!

What do I do? The first thing he'll do when he wakes up is kill me to keep me quiet!

To save my own skin, I had a sudden flash of inspiration and came up with a plan.

So when a certain Vongola Tenth Boss woke up, he found his ex-girlfriend acting as if she didn't know him, putting on a terrible act and pretending she'd lost her memory.

Sawada Tsunayoshi: ...?

Fine. He'd like to see what kind of act she was going to put on this time.

*

Ten years ago, Molly was the daughter of an Italian noble family.

After her father's job transfer brought her to Namimori, she met a boy who was bullied and called Good-for-Nothing Tsuna.

At the urging of some people with bad intentions, Molly confessed to Good-for-Nothing Tsuna as a prank.

She just wanted an extra pair of hands to help with chores, homework, and carrying things.

But the boy took her seriously and accepted her confession.

He really tried to be a good boyfriend, cheerfully doing anything she asked. His earnestness made Molly feel guilty, and she couldn't help being a little nicer to him.

Just as the feelings between the boy and girl were becoming real, the lie was exposed.

Because of her father, she and her family left Namimori in the middle of the night. Molly didn't even have time to apologize.

She always thought they'd never see each other again.

After her father died, her family fell on hard times, and she spent several years working as an office drone. Then one day, she received a call from Italy.

The lawyer on the phone told Molly that her estranged grandfather had been the head of an Italian mafia family, and had named her his successor before he died.

Molly: What? I can inherit something like that?!

She immediately quit her job and went to Italy to take over her grandfather's family, determined to make a name for herself.

But that night, at a mafia gathering, she learned that the famous Tenth Boss of the Italian Vongola family not only looked just like her ex-boyfriend, but had the same name, too.

She knew she was really done for this time.

Could she still make a run for it?!

270 (grinning): What do you think?

Upcoming Story 2

The Things That Happened When I Replenished Tsuna's Magic Pairing: 27/270

Shinku was a witch studying at a school for witches, and she was struggling to choose a topic for her graduation thesis.

She decided to visit the human world for inspiration.

Then, on a rainy day, she found a bullied brown-haired puppy (crossed out) boy.

The boy said his name was Good-for-Nothing Tsuna. He thought he couldn't do anything right and was wasting air just by being alive.

So Shinku took out a master-servant contract and tricked him into signing it, saying that if he signed this friendship contract, she'd appear to save him whenever he needed her.

The boy looked at her with tearful gratitude and signed without hesitation, then carefully asked her name.

"My name is Christina," Shinku said, giving him the fake name she'd just made up.

*

Ever since she picked up this little servant, he kept getting into danger every few days.

When Shinku was in a good mood, she'd go see him. When she wasn't, she'd stand him up. The next time they met, she'd find her little servant looking at her with an aggrieved, accusing gaze.

Then Shinku would throw herself into his arms and start fake-crying, telling him about the terrible danger she'd faced and how it had kept her from saving him.

Her little servant believed her every time, blushing and stammering as he tried to comfort her.

*

Shinku gradually lost interest in this game of friendship.

She decided to go see her little servant one last time.

To her surprise, she met a beautiful young man with striking orange eyes, a flame burning on his forehead, metal gloves on his hands, and a faint frown on his otherwise stoic face.

He wore a shirt that left his collarbone partly exposed, and his breathless appearance made Shinku fall in love at first sight.

She cupped his cheeks, bashfully asking, "Boy, do you need me to replenish your magic?"

"...Christina," the beautiful young man replied in an even tone, looking utterly exasperated. "It's me."

What? Shinku's eyes widened in shock. This gorgeous young man was her little servant?!

Then wouldn't that be...

Even better?!

So Shinku used the master-servant contract to give him an order.

"Don't move."

Then she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed the corner of his mouth.

*

Later, after she'd had her fill of the magic-replenishing game, Shinku found a chance to fake her death and run away.

She not only dissolved the master-servant contract, but also earned herself a lot of affection before dying.

Using the various experimental data she'd collected from her little servant, Shinku successfully graduated from witch school.

To her surprise, on graduation day, enforcers from the Witch Management Committee showed up at her door. They said she'd violated Article 523 of the Witch Regulations by revealing the existence of witches and having a major impact on the real world.

Shinku: ???

Are you sure you've got the right person?!

Not only was her diploma confiscated, Shinku was also branded a runaway witch. In a panic, she fled through a rift in space and time to the human world.

She forged identification papers, pretended to be a recent human university graduate, and snuck into an interview at an Italian company.

"You mean your name is Felice Doris Josephine Caloris?"

The brown-haired young man in an expensive suit set down her resume and folded his hands.

"Christina, when did you change your name?" he asked with a faintly amused smile. "Or is this one fake, too?"

Shinku's mind went blank, and she blurted out, "What, you're Sawada Tsunayoshi?!"

...Busted. Run now!

Damn it, she couldn't get away!

Theme: Courage is the magic that lets us face anything