After My Conquest Failed, I Dumped That Jerk

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See my author page for upcoming story: After the Liquor Company Goes Under, I'm Kept by Black Toru. Pairing: Black Toru. Blurb at the very bottom.

++++++++++ Upcoming story: I Fell for My Straight Ex-Boyfriend. Pairing: Matsuda Jinpei. Blurb on my author page.

Kurosawa Yui never expected a romance game to hit all her buttons so hard.

The man on the screen was tall and slender, with a pure black top hat perched atop his silver-white hair. His gaze beneath his bangs was sharp and deep. Kurosawa Yui shivered under that stare, then looked up at his profile and discovered that he happened to share the surname "Kurosawa."

Kurosawa Yui: "!"

Her trembling fingers selected this guy as her top target. She poured money into him to improve his abilities in every area. But the more he developed, the more twisted he seemed to get. He was cold and sarcastic, and kept pulling all sorts of ridiculous stunts to "give her a husband."

After N playthroughs, no matter what choices she made, she never managed to reach a happy ending with Kurosawa Jin (Gin). Staring at the gallery, where every bad-ending CG had been unlocked, Kurosawa Yui only grew more determined with each failure, developing a strange fixation on him. Then one day, she received an invitation from Saiki Game Studios:

Dear VVVVIP Ms. Kurosawa,

In recognition of the xxx yen you have spent on our game, Love Story with the Big Shot, ranking you first on our leaderboard, we are delighted to invite you to participate in the closed beta of its full-dive mode. To give you a completely new experience, the storylines from your previous playthroughs will be shuffled and combined.

That is all. We hope you enjoy the game.

After entering full-dive mode, Kurosawa Yui noticed that many of the men around her were looking at her with feelings that went well beyond friendship.

To soothe her wounded little heart after what happened with Kurosawa, she suddenly remembered that, over her N playthroughs, she had also tried the routes of the other romanceable characters.

Even if she hadn't finished any of them, had she really sought comfort from so many of them when she was feeling lonely and empty?

Looking at all the high-quality men in front of her, with their incredible faces, bodies, and personal charm...

Kurosawa Yui, increasingly convinced she could do whatever she wanted in a game: Who needs Gin? Isn't ALL way better?!

Later, she even unlocked a high-definition CG of that jerk falling for her...

["How ridiculous. Your feelings for me lasted all of two months."

In the stillness of the night, the man dropped the half-smoked cigarette from his fingers and pinned her against the cold wall behind her. A seductive hint crept into his icy smile. "Come back to me, Yui."

His dark green eyes glinted with greedy madness. "Otherwise, orders from the Organization or not, I'll kill every man around you."]

Content warnings:

- The male lead is undecided, but Gin is definitely the heroine's great love.

- Lots of unrequited crushes.

- The heroine's perspective within the game.

- Please don't mention other stories under my work, and don't mention my work under other stories. Respect one another.

See my author page for my next story: After the Liquor Company Goes Under, I'm Kept by Black Toru.

One day, Japanese Public Security stormed the Organization's hideout and swiftly captured all the senior members present. Hoshino Izumi was hiding in a darkroom when she saw the big idiot leading the operation walk up to a member with the codename "Bourbon" and bow respectfully. His words were full of excited joy. "Mr. Furuya! Thank you for all your hard work undercover these past few years!"

"?!"

Hoshino Izumi's eyes widened in shock.

Today was the day she planned to confess to her boss, "Gin." The flowers, wine, red carpet, and hotel had all been booked! And now she couldn't use any of them!

Gritting her teeth, she hid in the shadows and prepared a rescue plan. But that damned traitor Bourbon opened the darkroom door before the team left and said to her, "Izumi, come home with me."

Hoshino Izumi realized that he seemed to have kept her identity from the Public Security Bureau. With a mysterious smile, he explained, "Because I like you, you have to stay by my side. Nothing else matters."

"..."

She scoffed at his explanation. The Japanese Public Security Bureau were the most cunning creatures in the world. He was definitely using his good looks to manipulate her and make her obediently hand over the Organization's classified information!

Then one night, while she lay in bed pretending to be asleep, the door creaked open. The man, carrying the faint scent of alcohol, entered her room and pressed her down onto the bed. His calloused palm gently traced the contours of her face as he said, "Izumi, my light, the source of all my evil."

After an impassioned confession, Hoshino Izumi felt her nightgown loosen around her.

"!"

No way!

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Kazami Yuya felt that his superior, now retired from undercover work, seemed to have been corrupted by that Organization. The chilling aura he sometimes let slip seemed to be etched into his very bones!

Until one day, Kazami knocked on his superior's door. The woman who answered wore pajamas and had hickeys on her neck. She was the same woman his superior had failed to win over despite pursuing her several times!

Kazami was so shocked his mouth could fit an egg. "Mr. Furuya, you finally got the girl?!"

His superior put an arm around her shoulders. "Oh, we've been living together for ages. I couldn't win her over because we were role-playing."

Kazami: "..."

So this is what you're like, Mr. Furuya! Something is seriously not right here!

1. Black Toru. They love and hate each other, but it's very sweet.

Theme: Don't wait until you've lost someone to learn to cherish them.