After Getting Caught Misbehaving With Shining's Face

[Early work, read at your own risk, ultimate fun-seeker]

--Blurb--

My name is Nair. I am the other half of Gilgamesh, the greatest hero king of humanity. I am a being the king imagined to ease his loneliness, and I shared his throne.

--But that was a long, long time ago.

Now I work at Fuyuki City's biggest bar, "Rose Night." The job is stable and the benefits are good, and I'm surrounded by pretty girls every day. I've only been working here for a month, but thanks to my own efforts, I already have a car and a house.

Every now and then, some strange things happen in my daily life, like...

A late-night, high-speed escapade with an executive from the Port Mafia that really must be told (it really is a car!)

Witnessing a certain elementary schooler's crime-solving scene

And, more often than anything else, the everyday misadventures of being mistaken for Mr. Jin, the helpful citizen

--A Little Skit--

[Here's a news bulletin: A gas explosion occurred today at a high-rise building in Fuyuki City. Two unidentified men rushed into the fire and saved the lives of over a hundred innocent citizens. The explosion is preliminarily suspected to have been caused by a gas leak. We are asking members of the public for information about the two anonymous heroes who saved those lives. If you have any information, please contact ****.]

The accompanying image shows a blond young man and an orange-haired young man charging toward the exploding building against the flow of the crowd.

The Port Mafia boss, who had just turned on the news: I feel like I know that silhouette.

Mr. Jin, the helpful citizen, watching a news broadcast outdoors: I feel like I know that silhouette too.

A wealthy young lady passing by: I feel like I know that silhouette too.

[Reader's Guide]

* The main story is complete. The main story has a bad ending with Gilgamesh, with happy-ending extras for other branches (written without responsibility). Readers with fragile hearts, beware.

* There are cheating-related scenes. Readers who can't tolerate that, please steer clear.

* If you've accepted those two warning points and still choose to read, please don't give a low rating because of them. I put the warnings up front, after all.

* Thank you for your support.

*Coming soon: "I Became the Top of the Sequence Through Technology"

Lu Sen is a lowly PhD researcher. After working himself to death in the lab while pulling three straight all-nighters to finish his thesis project, he's forced to bind himself to the [Light of Technology] System. He must earn enough points in another world to get a chance to come back to life.

Brilliant magic and wars between races fighting for their place in the sequence unfold in this chaotic, mad world.

Yet he ends up in the weakest, lowest-ranked race of all: humanity. He can't even fend off a chicken, and from the start, his teammates sacrifice him as an offering to summon a demon.

W-what kind of disastrous start is this?!

Lu Sen shuts his eyes: I might as well just die. (peaceful.jpg)

System (with a menacing grin): Don't want your thesis project anymore? Don't want your diploma either?

Lu Sen, who has studied hard for twenty years and is about to earn his PhD, hears this and jerks upright from his deathbed. That very night, he writes thirty thousand words on a sustainable scientific development plan for another world.

Later, the first human kingdom, "Xiumeng," rises out of nowhere. High-ranking races from every direction flock there, intent on carving up this juicy piece of meat.

The goblins, who travel the world as merchants?

Want to get rich? Build roads first. Choose from trains, high-speed rail, or planes.

The undead, who claim they cannot be destroyed?

Bathe them in ultraviolet light from every angle, from rotten flesh to bone ash and even incense ash. We'll take care of the whole process for you.

The mighty, warlike dragons, undefeated in battle?

Before a mushroom cloud, all beings are equal.

And what about that elder of the elves, Orange Peel, who keeps saying, "Humans are just monkeys waiting to be enslaved"?

Lu Sen slaps a copy of the Declaration of Human Rights against his forehead and whispers like a demon:

"Come on, say it with me: 'All for one, and one for all.'"

[Reader's Guide]

1. This is a farming and infrastructure-building story, and the romance is a slow burn.

2. The setting is fictional. Any resemblance is entirely my fault for borrowing ideas (doge). If there's a specific source of inspiration, I'll credit it.

Theme: No one is anyone else's possession. Live as your true self to have a wonderful life.