Yokohama Executive Nakahara Machi

[Exclusively published on Jinjiang. Thanks to all the sweethearts who support the official release, mwah mwah mwah] From a Spider healer to a Port Mafia executive. She has heard a mountain of gossip and collected a mountain of secrets, but her cold, taciturn persona gives her no one to talk to. Of course, Machi had only planned to quietly crouch in the melon patch and be a little gossip-hungry groundhog. She never imagined the gossip would eventually be about her. Breaking news! Two executives are together! From a groundhog in the melon patch to the melon itself, she successfully married the adorable Hat Rack. Bonus scene: Machi felt the little lamb leg of a certain young King of the Sheep and said gravely, "This leg... needs to be cut open and stitched up!" The young King of the Sheep turned pale with shock. "W-wait!" The pretty little girl with a high ponytail flicked out her Nen threads and looked down at him from above. "You can't! If I don't save you now, they'll have to amputate!" The King of the Sheep froze, regretting everything. He shouldn't have gone to that back-alley quack in the Abandoned Lot. A few things to know before reading: * The couple is Hat Rack. * There'll be a little crossover with the Mafia, the Port Mafia, the liquor company, and the Rainbow Team, but they won't get much screen time. The main focus is still the Stray Dogs. * Second-strongest fighter in the Port Mafia. * The characters are from the original work. Any out-of-character behavior is on me. Here's a recommendation for my upcoming novel, "Yokohama Secret Identity Shop" Yoshino Haruki runs a secret identity shop in Yokohama. A professional secret identity dealer, offering custom orders and dedicated, one-of-a-kind service to every customer. She never shows her true face in public. Some say she's a sexy older woman; others say she's a cute little boy. Someone even saw her open up shop dressed as a dog. In chaotic Yokohama, she lives quietly in her own corner, free and easy. Until one day... The "most evil executive," the very embodiment of Yokohama's dark side, knocks on her shop door. "I hear you sell every kind of secret identity?" The handsome red-haired executive leans against the doorframe, arms crossed, looking like trouble. Yoshino Haruki considers this for a moment, then slips behind the curtain and activates her ability, [A Thousand Faces]. A chubby, adorable corgi wiggles out, lifts its head, and looks straight at the stunned executive. She calmly asks, "Want to pet me, customer?" He falls silent for a moment, then says, "I'm not here for that. We know you've been providing secret identities to help traitors in our organization escape..." The executive delivers a long lecture. Yoshino Haruki calmly nods, then asks again, "Want to pet me?" The executive's expression shifts back and forth. After a long pause, he clears his throat. "I'll pet you just once, but don't think you can use this to get close to me." Then the executive pets the dog to his heart's content. The reason Yoshino Haruki can run the most troublemaking shop in Yokohama without ever having to close its doors for good is that she understands human nature and knows the top brass of every major organization and their little "hobbies." She can change her form at any time to deal with any "customer" who comes looking for trouble. Theme: Find a new beginning and work hard to protect the people and things that matter most