The Executive Would Never Retire

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The Port Mafia's conscience, Mr. Hat Rack, had been a little out of sorts lately. He'd accidentally witnessed the other executive, Tsukide Sane, transform from a petite girl into a tall young man. It was a shocking sight!

The Armed Detective Agency's Bandage-Wasting Device had also been a little out of sorts lately. His love interest had given him an ultimatum: take their relationship further or end it here!

→v→ Basically, it's a story about two partners who happen to fall in love while saving the world~

#Shocking! Word is that the unmentionable one was seduced and then dumped by the overworked executive!#

#Shocking! The boss stole the overworked executive's lover! Plenty of people saw the unmentionable one run down from the rooftop that day, clothes in disarray!#

#Did the unmentionable one and the overworked executive finally get together? Someone saw him carry the unmentionable one home!#

↑ Insider gossip from certain busybodies ↑

"I guess only someone even darker than him could keep him in line." The speaker tore open a new bag of chips as he said it.

"How could someone like him possibly have a lover? Damn it!" The irritable man snapped the new fountain pen in his hand.

"I really can't picture Dazai in love." The person answering was a little slow on the uptake.

"Huh? Me? ... Well, um... As long as Mr. Dazai is happy." The speaker could hardly sit still.

↑ Anonymous interviews from inside the Armed Detective Agency ↑

At first, Tsukide Sane and Wu Zhike were only trying to fulfill their dear friend's dying wish and ensure that this miraculous world would never again have to fear what lay ahead.

Later, because there were people they wanted to protect, and things they wanted to protect, they did it not only to honor their friend's dying wish, but also for themselves.

They would come to love this world.

Content warnings: 1. This story has two male leads and two couples, one pairing for each of the Double Black duo. I considered writing two separate books, but I didn't have enough ideas for that, so this is what you get! (The title already hints that the story will focus a little more on our Sane~ And, of course, the sludge-brain is just too hard to write T^T)

2. The first male lead, Tsukide Sane, is 1.8 meters tall in his true form and usually 1.5 meters tall in his little-girl form. Even so, he's still the top! His partner is the Hat Rack.

3. The second male lead, Wu Zhike, is even worse at hand-to-hand combat than Dazai. He's still the top! His partner is the Bandage Freak.

4. Most importantly, the author is an idiot, so the characterization and the characters' intelligence will only go so far. Please be kind!

This is an unbelievably sweet romance, absolutely no angst! When I started writing, I'd only watched the anime and read fanfiction. I've been gradually catching up on the rest since then, so please forgive any mistakes or omissions!

P.S. This is mostly a crossover with Bungo Stray Dogs. Other series will play a smaller role, so don't read if that bothers you~ Kisses~

P.P.S. The other series involved are probably the sword-obsessed king, the elementary schooler who never grows up, the Mafia family, the five-yen god, and the murderous tennis players. There may be others, but I can't remember. I might only have used one or two characters or a particular setting from them. Forgive me, I repent!

My upcoming new story, a modern-day romance, is called "Will Gojo Satoru Get What He Wants Today?" It's a selfcest story with 5t5. If you're interested, check out my profile!

My completed story next door, featuring my take on secret identities, is called "We've Come from Another World to Save the World!"

Here's the blurb:

A System fell from the sky and hit Bai Ze Liangyou, drawing him into a card-roleplaying game called "One in Eight Trillion."

If he perfectly played the characters on the cards, completed missions, and accumulated enough moon rings, he could exchange them for a universal wish-granting ticket in the System Shop.

Faced with the possibility of bringing his twin brother, Bai Ze Liangjie, back to life, Bai Ze Liangyou agreed at once.

After locking in the card pool called Land of Eternal Silence, Bai Ze Liangyou realized that things were getting stranger and stranger.

Why were the character concepts so bizarre, whether it was the weird family of four, the group of five with ominous names, the freelancers who formed couples, or the longtime senior-and-junior partners?

If Bai Ze Liangyou didn't live in Yokohama and know a little about the counterparts of these character cards, he might actually have believed them!

And as he drew more and more cards, there was a temple group that spoke in riddles, a young couple who eloped for love, a scholarly type carrying the burden alone, a trio of expedition leaders, and the remnants of a family who had barely survived...

Bai Ze Liangyou had no idea what to make of the Land of Eternal Silence card pool.

It wasn't just bizarre, it was ridiculous!

He was becoming more and more curious about the backstory of the Land of Eternal Silence.

Then one day, he unlocked a feature that could awaken the sleeping souls inside the character cards.

[Hello, Player Bai Ze. Congratulations on unlocking your identity: Lord of Central City.]

Bai Ze Liangyou: ...

This is a crossover between three worlds: Bungo Stray Dogs, Jujutsu Kaisen, and the Mafia family series. I've also borrowed the Great Holy Grail setup and wrapped it in a card game. The name comes from Marshmallow's supposed memories of eight trillion parallel universes. I think that's the number, anyway. I can't remember where I saw it. If it's wrong, I'll use it anyway. That's just how I roll!

As for the abilities of the Land of Eternal Silence characters, their names are naturally related to shikigami!

I've made some slight changes. Basically, it's "In My Name: xxx," and then I made up abilities based on the character concepts.

I did consider making it more literary, but my intelligence is limited, I didn't feel like looking through books, and this seemed fun enough, so I went with it.

Although there are three different worlds, the Land of Eternal Silence characters will all use these contract abilities with names I made up!

Major warning!!! The Land of Eternal Silence characters are absolutely ridiculous, so wildly different that even their own mothers wouldn't recognize them. This is purely the author's self-indulgent masterpiece!

Out-of-character characterization is the norm. Headcanons and personal interpretations are everywhere, so don't read if that bothers you!

Love you all, mwah~

One last thing: I originally planned for this to have no pairings, but there are romantic relationships among the secret identities, and they might get a lot of attention, so I decided to make it a romance after all.

Our little Liangyou will still end up without a partner, though~ He might not have much of a presence either, hehe~

If you're interested in my other chaotic completed stories, feel free to check them out. If they seem immature, run! Run as fast as you can!

Come check out my profile~

I might occasionally put things on hold for a bit, but I promise I'll finish them. I'll be right here waving to you~

Theme: Through our bonds, we entrust one another with trust and affection. We go from feeling out of place in the world to loving it sincerely and saving it.