How Is the World Today?

The bald author is stuck with writer's block. Thanks for your patience, everyone. Please let this one build up a few chapters first. [Coming soon: My Future Heartthrob's Little Brother, Just Like Always. Check the very bottom for the blurb.] Gong Lishen accidentally missed a step in the palace and fell to his death. He should have stayed dead, but when he opened his eyes again, his soul had been bound to a gacha game System. To enjoy a gaming life as real as the real thing, he must protect his world from being destroyed by other players who love causing trouble, strange Systems, and "mischievous" NPCs. And so... [Shunping ran into a boy being hounded by a curse on the street. He was about to go help, only to discover in horror that the real diet of this transfer student, who was supposedly suffering from anorexia, was...] [A powerful transcendent has been parachuted into the Special Division for Unusual Powers. Black shadows of demons cover all of Yokohama, and the source of all this power seems to be a "book."] [In a strange locked room, a young detective strains to find the culprit beyond the evidence. Of course, a god who merely looks like a child has no need for a human trial.] One day, Gong Lishen finally put together a decent team, lured by the Arena's rewards. [An unspeakable demon descends from the flames, and the spring of the abyss seeks to cor...] Gong Lishen hit surrender at lightning speed, interrupting his opponent's casting, then sent a party invite to the opponent who was sending him emotes. "Big shot, I'm a newbie. Carry me, please~" Before you read: 1. Lots of original worldbuilding. 2. OOC warning. 3. The product's detailed functions are subject to what is shown on the purchase page. The System reserves the right of final interpretation. 4. No identity reveals, no CP. The protagonist isn't human. A logic-free wish-fulfillment story. 5. Just writing for fun. Ship whoever you like. My Future Heartthrob's Little Brother, Just Like Always Kudo Shizumi is the little brother of Japan's number-one high school detective. He's seven years old and living his fifth life. In his first life, his older brother was a frail invalid, bedridden with illness. To get closer to him, Shizumi decided to get sick too, so they would have something in common! How much of the first Demon King's fear of illness and death, his desire to become a being above humanity and control people's lives and deaths, was driven by his wish to keep his little brother by his side? In his second life, his older brother was a powerful sorcerer. He gently read Shizumi bedtime stories, bought him toys and lollipops, and prepared a cozy birthday party for him every year. The rebellious sorcerer trampled his blood relatives' blood underfoot. The young child died on the eve of his eighth birthday, yet the birthday nursery rhyme continued to echo through a nightmare from which no one would wake. In his third life, Shizumi was a strange child who'd been taken in, but fortunately his new pink-haired big brother was still patient and doted on him. Until the cursed object of the King of Curses appeared. A curse user trapped Shizumi forever on the last day of his seventh year, and he could only watch as he shattered before his brother's eyes. In his fourth life, his big tiger brother was kicked out of the house for stealing vegetables from the garden. Worried that his brother would go hungry, Shizumi took the last few carrots in the house and set off for Yokohama to find him. Blood soaked the white tiger's silky fur. No matter how painful it was, the irreparable regret was crushed beneath the wheels of a conspiracy. Now Shizumi is about to celebrate his eighth birthday for the fifth time. Soon, he'll meet his new older brother from his sixth life. There are two of them, though. Theme: You don't need to deny yourself. You, too, shine with a brilliant light.