As a code-named member of the Black Organization, Ling Zimian had worked diligently and devotedly for decades. She could say she had watched the organization grow from a pitiful little thing, so cute you could kill it with a single slap, into a massive international organization capable of taking lives from eight hundred miles away.
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But the organization kept growing, and the boss kept getting more extreme. Undercover agents were everywhere, like cockroaches. If you spotted one, it meant there was no room left for them to hide. The roots of the enormous organization had begun to rot, and the whole edifice was about to collapse.
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After one second of careful thought, Ling Zimian decided to end her long life.
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[Rice, the boss wants you to go to the docks and pick up that batch of test subjects. -- Gin]
[Understood. -- Rice]
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Ling Zimian put away her phone, adjusted the black hat on her head, just like Gin's, and looked at her target, sprawled across the floor amid filth and stench. She shoved the still-steaming barrel of her Remington 870M shotgun into his mouth.
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She would think about ending her life after finishing this mission.
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With that thought, the tall woman gently pulled the trigger.
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“...”
Looking at the strange numbers above her little brother's head that indicated his level, and at the screen before her that no one else could see,
then at the dozen or so test subjects in front of her, chattering excitedly and dancing around,
Ling Zimian fell into deep thought.
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Was it still too late to put a gun in her mouth and kill herself?
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Black and Red Interwoven: Pure White Requiem is the latest full-dive virtual game from Dreamscape Games, following Black and Red Interwoven: Crimson Dawn. The previous game had taken the world by storm thanks to its realistic AI, highly flexible storylines, and excellent character development. So when the sequel's trailer was released, players around the world were already buzzing with excitement.
Any main character who appeared in Black and Red was bound to become absurdly popular (and, correspondingly, there would be an absurd number of certain kinds of fanbooks).
This included a host of game streamers who had praised the previous game to the skies.
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The story takes place in Tokyo, Japan, and features detectives, suspense, and gangsters. When the beta test slots were drawn, by a very, very, very lucky coincidence, some of the world's most famous game streamers and a few incredibly lucky players with very short life expectancies won places.
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[Trailer
A dark corridor. Blood smeared across the filthy walls, painting everything in vivid strokes. The scrape of leather shoes against the tiles, body parts lying around the corner, and the almost tangible scent of gunpowder surrounding the newcomer all announced just how terrifying this person was.
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The man trembled. He wanted to run, but outside was already awash in blood. Warmth spread through his lower body. He had wet himself in terror.
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The door swung open. In the man's terrified eyes, the newcomer was reflected: a towering figure, over 190 centimeters tall, with short white hair and blood-red eyes as lifeless as a machine. A black hat sat low on his head. Dark bloodstains seemed to cling to his open black trench coat, gradually blending into its darkness. Beneath it was a fitted white shirt, through whose thin fabric glimpses of flesh showed faintly.
A long, ink-black scarf covered the lower half of his face. Black suit pants hugged his powerful thighs, and a thigh strap encircled one leg, with a little soft flesh spilling over it. The hot black shotgun in his hand displayed its menace and its track record.
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He seemed like a white-haired man brimming with charm and danger.
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“Any last words?”
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“I can still be useful! Don't kill me! I'll give you money! Women! Power! I'll give you anything!”
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The newcomer's phone suddenly rang. He seemed to have seen something urgent. Without giving the man a chance to defend himself, he savagely shoved the shotgun barrel into the man's mouth, apparently knocking out a few bloodied teeth in the process. But none of that mattered now.
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He pulled the trigger.]
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The comment section was full of players screaming with excitement.
[Holy crap, is every white-haired character in this game a beauty? (drooling emoji)]
[I'm sorry, Gin! I, I, I, I, I, I am just going to stray for one second!!! Sob, my new husband is so hot, so hot!]
[I'm going to buy my new husband! What a spicy man, he's so spicy I ate three bowls of rice.]
[That hit me right in the...]
[Wow, white-haired Chinese guys are a dream come true, hehe.]
[Thanks for asking. He's so hot my little guy started drawing fanbooks on his own. The last one who made him do that was a certain blond, dark-skinned guy. What sinful men!!]
[Please make fanbooks, artists!!]
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Ling Zimian, who had clicked into the comments by accident: ...
If I tell them I'm a woman,
will they lose it? :D
This is a female-led story with no romance pairing. It has some girl x boy tendencies, but no couple. The female lead looks a lot like a man, but she really is a woman (and she's stronger and taller than men).
The liquor store won't be destroyed. Probably a happy ending?
(Actually, I just want to write women dominating men, girl x boy, women taking charge--)
The cover features the female lead.
Theme: Birth, aging, sickness, and death are natural laws that cannot be reversed.
