Live Coverage: Winning Over a Sickly Beauty with a Sweet Exterior and Dark Heart

Coming soon: I'm a Teacher at a Bizarre University and Are You Desperate Today? [Infinite]. Blurbs are at the very bottom ↓

Blurb:

Lin Zhaoyue was a streamer of otome games, famous for clearing every route in one go without saving.

One day, the System pulled her into a certain route in an otome game. She had to win over a sickly beauty who was sweet on the outside but dark within, reach a happy ending, and return to reality.

As far as she knew, the protagonist on this route was always going down the path of corruption, and the only ending was a bad one.

Lin Zhaoyue: ...

[The game reproduces all sensations with one hundred percent accuracy. Players, choose carefully. Every choice will affect what happens next and the final ending. A friendly reminder: remember to save, stay steady, and don't take risks.]

Seeing the game's warning, Lin Zhaoyue immediately chose not to save and to take risks instead.

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Scenario 1

In a pitch-black alley, the stench of blood hung in the air, and faint, shallow breaths could be heard.

At the System's urging, Lin Zhaoyue entered the alley.

A beautiful boy sat in the corner, looking utterly broken.

His hair was disheveled, his white shirt stained with blood, and his dark eyes filled with helplessness and misery. "Please... save me..."

The boy reached out his hand

Lin Zhaoyue glanced at him twice, expressionless, then turned and left.

The next evening, on her way home from work, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her neck. Her vision went black, and she lost consciousness...

[Congratulations, player, on earning the achievement: The Consequences of Leaving Someone to Die.]

Lin Zhaoyue: ...

Scenario 2

Standing at the alley entrance once again, she ignored the System's urging, turned to leave, and ran straight into a group of men in black.

Then came a bang. Her vision went black, and she lost consciousness...

[Congratulations, player, on earning the achievement: The More You Know, the Faster You Die.]

Lin Zhaoyue: ...

Scenario 3

Back at the alley entrance once more, Lin Zhaoyue didn't need the System to remind her. She went in and dragged the boy away

[Congratulations, player, on earning the achievement: A Meeting! Current affection: -5. Friendly reminder: Watch your strength. Your target is injured.]

Lin Zhaoyue looked at the boy beside her, who wore an obedient, grateful expression. At the System's reminder, her eyelid twitched. She dropped him. She wasn't saving him after all!

She had just left the alley when she ran into the men in black. Then came a sharp pain in her neck...

[Congratulations, player, on earning the achievement: Heroically Taking a Bullet and Sacrificing Yourself!]

Lin Zhaoyue: For fuck's sake! I want to quit the game!

Reading guide:

1. The heroine refuses to save, just plays around, and keeps dying.

2. The hero has a reason for killing her. No spoilers here.

3. Includes some mystery.

I'm a Teacher at a Bizarre University

Blurb:

At some point, everyone began entering bizarre games upon reaching adulthood. The games never ended, so the Bizarre University was established to reduce the death rate among new players.

It had only been a month since the 233rd class of freshmen started school, but Class 29 had already gone through ten teachers.

The class was packed with rebellious, impossible students who were so stubborn they'd make your hair fall out.

Class 29 was in chaos again today, and the students were cheering because they'd driven yet another teacher away.

Creak

The door swung open. A woman shuffled in wearing slippers, her hair hastily tied up with a pencil, suspiciously flushed cheeks, and a bottle of baijiu in her left hand. She took a swig every few steps and slowly made her way to the lectern. "I'm Ti Wu, your teacher from now on. Today is a mock exam. Come with me into the instance."

The students: !!!

Wait, this disheveled drunk woman was their teacher? No! They hadn't learned a thing. How were they supposed to take an exam?

Inside the instance

The 46 students of Class 29 stared at the ghosts roaming all around them, their legs trembling. They'd long since lost their usual bravado.

"Where's the teacher?"

"Holy crap! There are so many ghosts! They're coming!"

"Teacher Ti?"

"Help!"

Meanwhile, Ti Wu was drinking with an old acquaintance. "Your sacrificial wine really is the best."

The instance boss, sporting a swollen and bruised face, suppressed his anger and took a deep breath. "That's an offering for me. At least leave me some."

"Yeah, yeah, I know," she said perfunctorily.

Class 29, screaming themselves hoarse outside, trembled in fear and wept as the ghosts drew closer, while their teacher had already fallen asleep.

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Ever since Ti Wu took charge of Class 29, all the troublemakers had turned into model students.

The whole school exclaimed, "Teacher Ti is awesome!"

The students of Class 29 sneered. "All she does is drink. She never teaches, and there's a mock exam every three days and a test every five. We taught ourselves just to stay alive. What does that have to do with Ti Wu?"

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Everyone in Class 29 thought Ti Wu was a half-baked teacher. They were unhappy but didn't dare say so, until they were dragged into a wilderness instance during their autumn outing and found themselves in mortal danger

They watched Ti Wu kick the instance boss flying and solve the instance's puzzle with ease. "We're out of booze. Let's go."

The students: ...

Holy crap! Is this really their unreliable Teacher Ti? She's so damn cool!

Reading guide:

1. The heroine is usually carefree, unreliable, and never without her baijiu, but she shows up to crush everything when it counts. Total badass.

2. The more cocky the problem students are at first, the harder they cry later. This story is all about "growth."

3. There is a male lead. They are already a couple from the start, and their relationship is stable. He has a small role and appears in everyday scenes, but he won't enter instances with her.

4. Chuunibyou and a Japanese light-novel feel.

5. My take on Infinite fiction, with lots of original worldbuilding.

Are You Desperate Today? [Infinite]

Blurb:

"I dreamed about Ni Huan yesterday. She finally came to see me."

Qin She excitedly grabbed his friend's arm.

His friend looked serious. "Qin She, but Shen Nihuan never existed."

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When he was eighteen, Qin She lost his lover, "Shen Nihuan," and fell into despair. But everyone around him told him that the girl who had been like the sun was only a figment of his imagination.

Qin She never gave up looking for her, but there was no trace of her anywhere.

Even more despairing was the fact that he was gradually forgetting his lover's face, her voice, and all the things they'd done together.

On the eve of his twenty-eighth birthday, Qin She finally dreamed of his lover.

Nihuan tugged at his arm. "Qin She, you have to find me."

"Nihuan..."

When he woke, a card lay beside his tear-soaked pillow. On it were a few large words: Despair Game.

That evening, on his way home after saying goodbye to a friend, he was pulled into the world of cards...

Reading guide:

1. Half-dead, cold and indifferent to others, numb to everything; the moment he meets the heroine, he becomes clingy and love-struck. Male lead × nonhuman female lead.

2. The story will lean as hard into despair as possible.

3. My take on Infinite fiction, with tons of original worldbuilding.