Girl Power

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Zechuan Mu has had a "100% human-outline dodging" skill since she was little.

Bullets turn corners when they see her. Ropes snap on their own when she tries to hang herself, and even knife blades get so scared they fall to the floor if she tries to run into one.

Knowing nobody could kill her, she ran wild in the organization, making a spectacular mess of everything until she rose to become its third-in-command.

Then one day, a friendly white-haired man stopped her. "I can see you've got a curse on you. Want me to exorcise it?"

Zechuan Mu: Do you have any idea how valuable this curse is for getting by in the Black Organization?

The white-haired man also started spreading rumors that Zechuan Mu was his long-lost fiancée.

Yeah, right... There'd be a line from Tokyo to France of people trying to scam her out of her money.

The problem was, the white-haired sorcerer was itching to exorcise the cursed spirit for his "fiancée." To protect her golden finger, Zechuan Mu played innocent and pitiful, and fooled him.

She swore she was only putting on an act. But when she turned around, she realized the white-haired sorcerer seemed to have believed every word of her nonsense.

Zechuan Mu: ...

Zechuan Mu: ????

(After giving it some thought) Is he really the big-boobs, no-brains type?

After the truth came out, the strongest in the jujutsu world seemed to hold a grudge against her and chased her everywhere.

Just as everyone at the liquor factory was mourning Zechuan Mu, she became the new leader of the jujutsu world as an ordinary person, and started keeping WTW.

#When I talk about how to turn the tables and become the one in charge, you think the only person I want to overthrow is my boss#

#Actually, there's the jujutsu world too (laughs)

Rumors spread through the Black Organization that Muscat had started dating a sorcerer.

Organization members: Hmph. A villain messing around with a sorcerer? They aren't afraid of getting swatted to death?

Then one day, the Yatagarasu community uploaded a high-resolution, unblurred, in-your-face photo titled "Muscat's Boyfriend."

The internal forum exploded: Holy crap, what an earth-shatteringly handsome face! First we doubted Muscat, then we understood Muscat, now we want to be Muscat! I'd let him swat me to death with one hand if he looked like that!

Muscat: Stop spreading rumors. Do you want this kind of luck, or not?

Before long, Muscat became the new leader of the jujutsu world and turned around and started keeping WTW.

The strongest x the strongest

For your heroism

Reading guide:

◎ It looks like a straightforward romance, but the career plot is about as prominent as the love story. Xiao Wu doesn't officially appear until Chapter 5.

◎ A crossover between Detective Conan and Jujutsu Kaisen, with plenty of original details.

◎ The timeline has been adjusted, so everyone has to use smartphones.

◎ The entire police academy group survives.

◎ The heroine is, first and foremost, a dazzlingly colorful kind of black.

Content warnings:

◎ The heroine isn't perfect.

◎ From Xiao Wu and Xiao Mu's personalities, you can tell that both the black and white sides will be put through the wringer to some degree. (Slowly kneels.)

*Characters' values do not represent the author's values.

Check out my friend's new novel, The Heiress and Her Lover's Son, by Wu Lang

The Guan family returns to build up their hometown after fifteen years away. Guan Peihan learns that her father has a new lover in another city: a divorced high school teacher in her early thirties with a child. She goes to confront her, only to meet the woman's son, Qu Qing.

The boy is slender but not frail. He stands quietly, with a high brow ridge, rational and self-possessed, regarding everything with a gentle calm.

In an old apartment complex, moldy smells drift from corners the sunlight can't reach. Every household leaves its trash by the door, letting it pile up for days before taking it all out at once. Muddy footprints from a rainy day stain the red plastic doormat that says "Safe Travels."

The narrow hallway is so cramped that raising your voice stirs up dust and debris.

Sixteen-year-old Guan Peihan holds up the skirt of her Elie Saab fairy-tale dress with both hands. She wears Mary Janes, her curls bouncing with her brisk movements. Eyes wide, she coldly spells out the difference between them and threatens him: "That's exactly the kind of man my rotten old man is. He falls for one woman after another. Give it two months and he'll be done with your mother. We're not the same kind of people!"

But all Qu Qing says is that he wants to look after his "little sister."

Guan Peihan's words fall flat. All she can say is, "Idiot!"

Their relationship is awkward. If they aren't at each other's throats, that's already a win.

Unexpectedly, three months later, their fathers' relationship falls apart. The old man leaves Yuancheng, and Guan Peihan takes Qu Qing with her.

2.

With his parents divorced early and their breakup turning ugly, Qu Qing only hopes to live a peaceful, happy life.

First, he'll finish his studies according to plan. Then, on his teacher's advice, he'll pursue a degree in a field with good prospects. After graduation, he'll go on a blind date and marry someone suitable...

Until Guan Peihan shows up.

Some of the things he does are downright crazy.

Then one day, Guan Peihan gets a boyfriend, a guy who is nothing like him.

[She likes guys like that? So she wasn't oblivious, she just didn't like me? After two years together, did she feel nothing for me? If she feels nothing after three years, could she ever like me after five, ten, or decades?]

The flood of thoughts makes his mind sluggish, unable to keep up or think straight. No matter how he looks at it, there is little hope. He's tired. Seeing the two of them together cuts him to the core. He can't take it anymore.

With a fever, he murmurs, "Guan Peihan, I want to go home."

Qu Qing regrets saying it as soon as the words leave his mouth.

But people are pathetic. He hopes Guan Peihan will say something, anything, to make him stay...

"Sure! Go, then."

His world collapses.

Ah...

Maybe he should just die.

With his fever, Qu Qing's normally pale face is flushed. Waves of heat roll through his body, and even the slightest breeze makes him cough. He's pale and weak, his dark lashes trembling nonstop.

Can a fever kill you?

The next day, Qu Qing flees back to Yuancheng.

The snow from the night before hasn't melted. His fever returns, and he collapses against his mother's shoulder.

Did winter make your heart cold, too?

[Bonus scene]

After they reunite in their junior year of college and weather a few twists and turns, the two are doing fairly well together. Getting married is the hard part.

"Qu Qing!" Guan Peihan calls, then opens the door without a second thought.

She doesn't give Qu Qing a chance to react.

Qu Qing is propped against the headboard, gently holding the girl's lace slip that he's been altering himself, silver threads hanging from the fabric.

The white nightgown is a little wrinkled after being washed over and over.

Qu Qing hurriedly covers himself with the pillow beside him and says, his voice strained and low, "Babe... why didn't you knock?"

"Never mind, babe. Come here for a second."

Theme: "Spring is still spring, after all."