Can I Play as a Regular Civilian in the Detective Game?

This novel will be completed and enter VIP on November 21, 2022.

In the year 3xxx, retro elements were all the rage in the gaming world.

An AI game company sifted through its database for anime from a thousand years ago and turned one into a massive story-driven game: The Detective Game!

You could also explore a vast open world beyond the main story.

Influencers from all over the internet joined in to livestream their playthroughs.

Jiang Lina was a veteran life-sim player who loved immersing herself in every game and was deeply devoted to happy endings.

She jumped into the game as soon as it came out. She chose Lina for her first name, and since the game required a surname, she picked one at random. Shimizu? Sounds good.

Then she opened her eyes and discovered that she had become a miserable seven-year-old girl who had to attend elementary school on time! The AI was a total goofball! And the worst flag of all:

She had to experience life in a world where people were murdered every single day!

The life-sim player flopped down like a lazy fish, tears streaming down her face.

If heaven gave me one more chance to choose, I... I'd still choose to join the game.

Actually, this is great! Hehehe. I can get close to pretty girls and admire handsome guys.

Protect the people around her, keep her everyday life within normal bounds, and occasionally join the main cast in thrilling adventures.

But after spending too long enjoying the happiness of lying flat, she'd eventually have to work to pay off her debts.

Especially once she realized that if she didn't work hard, her happy life would vanish. Even a lazy fish had to get up and fight! Especially a life-sim player who was good at all five stats!

Note: The setting is a thousand years in the future, where virtual networks play an even bigger role in everyday life than the internet does today.

And players' actions in hyper-realistic full-dive games are subject to legal restrictions. It's a game, but you can't just do whatever you want.

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"...And that's how it is. Did you get all that, Master?"

"...No."

A commotion erupted around her, with anguished cries breaking through the din now and then.

The girl waited patiently for them to calm down, her face utterly blank.

The young man's voice from earlier spoke again. "All right, then. Just remember a few key points first. You're inside a game. You're playing a romance conquest game, and you have to conquer at least one target!"

He grew more and more frantic as he spoke. "And we're not some weird gods or anything. We're your swords!"

"Namazuo, don't panic..."

"Let me explain! Master, the Time Government signed you on as a Saniwa five years ago. Your codename is Mao Baibai, and you're the master who will lead us to victory!"

"Can someone drag Hasebe away? The master is obviously zoning out!"

"Whatever happens, Master, please believe us. We won't hurt you!"

It seemed to have gone quiet?

"Hello? Hello? Number 21? Can you hear me?!"

"...Hello?"

"Tch, so you've finally booted up? Now press the doorbell of the house in front of you. Hurry!"

This person seemed different from the ones who'd spoken before.

Thinking this, the girl looked up at the nameplate on the door in front of her.

It read: Saiki.

A crossover of The Disastrous Life of Saiki K., Touken Ranbu, and Bungo Stray Dogs (Boss Dazai arc).

Saiki and the sword boys make up most of the story. Bungo Stray Dogs characters only include Boss Dazai, and he doesn't appear much.

Pairing: Saiki

Theme: Life can heal everything, and it can create miracles too.