After Becoming Hiro's Family

As an adopted child of the Zhufu family, Zhufu Yuxi is both Hiro's childhood friend and family.

At seventeen, Zhufu Yuxi accidentally encounters the System and learns that their childhood friend will die in the not-too-distant future. Worried, Yuxi rushes back to comfort them, only to have the two clever childhood friends quickly tease the truth about the System out of them.

After that, Zero and Hiro begin their self-rescue plan, also known as playtime. They gather energy and change their fate.

Later, they meet three friends and add them to the list of people to save.

Yu: Congratulations on making it past November 7! ("^_^")

Matsu and Hagi: ?

Temporary secret identity 1: A kidnapped child

Temporary secret identity 2: A pet dog looking for its way home

Childhood arc

Yuxi grabs Hiro's hand and glares. "Little Kei is mine!"

Yamamura flushes with anger. "Little Kei is my friend!"

Hiro smiles brightly. "We're all friends."

Tokyo arc

Yuxi beams with pride. "Look! Hiro and I are family now!"

Yamamura, still in Nagano, fumes. "Ugh! I'm so mad! I want to punch someone!"

Hiro rubs Yuxi's head helplessly. "Yuxi, don't rile up Osamu."

Age seventeen

Yuxi bursts into tears. "Hiro! Zero! I'm so glad you're okay!"

Hiro pats their head. "What's wrong?"

Zero looks puzzled. "What happened? Did you have a nightmare?"

Yuxi hugs their big brother tightly, tears still in the corners of their eyes. "Some little ball said something happened to you!"

Hiro and Zero look at each other. "What little ball?"

Yuxi grabs the little ball and holds it out to them. "This thing! It cursed you! Beat it up!"

Little ball: ...

Hiro slowly smiles warmly. "So you're the little thing that scared my little brother."

Zero smiles and cracks their knuckles. "It's okay, Yuxi. Let's teach it some manners."

Little ball: ... I freaking regret this so much!

Note: The protagonist is on the good guys' side and will never go undercover in the Black Organization.

[2023.2.16]

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