Yuta Wants to Be My Dog

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Kannazuki is an ordinary person who clocks in at the Port Mafia and slacks off at work, while occasionally moonlighting as a detective's assistant. The only difference is, she's a cursed spirit.

Yokohama, where she lives, is a dangerous and sinful city.

It's chaotic and lawless, but strangely, while cursed spirits run rampant elsewhere, not a single one can be found in Yokohama. The jujutsu world has investigated the city over and over, only to come up empty-handed every time.

All they can conclude is this: Yokohama is special.

One day, a certain famously hot-tempered teacher at Tokyo Jujutsu High casually brought up Yokohama's unusual ecosystem while teaching his students.

Yuji exclaimed, "I wish there were no cursed spirits anywhere, just like in Yokohama!"

The shameless teacher smiled. "Do you know when there can be no cursed spirits for miles around?"

Yuji was confused. "???"

His teacher, the strongest fighter in the jujutsu world, spoke in a flippant tone: "When all of Yokohama is under the protection of a single cursed spirit so powerful that it can keep every other cursed spirit from setting foot here. The strongest cursed spirit of all."

Kannazuki only wants to keep slacking off forever. At most, she'll occasionally get hooked on playing house with Mahito to seek out the meaning of family. But life doesn't always go her way.

First came a certain sorcerer with a pronounced underbite, who inexplicably latched onto her.

Then came Brain, Mahito, Sukuna, and the rest, all as impossible to shake as a tail.

Mahito: "Let's destroy the world together."

Kannazuki: "Sumimasen, I'm just an ordinary slacker. May I recommend a bowl of plain noodles instead?"

Yuta never thought there would be a day when he opened his eyes again after being broken in half.

Back in his days at Jujutsu High, he made a bold decision: to seek out the unspeakable King of Curses, a figure from urban legends in this life.

He had never heard of Yokohama's strange phenomena in his previous life.

His instincts told him that the source of this oddity was the king lurking in the shadows.

And although he did manage to get close to that esteemed figure, he got his hopes up too soon. After all, who could have guessed that the king who ruled all of Yokohama was, at this very moment, just a poor overworked office drone?

Now the corporate slave, who dreams of doing nothing, pushes a stack of documents toward him and gazes at him with eager, pleading eyes.

Yuta picks up the files before his brain can catch up: ...

He falls silent for a moment.

It's fine. He's just here to lie in wait for other cursed spirits.

When he faced off against his old nemesis Sukuna again, Yuta Okkotsu was certain he was ready to die in battle once more.

But after the smoke cleared, Kannazuki suddenly appeared in the middle of the battlefield.

Yuta watched as she shed her usual lazy manner. Now she stood aloof and imperious, her gaze emotionless as she looked at the intruding King of Curses as if he were a tiny bug.

"Die."

She calmly pronounced his fate.

That day, the strongest signal ever erupted in Yokohama.

Little skit:

Sukuna: "Rnm"

Reading notes:

1. Otome-oriented. Check the supporting character section below for the romance pairing. The love interest is the guy with the underbite. Yuta fans can probably skip this one.

2. Since this is a crossover, the timelines are a mess. I recommend turning off your brain and following along.

3. Updates are irregular before it makes the rankings, then follow the rankings once it does. Daily updates after it goes premium. Feel free to ask for updates.

4. I'll post bonus chapters for every 100 new followers or 100 votes.

5. So spicy! Hope you enjoy reading.

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Surviving in a Science RPG

You're a test subject.

You're on the run, escaping with the evidence you gathered from the laboratory.

Some people want to kill you. Others want to protect you.

Your mission is to find the Red Team hiding in the shadows in Beika City, hand over the evidence, and testify in court against the Black Team.

Before that, to avoid the assassins lying in wait, you have to live like an ordinary person...

--and stay alive!!!

*

You happened upon a new RPG game called Survival in the Science World.

The title alone sounded thrilling. After reading the description, you promptly bought this escape game and took it home.

Now, the game begins!

[First Playthrough] The Mute

You just escaped, and a passerby with shaggy hair takes you in, even though you can't speak.

Then you both die.

In the final second before the explosion, the police officer with shaggy hair watches helplessly as you rush toward him. Together, you turn into fireworks.

The evidence lies hidden, all alone, waiting for someone to find it.

Achievement unlocked: [Success That Never Came]

[Second Playthrough] The Tasteless

You're back on the streets again. To evade your pursuers, you put on a maid outfit and apply for a server position at Cafe Poirot.

Even though you can't savor the deliciousness of food, your lovely looks and sunny disposition make you a dazzling sight wherever you go.

Then one day, you discover that the owner is the very person who's been pursuing you all along!

With a serious expression, you entrust the evidence you've managed to preserve to the detective agency next door.

"Bang."

Before the owner can make a move, you quietly die. You hope your death will conceal where the evidence is hidden.

Achievement unlocked: [A Narrow Miss]

[Third Playthrough] The Seeker of Death

Your pursuer's footsteps draw closer outside the door. On the verge of being caught, you take poison of your own accord.

Luckily, you don't die. You become small. Later, a few police academy students even take you in together. Among them are the familiar officer with shaggy hair and the familiar owner.

Later on... you watch everyone die with your own eyes.

"..."

Achievement unlocked: [The Dawn Only You Can Live to See]

You're furious enough to die!

Come on, who wants a bad ending?

You get back up every time, your determination to grind the game through the roof!

Finally, in the last playthrough, you take the stand as a witness and confidently recite the testimony you've prepared over countless playthroughs.

You're on the verge of beating the game when a bullet from nowhere suddenly pierces your chest.

The achievement window pops up: [The Dawn Only You Can't See]

You can't take it anymore. You curse and throw the game aside, then collapse onto your bed. Thinking about the game, you can't help sighing:

Why is it so hard to get a happy ending!!!

"Ding-dong."

Just then, your doorbell rings.

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1. First playthrough, you try to save Matsuda, and it goes horribly wrong. (Sobs)

2. There should be lots of reader comments.

Theme: The world kisses me with pain, and I answer with song.