Pre-release now open: He Played Everyone, Then Chose a Bad Ending (blurb at the very bottom)
(The cover is a template image I bought from the artist! It may look similar to others, so please don't ask!)
(This story has a lot of original worldbuilding!)
As the future mistress of the Gojo family, Natsume Kanon has clear, fawn-like eyes. She seems gentle and endearing, as delicate and pitiable as cherry blossoms drifting in the wind.
But no one knows that she is a complete and utter liar.
By day, she is the beloved Miss Kanon of the Gojo family, trusted by her Six Eyes stepson and respected by the servants.
Under the dazzling colored lights, she weaves money and desire into a fine cage, drawing her prey into her grasp.
"Toji, darling? Let's see what kind of catch four hundred million can reel in."
The muscular Toji lets out a scoff, lifting his chin slightly.
"One that'll satisfy you, of course."
Watching her prey step deeper and deeper into a cage woven from lies and "love," the swindler Natsume Kanon almost believes she has secured her place on the throne of victory.
Until...
Her lies are suddenly torn apart.
Zenin Toji witnesses the "mistress" of the Gojo family playing around with her stepson.
A smile tugs at his lips, and he savors the pleasure of turning the tables.
"I've got you."
You little liar.
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As a swindler, Natsume Kanon uses her cursed technique, "Luck," to thrive among all kinds of faces.
She can be a rich woman casually handing fifty million to her lover, or the mysterious leader of an organization that destroys an ancient jujutsu family.
One moment, she's telling her lover, "You're the only one I love." The next, she's raising a glass at a host club.
Natsume Kanon's tricks never run dry.
Until...
Toji, the man she considers her prey, peels away her lies and masks, layer by layer, and the positions of hunter and hunted begin to reverse.
The romance battle between the Heavenly Restriction tyrant and the little liar begins.
Also known as The 101st Time Toji Forgave Her
Note:
1. The heroine is younger than Toji, but the age gap isn't very large.
2. Because my editor pointed out the moral issues around the mistress eloping, Kanon's characterization has changed, but the overall plot remains the same.
[The character changes are explained in the author's note after Chapter 1.]
3. The timeline is set in an earlier era. Some character ages have been changed for this story, so please don't nitpick.
4. You don't have to tell the author if you're dropping the story. I'm sensitive and I'll cry my eyes out. To everyone in the comments, please be kind and friendly. Kisses!
Posted on February 21, 2023.
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[Pre-release blurb]
Kitahara Kimishiro is an actor.
More importantly, an actor who's about to die.
So, to stay alive, he joins the Time Bureau and becomes an investigator in increasingly unstable worlds. He investigates every suspicious person, then plays out one bad-ending script after another.
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World One [Red and Black's Rhapsody]
: Your identity → The perfect victim trapped in a death loop
: Your suspects → An undercover police officer, a certain silver-haired killer, an FBI college student...
Now, please begin your role.
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Love-motivated murder, dismemberment, bombings, indiscriminate attacks...
"Can you save me?"
The young man trapped in a death loop reaches out to everyone nearby who might help.
A killer? A police officer? Or the FBI?
Anyone will do, as long as they can save me.
"Yayoi!"
After he dies once again, he hears a heart-wrenching cry.
World Two [Song of the Gifted Dead]
: Your identity → The unknown owner of an underground theater in Yokohama
: Your suspects → A boy who is a living god of calamity, an ability user with No Longer Human, a corrupt doctor...
Now, please begin your role.
Beneath the popular Theater of the Future, undercurrents are stirring.
The outside world is embroiled in bloody conflict, while war plays out onstage.
"Teacher, no... You should call me sir."
As Harukazu casually says this to the boy with auburn hair in front of him, the boy who bears the power of gravity looks dejected.
Do you... hate me?
He almost says it aloud.
World Three [Jujutsu's Fantasy Variations]
: Your identity → A caged canary dreaming of changing the world
: Your suspects → The Heavenly Restriction tyrant, the Six Eyes, the Cursed Spirit Manipulator...
Now, please begin your role.
To overhaul the rotten jujutsu world, Kisaragi Kishi contacts the Heavenly Restriction tyrant, the strongest in hand-to-hand combat.
And after a tiring day at work, he casually and intimately nestles in the man's arms.
"Toji, I need to rest for a while."
Zenin Toji's kiss falls casually beside the person in his arms. He asks softly,
"What are we to each other now?"
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In the end, Kitahara Kimishiro dies.
Script ending generating...
"In a death that follows you like a shadow, no one can save a lamb waiting for slaughter."
Red and Black: The Death of God's Lamb
"Beneath the shadows lies the light of dawn. You saved everyone, then murdered yourself."
Gifted: How to Gently Walk Into the Long Night of Death
"Ambitious schemer or martyr? I only know that after you died, there was no utopia left in the world."
Jujutsu: The Ambitious Schemer and the Ideal State
Theme: Don't let life hold you back. Dare to love
It's gone, it's gone. I still want to see the scene where Da Huihui meets Shi'er and Xiao Xiaohui, woo woo woo
Mirai Hui: I was born by my father (sure)
Are Dazai and Odasaku in this article dead? If so, can the previous money be refunded? If not, keep buying it
It's been windy and cool here in Zhejiang for a few days, so military training shouldn't be too big.
Haha, Shir, you're stuck! !
Hahahahahaha, I was caught red-handed! ! ! !
So is this how Megumin came to be?
I haven't read the original manga, but judging from various fanfics, whether it is the original timeline or the IF line, they are Atsushi and Akutagawa, and Akutagawa and Akutagawa. In the police station and the detective agency, everyone calls these two people Atsushi and Akutagawa! ! !
It ended a bit hastily
Pull it to the highest level? But Shi'er's own luck value is quite low, and his winning rate in gambling is extremely low (hilarious!!!)
It's gone, it's gone. I still want to see the scene where Da Huihui meets Shi'er and Xiao Xiaohui, woo woo woo
Mirai Hui: I was born by my father (sure)
Are Dazai and Odasaku in this article dead? If so, can the previous money be refunded? If not, keep buying it
It's been windy and cool here in Zhejiang for a few days, so military training shouldn't be too big.
Haha, Shir, you're stuck! !
Hahahahahaha, I was caught red-handed! ! ! !
So is this how Megumin came to be?
I haven't read the original manga, but judging from various fanfics, whether it is the original timeline or the IF line, they are Atsushi and Akutagawa, and Akutagawa and Akutagawa. In the police station and the detective agency, everyone calls these two people Atsushi and Akutagawa! ! !
It ended a bit hastily
Pull it to the highest level? But Shi'er's own luck value is quite low, and his winning rate in gambling is extremely low (hilarious!!!)