. Aoi Chiya is an unremarkable pharmacist at a certain distillery, but he's been blessed with absurd luck since childhood. He always wins a refrigerator in supermarket raffles, and whenever he buys a lottery ticket, he wins at least a hundred thousand.
One day, Aoi Chiya woke up and discovered he was dead. He was bound to an immersive life-stealing System, which randomly possessed a character from a game and livestreamed it. If he accumulated one billion in tips, he could be reborn.
Aoi Chiya sneered.
Whatever. He'd go completely off the rails.
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Aoi Chiya possessed the leader of a certain Mafia.
The fifteen-year-old Double Black were cursing at each other at headquarters. The boss not only failed to stop them, he raised his arms and cheered, all hyped up: "Place your bets! Place your bets! Who will win, the Gravity Manipulator or the Black Phantom? To make it more interesting, Chuuya-kun and Dazai-kun, put on skirts and become magical girls!"
Three days later, Mori AI learned about his misdeeds from the past few days, and his hairline receded by two centimeters.
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Aoi Chiya possessed a certain curse user who controlled cursed spirits.
Gojo heard that Geto had gone wild yesterday, scarfing down cursed spirit orbs dipped in ice cream, and gleefully asked him what had gotten into him.
"Yaga-sensei said someone stole my body," Geto replied, holding back his anger. "He exorcised a hundred cursed spirits and ate ten tubs of vanilla ice cream in one night. Is there something wrong with his head?"
The shameless sunglasses-wearing cat burst out laughing.
That was until half a month later, when Gojo learned that yesterday he'd tied his hair into twin tails, stood atop Tokyo Tower, and shouted at a cursed spirit, "In the name of the moon, I will punish you!" His smile disappeared.
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One day, a rich viewer with the ID [Crab Cans Are Delicious] appeared in the livestream and climbed to the top of the gift rankings.
There were also [Kikufuku Is the Best], [Who Picked Up My Finger], [Will Eating Ten Tubs of Ice Cream Kill Me], and many others, all constantly showering him with tips.
With the support of all these big names, Aoi Chiya successfully came back to life.
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A week after his return, Boss Dazai and Gojo showed up outside Aoi Chiya's home.
Aoi Chiya had already figured out the truth and took it well: Wow, so you're real people. That's surprising. (Expressionless.)
Aoi Chiya thought they had come for revenge. Instead, the two were so moved they were nearly in tears. They thanked him for repeatedly saving the Mafia and helping the technical college grow bigger and stronger, and sincerely invited him to switch jobs.
Aoi Chiya: ???
He'd spent his whole life doing evil, and he'd actually done good deeds like that too.
Aoi Chiya had meant to refuse, but Boss Dazai and Gojo each offered him an astronomical salary, which changed his mind.
He couldn't help it. They were offering way too much.
Aoi Chiya quit the distillery that very night: [This dump is full of undercover agents and has no future. Farewell, Gin-san. I won't come back to see you.]
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[Reader's guide]
* A lighthearted comedy that torments the whole world. If that's not your thing, stay away.
★ Thanks to his luck, Aoi Chiya accidentally saved [Oda Sakunosuke, Boss Dazai, Geto, and the Flags]... and became a widely praised good person.
* Bungo Stray Dogs includes both the IF world and the main world.
* The romance isn't very prominent early on, but becomes more prominent after the protagonist comes back to life.
* Pairing: Gojo Cat. The author's setting is that Gojo, at twenty-eight, has already become the head of the family.
* Warnings: There are author-created details, which will be noted in the afterword.
Theme: [2023.5.22]