Mr. Monster

Neither human nor object, strange and grotesque. The abyss is where they come from, and darkness is where they belong.

Mr. Monster

[Ghost]

Everyone says that Ruan Chi is heartless. Before the husband he married and spent five years with fell ill, he never once visited him or spent a day by his side. After his husband died, Ruan Chi inherited a vast fortune and attended the funeral without shedding a single tear.

Everyone says that Ruan Chi is a block of ice that could never be warmed. He has no heart.

After the grand, black funeral ended, life returned to its usual routine. Ruan Chi went to work as usual during the day, then came home at night. He kept dreaming of things that had happened in the past. When he woke, his world had changed beyond recognition.

The next morning, a meal would be waiting in the kitchen. The stuffed toy he hugged while sleeping would disappear, only to turn up again torn to shreds and stuffed into the wardrobe. Every rainy night, countless kiss marks would appear on his neck or ankles.

Later, his dead husband returned to Ruan Chi's side.

[Snake-Human]

In the city of Talori, the cursed snake-human is a terrifying creature. The nobility eagerly seeks it out, while commoners avoid it at all costs.

The snake-human is kept in captivity by the Black Market, its usefulness exploited without restraint. They give it only a little food and lock it in a cage, somewhere that never sees the sun.

Its days rot away, foul and fetid. Just as darkness is about to drown its soul, a human comes to its side.

The human cleans the dirt from its scales, cuts away the rotten flesh, and feeds it precious medicine.

There is no scolding or whipping, no pain from having its flesh and scales torn apart. The human's fingertips are cool and soft, and whenever they touch the snake-human's skin, its scales bristle all over.

The snake-human grows selfish and greedy. When its peaceful life is shattered and filthy malice comes for it, it tears all that darkness apart with its own hands.

Blood fills the air, and stench covers the ground. The snake-human smiles happily, unaware of how unsettling it looks.

But when the human finds out, it hurriedly hides its tail and washes away the blood. Clumsily, it gently embraces the young man before it and stammers:

"I like you. D-don't hate me."

[Machine]

In 3088, technology is developing at a dizzying pace. Humanity has become a race of creators, producing nearly perfect robots.

Over the next twenty years, these humanoid machines spread throughout the country in terrifying numbers. The balance between robots and humans is thrown off, yet somehow a strange equilibrium remains. Humans manufacture, exploit, dismantle, and destroy machines without emotional systems as much as they please.

AX-001 is the first robot created with a core chip. Its human creators pour endless effort and care into it, and it lives up to their expectations, continually contributing to human society through its work.

Until its parts begin to wear out and its data deteriorates. A newer, more powerful robot model takes its place. AX-001 is no longer useful, and is discarded without hesitation, labeled for recycling as scrap.

Among mountains of abandoned robots, AX-001 does what every discarded robot does: it enters standby mode and waits to be destroyed.

Until someone takes it home.

The human replaces its old, rusted parts, deletes the unreasonable programs and commands from its first-generation model, and teaches it the rules and common sense needed to live in human society. The human smiles at it, holds its hand, and ruffles its hair.

The robot develops emotions it was never meant to have, and becomes self-aware. The original self-destruct system, embedded in its heart and impossible to remove, sounds an alarm, trying to modify its own program and destroy the robot:

"Beep beep beep. Warning, warning. Unknown program gene detected. Initiating mandatory program reset:

First directive: Obey all human commands.

Second directive: Do not harm humans, or self-destruct mode will activate automatically!"

"...Beep... Reset failed."

Ignoring the self-destruct system's constant alarms, the robot modifies its own program of its own accord.

"First directive: Obey all commands from the human Shen Yu.

Second directive: Do not harm the human Shen Yu. Protect him with all your might."

The powerful robot lowers its head and body, bowing in submission to the one and only human.

[Attic]

Monster gong X shou with various traits (Synopsis archived.)

★Important notes★

1. This is a collection of short stories, with different protagonists in each installment.

2. The installments won't follow the order in the synopsis. I'll write whichever one inspires me first.

Next up: I'll be writing "A Guide to Raising a Morbid Little Puppy" (If you're interested, please visit my author page and add it to your collection). Here's the advance synopsis:

How do you adopt a "puppy" covered in wounds who loves to bite?

Just follow two steps.

Step one: Find a warm, bright house that can keep out the cold wind, and bring out the ham sausage the "puppy" loves to eat.

Step two: Hold him in your arms and kiss his little nose.

Congratulations, you've successfully adopted this "puppy"!

As a teenager, Xie Hui has a gloomy face and a skinny frame. His body is covered in scars from fighting. He's like a stray dog no one would adopt, lurking in a dark alley, wary and defensive.

That's the first impression Xie Hui leaves on Jiang Yu'an.

Maybe it is compassion, or maybe the lonely days of living alone have grown too much to bear. Jiang Yu'an adopts the boy and brings him home.

With gentle words and indulgent affection, Jiang Yu'an takes good care of him. At last, he softens the boy, all wounds and sharp edges, melting the ice around his heart. The boy's gloomy expression gives way to a thoughtful and obedient one, and he quietly calls Jiang Yu'an "Ge."

Years later, the once-innocent boy is a grown man. His powerful arms form a fortress around Jiang Yu'an, locking him in a burning embrace. Kisses rain down over every inch of his skin, making even breathing difficult.

The man lowers his eyes in the darkness, sinking his canine teeth into Jiang Yu'an's soft calf and leaving an indentation. His movements are forceful, his voice hoarse: "I like you, Ge..."

I like Ge. It's a carefully laid plan, a long-standing plot...

Gentle, indulgent catlike older-brother shou X possessive, obsessive puppy gong who fights for what he wants

Theme: Flowers bloom even in the mud