I Own a Beauty Salon [Infinite]

As an accomplished young person of the new era, Yu Dianzhang has one dream: after graduation, he wants to open his own funeral cosmetology shop.

To reach that goal, Yu Dianzhang works diligently from eight in the morning until ten at night. At last, he completes all his credits and graduates with honors, only to miss a step while leaving the stage and die on the spot.

When he wakes up again, he's in the middle of nowhere. For miles around, the only building is the one he's lying in.

System: "You are dead. If you want to keep living, do as I say."

Yu Dianzhang is close to tears. "No. Let me die."

He'd worked himself to the bone to graduate, only to kick the bucket on the very last day. He couldn't accept it, Yu Dianzhang thinks miserably.

The System falls silent. After a moment, deciding it should respect the Host's choice, it agrees: "All right. I didn't think this through. I'm sorry to bother you. I shouldn't have asked you, an outstanding computer science graduate, to learn funeral cosmetology."

Those fields are pretty far apart. How did they ever get matched up?

Yu Dianzhang, lying there and waiting to die: "...?! Funeral cosmetology?"

System: "I'll send you back to where you belong right now."

Yu Dianzhang hurriedly refuses, his eyes lighting up. "No, no! I'm full of enthusiasm for this new job now. Come on, let's sign the contract! I'll shine and make a difference at my workplace!"

System: "But didn't you just say..."

Yu Dianzhang answers without looking up: "I just farted. Pretend you didn't hear it."

There is another side to the world, one unknown to most people, where terrifying urban legends run rampant.

The slit-mouthed woman who wanders around, the Daruma girl who's obsessed with bathtubs, Hanako who likes hiding in restrooms...

The National Special Affairs Bureau recently discovered that terrifying urban legends were appearing more frequently and with greater probability. They were at their wits' end.

Then, at some point, they began to hear a certain rumor circulating among the legends:

They say the slit-mouthed woman, who hates people commenting on her appearance, got surgery. She looks gorgeous now and couldn't be happier.

They say Hanako, who used to hide in the restroom all the time, now thinks it's too smelly and spends every day testing different perfumes.

They say...

National Special Affairs Bureau: "...??? What is all this supposed to mean?"

Yu Dianzhang keeps his good deeds under wraps as he sees the smiling slit-mouthed woman out of his shop. "Thanks for stopping by. Come again soon."

The slit-mouthed woman glances at the mad dog behind the young shopkeeper, then stalks off in a huff. The young shopkeeper smells so good. What's wrong with taking a sniff?

PS: ◇1 There are definitely going to be a lot of personal interpretations, so consider this your warning.

Theme: For the youth of the new era, youth is about striving.