After the Phantom Thief Girl Went on a Rampage in Beika Town

[The author can't write romance anymore. From now on, I'll probably only write plot-focused stories. I've given up, so don't wait for this one.]

Next up: the derivative work "Has Puppy Girl Grown Up Today?" The no-pairing blurb is at the bottom. ↓

Overworked office drone (crossed out) phantom thief girl Qian Shiyu has finally reached her grand retirement after n years on the job.

Qian Shiyu: A grateful heart, thanks to you. (teary-eyed)

In her new world, skilled veteran Qian Shiyu goes about her usual routine of messing with the police and stealing treasures. Then one day, on a whim, she flirts with a handsome police academy student...

(rose between her teeth) (confidently pins him against the wall) (takes out a purified gemstone ring) (slides it onto the curly-haired hottie's ring finger)

Qian Shiyu: Handsome, it's dangerous for a young man to be out alone. Want to come home with big sis?

The innocent curly-haired guy, just passing by, turns bright red: ?!

After enjoying the sight of the curly-haired hottie's flushed face, Qian Shiyu prepares to dust herself off and leave without a care. After she's gone, Matsuda, his heart pounding, finally comes to his senses. He looks down, only to find there's no gemstone ring on his ring finger. The flirtatious phantom thief has already made off with it.

Matsuda: ...Hah!

Humiliated and furious, he pulls out his phone, opens the group chat with his four fellow trainees, and grits his teeth as he sends a message full of exclamation marks.

Matsuda Jinpei, having called in the whole gang, swears he'll make the female phantom thief who flirts with men so casually pay!

And as it turns out, he succeeds. But he gets caught up in it himself.

Much later, someone asks Qian Shiyu, "What's the thing you regret most in your life?"

The thing she regrets most?

(She holds a lollipop between her teeth) (sucks on it with a blank expression) (pretends to smoke)

Qian Shiyu: The thing I should never have done was flirt with a police academy student while I was in the middle of a job.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have spent the rest of her life stuck with a bunch of overpowered cops and detectives.

They're like ghosts. There's no shaking them off.

Reader's guide:

1. The blurb makes it sound like a romance, but this hapless author isn't good at writing romance. I'll do my best. Don't worry about the plot, it'll be a blast.

2. Pairing: Matsuda ultimately wins the girl's heart.

3. A fun, sweet, satisfying story.

4. Any OOC characterization is the hapless author's fault.

"Has Puppy Girl Grown Up Today?" The story of the Sesshomaru's daughter's growth

Blurb: Yue Zhaoxi is a half-demon. Her father is a great demon of the Western Lands, and her mother is a powerful cultivator.

She was born with two powerful bloodlines, but she has one problem: whenever she takes her demon form, something always goes wrong.

While being sent by her parents to train in various worlds, she loses control during another transformation. Her body turns into a white dog, and another domesticated white Shiba Inu takes her home.

A blond, dark-skinned public security officer, who's been working overtime for days, has a recent problem: his pet dog, Haro, has brought home another white puppy that seems to be a stray.

Feeling he isn't suited to adopting another pet, the officer decides to put the little white dog up for adoption.

That very day, while the officer is on duty at the Poirot Café, someone from the adoption center comes to complain that the little white dog snuck out, destroyed several dens run by unscrupulous pet dealers, and came back with a pack of strays to freeload on the food.

The officer: "..."

The little white dog works alongside the officer at the Poirot Café and becomes a popular pet. One day, a murder takes place at the café. While the detectives are still bent over their investigation, the little white dog is already carrying the evidence to the culprit's feet.

The officer: "..."

The detectives: "..."

Realizing something is off, the officer tries to communicate with the little white dog.

The little white dog actually speaks!

The officer is stunned. "Are you a white dog demon?!"

The little white dog: "I'm a half-demon."

The officer: "Can you turn into a human?"

The little white dog: "Maybe I need wishes and merit to do that. Do you have a wish? Maybe helping you make it come true will give me wish power."

The officer, dubious: "As for a wish, I guess I'd like the Organization to be destroyed soon..."

So, at a meeting of the Organization a few days later, the little white dog suddenly transforms into a giant demon hound and tries to swallow the members present in one bite.

The officer, aghast: "Stop!"

The head of public security, his worldview shattered, lectures the little white dog after she changes back. "You must never eat people!"

The little white dog, aggrieved: "I was helping you make your wish come true!"

The officer says he doesn't need that kind of wish fulfillment.

The little white dog: "Then do you have another wish?"

The officer thinks for a long time, then decides to name an impossible wish. "I have a few fellow trainees... I wish they could come back to life..."

And so the officer blacks out. When he opens his eyes, he finds himself back at the start of his days at the police academy...

Theme: Treasure every encounter.