When They Learned They Were Just a Substitute, They Went Mad

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As an amnesiac, Qingmu Lin can't find meaning in life. Then a System appears and tells him it will help him find a reason to keep living.

Qingmu, who was bored with nothing to do: "...Sure."

And so, the person and the System officially make a deal and transmigrate through various anime worlds.

[The Unfinished]

Edogawa Ranpo once had a younger brother, a taboo subject that no one in the Detective Agency is allowed to discuss.

Until one day, during a collaboration with the Port Mafia, the usually composed detective rushes up to a young man and calls out his name.

But the young man's eyes no longer hold any affection for him. Instead, he has given all his love to someone else.

[The One He Could Never Have] (The previous blurb will still be included, but from a different point of view.)

Tsugikuni Tsukihiko is the most treasured young master of the Tsugikuni family, yet he has been sickly and close to death since childhood. When he finally gets a chance to go out and enjoy himself, bandits abduct him.

From then on, Tsukihiko's quality of life plummets. The pampered young master is exploited by the bandit every day, and his once-delicate skin gradually grows rough.

At last, the family's warriors find him and take him home. But unexpectedly, his health, which had been improving, slowly deteriorates.

When Tsukihiko finds the bandit again, the man has long since turned to ash.

And the bandit has become his eternal obsession.

[Your Shadow in Another]

Everyone at the technical college knows that Qingmu Lin, the new first-year student, does whatever Gojo says.

Even Geto, his friend, can't resist teasing them about their relationship.

Qingmu, the person involved, doesn't mind. Instead, he tries even harder to be kind to the haughty cat.

His unceasing affection and always putting Gojo first make the boy in sunglasses think he's loved.

Until another child with silver hair appears at Qingmu Lin's side, and the now-adult Gojo Satoru suddenly understands.

All this time, he has been stealing the love Qingmu Lin meant for someone else.

[Hard to Put Into Words]

Rei Furuya once had a close classmate named Qingmu Lin. But before two years had passed, Qingmu Lin dropped out of the police academy.

After graduating, Furuya is assigned by his superior to go undercover. Using the name Toru Amuro, he cuts ties with his past. He works his way up and earns a codename, only to discover that his former classmate is his superior and has been watching him all along.

And he himself has been nothing but a clown.

"So why did you lie to me?" Rei Furuya finally asks one day.

The person he's questioning simply smiles faintly and says nothing.

Even when the other man dies, Rei Furuya never gets an answer.

Of course, he doesn't need one anymore.

Because some things are hard to put into words.

Qingmu Lin completes every task the System gives him.

His lost memories are also returned to him.

It turns out that, like the person before him, he is an artificial god.

After everything he's been through, Qingmu no longer cares about his origins. He buys a cafe and decides to live an ordinary life.

Then familiar faces start appearing one after another. Sensing something is wrong, Qingmu Lin immediately calls the System's hotline.

But the reply he gets is, "Sorry, the worlds have merged."

When all his old acquaintances gather together and each asks who matters most,

Qingmu Lin: ... (He bolts for the door while everyone is still distracted.)

Message: Focus when you do things.