Raising a Kenma Cat in a Bare-Bones Game

[This story will be completed and enter the paid section on June 1.]

[Comments on individual chapters are now open. We'd love to hear from you!]

My name is Jiang Qianliu, and I'm an ordinary Chinese high school girl.

I'm somewhat famous in the gaming community because I can always unlock hidden CGs in dating games.

One day, a strange link appeared in my inbox. The email asked me to test a game still in closed beta, and even included a full-dive gaming pod that they shipped to my home.

You've got to be kidding me. This no-name game was registered in Japan, had no official publishing license, and its marketing looked like it was going to flop.

Just as I was thinking that, 100,000 yuan appeared in my bank account.

A new email from them landed in my inbox.

[The 100,000 yuan is an advance. The rest will be paid once you finish the game. Thank you for working with us.]

I immediately groveled and smoothly spammed them with rose emojis.

[Of course, no problem.]

After a long time pursuing the characters, I successfully reached an extremely high affection level.

The final payment, together with my own savings, was enough to let me study abroad at the dream school in Japan I'd applied to earlier.

I happily set off on my study abroad adventure.

On the first day of school, I came face to face with a caramel-pudding-haired guy at the gates of Japan's top university.

He stared at me in surprise, then very naturally asked if I needed a guide.

After all, I was new here and unfamiliar with Japan.

In a daze, I followed him, slowly processing everything in my head.

So why had the character I romanced in that no-name game become my real-life classmate?

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[Please read before starting]

1. The story is mainly told in first person, with a little third person (though the third-person parts seem to be adding up as I write).

2. Some OOC is unavoidable. This is my take on Kenma. Sorry for the OOC.

3. The plot goes in some wild directions.

4. Romance-focused.

5. For certain reasons, the timeline has been changed a lot. No need to fact-check it.

Theme: Seeking reality amid illusion