My Childhood Friend Sees Me Through Ten Layers of Rose-Colored Glasses

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Nanchuan Youye is a middle school student who is a little stronger than most, has a bit of a mischievous streak, and is somewhat beyond the ordinary.

He lives in Namimori Town and has a somewhat scatterbrained childhood friend. His days follow the same three-point routine: school, part-time work, and home.

Everything here is perfectly normal.

Until one day, a tiny baby in a suit suddenly appeared in front of him and asked whether he wanted to join the Seafood Group.

Despite his childhood friend's strenuous efforts to stop him, he joined and became a member of the Seafood Group's logistics department.

His days consisted of counting money, drawing up plans, and dishing out pep talks. He was never asked to go to the front lines and fight. With his childhood friend around, that was simply out of the question.

As for why someone as extraordinary as him was an utterly ordinary "logistics department employee," well, that's a long story.

His childhood friend had a bit of a rose-tinted view of him. This was the same childhood friend who had "whoosh" become the boss of the Seafood Group, then "poof" sprouted flames from his head, and then "thump" fallen down the stairs day after day.

His friend always thought he was a good student and a well-behaved boy who couldn't carry a heavy load or lift a finger. He came up with all sorts of reasons to keep him away from the Seafood Group's core business (fighting), afraid he might pick up bad habits from those weird people. But... could a good student punch a hole through a wall? Probably not, right?

As a logistics employee, Nanchuan Youye still followed the same routine every day: school, part-time work, and home. Sometimes he played with his childhood friend's kids, drew comics, or amused himself by teasing cats and dogs when he had free time.

It wasn't until he saw his childhood friend's injuries that he belatedly realized something.

His childhood friend, who was usually afraid of even dogs, had been going off to fight behind his back! That was absolutely unacceptable! He would not tolerate it!

Fighting was so much fun. How could his friend not bring him along?!

To change his childhood friend's mistaken way of thinking, Nanchuan Youye decided to shatter that guy's rose-tinted view of him!

But how could someone with a terrible memory remember something like that for so long?

Before a week had passed, Nanchuan Youye had completely forgotten his earlier vow.

But some behaviors are ingrained, driven by instinct.

During the Ring Battle, Namimori was trashed and their teacher was forcibly kidnapped.

Little You: "Bastard! Pay up!"

He successfully got a fortune in compensation from the enemy.

After being tricked into the future, he was imprisoned and experimented on by a white-haired man, while his friends and family were killed.

Little You: "Scum! Just you wait!"

As he left, he transferred billions in the enemy's assets into his future self's account.

The adult version of his childhood friend, whom he had completely forgotten about, wrapped his arms around the now-grown You from behind and gently bit his neck. A dangerous voice whispered in his ear: "Little You? Do you remember what you set out to do in the first place?"

You, happily counting money, answered without a second thought: "Who cares? It's not important..."

Before he could finish, the man behind him silenced him with a kiss. His words emerged muffled and unclear.

"But it's important to me."

*

As a child, Tsunayoshi had a good friend who was cold on the outside but warm-hearted. As an adult, Tsunayoshi had a boyfriend who returned his feelings.

While handling paperwork as an adult, Tsunayoshi suddenly remembered a drawing he had accidentally found while sorting through Little You's things. Little You had kept it locked in a safe, and now Tsunayoshi had carefully stored those drawings in a hidden place.

After finding the drawings, Tsunayoshi, who had long since become the Seafood Group's true boss, gazed darkly at their contents. He picked up one of them and went to find the great manga artist, ready to settle accounts after the fact. As they whispered sweet nothings and intertwined their fingers, he finally said the words he had kept in his heart for five years.

"Why didn't you lock me up the way you did in the drawing? Or I could lock you up, so... you won't disappear."

Overcome by the feverish heat, Little You was too dazed to make out what his boyfriend had said. He just mumbled, "Okay."

The next morning, he woke up to find his arms and legs chained up. A certain satisfied man watched him with a smile, even cheerfully saying good morning.

Little You looked at the chains on his limbs, the "bruises" on his body, and the man who had been no different from a wild beast the night before.

He shattered the chain in his hand and pinched the man's cheek. "Since when did this become your hobby?"

Tsuna mumbled, "They set up this annual party... performance... and told me to put on a show..."

Little You rolled over, looking smug. "You performed it wrong. This is how you do it." Then he gave Tsuna a demonstration.

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"Acting Every Day After the Detective World Resets"

[Excellent Acting + Everyone's Wild Misinterpretations + Daily Persecution + Everyone's Favorite (not really)]

Qiaodou Mayodai, 25, is a graduate student in engineering at a university.

Recently, he came down with a "reset every day" illness (not really). It's like a computer restarting with a restore card installed, so he started keeping a diary.

Year xx, Month x, Day x

I went to a barbershop for a haircut, but ended up as a suspect. The case was solved by Conan, a short little kid in a suit who hid behind a sleeping middle-aged man (features: two little mustaches and a lisp) and used a voice-changing device. He seems to know me, but also seems not to know me.

P.S. The officer who came to investigate was named Mazda. I can confirm that he's very familiar with me, but he doesn't know who I am.

Year xx, Month x, Day x

I went to an amusement park today and ended up as a suspect again. It was the little kid I mentioned last time, but I don't know him. There were also three not-too-annoying kids and a little girl whose hair color was a lot like mine, though mine is a little darker. She seems unusually mature for her age, and a lot like that little kid. The Mazda officer from last time was there again, too.

P.S. Her name is quite... distinctive. It means both gray and sorrowful. But her smile is lovely, a different kind of color. [Attached: a group photo]

Year xx, Month x, Day x

I won a trip, went on vacation, and got trapped in a villa. I became a suspect again... and again... and again...

Qiaodou Mayodai stared at the diary in his notebook, full of doubt. Wasn't he becoming a suspect far too often?

Some short little kid: That's because Mayodai-nii's actions are always so deliberate and suspicious.

One day, after resetting yet again, Qiaodou Mayodai read the "helpful reminder" in his notebook. When a certain curly-haired officer approached him again, he clutched the reminder and hurriedly fled the scene.

Mazda: ...Huh? Am I some kind of scary person?

The "helpful reminder" clutched in his hand: You and Officer Mazda (features: curly hair) are incompatible by birth chart. Getting too close to him will bring terrible luck!

*

Beika Town has three unwritten rules.

1. Please don't act out scenes wherever you happen to be! [Seriously.JPG]

2. If you run into a man who's a bit of a drama queen, walk around him. [Thanks.JPG]

3. If he latches onto you, don't call the police. That guy assaults officers!!! [Horrified.JPG]

Naturally, Qiaodou Mayodai, the most important person on this list, became a major focus of the Metropolitan Police Department's attention. There was also a special reason: he was the bomb squad expert's real "dream lover."

Matsu Sweetie: My kid's a little shy. Don't scare him... Where did you get the cookie in your hand?

Metropolitan Police Department colleagues: [Used to this.JPG] Oh, this? Little Mayodai gave it to me. Oh, and he gave me that little toy last time, too.

Matsu Sweetie: ...Why didn't I get one? Why didn't I get one?!

That day, a rumor spread through the Metropolitan Police Department that "a certain officer went berserk and attacked his colleague over a cookie."

*

We have never met, yet we understand each other better than anyone.

With life and death hanging in the balance, as the Grim Reaper raises his scythe, no one can easily answer which matters more: one person's life or the lives of over ten million people.

Mazda looked at his beloved, isolated in one place, torn to pieces inside. He wanted to save those ten million people, but even more, he didn't want to lose his beloved...

Qiaodou Mayodai: Bro, if you keep agonizing over it, it'll be dinnertime.

Mazda: [Shocked] Holy crap! How did you get out?!

Qiaodou Mayodai: I just finished defusing the bomb and walked out.

The next second, Qiaodou Mayodai put an arm around Mazda's shoulders and whispered in his ear, "I didn't want you to cry too hard, bro, so I turned down the invitation to cross the Sanzu River."

If I left, the person who would be saddest would be you, bro. So even if this world is boring, I'd still choose to stay by your side.

Theme: Those who never forget will eventually be answered!