[Western Crossover] Can Running a Tavern Really Raise Superheroes?

Coming soon: Western Crossover: A Magical Boy, but in Gotham; Western Crossover: In Gotham, and I Have to Blow Up a School

A friend's upcoming story: I Turned Gin into a Lovesick Fool

Question: After surviving a plane crash, you suddenly land in Gotham. Could there be a more nightmarish start?

Delia, a college student studying abroad, says, "Actually, yes."

The good news: From the start, she awakens an SSS+ Management System. All she has to do is open taverns at designated locations and raise superheroes to enjoy a fortune, with a one-stop resurrection service thrown in.

The bad news: The System is a money-burning rip-off that leaves her six million in debt. Her assigned charge, Jason Todd, aka the Red Hood, has amnesia. She has to activate him manually during his nightly patrols, and raising him requires a mountain of reputation points?!

Delia: ...Good question!!

How is a total rookie like her supposed to build a reputation while drowning in tens of millions of debt?

But run away when things get tough?

As if! She's an outstanding small-town exam ace.

The word "run" isn't in her dictionary. She rolls up her sleeves and gets to work, fearless as a headstrong fool!

It's just... Delia never expected to stumble upon a whole package deal of biological dad and family in Gotham.

And... why is she the one getting raised in the end?!

o.O This doesn't seem to be the adored-by-everyone plot she signed up for?

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Recently, a new tavern opened in the famously genteel city of Gotham, in the Diamond District. It serves delicious malt beer, rich brandy and whiskey, and fiery orange tequila.

Along with the tavern's growing fame came an old legend about its owner. They say she's from a distant land in the East, beautiful and mysterious, and skilled in alchemy. Some even say that if you pay her the right price, she can make your fondest wish come true.

At first, nobody paid it any attention.

Until, not long afterward, the enemies of the superheroes were stunned to discover that their everyday lives had been turned upside down...

#Arkham Asylum

The Joker screams himself hoarse. Three times he calls for backup, and nobody answers. "Anyone want to go play with the little Bat with me?"

Tavern victim number one, Penguin: "No, Mommy told me to come home for dinner."

Tavern victim number two, Poison Ivy: "I have to stay with my little tree. Thanks for asking, but I'm busy."

Victim number three, Two-Face, is obsessed with flipping dice. "Did you lose this gold coin, or this silver one?"

The Joker: "??? You're all crazy!"

Even the doctor on duty switches sides at the last minute. "? Who are you calling crazy? Come have a drink with me at the tavern after work tonight!"

#Also Known As

#Raise Them and Get the Whole Biological Dad Family Package

#The Superhero Is Actually Me

#And Butler Alfred Has This Classic Bit of Wisdom

#It's been so long since I've seen Master smile like this. :)

Reading Guide:

#Important: The package doesn't include anyone who has just been resurrected.

#New author, limited writing skills. Characterization may be off. Any OOC behavior is my fault.

#The timeline is a mess, and the headcanons are everywhere. This is my version of Gotham.

#Lots of daily life, a cozy Gotham for you, me, and everyone else. I ate the logic.

#Lots of unusual characters make surprise appearances.

#Please read this casually without overthinking it. This silly bird has no brains and isn't capable of writing angst.

Check out my good friend's upcoming story:

I Turned Gin into a Lovesick Fool, a ridiculous story about tormenting the characters

I, Aiba Yuki, am an ordinary (with emphasis) high school student. At the brink of death, I transmigrated into someone else's body and swapped souls with him.

This body has long silver hair, wears black, and has a character who looks like an extra following him around.

Extra: "Boss, who are we killing today?"

I look grave. "I have something more urgent to do today."

I carefully pick up my feverish body and carry it away.

The extra freezes, then understands, then declares resolutely, "Boss, I'll guard the door for you!"

Me: ?

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To stop him from ruining my ordinary high school student persona, I decide to apply for a teaching job at Teitan High School so I can keep a closer eye on him.

Elementary-school detective: "Has my identity been exposed?!"

Later: "What? Gin is ignoring him because he's trying to woo his classmate?"

He thinks I'm tarnishing the name of the number-one killer, so he comes to the distillery to keep an eye on me. He points, and I shoot.

One word from a high school student, and the real liquor leaves a million corpses behind.

Dark-skinned Public Security officer: "Gin actually listens to you? Yuki, make him turn himself in!"

FBI: "Joining the Organization might have been unethical, but it was definitely the right move. Is there still time to dye my hair silver and have the high school student get me promoted?"

Our OOC behavior nearly gets us both killed, but the Red and Black sides think we're madly in love.

The Red side laments: "Yuki, stop going down the path of crime! Break up with Gin already!"

The Black side fumes: "Dump Gin! Let that lovesick fool who keeps forcing his love on us die already!"

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In the end,

with everyone hoping for it, we finally return to our own bodies.

Me: "It's time to clear things up."

Gin's eyes turn dark as he grits his teeth. "Clear up what, Boss?"

Me: "Ahem... I mean, tell everyone we're really together."

The former boss left behind a mysterious last message in blood: The Organization forbids lovesick fools! The Organization forbids lovesick fools!! The Organization forbids lovesick fools!!!

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This story leans toward tormenting the characters.

And here's another one of my own upcoming stories, hehe.

Upcoming story 1

Western Crossover: In Gotham, and I Have to Blow Up a School

Taixiao, an outstanding graduate of Monster Elementary, has a great dream: he wants to blow up a school.

On the eve of blowing up a school, he transmigrates. Taixiao arrives on Earth once again, trapped in that familiar little bottle. This Earth has no monsters and no Ultraman.

Dick Grayson, a sixth grader at Gotham Elementary, finds a red bottle set with a jewel. Inside is a tiny monster. Dick likes Taixiao because Taixiao can help him do the homework he missed while on night patrol!

Taixiao hates homework. He hates Dick because Dick makes him do homework and won't let him go out to play!

Until one day, a certain master gets itchy fingers and turns the green Jewel of Destiny.

The Wayne family gains a young master named Taixiao, and Batman gets a little monster for an assistant.

Teacher A: "Mr. Bruce, please come to the school tomorrow. Taixiao blew up the school bathroom today."

Teacher B: "Hello, is this Mr. Bruce? Taixiao blew up the lab again. Could you come in to discuss compensation?"

Master: "...Taixiao, could you please behave yourself?"

Dick: "Taixiao is still little. He didn't mean to."

Butler Batman: "Master, please watch your wording. Young Master Taixiao is only learning from you!"

Master, who blew up the Iceberg Lounge just the night before: "..."

Taixiao loves his new family. He loves the big, dark Bat, the little Robin who flies around, the butler who makes cookies, and that big blue guy who keeps popping up!

It's just that Taixiao pinches his soft arm and misses his old monster body, fifty-three meters tall and weighing twenty thousand tons. Then he could crush underfoot the bad guys who keep showing up to bully Dad and Dick.

Today, Taixiao is still working hard to blow up a school!

Upcoming story 2

Western Crossover: A Magical Boy, but in Gotham

Based on the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha series

An accident occurs when a temporary employee of the Time-Space Administration is handing over the Jewel Seeds, shattering them and scattering them across another dimension. Joyce Green, a retired executive officer of the Time-Space Administration and the last descendant of the Green family, receives one last assignment before retirement: travel to Gotham in another world and collect the Jewel Seed fragments.

Then Gotham, a place already magical enough without magic, gives Joyce a harsh lesson.

Oh, and you, the big dark one, stay away from me. Back! Back! Back!!!

Joyce, who is allergic to bats, wants nothing to do with the overly familiar Batman who keeps getting in his face. Where did this clingy, sickly-sweet bat demon come from, along with a whole string of taffy-like Bat-kids?

Until one day, Joyce sees the bat demon ruthlessly scolding the big blue guy flying in the sky: "Get out of my Gotham!"

Joyce: "Where did this cool guy come from?"

That day, an officially pinned HOT post appears in the Time-Space Administration's official forum, in the Relationships section:

[Question: I think my boyfriend has a split personality, and I'm really excited. What should I do?]

Upcoming story 3

[Anime Crossover] The Soul Reaper Is a Bat-Kid

Synopsis not yet decided

Superman pairing, a sweet story about healing

Upcoming story 4

[Anime Crossover] Codename: Trickster

Officer Niou gives the Detective Conan world a shock with tennis

Theme: Always take life seriously, no matter when or where