The Kokonoe Twins Help Me Clear a Taisho-Era RPG

[My upcoming novels: Nobody Told Me I Was an Undercover Agent and Playing House in the Shinobi World. Blurbs are at the bottom~]

On her eighteenth birthday, Luoyue received a gift from a distant relative: a virtual reality game called Tales of Taisho-Era Demons.

Incredibly free-form, with an open world and tons of swoon-worthy characters. You can’t lose by playing!

From the start, the game randomly assigns you an identity: an orphan from Yoshiwara.

Luoyue: Fine, fine. Just treat me like an orphan, why don’t you?

Before she could be sold to a brothel, she used her keen eye to recognize a beautiful widow passing by as her mother, changing her fate against all odds. That very night, she moved into a mansion.

Her stepmother was cruel but incredibly beautiful. She not only provided room and board, but also hired a swordsmanship instructor for Luoyue. One move from Moon Breathing had her shouting, “Coach, I want to learn that!”

“Very good.” Her stepmother stroked Luoyue’s face and said with satisfaction, “You’re worthy of being turned into a demon by me.”

After delivering her line, the Demon King’s name turned red.

There was no time to mourn the loss of her life as a rich young lady. Next up was the ultimate survival challenge in a demon’s lair.

The swordsmanship lessons from Upper Rank One were way above her level. With no experience, Luoyue suffered terribly, getting beaten to a pulp every day.

This game was awful!

How could a player be defeated so easily? She angrily saved her game, logged off, and signed up for an intensive swordsmanship course in real life.

Her instructors were Senior Yoriichi and his twin brother, who worked at the dojo.

Senior Yoriichi: “Isn’t swordsmanship something anyone can do if they have hands?” (confused)

Senior Iwakatsu: “...I’ll teach her.” (sigh)

*

Luoyue: Just you wait! When I’ve mastered the skills and load my save, I’ll make the Twelve Kizuki cry out, “This one is terrifying!”

Muzan, the emperor of this game, is here!

Reader’s guide:

2. The modern-day characters are reincarnations of their Taisho-era selves. The demons reincarnate after atoning in Hell, so you can think of them as the same people, but law-abiding versions.

3. Lots of characters have strong feelings for the heroine. There will be multiple endings, and anyone could end up at the table (delicious).

Upcoming novel 1: Nobody Told Me I Was an Undercover Agent

You transmigrated.

You transmigrated without knowing anything.

The System assigned to guide you had only just refreshed the main quest when it announced that its battery was dead and it was going to sleep, leaving you to fend for yourself.

[Main quest: Kill ■■■■■]

You: Kill who???

Who knows? The System’s mosaic is very artful.

Just as you were at your wit’s end, the Water Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps found you and took you back, then applied for disability benefits for you from the Wisteria House.

You: Don’t treat me like an idiot, hey!

During your time playing the fool at the Wisteria House, you learned that the Demon King’s name was exactly five characters long. This couldn’t be a coincidence: he had to be your target!

Overjoyed, you went from being a fool picked up by the Water Hashira to becoming his Tsuguko in just a month. You cut down demons like vegetables, and were only one Twelve Kizuki head away from becoming a Hashira.

Just then, the sleeping System woke up.

The System returned with a full battery and refreshed the mosaic with one click:

[Main quest: Kill the leader of the Demon Slayer Corps]

You: eyes shaking.jpg

So you really were an idiot (×)

The System was shocked: You’re the worst one I’ve ever had. How did you not realize you were a demon?

You were even more shocked than the System: What do you mean, I’m a demon?

So the burnt smell you gave off in sunlight, your severe allergy to wisteria pollen, and your food tasting like sawdust, as if you had no sense of taste, weren’t signs of your admirable determination in the face of disability!

You: How could this happen? Does this mean I won’t get disability benefits anymore? (devastated)

*

Muzan: Three years, then another three years. Has the undercover agent succeeded?

Hello, the undercover agent has followed the competition’s boss and fought her way into the Infinity Castle.

CP: Wealthy Fishy

Upcoming novel 2: Playing House in the Shinobi World

In her second life, Xingye was born into an ordinary family of three and had a peaceful childhood, something rare in the Warring States era.

She remembered her parents’ warnings and stayed far away from the brutal world where ninjas fought and killed. She only occasionally gossiped about the grievances between the Senju and Uchiha clans, lamenting that their feud was a tragic love story.

The ninja world seemed so far away that Xingye thought she would never have anything to do with it.

Until an accident took her parents from her.

At the funeral, a road-weary man arrived and placed a bouquet of flowers before the grave.

He said to Xingye, “Your father and I were closer than brothers. I have a duty to care for you for the rest of your life. Will you come with me?”

He claimed to be the Uchiha clan leader, the legendary Demon of the Shinobi World.

Xingye: Don’t talk. I’m grilling.jpg

Before she could think it over, another man with silver hair and red eyes knocked on her door.

He said he was a relative of Xingye’s mother and the second-in-command of the Senju clan.

“You can call me Uncle.”

Xingye never imagined that her parents had been star-crossed lovers, a Warring States version of Romeo and Juliet.

The Senju and Uchiha were sworn enemies for generations. Caught between the two sides, Xingye had nowhere to turn.

For her own safety, she had no choice but to have both.

Flying Thunder God training on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays; Sharingan training on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Double lessons on weekends, combining everything she learned.

Xingye: Call me the master of time management.

*

Half a year passed. Since the two sides knew nothing of each other, Xingye gradually let her guard down.

As soon as she relaxed, the Sharingan appeared while she was learning ninjutsu with Tobirama, and Wood Release appeared while she was learning the Sharingan with Madara.

The elders of both clans: Whoa, what a peerless genius!

This child belongs to the Senju/Uchiha clan!

Theme: Good things happen when you keep doing your best.