The Adorable and Alluring Villain

[Synopsis is provisional and may be revised]

Yukimura Yuma wakes up one morning to find an egg in his bed. The little black figure that hatches from it calls itself his Guardian Character. Apparently, it was born from his deepest wish, and its mission is to help him get closer to his goal and become the strong person he wants to be.

Yukimura Yuma, then an executive in the Port Mafia, doesn't take it seriously. He leisurely buttons his cuff and casually says, "Oh? So what is my deepest wish?"

The little black figure says, "To become a cute and charming villain!"

Yukimura Yuma freezes for a moment, his heart pounding. "So that means..."

He's going to get stronger? The cops are going to be wiped out? Sawada Tsunayoshi is going to lose to him? Dazai and Chuuya are going to make peace?

Yukimura Yuma's elation comes to an end when he sees his six-foot-tall, pitch-black reflection in the mirror.

The little black figure strokes its chin and nods with satisfaction. "That means we'll bring a suspect's charm to the fullest, and show all those messy revenge killings and crimes of passion who's boss!"

Yukimura Yuma falls silent. He really wants to tell it to get lost, but the huge black figure in the mirror bares its pearly white teeth as soon as he opens his mouth. The corners of his lips curl up into a sinister smile all on their own, making Yukimura Yuma so angry that he shuts his eyes.

#Everyone laughs at me, but I'm the funniest one of all#

Damn it, I'm really sick in the head.

-

Yukimura Yuma has been incredibly unlucky lately. Every time he goes out, he runs into a murder. Even when he's just passing by in a car, the cops and detectives on the street see him and their pupils contract, as if they're convinced he's the infamous killer.

As time passes, terrifying rumors of a masked killer begin to spread throughout Tokyo. But after seeing the pitch-black Yukimura Yuma at a crime scene for the hundredth time, Amuro Tooru notices a subtle change in his appearance.

His features are gentle, his face undeniably beautiful, and when he smiles, he no longer looks as terrifying as he did as a "little black figure." He looks like a nobleman, except when he opens his mouth to say, "Detective Amuro, suspecting me again?" Then there's that familiar gritted-teeth edge to his voice.

Amuro Tooru falls silent.

Amuro Tooru thinks something is wrong.

Amuro Tooru suspects he's losing his mind, and quietly asks his companion, who is biting down on a cigarette.

"Oh." Matsuda Jinpei chuckles and raises an eyebrow. "It's not you. He's suddenly looked like this since the day before yesterday."

-

At long last, Yukimura Yuma clears himself of suspicion with the police and happily heads back to the Port Mafia, thoughtfully buying a late-night snack for his subordinates along the way.

But before he can even enter the Port Mafia headquarters, a gun presses against his lower back. Dazai Osamu gives a soft laugh. His tone is gentle, but his words are icy. "Who are you, and what did you do with Yuma?"

Silence. Silence is the Cambridge of tonight.

Yukimura Yuma closes his eyes and looks at his pitch-black reflection in the car window once more. For a moment, he feels like taking the whole world down with him.

Little black figure: Have we become a cute and charming villain today?

#We have#

#But the way they look at me seems a little strange#

Hey! Not that kind of charming!!

*2025.08.13

*A premise where people can only see what the protagonist really looks like when they fall for him

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