Steampunk's Most Wanted

[Steampunk + Cthulhu + Mystery]

Lin En thought this was just an ordinary transmigration.

The turning brass gears, magnificent mechanical airships, and grand elevated cable cars filled her with a brief fascination for the world of simple, tangible machinery.

Soon, Lin En realized that this steampunk world was not so simple:

The towering factory chimneys belched foul, murky fumes day and night, blackening the entire sky;

The kingdom's ministers plotted against one another amid factional strife. The throne was tottering, and war could break out at any moment;

Monstrous creatures ran rampant, while ordinary people struggled to survive amid their cries of despair...

And then there were the "heretics" with all manner of supernatural abilities. Lie detectors, memory readers, and fortune-tellers had joined the power struggle.

Lin En just wanted to do her job as an inspector for the National Guard.

She diligently unearths royal secrets, investigates terrorist attacks, and risks her life to capture monstrous creatures.

At last, through her own efforts,

she becomes the kingdom's most wanted criminal!

[Suspect: Lin En Hunter

Description: A tall young woman with black hair and eyes, and a brass prosthetic left hand

Crimes: Threatening national security, stealing the kingdom's treasures, plotting rebellion, treason...]

Lin En looks over the "crimes" she hasn't committed yet, carefully tears down the wanted poster, and decides to treat it as her schedule:

What's the point of plotting a rebellion?

Overthrowing the monarchy and establishing a republic in a steampunk world sounds incredible!

Now accepting advance reservations! The Parasitic Trap

Cool and rational chief surveillance officer x Refined scoundrel of a revenge-seeking doctor

Ming Jing is the Federation Bureau's finest "eye."

Under her surveillance, the entire city's fluctuations in supernatural powers are as transparent as crystal.

And yet, with no one to protect her, she is forcibly matched by the "Biological Institute."

On the screen, the man with a 99% match rate seems gentle and harmless:

[Ji Chen, mental health specialist and neurosurgeon.]

He's the perfect marriage prospect, but his disguise is also the most meticulously crafted lie.

Ji Chen died three years ago, at the hands of the Federation Bureau's finest "eye."

After his resurrection, he gains the forbidden ability to "parasitize." By driving a vine into someone's heart and exchanging blood, he can devour his Host completely within a year.

He personally orchestrates a "perfect marriage" to get close to Ming Jing and parasitize her.

But he never expected that parasite and Host would develop a deadly sharing of sensations.

After being parasitized, Ming Jing sits before the surveillance screens all night, coolly scrutinizing her bedmate's every move, searching for a weakness so she can send her "husband" to prison.

Meanwhile, in the operating room, Ji Chen smiles gently at the surveillance camera in the corner, through layers of screens.

His pale fingertips glide across the scalpel. His voice resonates directly inside Ming Jing's skull:

"Officer Ming, do I look good on camera?"

"..."

"Also, that mint you just ate... it's sweet."

Theme: Welcome to the steampunk world