Yang Yi was orphaned as a child. Foul play was ruled out by the authorities, but Yang Yi always suspected otherwise. Finally, once he was older, he met one of his father’s old friends who revealed the truth about his parents' deaths. His father was an intelligence broker and had stumbled upon a mysterious, powerful independent spy organization. Both his parents’ were mu*dered to ensure the organization remained a secret.... more>>

Since he was unable to forget why they died, due to his eidetic memory, the only way he could be at ease was to seek revenge. In order to fight against the mysterious organization, he would first have to train in the art of espionage. However, not even one of the national spy agencies was willing to accept Yang Yi into their ranks due to his father’s sensitive identity.

Left to forge his own path into the field, he seeks out his father’s old allies for help. He learns how to be a spy in unexpected places while gathering the resources and allies necessary to form his own private spy organization.

Follow Yang Yi in his quest for vengeance! Follow Yang Yi as he prepares for A War Between Spies! <<less

After being given up on by his family because his dantian was destroyed, Soh Woonhwi was kidnapped by the Blood Cult and lived as a third-rate spy.... more>>

One day, he died while being used to find a legendary sword immortal’s secret records. However, Soh returned to the day he was kidnapped ten years ago and obtained a mysterious ability that allowed him to hear the voice of swords. <<less

I wasn’t reborn with talent or ability, but at least my knowledge from earth allowed me to stay one step ahead in this other world.... more>>

Magic exists here, and new progress was rapidly being made in science while magic stagnated in the name of tradition. Using my earthly knowledge and not bound by the traditional thinking, I was able to do things other wizards couldn’t even imagine.

Still, inadvertently becoming an undercover professor for a mysterious secret society at the renowned Sören academy was never in my to-do list! <<less

The notorious imperial court lackey and the meritorious military general were well-known for their mutual dislike, a pair of arch-enemies set in stone. Who could have foreseen the unexpected change in the winds of heaven: the general injured on the battlefield, both legs disabled, and even forced by the emperor to marry his nemesis. ... more>>

With one marriage edict, two people with mutual hostility are forced to marry and live under the same roof. Yet after these long days together, they come to the realization that this fellow is not truly devoid of any saving grace/unattainable and high out of reach. <<less

Roan ran away 20 years ago from his rural village in the aim of becoming a Great General. However, all he got 20 years later was just a handful of money and the lowly position of squad commander of the First Legion’s.... more>>

In the end, he became a cold corpse in the battlefield… but somehow, he came back in the past.

“Alright. This time, I won’t become a Great General but a Monarch.”

His previous life’s aim was becoming a Great General, but, he only became a spearman squad commander.

This time, his life’s aim is becoming the Monarch.

“Then I guess I’d become at least a General, right?”

Roan, who remembers 20 years of his future, now starts his unstoppable march. <<less

I’m an imperial uncle; his imperial majesty’s uncle.... more>>

Once, someone with nothing better to do took a comprehensive survey of the current dynasty, and summed up the imperial court’s three great cancers.

Wang Qin leads in corruption; the treasury is never full.

Yun Tang favours a few, forming cabals; leading to corruption in our politics.

Prince Huai plays with power, and serves as the head of a hundred poisons — thus causing instability to the throne.

When they talk about the most venomous of vipers, the wicked one who plays with power, the biggest cancer of them all, they’re talking about me: this insignificant prince, Prince Huai, Chengjun.

I can only say that I feel rather hapless in the face of these theories.

In truth, I have been ever dutiful, ever devoted, devoid of intention to monopolise power, and possess even less of a heart to covet the throne. In the entire imperial court, I dare say there is no loyal subject more loyal than I.

But, most tragically, in all the realm, the matter of me being a loyal subject is something that not many would believe. <<less

In autumn of 1937, as the coals of World War II are beginning to smolder, Lieutenant Colonel Yuuki of the Imperial Army secretly establishes a spy training organization called the "D Agency." Those chosen as members of the agency, in opposition to the national trend toward reverence of native-born soldiers in the army, are civilian university graduates who pass the superhuman selection test with flying colors. Under the resourceful Lieutenant Colonel Yuuki, they learn not only how to work with gunpowder, wireless communications, vehicles, and airplanes, but also various skills essential for spies, from pickpocketing to safecracking.... more>>

"Don't die. Don't kill."

su*cide and mu*der are the worst possible options in the D Agency, which values a low profile above all else. Even as its agents bear under extreme opposition from the army's control center, they continue to betray allies, deceive foes, and conduct secret maneuvers all over the world. Tokyo, Shanghai, London... Their military intelligence reaches every last corner of the globe. <<less

--- Now, let's kill the girl and save the world!... more>>

The world has been shattered. As a result of the most dreadful of diseases that afflicts only girls --- the 《Labyrinth Disease》. That's why the students are taking lessons. Lessons for the purpose of killing the girl. Learning magic, figuring out the map of the labyrinth, forming teams, and studying the weakness of the girl...... The time limit is 6 hours. If the girl isn't killed within that time, then the world gets destroyed.

"I have no interest in the world at all so please spare me. Frankly, it's really suffocating." Together with the one who said these words, the most horrible protagonist in history, enter the world of whizzing magic and surging youth.

A school fantasy in labyrinth raiding, begins here! <<less

S Vol. 1... more>>

Shiba is a detective in the fifth anti-organized crime division of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police, a.k.a. “Anti-Gang 5” specializing in handgun seizures. Shiba’s secret weapon is “S” (“spy”), an informant who plays a key role in Shiba’s information gathering. Shiba is training an informant who has been officially accepted into Shinjuku’s Matsukura Group within the Budoha crime syndicate. One day, Shiba awakes to an anonymous phone call. “Watch out for your S.” A tale of two men whose lust, pride and loneliness collide!

S Vol. 2: A Love Bite

Detective Masaki Shiiba's informant or "S," Keigo Munechika, has proven himself to be an excellent source of information. But the payment of s*x for every lead given is taking its toll on Shiiba. But with his new assignment as back-up to a fellow undercover detective, Shiiba learns that there are far worse things than having s*x with your male S--falling helplessly in love with him, for example. S volume 2 continues the drama and passion between a detective and his spy set in the highly-charged underground world of Tokyo.

S Vol. 3: Split

For almost a year now, Shiiba has been using Keigo Munechika as his “S,” his spy, to get information on the gun dealings of the Yakuza world. Shiiba uses his body in exchange for Munechika's sensitive information… and only his body as far as Shiiba is concerned. Shiiba vows their relationship will not go beyond that. But when a rowdy young man with a penchant for piercing and an enigmatic Yakuza leader cross paths with the young detective, sins of the past are unearthed once more-sins that just might shatter the fragile bond between the detective and his “S.”

S Vol. 4: Afterglow

At the end of S volume 3, detective Masaki Shiiba was last seen running away from the hospital room of his injured S, Keigo Munechika. Now, Shiiba has turned in his resignation, bought a gun of his own, and is bent on only one mission--to kill Takanari Godou. He vows to get the truth from Godou, even if he has to throw away his morals and life to do it. But can he do it? Can he shoot another person and commit cold-blooded mu*der for revenge? <<less

After a gruesome war wreaked havoc on the general populace, the governments of the world turned to a more elusive tactic to further their agendas—a war fought in the shadows.... more>>

Lily, a beautiful girl with white locks, is a student in one of the many institutions that train youths into becoming capable spies. Unfortunately, despite scoring well in the written exams, she only manages to barely pass her practicals. With no real world skills to speak of, her hopes of graduating are dismal—until she is offered an opportunity to join the mysterious team "Lamplight" and partake in an Impossible Mission.

Excited by the prospect of working with the elite, Lily enthusiastically accepts. However, she is struck dumb when she arrives at Heat Haze Palace and the true purpose of Lamplight and its hopeless situation comes into light. Joined by other problematic female spies along with a mysterious young man spearheading the operation, Lily realizes that this is not the ideal escapade she had pictured. <<less

Waking up one morning, Xiao Wange found herself in a different time and place, she unexpectedly crossed over! Transported to the backward 1980s, she became a malnourished, emaciated village girl!... more>>

What’s terrifying is that this village girl was sold by her parents as if she were an object. She was sold to an elderly man who had lost his wife to be his bride. Even more frightening, this elderly man had a 3-year-old son, and she was supposed to be his stepmother!

Xiao Wange: “…”

Others who have crossed over usually become princesses or noble ladies, enjoying luxurious lives. Why did she, upon crossing over, end up becoming a bride to an old man? And she has to be a stepmother too? It must be because her posture when crossing-over was wrong!

But later…

When that tall, handsome “old man” stood before her, her eyes brightened, and she immediately rushed over to hug his arm: “Husband~”

Hearing her sweet call of “husband,” the “elderly man” couldn’t help but be speechless: “…”

***

Zhan Zeyan received an urgent call from his neighbor Bai Caixuan, saying that his new wife was abusing his child at home, making the child so ill he needed to come back immediately.

He asked for leave from the army and hurried home.

But as soon as he entered the house, his new bride was frying eggs for his son, who was happily calling her “sister.”

Zhan Zeyan: “…” What about mistreating his son?

And what’s with the “sister” title? Shouldn’t she be called “Mom”?

Later, Zhan Zeyan watched as his little bride became increasingly beautiful. His expression darkened as he pulled his son over and said, “Call her ‘Mom’ and no more calling her ‘sister’ from now on!”

Son: “…Oh.” Turning around, “Sister~”

Zhan Zeyan: “…” He felt like having a heart attack.

Later on, Zhan Zeyan discovered his wife’s little secret.

It turns out that his wife is not human, she is actually… <<less

Qi Ming woke up to find that he had transmigrated. He had become a disciple of the Green Cloud Peak, one of the twelve peaks... more>> of the Heaven Enlightenment Sect. Fortunately, the "AFK Farming Software" was activated and changed his life.
"Ding!"
"You had been AFK Farming for seven days in the game dungeon 'Shu Mountain Ancient Path'. You have cleared the game dungeon seven times. You have obtained: 1 Seven Star Sword, 1 Sword Kinesis Technique, 1 Top-Grade Foundation Establishment Pill, and 630 Low-Grade Spirit Stones."
...
"Ding!"
"The Green Cloud Qi Refinement Art has been cultivated for a day. Your cultivation progress has increased. You will break through to the next level after 10 days of AFK Farming."
...
Qi Ming was tired of cultivating. It was too dangerous out there, so he could only cultivate through the AFK Farming Software every day in the sect.
Eventually, Qi Ming reached Foundation Establishment, followed by Golden Core, and subsequently Nascent Soul. He... became invincible? <<less

The man who must be killed. ... more>>

The woman with suspicious intentions.

❄❄❄

“I missed you.

To the point where I was desperate enough to find you and kill you with my own hands. Even though you tried to take my life, I couldn’t forget you. I was ready to sacrifice myself to find you. At least then I could see your face while I’m dying in your arms. I don’t think I’ll ever be ready to lose you.

Because I… I love you.”

❄❄❄

Myung, a patriotic spy vowing to avenge the death of her beloved brother, approaches Ryuta Ichikawa as the only daughter of a wealthy Japanese businessman. Before luring Takahiro Ichikawa and his son (Ryuta) to death, Myung must seduce Ryuta in order to obtain information for the patriots. Despite her clumsy and blantant approaches, Ryuta starts to develop a profound interest towards the woman. <<less

Kakazu Kio, a senior high school student in Okinawa, Japan, woke up to find a strange girl beside him giving off the soft, steady sounds... more>> of a person sleeping. Moreover, there are cat ears and a tail growing out of her! In front of the bewildered Kio, his childhood friend appeared carrying breakfast. With a stern voice she asked, “Where is the pretty girl who returned with you yesterday? Introduce me!” Just as these two harsh sentences were about to turn into a full-blown pe*vert denunciation meeting, the beautiful by-the-books teacher, Itokazu Maki, burst in, making things even harder for Kio. However… this cat-ear girl who calls herself Eris is, in actual fact, an alien! But a mysterious group that refuses to accept this kind of alien contact as well as the CIA, not to mention the Japanese Intelligence Agency, are all reaching out their grubby hands towards the lighthearted Eris! “Stop it! What did Eris ever do to you?!” <<less

Meet Aisha, the 5-year-old spy raised by the Pose Family.... more>>

“Your first mission: become the missing daughter of Duke Calypse Kreutz.”

Inside her body, deployed to bring down Duke Calypse Kreutz…

I, who died from overwork, have entered.

I can’t die like in the original story, pretending to be a fake daughter!

Day by day, striving to break free from the life of a spy, revealing the whereabouts of the real daughter, and being acknowledged as an ally in various ways.

Even choosing a foster father to avoid returning to the Pose Family.

“With my abilities, I could even become an S-class mercenary. What if you try nurturing this golden seed called me?”

As the most familiar gardener at the Kreutz Mansion!

And finally, the day when efforts bear fruit and an adoption application is received.

“Now, it’s time for a formal introduction.”

Why does the old man, who took off his usual robe, look so handsome?

Why is his room so magnificent, like that of a noble, and why are people kneeling as they come in?

“…Sir, who are you?” <<less

NIS ace agent Kwon Taekjoo is dispatched to Moscow to uncover the identity of ‘Anastasia’, a deadly weapon created under the secret collaboration of Russia and North Korea. However, his mission goes south the moment he sets foot into Russia, and Zhenya, a local partner assigned to him by the NIS, only serves to confuse him even more.... more>>

Zhenya, who has connections to Russian political and business figures as well as the underworld mafia, seems to always be easygoing and cheerful, but at the same time, his sudden bursts of brutal violence put Kwon Taekjoo on edge. Meanwhile, Zhenya begins to take a newfound interest in Kwon Taekjoo, who refuses to be broken by any hardship… <<less

‘If you want to kill me, be honest. I will die.’... more>>

As rumoured, the Fourth Prince, who had seemed frail and meek when he was berated during their first meeting, had a rather picky and eccentric personality.

“There is only one thing I want. Make a place for me to be by your side.”

It was a reunion after 6 years, and a marriage proposal.

“If I fulfil your wishes, what will you give me?”

“I’ll give you my everything.”

A knight who lost her family to an enemy spy, was praised as a war hero.

A half prince who inherited the blood of an enemy country, was ignored as a shame of the royal family.

The couple’s marriage caused a stir throughout the Kingdom.

* * *

‘There is no need for love between you and me.’

Reasonable distance.

Moderate affection.

A relationship where you know each other but nothing in detail.

“Adora, what’s really important is that I’m the only one who should know.”

It was like showing a beautifully wrapped surface.

The important part was cleverly hidden.

It was so pretty and so alluring that anyone could be tempted.

The man who reunited after six years was definitely different. <<less

A compilation of 20 detective stories and 6 essays and miscellaneous writings by Japan's first female detective writer, Ookura Teruko.

Time traveler Qiu Xiaochan receives a new task, travels through the eras, reverses the unfortunate luck of the original owner's marriage, and finds a man who really loves her for the rest of her life. In addition, the system detector will serve her wholeheartedly and detect the best single youth within a radius of tens of miles as the target of the strategy. ... more>>

1. The little widow in the 1970s (beautiful village girl & decentralized youth)

2. The shanty girl in the 1990s (dancer & paranoid prosecutor)

3. The little nanny in the 1980s (diligence orphans & disabled senior officials)

4. Age star of 90s (Miss Hong Kong & rich man)

5. Female spies in the 1930s (Glamorous spy & Mission Impossible Republican)

6. In the 1990s Xiao Qingmei (soft cute little cute & high cold learner)

7. Nine love before marriage in the zero years (rich girl & high-quality introverted phoenix man)

8. Battlefield love in the 1930s (chasing husband and wife crematorium for thousands of miles)

9. Rock love in the 1990s (female star & lead singer of the band) <<less

An innocent woman is injured during a sabotage operation at a research institute. On the brink of death, she is somehow healed when cells of... more>> unknown origin that were being studied there hijack her body. The life-form, christened “Algernon”, slowly acclimates to human life. And what it wishes for is to live a peaceful life, like that of any other human being. <<less

Everyone in our family has their own secrets.... more>>

My mom is the only daughter of a former interstellar pirate, my father is a secret agent of the Old Century Allied Political Army. My adopted older brother has a special bloodline of beastmen, and the sister we picked up from the roadside is actually a master of witchcraft with mystical lineage.

And I, an ordinary eighteen-year-old male high school student, the only biological son of my parents, has no special bloodline, and has been a “normal person” since birth

The reason why I can know everyone’s secrets is because-

I transmigrated.

I was originally an ordinary person on the edge of the class, classmates couldn’t even remember my name occasionally. I refused all social activities that might attract attention, and kept to myself at school.

For some reason, I offended the tough guys in school, and they began to target me openly and secretly, but I never fought back.

Everyone thought I was timid and cowardly, and I never explained.

Because I just wanted to be an ordinary person.

Until one day, I intervened to save a classmate who was being bullied. I accidentally exerted too much force, causing multiple serious injuries. As they lay on the ground unable to get up, I personally took them to the hospital.

Since then, whenever the tough guys who call themselves the school bullies see me, they can’t help but feel weak in the knees—

Yes, as one of the members of this special family, I also have a little secret:

Before transmigrating, I cultivated for a hundred years, with profound cultivation, just a half step away from ascension.

In short, invincible.

The classmate I saved recently has been looking at me strangely.

One day, he found me, his beautiful almond-shaped eyes turning, and he stared at me and said:

“I know your secret.”

I immediately covered his mouth, pushed him into the corner, avoiding the sight of others, and calmly questioned him: “What do you know?”

He’s the antagonist of this book. Although it will be another ten years before he turns dark, if he finds out that this world is a book, many things will go awry

I don’t want to get involved in any trouble, so I must not let him discover that I—

“You like me.”

Transmigrated.

..…

Huh? <<less

Gladiator Warrior Hamza the Lion, was sold to a lord. The lord, in order to get Hamza ready, sends him to the red-light district Boss,... more>> Anes, to learn the ins and outs of pleasing one’s master. But these two don’t realize what they have gotten themselves into. <<less

Science and Technology Library: The supreme state of science is theology; an accidental rescue, let Chen Mo get a technology library that collects endless technology,... more>> the story begins… <<less

“Mother, why can you be the only one that can pick my guests?”... more>>

“Because only mother knows who is definitely not your father.”

Feng’er, like her mother, is a prostitute in the Butterfly Garden, the leading brothel in Longzhou, the capital of the Dayue Kingdom. The place where she lives, and openly and honestly worked hard to become a qualified courtesan, until her mother told her she is the daughter of the last spymaster.

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The people of Butterfly Garden sold their beauty to receive patrons, so even if love blossomed, there was nowhere to put it in this kind of place nor could they give it.

(Beauty (色): This pertains not just to appearance, but more to s*x appeal that alludes to s*x.)

How will Feng’er and her men rise and fall in their passion for vengeance against the nation— a Kingdom boiling with undercurrents that were merely hidden under the guise of prosperity?

(Rise and fall in passion (浮沉): This indicates another meaning, the up and down body movement during interc**rse.) <<less

Liu Xin met Dong Xian through an accidental encounter in a bamboo forest; by a twist of fate, the two became teacher and student.
Just great.
How dare Liu Xin, nephew to the emperor, accept defeat?... more>>

Liu Xin tried everything, from studying history [endlessly debating], to respecting social rank [making trouble], to critiquing his work [provoking him], yet he failed to reveal a single of Dong Xian’s flaws…
However, Liu Xin’s heart gradually changed with time.

In a moment of passion, the two men crossed a line and committed a taboo.
Can this play of spy-vs-spy come to such a simple end?

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Jovial Records of the Bamboo Beauty by Asuka T陶子 recounts the life of Liu Xin, Emperor Xiao’ai of Han, and his legendary love for Dong Xian, his male favorite.

Liu Xin and Dong Xian coined the idiom, passion of the cut sleeve, that avid danmei readers might’ve come across.
In Chinese culture, the term ‘cut sleeve’ has been a euphemism for homosexuality for over two tousand years; ever since Liu Xin refused to wake the sleeping Dong Xian and cut off his own sleeve to attend court in time. <<less