In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the gaming industry has seen an explosion in popularity. One of the most popular games ever released is Mystery Maker, a VR RPG where players can create baffling puzzles in a virtual space and challenge other players to solve them.... more>>

As a promotional stunt for the game's upcoming sequel, eight real life great detectives have been hand chosen by Kurata Chikage, executive director of MegalodonSoft, to challenge each other to a match in a demo of Mystery Maker 2. Among them are Kamo Touma, a magazine contributor well known for his investigative work overturning false convictions, and his wife's cousin Ryuuzen Yuki, a recently debuted mystery novelist.

However, on the day of the demo event, the detectives are all drugged. When they awaken, they find their smartwatches are locked to their wrists and they are shown videos of their families and loved ones being held hostage. They are contacted by a Gamemaster, who tells them that if they wish to save themselves and their families, they must play a death game called "Delicious Death for Detectives".

As scheduled, the eight of them will play Mystery Maker 2's demo, and the Detectives will challenge the mu*der puzzles created by the mu*derer. If the Detectives are not able to reveal the mu*derer and their tricks before the time limit, all players will be killed. However, if the mu*derer is exposed, both they and their hostages will be killed. And if a Detective makes an accusation but gets even the tiniest detail wrong, they will be mu*dered by the Gamemaster's secret accomplice, the Executioner.

Now the only way for the eight detectives to survive is to expose the mu*derer and Executioner lurking among them, even if they must risk their lives and those of their compatriots to do so.

Which is an especially big problem for Kamo, because he's the one who's been chosen as the mu*derer! <<less

“Musketeer Code – no all for one, just one for all.”... more>>

Gibbs, Ray, KJ and Troll – a group of the most popular male students that had the best relationship in an elite boarding school. The four created the Musketeer Code – the rule that did not allow anyone among them to have a steady girlfriend, but any kind of scandals was welcomed to be shared with the others.

Until that rule was broken… and a psychotic chick sparked a tragedy that would haunt their lives. Then — <<less

In his previous life, Yun Qingci loved the Emperor more than life and death. When he was alive, he made soup and clothes for him, and in politics, he helped monitor his officials, even his family.... more>>

He was solely dedicated to the emperor, and all his scheming strategies were used to gain favour. He never borrowed his power as the Lord Empress to seek employment for his relatives, and he did not show favoritism. He can be said to be strictly impartial and incorruptible, not even recognizing his own family.

Outsiders were terrified of him, and relatives hated him, but Yun Qingci didn’t care. However, in the end, he was thrown into the cold palace by the only person he cared about and his whole family imprisoned.

Finally, he committed su*cide on that snowy day, and fell down that gilded tower.

Reincarnated, Yun Qingci retracted his claws, picked up the glass pieces of his heart, and conducted himself evasively in society. Acting as an escort to the Emperor for his relatives, he decided to become a proud Lord Empress that doesn’t need to be treasured or can have his status shaken.

Unexpectedly, the emperor who abandoned him like a shoe, praised by countless courtiers for both his virtue and kindness, suddenly changed his temper. He became cold and harsh, paranoid and cruel.

The servants who confronted Yun Qingci? He would beat them. The imperial concubines that provoked Yun Qingci? He'd punish them. A small person who framed Yun Qingci? He would kill him. When someone tries to approach Yun Qingci, he would become jealous to the extreme.

Soon everyone knew that Empress Yun was the emperor’s inverse scale. He was not allowed to be hurt, touched, or even looked at.

Yun Qingci, the fairy man, is speechless: So you like me not loving you, why didn’t you say that sooner?

Gong: …… <<less

Yu Cheng and Qin He met by chance. Yu Cheng was a famous little tyrant in middle school but was trained by Qin He to become an obedient dog.... more>>

Gradually, they developed feelings for each other but were reported, and one was forced to transfer schools while the other was left suffocating in insults.

The interrupted contact became the last straw. People were buried in it, and cries were isolated. Qin He finally became a person buried in love.

The obedient dog became a crazy dog again, and the once bright and showy teenager became a walking corpse…

Yu Cheng (Gong) X Qin He (Shou) <<less

"I hesitated before, I turned back to face my shred of hope, yet still no one cared."... more>>

"Later the thick fog arose, you said you loved me so much, but why is your love even fainter than the fog, so faint that I can't even see it clearly." <<less

Ling Hua'an possessed peculiar eyes. He couldn’t see the living, but he has the ability to see ghosts. He runs a small supermarket with his profit obviously earned from the living people. But in fact, his massive income actually comes from finding out the cause of death of the wronged souls and helping them enter the cycle of reincarnation.... more>>

There is a saying that has been circulating in the Underworld:

The grocery store’s door is open. Ghosts must not come in if they have no money!

Jiang Chengyan is the captain of the criminal investigation team of Yuncheng Municipal Bureau.

He is busy everyday, and often works overtime. His dinner would mostly be instant noodles he had bought from the supermarket near the gate.

But every time he went out shopping, he would always sense the gloomy atmosphere surrounding the market. But he’s a firm atheist, so it‘s reasonable for him to go. (Actually, I think the supermarket owner is quite a good-looking fellow and has good disposition.)

By an incidental chance, Ling Hua'an suddenly received a huge order. If he could do it, he will no longer have to worry about food and clothing in his lifetime. But it’s quite difficult, thus, Ling Hua’an naturally approached Jiang Chengyan.

Afterwards, Jiang Chengyan who is a firm atheist, had his three views broken, and it was really sweet… <<less

For eight years, Ye Fei and Gu Ang, two alphas who raised their ranks in the military, were lovers and did everything together. But then, soon after their marriage, Gu Ang asked for divorce.... more>>

Unsure of the reasons why, Ye Fei became heartbroken.

Unknown to the two of them, they woke up soon after their divorce eight years in the past; back when they were freshman; back before they ever met; back before they loved one another.

Although the two of them have different views on being reborn, the main question is whether or not this world they were reborn in was exactly the same as their old world or not. Had they created a butterfly effect? Could they save the ones they had lost in those eight years? Were they still going to end up together?

Soon they would learn that not everything was the same…. Something was entirely different than their old world… And that was Gu Ang’s secondary gender. He was now, unknowingly, an omega. <<less

The high school entrance examination's top scorer owed 800,000 yuan in debt and had to sleep in an underground parking lot like a stray dog.... more>>

Because of a trainee recruitment plan, his life was completely reversed. From then on, he went away from the darkness, towards an endless light. <<less

I want an S-Rank skill too! I want it so badly, I would even die for it!... more>>

[You have awakened an S-Rank skill.]
[But it only works when you die.]

Eh !? WHAT IS THE POINT OF GETTING ONE IF I DIE !? <<less

When he first regressed, Kang Ha-Jin thought he finally had a chance to change his life.... more>>

“What brat just regressed right now?!”

That is, until he’s forced to regress four times!

[Single Quest 01.]

“In Search of Lost Dreams:” The fastest way to untangle a tangled thread is to find its starting point. Let’s become an idol trainee within the given period.

Remaining time: 57 days (initial 60 days)

Success reward: Access to clue to track the regressor
Failure penalty: 45% increase in the possibility of activating the 5th regression

You can’t regress five times. In order to escape regression, I will become an idol. <<less

This incident happened when Daiki, a second-year student attending a public high school, was about to celebrate the second anniversary of entering into a relationship with his childhood friend Reina, with whom he had confessed his feelings. ... more>>

The long and enjoyable days of summer vacation had ended, and a few days into the start of the second semester, on a day when Reina had arrived early to school for student council duties, Daiki, who had arrived at school alone, found a lost item while changing into indoor shoes at the shoe lockers near the front entrance of the school.

This event shattered their daily life and led to the unraveling of the relationships among childhood friends. <<less

Tang Heng gets into trouble while playing in a band and meets Li Yuechi, who comes to his rescue. As they get to know each... more>> other, Tang Heng falls in love with Li Yuechi despite their polar opposite family backgrounds, but Li Yuechi is imprisoned for stabbing Tang Heng's uncle. Six years later, Tang Heng is now a university teacher. He’s reunited with Li Yuechi again during a poverty alleviation project and the truth of what happened back then is revealed little by little...
Tang Heng witnesses the cruelty and reality of the world and the dark side of people. He suffers from the blow brought by the truth but never forgets the original heart and faces it bravely... Through the main character's experience, the story makes us believe more firmly that as long as we have justice in mind and go forward, we can definitely see the light. <<less

Shi Qing Xia is practically an angel.... more>>

Kind, sweet-hearted, and good at her studies, she was admitted to the top university in Taipei.

However, the living expenses for the metropolitan city were far greater than she had ever imagined, so she started to work as a private tutor for wealthy families to make ends meet.

On her first day of work, she met Zhao Yi Bo and Zhao Yi Xuan, a pair of neglected 16-year-old genius twins whose prosperous and wealthy parents heartlessly abandoned in Taiwan. Shi Qing Xia found them to be gentle, compassionate, friendly, clever, mysterious, pitiful and attractive.

But appearances can be very deceiving…

Because behind those sweet smiles…

Deeply twisted and cruel demons lurked, waiting to rip apart the wings of this angel, condemning her to an eternity of conflicted bittersweet suffering — a rollercoaster ride of a heart-wrenching, twisted, and tragic romance more extreme than what someone so innocent could possibly imagine. <<less

[Tower Defense & Dungeon Attack RPG]
I saw the ending to the game no one was able to clear.... more>>

But, when I came to my senses, I was inside of the game.
In fact, I was in the tutorial stage, a place where strategy was impossible.

"I'll clear this bullsh*t game no matter what...!" <<less

Ten Years of Marriage!... more>>

An'nuo thought she had married the perfect man.

Little did she know, this man would lead her to her death!

He used the guise of marriage to deceive her feelings, calculate her assets, and even wipe out the entire An family, all to win the smile of his true love.

A premeditated mu*der let her reincarnate ten years prior.

This life, she will definitely make him bankrupt and disgraced, make his family disappear without a trace, make all associated with harming her die a terrible death. For this, the first thing she did after reincarnating was rejecting the scumbag and resolutely marrying the business tycoon who was her nemesis in her past life, someone she shouldn't have provoked in this one!

She thought their marriage was one of convenience, she didn't expect to be spoiled rotten after the wedding. <<less

1.... more>>

Chu Xie transmigrates into a novel as a venomous, fragile beauty who torments the protagonist to the brink of death. The system tells him he must complete the storyline to return.

Chu Xie looks at the script: Frame the male lead, torture the male lead, and ultimately be killed by the male lead.

Heh, easy.

Rolling up his sleeves, he just starts tormenting the protagonist.

System: Host!! Another host has transmigrated to the wrong world, and now you must take on two people’s storylines by yourself.

Chu Xie: …?!

System: That guy had a white lotus script, which means you must protect the male lead, accompany the male lead, and ultimately die for the male lead.

Chu Xie: (╯°Д°)╯︵ ┻━┻

2.

Chu Xie has no choice but to play two roles.

During the day, he frames the young male lead.

At night, he saves the young male lead.

Finally, when he reaches the “death (retirement)” stage, he falls off his horse at a critical moment.

Seeing the male lead angrily and nervously knock over the poison wine in his hand, Chu Xie hears the system’s deafening scream.

“Host!!! Both character settings are about to collapse; you need to think of a solution!!”

That’s why I was saying, why did you give me two completely opposite character settings at that time!!!

Chu Xie touches his forehead and goes into acting mode: “Let me die, Your Highness. Only if I die can Chu Xie die… and he can no longer harm you.” Then, he performs a personality switch in front of the crown prince, and finally stabs a small knife into his heart, smoothly ending this life.

“…Host, you’re amazing!”

3.

Later, he didn’t die.

The little emperor who had sworn to cut him to pieces and avenge himself didn’t do anything.

He administered medicine to him every day and guarded him twenty-four hours a day.

“Zhen didn’t let you die, so you’re not allowed to die!”

Chu Xie: QAQ~

#I am the big boss and the white moonlight.

#I’m just an emotionless plot-driving machine, now that the plot is over, please let me die soon. <<less

The story revolves around Irene, a candidate for saintliness, who grows up amidst severe abuse and discrimination, leaving her spirit and body worn out.... more>>

Suddenly, she’s unfairly accused of attempting to assassinate another saint candidate.

Knowing she’ll never become a saint anyway, Irene decides to jump off the tower, determined to end her suffering.

“This life of nothing but pain, I will end it now.”

But then comes a shocking divine intervention from the sky.

「The next Saint shall be Irene.」

Yet, Irene’s body is already plummeting from the tower…

…This cannot happen! <<less

It seemed as if Lin Banxia was being targeted by something strange.... more>>

He was alone, but the home was full of strange noises; banging closets with nothing in them, dripping taps with no water, and strange chewing noises outside the window.

Until one night…

He woke up suddenly, and when he opened his eyes, he saw a skeleton as white as snow lying on the ceiling of his house. It turned its head, grinning at him with a brilliant smile. <<less

The royal family is burdened with debt. To pay it off, they send their daughter Violet to be betrothed to Winter, the bastard son of a loaded Duke family.... more>>

Violet falls in love with Winter on first sight. But Winter's not taken with her.

Years later, Violet decides to divorce him...but then she finds that they've swapped bodies.

How did this happen!? And will they be able to change back!? <<less

The protagonist, an ordinary high school sophomore, has a woman on his mind.
She is a woman who lives in the next room in the same apartment building, a beautiful and stylish older woman.... more>>

He wants to get close to her somehow, to talk to her more, but she has a boyfriend. So the main character has no choice but to give up.

But one day, he witnesses her attempt to commit su*cide. <<less

“The lifespan of a butterfly is between three days and a month, and most butterflies only live for a week.”... more>>

“Like them, I have only a few months to live, maybe less.”

–

The first time Hu Die met Jing Yu, he thought she was a world-weary girl who committed su*cide.

The second time they met, he told Hu Die indifferently: “If you jump down again today, I’m not saving you again.”

Later, she told him: “Jing Yu, don’t feel sorry for me.”

Later, Jing Yu returned to the arena and won the glory that belonged to him.

Under the flashing lights, he suddenly remembered the girl’s voice, and said a nonsensical remark in front of thousands of people.

——”I’m not sad, I just think that at such a moment, it would be better if you’re here.”

“He is a whale swimming in the ocean. One day, a butterfly inadvertently broke into his frequency. That was the most beautiful moment in his life.” <<less

Louis Valentine, the villainous noble. He has a certain purpose.... more>>

That purpose is to enter eternal slumber.

Louis has experienced countless reincarnations. The causes of death vary, but one thing remains constant – whenever he dies, he returns to a predetermined age.

Having lived through numerous lives of living and dying, Louis eventually adopted a new purpose: to live not for life itself, but for death.

In his previous life, he casually attempted su*cide.

Without much hope, as expected, Louis once again experiences the cycle of reincarnation.

"If su*cide won't work either, then I'll just do things I enjoy and die."

Deciding to do only what he enjoys before dying, Louis finds that this new life is different from all his previous ones for some reason.

Even the personifications of death, including his fiancée, inexplicably pay attention to Louis.

"Isn't this strange?"

This is the story of a boy who deviates from his previous narrative by committing su*cide, and the people who start to care about Louis, as he seeks to attain eternal death. <<less

‘Anyhow … I think I transmigrated into a romance fantasy novel.’... more>>

The problem is—I opened my eyes in a wake room. Within a coffin. At the funeral of this body’s owner. To make matters worse, I had read so many novels that I couldn’t remember which one I was in.

‘Ta-da~ you thought I was dead, right? I was not!’

On the other hand, I think I’m a villainess. My family is cold-hearted, and the servants shrink and shun me, often crying while looking at the air next to me. But it doesn’t matter! I’ll exploit my master in romance fantasy to get rid of my villainess tag!

But then, I found a strange pattern.

“What exactly is this?”

[How to summon •••]
‘Is it summoning formation to summon something like spirits or dragons? That’s good. A villainess needs at least one ability to protect herself.’

“Meow~”

‘But why was I chosen by a three-eyed leopard-patterned cheese cat, rather than spirits or dragons? Well, it doesn’t matter because it’s cute!’

A monster lives in Count Rohanson’s household. A creature lurking beneath the skin of the late Lady Evangeline.

“I’m Gabriel, commander of Paralos Knights. I’d like to know more about young lady Rohanson.”

‘Knight Commander, pitch black hair, azure eyes … Gabriel must be the male lead!’

“How foolish. You don’t even know your place. I’m not interested in you.”

“It doesn’t matter. I’m just curious about you.”

‘How come? Aren’t I the villainess? Go find your partner, the female lead!’

My aim is to use my summoning circle to protect myself! I’ll also look after Pudding the cat and Jelly the werewolf.

“By the way … why does everyone keep trembling whenever they see me?”

A story about a heroine who thinks she’s in a romance fantasy novel and the unsettling events that happen to those around her. <<less

“I can’t forgive all what she has done just because she apologized and made amends…”... more>>

One day, about two years into their relationship, the protagonist Yukito catches his girlfriend, Yukina, cheating on him.

Despite being together for over two years and having known each other since childhood, Yukito can’t bring himself to forgive her.

At the same time, triggered by Yukina's affair, the hidden feelings between Yukito and Yukina’s twin sister, Setsuna, start to surface. <<less

Aeroc, proud of belonging to a prestigious noble family, falls in love at first sight in a chance encounter with Kloff, who belongs to a lower-ranking noble family. Aeroc approaches him without paying any mind to the difference in wealth and status, even disregarding the taboo of alpha-alpha relationships. However, Kloff takes no notice of him and marries another omega.... more>>

In the end, Aeroc, blinded by jealousy, commits a terrible crime. And after learning the truth, Kloff executes ruthless revenge.

“I hate you so much. You make me sick. I loathe you. I wish you the same miserable end as what you did.”

Aeroc struggles and resists, but slowly pays the price of his crimes…

“What you did was not love.”

“I am not sure what to call this feeling if not love.”

If given the chance to turn everything around, would the relationship between the two be different?

If someday I could be reborn and repay you, then I will not even go near your lover.

Aeroc closes his eyes after making such a promise to himself. And as if it were a cruel joke, a second life is given to him.

Could life be a blessing once more? Will it lead us to the light again? Will I ever see him again under those cedar trees? <<less