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The World's Greatest Puppet Master

"I am the master. The world is my puppet."   "Humans are foolish creatures. It is easy to tug their strings once you know their secrets, their desires, their fears, the small shameful things they bury where they think no one can find them. And I can always find them."   "Everyone has a string. I have never met a person who did not." __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ In a near-future city where neural implants called gizmos connect every person to a shared digital cloud, a university student named Aron Doyle stands at the edge of his own life. Poor. Invisible. Out of reasons to stay.   He logs into the cloud one final night, but someone is already waiting.   An offer. The ability to see inside people, to read their subconscious data through the gizmo signal, to know their secrets before they act on them, to find the string that moves any person before they know a string exists. The Puppet Master System.   He accepts.   By day he is nobody, the quiet transfer student  at  Shinsei University. By night, in the cloud, he is Nox. The Puppet Master. A name whispered in the digital shadows with the reverence reserved for things people cannot explain and cannot stop.   He is not the only one. Others operate across the city …puppet masters trained and placed by the organization that built the system. But they work for something. Nox works for himself.   It begins with survival. Then it becomes a service. Then the service becomes pleasure. Then the pleasure becomes something darker. Something he stopped examining a long time ago. The hunger for power.  _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Power is not a destination. It is a flowing current.   You do not arrive at it and stop , you are carried by it, and the carrying changes the shape of you, and by the time you notice the change you are already somewhere you did not plan to go. Take drop from the pond and you want the river. Take the river and you want the sea. The hunger insatiable. You lose yourself to it.  _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ A single human is weak. Readable. Easy to manipulate.   Four hands can stop two fists. Not by being stronger. By being more.   Humans are strongest in tens of thousands. Their will unbendable. Unreadable.  _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Driven by his hunger for power. He rises to heights no other puppet master has reached. The city bends around him without knowing it is bending.   The question remains. Who is there to stop him?   A story of a man who took one drop from the pond of power and could not stop drinking...    And a puppet master who rises to hold the strings of the world itself.
Kuilei_Zhenzun · 935 Views

Four Of A Kind

They say meeting your soulmate is destiny, a beautiful collision of two worlds meant to be together. ...But why did my "fated encounter" have to be a head-on collision with Cassidy Valentine, the most hostile, entitled, and terrifying girl at Hartwell Academy? And why did it involve ruining her limited-edition blazer with cheap bodega coffee? I'm Isaiah Angelo. I run on three hours of sleep, instant caffeine, and the desperate need to secure a future for my little sister. I don't have time for drama. I definitely don't have time for romance. So, naturally, the universe decided to play a cruel joke. I didn't just make an enemy of one rich girl. I stumbled into the lives of four. The Valentine Quadruplets. Identical faces, four distinct flavors of trouble. Now, I’ve been hired as their live-in personal assistant. I’m trapped in a mansion with the four most desirable—and impossible—girls in the city. Cassidy, the "Problem Child" who has sworn to make my life a living hell. Harlow, the overly affectionate airhead who thinks snacks solve all emotional trauma. Vivienne, the ice-cold perfectionist who wants to micromanage my breathing. Sabrina, the silent observer who looks at me like I’m a puzzle she’s dying to solve. The pay is life-changing. The job is suicide. Can I keep my scholarship, raise my sister, and manage the chaos of the Valentine household without losing my mind? I have a mountain of debt, a schedule from hell, and four billionaire heiresses who suddenly seem very interested in the "scholarship boy." This isn't a job. This is a survival horror game wrapped in silk sheets. WHAT TO EXPECT: - Ecchi Situations: The Valentines have zero concept of personal space, and the "accidents" are frequent, spicy, and very visual. - Harem Romance: Four identical sisters, one tired protagonist. The competition is fierce, the tension is high, and the jealousy is real. - Competent Protagonist: Isaiah is smart, hardworking, and sharp-tongued. He isn't dense; he's just too exhausted to deal with their thirst. - Class Gap Dynamics: A gritty look at the difference between the struggling working class and the absurdly wealthy elite. - Heartwarming Family Moments: Because behind the fanservice and comedy, Isaiah is doing it all for his little sister.
Rikisari · 602k Views

Uma Musume Pretty Derby: Ten Meters

This is a fan translation of 赛马娘:从被撞飞十米开始 The original author is 百升飞上天 Please support them! === Many years later, holding the Lifetime Achievement Award in his hands, Yasui Makoto would still vividly recall that afternoon—when he was knocked ten meters through the air by an Uma Musume. At the time, Makoto had only possessed his official trainer license from the Central Academy for a few months. Perhaps due to his obvious lack of experience, he was repeatedly turned down by prospective trainees. After yet another rejection from an Uma Musume, he was feeling somewhat dazed. As he stood at a crosswalk waiting for the traffic light, Makoto saw a small child about to be struck by a vehicle. Without hesitation, he dashed forward. He successfully saved the child— —but he himself was sent flying. Not by the car. But by an Uma Musume with short black hair, red eyes, and a dark tail. Thanks to rigorous self-training from a young age, drawing on experience from his previous life, Makoto instinctively corrected his posture mid-air, thus avoiding serious injury despite being caught completely off guard. The Uma Musume, however, was clearly terrified. “I-I’m so sorry! Are you okay?!” “My-my name is Kitasan Black! I'm a freshman this year at Tracen Academy! Please take care of me!” “I-I… Anyway, I—I promise to take full responsibility!” That was what the flustered “culprit Uma Musume” named Kitasan Black said at the time. [Note: Certain occupations and roles of Uma Musume have been slightly adapted, and the world-building has been expanded. Apart from this, historical accuracy remains intact, ensuring no disruption to original fans' enjoyment.] [Readers unfamiliar with the original series can enjoy this simply as a sports-themed slice-of-life campus story.] [Kitasan Black features prominently in the early stages, with Haru Urara joining later. Other notable Uma Musume, such as Almond Eye and Daiwa Scarlet, will also be considered as the story progresses.]
OuroTL · 1.1m Views

Tokyo's Biggest Freeloader

This is a fan translation of 东京软饭王 The original author is 夜幕下的鬼 Please support them! === Reborn in Tokyo. No talent, no morals—he just wants to lie down and do nothing. But unfortunately… he’s broke. There’s no way he’s going to stomach a job. He has to find a way to start living off a woman—now. Since no elegant, wealthy sugar mama is willing to take him in… then the next best thing is to find a future rich woman with potential, raise her right, boost her affection, and then cash in when the time is right! This is Kuroba Akira’s original, time-tested strategy for living the lazy life: The Future Sugar Mama Investment Method. As long as he can carefully manage the rise and fall of affection levels, and maintain the delicate balance between all the “boats” he’s sailing... Then a lifetime of mooching off women is just around the corner! Our motto: “Lie down. Rot. Mooch forever!” ... Breaking news:Renowned entrepreneur and investor Kuroba Akira, who has been missing, has finally been rescued. Several of the main perpetrators turned out to be women with whom he shared… ambiguous relationships dating back to his student years. Now, let’s take a look at the moment Mr. Kuroba was rescued: “Why... I scammed so much money off you girls, how is your affection level not dropping, but actually going up?!” Thanks to Mr. Kuroba’s sacrifice, we’ve learned two important lessons: The affection market is fundamentally unpredictable. Living off women always comes with a price. Also… this is a harem story, but beware: the women are not right in the head.
OuroTL · 244.6k Views