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The Painless Shinji

In Kyoto Kiyomizu High School, Shinji Takanashi, the cocky son of legendary MMA champion (Shinbo Takanashi), navigates the hallways with a reputation as the “painless” Shinji, do to his C.I.P.A, boasting an unhurtable body. His arrogant demeanor and bullying behavior attract attention and fear, but his life takes a dark turn when a gang called the Purple Dragons targets him. After a brutal setup orchestrated by the gang using a seductive girl named Sarah Kimura, Shinji faces a vicious beating that shatters his confidence and exposes his vulnerability. Forced into servitude under the Purple Dragons, Shinji struggles with the legacy of his father, who he never even met. Meanwhile, at the Dragon’s Den Bistro, the gang’s triumphant celebration is disrupted by a mysterious chef and his assistant, Harumi Mizuki, whose fearless attitude hints at hidden depths. The gang leaves the restaurant with their pride bruised and bizarre kitty stickers as a parting gift. As Shinji returns home, battered and defeated, he receives an ominous envelope containing a photo of his father with a chilling message: “The chef killed him.” At the same time, the chef and Harumi find a similarly disturbing letter, but this time with Shibo's mutilated body, saying "I want my revenge" hinting at a dark connection to Shinji’s father’s death. Shinji, now entangled in a web of gang violence, family legacy, and mysterious vendettas, must confront his own weaknesses and discover the truth behind his father’s demise. The chef and Harumi must figure out who sent the message before his past comes back to haunt him.
Fuqyou · 5.9K Views

A CONTRACT OF BETRAYAL

Kimberly Donelly, known to her close friends as Le Kim Anh, is a vibrant and ambitious young woman with dreams of conquering the culinary world and business landscape. Her long, flowing black hair, radiant tan skin, and infectious smile have made her a sensation at her university and a star on social media. Growing up in a close-knit and protective family, she always found it challenging to step out of her comfort zone. Now, at twenty-one, Kimberly is on the verge of graduating with a business degree and stepping into her role as the owner of Alpine Bistro Ventures in the bustling heart of New York City. Her natural beauty and magnetic charisma have led to modeling gigs with top brands like H&M, Zara, Uniqlo, and Calvin Klein, as well as appearances on runways for up-and-coming designers. But Kimberly's life takes an unexpected turn when she crosses paths with Ocean Ryder, the former heartthrob of the band Imperial Cash. Now known as Onyx Steele, Ocean is a twenty-six-year-old solo artist, model, and savvy entrepreneur, making him one of the youngest billionaires in the world. Kimberly has secretly admired Ocean—her best friend’s older brother—since she was five years old. To him, she was always just the little girl tagging along with his sister. However, their chance reunion sparks a new dynamic, as Ocean becomes fixated on her and proposes a surprising arrangement: he needs a fake girlfriend to maintain his public image, and he wants Kimberly to play the part. Caught between her own ambitions and the whirlwind of Ocean’s world, Kimberly reluctantly agrees to the deal, signing away a year of her life to a complicated and thrilling charade. As they navigate the high-stakes world of fame and business, Kimberly must confront her feelings for Ocean and discover whether their fake relationship could turn into something real.
SunnyBae13 · 3.3K Views

THE BEST MUSIC

That accursed book had the ability not only to pervert and warp the fabric of space and time but to bend the very mind itself, to twist the psyche to breaking point and then go beyond. It was something not meant for this world. Exiting the motorway we quickly came to the large town of Dungannon, a town that had grown rapidly over the last decade as it had seen an influx of foreign nationals disproportionate to the rest of the country, who brought with them a diverse range of strange theologies and mysticisms. Some of these I knew as off-shoots of more mainstream theologies, others I knew to be cults new or old that barely clung to existence in the world as we know it, and one or two I had heard of only in legend and existed here as anywhere else in rumour. Parapsychology bore little interest to my erstwhile driver who guided us into the car park of some quaint local shopping mall that had served as a linen mill during the industrial revolution an age ago. A surprisingly modern bistro sat on a corner unit of the mall, all glass front with trendy chrome chairs and dark wood throughout and soon we were guided to a table and upon ordering we returned to our conversation about the unusual Valjean. That conversation did not last a great deal of time however as we had discussed at length during the journey the details of my entire communication with the musician and changing tact Professor Davids enquired as to how I was adjusting to life in Belfast after my time spent in Arkham. I confessed that at times I was still caught out by the quirks of European life compared to those of Americans, in the United States life and people were generally simpler in manner but at a faster pace than in European nations. The best descriptor I could think of was that in America politics was an occupation, in Europe it was a lifestyle choice. As the waitress arrived with our food I came to realise that I no longer had the attention of Professor Davids, indeed nothing seemed to be holding his gaze, as if his mind were absent from his body. “It’s the music, ” explained the waitress in answer to the question I had not asked and I then noticed the crackling warble filtering in that I had come to recognise as the work of my reclusive penpal, “AJ Valjean, some people seem to space out listening to his stuff, it really speaks to them.” “That could prove dangerous, ” I said snapping my fingers in the face of my colleague breaking his trance, “it’s like some form of hypnosis.” “I’ve never seen the harm in it, ” the waitress left our food and returned to the kitchen area, passing a waiter who I saw to be moving in an almost robotic fashion, and after that had caught my eye I came to realise that maybe half a dozen of the thirty or so in the room also behaved in the same trance state. “That was quite an unusual experience, ” the Professor spoke, “I felt as though my mind were slowly draining, it was peaceful, very calming. Your friend certainly makes music for the soul.” “It certainly is strange, ” I commented, I found it unsettling how powerful an effect such music could have on a receptive psyche. Clearly there was some subliminal waveform or message in the music that whether intentional or not was at the very least a hazard to drivers and pedestrians, at the worst I would dread to think. I ate my meal in uncomfortable silence, knowing what I know of the interests of AJ Valjean I doubted that the trance state was unintentional and could only hope that it did not exist to serve some hitherto unknown malign purpose. My eyes followed those who had been under the effect, watching to see any peculiarities or behavioural quirks beyond the generally accepted norm of human activity, indeed I kept one eye on my companion for having known academically for some time now he could best serve as a control group.
Songit_Sarker · 10K Views

The Secret Marriage of Sherlock Holmes and Irene Adler and Three Other

Sherlock Holmes has been missing for three days. In principle, Dr. Watson doesn´t think much of it because the detective has done this before. However, from the end of the second day, Watson begins to worry and faints upon receiving news of Mycroft Holmes, who, supported by agents from the secret service office, follows the trail of Sherlock Holmes and Irene Adler through some Scottish islands, while he is sure that they are going to get married in secret. Moreover, Mycroft Holmes is extremely concerned: from the Queen’s stable, three horses that will represent the nation in an international classic have been abducted, and also the niece of the Secretary for European Affairs, Sir Trelawney Hope (whose political power surpasses the influence of the British prime ministers of the last decade), has been kidnapped. In addition to this, a dark secret persists with the missing niece, and the geopolitical consequences of both cases could be fatal for the Conservative Party and the English government, who would lose respect and credibility in the European community and the British colonies. Mycroft Holmes and Watson are upset by the irresponsible and insane attitudes of Sherlock Holmes, who claims to be on vacation. Although the great detective is aware of the delicate situation, and working remotely, he sends telegrams that allow his brother and Watson to get to the bottom of the truth and solve these complicated cases. And following the trail of a telegram from Sherlock Holmes and other deductions from inspector Patterson and Watson, who remembers other words from the missing detective, a Scotland Yard and secret service team, accompanied by Watson, and led by Mycroft and Lestrade, go to the Canary Islands, precisely to the third, known as La Gomera, with the purpose of finding Sherlock Holmes, capturing Irene Adler, preventing that wedding and recovering jewels stolen by that damned woman, including the Koh-i-Noor diamond. Nonetheless, although it is known that Irene Adler was related to the two previous cases, the objective of Sherlock Holmes, planned for several years, is to return the Koh-i-Noor diamond to the Queen, even at the expense of a forced marriage with Irene Adler. The wedding takes place in a Spanish galleon with the support of a Norwegian captain. However, the situation is confusing and events escape of the control of the authorities. On the one hand, Sherlock Holmes has a plan to recover the Koh-i-Noor diamond and annul this marriage. And on the other hand, in one way or another, Irene Adler always wins, and she deceives the detective and his collaborators, dealing an inconceivable blow to the Spanish Crown. Moreover, Watson suspects that previously Holmes and Adler secretly married in Scotland, which is the beginning of an Adler’s sinister plan to become a new European queen... Content: First Part, The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes Second Part, The Rescue of the Politician’s Niece Third Part, The Unusual Marriage of Sherlock Holmes and Irene Adler
RolandoJOlivo · 2.8K Views
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