[Welcome to the Crown Game]
Kiryu Touta sat cross-legged on the couch, eyes closed.
In the darkness behind his eyelids, a familiar screen shimmered into view —
a world built of whipped cream and sugar glass, gleaming like a child's dream.
Sweet, pastel, whimsical… and utterly at odds with the cold, digital text hovering in front of it.
[Current Holdings:]
Low-Tier Vengeful Spirits (Purified): 59
High-Tier Malevolent Entities (Purified): 1
Intel-Collecting Sugar Beans: 3
Each Intel Sugar Bean could be exchanged at a one-to-one rate for low-tier spirits.
In other words, they were the souls of exorcised spirits repurposed into Touta's personal
surveillance drones.
He blinked. "Huh. Didn't realize I'd collected that many."
Maybe it was time to browse the store a little.
Hopefully, this time it wasn't just stupid headgear.
[Entering the Item Shop…]
The pastel interface bloomed outward, filling his inner vision with an explosion of glittering cards
— each depicting some overdesigned, ridiculous costume straight out of a fever dream.
Different from the game version, sure — but at least this one followed some internal logic.
Touta appreciated logic. Even cursed logic.
The Crown Game System was as mysterious as it was malicious, but like any cheat, it had its
perks.
Purified spirits could be spent as currency.
A soul-based shopping mall — capitalism's final form.
Not that he'd spent a single point yet.
His hoarder instincts ran deep, and besides, no spirit so far had survived three punches.
But after what happened to Kaion… he knew he needed more.
Breaking concrete and snapping rebar wasn't enough.
He needed power that made even high-level entities flinch at the sight of him.
So, he began browsing the absurd treasure trove before him.
✦ "King of Streetlights" Armor
Shiny gold plating, complete with a glowing cowlick.
Effect: Automatically insults nearby enemies.
Verdict: "Not walking around like a sentient lamppost."
✦ Demonic War God Suit
Twin rocket fists and blazing red wings.
Downside: Possible side effect — world destruction.
Verdict: "Cool, but I like being alive."
✦ Purple Set — Inheritance of a Certain Demon Lord
A cracked mouthpiece, twisted horn, and eternal regret.
Effect: Massive power boost.
Side effect: Berserk mode.
Verdict: "No thanks, not doing edgy cosplay."
✦ Mars Team Mecha Skin
Multi-form transformation, cinematic poses included.
Downside: Loved ones assassinated by men in black sedans.
Verdict: "Who the hell programmed this game!?"
✦ Beach Revenant Set
Transform into a sleek Kamen Rider–style warrior.
Catch: Fated to melt into beach sand someday.
Verdict: "Yeah, no. Pass."
✦ Half-Faced Mask of Crimson Tentacles
Four regenerating red tendrils; sustenance: human flesh.
Bonus Feature: Compulsion to ask math riddles while cracking your fingers.
Verdict: "What sick manga reference is this supposed to be!?"
✦ Blessing of the Schizoid God
Chaos deity sponsorship package.
Effect: Random ability roulette.
Side effect: Full-blown identity fragmentation.
Verdict: "Do I look like I need DLC mental illness?"
✦ Thunder Chef Form
Fight using lightning-charged frying pans and spatulas.
Downside: Instantly becomes household's primary cook. Develops "housewife split."
Verdict: "I'm not becoming the divine Gordon Ramsay."
Touta stared at the list, expression flat.
This wasn't an item mall — it was an internet meme graveyard.
And worse, every single outfit cost ridiculous amounts of purified souls.
Some of these would take hundreds of high-tier spirits.
He rubbed his temples.
"Yeah, sure. Let me just exorcise all of Tokyo."
Still, he kept scrolling, past the junk-tier gacha trash and parody sets, until—
finally—something caught his eye.
✦ [Wolf Head Set]
Description: A black-bodied Sugar Bean Man donning a cartoon wolf's head.
The wolf's mouth gaped open, revealing a Sugar Bean's blank white face peeking out.
Pink fur framed the muzzle, and its spinning eyes looked gleefully insane.
Ridiculous? Absolutely.
But the stats?
Actually amazing.
Skill: Remote Intel Control
Convert an Intel Sugar Bean into a temporary clone for 15 minutes.
Clone retains 40% of Sugar Bean Man's strength.
Cooldown: 24 hours per bean.
Each bean reusable three times.
Price: 50 Low-Tier Spirits (or 0.5 High-Tier).
"Wait… point five?" Touta frowned.
"You can just cut a soul in half now? What, does the system have a spectral guillotine
somewhere?"
Still—this was good.
Too good, actually.
He could finally do it.
The ultimate Sugar Bean move.
Scatter Beans, Summon Soldiers.
Just imagine it —
a real-world, sixty-player Fall Guys elimination match…
but with actual death.
He grinned. "Alright. Sold."
[Purchase Confirmed: 50 Low-Tier Spirits]
In the Sugar Bean World, the candy-colored sky churned.
From the milkshake sea below, dormant spirits were dragged upward by invisible threads, their
forms colliding midair.
Clang!
A hammer of pink lightning struck, forging flesh into shape.
Clang!
Bones flattened and reformed. Black blood splashed—then was reabsorbed.
Clang!
Color drained. Hair turned glossy pink. Skin hardened like candy.
Clang!
White bone curved into the snout of a grinning wolf.
Clang!
Eyes of countless dead spirits melted together into black ink—
and filled the new face.
Touta hadn't expected his new costume to be crafted through something that looked like divine
slaughter.
A ritual of fusion and horror disguised as confectionary whimsy.
When the light faded, a new Sugar Bean stood at the starting line—
lifeless and still, like an empty vessel waiting for its owner.
Touta let his consciousness flow into it.
When Lu Zizhen came out of the bathroom, toweling her hair, she froze.
Kaion was kneeling anxiously by the sofa, staring at something on it.
The air was thick with pressure—sweet, yet suffocating.
And there, sitting upright on the couch, was a new Sugar Bean Man.
A hulking pink body wearing a black wolf head, goofy spinning eyes twirling lazily.
Lu Zizhen blinked.
Then, deadpan:
"Holy shit, you finally have clothes!?"
"Wuh-huh!?"
The wolf-headed Sugar Bean tilted its head sharply — the universal expression for:
'The hell did you just say to me?'
Couldn't he have one cool transformation moment without her ruining it?
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