Cursed Gender Swap?! The Mafia Bosss Love Bullet Seven Shots
Luca Kaneshiro, a popular VTuber from NIJISANJI EN, is the boss of a mafia with flowing blonde hair tied at the side, a white hat with a black band, and a pinstripe suit. He is short-tempered and likes to play the villain, but deep down he is a mischievous, friendly golden retriever of a man.
One day during a stream, the screen suddenly goes white. When Luca opens his eyes... he has become a girl! And all of his Luxiem friends have also swapped genders in total panic. Now a beautiful mafia boss
Cursed Gender Swap?! The Mafia Bosss Love Bullet Seven Shots - Love Bullet, Shot Four: The Beginning of a Bloodbath
Morning light streamed into the glass-walled circular lounge of Reunion.
Located at the center of Luxiem Territory, this fifteen-meter-diameter space was a shared area exclusively for the five members of Luxiem. A single round table sat in the middle. The wall monitors quietly displayed stream thumbnails as always.
Luca Kaneshiro placed Don Kaneshiro on the round table. Their beloved revolver-shaped streaming mic. When they opened the silver cylinder, a faint pink light spilled out from within.
"Three rounds in there."
Luca took out the bullets one by one and lined them up on the table. Crystal formations shaped like bullets, about two centimeters in diameter. Seven Heart Bullets. Keys born from genuine love, meant to break the curse.
"First one I noticed after a stream. Second one from Emotion River. Third one from the arcade crane game."
Luca tilted up the brim of their white hat. Golden hair reaching their waist swayed softly against their back. It had been several days since they'd become a girl's body. They still felt like screaming every time they looked in a mirror, but moments like this—talking with their comrades—brought a little calm.
"Four more to go."
"Yes. But we still don't know where the rest are."
Ike, sitting beside them, lowered their blue eyes behind their glasses. Silver long hair rested on the shoulders of their white shirt. Ike, now in a female body, was as quiet and beautiful as ever.
Ike stared at the bullets, pressing a hand tightly against their chest.
(*The third bullet. That one... might have been born from my love.*)
Ike thought this, and their fingertips trembled. That day at the arcade, while Luca was absorbed in the crane game, Ike had certainly felt their feelings for Luca surge. If that bullet had been born from their own emotions—
"Hey, Ike. You listening?"
"Huh? Ah, sorry. I was just thinking."
Ike hurriedly looked up. Luca's pale purple eyes were fixed on them.
"You okay? You look pale."
"I'm fine. More importantly, about the clues for the remaining four—"
Just as Ike was about to speak—
The glass door of Reunion slowly opened.
"Oh my. Looks like you two are having fun."
A sweet voice that clung stickily to the depths of the ear.
Luca flinched, shoulders trembling, and turned around.
Standing there was a stunning adult beauty with glossy black hair flowing down to her waist. Crimson eyes narrowed like a cat that had spotted its prey. Vox Akuma, now in a female body, flipped the hem of her black dress and approached the round table.
"Oh, it's just Vox. Don't just barge in like that."
"I did knock, didn't I? Didn't you hear, young lady?"
"Don't call me 'young lady'!"
Luca slammed a fist on the table. But getting angry in a high-pitched voice wasn't scary at all. If anything, it was just cute.
Vox giggled and sat down beside Luca, crossing her legs. White thighs peeked out from the hem of her skirt.
"So? What were you two whispering about? Yesterday at the arcade, you seemed to be having a lovely little date together."
"It wasn't a date! We were looking for bullets!"
"Oh, a bullet-hunting date. How romantic."
"Listen to me!"
Vox looked at Luca's angry face and laughed even more delightedly.
"So, what did you win at the crane game? A stuffed animal? Or... Ike's heart?"
"I'll kill you!"
Luca stood up. The hem of their skirt caught on the chair, and they stumbled.
"Whoa—"
"Careful now, don't fall. You're a girl, after all."
Vox gently grabbed Luca's arm. Her fingers touched the slender wrist.
"You really are entertaining. Even as a girl, you're still a brat on the inside, aren't you?"
"Shut up! Let go!"
Luca shook off Vox's hand.
Ike quietly watched the exchange between the two.
(*Vox likes teasing Luca. But those eyes...*)
Ike didn't miss the brief flash of seriousness that mixed into Vox's crimson eyes.
"Vox, could you please not bully Luca so much?"
Ike's voice was quiet. But there was a coldness to it.
Vox turned toward Ike and grinned.
"Oh? Are you on Luca's side, Ike? Or is that... jealousy?"
"N-No. That's not what I—"
Ike faltered slightly. The blue eyes behind their glasses wavered.
Luca stepped between the two of them.
"Hey, don't mess with Ike too! Ike's my best comrade!"
Luca tried to throw an arm around Ike's shoulders, but couldn't reach due to the height difference, so instead grabbed Ike's arm tightly.
"Ike is the person I trust most! I like you!"
Luca declared their affection—as a comrade—boldly.
In that instant.
Reunion fell completely silent.
Vox's crimson eyes went wide.
"...Huh?"
Ike was frozen. Their blue eyes stared fixedly at Luca's face.
"Luca, what did you just..."
"I said I like you! As a comrade, I trust you more than anyone!"
Luca beamed.
Vox slowly twisted her lips into a smirk.
"Ohhh! Was that a confession!? Luca just confessed to Ike!"
Vox shouted loudly, deliberately. Her shrill voice echoed through the glass-walled lounge.
"That's not what I meant! I said as a comrade!"
"I heard it, I heard it! Luca said they like Ike! I have to tell everyone!"
"Don't you dare!"
Just as Luca was about to lunge at Vox—
The glass door burst open.
"Senpai confessed!? No fair! I... I like senpai too!"
Bursting in was a girl with fluffy orange bobbed hair. Cowlick-like strands bounced like fox ears. Her large amber eyes were brimming with tears.
Mysta Rias. The youngest member of Luxiem, seventeen years old. Now in a female body, she stood before Luca, skirt fluttering.
"Rias!? Why are you—"
"Because I heard Vox-san's voice... saying senpai confessed to Ike-san..."
Rias gasped at the words that had just come out of her own mouth.
"Huh... wait... what did I just..."
Rias's face turned bright red in an instant. Red to the tips of her ears.
"N-No! That was... that's not what I—!"
Rias covered her mouth with both hands and crouched down on the spot.
"I just... said I like senpai..."
Rias's voice trembled.
Luca's mouth hung open.
"You... what did you just say?"
"I didn't say anything! I didn't say anything!"
Rias shook her head desperately, still crouched down.
Ike slowly stood up.
"Rias, did you just say... that you like Luca?"
Ike's voice was quiet. But their hands were clenched tightly.
Rias looked up.
"...I said it. I said it. I... like senpai."
Tears spilled from Rias's eyes.
"When I saw senpai as a girl, I thought you were cute. And my heart's been pounding ever since. When I saw you having fun with Ike-san at the arcade, my chest hurt..."
Rias gripped the hem of her skirt tightly.
"I just realized... this is what love is."
Luca's mind went completely blank.
"H-Hey, Rias. Are you serious..."
"Of course I'm serious! I love senpai!"
Rias shouted.
In that instant, Ike's bag fell to the floor with a thud.
A stack of manuscript pages spilled out, scattering everywhere.
"Ah—"
Ike hurried to pick them up. But Vox was faster.
"Oh? What's this?"
Vox picked up a single sheet of paper from the floor.
"Hmm. 'I like you.' Written over and over in big letters. Is this your handwriting, Ike?"
Vox waved the paper back and forth.
The color drained from Ike's face.
"Please stop. That's..."
"'I like you.' Who do you want to say it to? Don't tell me... Luca?"
Vox's crimson eyes pierced through Ike.
Luca looked at the paper and remembered.
That day, on the way back from the arcade. The words written on the manuscript that had blown away in the wind.
*"The person I love."*
They had thought it meant Ike had someone they loved. But now, the words "I like you" right before their eyes.
(*No way... the person Ike likes is...*)
Luca's heart skipped a beat.
"That... is my feelings for Luca."
Ike admitted it, voice trembling.
"For a long time now. Even before becoming a girl, I've always..."
Ike turned their blue eyes behind their glasses toward Luca.
"It's not because of the curse. Not because of the gender swap. I've liked you from the very beginning."
Reunion fell into complete silence.
Luca forgot to breathe.
(*Ike... likes me?*)
Their head was spinning.
Vox clapped her hands.
"Oh my, what a mess. This is entertaining."
Vox smiled and approached Luca.
"In that case, maybe I'll join in too. After all, I'm the one who gets to tease Luca the most."
Vox's fingers touched Luca's chin.
"I want you, Luca. Even as a girl, you're still you. If anything, you're even cuter than before."
Luca slapped Vox's hand away.
"Are you all insane!?"
Luca looked at each of their faces in turn.
Ike, tears in their eyes, staring straight at Luca.
Rias, still crouched, looking up at Luca with a bright red face.
Vox, laughing with amusement, but with a serious light burning in those crimson eyes, gazing at Luca.
None of them looked like they were joking.
"I... I only like you all as comrades—"
"But you did say 'I like you,' didn't you, Luca?"
Vox pressed further with a sweet voice.
"When someone says they like you, wanting to say it back is only human, isn't it?"
Luca backed away.
The hem of their skirt bumped against a chair.
"Aaaaaah!"
Luca screamed.
And then, as if about to break through the glass door of Reunion, they fled outside.
—
Luca ran at full speed through the streets of EN Square.
The skirt was in the way. The heels hurt. Golden hair clung to their cheeks with sweat.
"What the hell is wrong with them! Why are they all after someone like me!?"
Luca looked back.
The three were chasing after them.
Vox, black hair flowing, laughing. But her eyes were those of a hunter who wouldn't let her prey escape.
Ike, silver hair disheveled, face serious. Their blue eyes behind their glasses fixed only on Luca.
Rias, face tear-streaked, running desperately.
"Senpai, wait! Please don't run away!"
"Luca, let's talk! There's something I want to tell you!"
"Running is useless, young lady. We're serious."
Luca wanted to cover their ears.
But their legs wouldn't stop.
An anomaly began spreading through the city.
The romantic feelings of the three were affecting the emotional energy of the Streamsphere.
Streetlights began flickering pink.
Signs on nearby buildings were being rewritten into heart marks one after another.
"Aaaaaah! What the hell is this!?"
The surface of Emotion River shifted violently in color.
Past pure pink, into rainbow. Red, blue, yellow, green—every color imaginable swirled on the water's surface.
Sweet music began playing from somewhere, unbidden.
Viewer ghosts gathered, buzzing with excitement.
"What's that!? A confession battle!?"
"Luca-sama's being chased! Run!"
"Good luck, Ike-sama!"
"Vox-sama's so cool!"
Luca ran, weaving through the crowd of onlookers.
Heartbeat Promenade. The walkway along Emotion River.
There, Luca was surrounded on three sides.
From the front, Vox.
From behind, Ike.
From the side, Rias.
"Dammit... no way out..."
Luca was cornered against a bench by the river.
"Don't run, Luca. Listen to our feelings."
Vox stepped closer.
"We care for you far more deeply than you realize."
"I've been serious from the start. It's not because of the curse."
Ike said, tears welling up.
"I liked you even before becoming a girl. Your smile, your voice, everything—"
"I realized it when senpai became a girl! What I feel for senpai is romantic love!"
Rias shouted through tears.
"I don't want to give senpai to anyone! Not to Ike-san, not to Vox-san!"
The feelings of the three pressed down on Luca.
Luca looked at each of their faces in turn.
Everyone was serious.
They were genuinely saying they loved Luca.
(*I...*)
Luca placed a hand on their own chest.
(*I can't see any of them romantically.*)
They realized that fact.
Ike, Vox, Rias.
As comrades, they were precious. They loved them.
But if asked whether they liked them romantically—
(*No. I can't return romantic feelings to anyone.*)
Luca's knees buckled.
"...I'm sorry."
Luca dropped to their knees on the spot.
"I'm sorry... I can't
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