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 Five: A Broken Heart
Golden Barrel, second basement floor.
On the gold sofa, Luca Kaneshiro was curled up.
Hands pressed over both ears, knees hugged to their chest, curled into a small ball. Their waist-length golden hair was a tangled mess, and their white hat had fallen to the floor.
A girl's body. A girl's voice.
Looking in the mirror, an unfamiliar woman with a tear-streaked face stared back.
*(No. That's me.)*
Luca squeezed their eyes shut.
"……No……that's not it……"
Their voice trembled.
"I……think of you all……as my comrades……that's all it is……"
From beyond the door, a voice came through.
"Luca. Let's talk."
Ike's voice. Quiet, but thin and fragile, as if on the verge of tears.
"Even if you run, I still think of you. That's not because of the curse."
Luca pressed their hands harder against their ears.
"I can't hear……I can't hear……"
"Young lady, covering your ears won't do you any good."
Now it was Vox's voice. That voice—sweet, sticky, coiling around you.
"You see, I loved teasing you so much that before I knew it, it had turned into love. Ridiculous, isn't it?"
There was nothing to laugh about.
Luca curled up even smaller on the sofa.
"Stop……please stop……"
The tears wouldn't stop.
On the gold sofa, tear stains slowly spread wider.
*(It's my fault.)*
*(Because I can't return your feelings.)*
*(Because I ran away.)*
Luca hugged Don Kaneshiro, which had been left at the edge of the sofa. Their beloved revolver-shaped streaming mic. The cold metal against their skin only drove reality in deeper.
"I'm……the worst……"
Choking back their voice, Luca cried.
—
Outside the door.
Ike Eveland stood with their back against the cold hallway wall. Their long silver hair clung to their forehead with sweat. Behind their glasses, their blue eyes were wet with tears threatening to spill over.
"Luca……I was watching your streams even before I met you."
Ike's voice trembled.
"Your laughter, your villain roleplay, everything about you……I loved it all. It's not the curse. From the very beginning, always."
Ike took off their glasses and wiped their eyes.
"My feelings didn't disappear when I wrote them into novels. If anything, every time I wrote, I fell for you even more."
Beside them, Vox Akuma stood with arms crossed. Their glossy black hair gleamed eerily under the hallway's emergency lights. Their crimson eyes had lost their usual composure.
"At first, I really did just intend to tease you for fun."
Vox's voice was sweet, yet somehow pained.
"But when I saw you flustered after turning into a girl……ah, I realized—I love this person."
Vox placed a hand against the door.
"Young lady. I am genuinely in love with you. I'm saying this now, with the mask of teasing cast aside."
Silence.
Then, their voices overlapped.
""The one who protects Luca is me.""
""No, it's me.""
Ike raised their head.
"……Vox. You're always teasing Luca. What could you possibly understand about them?"
Vox grinned.
"Oh? You can only express your feelings through words written in books, and yet you dare say that to me?"
"What did you say……!"
"Unlike you, I don't just watch in silence. I enjoy Luca's reactions from the closest position. That's love."
"That's not love. That's just self-satisfaction!"
In front of the door, their emotions clashed.
All of those voices reached Luca's ears.
"Stop……please stop……"
Still covering their ears, Luca struck their head against the wall.
*Thud. Thud.*
The dull sound echoed through the underground room.
*(My comrades are fighting because of me.)*
*(They're breaking apart because of me.)*
Luca's heart was being painted over by something pitch black.
"I can't……take this anymore……"
At that moment.
—*Thump.*
Something pulsed deep in Luca's chest.
—*Thump. Thump.*
At the same time, all of EN Square shook.
—
Emotion River.
The river of emotion flowing north to south through EN Square.
Its surface was rapidly staining crimson. The color of anger and sorrow. As if the color of Luca's heart was reflected directly onto the river.
Viewer ghosts walking along the riverside promenade, Heartbeat Promenade, came to a halt.
"Wh-what's going on……?"
"The river……it's completely red……"
Murmurs of unease spread through the crowd.
The streetlights began flickering red.
*Flicker flicker flicker flicker.*
Inside the café "Listener's Brew."
The shop manager NPC, Minori, repeated the same words from behind the counter.
"Love consultation, is it. Love consultation, yes. For love consultation, first try considering the other person's feelings. Love consultation, is it. Love consultation, yes. For love consultation—"
Their eyes were vacant, their voice mechanical.
The customers stirred.
"Minori-san……is acting strange……"
"Is the Flip Phenomenon's influence getting worse……?"
In the lobby of EN Studio Plexia, the guide AI Palette endlessly repeated apologies toward the ceiling.
"We apologize. We apologize. We apologize—"
The entire city was screaming.
Luca's despair had become emotional energy, eroding the Streamsphere.
—
Luxiem Territory.
The central shared lounge, Reunion.
On the round table, the fourth Seven Heartbullet had been left behind.
The bullet that had been glowing with a faint pink light suddenly lost its glow.
The pink faded away, slowly.
In its place, a grayish white. Ash-white.
A color like death.
The bullet lay there silently, unmoving.
—
Golden Barrel, second basement floor.
With trembling hands, Luca opened the cylinder of Don Kaneshiro.
*Click.*
The silver cylinder rotated.
From within, faint pink light spilled out.
One. Two. Three. Four. Five—.
"……S-six……?"
Luca's voice cracked.
Inside the cylinder, six bullets were loaded.
It should have been three just moments ago.
*(They're multiplying……)*
Luca picked up one of the bullets.
It was warm.
A warmth like human body heat spread through their palm.
*(This is……Ike's and Vox's……)*
Luca understood.
The genuine love of the two outside the door.
Those emotions had become bullets, born right here.
*(Loaded into my chest.)*
Luca's fingertips trembled.
"……Why……why me……"
Tears fell onto the bullet.
The pink light, wet with tears, blurred.
*(One more. The final bullet won't be born.)*
Luca gripped the cylinder tightly.
*(The last bullet……will be born from my own true feelings.)*
*(Unless I realize my own feelings, the curse won't break.)*
Luca gently placed a hand over their own chest.
"……My feelings……are the final key……"
Luca wiped their tears and stood up.
Unsteadily, they walked toward the door.
They placed a hand on the doorknob.
But they couldn't open it.
Their hand trembled; they couldn't muster the strength.
"……Hey……can you hear me……"
Luca pressed their forehead against the door and forced out their voice.
"I……think of you all……like family……but……I don't have the confidence……that I can return your feelings as romance……"
Luca's voice trembled and cracked.
"I'm sorry……I'm so sorry……"
Beyond the door, it went quiet.
Both Ike and Vox fell silent.
Luca's words pierced deep into their hearts.
Ike closed their eyes.
A single tear ran down their cheek.
*(I knew. I knew, but……)*
Vox leaned against the wall and looked up at the ceiling.
*(……Ah. I see.)*
Silence filled the hallway.
Still gripping the doorknob, Luca collapsed to the floor.
"……I'm……so pathetic……"
The tears wouldn't stop.
—
How long had it been?
Vox quietly spoke.
"……Young lady. There's something I should tell you."
Luca looked up.
"The fourth bullet left in Reunion. It's turned ash-white."
Luca's heart jumped.
"……Huh?"
"It's lost its light. At this rate, all the bullets might disappear."
With trembling hands, Luca stared at Don Kaneshiro.
The six bullets in the cylinder still glowed faint pink.
But they could vanish at any moment.
"……No way……"
Ike's voice continued.
"Luca. I can't stop chasing after you."
Ike's voice was wet with tears.
"I just want you to understand that. Whether you fall in love with someone, or no one at all……I will keep thinking of you."
Luca felt like their chest was about to burst.
*(Even though I can't return those feelings.)*
*(Even so, you still……)*
Luca leaned against the wall.
The strength drained from their body.
"……I'll……face my own true feelings……"
Luca murmured.
But the sound of their comrades' tearful voices from beyond the door—
Every time they heard it, their heart wavered.
*(Face them……how……)*
*(When I don't even understand my own feelings……)*
Luca slid down against the wall and sat there.
The night deepened.
—
Before dawn.
Luca held the six bullets of Don Kaneshiro in both hands.
They stood before the mirror.
Reflected there was a golden-haired girl with eyes swollen from crying.
Waist-length golden hair. Pale purple eyes. White skin.
*(This is me now.)*
Luca stared straight at their reflection.
"……If you're me, then I'll listen to what you have to say."
Luca said that to the reflection in the mirror.
"Tomorrow, for sure……I'll face everyone. I won't run. Absolutely not."
They swore it in their heart.
But.
That vow wavered immediately.
From the direction of Reunion, they sensed something vanishing.
The fourth bullet.
The ash-white bullet disappeared without a sound.
At the same time.
The surface of Emotion River began shifting from red to black.
A murky, stagnant color.
Luca's despair was polluting the river.
Outside the door.
Ike's and Vox's voices cut off.
A heavy silence covered the hallway.
Driven by a terrible premonition, Luca reached for the door.
But they couldn't open it.
Their hand trembled.
"……Damn it……why……can't I open it……"
Gripping the doorknob, Luca couldn't move.
At that moment.
*Tap. Tap. Tap.*
Footsteps approached.
Light, small, but certain footsteps.
And then, beyond the door, the footsteps stopped.
"……Senpai."
Luca looked up.
"It's me. Rias. Please, let me hear what you have to say."
Fluffy orange bob hair. Large amber eyes. The gender-swapped Mysta Rias stood beyond the door.
"I'll sort it out. Your true feelings, senpai. Properly, as a detective."
Saying that, Rias quietly sat down on the other side of the door.
Tears spilled from Luca's eyes.
"……Rias……"
Their voice trembled.
"……Help me……"
A small, fading voice.
Still gripping the doorknob, Luca collapsed to the floor.
Beyond the door, Rias quietly drew a breath.
"……Yes. Senpai. Leave it to me."
Rias's voice was gentle, but somewhere in it, they sounded close to tears.
The darkest hour before dawn.
Golden Barrel, second basement floor.
Luca Kaneshiro faced Rias through the door.
The surface of Emotion River was black, silent, and stagnant.
—The fifth bullet had not yet been born.
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