Can I Touch Your… Trash Can?

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[Synopsis 3.0]

Chao Mu, an office worker who wants to explode at the world from work stress, received a closed beta qualification for the open-world RPG game "King of Trash Cans." She woke up to find herself as a small raccoon in Beika Town.

In the game's setting, the world's trash cans and their contents are all the raccoon's property. NPC trash cans are like gacha pools; after rummaging through them, you also unlock teleportation anchors. The small raccoon goes wherever it wants, rummaging everywhere and randomly refreshing in the bedrooms of NPCs who produce high-quality skills.

Since it's a game, of course you can do whatever you want. Wherever the player goes, from Beika Town to Sicily, no one is unaware of the small raccoon's notorious reputation:

The small raccoon visits Gin at night and replaces his bullets with peanuts; the small raccoon takes advantage of Hibari's home then flees for its life; the small raccoon pulls Rye's hair and laughs at the British for being bald; the small raccoon touches Daddy's pecs without paying and complains they're too hard.

There are always some troublemakers who think the small raccoon shouldn't casually go into other people's bedrooms to rummage through trash cans, shouldn't suddenly appear when people are bathing or sleeping naked, and shouldn't run off after touching without saying hello, as if love is transferable.

Facing such accusations, the player replies: "All the trash cans in the world belong to the King of Trash Cans. It's good enough I'm not charging you a garbage can usage fee; how can I be wrong?"

If NPCs have an opinion, then throw them in the trash can too—everything in the trash can belongs to the small raccoon. Even the coolest tough guys will have a small raccoon head stamp on them and be forced to become cats or dogs as pets.

It's just that the men she picks up seem to be pretty boys and aren't keen on rummaging through trash cans. They always try to exchange their faces and pecs for privileges. The player, accustomed to being an office worker and wanting to try exploiting pets in the game, is slightly troubled.

Not only the pets picked up from trash cans, but even some NPCs who originally didn't like her rummaging through their trash cans seem to have forgotten that their relationship was purely one of supply. When she poked her head out of a trash can, some enthusiastic officers wouldn't properly wear their clothes, insisting she not just touch the trash can, but stay and touch something else before leaving.

The clever player immediately saw this as the game's pay-to-win tactic, politely but firmly refusing, adhering to a free-to-play strategy. She generally only touched a couple of times during an NPC's enthusiastic invitation and then left, absolutely refusing to take responsibility—are you kidding? If she took responsibility, the next step would definitely be to trick her into氪金 to unlock the story. She would never spend a single cent on this game!

#About how I became a Mary Sue by rummaging through trash cans#

#Although all NPCs are yandere, the player insists on free-to-play#

#Let them go yandere, they can't beat me anyway#

#I am! The King! Of Trash Cans! In Beika Town!#

[Warning]

Includes Detective Conan, Jujutsu Kaisen, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, and Katekyo Hitman Reborn!. Everyone is alive, the protagonist is extremely popular, it's a chaotic evil love triangle, with a lot of vulgar plot points (?) and extremely ridiculous and stupid humor!!! There are many one-sided relationships and multiple endings.

The player protagonist has chaotic good alignment, is extremely overpowered, and genuinely rummages through trash cans. Proceed with caution if you dislike this. This article is not a Honkai: Star Rail fanfiction! The inspiration for the small raccoon and trash cans comes from real-life raccoons invading cities and digging through trash (a screenshot of the first time the idea for a trash-rummaging raccoon female lead came to mind can be found in a certain book, dated 2021.5.22, for a Jujutsu Kaisen fanfiction). The player is a typical mischievous player.

Synopsis written on 2024.9.30

Content tags: Comprehensive Anime, Cute Pet, Conan, Absurd, Fourth Wall Break, Harem

Chao Mu? Enthusiastic neighbors, private tutors, kind senior brothers, unlucky landlords—all digging through trash together.

Other: Comprehensive Anime, Power Fantasy, Male Competition, Love Triangle

One Sentence Summary: NPC: Don't just touch the trash cans, touch something else.

Theme: Everyone is responsible for protecting the environment.