The Fighting Dog of a Ruined Organization

It seems my life has gone to shit.

Why do I think it’s gone to shit?

It’s a bit of an abrupt question, but do you know the genre called “possession stories”?

Personally, it’s a genre I really like.

It’s about being possessed into an extra character or a villain destined to die, armed with a lot of information, and then struggling desperately to survive.

But let’s consider a hypothesis here.

What if I was possessed into a work I knew nothing about?

The situation becomes a bit tricky. Usually, you get possessed into a work you know and use that information to your advantage, but if you’re possessed into a world you know nothing about, you can’t do that.

Of course, there are some comedy works that use this point for humor. Being possessed into a completely unknown work can be entertaining in its own way.

But what if that work is a depressing one?

Think about it carefully.

You open your eyes and find yourself in a world you’ve never seen before. There’s a mirror nearby, and when you glance at it, the reflection isn’t you.

So, it’s not isekai transfer but possession, but what kind of world is this?

And then you see, oh my god, there are corpses of a man and a woman in front of you.

First, you throw up because it’s the first time you’ve seen corpses. After throwing up, you’d start to wonder.

Who are this man and woman?

Turns out they’re the mother and father of the person you’ve possessed.

Is this a depressing story where the parents die right from the start?

The doctor tells me I seem to have lost my memories due to severe shock, but no, I haven’t lost my memories, I’ve been possessed.

I remember all the shitty life I lived before the possession. There’s no way I have amnesia.

It’s confusing, but since I’ve come to a different world, I should investigate. So I tried to figure things out.

First, the doctor is wearing a white gown, and they’re doing MRI and CT scans to check my condition, so it seems to be a world where science is quite advanced.

At least it’s not a medieval fantasy, so I won’t have to worry about inconveniences in washing, eating, sleeping, and defecating.

Moreover, my new mother who adopted me is a PC bang owner. If there are PC bangs in this world, isn’t it actually South Korea?

For some reason, my new mother’s name is ‘Fuyuka’, which is a Japanese name, but she could be a Japanese person living in South Korea, right? After all, my name is ‘Woo Hyun-woo’, which is a Korean name.

But then I hear something that sounds a bit strange for it to be South Korea.

“The perpetrator is a gangster. Gangsters are punished by the organization they belong to, but it seems the perpetrator has gone missing. So the organization hasn’t been able to punish him either.”

Well, the perpetrator going missing is one thing, but…

What nonsense is this about gangsters being punished by the organization they joined?

It’s strange. I can’t help but feel it’s strange. So I have to investigate further.

As a result, a surprising conclusion is drawn.

“So… this world is a mix of fantasy and martial arts, surrounded by huge walls and closed off, and on top of that, there’s a gangster cartel like you’d see in noir?”

What kind of ridiculous world is this?

But tada! Surprisingly, I’ve been possessed into that world.

Still, it’s not like I wasn’t given any abilities at all.

Maybe because I’m the protagonist of a possession story, they did give me one superpower.

《Your ability is ‘Title Collector’.》

It’s just that, just like in a game, people in this world have titles.

If they reveal their title, it really appears above their head like in a game.

Conversely, if they don’t reveal it, you can’t know the other person’s title, but since I’m a title collector, I can read titles.

Of course, living up to the name of collector, I have various strange titles collected, and the most ridiculous one was the title ‘One Who Cooks Ramen Deliciously’.

In other words, it’s a useless ability.

So I’m already feeling like shit, and then this girl keeps talking to me.

“Welcome to Fantasia!”

Above that girl’s head, her title floats:

“Boss of Fantasia (Ruined)”

And in front of me, a status message keeps appearing:

“Will you become the Fighting Dog of Fantasia (Ruined)?”

It pops up once a day, how could I ignore it?

So with a ‘what the hell’ attitude, I accepted, and then:

“I Became the Fighting Dog of a Ruined Organization!”

In the end, I became a fighting dog who has to revive an organization called Fantasia that has gone to ruin.

How ruined is it? There are only two members including the boss, there’s no capital because they’re bankrupt, and those two don’t even have combat abilities.

In other words, I, the third member, am the only combat personnel.

I’m not even good at fighting, how am I supposed to revive the organization?

This is definitely a noir with a depressing tag.

The moment I thought that,

“Your ability, Title Collector, grants power to the word ‘Fighting Dog’.”

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Title: Fighting Dog

Rarity: EX

Description: A dog crazy about fighting.

Ability: The more you fight, the stronger you become. There is no limit.

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After seeing that description, I thought:

Ah, it might be a depressing noir, but it seems quite worth trying.