Sword Art Online Crossover: They're all close friends, how did I become a player?

This is my first time writing fanfiction, so there might be some out-of-character moments. Please bear with me. Feel free to leave any suggestions in the comments; I'll consider the good ones.

[Sometimes I can't include illustrations because my level isn't high enough, so I'll put some reference images in the comments. Those who want to see them can check the comments section.]

[P.S.: The male lead is super Mary Sue, don't stop me, nobody stop me, I just want to write a Mary Sue story QAQ. I'm already writing a free story, so please let me have my way. Don't come back later and tell me the male lead's character isn't good, everyone's reading free stories, I don't want to hear it, I don't want to hear it.]

In addition, please leave comments and interact with the author. Your comments are my motivation. Otherwise, it's really easy for the author to get bored and lose motivation by writing all the time alone. o＞_＜o】

[If others have it, I want it too! Brain placement. Check-in participants gain +10 to beauty, +10 to intelligence, +10 to figure, and +10 to luck! Bad romantic prospects will dwindle, and true love will arrive soon! If not true love, then get rich! Get rich! Get rich!]

[Warning: This is for fans of Fate/stay night/Age of Valor - Enkidu. Enter at your own risk! The protagonist will become Enkidu and participate in the Epic of Gilgamesh. If you can't accept this, please proceed with caution!]

The night was as dark as ink, deep and vast, with no stars to be seen in the sky. Everything around was gently draped by the curtain of night, immersed in a peaceful and tranquil slumber, utterly silent.

Only a bright, flawless moon hangs in the deep sky, its light flowing silently, adding an indescribable tranquility and mystery to this quiet night.

"Cough cough... This weather is so changeable. Just a few days ago it was the height of summer, and now it's winter. It's like a kind of beauty that doesn't care about people's lives." A gentle voice broke the silence of the night, ringing out in the cold air.

Looking in the direction of the sound, a boy was walking slowly along the path in the moonlight.

The clouds slowly drifted away, and the moonlight shone brightly on the newcomer. The boy was wearing a white shirt, suit pants, and a brown tie, which looked somewhat like the uniform of a school in Sakura Country.

His appearance was extremely handsome, and his long silver hair shimmered like a galaxy. If anyone else were to see this scene, they would probably wonder if they had seen a deity descending from the moon.

"Master Saniwa, Master Saniwa~"

A long, thin voice with a melodious ending broke the dreamlike atmosphere. The voice sounded normal, yet it had a subtle, inhuman quality.

Don't walk alone outside at night; be careful of potential dangers. Even men need to be cautious in modern society; you never know what strange things might happen to you.

For example, being scammed by a yellow and white fox with patterns on its face that can speak human language.

Yu Bai looked down at the yellow and white fox blocking his way, trying to pull him into becoming a magical girl in some way, and his expression turned a little strange for a moment.

In 2205 AD, the "Historical Revisionists" began attacking past eras in an attempt to alter history. The "Time Government," tasked with suppressing this rebellion and protecting history to save the world, was established. To quickly gain power, the Time Government recruited humans with spiritual abilities to become "Saniwa" (Masters of the Soul), awakening the "Touken Danshi" (Sword Warriors), the spirits of ancient swords, to jointly protect history.

This is what Yu Bai learned after the fox, who called himself Kitsune-no-suke, kept recommending it.

But vaguely, Yu Bai felt that these words were somewhat familiar.

A long, long time ago, he had watched an anime called "Hanamaru." That memory had been buried deep within him for far too long.

So much time had passed that Yu Bai had almost forgotten that he was once just an ordinary Chinese rabbit who liked watching anime and playing JX3. But now, these memories were slowly resurfacing in his mind as Fox-no-Suke spoke.

Yes, it used to be.

Yu Bai is a time traveler, and he has traveled through time more than once. This is his third life.

Long ago, he was a Chinese man struggling between working 007 and 996. At 24, he worked as a porter in a large factory, and every day, from the moment he opened his eyes, he just worked.

All I do every day is work. If I had to pick a hobby, it would be being a happy adult male character in JX3 in my spare time.

Until one day, he finally got a chance to breathe amidst the high-pressure work: a day off without overtime, without annoying bosses, and without irritating colleagues!

So he decisively silenced his phone. As for why he didn't turn it off?

Don't ask, the answer is that cattle and horses don't have the right to shut down.

After buying soda and snacks on Kangaroo, I happily opened my favorite game and logged into my account.

Just as he was sitting in front of the computer admiring his handsome father, Qin, dressed in the Changge school uniform, a blinding golden light shone from the game screen on the computer, almost blinding Yu Bai's eyes.

And so he simply put it on, without any thrilling or exciting scenes, and without experiencing the classic truck kill.

Along with the baby version of Qin's father that she had painstakingly created, plus the cheat code that allowed her to use skills and inventory in the game, she was transported to the world of JX3.

Following his love for the Gugu Clan, he joined the Changge sect, becoming a healer who plays the zither to heal and occasionally wields a sword within the zither. Of course, in Yu Bai's mind, he was far more skilled with Mo Wen than with Xiang Zhi.

After all, every healer dreams of dealing damage!

In that life, he met many people, some of whom became close friends, while others turned against him.

He once traversed every inch of the Tang Dynasty on foot, experiencing firsthand the vicissitudes of life under the prosperous era, witnessing the tenacious resistance of the strong in the torrent of chaos, and feeling the helpless struggle of the weak in the waves of fate.

It was an era that captivated the soul, but it was also an era that devoured people.

He was reborn in the Tang Dynasty, and he also died in the Tang Dynasty.

Just when he thought he would finally fall asleep, he unexpectedly woke up again in this cherry blossom country where there are often more than four seasons a year. Once again, he became a Chinese rabbit who came here to study because his parents were developing their business in Japan.

The familiar body and familiar strength brought him some comfort in this unfamiliar land of cherry blossoms.

When he thought this was a parallel universe from his previous life, the neighbor's kid, whose surname was Kudo and given name was Shinichi, and the inexplicably popular sports of tennis and basketball, as well as the words "Phantom Thief Kid" and "Suzuki Group" that appeared in the newspaper from time to time, all told him what kind of world he had transmigrated to.

He graduated from Ice Empire Primary School in a well-behaved manner and smoothly entered the central part of Ice Empire. On the first day of school, he listened to a person with purple hair and cat eyes on the podium who called himself "this great master" give a speech.

Instead of joining the tennis club, she chose to become a member of the tea ceremony club. Every day, she would hang out in the club, enjoying tea and snacks, and reading the news reports about a certain detective that were slowly appearing in the newspaper.

So, it's like living a life of old age without any youthful vigor. In reality, because of the wonderful experiences in his previous life, Yu Bai only wants to drink tea, lie down, and retire in this life. He smoothly becomes a third-year junior high school student in the central part of the Ice Empire, and at the same time, he becomes the mascot of the tea ceremony club because of his good looks.

Now, Yu Bai, the mascot, is looking at the still rambling Fox Spirit in front of him and feels that his 24+15 years of socialist scientific view (Yu Bai doesn't consider the Tang Dynasty era to count) is slowly collapsing.

Ah, although the fact that I can time travel is inherently unscientific, the fact that an ancient world with cultivation settings and a modern world with Detective Conan settings still managed to stabilize my fragile scientific worldview.

But now, with the arrival of Kitsunenosuke, the final straw that broke the camel's back has appeared in Yu Bai's heart.

"Master Saniwa~ Please sign a contract with us. There are very few humans in the world with such abundant spiritual power as you. There are many benefits to becoming a Saniwa!"

The voice of Kitsunenosuke pulled Yu Bai out of his daze. He looked down at the fox that was desperately tugging at his trouser leg with its claws, slowly lifted the leg that was being tugged at, looked at the swaying figure in the air, and tried to refuse.

"I……"

"After becoming a Saniwa, the Time Government will give you a koban every month, and in addition, there are many subsidies for Saniwa with strong spiritual power like you."

After summoning the tsukumogami, all you need to do is complete the assigned missions and write the necessary documents. However, given your young age, if your writing isn't very good, you can have one of the tsukumogami, a sword skilled in writing, take charge.

Kitsune-no-suke swayed his body and kept trying to persuade the humans he had his eye on.

"Please consider it..."

"Okay."

"Wha, what?"

“I said, ‘Okay, I’ll be the Saniwa.’”

Hearing his beloved human agree to his request, he couldn't believe his luck; he had found his own Saniwa so easily. Just as he looked up to ask if it was true, he was struck by the Saniwa's stunning beauty.

Under the moonlight, a human, seemingly a celestial being, was gazing at him with a smile. That captivating beauty made Kitsune-no-Suke's mind go blank.

In a daze, all I could think was: The Saniwa is so beautiful. Even if those swordsmen were standing next to her, they would be attracted to the Saniwa at first glance.

Yu Bai: Stable, permanent position, just finish your assigned tasks and there are others to share the workload! Perfect for retirement…