We're Going to Be Cute and Charming Villains

"What system did you just say you were?"

"I'm the Male Supporting Character Rescue System, serial number 105."

"Hahaha, Little Five." Little Flying Ball patted the top of its head with a wing. "Let me introduce myself. I'm the Villain Development System, serial number 001."

"!!!" The Villain Development System?! Serial number 001?! Wasn't that the eternal number one on the Spacetime Administration's system rankings?! Help! How did it dare come and steal this big shot's host?! Control Center, was this bug meant to get a system killed?!!!

System 001 continued circling it. "Why are you shaking? I'm not going to erase you."

"I-I-I... I'm n-not... sh-shaking..."

In the system world, high-level systems could directly erase lower-level systems. This rule had been triggered by Lord System 001 himself. In other words, he had erased low-level systems before, and quite a few of them at that. To prevent systems from killing one another, the Administration had added a regulation: only one system could enter a single small world and bind with one host. But! Who knew such a system-killing bug would appear?! And it just had to run into it! Wuwu... it was done for!

"Done for what?" System 001 could naturally read its inner monologue too. It bounced on top of its head with a duang duang. "I haven't killed a system in years."

"..." System 105 shook even harder. So it was going to pick up the butcher's knife again?

"Tsk, why are you so timid? I said I wouldn't kill you. If you keep shaking, I really will do it."

It froze, not daring to move.

The two systems kept chattering away in Xia Yu's mind, making him frown. "What's going on? Where did this low-level system come from? Hurry up and get it out of here. All it does is cry. It's so noisy."

System 105 nodded frantically. Right, right, right, hurry and get it out!

"I can't get it out." System 001 looked deeply troubled. "Kind and adorable Host, you think too highly of me. Although I'm high-level, have a one-hundred-percent mission completion rate, and am an existence feared throughout the system world, I'm still only a system. Those are the world rules. Once a system binds with a host, it can't unbind unless the mission is completed—unless I erase it directly. But it's so silly and so cute. I can't bear to do it."

"It's very noisy."

"I'm not noisy! Host, I'm really not noisy!" To stay alive, it would become a mute system from now on.

"Hehehe, see? It's adorable. Let it stay and play with me." System 001 flew higher and pulled up a holographic panel. "Let me see how far the mission has progressed during the days I've been on vacation..."

Five minutes later, after reviewing Xia Yu's memories, its little wings fluttered cheerfully. "Host, you're amazing! You've already entered the main mission route. The great villain is about to be cultivated! So happy, so happy! Little Five, are you happy?"

"H-happy..." System 105's smile looked worse than crying. As the Male Supporting Character Rescue System, its mission was to keep its host from targeting the protagonist shou and away from the protagonist gong. Wasn't that directly opposed to this big shot's villain cultivation mission? It was destined to fail. When that happened, it still wouldn't escape erasure. Why was its life so bitter?!

After spinning in a few circles, System 001 opened Xia Yu's Corruption Value. The bright red 999+ made it feel very pleased, but what was with this Destruction Value that was shooting upward? Its host seemed to really want to stab someone right now...

It reined itself in slightly. "Um... Host, what I'm saying is, we have to be cute and charming villains. Wanting to stab someone is fine, but you can't actually stab them. I'll lose points, and that would be so embarrassing."

Xia Yu pulled out a sinister smile. "If I don't stab the protagonists, it won't affect you, will it?"

"Uh..." Theoretically, that was true. Wait... not stabbing the protagonists? Then who did he want to stab? System 001 quickly read through his memories again and suddenly understood. "You want to stab your husband..."

He ground his teeth, his tone dangerous. "Whose husband did you call that damn straight guy who tricked me into sex?"

"..." It had misspoken. It hurriedly brought up the shop page to change the subject. "Host, I have good news! Since you've successfully entered the main mission, the System Shop has officially opened! As long as you save up enough points, you can exchange them for items. With item assistance, you can complete missions more easily. Your starting points are zero, so please actively complete missions to earn points!"

System 105, curled up in the corner, drooled with envy. Was this the System Shop that only big shots were qualified to unlock? Wuwuwu, it wanted one too, but it was a system about to die! Pain! Too painful!

Xia Yu swept his gaze over the items in the shop. They were all things like Strength Pills and Beauty Pills, none of which interested him.

"These are only the most basic items. Once we have enough points, I can go stock up! Host, whatever you want, I can get it for you!"

His gaze stopped at the corner of the page. "Impotence Pill? What does it do?"

System 001's little wings froze for a moment before it explained, "It means exactly what it says. Used on the protagonist gong or protagonist shou, it'll make them unable to get hard for twenty-four hours. It costs 888 points. It's pretty useless, though. After all, the protagonists are naturally fatally attracted to each other. If they're not in the mood today, they'll be in the mood tomorrow."

"It can only be used on them?"

"Yes. For now, the shop's items can only be used on Host and the protagonists."

"For now?"

"Maybe once the shop upgrades, it can..." Wait, did he want to use it on his husband? Hiss... a married couple should show mercy to each other. That was too ruthless. A moment of silence for the one surnamed Chi.

"Oh." Xia Yu picked up his phone and glanced at it. There were several more missed calls. Without even thinking, he knew who they were from. He ignored them all. "How do I earn points?"

System 001 immediately pulled up the mission panel. "Shop Points depend on the Negative Emotion Value of the protagonist gong and protagonist shou. One point of Negative Emotion Value converts into one Shop Point."

"Negative Emotion Value?"

"Anger Value, Resentment Value, and Fear Value all count as Negative Emotion Value. Host, would you like to synchronize the protagonists' Negative Emotion Values now?"

"Synchronize them."

Ding! Detecting Xia Wanqing and Chu Lan's Negative Emotion Values toward Xia Yu. Once the calculation is complete, they will automatically convert into Shop Points. Please wait...

Ding! Calculation complete. Xia Wanqing: Anger Value 298, Resentment Value 598, Fear Value 0. Chu Lan: Anger Value 0, Resentment Value 0, Fear Value... Huh? What the hell? Fear Value 9998? There must be a bug, right?

Xia Yu also thought there was a bug. "Why is Chu Lan's Fear Value toward me so high? He's that afraid of me, but his Resentment Value is zero? Does that make sense?"

"..." System 001 recalled the series of villainous acts in which its Host had tortured the protagonist gong in every possible way whenever he got the chance over the past decade or so. A Fear Value that high actually seemed perfectly reasonable. As for why the Resentment Value was zero, perhaps he was too scared to even resent him.

"Do all of these convert into points at a one-to-one ratio?"

"Yes! Wow! That's 10,894 Shop Points in total! Host is mighty! I can unlock better items now! Thanks for the gifts from the protagonist gong and protagonist shou!"

"Stock some good stuff. Don't bother with useless pills for beauty and skincare."

"Got it!" Hehehe, it was rich again at last. It would get some snacks later to celebrate!