Jian Ruonan turned to Big System: [You systems swear oaths too? Do they actually work?]
Big System: [They do. Before we accept missions, the Main God makes us swear oaths too. We get punished if we fail!]
[Our programming registers the oath, so it's binding on us systems!]
Its earlier oath to Black Tortoise had been "I cannot tell Nan Nan that Black Tortoise is bound to the Fourth Prince." It had only told Nan Nan that "Black Tortoise's mission is to help its host recover physically," so that didn't count as breaking its promise.
Big System: [Nan Nan, when that brat Black Tortoise swears, make sure it spells everything out. Don't let it muddle its way through!]
Black Tortoise System: [...]
Its system heart went ice-cold.
[Oh, oh, I get it.] Jian Ruonan: [We gave that scumbag turtle Black Tortoise so much energy to help it finish its mission. It gives me intelligence, and we're even.]
[That hardly counts as me throwing my weight around to bully a system!]
Big System: [Nan Nan, helping that brat Black Tortoise finish its mission practically makes you its parent reborn. Making it pass on information is letting it off easy!]
Black Tortoise, quietly listening to Big System and the Fifth Miss bad-mouth it: [...]
Well, well, Big System. So you've got two faces?!
All sweet and obedient in front of me, but that little mouth runs nonstop when you sell me out behind my back!
What a nightmare!!
After finishing with Big System, Jian Ruonan turned to Black Tortoise: [You heard that, right? Swear already!]
Black Tortoise System finally got clever and played dumb: [Heard what? Did you just say something?]
As if I'd fall into the same pit twice!
Hmph-
*Xiaosi, I gave it everything I had and finally protected our