"With a system."
Shen Tian said nothing.
Qin Hao pointed.
"That silence means yes."
Shen Tian shrugged.
Qin Hao laughed again.
Then...
Something strange happened.
For one moment...
The hostility disappeared.
Because there was something absurdly familiar about this.
Two men from somewhere else.
Thrown into ridiculous young master bodies.
Both given systems.
Both surrounded by protagonists.
Qin Hao shook his head.
"What were you?"
Shen Tian raised an eyebrow.
"Before."
"Does it matter?"
Qin Hao paused.
Then...
"No."
Smart answer.
Shen Tian looked toward him.
"What about you?"
Qin Hao smiled.
"Office worker."
Shen Tian almost laughed.
"Of course."
"Hey."
Qin Hao pointed.
"I died working overtime."
"Even more stereotypical."
"Fuck you."
Shen Tian laughed.
Qin Hao stared.
Then...
He laughed too.
For several seconds...
It almost looked like they could become friends.
Almost.
Then...
Qin Hao’s system spoke.
[Host.]
His smile slowly disappeared.
Shen Tian possesses confirmed narrative awareness.
Threat Level: Extreme.
At the same time...
Xu Ning spoke.
[Host.]
Shen Tian’s expression cooled.
[Qin Hao’s Fate is reacting.]
A panel appeared.
Qin Hao Fate Value: 646,000
New Destiny Route forming.
Transmigrator Alliance
Potential Outcome: Qin Hao and Shen Tian cooperate to harvest original
protagonists.
Potential Qin Hao Fate Gain: +120,000
Shen Tian stared.
Qin Hao’s system gave him something similar.
Special Mission Available
Form alliance with Destiny Anomaly Shen Tian.
Use combined narrative awareness to suppress Chen Mo.
Potential reward: Massive.
Qin Hao’s eyes sharpened.
Interesting.
Very interesting.
He looked toward Shen Tian.
"Maybe..."
Shen Tian smiled.
"No."
Qin Hao froze.
"I didn’t even ask."
"I know."
"You don’t know what I was going to say."
"Alliance."
Silence.
Qin Hao stared.
Then...
Slowly smiled.
"You really do have a system."
Shen Tian ignored that.
Qin Hao continued.
"Think about it."
"No."
"We both know how this works."
"No."
"We could take Chen Mo apart without effort."
"No."
Qin Hao’s eyebrow twitched.
"Can you stop saying no?"
"No."
"Fuck you."
Shen Tian laughed.
Then...
His expression became cold.
"You’re misunderstanding something."
Qin Hao’s smile faded.
Shen Tian stepped closer.
"You think because we’re both transmigrators..."
"We’re on the same side."
Silence.
"We aren’t."
Qin Hao stared.
Shen Tian continued.
"You hunt protagonists."
"So do I."
"That doesn’t make us partners."
His green eyes sharpened.
"It makes us competitors."
Qin Hao’s expression became serious.
Shen Tian smiled.
"And there’s another problem."
"What?"
"You are one."
Silence.
Qin Hao froze.
"A what?"
Shen Tian looked directly at him.
"A protagonist."
Qin Hao stared.
Then...
Laughed.
"No."
Shen Tian smiled.
Qin Hao shook his head.
"I’m literally the villain."
"No."
"I transmigrated into a villain."
"Yes."
"My system is called Villain Counterattack."
"I know."
Qin Hao’s expression changed.
Shen Tian continued.
"But you..."
He tapped Qin Hao’s chest once.
"...are a protagonist."
Qin Hao’s system went completely silent.
His face slowly changed.
"That’s impossible."
"Is it?"
"My entire mission is reversing villain destiny."
"Exactly."
Silence.
Qin Hao stared.
Shen Tian continued.
"The original Qin Hao was a villain."
"You replaced him."
"You got a system."
"Plot knowledge."
"Fate."
"Opportunities."
"A way to reverse certain death."
Shen Tian smiled.
"Congratulations."
Qin Hao’s face became darker with every word.
"You’re the protagonist of the villain’s counterattack story."
Silence.
Qin Hao couldn’t answer.
Because...
It made too much sense.
His system remained silent.
Which made it worse.
Qin Hao finally spoke.
"And that matters to you because?"
Shen Tian’s smile disappeared.
"Because I kill protagonists."
Silence.
No joke.
No laughter.
Nothing.
Qin Hao stared into Shen Tian’s green eyes.
Then...
He remembered the name.
Lu Chen.
A protagonist.
Past tense.
Qin Hao’s expression slowly changed.
"What happened to Lu Chen?"
Shen Tian stared.
Then...
"He’s dead."
Qin Hao’s heart dropped.
"Who killed him?"
Shen Tian smiled.
Qin Hao didn’t need the answer.
His system screamed.
[EXTREME DANGER!]
[EXTREME DANGER!]
[Host survival probability cannot be accurately calculated.]
Qin Hao took one slow step backward.
Shen Tian remained still.
Not attacking.
Not threatening physically.
Just...
Watching.
Qin Hao’s fists slowly tightened.
"So that’s it?"
Shen Tian raised an eyebrow.
"You find protagonists."
"Take their opportunities."
"Steal their women?"
Shen Tian’s expression cooled slightly.
"No."
Qin Hao noticed.
Shen Tian continued.
"Women aren’t opportunities."
Silence.
"They choose."
Qin Hao stared.
Then...
He nodded.
"Fair."
Shen Tian’s expression relaxed slightly.
Qin Hao continued.
"You steal Fate."
Shen Tian’s eyes sharpened.
There.
Qin Hao smiled faintly.
"Got you."
Shen Tian said nothing.
Qin Hao laughed softly.
"Your reaction."
Shen Tian smiled.
"Smart."
"Thanks."
"But not smart enough."
Qin Hao’s smile disappeared.
Shen Tian walked toward the balcony door.
Then...
Stopped beside him.
"Here’s some free advice."
Qin Hao looked over.
"Don’t touch the women around me."
His voice remained calm.
"Don’t touch my family."
"Don’t threaten either."
Qin Hao stared.
Shen Tian continued.
"Compete for opportunities."
"Build yourself."
"Fight me."
"Try to take Fate from me if your system lets you."
A small smile appeared.
"I don’t care."
Then...
His green eyes became cold.
"But cross those two lines..."
Qin Hao felt something ancient.
Heavy.
Terrifying.
Sovereign Authority.
Only for a second.
Then gone.
"...and our little competition ends early."
Qin Hao remained silent.
Shen Tian opened the balcony door.
Then...
Qin Hao spoke.
"Same."
Shen Tian stopped.
Qin Hao stared.
"My family."
"People I care about."
"Same rule."
Silence.
Shen Tian looked at him.
Then...
Nodded once.
"Good."
Qin Hao blinked.
Shen Tian smiled.
"At least you’re not Lu Chen."
Then...
He left.
Qin Hao stood alone.
His system remained silent for several seconds.
Finally...
[Host.]
"What?"
Recommendation updated.
Qin Hao stared at the closed door.
"What recommendation?"
A pause.
Then...
Do not underestimate Shen Tian.
Qin Hao laughed bitterly.
"No shit."
. . .
Inside the ballroom...
Rose saw Shen Tian return.
She immediately approached.
"What happened?"
"Talked."
"That’s it?"
"Mostly."
Her eyes narrowed.
"Did you threaten him?"
Shen Tian smiled.
"A little."
Rose sighed.
Then...
She fixed his collar.
Shen Tian looked down at her hands.
Rose noticed.
Her cheeks warmed slightly.
"What?"
"Nothing."
"You were staring."
"Yes."
Her hands slowed.
Shen Tian smiled.
Rose’s face became pinker.
"Stop."
"You’re the one touching me."
She froze.
Then...
Looked at her hands.
Still on his collar.
Tang Meilin approached at exactly the wrong moment.
Or right moment.
Depending on perspective.
She stopped.
"Oh."
Rose immediately pulled her hands back.
"I was fixing his collar."
Tang Meilin smiled.
"Of course."
Rose narrowed her eyes.
"Don’t start."
Gu Qingya joined them.
"What happened?"
Tang Meilin pointed.
"Rose was fixing Shen Tian’s clothes."
Gu Qingya looked toward Rose.
Rose’s face became red.
"It was crooked!"
Chi Lingxi appeared.
"What was crooked?"
"NOTHING."
Chu Zijin arrived last.
"Why is Rose red?"
Rose stared at Shen Tian.
"This is your fault."
Shen Tian raised an eyebrow.
"I did nothing."
Five women immediately answered.
"Your face did."
Silence.
Shen Tian sighed.
Then...
He laughed.
Qin Hao watched from across the ballroom.
The scene looked absurd.
Warm.
Chaotic.
Natural.
For some reason...
That bothered him almost as much as Shen Tian’s threat.
Because Qin Hao had entered this world believing he understood villain
stories.
He knew the mistakes.
He knew the tropes.
He knew the protagonist.
He had a system.
He had foresight.
He was supposed to be the smart villain.
The one who broke the script.
Except...
Someone had arrived first.
Someone who had already broken far more than Qin Hao even knew existed.
And worse...
Shen Tian wasn’t interested in becoming his ally.
Qin Hao looked toward the jade pendant hanging from Chi Lingxi’s
fingers.
His first mission.
Gone.
His first opportunity.
Gone.
Four thousand Fate.
Gone.
All because Shen Tian had been curious.
Qin Hao’s eyes slowly narrowed.
Then...
A smile appeared.
Fine.
If Shen Tian wanted competition...
He’d get it.
Qin Hao lifted his glass.
Across the ballroom...
Shen Tian noticed.
Their eyes met again.
Qin Hao raised the glass.
Shen Tian smiled.
Raised his own.
No friendship.
No alliance.
No cooperation.
Two villains.
Two transmigrators.
Two system users.
Except one was a Fate blessed protagonist trying to rewrite his death
ending.
And the other...
Was the man who hunted people exactly like him.
The next game had begun.
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