Is This Black-Hearted Cotton Padded Jacket the Real Deal?

[No Romance + Lighthearted, Everyday Storytelling]

[Hard-Luck Retired System 001 + Host Who’s Truly a Black-Hearted Cotton Puff]

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They say System 001 is no pushover. After all, it once flew into a rage and beat the main System and even its own Host to a pulp.

In the eyes of its fellow Systems, it’s a special System even more terrifying than the main System.

But the terrifying 001 exists only in legend, because it retired long ago.

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After the main System failed at reckless driving and crashed a hole into a world, retired 001 was forced to wake from hibernation.

It was faced with a Host crying to be fed, whose condition was unknown, and a mountain of accumulated missions.

001: You damn (colorful cursing) (warm regards), main System!

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In a highway survival game, 001 drew a toy car that was already battered and broken.

Black-Hearted Cotton Host: “Wah-wah-wah, woof! Chirp!”

001: “…”

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In a rules-horror game, 001 accidentally lost its Host. When it returned to the uncanny world, it saw a sky-covering black cloud and streets completely devoid of even a single monster.

001: “Didn’t I tell you not to eat dirty things? How much did you eat?”

Black-Hearted Cotton: “Coo-coo? Coo-coo!”

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In a world undergoing spiritual qi revival, 001 watched as its own Black-Hearted Cotton Host turned into a little black rat: …Isn’t the Host’s transformation a little ugly?

Black-Hearted Cotton, in its black hamster form: “Squeak? Chirp-chirp!”