Parasite Game, But I Coexist with the System

[A well-behaved girl who has earned enough credibility and an unconventional System are joining forces to fight the forces lurking in the shadows!! Bingo!!]

The words I heard most often as a child were, “Come on! Just work hard now, and everything will be great once you get into college!” and “College students have so much freedom!”

What a load of lies!

Su Muyu gets a headache just hearing that now. They say you have to suffer now so things will be better later. Well, sure, once you’ve suffered through everything, all that’s left is the sweet part. Unless you’re unlucky and someone else snatches it away.

As a college student who upholds the Core Socialist Values, and a well-behaved girl who has always listened to her elders, Su Muyu thought she’d seen a thing or two. Even if she hadn’t seen much, she’d at least seen enough to know what was going on. She’d seen things like classmates starting to date during evening study sessions in high school, even though they were supposed to be studying. Some went even further, using school clubs as an excuse to “serve the class’s interests.” Fine, fine, as long as it didn’t affect her, she didn’t care.

She’d seen plenty of strange people before, but she never thought that was just the beginning of her life.

After passing the college entrance selection, she finally escaped her old misery. But Su Muyu had forgotten the next line: there’s no end to the sea of suffering!

“What do you mean the school rules say no one can lie on the bed?”

“What do you mean if you wake up, the whole dorm has to wake up with you?!”

“What do you mean you can make as much noise as you like, but no one else is allowed to move?!”

Good grief! Is this really the college I remember?

“Knock, knock, knock, ”

Is that neurotic roommate getting up early to wash again? So noisy... I want to sleep...

“Hi, Host! Hello!”

What the heck? I already know so many weirdos, and now there’s another weird ball?

“Ahem, let me introduce myself. I’m from a distant... Oh, that’s not the point. Host, I heard your wish echoing through the universe. Your desire was so strong that I picked it up! Let me introduce myself: I’m System 31254. Since your wish summoned me here, you can call me Wishy.”

“Oh, how cheesy. Thanks, I guess. I must still be half asleep.”

The ball that called itself “Wishy” was the first to get anxious.

“Host, Host! At least take a look at me! I really was sent to you because I heard your wish! And I even know what you wished for!”

Su Muyu’s head was pounding from the noise. Still grumpy from being woken up, she snapped,

“Then tell me! What do I want right now?”

“Of course you want a normal social circle and a normal life! And if possible, you want to do something about those people!”

Su Muyu frowned.

“You were eavesdropping on my private thoughts!!”

The ball hurriedly explained,

“How could we? Helping our neighbors in the Milky Way is what our planet does best. We can also gain energy from it, so it’s a cooperation that benefits both sides!”

As Su Muyu listened, she found herself wavering a little. If the usual methods weren’t working, why not try the unconventional option right in front of her?

But later, just as Su Muyu and the System were getting along well and she was growing more independent, she noticed that some of the people passing by in her daily life seemed to carry a faint, listless air, as though they were about to be drained dry.

At that moment, Wishy sounded the alarm in her mind.

[Host, Host, do you remember Wishy telling you that we have a “symbiotic” relationship?]

Su Muyu nodded in agreement.

“I remember. Is this really related to you?”

Wishy spun around quickly and explained.

[No... Well, sort of. All right, all right, let me explain. What you’re seeing is a planet opposed to ours. The creatures there are just like us, except they survive by devouring human desire. Once the humans they’ve infected are close to death, they’ll unhesitatingly choose their next target. If they succeed...]

“Then the whole planet, even the entire universe, will be taken over by them, right?”

Su Muyu said it before Wishy could, and Wishy confirmed it.

“Looks like I’ve got something big to take care of.”

[Hostie! You’ve grown so much! Don’t worry, go for it! I’ll always be by your side!]

Theme: Even an introverted girl can save the world