[One Piece] Please Don't Open My Romance Route Without Permission

Nan Xing enters a game advertised as a high-freedom, open-world romance RPG.

There is no list of conquest targets, no clearly defined affection meter, and no rule that says she has to fall in love with anyone.

There are only maps, skills, character events, and a Romance Event Handbook waiting for players to fill in.

As a veteran player, Nan Xing quickly figures out how to beat the game:

Explore the map, trigger events, collect CGs, build up skills, and help any NPC with an exclamation mark over their head solve their life's problems along the way.

So:

When she meets a Marine in a bad mood, she cheerfully drags him off work to go look at the sea.

When she meets a swordsman traveling alone, she excitedly follows him across three islands.

When she meets a pirate drinking, she sits down and joins him.

When she meets a gloomy, difficult, dangerous character, she seriously wonders, "Is this NPC's personal story especially long?"

She's just a diligent player collecting story events.

Until one day

[Congratulations! You have unlocked a hidden character's romance route.]

Nan Xing: ???

Later on:

[The second romance route has been unlocked.]

[The third romance route has been unlocked.]

[Special emotional conflict detected among multiple characters.]

[Love-triangle event loading...]

Nan Xing finally realizes something is wrong.

Wait.

Isn't this a game where she's supposed to conquer them?

Why have they all started trying to conquer her?!

Theme: Everyone is the protagonist of their own life.