I Became a Boss, but I Can’t Fight

The ongoing long-form infinite-flow novel *The Demon Gatekeeper* has plenty of chapters now and updates daily. Please follow and subscribe~ [Synopsis] Su Huai never imagined he would become one of the many who transmigrate. He was dealt a pretty good hand: he showed up with the setup of a chosen-one protagonist. Unfortunately, Su Huai inherited a big shot's status, but not his martial arts skills. Life is a play, and it all comes down to acting. Facing challengers as fierce as wolves and tigers, Su Huai remained perfectly calm: "You can fight me, but first you have to beat my underling." His underling, Yue Chen, was gentle and refined, a perfect gentleman who would answer any request. His swordsmanship was peerless, and he sent all the challengers packing for Su Huai. The world was finally at peace. (Not really.) Yue Chen walked up to him, sword in hand. His expression was respectful, his voice gentle. "Sect Leader, I challenge you to a duel to the death." Su Huai: "..." Yue Chen: "Hah, hypocrite." Su Huai: "Bah, scheming freak." A shrimp pretending to be a big shot as the bottom x a scheming freak pretending to be a loyal dog as the top Silly little skit Challenger: "I heard your injuries left you with no martial arts skills." Su Huai raised his sword, assumed a textbook opening stance, and pointed the tip at the challenger. "You can find out." Challenger: "...Never mind. I'll be going." Yue Chen, secretly spreading rumors to test Su Huai: "Didn't you say you weren't Su Huai?" Su Huai: "That's right." Yue Chen: "Then your martial arts..." Su Huai: "I learned from you." Yue Chen: "Impossible. You only watched it once." Su Huai: "To be honest, in my previous life I had a nickname: the Human 3D Printer." Yue Chen: "What? What's that supposed to mean?" Manual scene break The gates connecting the Dark Realm and the real world opened. The residential compound where Dugu lived was unfortunately selected by demons and turned into a game zone. Dugu won the game, earning not only the qualifications to become a Gatekeeper, but also a handsome, capable, sweet, clingy younger teammate, Yu Yuan. His awakened bloodline skill, however, was a little unusual. It required him to pretend to be a demon and act like a scumbag. To protect their friendship, Dugu lied to Yu Yuan. "I don't have a bloodline. My skill is hypnosis. What about you?" "I don't have a bloodline. My skill is light-element magic." After life-and-death struggles across several worlds, their friendship blossomed into love. Dugu took the opportunity to confess: "I like you." Yu Yuan: "I like you too, Brother Dugu." A notification sounded beside Dugu's ear: [Target's current affection: 35 (Stranger)] The sinking of their love boat caught Dugu completely off guard. Just as Dugu was nursing his broken heart, Yu Yuan suddenly revealed himself to be the long-missing big shot, number one on the rankings, a man with the bloodline of the God of Light. Not only had his feelings for Dugu been fake, but his useless skill and sweet puppy persona had been fake too. At that point, the boat of friendship had capsized completely. Dugu had planned to move on, but Yu Yuan kept coming after him. Yu Yuan skillfully acted cute. "Brother Dugu, I was wrong. Give me another chance." Dugu replied in a deadpan voice, as if reading from a script: "I like you." Yu Yuan answered, overjoyed: "I like you too!" [Target's current affection: 100. Activate skill?] Dugu sneered. "Activate it." Yu Yuan found that he couldn't move, and heard a notification sound. [Player Dugu has used the skill Bewitching Heart on you. You are now under his control.] Black wings unfurled behind Dugu. His cold hand covered Yu Yuan's eyes, and he whispered softly in Yu Yuan's ear, "You fool, I was lying to you." "I know. I willingly choose to be your puppet." Theme: Those who know others are wise; those who know themselves are enlightened.