I'm Really Just a Tool

[Tool NPC Shou x Fragmented Boss Gong (Su Wuwang from the Horror Zone + Su Wunian from the Cultivation Zone)]

Su Qing transmigrated into the full-dive game "Mirror Fusion" as a tool NPC. The game world was divided into zones, including the Horror Zone, Cultivation Zone, Western Fantasy Zone, and Leisure Zone, and players could choose an area to explore according to their needs.

Su Qing had no fixed workplace. Whether it was something as trivial as opening a door and showing someone the way, or something as important as advancing the plot of a major event, the System sent him wherever he was needed.

Tool NPCs had no rights. And since Su Qing didn't even have a fixed position, every day was "fulfilling" in its own way:

In the morning, he opened his teahouse in the Leisure Zone. Then, following the System's instructions, he went to other zones to play insignificant roles, like an extra, in their major events.

The Leisure Zone was relatively safe, but events in the other main zones always involved mortal danger. The NPCs chosen to advance the plot all wore miserable expressions.

Su Qing was different. No matter what terrifying event he faced, he remained calm, perfectly imitating an emotionless wage slave.

The events Su Qing took part in included, but weren't limited to: [2S Supernatural Zone: Death Island Shipwreck] [3S Western Fantasy Zone: The Man-Made Calamity of the Split Selda Continent] [4S Horror Zone: The Shroud Murder Mystery]...

After a series of events, players' image of Su Qing changed from an ordinary teahouse owner into a mysterious NPC with a hidden identity. Players flocked to him to grind quests and raise their affinity.

Until Su Qing managed to calm down...

[5S Horror Zone: Su Wuwang's Fall into Demonic Cultivation and the World-Ending Crisis!]

[5S Cultivation Zone: The Immortal Su Wunian's Demonic Crisis!]

Su Wuwang and Su Wunian were the top bosses in the Mirror Fusion game, beings whom players had always regarded as godlike.

Only then did players realize: why had anyone who dared to pry into Su Qing's affairs always died so quickly?

Players: W-we can't afford to mess with him...

Bonus Scene:

Players had always been curious about Su Qing's hidden identity. Then one day, they saw this:

Su Wunian, the aloof First Sword Immortal, gave Su Qing his life-bound sword, while the legendary, eerily sinister demon lord Su Wuwang broke off one of his own magic horns, the one that stored his demonic power, and gave it to Su Qing.

Su Wunian held Su Qing in his arms. The young man's lips were a vivid red, easily inspiring all kinds of speculation.

Su Wuwang gripped the magic horn in his hand and sneered. "Looks like I came at a bad time?"

Su Qing reached out and hugged Su Wuwang too. "No, you came at just the right time."

Everyone: Whoa, spicy!

Theme: Hard work pays off.