Ruan Ruan is a System with a beautiful, delicate human form, famous throughout the System world for his adorable personality and the ruthless ways of a capitalist.
He handpicks each of his Hosts, and they never disappoint him: they perform exceptionally well, then he drains them of their points and kicks them to the curb.
What's a Host compared to points? He'll follow whoever has the most!
Then the Infinite Game suddenly announces that Systems can also take human form and join the games. They can earn generous points by clearing them, and all the tips from the livestreams go straight to the System, with no middleman taking a cut.
Even death just turns you back into a System. A few days of rest and you're good as new.
Ruan Ruan: There's a deal like that?
Ruan Ruan quickly signs up for the games in human form. The boy is dressed simply in a white shirt and black pants, but his stunning face makes him an instant sensation, and people often want to carry him to an easy win.
Everything is going the way Ruan Ruan hoped, except that for some reason, every time he clears a game, he runs into a few of his former Hosts, who stick close to him and refuse to leave.
Ruan Ruan: I'm nervous. Could they have recognized me?
The top players in the Infinite Game all share a little secret: when they first entered the game, they were thoroughly swindled by a System, left without a penny to their names.
Each of them secretly swore that if they ever caught that System again, they'd make him wish he were dead.
Until they realized that the pretty newcomer was the runaway System.
The System looked up timidly, eyes brimming with tears as he gazed at him. He tugged carefully at the other's sleeve. “I didn't mean to. Can you forgive me?”
The powerful players: Who could refuse to forgive a pretty wife?
Everyone knows that a pretty little airhead has just arrived in the Infinite Game. All he does is follow the powerful players through the levels. He's a total package of no brains, no fighting skills, and no social skills.
In one instance, the airhead beauty faces the boss all alone, and the livestream chat goes wild.
[Someone save the pretty wife!]
[My wife, my wife, sob.]
[At last, we won't have to see that idiot anymore. Good riddance.]
The airhead beauty trembles and says, “At last, I don't have to pretend anymore.”
Then, with a few punches, he beats the boss into a panicked scramble.
#So much for the airhead beauty?#
#You're telling me this is what my wife is really like?#
#The powerful players have been fooled again!#
Reader's guide:
1. The shou is not an airhead beauty. He has brains, but they are limited by the author's intelligence. (
2. The shou is a universally adored beauty, and everyone falls in love with him at first sight. Not recommended for readers who want to think too hard.
3. Multiple gong characters, all with one-sided feelings for the shou. The shou is clueless about romance and only figures it out much later.
Theme: Beware of scams. Knowledge changes your fate