Huh, a Paranormal Showdown?

1.

The supernatural city has collapsed, invading reality, and Song Shubai, once a veteran of infinite-flow games, is dragged into the supernatural tales once more.

His childhood friend Yan Lizhen, former creator of the supernatural tales;

Yan Wanlai, the student council president and his reliable partner;

and a chibi Yan Yan, the System fairy from his golden finger...

One by one, they act coy and jealous, with their double standards impossible to miss. Instead of focusing on their missions, they cause trouble every day.

Song Shubai, convinced he's a straight man with fists of steel: Ahhh, you're driving me crazy!

The onlookers: Whew, what a love triangle!

2.

After the supernatural city collapsed, Yan Lizhen, its former creator and current System fairy, finally broke through the obstacles and stood before his childhood friend, halfway to becoming an adult.

Who could have guessed that his archenemy and partner, Yan Wanlai, would have the nerve to try and steal Song Shubai away, taking advantage of his obliviousness?

Yan Lizhen fumed helplessly. Chibi Yan Yan scowled and downed three vats of aged vinegar.

After Yan Lizhen had thoroughly manhandled him, the usually sensible Song Shubai humbly asked, "We're both men. Doesn't it get hot when we're all over each other?"

Crack!

As Yan Lizhen listened to Yan Wanlai laughing at him, the knife in his hand snapped in two.

3.

One day, after the city's self-rescue mission had ended. Daytime.

Yan Lizhen pinned Song Shubai to the bed, holding a System fairy Yan doll he'd sewn especially for him.

"Yan Wanlai is just a good teammate of yours?"

"Out of all those BOSSes, why do you favor Song Fang?"

"Come on, tell me. Who do you like more, me or the System fairy?"

Song Shubai: "..."

Help, how can someone even get jealous of himself?

▲▼▲▲ A simple introduction to the story ▼▲▼▼

After the collapse, supernatural tales scattered across the land.

On the highway, windows open and close as hands and feet are silently severed;

At the amusement park, opening three identical blind boxes earns you instant elimination;

In the museum, victory and defeat are magnified without end, and the losers become stepping stones with no hope of ever rising again;

There is also a Cthulhu-style botanical garden with tentacles flying everywhere, a fishing city where you never know if you're the fish or the fisherman, and a viral internet-famous high-rise full of bizarre delights...

And besides all that...

Why are his childhood friend Yan Lizhen and his good friend, President Yan Wanlai, always fighting?

Why is it that every time he successfully saves and recovers a BOSS, he turns around to see Yan Lizhen and Yan Wanlai with red-rimmed eyes?

Why do his teammates always give him a sympathetic look after he breaks up Yan Lizhen and Yan Wanlai's childish bickering for the umpteenth time?

Song Shubai blinks and stares speechlessly at the sky.

Isn't this supposed to be a thrilling supernatural tale?

It feels like something strange has gotten mixed in.

#My Childhood Friend Seems to Be Flirting with Me. Not Sure, I'll Take Another Look#

#True Love Means Loving One Person from Beginning to End#

#A Movie for Three, and I Never Even Got a Name#

The strongest fighter, an oblivious straight guy with the emotional awareness of a brick, bottom x a jealous, unhinged childhood friend who is the creator of the city, top

[Reader's Guide]

1. The main cast is a trio, with Song Shubai as the viewpoint character. The main (cultivation) characters (love triangle) group is complete by Chapter 9.

2. Any and all bugs are due to the water in the author's brain. Please bear with them and enjoy the story in good spirits~

3. Darling~ Since you're already here, won't you leave a comment?

▼▼▼▼ Upcoming story keywords: love triangle, a side character becomes a little bit of everyone's favorite ▼▼▼▼

Another Day of Being Pestered by the Protagonist

ID: 8779530

[Third-person narration]

1.

I am an artificial intelligence from the System Administration Bureau, Serial Number 004.

I am responsible for playing an insignificant passerby A beside the protagonist.

A rootless pauper struggling to survive in a time of chaos, an office worker fired first thing in the morning for stepping into the company with their left foot, a stepping stone on an immortal protagonist's path to becoming an immortal...

Today, I received a new assignment.

Play the manager of an idol group in World 10086.

An ordinary person who becomes obsessed with his younger brother's dream of becoming an idol, so he can become a male protagonist beloved by everyone, and is ultimately destroyed by that obsession.

The number one cannon fodder on his younger brother's path to stardom.

To help me complete the assignment successfully, the Bureau specially bound me to a card-drawing System. I would earn points and draw functional cards for raising my younger brother.

I watched a boy on the basketball court, dressed in sportswear, fooling around with his classmates and laughing with carefree abandon, and fell silent.

Is that him? All those colors look so beautiful.

I looked down at my own ashen hands and feet and sighed.

That's right. Artificial intelligences don't deserve to have color.

He seemed to spot me and suddenly turned his head. With one arm slung over his classmate's shoulder, he waved toward me with the other, his face filled with a delighted smile.

"Big bro!"

He shouted. His sweat-damp hair shimmered in the sunlight like a beam of light, brightening my gray and hazy world.

[Ding! The Strongest Manager Development System has been activated. Host detected. Binding in progress...]

[Binding successful! The Strongest Manager Development Plan is now active. Please complete the first task as soon as possible: bind an idol group member.]

I stared blankly at the male protagonist beloved by everyone, who was happily running toward me and calling me big brother.

The Strongest Manager Development System?

Wasn't it supposed to be a card-drawing System for raising my younger brother?

2.

I am an artificial intelligence from the System Administration Bureau, Serial Number 005.

I am responsible for playing the protagonist.

I have three colleagues who also play protagonists: 001, 002, and 003.

Together, we took a liking to a colleague who always plays passerby A, Serial Number 004.

He keeps crossing paths with us in our worlds, yet he never stops capturing our attention.

He's so adorable.

His palm-sized face seems to be covered in a fine layer of fuzz. His cheeks are always rosy and plump, just like a juicy peach.

His dark hair has a slight natural curl, lying softly atop his head and making him look so well-behaved.

His almond-shaped eyes are always glistening, too. When he glances our way, they seem to hold a pool of spring water, making it impossible to look away.

But he is always a little dazed, dressed in drab clothes and standing in the farthest corner of the crowd, his misty eyes gazing ahead in confusion.

We always wondered: if he were a protagonist too, wouldn't things be different?

So we joined forces and petitioned the Bureau to create a world just for him, where he could be the protagonist for once.

I even used my status as the top performer to become his first romance target.

But...

As I watched those three people surrounding him and taking up his entire field of vision, my heart wouldn't stop aching with jealousy.

I was here first.

When will you look at me, even just once?

Theme: Even in adversity, keep your heart turned toward the light.