When Playing a Cannon-Fodder Role Goes Wrong [Quick Transmigration]

[Coming soon: Cats? Not Me! Please add it to your favorites! 030]

After winning the "Outstanding Employee Award" at the Quick Transmigration Bureau, Yun Xiu was transferred to the cannon-fodder department, where he could slack off and coast through the day.

Cannon fodder, as the name suggests, are insignificant supporting characters.

For example, when the protagonist delivers food, they hold an umbrella. When the protagonist argues, they fan the flames. When the protagonist kisses someone, they watch from the front row... Aside from the slight risk of dying, a cannon-fodder's job is easy.

Maybe he'd played too many second male leads, because being a cannon fodder felt kind of strange to him.

[The Fake Young Master and the Real Young Master]

"You're the fake young master who was switched at birth with the real young master of the Yun family. Because you don't want to leave the Yun family, you climb into the eldest brother's bed and compete with the real young master for everyone's affection. In the end, you're sent to Africa to weld railways."

Yun Xiu: Leave it to me!

He was respectful and loving toward his parents, gentle and considerate toward his husband, and glaringly hostile toward the real young master.

After a family banquet, Yun Xiu once again framed the real young master and sat back, waiting for the plot to kick in and get him thrown out of the house. But his parents and husband acted as though nothing had happened.

The real young master, who was supposed to hate him to the bone, pinned him against a rockery when no one was around. His eyes red, he gripped Yun Xiu by the waist and kissed him all over, then rasped, "My brother doesn't love you. But I can. Your older brother can, and your younger brother can too."

[The Unfeeling Immortal Lord]

"You're the strongest cultivator in the cultivation world. Because your childhood friend has limited talent and is nearing the end of his lifespan, you take on a young disciple with a Daoist bone structure. When he reaches the Nascent Soul stage, you carve out his bones and replace your own. In the end, your disciple falls into demonic cultivation and imprisons and tortures you for forty-nine days."

But after the plot played out, the person who imprisoned him turned out to be his childhood friend.

His childhood friend, lying in bed with him, was no longer gentle as before. He gripped Yun Xiu's chin and asked darkly, "Do you love me, or do you love your little disciple?"

[The Substitute Canary]

"You're the pampered substitute canary of the Qin family's eldest young master. When his white moonlight returns from abroad, you exhaust every trick to win his favor while flirting with other wealthy young masters. Then you're kicked out of the Qin family and end up begging on the streets."

He became the substitute, competed with the white moonlight for affection, and flirted with wealthy young masters. The Qin family... Wait, why were so many people actively telling him to leave the Qin family?

Yun Xiu: Hah! A few failed missions are nothing. Is the mission-matching system as rigged as that one game?

And then...

[The Light of the Federation], failure.

Yun Xiu: "..."

His heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally died.

Later, Yun Xiu discovered that all of this was an illusion, like flowers reflected in a mirror and the moon in water.

It was all a series of beautiful dreams created by Them to bring him back to life.

[2024-02-25]

1. A slow-to-catch-on human bottom × an evil god top split into pieces

2. It may be a slow transmigration story; the order of the worlds may change.

3. Everyone loves him, everyone loves him, everyone loves him! Important things are said three times. I want to try writing shamelessly indulgent fiction. If this isn't your thing, don't force yourself to read it. Let's respect each other's tastes.

4. The evil god's identity will only be revealed in the second-to-last world.

5. Thank you, darlings, for supporting the official version!

***Coming-soon blurb below***

As the most talented little kitten of the Black Cat clan, Xiang Wan completed every task assigned by the elders with time to spare each day.

The kittens who studied alongside him were jealous that he was praised every day. As a prank, they sent him a thousand miles away, where he rolled right into the hem of a handsome man's robe.

The handsome man's subordinate praised him: "As expected of our young master! You just came out of seclusion, and a lucky beast has already come to congratulate you. The Heavens favor the Chun family!"

Xiang Wan dug his little paws into the ground and looked up in confusion.

Who was the lucky beast?

Me?

The handsome man was named Chun Jiming. His personality was as cold as his looks, and every member of the Chun family respected and feared him.

Xiang Wan secretly watched him for a while, then decided to boldly make his move.

He soaked his paws in Chun Jiming's water cup, knocked over his vases, and ran around doing parkour while he slept...

When Chun Jiming gave him a murderous glare, the kitten calmly licked his paws, looking utterly innocent.

A kitten didn't mean to do it. What could a kitten possibly have on its mind?

After proving he wasn't a scaredy-cat, the kitten decided to go out and see the world one dark and windy night.

*

Everything Xiang Wan knew about human society came from the elders' stories. When he first entered the city, he was like a country kitten.

The streets at night were full of traffic, flowing endlessly like the River of the Underworld.

The towering buildings glimmered with neon, while cultivators hurried by on flying swords.

The billboards nearby kept showing messages like, "Drive or fly your sword carelessly, and your family and friends will be left in tears."

The cat thought human society seemed more interesting than he had imagined.

After nearly being tricked out of all his money, he felt the waters of society were too deep for him to navigate, so he promptly asked the police for help. In the end, they bundled him off to school.

But when the little kitten faced human classes, his eyes gradually turned into mosquito coils.

Just as he was planning to go home and herd cattle after graduating from high school, Xiang Wan was found to have a spiritual root in the school's standardized talent test.

The kitten made a confused face.jpg

A free school was all well and good, but wasn't there something wrong with a cat demon having a spiritual root?

Never mind. Getting an education was a good thing...

But why had nobody told him that cats had servants too?

*

Everyone knew that Chun Jiming, the chief disciple of the greatest sect, once raised a black cat.

He gave it plenty of good food and drink, and the entire sect played with it, but the kitten still left without a backward glance.

Chun Jiming appeared indifferent and unconcerned, but in truth, he had posted a high-priced bounty for information about the kitten on the secret market. Unfortunately, not a single lead was accurate.

Perhaps he had gone cat-crazy from searching, because he began to notice that a schoolmate's behavior was more and more like his kitten's.

On closer inspection, even more so.

At last, one day, the cat couldn't resist going out in his original form for some fresh air. Someone photographed him acting cute and begging for snacks beside a visiting witch and posted it on the forum.

Chun Jiming smiled.

What should you do when a cat won't listen? Give it a good beating.

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