In this world, there's a certain kind of job: the scummy ex-gongs in gong-switching stories. Their duty is to ruthlessly humiliate and mistreat the protagonists, then come to their senses when the protagonists leave them, falling into grief and despair before meeting a miserable end. System 88 is in charge of this line of work. To complete its missions, it has bound many promising candidates, but once they read their scripts, they all start slacking off.
One anonymous tasker reads the script and asks: System, let me ask you something. Am I even human? Am I still human?
When the taskers all slack off, the plots of the little worlds turn out like this: In a melodramatic story, the domineering CEO who was supposed to treat the protagonist as a replacement offers up his entire fortune. Since I'm playing the replacement, what's wrong with taking a little allowance? What's wrong with that?!
In an online romance story, the little streamer who was supposed to scam the protagonist out of his money and affection ends up offering himself instead. What did I do wrong? I gave myself to him once, and he took me to a party, introduced me to all kinds of useful contacts, and nearly handed me his company. Doesn't that count as scamming him out of his money?
Core message: Persevere
