The Pear-Splitting System has been in the human world for so long that it wants to go home and repair its damaged glitches. Jiang Tuxiao is the one and only Host it chose after an exhaustive search!
"Once I detect a sufficient pain rate in my Host's heart, I can activate the path home."
The pain rate refers to farewells involving the Host. As long as something can make the Host feel pain, the System can detect changes in the pain rate while it's nearby.
It planned for every possibility except that the Host it chose after such an exhaustive search would be everyone's darling! No matter how hard it tries to make people part ways, the Host's friendships and romantic relationship never waver.
When Jiang Tuxiao and her friends accidentally arrive in its world, they experience separation, but the System detects no pain rate. The Host tells it, "Maybe you're not a Separation System at all. Maybe a second attack by an illusion technique made you think you were a Separation System? The 'separation' kind, not the 'pear' kind..."
In other words, its true core is still the Pear-Splitting System, the original System that once said it had pears in its storage space?
[That's absolutely impossible! I am the Separation System! Don't even think about messing with my head.]
[Even if I'm not a Separation System and I'm actually the Pear-Splitting System, I still used separation to get back to my world.]
"Sure, sure."
"That's exactly why I found out the secret. You have to help me, and then I can help you."
"System, give me a straight answer. Are you going to cooperate or not?" Jiang Tuxiao keeps guiding it in its world, helping it find its true self.
If it can figure out why the source of its repairs is decreasing, all its questions can be answered. It decides: [I'll tell you where they are!]
The System causes all sorts of trouble, but when the Host breaks up with her partner, her pain rate doesn't change at all. It later discovers that the two of them were only pretending to break up. The whole thing was a setup they'd prepared for in advance...
The System does everything it can to drive a wedge between the Host and her friends, but discovers that the Host's darling-of-everyone nature is just too strong. If not for that one unexpected incident, it would never have had the chance to go home.
Please note before reading:
1: Dear readers, this story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is coincidental. All settings exist to serve the plot, so please don't apply them to real life. Thank you for understanding and supporting the story.
2: Please note that this story is published exclusively on Jinjiang Literature City. Thank you for supporting the official release.
3: Synopsis written on January 25, 2025.
Theme: Strong friendships never fear separation!