Also known as: "Urgent! A Feasibility Analysis Report on Planning a Rebellion While Working in the System"
[System activation delayed]
After transmigrating for years, Ni Yun finally landed a secure job at the Six Fan Gate.
On his first day, four sparkling [Rebel Leader] tags suddenly branded themselves onto his forehead.
The black-haired young man's pupils shook. He performed a tactical split right there on the spot.
He looked up and met his superior's all-seeing gaze.
Ni Yun, calmly: "...Can we get reimbursed for torn pants in this department?"
His sickly superior: "..."
Later, dressed in an indigo constable uniform, Ni Yun dutifully patrolled the capital by day and frantically petitioned the System for cracked cheats by night.
At last, he got one.
[Villain's Handbook] Friendly reminder: Dear user, we've detected that you've subscribed to the [Jianghu Villain] AI simulation experience package. Please diligently manage your secret identities and "humanely destroy" your opposing targets to clear the game with one click and conquer the world!
Ni Yun was dubious. I don't play many games, but is this really a speedrun and not a speedrun to my death?
His secret identities were wreaking havoc across the martial world, doing every kind of evil...
In a Wudang dungeon, Ni Yun lightly tapped the iron bars with his knuckles. "Junior brother, I locked you up so you would train diligently. Why are you always so twisted, thinking I'm trying to turn you into a dog?"
The lone wolf inside abruptly retreated, chains clanging. In the darkness, only burning breaths remained, along with the silent thought: Press closer, step by step, until you belong to me.
On a remote island overseas, Ni Yun smiled as he poured tea and set it before the Thief Chief. "Master Xiang, you've had a long journey. Are you satisfied with this performance?"
The man across from him held his teacup without moving. "It began the moment you 'died' before my eyes, didn't it?"
"It did."
"I don't believe you. Was everything since we met a lie?"
Ni Yun looked up, moonlight cold in his eyes. "...I was supposed to be dead from the start."
At the Beggars' Guild headquarters, Ren Ci sighed and rubbed his forehead as he addressed his sunny, meddlesome adopted son. "We're beggars, not bandits! Hurry up and send the Hua family's seventh son, the Huashan disciples, the Hengshan nuns, and the young master of the escort agency back home!"
Ni Yun scratched his head, smiling like a cloudless sky. "But Dad, they all lost their bets to me of their own free will!"
High above White Cloud City, Ni Yun glanced at the swordsman beside him. "The purest swordsmanship allows no distractions. But don't daily necessities need looking after?" He paused. "Since you come here so often, you can take care of them."
The swordsman's hand paused slightly on his sword. "...It would be my honor."
In the water dungeon on Nameless Island, Ni Yun hooked a bloodstained lock of hair around his finger and chuckled. "Little phoenix, guess which of your 'friends' personally sold me your whereabouts? Was it that upright gentleman from Wudang, or that... little ray of sunshine from the Beggars' Guild who loves sticking his nose into other people's business?"
Later, Ni Yun's secret identities nearly took over the entire martial world, and the main cast became the canaries in his "collection."
His workload kept growing, and his psychological boundaries kept retreating. Rather than work around the clock, why not... just start a rebellion?
One day at the morning meeting, he accidentally blurted out what he was thinking.
The second-in-command immediately got up and closed the door. The third-in-command gasped and rushed over to cover his mouth. The fourth-in-command silently grabbed his arm. His sickly superior, who was also the top boss, rubbed his temples and delivered the final verdict: "Give him a long vacation. Tell him to go date someone. If he's busy, he won't have time to get any weird ideas."
Ni Yun: ???
Wait a minute! Is this the right reaction?! The Six Fan Gate is this casual about ambitious schemers? My secret identities have conquered the martial world!
...Well, I shouldn't waste a long vacation.
Ni Yun promptly packed his bags and slipped out of the capital. Three months later, he dragged back a sect leader in a bright red wedding robe, devastatingly beautiful and terrifyingly important, and deposited him in the yamen's main hall.
"Report! I married into his family. My dowry is the Western Regions' Ming Cult. If we rebel now, does that count as marital property?"
His sickly superior stared at the sect leader's lazy smile, and the case files slipped from his hand with a thud.
#We said a vacation romance, and you kidnapped the biggest villain?#
#My secret identities and my real self are about to rebel together#
#Help, does overthrowing the court with my arranged-marriage partner count as overtime?#
[Reader's Guide]
1. Core premise: All the "villains" are secret identity doubles of the male lead, Ni Yun. The original souls have some influence over them, but the main consciousness is controlled by my own interpretation of the character. The main plot: Working at the Six Fan Gate, opening accounts in the martial world, living with split personalities, and eventually... maybe flipping the boss's desk?
2. Worldbuilding: A mixed martial arts world with characters from various wuxia stories. The timeline and character relationships serve the plot, so things are gloriously inaccurate. Please don't nitpick.
3. Everyone gets a happy ending. The male lead's personal tastes lean toward an imprisoned, pure-and-sensual aesthetic, slightly affecting everyone's moral compass. Consider yourself warned.
4. Special achievement: The Thief Chief route contains a hidden bonus, with all the brothers in love.
P.S. Question: What's it like to exploit loopholes to the limit while working in the system?
Ni Yun: Thanks for asking. I'm at the Six Fan Gate, just off my shift. It's like this: my secret identities are rebelling, I'm going on blind dates as myself, and my boss is telling me to fall in love... The only one who actually seems to want me dead is the career System I'm bound to.
Theme: To be decided