There is a certain kind of cannon fodder: vicious and despicable by nature, they torment the protagonist physically and emotionally in the early story, driving them completely to the dark side. Later, the protagonist grows powerful and throws them into the abyss, making them part of the story's cathartic revenge.
As a rookie at the Time and Space Bureau, the male lead is assigned to play this kind of cannon fodder.
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Mission One: "The Pheromone Abyss"
You come from a poor, abandoned planet. You're an ignorant, greedy, inferior Alpha. Thanks to your pretty face, you've had countless casual affairs with Omegas who work in the nightlife business. But you know that with your abilities and assets, you'll never be able to marry an Omega willing to spend their whole life with you.
Until one day, you find a handsome Omega by the roadside, covered in wounds and wearing an expensive combat suit.
His brain is damaged, and he can't remember who he is.
You lie to him, telling him he's your betrothed, then give him a permanent mark, setting the tragedy of his life in motion.
Holding him in your arms, you smile and sweetly spout manipulative nonsense: "A lowly Omega like you, who else would want you besides me?"
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You've been humiliating him for a long time, so long that he's become a general of the Imperial Star, and he still hasn't taken revenge on you. You're getting anxious.
You pretend you don't value your life and try to provoke him, calling him a filthy, lowly sewer rat.
But he laughs softly. "A lowly rat like me should be paired with an inferior Alpha like you."
After all the mission worlds are over, the System stares blankly. "I was so naive."
Did you do the missions? Yes, but you didn't succeed at a single one.
Did you act out the plots? Yes, but somehow none of them were angsty or dark at all :)
#Management Bureau, your protagonist is gay, your employee is gay, and they're both gay!#
#Who understands the healing feeling of watching a scum-tormenting story get completely rewritten into a sweet romance?#
*The main story is told in third person.
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