The Counterattack Plan of A Villain With Ten Thousand Fans - Chapter 88 (Patreon)

Chapter 88

Ling Chunan was pleased with 098's understanding of the situation. Since Ling Chunan rarely took advice, 098 had stopped offering suggestions and instead resorted to asking, "Host, what are you up to now?"

"Playing games."

"...Well."

"Don't make it seem like I'm some old cadre who's not curious about anything. I've never encountered a world like this before," Ling Chunan said. "And this game is quite fun. After doing missions for so long, I need a break."

"I'm sorry, Host, I misunderstood." 098 felt a bit guilty.

After all, Ling Chunan was barely twenty before becoming a tasker. Most people his age were still in school, so it was normal to be a bit curious.

As Ling Chunan had said, he started taking the game seriously, seemingly unconcerned about the affairs of the main characters.

Since time in the game passed six times faster than in reality, and the game was linked to the internet, many people preferred to handle work in the game, significantly increasing efficiency.

This was also a significant reason why the game became a second world.

On the thirtieth day in the game, which was the fifth day in reality, Ling Chunan and Feng Buyu were gathering herbs together when Ling Chunan suddenly stopped. "098, it's been a while. How's the male lead's mission going? It's been a month already, why haven't we heard any news?"

"Host, the male lead has been having a hard time lately. Green Grass is insisting on leveling up after losing ten levels last time due to your actions. And then Purple Rose seems jealous seeing them getting along so well," 098 answered promptly. "Also, didn't the male lead break his hand during the fire incident before? After we exposed the video, although Yuan Jiayi didn't say anything at the time, she later had someone beat up the male lead. Now both his hands are fractured, so he didn't log into the game for two days. It was hard to find him, which delayed his progress in seizing the hidden profession. But don't worry, Host, I'm keeping an eye on it. The male supporting role is all set, we just need the male lead to show up at the mission site."

"Well done," Ling Chunan praised.

"Thank you, Host."

Shortly after, the system prompt sounded.

"Counterattack value +5%, current counterattack value is 60%, please continue your efforts, Host."

"Host, the male lead's romantic rival has snatched away the male lead's hidden profession task!" 098 cheered, "And it seems he wants to give the opportunity of the hidden task to Purple Rose."

"True love indeed," Ling Chunan commented.

"Host, but what if the second female lead returns the task to the male lead?" Their relationship seemed good. If Purple Rose gave the task back to the male lead, wouldn't all of Ling Chunan's previous efforts be wasted?

"Did the male lead tell the female lead about the hidden task?" Ling Chunan asked.

"No, he didn't tell anyone," 098 replied.

"Then when Green Grass informed Purple Rose of the mission location, did he mention how difficult it was to find this suspected hidden task release point?" Ling Chunan asked.

"Yes, he portrayed himself as someone who went through a lot," 098 replied.

"At least for now, Tianming Weijin is still a strong pursuer of Purple Rose, and he is a trusted friend role to her," Ling Chunan concluded, "Don't worry about this matter." Given the male lead's character, whether Purple Rose accepts the supporting character's gift or not, she's already out of the game.

Sure enough, in less than half a month, Purple Rose, also known as Xu Wei, completely fell out with Qin Xuyang.

As Ling Chunan expected, Qin Xuyang particularly disliked betrayal from friends and believed in the principle of trusting no one, including in matters of love. Although he quite liked this glamorous senior sister, he couldn't stand the fact that she let others snatch away the opportunity for the hidden profession he had worked so hard to obtain. Even though she explained that it wasn't her intention, he couldn't help but see her as hypocritical.

"Counterattack value +5%, current counterattack value is 65%, please continue your efforts, Host," 098 reported happily. "Host, you're really amazing!"

It originally thought dealing with so many female leads would be particularly difficult, but Ling Chunan easily resolved most of them. 

Currently, only the goddess Green Grass, the daughter of Murong Xue from the Jinyue Group who has not appeared yet, and Zheng Mingyue, who is basically on the verge of elimination, remain.

Among them, the most important female lead is Miss Murong, who has not yet appeared. She should be the most difficult to deal with, still stuck in the clichéd hero saving the beauty plot. This male lead never tires of it, but unfortunately, the girl likes it and keeps getting deceived.

"Host, in a few days, the male lead will meet Miss Murong. Will you go to stop it?"

"No," Ling Chunan buried his head in the water, looking at the sky. Suddenly, he raised his head out of the water and shouted at the sky, "Can you make it rain?"

A dragon head emerged from the clouds, blinked at Ling Chunan as if smiling, then gently flicked its claw, and a mass of rain clouds gathered in the sky, conveniently covering the area of ​​this large pond.

Ling Chunan reached out to catch the raindrops, muttering to himself, "Mythology is indeed deceiving. I remember the book said that dragons only make it rain when they sneeze or shed tears."

"That's not entirely wrong. That can indeed cause rainfall," Feng Buyu suddenly appeared behind Ling Chunan, embracing him. "But I'm afraid you'll say it's my tears and snot, unclean."

"Haha..." Ling Chunan suddenly laughed, then said seriously, "But if it's you, I don't mind."

"Host, when did you learn to flirt?" 098 exclaimed.

"098, I'm never sick, never have a runny nose," Ling Chunan said. "And I've never cried either."

Well, some of it, 098 thought to say, but ultimately didn't, because it wasn't sure if it was just its imagination. 

In theory, as a system, it should have returned to the system space with the host. However, for some reason in the previous world, it inexplicably stayed there for a few seconds longer. It seemed to see the man holding his host, crying.

After Ling Chunan said this, Feng Buyu was moved, "Thank you, darling."

Ling Chunan turned around and embraced Feng Buyu's neck, kissed him on the lips, and was then completely silenced by the man.

This scene was no longer surprising to 098. These two had practically turned this pond into an open-air bed.

However, this time Ling Chunan didn't finish directly as before. Halfway through, he suddenly said, "Uncle, can you transform now?"

Feng Buyu paused, his voice hesitant, "I'm afraid you can't handle it."

"But I want to see it now." Ling Chunan looked at him with red eyes.

Feng Buyu's body tensed, his voice hoarse, "As you wish."

Half a month later, Ling Chunan woke up sore and stiff.

"Host, you've slept for seventy-two hours," 098 reported the time first, then advised earnestly, "You're still young, your body is your capital for tasks, you need to know when to stop, even mermaids can suffer from kidney deficiency."

"..."

Ling Chunan was silent for a few minutes, then said, "I just wanted to see if his original form had two... appendages, like Western dragons."

"Then you know now," 098 said, "How do you feel?"

098 had a thorough understanding of its host's recklessness in this regard. But this time, Ling Chunan obviously hadn't prepared to endure it for so long, so it could basically guess what Ling Chunan would say next. He would surely regret this ordeal.

"Terrific, very enduring, well-endowed! I'm satisfied with both," caught off guard by 098's reaction. It still didn't quite understand Ling Chunan.

"Sir, has the young master woken up? I made soup for him," the old butler's voice came from outside the door.

"Just leave it here, you go and do your work," Feng Buyu said.

"Yes."

The next moment, the door was pushed open, and Feng Buyu came in with a tray, placed it by the bed, and then casually rolled up his sleeves, "Darling, the butler made soup for you, do you want to try it? Or do you want to have me?"

Ling Chunan hesitated between the two for a moment, then chose Feng Buyu.

After eating, Ling Chunan's attention returned to the bowl of soup. "What kind of soup is this?"

Feng Buyu sniffed it, "Ginseng, deer antler, and chicken soup."

At the right time, 098 explained, "Host, it's nourishing for the kidneys."

"..."

Under Ling Chunan's urging, the last bowl of soup ended up in Feng Buyu's stomach.

The next morning, early, Ling Chunan fetched the car from the garage and left while Feng Buyu was busy.

"Host, where are you going now?" 098 asked.

"Task," Ling Chunan replied.

"Host, the male lead rescued Murong Xue just a week ago, and the two have already connected. Murong Xue has confessed her feelings to the male lead, and it's a romantic time," 098 reported, "It's strange, though. The male lead's hands were broken, and Murong Xue was almost molested by two thugs at the time. The male lead shouldn't have been able to beat them, but he succeeded in saving her."

098 didn't monitor the male lead every moment, so it only saw most of what happened, not all the details.

Ling Chunan nodded. "Understood, but our task today isn't Murong Xue."

"Oh, right, Host, your character setting is supposed to be unable to drive. Do you still want the character setting you initially set?" 

"It depends on my mood." Ling Chunan steered the wheel slowly along the mountain road.

"...You can still depend on your mood for this?" 

"Yeah, I'll use it when I'm in a good mood," Ling Chunan said. "Do you think he couldn't see through my previous character setting was fake? He's an ancient dragon who's been alive for tens of thousands of years."

It hadn't seen it either, 098 felt completely baffled, "Why does he know you're acting and still cooperate with you?"

"Understanding," Ling Chunan replied. "When has he not cooperated with me?" 

...Indeed, he hadn't. 098 suddenly realized that since the first task, this man's indulgence towards Ling Chunan seemed to have no limits, and he always seemed to be able to keep up with Ling Chunan's train of thought.

"We're meant to be," Ling Chunan said.

098 remembered that the man had said the same thing once.

At that moment, Ling Chunan's car stopped in a hospital parking lot.

As soon as he got out of the car, 098 suddenly exclaimed, "Host, it's the male lead!"

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