The trio turned toward the source of the voice to see a man in dark sunglasses wielding a walking stick.
"Is he talking to us?"
"He seems blind… why would he be talking to us when he can't see?"
As the other two men hissed amongst themselves, the hunk holding Chad looked slightly annoyed by the interruption.
"What, you'll break my hands? If you weren't blind, I would've beaten you to a pulp, you pompous little bastard."
Contrary to their expectations, the man remained calm, tilting his head to the side as he asked, "You won't drop him?"
Throwing a bewildered and confused Chad to the side, the hunk approached the blind man stealthily.
"I've had enough of your insults. Next time, don't pick a fight with people who can see."
Chad fell to the ground hard, and remained glued to the spot, unable to move.
For one, he couldn't even save himself, so the odds of being beaten if he tried to help this blind guy were high.
Second, the original owner of this body was a coward, so he was already shivering from fear.
Third, he was disturbed by the system's sudden glee.
All this while, it had been nothing but rude toward him, but now it was gleeful toward a complete stranger?
What did it mean by… Target on scene?
"Hey, update me on the former host's memory."
[You haven't completed any task to unlock that information.]
That again?
Chad bit his lower lip aggressively.
This was a boys' love novel, and the body he woke up in was the male lead's.
The second male lead who stalked and sent him gifts was to be revealed in chapter two, but the accident happened before he got there.
Since he hadn't read the synopsis, he also didn't know the second male lead's name. Otherwise, he would've tracked him down and tried to wriggle out of this plot of being gay.
[Chad Duncan likes men. Chad Duncan will always like men.]
The system's abrupt prompt made his eyes darken.
At that exact moment, the blind man in front of him suddenly raised his walking stick and swept the hunk off his feet.
It happened so fast that the man lost his balance and fell headfirst, knocked unconscious almost immediately.
Seeing this, the remaining two men gnashed their teeth and blindly attacked him.
This time, he flogged them in several places with his cane, keeping them from getting close like the hunk had.
Beating them to the ground, he raised the cane threateningly. "You're still here? Remain, and I'll really beat you to death!"
Hearing him, the men gritted their teeth in defeat and helped their friend up from the floor before hopping away almost immediately.
Left behind, Chad released a breath he didn't know he'd been holding and got to his feet.
Walking toward the man, he bowed thankfully to him.
"T-thank you. Are you going anywhere? I can walk you."
[Obsession Index: 20%]
This obsession index the system always mentioned… Chad still didn't know what it meant, so he ignored it.
The man in front of him was silent for a moment before he nodded.
Just as he parted his lips to say something…
"Sir, here you are. Forgive me—I should've stayed with you the entire time. Because I was preoccupied with unimportant things, I let you wander."
Hearing the apologetic words, Chad turned to see someone jogging toward them. He wore a face-cap so he couldn't really see his face.
But underneath the cap, he stopped and glanced at Chad. Seeing the man's spiky hair, his eyes dimmed slightly and he reverted his gaze to his boss.
"I'm tired. Take me home." Stretching his hand toward him, the blind man handed in his stick before being led toward the school's parking lot.
As the duo left, Chad also turned and returned to campus where he found a package waiting to be signed on.
That's right… the second male lead would send Chad anonymous gifts. But thinking it was someone trying to get him in trouble, he always burned them without opening.
"System, if Chad Duncan is destined to be with a man, can I be top all the time? I've never had anything up my hole… not even as child's play."
Silence.
As expected, the asshole system ignored him.
Forget it. He was using the host's body anyway. Letting his hole be used was a small price to pay for being alive instead of dying.
Sighing, he tore into the package eagerly.
But instead of an expensive gift, it turned out to be a package from the school.
Ah, a power mixer.
He remembered. Every law school organized one to bring students and potential firm employees together.
Usually, the attention was on graduating students, but other years were allowed.
Attendance wasn't compulsory, but students almost always went to build social networks.
It was probably scheduled tonight as tomorrow's paper was at 2 pm to give everyone time to attend.
He pocketed the invite and headed into the apartment where he found his three roommates reading on their respective beds.
Just as he took off his clothes, the doorbell rang.
As the less busy one, he returned to the door where he found a courier standing outside with a box.
The delivery had no sender, so he immediately assumed it was his stalker and took it inside.
As soon as they saw the box, his roommates glanced at each other and scoffed lightly.
"I didn't know you had money for a new suit."
"Why buy a new suit when the attention isn't even on you?"
"Let the boy do whatever he wants."
Chad looked at them.
The book described them as bookworms—not close with Chad, but not distant either. In short, harmless.
So as he opened the box and saw the burgundy suit inside, he sucked in his teeth, "I didn't buy it; someone gifted it to me."
The group immediately shot to their feet in disbelief.
"You have an admirer?"
"Must be nice. I wonder who the woman is."
"Whoever it is, they must be loaded seeing as this suit is from a luxurious line."
Chad thinned his lips and didn't respond.
That evening, all four left campus in their best attire to the school's auditorium.
As soon as they stepped inside, the system's voice popped up in Chad's head for the nth time that day.
[Target on scene. Task generated.]
Find out the name of your savior from this afternoon. Timer: 90 seconds.
[Upon completion: Unlock Charm of Influence.]
[Choose to forfeit: Libido increase +35%.]