[Host, you could totally go for an Oscar statuette. Your acting is simply too amazing. If I were the female lead, being stared at by you like that would give me goosebumps. It's too creepy.]
"You don't understand. This kind of performance is a precursor to blackening. Only by making Ichiko uneasy and thinking about me constantly can I continuously gain emotional value from her and proceed with the next step of my plan."
[I can't wait to see you, Host, manipulating the female lead. When will you act? When will you act!]
"You're just a broken System, what are you so anxious about?"
[We're both villains! Of course, villains should act like villains. If I didn't know your situation, Host, I would have thought you were really a yandere.]
Haruko walked towards the crowd in disappointment, and the onlookers instinctively made way for her to leave.
Now, she was hanging her head, hunching her back, her brown hair covering her eyes, looking so down and out.
But in her mind, she was having a great time chatting with the System.
At the same time, Haruko also discovered that the original host's situation at school was a bit subtle.
With this delicate and cute little face, some passersby and acquaintances had a pretty good attitude towards Haruko.
But anyone related to the protagonists like Sento, Inari, etc., had an extremely poor attitude towards her.
There were also some who had been at odds with the original host since high school...
Just as Haruko was thinking while walking towards her dorm to rest, on a quiet path full of bushes, a voice suddenly came from behind.
"Hey, Haruko!"
Hearing this, Haruko stopped and slowly turned around.
A yellow-haired girl wearing a crop top and a short skirt walked over slowly with her hands in her pockets.
Behind her was a follower wearing black-rimmed glasses, with disheveled hair, lowering her head with a gloomy expression.
Haruko frowned when she saw her.
This person was exactly the yellow-haired girl who had stepped on the bottle of water she dropped earlier on the court.
She was also a delinquent girl who had bullied the original host in high school.
In the past, physical abuse against the original host was commonplace. After entering university, she still frequently caused trouble for the original host in the past two months.
Yuko gently fiddled with the small bushes with her hand, walked slowly in front of Haruko, and said with a smug expression, "Oh, isn't this Haruko? Why aren't you wearing your beautiful makeup today? You're even pretending to be pure and delivering water, who are you trying to seduce?"
The hostility was undisguised, and the unique tone of a villain made Haruko reflect.
She always felt that she didn't seem like a villain.
This kind of tone and expression is what a real cannon fodder villain should have, right?
Casually glancing at the camera on the corner of the small building on the upper right, Haruko still maintained her usual acting skills.
After shrinking her neck, she cautiously asked Yuko, "What do you want to do?"
"I don't like the sight of you, got a problem?"
She grabbed the collar of Haruko's hoodie and actually lifted her up with one hand.
That arm, tattooed with butterflies, bulged with muscles, looking nothing like an ordinary girl.
This was also Haruko's absolute weakness since transmigrating.
Her body was too weak.
As long as it involved fighting, she would basically lose, and even with the System, she couldn't change this in a short time.
Yuko threatened Haruko and said fiercely, "I'm warning you, don't get close to Inari, that's the man I've set my sights on!"
"Pfft."
Haruko, whose acting had always been on point, still couldn't help but laugh out loud.
She didn't expect it to be because of the male lead again.
In this novel world, these protagonists are truly the source of all evil.
But in Yuko's eyes, Haruko's uncontrollable laughter was mocking her.
Her gaze gradually darkened, staring intently at Haruko's fair, makeup-free face.
"Is it that funny?"
She raised a hand, and her voice turned cold.
Seeing this, Haruko stopped pretending and said with a calm gaze, "Are you sure you want to make a move? This is university, not that broken high school we used to be in. Even if you have good grades, the school won't side with you anymore."
At the same time, she quickly searched within the System for countermeasures.
Her emotional value was just at 200 points now. She could either spend 150 points to buy a temporary strength-boosting pill.
Or, for 10 emotional points, a fruit knife to go all out.
Or, endure it...
At this moment, the gloomy, disheveled follower behind Yuko also said weakly, "There's a camera overhead, maybe we should just forget it?"
Yuko suddenly looked up, her face looking even worse.
The raised right hand trembled slightly. She couldn't decide whether to hit or not.
Haruko secretly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.
But just then, she sharply spotted a figure quickly walking towards them.
Her eyes darted.
Looking provocatively at Yuko, she said, "Don't dare to hit me? Useless!"
"Say that again!"
The veins on Yuko's raised right hand suddenly bulged, and she heavily slapped Haruko's face.
"Slap—"
With a crisp sound, the delicate face quickly turned red.
Even though Haruko had a medium-level pain reduction skill, this slap still made her gasp.
However... the goal was achieved.
"What are you doing!"
The hero has arrived.
The person who came was none other than Ichiko!
She walked over quickly, but seeing Haruko, who had been slapped and was shedding tears, she exclaimed, "Haruko!"
Yuko threw Haruko onto the ground, turned her head, and said with a cold gaze, "What, Ichiko? Do you still want to protect this bitch like in high school? She's been targeting you everywhere!"
Ichiko's eyes were cold, and her pretty face was expressionless, "No matter what, Haruko is still my sister!"
"Putting on an act, I've been annoyed with you for a long time!"
Yuko gathered her strength and swung a heavy punch.
However, she didn't expect Ichiko to be a pushover. After swiftly dodging the straight punch by stepping aside, she used the momentum to grab her right hand.
As soon as she got close, it was a clean over-the-shoulder throw!
"Ah!"
Before Yuko, who was thrown to the ground, could react, Ichiko helped her up again and heavily kneed her in the abdomen!
A mouthful of stomach acid was spat out, and Yuko's face was contorted in pain.
Ichiko snorted coldly, grabbed Yuko's hair, and walked to Haruko's side, "Haruko, how many times did she slap you just now?"
That strong gaze became much softer and gentler when she spoke.
Seeing her flushed little face, she felt a bit of heartache.
"1...1 slap."
"Okay." Ichiko nodded, swept back her hair, raised her right palm, and heavily slapped Yuko's face.
"Slap!"
The sound was even louder than Yuko's previous slap.
A trace of bright red flowed from the corner of Yuko's lips.
Her face quickly swelled up.
Throwing Yuko away like trash, Ichiko then clapped her hands in disgust. The entire sequence of actions took only a minute, and she moved with such fluidity.
Cool and handsome.
It completely stunned Haruko.
She seemed to understand why so many people were willing to fall under the skirt of this White Moonlight female lead.
She originally just wanted to take a slap to gain the female lead's gentle concern.
Instead, she had forgotten that in Ichiko's setting, she already possessed considerable combat power.
"Haruko, are you okay?"
Even though there was a knot in her heart, when she helped Haruko up, Ichiko's eyes...
...were still as gentle as water.