The Beautiful Idiot Is Forced To Play The Villain [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 1

Chapter 1

 

Binding in progress. Villain System 370 is at your service.

 

A cold, electronic voice rang out in his mind. It lacked any intonation or fluctuation, and the brief pauses were almost negligible—as if it didn’t care at all whether the other party could understand; it was simply completing a task.

 

Binding failed… Forced binding protocol initiated.

 

Experimenter Lan Zhen, binding complete.

 

Experimenter Lan Zhen? But he was clearly a System. His host had perfectly completed their tasks and was just about to…

 

Just about to do what? He couldn’t seem to remember. But the other party must have achieved a perfect ending, right? After all, he was a model employee among Systems and had never failed.

 

But in this current situation… could it be that not only had he taken on a human form, but he had also dramatically been bound by an unfamiliar colleague?

 

Transferring main plotline. Mission world loading..

 

This is a “Perfect High School” with a 100% university entrance rate. Your first job is to play the rank #1 domineering villain. Ultimately, you will suffer a retaliatory death because the Male Lead breaks the school rules. Wishing you a perfect completion of this mission.

 

“It’s results day again, isn’t it? Quick, help me see who the top few are.”

 

Lan Zhen was feeling distracted by the continuous stream of information in his head when various rustling sounds reached his ears. However, the tone and pauses of these voices were quite normal—the typical voices of high school boys as if that previous electronic voice had been nothing more than a fleeting dream.

 

“Do you even need to ask? It’s always the same few people. Tsk, because of Lan Zhen, my ranking dropped by over a dozen places. I’m going to have to live through days of being bullied again.”

 

“Shut up, you actually dare to say that…”

 

Although the voices were intermittent, Lan Zhen could hear his own name among them. Though the second person told the first to shut up, their tone was actually filled with agreement and resentment.

 

Did I do something heinous?

 

But he was just an ordinary little System; he shouldn’t have had the chance to meet these people before.

 

At first, he could only hear sounds while everything before his eyes was pitch black. After a short while, the dizzy and confused Lan Zhen who still hadn’t figured out what was happening—could finally see the scene before him.

 

Bright outdoor sunlight shone on his face, feeling warm and quite pleasant.

 

He turned his head slightly. His long eyelashes cast a faint shadow under the sun onto his flawless face. It was just a simple gesture of raising his hand to block the light, yet it constantly drew the gazes of those around him.

 

Simply by standing there, he looked even more radiant than the sunlight.

 

If he didn’t have perfectly stable grades, he probably would have been “loved” until he was “ripe” long ago, many people around him thought secretly.

 

Unfortunately, they only dared to think such things. In reality, they didn’t even have the courage to look at him openly and quickly retracted their gazes.

 

Having managed to shield his eyes from the piercing sun, Lan Zhen finally saw a massive bulletin board in front of him. From the reflection in the glass, he could see he was wearing a blue-and-white school uniform. His physique and appearance were identical to his previous human form.

 

He was surrounded by people in the same uniform. In a high school era where time is incredibly precious and tense, the only thing that could gather so many students here was the day the grades were posted.

 

Lan Zhen stared blankly at the exaggeratedly large, seemingly endless bulletin board.

 

The bright red background was particularly striking. Located at the very top a position of absolute dominance was the name: Lan Zhen.

 

Although it was exactly the same as his name, Lan Zhen knew perfectly well that it wasn’t “him.”

 

He had a good amount of self-awareness; he was just an “idiot” who had never even passed a System evaluation. How could he be this good at studying?

 

Recalling the main plot the electronic voice had mentioned, Lan Zhen tried to call out to the System he was bound to.

 

The System appeared quickly. According to No. 370, he was now forcibly bound and needed to stand in for a villain who had fled the original world to finish the plot.

 

The villainous plot this time was quite simple a common story involving school bullying. The original owner was the top student of First High School. However, this place was actually a dungeon within an “Infinite World,” and the Male Lead was a player who had entered the dungeon to perform a mission.

 

The original owner had always been the school tyrant arrogant, domineering, and bullying others daily. Except for a modicum of respect for the teachers, he didn’t treat anyone else as a human being.

 

Whom he wanted to mess with and what method he used depended entirely on his mood.

 

The original owner wasn’t particularly tall or built, but First High’s “Excellence-Oriented” school rules made it impossible for anyone to resist; they could only swallow their anger in silence.

 

The school rules were bizarre, yet deeply ingrained.

 

Those with higher academic rankings reigned supreme over others. No matter what happened, those with lower rankings were not allowed to resist, or they would face terrifying punishments.

 

This lasted until the players, led by the Male Lead, entered the dungeon. Their mission was to break the existing rules of First High and correct them.

 

Equipped with a “Male Lead Halo,” the protagonist completed the mission, received a massive reward, and exited the dungeon.

 

Once the school rules were destroyed, the formerly domineering original owner instantly lost his protection. He was quickly dragged out and subjected to extreme humiliation—everyone did to him exactly what he had done to them.

 

Falling from heaven to hell overnight, the original owner couldn’t handle the gap and chose to commit suicide.

 

How tragic. No wonder no one seems to like him.

 

Lan Zhen swallowed non-existent saliva. He looked left and right, realizing he had already walked up to the people who were just talking.

 

He hadn’t known anything a moment ago and had simply wanted to ask what was going on.

 

Lan Zhen pursed his lips sheepishly.

 

Now that he knew the truth, given the original owner’s temperament, his unconscious act of approaching looked more like he was coming to settle a score.

 

The surrounding students stared at him in a daze.

 

The youth walking slowly toward them had soft, compliant black hair, with a few stray strands clinging to his impossibly small face. His large, watery eyes were full of innocence, and his skin was white as jade. He didn’t look like a real person, but rather like an exquisitely made, gentle, and obedient beautiful doll.

 

Unfortunately, almost the entire school knew just how wicked this beautiful youth was.

 

“I’m sorry! It’s all our fault! we shouldn’t have discussed you behind your back!”

 

Among the two people who had been speaking, one was a yellow-haired boy with a thuggish face the type who looked like he’d block a beautiful boy on his way home to harass him. But in reality, before Lan Zhen could even get close, the boy fell to his knees in terror.

 

The other youth was also dragged down to his knees. Even though Lan Zhen hadn’t said a word, they began frantically slapping their own faces.

 

The slap-slap of palms hitting flesh and their cries for mercy were incessant. The surrounding students watched this scene as if they were used to it, even moving aside in a coordinated manner to give them space to kowtow and beg.

 

Having only taken two steps and not even reaching them yet, Lan Zhen silently took two steps back.

 

He was just a little System who hadn’t been a human for long. This situation was beyond his ability to handle. What am I supposed to do now? Can someone please save me!

 

Be fiercer. Act according to the original persona.

 

The previous electronic voice arrived just in time. Lan Zhen didn’t have time to think and subconsciously did as told.

 

Lan Zhen tried his best to pull back the corners of his mouth and widened his eyes to make an “arrogant” expression. Because it was likely his first time making such a face, instead of looking humiliating, he looked like he was about to pounce and start acting spoiled at any moment.

 

Sigh.

 

Lan Zhen thought he heard that perpetually cold electronic voice let out a silent sigh.

 

His face flushed red instinctively, and then he started being stubborn.

 

If you think I’m not doing it well, then you should give more detailed instructions! How am I supposed to implement it with just a few words?

 

Perhaps knowing he sounded like a little rascal who was desperate to save face, Lan Zhen’s voice got smaller and smaller. His voice, much like his appearance, was soft and mushy; even his lecturing sounded like acting spoiled.

 

By the end, 370 could hardly hear what he was saying, only knowing that he was likely complaining.

 

“Do you still want those eyes?” A sudden voice caught Lan Zhen’s attention again. A tall, clear-featured young man stepped out from behind him, a playful smirk on his face. With a stretch of his long leg, he delivered a kick that didn’t look very forceful yet sent the yellow-haired boy flying two meters away. The surrounding students scrambled to the side to avoid being caught in the crossfire.

 

Yet, despite this obvious act of violent school bullying, everyone else maintained an expression as if this were perfectly natural.

 

And all of this was simply because the yellow-haired boy had dithered for a moment, his hands stopping as he stared blankly at Lan Zhen.

 

The young man took two more steps forward, grinding his stylish Martin boot back and forth on the yellow-haired boy’s face.

 

“As expected, bugs can only ever be bugs. Given the current situation, if your grades keep falling, you’ll probably be eliminated, right?” His tone was very calm, but the yellow-haired boy looked as if he had heard something horrific. His pupils dilated, and his body began to tremble uncontrollably.

 

Truly seeing school bullying for the first time, Lan Zhen stood there with a pale face, frantically calling out to the only thing he could rely on.

 

370, I’m a System too. You must have made a mistake. Can I please go back to guiding hosts? I don’t want to stay in a place like this. It’s too scary.

 

Apologies, no. 370 paused for a moment before continuing, I am now bound to you. You are my host. This relationship cannot be changed. I hope you can be considerate of my work.

 

The System, which had been so cold in his mind, suddenly saying so much made Lan Zhen swallow the words he was about to say.

 

He used to be a System, so of course he understood the difficulties of the job.

 

If you didn’t do well, the Main System would dislike you and deduct your performance points. No matter how you looked at it, it was miserable.

 

But his previous host had seemed like a very powerful person to be able to complete so many difficult missions. Could he really do it?

 

His nervous inquiry received no answer, like a stone dropped into a deep pool without a single splash.

 

Lan Zhen realized the System had gone offline.

 

What a jerk of a System.

 

“Brother Lan, how should they be handled?” The young man who had just been stomping on someone with his Martin boots ran over to his side like an obedient dog and asked softly.

 

As the youth approached, a name automatically appeared in Lan Zhen’s mind: Xu Gu. That must be the young man’s name.

 

However, Lan Zhen was still thinking about the binding situation. The more he thought, the more he felt he was getting the short end of the stick. Am I some kind of easy-target System? To just take on this kind of mess of a job…

 

He was already in a bad mood, and now someone was asking him this.

 

How was he supposed to know how to handle this in this messed-up world while staying in character? Lan Zhen froze, then suddenly had a flash of inspiration. He said huffily: “Don’t bother me! Just do what you did before!”

 

He frowned, and his face finally showed an expression resembling “fierceness.” But on that face, no matter how one looked at it, he seemed easy to pick on like a kitten that had been provoked and was showing its harmless but cute little paws. Little did he know, this only made others feel more “itchy” in their hearts.

 

Xu Gu paused, and after suppressing the feeling rising in his chest, he dragged the people on the ground away, one in each hand.

 

Finally having some peace and quiet, Lan Zhen turned back to look at that enormous bulletin board, thinking about the “Excellence-Oriented” theory.

 

The throne of first place now felt like a giant death warrant.

 

A (idiot) like him couldn’t possibly get high scores. If he suddenly fell from grace later, he wouldn’t even need the Male Lead to do anything he’d be bullied to death first.

 

It was all that cold System’s fault for choosing this identity for him. So irresponsible!

 

While Lan Zhen was busy complaining about 370 in his head, he made a small discovery. It might have been his imagination, but many people seemed to enjoy flashing past him and then pausing for a moment.

 

Just like now, a tall and sturdy person walked past him and then stopped.

 

The person had a body somewhere between a youth and a young man, and his aura seemed very unique. Although Lan Zhen hadn’t done many missions himself, as a System, he was well-traveled and knowledgeable. He felt at a glance that this person was definitely not simple.

 

As if sensing his gaze, the person looked back, and Lan Zhen saw the name on the ID tag on the front of the school uniform.

 

Wei Chengyang.

 

While others wore their uniforms somewhat sloppily, his was meticulous so clean there weren’t even many wrinkles. The loose uniform couldn’t hide the perfect physique beneath the fabric, and paired with a three-dimensional face that looked a bit like a mixed-race person, his eyes were darker than average, appearing very deep.

 

According to Lan Zhen’s many years of System experience, a person like this, if not the Male Lead must be an important character.

 

However, those beautiful eyes were devoid of life as they stared at him, as if staring at a dead object.

 

Lan Zhen met his gaze, but after a few seconds, he couldn’t help but look away.

 

Humiliate him.

 

What?

 

Lan Zhen didn’t hear clearly. He also hadn’t expected the System he thought was slacking off to speak suddenly.

 

Important side-plot. There are rewards. Humiliate him.

 

Lan Zhen heard clearly this time, but he looked at the size difference between himself and Wei Chengyang. No matter how he looked at it, if the other person gave him a punch, he’d probably be lying in the school infirmary for a long time.

 

School rules. Your rank is higher. What are you afraid of?

 

Even though the System still used that ordinary, mechanical electronic voice, Lan Zhen felt the other party was mocking him for being useless a “former System” afraid of a regular human.

 

Maybe the System would even secretly say he was useless behind his back and was dragging down its performance.

 

Thinking this, Lan Zhen made himself angry again. He endured it, and as if to prove something, he walked up to Wei Chengyang.

 

The distance between them grew smaller. There was a full half-head height difference between them, so Wei Chengyang had to lower his head slightly to see Lan Zhen’s face.

 

“Can I ride you?” Lan Zhen closed his eyes, tilted his chin up, and blurted out loudly.

 

He used too much strength when closing his eyes, and his long lashes trembled uneasily. “Terrified” and “Arrogant” two completely unrelated words appeared simultaneously on that pink and tender face. He looked like a little hedgehog putting up defensive quills, where a gentle poke would reveal the soft flesh of the belly underneath.

 

How cute.

 

Even words like those were asked with the tone of a plea.

 

Wei Chengyang froze for a moment, then reacted quickly.