When the Villainous Boss Acts as the Protagonist (Quick Transmigration) - Chapter 3

“I said it, at that time, he suddenly lunged at me. If I had not reacted quickly, grabbed something nearby to hit him on the head, and shouted for help, you might not even see me today!”

“How should I know why he, a male, attacked me?”

“Should you not be asking him that question instead?”

“Please, use your brains. A male hiding his identity to pose as a sub-female, is that really something a normal male would do? He must have had a motive for disguising himself!”

In the tribunal hall of the Imperial Supreme Court, Philo stood to the right of the witness stand. His hands were clenched into fists, his chest heaved rapidly, and his eyes were red, making him look extremely aggrieved.

It had to be said that this transmigrator was clever.

After Chu Sicheng used the pheromones in his blood to reveal his identity as a male and overturned the charge of being a “sub-female who violated a precious male,” the truth of Philo’s previous testimony about being harmed became questionable.

A person who frames and slanders an S-rank male, even if Philo himself was a male, would certainly not escape punishment given Ryan’s current value to the Zerg race.

More importantly, Philo did not want to ruin the image he had painstakingly built in front of Friedrich, that of an innocent, kind, and simple person.

Therefore, no matter what, Philo would not admit to the framing. He was determined to insist that Ryan had tried to harm him, focusing the entire narrative on the fact that Ryan had hidden his male identity.

He said, “He disguised himself as a sub-female. Perhaps he did it because he harbors strange feelings for other males!”

By framing it this way, Philo actually managed to lead the thoughts of some Zerg in that direction.

“Actually, Excellency Philo’s words are not without reason.”

“Indeed. Why would an Excellency disguise himself as a sub-female? It offers no benefit to his life whatsoever.”

“Judging by Excellency Philo’s performance, it does not seem like he is lying.”

“So, putting the whole thing together, it is a suspected S-rank Excellency posing as a sub-female to violate an A-rank Excellency?”

“If this is true, is Excellency Ryan’s sexual orientation somewhat, abnormal?”

For a moment, the focus of every Zerg shifted back to Chu Sicheng.

The red lights of the cameras floating above the tribunal hall flickered, initiating another round of scrutiny and criticism of the male. Whispers also broke out among the audience seated below the tribunal.

Sensing the shift in the crowd’s attitude, a glint of triumph flashed in Philo’s eyes. He looked at the male opposite him, who had remained silent until now. Remembering the protagonist’s setting in the book, either being unable to speak or saying the wrong thing, Philo decided to push the trial to another climax.

“Otherwise, why does Excellency Ryan not tell us himself? Did you disguise yourself as a sub-female because you like males?”

On the surface, this sentence seemed like Philo was being kind and thoughtful, giving Ryan a chance to explain.

However, only he knew this was just another move to pin the crime on the protagonist, Ryan.

After all, in this tragic novel, Ryan was designed to be someone who either kept his mouth shut or spoke poorly.

Thus, Philo was convinced that under his questioning, Ryan would immediately explain his reasons for hiding his identity in a panic. He would either stutter and fail to utter a complete sentence or simply repeat “I did not, it was not me.” Not only would he fail to explain himself, but he would also deepen the suspicion against him.

Once he began to prove his innocence, doubt would arise.

And once doubt arose, the crime would be established.

This way, regardless of whether the protagonist was a sub-female or a male, and whether his rank was F or S, the act of harming Philo would be set in stone.

{I have to say, this transmigrator Bug is really good at targeting weaknesses. If this were truly the protagonist from the original text, he would probably be played to death by now,} the system perched on Chu Sicheng’s shoulder could not help but sigh.

{Yes, he is a good prospect for a villain,} Chu Sicheng replied.

System: {?? Host, do you remember that your current identity is the protagonist?}

The opponent was firing on all cylinders, hitting every pain point and practically reaching the doorstep. Yet, the Host’s tone was not only devoid of anger but even seemed to imply a desire to recruit the enemy.

Was this not a bit off?

{So what?} The newly appointed Protagonist Lord was quite rebellious in his thinking.

What if he remembered? What if he did not? The Bureau insisted on dragging him, a professional villain, over here. They were the ones who should have been mentally prepared, not him.

However, despite his rebellious thoughts, it did not mean Chu Sicheng would allow the Bug across from him to plot against him to his face.

After all, plotting had always been his specialty.

One mountain cannot hold two tigers, and one world cannot hold two villains.

Although he no longer had the villain halo, it did not matter. The protagonist halo could be polished up and used as a substitute.

He slowly rotated his wrist, and the light-brain fastened to it flickered slightly.

Then, just as Philo was confidently preparing to welcome another victory at the trial, he saw that the male sitting opposite him showed no sign of panic. Instead, the male flashed him an ambiguous smile.

Smiling?

What was he smiling about?

In Philo’s mind, Ryan should have been in a state of utter disarray. Yet, the male just sat there quietly. In fact, the biggest reaction he had shown during the entire proceeding was the smile he just gave.

Something was wrong.

This was very wrong!

For some reason, a sudden chill rushed to Philo’s heart. However, before he could figure out the meaning behind Chu Sicheng’s smile, a loud sound of a table being slammed came from the nearby tribunal.

At the same time, the angry voice of the Judge crashed toward Philo: “Excellency Philo!”

The elderly male in the black robe looked at Philo with eyes full of disappointment.

“If we knew nothing, your doubts would not be without reason. However, as early as the day after Excellency Ryan soothed General Saxon, the court immediately sent someone to track Excellency Ryan’s origins.”

“We retrieved all his information since his file was established. The file shows that Excellency Ryan’s identification has always listed him as a male. As for the sub-female identity, it was only recently modified.”

“And in further investigation by the staff, we unfortunately found that Excellency Ryan’s identification was modified on the very day you identified him as harming you!”

The frail and innocent Excellency Ryan had always been a male.

It was you! You secretly modified his file information and then threw this bucket of dirty water on him!

But, how was that possible?!

Clearly, in the book, Ryan disguised himself as a sub-female in the early stages!

The environment on the trash planet was so dangerous. How would he dare risk being caught by local administrators and treated as “insect catnip” by exposing his identity?

He had read the book five or six times and knew every plot point by heart. How could he remember it incorrectly?

Yet, the Chief Judge’s words were telling him exactly that, he was the one who remembered it wrong.

Ryan had not disguised himself as a sub-female. Everything stemmed from Philo’s framing.

But, he really had not done this.

He had indeed framed the protagonist, but he only utilized the plot content where the protagonist was currently posing as a sub-female. He had not modified any file information.

It really was not him!

He truly had not done this!

Unconsciously, Philo muttered, “I did not, it really was not—” me.

!!!

Wait!

The words that appeared countless times in the original text, which Philo had mocked and despised every time, and which he firmly believed he would never use like the incompetent protagonist, had just come out of his own mouth so naturally?

Almost instantly, an eerie sense of horror rushed toward Philo, making it difficult for him to breathe. He looked uncontrollably at the other protagonist of the story.

By now, the male sitting opposite him no longer looked as wretched as he did in the execution room.

He wore a white silk shirt with golden patterns that only an S-rank male could possess. Even though his injured right hand had fully recovered under the Zerg’s advanced medical conditions, those military females still insisted on wrapping it carefully in bandages to protect it.

The dirt on the male’s face had long been washed away. His platinum-blonde hair was meticulously styled and swept back, revealing a smooth forehead and those deer eyes that seemed to possess magical power. He looked pure and innocent, like the whitest jasmine flower in the world, completely detached from any filth.

Then, Philo saw the male staring with those gentle, clean deer eyes. The corners of his lips curled slightly, and under Philo’s gaze, he raised that bandage-wrapped hand.

The loose sleeve slid down with his movement, revealing the male’s slender wrist and a… light-brain flashing with blue light.

A… light-brain?

Philo’s eyes widened. In a flash of insight, he thought back to the day of the execution.

Those electronic shackles that were clearly fastened tightly to the protagonist’s hands at the beginning, only to be strangely opened when the villain began to act!

This was the Zerg race with the most advanced technology. How could electronic shackles be easily shaken off by a weak person?

So:

“It was you!”

Having figured everything out, Philo glared at Chu Sicheng. If the guide teacher beside him had not held him back, he might have rushed directly to Chu Sicheng, grabbed his collar, and shouted in rage.

“You were the one behind it! You did all of this!”

Then, Philo saw the male who had been silently smiling at him suddenly turn red-eyed at his accusation.

“I did not… I never did that.”

“I did not even know Excellency Philo before. I do not know why he suddenly targeted me like this. I am a little scared…”

The male was not flustered at all, nor did he stutter. In fact, the words he spoke gave Philo an indescribable sense of familiarity.

“Do not know,” “Not sure,” “A little scared.”

The moment he opened his mouth, Philo thought he was watching a replay of the last trial.

Lord Judge, the words he is saying are all my lines!!!

Philo was truly on the verge of collapse, both because of the change in the protagonist’s character and because of this out-of-control plot.

He seemed to lose all his strength, letting himself fall into the chair, unable to say another word.

At this moment, Philo was truly vulnerable to the core.

But did anyone care?

No.

The military females who had felt sorry for Philo on the previous trial day were now all gathered around Chu Sicheng.

They were still full of anger, but this time the object of their anger had become Philo.

Thus, the previously well-off A-rank male was now not only required to move away from the high-tier planet where he resided, but his standard of living was also downgraded from A-tier to C-tier. Simultaneously, he had to perform female soothing services for a period of at least ten years.

This meant Philo would no longer be able to see Friedrich, whom he needed to “conquer.” It appeared his mission to steal the protagonist halo was about to fail, and Chu Sicheng’s Bug Removal mission was nearing completion.

However, just then, a giant phantom of a skull suddenly appeared behind Philo. It seemed to be laughing, its toothless mouth splitting to the sides to reveal a black hole and a long tongue formed from twisted black mist.

Chu Sicheng watched as it wrapped its long, foul tongue around Philo’s neck. After a moment of sucking, Philo’s face grew even paler, and the black mist around the skull grew thicker.

“How could the game end so easily?”

A hoarse, eerie laugh echoed in Chu Sicheng’s ear. Immediately after, the doors that had remained tightly closed during the trial burst open.

A frantic figure rushed in headlong, holding a paper report that was uncommon among the Zerg.

“Lords, everyone!”

He directly interrupted the Chief Judge’s gavel as it was about to fall to announce the end of the trial. Waving the report in his hand, he shouted:

“Rank report! The rank detection report for Excellency Ryan is out!”

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