Chapter 2

### Chapter 2: How to Steal a Hero's Woman (1)

Enel Corporation, a private space construction company.

Their business was to identify protagonists scattered throughout the universe and sell information about them to the agents of the gods.

The protagonists emitted high-purity and large quantities of Enel, a resource of the gods, and influenced ordinary people around them.

The agents of the gods had been trying to recruit protagonists for the purpose of obtaining Enel.

The agents of the gods were divided into two groups:

The Cathedral, which leaned towards good, and the Zodiac, which leaned towards evil.

However, at some point, the balance between the Cathedral and the Zodiac was broken, and the Zodiac lost the power to not only recruit but also maintain talent due to the overwhelming system of the Cathedral.

The problem was that Enel Corporation's highest source of income was the conflict between the two camps.

As Enel Corporation was on the verge of bankruptcy, they discovered something interesting during their investigations.

The place where the Zodiac had the upper hand was where the Cathedral's protagonists were desperate because they were not getting attention from the opposite sex.

Especially, the despair of losing their significant other turned them into mere extras, or even losers.

The CEO of the declining Enel Corporation made a final gamble.

He offered all the remaining Enel to the gods to recruit the talent he desired.

Number of girlfriends: 7,568.

Number of women he had sex with without affection: 25,748.

No matter how much humiliation he faced, every woman fell for him.

"You are our only hope!"

The CEO of Enel Corporation explained everything to the man he summoned and bowed, pleading for his help.

The man looked perplexed.

"Well... it's true that I've been with that many women, but it's a bit different..."

"What do you mean by different?"

I smiled and said,

"The women I've been with are 2D characters in a computer..."

Don't you find this situation hard to understand?

Let's go back 10 minutes.

-10 minutes ago-

A man was watching a video sent to his phone while masturbating intensely.

The video played the sounds of a man and a woman.

The content was a video of a woman being penetrated from behind.

The woman's head fell, and after a few convulsions, she collapsed.

Leaving the unconscious woman, a man who looked like a delinquent with a camera laughed and said,

With that, the video ended.

The man, who looked like a shut-in, ejaculated onto the dirty phone, and the screen turned gray.

-fin-

"Hehe, what a moron. The more I watch, the funnier it gets."

I mocked the man masturbating on the screen.

Just to be clear, that pathetic guy isn't me.

My name is Seongsuho.

I am the player of the game I am currently playing.

The gray screen is not reality.

It's a game.

A pornographic game, to be precise.

A shortened term for a pornographic game, or "yagame."

At first glance, it might seem like a game where the protagonist watches his girlfriend being taken by another man and masturbates like a madman, but it's completely different.

This is just the final scene, and the entire content is about a guy named Geuntae corrupting the beautiful girlfriend of a popular man.

The shut-in guy in the gray screen was originally a popular man in a large corporation.

Every woman, whether a senior, junior, or intern, tried to seduce him.

He looked like a protagonist to anyone.

The game starts with him starting a relationship with the most likable junior.

Then, Geuntae appears.

Geuntae gradually seduces the women around the popular man, starting with the intern, then the junior, senior, and finally the junior.

And he sends videos of the women he seduced to the popular man, driving him to the brink of mental collapse.

A typical NTL (Not That Long) game.

A cliché I've seen countless times.

Yet, I still!

"9.1 points! Clichés are always right."

A story I've seen before, a cliché seduction, and a man who is pathetically NEETed.

And.

The 'real' protagonist in the game, Geuntae.

"Hahaha. No matter how many times I play, it never gets old. The best part is making the protagonist look so pathetic at the end. The developer really knows what they're doing."

I cleared another yagame.

This week, I bought 37 yagames.

I still have 20 games left.

But a 9.1 rating is rare.

"This isn't a game to pass over. No matter how good it is, I'll only play it once... I won't see any more sex scenes."

I won't play a game twice unless it gets a perfect 10.

Can I meet a 10-point heroine?

But now is the time to focus.

It's time to possess Geuntae.

I took off my pants to perform the sublime task that happens once a day.

"Alright, then... Huh? What the...?!"

Suddenly, colorful jelly-like objects filled my vision and started to wave like dancing balloons.

They look delicious. Even though I look like this, I have the taste of an old man and I like jelly.

Ah, that's not it. I was suddenly being pulled somewhere.

The room I was in was gone, and the jelly-like objects were stretching rapidly.

"Am I being sucked into the game!?"

Excited, my expectations began to rise.

Recent games I played flashed through my mind.

'Another World, Brown-Haired Native'? Or 'Into the Plagiarism'? Ah, 'Eating the Returnee in the Game' is also a masterpiece.

But those expectations were short-lived.

"Ah, damn. What if I'm being sucked into that pathetic guy? That would be suicide."

And the place I arrived at...

"You are our only hope!"

A stunning beauty exclaimed, looking at my large member and shouting "hope!"

-Back to the present-

A silver-haired beauty.

It's a remarkable achievement that I've been called this by a real woman in my life.

I've never called a real woman "beautiful" before.

She is that beautiful.

She is about 160 cm tall and wearing an elegant suit.

Her chest is a C-cup, and her legs, hidden by her pants, are attractively long.

I'm not usually into suits, but her incredible figure and beautiful face completely changed my preferences.

I'm a suit guy now!

The beautiful woman bowed her head and fell silent after hearing about my 2D experience.

Is she looking at my member?

Feeling awkward with my pants off, I started talking.

"Well, I understand everything you've told me. But my experience is limited to 2D."

"..."

I thought to myself while looking at the silent woman.

I need pants.

The silver-haired beauty raised her head and said in the same expressionless tone,

"Surely... there must be a reason you were chosen. Please help us."

"..."

I also want to ask for something, like pants.

I closed my eyes and thought deeply.

20 yagames left. The woman is really beautiful. I want pants. Etc.

But basically, they want me to play the game in reality, right?

Real women are not my thing...

Except for one.

"Alright, but I have a condition."

"Please tell me. I will do my best to accommodate all your requests."

"I want to do it with you."

"Understood."

"..."

Sir, isn't that too quick?

Something suddenly felt off.

But my large member didn't lie.

Throb, throb. (XX: Amazing!)

Yeah, I get what you're feeling, but calm down.

Shiver. (XX: Engage! Grenade! Your member is a drill that can pierce the universe!)

Shut up, you lunatic.

However, the expressionless woman didn't take off her clothes but offered me a deal.

"If you can earn ten times the Enel I put into you, I will give you everything. If you can consistently generate profits, I will even serve as your slave."

"..."

It's no fun if it's that easy.

A game where the woman spreads her legs as soon as it starts?

That's the kind of game I hate the most.

A woman who does anything to protect what she values.

And in the end, she gives up what she values and pants in front of me.

That's the best game for me.

This is...

"Okay, deal!"

It's a game!

***

The silver-haired beauty led me to her office and started introducing herself, even though I still didn't have pants.

"My name is Armonia. I am the captain of this ship, Kybotos, and the CEO of Enel Corporation."

"Wow, impressive titles. But I didn't see any subordinates on the way here?"

"I am the only employee."

"..."

This place, the warp ship Kybotos, is the headquarters of Enel Corporation, she explained.

Enel Corporation was a company that used Enel to earn more Enel.

However, there was a problem with their main source of income, and they had been in the red for a long time, leading to the brink of bankruptcy.

"Originally, we searched for and discovered protagonists and sold information to the agents of the gods."

"But what makes someone a protagonist? Why use such a term?"

"Protagonist is just a term used by the agents of the gods. The agents of the gods command and play with the protagonists."

Like The Sims?

According to Armonia, there are countless types of protagonists.

Some are in a fantasy setting with heroes and demon kings.

Some are in a cyberpunk era with genius engineers and mad scientists.

Some are in a modern setting like The Sims, with genius artists and mad terrorists.

"Only a limited number of people can be chosen as protagonists. There might be one or two per planet. Think of them as incredibly talented individuals."

"Wow, really impressive."

"The protagonists are predetermined, but the key is who chooses them. The one who claims them first can consider the planet as their own."

"And you extract Enel from the beings on the planet?"

"Yes, exactly. All the explanations so far are about Enel."

Armonia referred to Enel as "the currency of the gods."

It's not a metaphor.

It's literally "the currency used by the gods."

"The agents of the gods collect Enel and offer a portion to the gods, managing and supervising this universe."

"And Enel Corporation?"

"Enel Corporation is a private space company that, with the gods' permission, is allowed to operate freely in exchange for a much higher percentage of Enel than the agents."

The core goal is to collect Enel.

"And the way to collect Enel is to break the protagonist's mental state?"

"Yes, the method we adopted to allow the Zodiac protagonist to shine on the planet is exactly what you described."

"Then you'll end up fighting the Cathedral? That's not a joke, right?"

"First, the Cathedral won't even remember we exist. Or they might think we've already gone bankrupt."

"But it would be troublesome if we were discovered, right?"

Honestly, I'm worried. They're incredibly strong.

Wouldn't we be turned into gum by a black hole cannon or sucked into a black hole?

"No, you don't need to worry about that."

"Why?"

"We are neutral. Whether it's the Cathedral or the Zodiac, we only do business with them. If the Cathedral attacks us out of personal grudges, the gods will not stand idly by."

Fortunately, I just need to do my job well.

Armonia suddenly floated letters in the air.

Wow, future technology is amazing.

But my name was in the air.

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Name: Seongsuho

-Traits-

[Calmness], [Master of Provocation], [Flexible Response], [Desire for Corruption], [Sociopath]...

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"Correct, status screen."

"Huh?"

"Never mind, I was just talking to myself. This looks like my character settings, right?"

"Yes, that's correct. Your calm response to the sudden summoning is due to the [Calmness] trait."

I've always been calm in my life.

Even if my family barged in while I was doing it, I could handle it flexibly.

But...

"Wait, I'm a sociopath?"

"The information in the traits is accurate."

"..."

I can't really argue, but it's hard to accept.

I'm a sociopath? A guy who finds joy in breaking the mental state of other men by seducing their women can't be a sociopath.

...Right?

"To show you this, you will be sent to the ground to perform your mission. I wanted to inform you that you can also check the information of other characters there."

"Oh, that would be really convenient."

"However, we need Enel."

"That damn Enel..."

"I hope you don't think too negatively about it. Enel is versatile. You can write useful traits during your mission or use it as currency in the world. Everything is possible, as long as you have enough."

"Ultimately, it's all about Enel, isn't it?"

Enel.

In conclusion, Enel is extremely important.

But as I listened to the explanation, the difficulty seemed to be decreasing.

At first, it seemed too far-fetched with talk of the universe and agents of the gods, but hearing about the various functions made it seem doable.

"I will sincerely assist you, Mr. Suho. I will do everything possible, except for the body mentioned in the contract."

"Oh, I have one request."

"Please tell me."

"The name Enel Corporation is too boring. Is it possible to change the name?"

"Yes, it's possible."

Oh, I didn't expect her to agree so quickly.

She's really impressive. This must be a calculated response.

"Tell me the new name, and we will change it and operate under that name."

"Ah, the new name."

"NTL Corporation. How does that sound?"

"..."

The expressionless Armonia didn't say anything.

Rustle, rustle. (XX: ...Lunatic.)