Leap Forward Comics: Watch How I Become a Villainess

Chapter 59 Major Mistake

Lu He could hear the chatter outside, and it seemed that they wanted to use her as a sacrifice to replace their daughter in order to supply some local bully.

This is incredible!

She anxiously awaited the system's mission notification. Was this mission going to involve finding a way to fight against the male and female leads in the imperial court? This was practically a hellish start!

However, the system's task notification was delayed.

"Hey! System! Are you there? What's going on!" Lu He suddenly felt a sense of panic, like a small boat that had lost its helmsman and didn't know how to navigate.

After a long silence, the system finally stammered, "I'm sorry... I made a mistake."

A bad feeling welled up inside me: "What does that mean?"

"This is a supporting character's body, not the villain's... uh... there was a slight operational malfunction just now..."

"What? This kind of thing can make mistakes? What am I supposed to do now?" Lu He was so anxious that she stomped her feet.

"The villain is the eldest princess who wants to seize power... This Nie Qing is a villainous supporting character..." The system apologized frantically: "Well, here's what I'll do. I'll give you an extra points mission. As long as you can survive for five days, I can fix the previous bug and let you return to the correct character."

"What does 'survive for five days' mean? Does this character die soon?" Lu He clenched his hands, his palms sweating slightly.

"Well, yes, it is a bit troublesome. Originally, I was just supposed to be chosen by the magistrate's son tomorrow and then marry him."

This county magistrate was very greedy. Later, he spent a lot of money to buy an official position for his son, and Nie Qing naturally followed that guy to another place..."

"No! What do you mean? You mean I have to marry that thug?" This minor character's path to hardship is probably not easy. From what I've heard so far, it seems she has to survive by flattering that man.

"Hmm...it's not just about marrying him, you also have to...it's about...the wedding night...basically, this isn't your body...you're treating it as some kind of tool to achieve your goals..."

"Bullshit! What nonsense are you spouting! You better figure out a solution by now, or I'll just commit suicide and admit defeat!" Lu He was furious when he heard the system say that.

She even considered giving up and restarting, since the time traveler had told her that failure only resulted in a deduction of points, not death.

"This... I'm afraid that won't work. You can't die under this identity now..."

"What? Not enough points to deduct? Or can't this identity use points?"

"No..." It felt like the system was about to make the CPU smoke. (￣ェ￣;) "Because I'm programmed to only tell the truth, everything I'm about to say is true. You have to live with this identity until I fix the mistake. That's the safest solution."

Because your current identity is incorrect, I'm not sure if the main system can track you down if you die directly. If the tracking fails, then you are truly dead.

If the tracking is successful, you can restart the game with only a three-point penalty, but you will still be detected as having an incorrect identity.

This means my mistakes will be discovered, and I'm very likely to be destroyed as a defective machine, so I beg you, please, live on using this identity first.

I will help you as much as I can within my control. Also, I can now be honest with you about giving you more tasks, as I mentioned earlier.

Your survival isn't a mission, it's a way for the two of us to save ourselves. Within my control, I can give you points for free!

The system laid everything out, and Lu He finally understood. It turned out that this intelligent system was afraid of dying.

I said a lot, but it was all to beg her to agree.

Since that's the case, why not just blackmail it? "Give me 100 points right now so I can exchange them for some things to help me escape!"

"You're really asking for the moon. This won't do. A 100-point operation is too easy to be found out as a violation. Small amounts are fine, but large amounts like this are not acceptable. If I'm caught, I'll still be in deep trouble."

Seeing that it refused so decisively, Lu He knew that this plan was unlikely to work.

Then her eyes lit up: "How about this! Can you give me some items for free with your manipulation skills? Like, the kind where you pretend I redeem them, but actually I get them for free!"

"...This...is possible..." The system thought for a moment: "Hmm, as expected, you humans are very good at exploiting bugs. This is perfectly feasible. I don't need to modify your points, but I can control the redemption content because the main system won't check this! Lu He, you are really smart."

With the negotiations seemingly successful, it meant she could freely use the items on the exchange list for the next few days.

The thought is kind of satisfying: "Alright, I'll try my best to live until you're fully repaired. Give me the exchange list; I need to exchange some things now!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the exchange list appeared before his eyes. Lu He quickly browsed through the contents, looking for anything useful.

Hmm... I definitely need to exchange for gold, silver, and valuables; without money, I can't get anywhere.

She inquired with the system and then exchanged for a jade pendant worth over forty points. It was a money pendant belonging to a prince in this world, which allowed her to withdraw silver freely from any money shop. She had to keep this safe.

Then I redeemed a flashlight that could flash at high frequency. Although it didn't belong to this world, it could still be used after I installed the batteries.

She also exchanged for a tape recorder, a highlighter, and a glow-in-the-dark pen. She had already roughly figured out how to play tricks to escape the wedding night tomorrow.

These lists don't contain any weapons or military equipment like firearms and ammunition.

There were only everyday items like sticks.

This was the first time Lu He felt that if there was an AK available for exchange on this list, wouldn't he be able to roam freely in ancient times?

She even suggested to the system that it could offer some superpower exchanges, like Superman, who can fly and dive into the earth.

The system was completely speechless... It told her to stop thinking about useless things; there was no such exaggerated cheat.