Chapter 2
Chapter 2
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Translator: uly
Chapter: 2
Chapter Title: How to Steal the Protagonist's Woman
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Enel Corporation, a cosmic private enterprise.
They specialized in scouting protagonists scattered across the universe and selling that intel to the agents of the gods.
Protagonists were beings who emitted vast quantities of Enel—the gods' resource—in high purity, and they even influenced ordinary people around them.
The agents of the gods had always worked to draw these protagonists to their side, motivated by Enel.
These agents were divided into two factions.
The good-aligned Holy Order and the evil-aligned Zodiac.
But at some point, the balance between the Holy Order and Zodiac shattered. The Holy Order's overwhelming system left Zodiac unable to recruit talent, let alone sustain itself.
The problem was that Enel Corporation's primary revenue stream had been the conflict between the two factions.
A declining Enel Corporation uncovered something intriguing during their investigations.
Among protagonists, Zodiac had an advantage with those from the Holy Order: they despaired when they couldn't attract romantic interest.
Especially when their lovers were stolen—the despair turned them from protagonists into pathetic extra-level losers.
The CEO of the slowly crumbling Enel Corporation made a final gamble.
She offered all their remaining Enel to the gods to recruit the talent she desired.
Number of women dated: 7,568.
Number of women slept with without affection: 25,748.
No matter the humiliations endured, every woman fell for this man.
"You alone are our hope!"
The CEO of Enel Corporation explained everything to the summoned man and bowed her head in plea.
The man wore a troubled expression.
"Well... It's true I've been with that many women, but... it's kinda different..."
"...How is it different?"
I smiled and said,
"The ones I slept with were all 2D characters in a computer game..."
Can't wrap your head around why I'm in this situation?
Let's rewind 10 minutes.
-10 Minutes Ago-
A man was furiously jerking off to a video sent to his phone.
From the phone came the voices of a man and woman.
"Hey! Who are you? Say it properly to the camera!" "Ahhng... I am... haaang, Geumtae-nim's... hiiik,
exclusive, ona, haeuuk, hole!"
The content was a video of a woman getting pounded from behind.
"Haa, kuuh. Fuck, she's tight. Now, give your boyfriend a review." "Ahng, ahng. It's the best! Haeut! The one
who took my virginity, huuut! Cock! The best! Haeuut!" "Kuhk, gonna cum!" "Hieeuk!"
The woman's head drooped, her body convulsed a few times, and then she collapsed forward.
Leaving the passed-out woman, a sleazy-looking guy held the camera, grinning ear to ear.
With that, the video ended.
"Haa... haa... Seonghui... I love you..."
The man, looking like a total wreck, shot his load onto the already grimy phone screen, turning it gray.
-Fin-
"Kekeke, what a pathetic loser. Gets funnier every time I watch."
I sneered at the man jerking off on screen.
For the record, that pitiful guy isn't me.
My name is Seong Suho.
I'm the player who just cleared this game.
That gray screen? Not reality.
A game.
An erotic one, at that.
Eroge, for short.
From the perspective, it looks like a game where the male lead watches his girlfriend get railed by another guy and jerks off like a psycho.
But it's totally different.
That's just the final scene. The whole story is about this guy Yang Geumtae corrupting and stealing the hot girlfriend of a successful guy through training.
The wreck jerking off in the gray screen? He used to be a popular guy at a big corporation.
Senior ladies, juniors, interns—all women around him clung to him, trying to seduce him.
Anyone would peg him as the protagonist.
The game starts with him beginning to date his most appealing colleague.
Enter Yang Geumtae.
Yang Geumtae methodically steals the popular guy's women, starting with interns, then juniors, seniors, and finally his colleague.
Then he sends the popular guy all the videos of the women he's claimed, shattering his mind into Korean-fine-dust levels.
A classic NTR game.
The clichéd trope I'd seen a million times.
And yet!
"9.1 points! Clichés are just right."
Story feels like I've seen it before, training scenes too, the pathetic netorare victim—same old.
And the 'real' protagonist in the game, Yang Geumtae—same vibe.
"Hahaha. Never gets old. Ending with him that broken is peak. Devs knew what they were doing."
Another eroge cleared.
I bought 37 eroge this week.
20 left.
But a 9.1? Rare.
"Not a game to pass up. Even great ones get one play... No more Seonghui for me."
Unless it's a 10/10, no replays in my book.
Will I ever meet a 10/10 heroine?
But now's focus time.
Time to possess Yang Geumtae.
For my sacred daily ritual, I dropped my pants.
"Alright, here we go... Huh? Wha-what?!"
Suddenly, colorful tteokbokki filled my vision, waving like dancing balloons.
Looks tasty. Grandpa taste buds here—I love tteokbokki.
No, wait. I was being pulled somewhere.
My room vanished, replaced by rapidly multiplying tteokbokki.
"Wait, am I getting sucked into a game!?"
Excitement bubbled up.
'Isekai Brown-Haired Hometown Girl'? Or 'Into the Plagiarism'? Ah, 'Fuck the Regressor in the Game' was a masterpiece too.
But that hype faded quick.
"Aw, fuck. Please not into that pathetic loser from earlier. That'd be suicide tier."
And I arrived...
"You alone are our hope!"
A stunning babe stared at my massive cock and shouted 'hope!'
-Back to Present-
Silver-haired beauty.
For me to call a real woman a 'beauty' in my life? Huge deal.
I've never used that word for a real girl.
She's that gorgeous.
About 160cm, in a sleek suit.
C-cup tits, legs stretched sleek and sexy under pants.
I'm not usually into suits, but her killer body and face has converted me.
I'm a suit guy now!
Such a beautiful woman had bowed her head in silence after hearing about my 2D career..
Staring at my dick?
Standing there pantsless and awkward, I mumbled,
"Look, I get everything you said. But my girl experience is 2D only."
"... "
Looking at the silent woman, I thought,
I need pants.
The silver-haired beauty lifted her head, face blank again.
"There must be a reason you were chosen. Please."
"... "
I wanna beg too, for pants.
I closed my eyes, deep in thought.
20 adult games left. That woman is really pretty. I want to wear pants. And so on....
But basically, they want me to play the game in reality?
Real women kinda suck...
Except one.
"Fine, but on one condition."
"Name it. I'll accept as much as possible."
"I want to do it with you."
"Understood."
"... "
Excuse me, isn't that a bit too fast?
I suddenly felt the mood cool down..
But my massive cock didn't lie.
Twitch twitch. (XX: Jackpot!)
Yeah, bro, I get it. Just chill.
Vroom vroom. (XX: Launch! GrenlanX! Your dick is a drill that pierces the universe!)
Shut up, you maniac.
But the blank-faced woman didn't strip, instead, she proposed a deal.
"Earn ten times the Enel we invested in you, and I'll give you everything. Keep the profits steady after, and you can use me as a slave."
"... "
As expected, it's no fun if it's just handed over..
A game where the woman spreads her legs as soon as the game starts?.
A woman who will do anything to protect what is precious to her..
And a woman who eventually offers even that precious thing to me, panting..
"Okay, deal!"
Its a game!
The silver-haired beauty led me to her office and began her overdue self-introduction.
Though I still hadn't gotten pants.
"I'm Armonia, captain of Kivotos here and CEO of Enel Corporation."
"Impressive titles. But no staff the whole way?"
"I'm the only employee."
"... "
This one-person operation was the warp ship Kivotos, Enel Corporation's headquarters.
Enel Corporation used Enel to generate more Enel.
But their main Enel source had issues, leading to years of deficits and near bankruptcy.
"We originally scouted and found protagonists, selling info to the gods' agent groups."
"Protagonists this, protagonists that. How amazing are they to warrant that?"
"It's just what the agents call them. Agents command and 'play' protagonists."
Like Sims?
Armonia said protagonists came in endless varieties.
Some in fantasy worlds with heroes and demon kings.
Some in cyberpunk eras with genius engineers and mad scientists.
Some in modern settings like my world, with genius artists or lunatic terrorists.
"Protagonists are rare—one or two per planet. Think super-talented."
"Ah, legit impressive."
"Protagonists are fixed; the key is who claims them first. First come, first own the planet."
"And extract Enel from planet beings?"
"Exactly. All this is for Enel."
Armonia called Enel 'the gods' currency.'
Not a metaphor.
Literal 'currency the gods use.'
""The agents collect Enel, offer a certain portion to the gods, and manage and supervise this universe."
"Then what about Enel Corporation?"
"Enel Corporation is a private space enterprise authorized by the gods. In exchange for offering a much higher percentage of Enel than the agents, we are granted the freedom to operate independently."
In the end, the core objective was collecting Enel.
"And the way to collect that Enel is to crush the protagonist's mental state?"
"Yes. To let Zodiac protagonists shine on planets, we adopted that approach you mentioned."
"Won't the Holy Order fight back? They're no joke."
"They won't even remember we're here. Or think we're already bust."
"But if caught, hassle."
Honestly worried. They're crazy strong.
Black hole cannon? Sucked into one like trash?
"No need to worry."
"Why?"
"We're neutral. Holy Order or Zodiac—they just trade with us. If Holy Order attacks out of grudge? Gods won't sit idle."
Good, just got to do my job.
Armonia suddenly projected text into the air.
Wow, future tech is awesome.
And my name was there.
"...Right on, status window."
"Yes?"
"Nah, muttering. So this is my character sheet?"
"Yes. Your calm reaction to the sudden summon? Thanks to [Composure]."
Composure is something I never lose in life.
The guy who flexibly finishes even if family bursts in mid-stroke.
But...
"Wait, I'm a sociopath?"
"It's in the traits, so definite."
"... "
Can't deny, but unconvincing.
Me, a sociopath? Guy living for stealing women and breaking minds? No way.
...Right?
"The reason I showed you this is to let you know that once you begin your missions and descend to the surface, you will be able to check the information of other individuals as well."
"Ah, super handy."
"However, Enel is required."
"That damn Enel..."
"I hope you don't think of it too negatively. Enel is omnipotent. You can use it to create useful Traits during a mission, or turn it into currency used in that world. Everything is possible. Provided you have enough."
"In the end, it's all about Enel..."
Intro, development, Enel..
Conclusion: Enel is super important.
As I listened to the explanation, I felt like the difficulty was gradually decreasing.
At first, talking about the universe and divine agents made it feel too distant, but hearing about the various functions made it feel like a manageable difficulty.
"I will do my utmost to assist you, Su-ho-nim. Aside from my body, which is specified in the contract, I will grant you almost anything you desire."
"Ah, then there's one thing I want."
"What is it?"
"The name 'Enel Corporation' is too boring. Is it possible to change the name of this place?"
"Yes, it is possible."
Oh, I didn't expect her to agree so immediately.
Truly amazing. I bet that instant answer came from a thorough calculation, right?
"If you tell me the company name, I will change it and operate under it."
"Ah, the company name is..."
"NTL Corporation. How's that?"
"...."
The expressionless Armonia gave no answer.
Wrinkles. (XX: ...You madman.)