NOVEL WEB PROLOGUE: REBORN AS THE VILLAINOUS ORIGINAL PROTAGONIST!
PROLOGUE: REBORN AS THE VILLAINOUS ORIGINAL PROTAGONIST!
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I'm not the smartest guy to ever exist.
Unfortunately for me, even if the apocalypse were to kick off, and the human race were to be eradicated leaving only but two people left on this earth, I still wouldn't make it into the top ten list of the brightest minds on the planet.
I know, I know, it's a huge shock to everyone.
I bet some of you guys are crying tears of blood at the news of this tragedy, aren't you?
But hey, them's the facts, and ya' can't do nothin' about it.
However, even if I don't know much, there is ONE thing that I definitely know for certain.
I LOVE reading books.
I LOVE touching books.
I LOVE smelling books.
Ah, that classic book smell of musty old wood.
Orgasmic, ain't it?
It's a nostalgic scent.
You see, unless the books in question are absolutely repulsive to read, then pretty much any book in any genre is a green light for me.
Not to mention, when you're a broke peasant like myself, then practically any hobby that doesn't drain your bank account to partake in is pretty much a guaranteed great time.
A Library Membership Card?
Literally costs next to nothing where I live, and it's not even in the suburbs.
And all of those books once I signed up?
They were MINE baby, all mine!
Mwahahahahahahahahahahahaha--!
Ahem.
Anyways, a friend of mine a couple of years ago introduced me to the world of Web Novels.
And well, it was crazy.
Chapters on chapters of some of the craziest shit imaginable, things that definitely wouldn't get published, independent or not.
(Not that publishing is a proper hallmark of quality, mind you, but still...)
And as the years went by, I started to learn the tropes, the cliches, the good, the bad, the average, and the god-forsaken-fugly.
Well... It didn't dull my taste for the classic hardcover books one bit, sorry, but you just can't beat the good ol' book smell.
But it sure introduced bite-sized reading into my life, like for example, the Web Novel I've been reading somewhat recently on my way to and back from work.
From my reading experience, I could tell that It was mostly the usual cookie-cutter Machine Translated (MTL) Urban Novel that you would read online with all the classic tropes;
-The Main Character is transmigrated, and wakes up as some Young Master fodder villain that's pining over a girl that doesn't like him whatsoever.
-He awakens a super-cool system that gives him rewards every time he writes his thoughts in some 'diary' of sorts, which magically appears next to the heroines, showing them all his 'inner voice' and true thoughts.
-He meets the 'Original Protagonist' of the novel (or at least one of the combined novels), but he's actually a super-duper douchebag asshat and the Transmigrated Young Master is much more gentlemanly, innocent, and all-around better as a man.
-The heroines eventually become attracted to him since despite being a supposed 'Villain', he's more passive, pure, virginal, innocent, herbivorous, and heroic than the actual 'Original Protagonist'.
-And then faceslaps ensue. On a galactic scale.
-Rinse and repeat.
Honestly, it was fun for a while, especially since there were thousands of chapters available, and I didn't need to empty my already dry wallet because some translator decided that the only way I could read on their site was by either selling an arm or a leg, or by selling ass on the street corners at night in order to afford to purchase a single chapter of a mediocre web novel.
I'm not a particularly healthy, nor beautiful person, so... Making money that way would be an uphill battle, I guess.
You see, it was a popcorn sorta read, nothing Shakespeare-like, and definitely was no William Blake either, but I liked it for what it was.
A serviceable at best reading experience, even if the translator made the odd decision of changing character names and the literal title of the novel to something that didn't seem to make a lick of sense.
Its name was something along the lines of;
'Reborn as the Villainous Young Master in a combined world of different Urban Novels who used to be a simpering licking dog with a one-sided crush that was despised by the heroines before his untimely death at the hands of the hero. But in this life, I have a Diary Complaint System that makes me stronger as I think of my complaints about the plot, and I also have a Laying Flat System that makes me stronger and receive more rewards by doing nothing while all my enemies work hard, but for some reason the heroines still chase after me!'
Haa...Haa... Give me a break, will ya? I'm not done.
'---And when the protagonists saw this, they got upset and became my enemies! But I don't want any enemies so I unexpectedly I defeat them easily, but how did I get this strong, it's kind scary! Will I be okay? will I survive? A story about a young master fighting against divine powers begins as he receives divine powers to fight against the divine powers so I can live a nice, quiet, low-key life!'
So basically, the entire name of the novel is;
'Reborn as the Villainous Young Master in a combined world of different Urban Novels who used to be a simpering licking dog with a one-sided crush that was despised by the heroines before his untimely death at the hands of the hero. But in this life, I have a Diary Complaint System that makes me stronger as I think of my complaints about the plot, and I also have a Laying Flat System that makes me stronger and receive more rewards by doing nothing while all my enemies work hard, but for some reason the heroines still chase after me! And when the protagonists saw this, they got upset and became my enemies! But I don't want any enemies so I unexpectedly defeated them easily, but how did I get this strong, it's kind of scary! Will I be okay? will I survive? A story about a young master fighting against divine powers begins as he receives divine powers to fight against the divine powers so I can live a nice, quiet, low-key life!'
A bit wordy, but I think it got the point across.
But when that went on hiatus, I needed something else to read, and eventually, I slipped down the rabbit hole of Fanfiction.
I won't go into detail about that now, as we'd be here forever and ever, but after a brief search in that world, I found the Original Story sometime later.
It was rated pretty decently by those who read it, so naturally, I wanted to read it too!
The name of the story was way simpler than the translated story though, going by something along the lines of;
'Villain: Transmigrated Young Master's Complaint Dairy Makes The Heroines' Character Crumble!'
As usual, the Main Character of this story was as passive and herbivorous as a man could be, but I'd already passed the point of no return when it came to looking for stories to read, so it was something I did my best to ignore.
I mean, hey, don't you know the famous quote; 'Don't expect perfection in a bag of store-bought popcorn', right?
Too bad I never got to read it, though...
It probably might've been a really decent read...
Oh, am I thinking too much? Sometimes I really can't control myself.
Oh, man. Another long-winded monologue, huh? I tend to do that a lot when I'm on my own.
Anyway, I think I should introduce myself.
To who? Who knows.
Hello. My name is [D@#$%! M&#%^$*]!
Hmnn? That didn't quite come out that good.
Let me do it again.
Yo, wassup my homies, It's [D@#$%! M&#%^$*] in the building!
Haa... Whatever. Moving on.
You might not know who I am, but that's fine, since I'm dead and all, and have been dead for a long while.
Ever since that 14-wheeler truck fucked me over and flattened me 14 days till a Sunday 2 weeks later, that is.
But that was in the past, as I'm actually not dead anymore! I'm alive! And I woke up in some loser's body to boot!
And who did I get transmigrated as? Well, it's not the 'Villain', per se... But rather a 'Protagonist' of an Urban Novel whose fate was to go against the true 'Main Character' and get absolutely stomped to death.
Cool, right?
And right now, I'm on a first-class plane ride to Paradise City, the city of opportunities.
Unfortunately for Diablo Malvados' (Yes, I know what those words mean), life was anything BUT fortunate and filled with opportunities for him.
Because he was a shy, timid, tree-loving kid who wouldn't hurt a fly, it would somehow earn him the ire of many, many bullies who would try to make his life much harder than it needed to be.
And by the time Long Aotian-
My bad, I didn't mean to use his original name, just the one the translator uses.
As I was saying:
By the time Diablo Malvados grew a pair of balls to start fighting back, it only would get worse.
Despite fighting back in self-defense as he was the one being bullied ruthlessly because his rich kid assailants came from much more 'Privileged Backgrounds', in the eyes of those with connections, he was the one and only aggressor.
But even after all of that mess, his family gets separated as people claiming to be his mother's 'true family' from the higher realm that the one he lived in came to bring her back to wherever the hell they lived.
And as a quarrel commenced, from the point of view of Diablo who had lost consciousness halfway, he would wake up to see only bloodstains, realizing that his Mother, his Father, and his Non-Blood-Related-Sister... Ahem, sister were gone...
And according to investigations... His entire family was presumed dead.
After that, it was your usual novel fare;
-He left overseas after graduation to attend a foreign college.
-He gets caught up in civil warfare and gets kidnapped by a Mercenary Group.
-He gets forced to learn weaponry and martial arts and becomes incredibly strong over the years, gaining a fierce reputation as the 'Mercenary King'.
-And now, he returns to Paradise City, to unveil the clues about his past.
Naturally (I just love that word), once he returns to Paradise City and gets entangled with the 'True Protagonist' none of this would truly matter in the end.
With no 'Golden Fingers/ Cheats/ Systems/ Jade Beauties/ Hot Babes/ Fortuitous Encounters', or pretty much none of anything that might be of use to him at all, Diablo would face crushing defeat again and again until his untimely death, not by his own doing (mostly), but by a passive young master protagonist that couldn't be a 'Villain' if he tried and whatever or whoever else that decided to play a sick cruel joke on the already comedic life of the original body.
But that's for another story, 'cause I have no intentions of getting screwed over.
And it's not like I'm trying to be elusive, cold, and mysterious either.
If the heroines don't like me, then so fucking what?
As long as they don't conspire to put me six feet deep in a casket, then they can go frolicking themselves for all I care.
The most likely scenario based on the plot is that whoever this Young Master is, they're waiting until I get off of this plane, and end up working for the first female lead/ heroine as some security guard or a fake boyfriend just like in canon before they decide to strike.
Then in that case, in order to survive shouldn't I deal with that plot point first?
It's not like the heroines' are gonna follow the plot if they found out about it anyway...
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Hmnn? Looks like the plane is landing.
-Ding!-
"Thank you for flying Alpha Soul Airlines, we hope you enjoy your flight~"
Calm and collected. The pilot's got a real nice smooth voice, alright.
Alpha Soul, huh? It's this world's counterpart of two infamous airlines from my old life on Earth.
I did enjoy my flight, but then again it was probably because in this world this airline was a top-of-the-line experience.
Soon enough, the plane landed and came to a full stop.
Ah, it's over. Honestly, I couldn't help but sigh regretfully.
It really was a shame, I quite enjoyed the first-class bed and the complementary flight attendant to warm it.
She had a cute smile, and an even cuter ass.
Apparently so did I, according to her, which is how I've ended up from simple mindless flirting to being in this situation to begin with.
But enough about that, it's time to deal with the rest of my life in Paradise City, dealing with Villains, Young Masters, and other Protagonists.
-Going against the true Young Master Main Character and the Heroines? Heh. I will if I have to.
With the training I've received overseas especially in the field of Seduction and Psychology, seducing them on my side would be a no-brainer, even if they were already on the Young Master's side.
After all, they were both beautiful and talented, and even if the young master was the kind of man that was too scared to make a move on a woman, there was no way that he would also be like that in this life too.
-Right?
But if it's stealing heroines, then I'll pass.
Not because I give a damn about the relationships of those against me, but because of a simple reason;
Pride.
The idea of stealing someone away that loved an entirely different person might be a show of power, but for a greedy fucker like me, It's not enough.
I want it all.
Heart, and Body.
Body, and Heart.
Otherwise, the only thing that'll be on my mind, is the fact that if you'd betray someone you loved with all your heart for some Hot Sex and Power, then what's stopping you from doing this to me once you've met someone potentially stronger than me?
Do you catch what I'm throwing? No, my aim sucks? Okay, fine then.
Maybe it is kinda pathetic, controlling, and delusional. Yeah, I won't deny it.
But do I care or plan to change my way of thinking as of late? Absolutely not.
As they say; 'I like what I like, how I like it, and the way I like it.
So with that being said, what am I gonna do after I touch down in Paradise City?
Well, it's a draw between two choices;
A, I can go and get a job somewhere and just wait until I cross paths with the True Protagonist.
B, I could start a business and work my way up till I'm untouchable.
Either way, I'm ready for a fight.
Things have already gone 'wrong' by the very fact that I got Iseakai'd to begin with, so if anything that can go wrong will go wrong when you least expect it, you might as well be prepared to handle it anyway.
And that's what I'm gonna do.
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PROLOGUE: REBORN AS THE VILLAINOUS ORIGINAL PROTAGONIST! (END)
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