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Chapter 1 The Hardest Target

Only now did I understand why Arthur, with his polished gentleman charm, Julian, the untamed campus king, and now William, the younger guy from today, had all mysteriously fallen for Lucinda after dating me.The floating comments kept scrolling, packed with praise for Lucinda and venom aimed at me."Shannon, the evil supporting character, is still trying to fight back. She has no idea she's just a tool.""Exactly. The harder she works to turn on the charm, the higher the male leads' affection for Lucinda goes. This is killing me."I took a deep breath, forcing down the shock and fury rising in my chest.If that was how it worked, then I wanted to see whether this so-called system was really flawless.I refused to believe I was less attractive than Lucinda. No stupid system was going to beat genuine love.Lucinda pulled out that dating prospect book again, putting on her usual comforting act. "Shannon, that underclassman was immature. He falls for every pretty face he sees. As lo

Chapter 2 The System's Rules

I held up the key in my hand, my voice shaking. "Professor Hayes, didn't you give me this key last night and ask me to come over so we could discuss the data?"Ryder frowned, his eyes filled with undisguised disgust. "When did I ever give you a key? Shannon, did you actually have a copy of my apartment key made just to get close to me? Have you no shame?"Lucinda shrank into the couch and tugged at the hem of the oversized shirt, looking frightened and vulnerable. "Ryder, don't blame Shannon. Maybe she just likes you too much and did something impulsive."Ryder walked over and handed Lucinda the hot milk, his voice so gentle that it was almost sickening. "Lucinda, you're too kind. That's why manipulative women like her take advantage of you."Then, he turned to me and pointed at the door. "Get out, and don't you ever set foot in here again."The floating comments flooded my vision once more."Hahaha, this is killing me. The evil supporting villainess really thought she could sedu

Chapter 3 Going Off the Rails

If I got up early every day to study and kept my spot at the top of the class, the male leads would think that Lucinda was the academic genius.If I worked part-time every day and maintained that poor-but-resilient innocent-girl image, the male leads would see Lucinda as some sweet, lovable angel.If I ate neatly, moved with grace, and acted like the picture of refinement, they would call Lucinda's crudeness refreshingly authentic.Everything I worked for, every good quality I built in myself, was all for naught because the system sucked it all away from me like a vacuum before turning it into Lucinda's halo.So, that was the ploy all along. Lucinda was never my competition. No, the real enemy was the system that was leeching off me to feed into her harem fantasy. I would be feeding the system as long as I kept being perfect. It would leech off me as long as men fell for me. Then, she would stay the untouchable campus darling everyone loved to please, while I would stay the vil

Chapter 4 Cracks in the Halo

"Lucinda! You're a student. How could you show up to class looking like that, and then try to pin the blame on Shannon?""Warning! Professor Hayes' affection filter toward the host is showing cracks! Charm conversion efficiency reduced by 30 percent!""Oh, my God! Shannon's the one embarrassing herself, so why is the female lead taking all the damage? Professor Hayes, stop this! Don't scold the heroine for this!""Lucinda's image is completely ruined in Professor Hayes' eyes. I'm devastated!"Lucinda was struck speechless. Her lips parted, but no words came out.That face the filter had once polished into delicate beauty now looked almost ridiculous, her real acne scarring and panicked expression impossible to hide."I-I didn't..." she stammered weakly.Ryder had already lost interest. He picked up his lecture notes and glanced at his watch. "You've deeply disappointed me. The person standing in front of me is nothing like the one I thought I knew. You're to leave and listen t

Chapter 5 Total Social Sabotage

The next day, I headed to the campus library wearing the same greasy hair I hadn't washed in three days. My hair was now slicked into shiny ropes, and I was wearing a T-shirt that read, "We Fix Clogged Drains."This was Arthur's territory.As the literary golden boy of Kingsley University, Arthur loved nothing more than spending entire afternoons in the third-floor classics section. He could usually be found curled up with some crumbling old book, looking like he'd stepped out of an oil painting.What he admired most about me was my supposedly quiet intellectual elegance. I was talking about that cool, bookish aura.Naturally, the system had repackaged all of that and gifted Lucinda the image of an untouchable artistic muse.She could barely fake her way through a basic poem. Yet, Arthur still saw her as some ethereal dream girl.When I found him, he was exactly where I expected. He was seated by the window with afternoon sunlight catching in his hair, looking as though he was in

Chapter 6 Total System Collapse

I ran up to Julian, panting as I pointed at a discarded water bottle a few feet behind him. I even deliberately played up my greed as I asked, "Julian, can I have that bottle? I-I want to collect it and sell it for cash."The air froze. Julian and his crew stood there with their mouths hanging wide open.This was the exact kind of version of me he used to be obsessed with.The poor but resilient girl.The girl who worked part-time jobs, handed out flyers, and worked in the campus cafeteria to help pay her way through university.To him, I had been heartbreakingly beautiful. I was akin to a wild rose swaying in the wind, fragile-looking but impossible to crush.But now? Now, I was standing barefoot in front of the entire school, trying to pick up an empty bottle to sell for pocket change.This was no longer resilience. This was just shameless."Fatal Error! The "Poor-but-Plucky Heroine" persona module has detected excessive behavior! The target's acceptance threshold has exceede

Chapter 7 The Masks Come Off

Kingsley University descended into complete chaos over the next few days.Ryder publicly condemned Lucinda for academic misconduct within the department and ordered her to retake three core classes. Arthur froze every bank card and supplementary card he had given her. Then, he sent people to collect every designer bag and piece of jewelry he had ever bought for her. Julian posted a thread under his real name on the school forum, basically exposing the girl he used to love as a complete fraud.He never mentioned Lucinda by name, but after the screenshots of extravagant spending records attached? Everyone knew just who he was referring to.William was the most ruthless of all. He used his authority as student council president and uncovered multiple falsifications in Lucinda's scholarship and academic award applications. He then reported them to the university's student conduct office.Lucinda's fall from grace was spectacular.Every honor she'd received was revoked, and she w

Chapter 8 No More Mascots

Lucinda's face went stark white.I stepped closer and leaned in, speaking in a voice only she could hear."Perhaps it is true that they fell in love with the mask I wore. Yet, you can't deny that the mask was still Shanon, was still me. I'm a person with substance, talent, and something worth valuing. "As for you? Well, there's nothing behind that mask once it's been ripped away. No, my mistake. What's left is a crude, lazy, and shallow woman. We were never the same."Then, I turned and walked away, leaving her frozen in place."Holy crap... Shannon just made me reconsider.""That was a revelation. She's right. Even pretending takes actual substance.""So, those men never loved any of them. They loved the fantasy of a perfect woman who fulfilled every projection they had. It didn't really matter whether it was Shannon or Lucinda.""I get it now. Completely. Why are women out here performing for men at all? Why are we not working to better ourselves just for our sakes?"The ti

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