Chapter 3: Killing and Heartbreaking

"A hated character setting?"

She lightly twisted her soft hair with her fingertips and showed interest in Hiro's suggestion.

"If you play a hated character, then not many players will choose your route, and you can slack off, right?"

Hiro's suggestion indeed hit the nail on the head for the fox lady. She did have the idea of slacking off.

"What kind of hated character setting specifically?"

Unfortunately, this fox lady had never played any otome games, let alone any love simulation games.

Before Hiro came to give her advice, she planned to be a transparent person who did nothing.

But this kind of transparent person would instead arouse the curiosity of the players.

If she were really treated as a hidden character by the players, she would have to entertain more player guests in the future.

"Well, to put it bluntly, it's about being toxic to the players, right? The primary toxic point in a pure love game must be NTR, right?"

Hiro generously taught this fox lady how to play a hated character.

"NTR? Are you referring to bed-stealing scenes? That indeed has a point..."

Although the fox lady didn't understand love games, she had seen some waves on the internet, so she knew this much.

"But this is for male players. There might be quite a few female players who like this kind of thing?"

Hiro felt that female players had a higher acceptance level for this kind of plot, but of course, this was just his feeling.

Although most players, upon discovering that a pure love game actually had NTR plots, would exclaim "Holy shit! This is awesome!" and quickly share this information in various groups to warn their good brothers.

But some female players seemed to like this kind of... "deep love in abuse"?

"So do you have any specific suggestions?"

The fox lady hugged her arms and lightly tapped her fingers as she looked at Hiro and asked. Hiro looked like an expert in this area.

"The simplest method I can think of is to do some despicable things. Here, despicable is related to being lewd."

Hiro gave a lot of more direct suggestions.

"Like peeping at the female protagonist while she's bathing, confidently hitting on the heroine and then making lewd and despicable expressions during the process, or even trying to force the heroine at the beginning..."

Hiro listed many examples that would make players hate the character.

These examples made the character feel more like a villain who would be defeated by the male protagonist in an otome game rather than the male lead.

Listening to these despicable suggestions, not only the players who would come, but even the fox lady herself had her shoulders trembling slightly. Her expression under the mask was probably extremely distorted.

"No... I absolutely cannot do such despicable things! Even if it's just acting, it's too disgusting!"

This fox lady was still very proud.

In reality, she would let her bodyguards destroy anyone who dared to approach her like this.

Let alone playing such a role now! She felt nauseous just thinking about it.

"Then you can try the domineering CEO route, but only 'domineering' and not 'CEO'."

Hiro had anticipated the fox lady's reaction and gave her another route that would make players hate her.

"Tell me more?"

This fox lady already felt that Hiro seemed to know something about this.

"It's very simple. You just need to bully the female protagonist played by the player to death, and during the bullying process, you must not give the player's character any benefits at all!"

"This is the most critical part. Otherwise, if you give the player even a little bit of benefit, some players will definitely have the incurable thought of 'He still has me in his heart!'"

Hiro said seriously.

"Then what kind of bullying methods specifically?"

The fox lady also understood the players' thoughts. Everyone had a little bit of masochism in their hearts.

Those who became bright after being given some sweet talk, she had seen many incurable pursuers like that.

To make the other party give up, one must bully from beginning to end and not give any benefits at all!

"First of all, there must always be 'female NPCs' accompanying the character you play, and this female NPC must not be fixed! Otherwise, it will give players the wrong impression that your character is very infatuated."

"So, you must constantly change your female companions, and it's best to have a different one each time you meet the player."

"Then, when the player tries to capture your heart, you only need to focus your attention on those female companions and show an attitude that you don't even want to talk to the player."

After Hiro finished explaining this initial character setting, the fox lady put herself in the player's perspective, and the amplitude of her finger tapping on her arm became much larger.

"Now that you mention it, this kind of character really makes me angry! Having so many different female companions around all the time, but just ignoring me... Hmph, if it were me, I would never want to see this jerk for the rest of my life."

The fox lady suddenly changed her tone and said, "But what if there are players who persist and cling to me?"

After all, for players, this is just a game, not reality...

In reality, pursuing someone you like requires a lot of energy.

In the game, all you need is to click the mouse and tap the keyboard, and you can even skip time. Players have plenty of time to spend with the character they want to capture.

So, the fox lady needed a way to make certain persistent players completely give up.

"If there really is such a player... then you can only completely crush her heart, that is, to heartbreak... I'll give you a simple example."

"For example, you host a ball and invite all the important people in the school to attend, but..."

"You didn't invite the player's character?" The fox lady interrupted, isn't this just school bullying? She had seen a lot of it!

"NONO, heartbreak, heartbreak, if you don't invite the player's character, how can you break the player's heart?" Hiro continued to smile and say.

"Then, you reject the player who came to the party at the door! Whether it's a soldier or a guard, in short, stop the player who came with joy and block her at the door!"

"Let the player who still has a little illusion of 'He finally wants to see me!' be like a dog standing outside the ballroom, watching the lively scene inside."

"At that time, it would be best if you gave the player a look of disgust from the balcony."