The Start Of An Eternal Death Flag...

On the upper echelons of a gleaming skyscraper perched in the centre of Badger City, overlooking the former great walls that in the past defended the city.

A beautiful woman with an almost perfect figure and appearance was holding her phone after receiving strange news when suddenly she heard something odd.

"Why was he so strange... I don't understand..."

Su Muyue's CEO sanctum emitted wealth and sophisticated allure.

Her expansive office, a symphony of ivory walls and tasteful abstract art, offered breathtaking scenery of the city below. Sunlight filtered through silk curtains, casting a golden hue upon her trembling figure holding her phone as the speaker filled the room with an ungodly serenade.

'Why did he answer the call to make that song... and the toilet? Does that fool not know common courtesy?'

Su Muyue was known for her beautiful and focused face, never losing her cool no matter whether against seasoned professionals in the same business or debates, yet now her face was pale, and sweat oozed from her brow as anger and embarrassment filled her face.

She was seated behind an imposing mahogany desk—usually, Su commanded the room with graceful authority. Yet now, there was a crack in her pristine iceberg exterior as she slammed her hands down with a bang, closing her sleek laptop that smashed into her dark blue desk organiser as they tumbled to the ground, narrowly missing her vase of fresh orchids.

If ordinary, it might show a meticulous blend of contemporary design and timeless elegance, echoing the duality of Su's leadership style—assertive yet refined.

"That... Seth Darkwood!" Her body began to shake with red cheeks as she gripped her phone and flung it at the wall, her assistant and secretary ducking as it exploded from the force, their pretty eyes never seeing Su Muyue this disturbed before.

"It's strange... even when that idiot turned up every single day, she never seemed to care..." Secretary Chen Fei whispered to the assistant and old friend of Su Muyue, Maria Fallows.

"Are you kidding... She never even knew his name before... Now she is suddenly reciting every offensive gesture he's done to a broken phone!"

"Argh! Damn it... I hate him! Never let me see his idiotic face! If he turns up to the company, get the guards to beat him!"

"Haa.... haa...ha... disgusting.... those sounds..." With a huff, Su Muyue's face slowly turned from angered to pristine and calm as she leaned back and seated in an ergonomic leather chair.

As if to calm her racing heart and scrambled thoughts; she started to fiddle with her useless and effortlessly juggled high-end gadgets, orchestrating a symphony of men trying to win her favour.

'I can almost smell the vile scent...!'

'Why does everyone keep talking about this idiot...'

Seth Darkwood was introduced to her years ago at a party then her family started to push for marriage and for the pair to get engaged. Because he was so keen, Su Muyue couldn't stop his annoying presence in her life for so long...

Seth Darkwood, a man stalking her like a dog with his never-ending visits or sudden, coincidental meetings... Suddenly began to push for an ending to their engagement, and to avoid rumours, their family sent a deal for cooperation beneficial for both parties.

"I want to hit him... beat his face... why did he say those words.... unlike his usual vulgar tone... his voice was so..."

Once again, Su Muyue became irate and started banging her desk.

She detested filth and dirt... 

However, with this phone call, she could see another side of him by pure chance... Although infuriating, she couldn't help but feel a sense of amusement at how mismatched his handsome singing voice was to that disgusting sound.

****

Meanwhile, back in Seth's toilet.

"Hello! Long Wang!" Seth Darkwood praised his reflection inside the mirror while having the extractor fans and all windows opened wide.

His eyes were looking at his current figure, identical to the image he always got from Eastern Urban novels where they ate a pill and shed their impurities, of which Seth's would be enough to kill half the current world's population with toxic poisoning.

"Tight abs... a whole eight pack, what the hell... In the past, I went to the gym five times a week and barely had four, and they were uneven! These things... I could cut steel with!"

The System's basic was enough to give him the figure over ninety-nine per cent of men would dream of.

As he began to test his strength and muscles by squatting and performing nude jumping jacks, he couldn't help but feel a strange sense of narcissism, and he only had to feel like his asshole was being burned by liquid magma!

"Damn, I am fine! I have money, a dynamite body, knowledge about the future and weaknesses of the zombies and mutants..."

"Not to mention, I have a system with some role-playing game-like features that let me level up to improve further!"

Seth was enjoying the high of using both medicines to improve his body at once, a boost of positive vitamins and dopamine making him extremely positive. But there were side effects, like getting erections randomly after it ended.

He felt strange but tried to calm down and focus on the future regarding the system and how he would survive in a novel world.

I was doubtful at first, but maybe this isn't so bad... Ignoring that most of the hot women in the world will die in the next five or so days...

[Correction Host... The Bioweapon is already spreading slowly in the northern suburbs. Five days ago, a strike team had already faced the monsters, and a week before that, a train was subject to an outbreak... The end of this city is already ongoing.]

"Why does nobody know!?"

[The company behind the accidents is a behemoth and can easily hide the events in such a small city in the south of a great nation which cares more for oil and money than its people.]

"...."

Seth Darkwood was not a fighter; he was more of an eccentric woman-eating book lover in his past life. He wasn't afraid or a coward, but right now, his heart was racing with a sense of confusion, anxiety and crisis, trying to come up with a plan forward. 

I cannot always joke around—there has to be a plan, and I can enjoy my life within that plan. This world isn't a place where the careless will survive.

Seth Darkwood... We have a death flag hoisted above our heads. Let's focus and aim to improve so we can crush those flags!

"First, I should meet with that cheeky childhood friend, then... the system mentioned I could improve by slaying monsters..."

"Since I have five days, let's skip the dinner with Su Muyue. I am sure she doesn't wish to see me anyway, and the documents for her compensation for my stalking have been sent. My Mother emailed me."

His eyes narrowed—the changes in his handsome appearance seemed to have doubled due to his charm being increased by ten points while his muscular body, replacing the weedy and fleshy former, made him look like those K-hunks in female-aimed novels.

'Oi, System, I want to activate the Villains Party module in advance.' 

He had seen this at the first moment when the system's information entered his mind: there was a shop, trade, skill and party function... But he wasn't completely sure what this meant for him and his party members, so he asked for information.

[Confirmed!]

[Party Module Activated!]

[Slots 1-4 will be permanent and cannot be changed.]

[Slots from 5-10 are not official party members and can be considered spots for friends or temporary allies, and several functions will be locked.]

[Elena Primrose Added to Party Slot 1]

[Su Muyue Added to Party Slot 2]

"Hahaha... System, I think you made a mistake. Remove Su Muyue. I have no intention of getting involved with that woman!"

[Deleting....]

[Error... Slots 1 - 4 Cannot be deleted!]

"..."

Once again, Seth felt like this System must be someone trying to make his life hell for the sake of it... Binding him to Su Muyue was irritating, but her future evolutions might be worth keeping her close as a friend or saving her from the plot.

Knock Knock!

The door sounded, and while he was occupied thinking about the future, he didn't realise he was still naked, rushing to the door as if on autopilot as he reached for the door.