A Significant Mission

When Yusheng hears the voice of the person he will never forget for however long time passes, abruptly, an unimaginable amount of hatred and anger emerges in his heart.

Even after so long, the massive resentment and animosity in him haven't changed a single bit, instead, the dark emotions have only grown, even after his new life.

So when Yusheng finally awakens from the memories of the day he died, from the life he is unable to forget and move on, his grip on the sword tightens and he has an urge to slash all the people around him with it.

"Ah, my dear Host, we have to take care of your violent and murderous urges."

"... What?"

In the grass-plot, where Yusheng has woken up after coming back into the life he desperately wanted to change, he is awakened by the voice of the System that has given him another chance, before his purple eyes narrow, observing everything around him, which seems to be in a paused state.

"Hello, Yusheng~ It's Sun! You didn't forget me right?"

Yusheng looks around for the glowing orb that had already deeply ingrained in his consciousness, but he is not able to see it despite hearing it very clearly.

"Ah, I can't be with you right now and can only speak in your mind."

"Why?"

"I'm actually allowed to have a physical body; I just need to find the perfect person to fit the requirement~ Isn't it awesome? I'll definitely try to find a helpful and valuable person with an influential identity in order to help my Host."

Yusheng's expression remains the same despite hearing what the System was up to. While he casually swings the sword in his hands and suppresses those urges to a managing level, at least, until he doesn't feel like chopping the people around him.

"Is that so? Your name is Sun, right? Do you have any way to deal with these relatively uncontrollable emotions? From what I observed, it is not a simple illness. Do you have any cheats that I can get or a shop where I can buy a cure?"

Having lived in the modern world filled with various novels, Yusheng understands what a System is like. Although the real-life situation might be different from what is happening in the story, there should still be some help he can get from the System because of their partnership.

After all, their bond with each other wasn't just for his sake. The system also needed help to complete whatever mission it had, in order to become a full-time System.

"Nope, I don't have a cheat shop."

Yusheng's eyelid twitches at the System's decisive answer. Unlike other people, he is able to accept the fact that there is no 'System Shop', although he feels that the system is less useful.

After all, being granted a chance to change everything is already a blessing he could ever ask for.

Nonetheless, the System continues to speak, seemingly trying to prove that he is still useful, and, while he is speaking, Yusheng has tilted his head to the left side, one of his hand tracing down the silver mask covering half of the left side of his face, mostly his forehead to left eye, before stopping on the area on the top of his mouth.

"Although I am just an intern and not a complete System, I still have my own specialness. I can give you the ability to perceive the loyalties and faith of people around you. Which I consider as the most useful ability that you would want to have."

"Loyalty?"

"Yes, it's a skill that will help you all along the way. After all, I believe that Host, you are completely different from your old self, since you can't easily trust the people around you anymore, right?"

'It's understandable, after the heartbreaking betrayal of the people you consider as family, the utter disappointment of those people whom you had been protecting, and ending up dying all alone at the end after everything you had done for the sake of others.'

'It's really bizarre if you can easily trust people after everything that has happened.'

Yusheng couldn't help but remain silent while a cold chill flashes in his purple eyes as he glances at the frozen state of people around him.

These are all the people who serve the Su Empire.

Some genuinely want to protect the Empire while some do it for the sake of benefit, power, honor or recognition, and some simply just don't have another choice because of their circumstances.

Nonetheless, as the Imperial Prince of the Su Empire, Yusheng should have some sense of fulfillment watching how their soldiers continue to protect their land, admiration for their braveness and gratitude for their sacrifices.

However, Yusheng has changed; now, only utter disregard is left in him for the people he once vowed to protect.

With a cold ruthlessness etched deep in his heart, he can't help but see everyone around him as possible enemies who will get in the way of what his heart desires.

"I only have two purposes in mind after coming back."

Revenge with the people who made me lose everything I had… As for the other one…

Yusheng couldn't help but close his eyes when his heart shook after remembering the only person who had genuinely and purely loved him until the end.

'Although last time I had no passion for it, this time, Imperial Brother I will volunteer to carry everything on my shoulder.'

"My dear Host, since we are bound, I already understand the important actions you will do after coming back. So, perceiving people's loyalty towards the Su Empire and their faith for you is a valuable help for you."

'Basically, you can quickly take note of the people who can possibly betray you and the Su Empire, or the people who genuinely want to work for the prosperity of the Empire, or the people who have already become a traitor.'

'Of course, there are also people who will remain neutral and will decide which side to take on the basis of circumstances. '

"It's really helpful."

Yusheng nods his head after hearing the usefulness of the ability he is being given and does not hesitate to directly admit his thoughts without much consideration.

"I know, right? Now let me inform you about one of the most important and main missions you can't refuse. Until you kill a certain person, which is also one of the main missions, you have to protect a person named 'Wang Ling'."

"..."

'Isn't he the well known short lived Imperial Prince? And of all the people, you chose an Imperial Prince of another Empire for me to protect? And that too, the Imperial Prince of the country my Su Empire is currently at war with? '

Yusheng's eyebrows wrinkle as he ponders about certain complications and troubles that would happen at the mere thought of protecting a person, especially if the person was a royal member of the Wang Empire, after all, killing was much easier and less troublesome than protecting someone.

'Previously, I failed to protect the only loved one I had, now you are asking me to protect someone unfamiliar? But then, I had managed to protect the family I had in the modern world. So I can be a bit more confident when protecting another person along with the people I already have to.'

"Why should I protect 'Wang Ling'?"

There should be an extremely important reason for that person being selected from the countless people in the entire world. To receive the protection task from a cheat system evidently showed the importance of Wang Ling's existence.

"My Host, let me inform you about the serious consequences of failing to protect 'Wang Ling', please don't easily overlook his safety and well-being. If Wang Ling died, my dear Host, the probability of you killing 'that person' will instantly become negative."

'Negative? You mean there will be no possibility of killing that ambitious and greedy woman?'

Yusheng's purple eyes contract in great alarm while a blue vein bulges in his temples at the mere thought of failing to kill the person who had caused his miserable end and also killed the most important family member in his life.

"My Host, 'that person' is a powerful bug and 'Wang Ling' has the most important cheat or golden finger. Although in this timeline, the bug doesn't yet know where and on which person the golden finger landed on, and as soon as she figures it out, 'Wang Ling' will be targeted by various assassination attempts since she will definitely fail to seduce him in her harem which had also happened in the previous life."

'There are only two ways in which the bug can get back the missing cheat she should have; either Wang Ling should voluntarily surrender the cheat and succumb to her beauty, or she will plainly kill him and then obtain it.'

"Bug? That woman is a bug, hah! So that is why back then, I didn't even have the possibility of fighting back, even though I still had the power to do something! So that is why I learned that despite already being a dying person, Wang Ling was still persecuted to death! So everything that happened was all for that woman's sake!"

After hearing the extremely important information he had never known in the previous life, Yusheng immediately displays a twisted smile full of irony on his face, while unimaginable anger once again emerges in his heart.

'Ah, how utterly unfair life is!'

'It's absolutely merciless!! '

'How heartless it is towards the righteous and kind people!'

Why does Yusheng feel like he is part of a story where he is a character in the process of counterattacking?

'Heh, how ridiculous… Well, I got a cheat system though, even if it's only an intern System, it is still a powerful cheat existence.'

Yusheng quickly takes in a deep breath, releases it, and starts focusing on how to keep 'Wang Ling' alive no matter how he genuinely feels about it. After all, he has to complete his own part of the deal with the System.

Besides, he doesn't have the time to complain and cry for too long about everything that happened to him.

'I need to keep going, no matter what troubles and difficulties I will have to face in the future, I will never stop and turn around.'

"...Sun, should I send someone to secretly capture Wang Ling and let him stay in an extremely safe place in an unknown location?"

System Sun: "..."

"Or should I do some conspiracy and scheme in the dark and let Wang Ling become a Proton?"

At the moment, their two Empires are at war, so, should Yusheng could just use this situation to make the Wan Empire hand over one of the Royal members as a short prisoner in order to stop the fighting?

Although wars were a bit complicated and unusual in this world, unlike the wars Yusheng read in modern world history, because in his world, there is much complexity and hardship when trying to completely conquer another Empire.

However, it also does not change the truth that sometimes, there were still Protons being sent from the weaker or helpless side to the stronger Empire to fully stop the fighting.

'I just need to use the soldiers to shamelessly continue harassing the Wang Empire, so much that they could not do anything but accept my conditions and demands.'

As for the consequences of the continued war, Yusheng is fully prepared to accept the outcomes of his actions and is ready to take the burden of solving the problem.

'It is better than the consequences of completely failing to keep 'Wang Ling' alive.'

"..."

System Sun can only remain silent at the twisted thoughts of his Dear Host, which he is able to read.

'Aside from those uncontrollable urges, my Host is genuinely a blackened Imperial Prince.'

"My Dear Host, please understand. When I said protection, it did not just mean protecting Wang Ling's life, you also need to make sure he is well protected. Means, please take 'great care' of the pitiful and short-lived Imperial Prince. Give him a friendly, comfortable, and warm environment!"

"..."

'So I have to treat Wang Ling like a fragile and delicate person, just like how one ancestor is treated?'