Merchant Crab - Chapter 57: A Bit of a Stretch

Qin Mu had been reborn and awakened a system. When he saw people and things without principles, Qin Mu decided not to ignore them anymore.“DING! Congratulations, Host, for making choice 3. Take the scam call seriously, making the scammer initiate a police report and fall into their own trap, and activating the Seriousness System!”“DING! Congratulations, Host, for obtaining the Advanced Voice Disguise skill!”

The world froze.Literally froze. The chattering students, the falling cherry blossoms outside the window, even the dust motes in the air – all suspended in perfect stillness.“Oh wonderful hero,” a melodious voice echoed through the room. “Your world faces a terrible crisis, and you have been chosen to—”“No,” he said flatly.A pause. Then a shimmer of golden light coalesced into the form of a beautiful woman in flowing robes. She blinked at him. “I... what?”“I said no. I'm not interested in whatever quest or destiny you're selling. Pick someone else.”The goddess's perfect features creased in confusion. “But... but you've been chosen! The prophecy speaks of a warrior with a fierce spirit, one who—”“Lady, I don't care about your prophecy. I've got enough problems here without adding some fantasy world's issues to the mix. Now un-freeze time and leave me alone.”“You don't understand,” she pressed. “Our world is being ravaged by the Demon King's armies! Millions will die without—”

James, a brilliant mechanical engineer and passionate history enthusiast, loses his life in a tragic house fire—only to find himself in a mysterious world as the ruler of an island nation. Armed with his modern knowledge and unwavering ambition, James embarks on a bold mission to industrialize his kingdom and build an empire on which the sun never sets.

[A/N: The MC is obsessive and mentally unstable. This will not be “fixed.” Any growth happens alongside these traits, not in place of them.]Join discord for ai generated characters and scenes.https://discord.gg/7gVKGMNx7***********What is obsession?It begins as fixation, and ends as devotion, madness, or destruction.Obsessive love can be beautiful.It can also turn even the sane into insane. So what happens when a madman becomes obsessed?…………Julius was never normal. Expelled from school, shunned by society, he committed crimes for amusement and avoided the world as fiercely as it avoided him.With time, his mind fractured further, until he encountered her.“Rosalina Valentina.”The villainess of The Severed Threadc novel.Reading about her quieted the chaos inside him. With ecccccvery chapter, his fixation deepened. He wanted her to win, to crush her enemies, to stand above the world, and more than anything, to be happy.But the author denied her that ending.Rosalina Valentina was killed by her own lover.Broken by loss and consumed by rage,Julius was ready to kill the author…..until a message appeared before his eyes.WANT TO CHANGE EVERYTHING? THEN DIE!Without hesitation, he pulled the trigger.Bang.When Julius opened his eyes again, he was no longer a reader.“I transmigrated as the main Villain?”