MTL - Low Key Star - Chapter 2 [002] Suicide by jumping stairs

“Help me, please,” Bella pleaded, grasping his hands.His dark eyes, devoid of warmth, pierced through hers with an unsettling coldness. “Why should I mess with those goons to help you?” he asked callously.“I’ll do anything you say,” she said without thinking, desperate. “Just save me from them.”He demanded something that Bella had never anticipated even in her dreams.A contract marriage!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Bella Dawn was already in distress to pay her step father’s debts. To add her misery, her mother was diagnosed with liver disease and needed immediate transplant.Where would she get that much money?Then, like a cruel twist of fate, she accidentally encountered a handsome man, Theodore Reid, the enigmatic CEO of Ace Group.Rumors said that he was a ruthless businessman with a heart as cold as ice. Yet, to Bella, he was kind, rescuing her from the clutches of those who sought to exploit her.She was grateful to him until he demanded something weird, shattering her pervious assumptions. He wanted to marry her.NoHe wanted a contract marriage.In exchange, he would take care of her mother's treatment and compensate her generously at the end of their arrangement.For Theodore, it was a solution born out of necessity, a means to appease his grandfather's demands for an heir while he searched for the one who had once saved him, his angel.Bella’s appearance reminded him of his savior. So, he offered her a contract marriage. It was a temporary solution to his grandfather’s demand to get an heir until he found his angel.With no other options left, Bella reluctantly agreed to the terms of the contract. But little did she know it would test her resolve and resilience like never before.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“Remember one thing, never fall in love with me,” he said, cold and dangerous.Bella gulped, nervous. “What if I do?” A sliver of defiance, a foolish question escaped her lips. She was already attracted to his handsome appearance.He squeezed her jaw and hissed, “You will regret it.”“What if you started liking me?” she dared to ask.He leaned closer, his breath warm against her ear. “No chance,” he scoffed. “You're not my type.”Bella’s heart sank.

Yan, a laborer, transmigrates into the world of Naruto as a member of the Uchiha clan. However, the timeline is set three years before the Uchiha massacre.Coincidentally, suspicion and distrust towards the Uchiha within the village reach their peak.Power struggles within the clan, surveillance from the higher-ups, and misunderstandings from the villagers—all unfolding as in the original.If Yan doesn't take action, the inevitable outcome will be the entire clan being sent to their graves by the so-called “the filial son” Itachi!Starting with a deathly opening move, it's better to rely on oneself than others!Yan can only begin to self-rescue!Factional conflicts? Cut off the factions!Higher-ups targeting the clan? Replace the higher-ups!You can't save it from inside? Then tear open a hole from the outside!The Uchiha Self-Rescue Guide begins!Rebuild the glory of the Uchiha clan!Remember, my name is Uchiha Yan!

Ally level 8,6,6,6! Enemy level 6,5,4…0?

Alan, a ruthless Archmage who slaughtered an entire Magistracy for revenge, finally meets his end… only to awaken in the body of a broken fifteen-year-old boy dangling from a noose.Now inhabiting the skin of Severus Snape, Alan brings with him memories of blood-soaked battlefields, forbidden runes, and magic so terrifying it makes Avada Kedavra look like a child’s prank.He has no interest in Dumbledore’s war, Voldemort’s ideology, or teenage drama.