Novel Bin Chapter 206
In the end, Jiang Xiaoman didn’t give the system a chance to play cool. There was no way for the system to coldly throw out the ‘confirm upgrade’ button and have her obediently do the upgrade.
But it didn’t matter. A system that could be upgraded was a good system.
It managed to obtain the points that were needed for the upgrade relying on its own ingenuity.
Although to get those points, it was forced to sign so many one-sided agreements with the host including, but not limited to: cannot bully children in the future, cannot force her to do the things she didn’t want, cannot deliberately cause destruction… etc.
The system was forced to agree to the terms in tears.
[Ding Dong! Congratulations. The system has been upgraded to a second-stage villain system. Please check the instructions and functions yourself, Host]
The upgrade was finished quickly; it was completed before she went to sleep.
Listening to the voice in her mind, Xiaoman woke up, no longer planning to sleep.
In fact, she was also very curious about what would happen to the system after the upgrade.
Would it be heavier or smarter?
Jiang Xiaoman had always been very caring towards her friends.
Although she was very sleepy, she still reluctantly opened her eyes and opened the system menu to check.
First was the balance.
5000 points were lent to the system, and now there were only 250 points left.
Jiang Xiaoman pursed her lips, feeling a little at a loss. Although she couldn’t spend her points and it didn’t seem to be of much use, when so many points disappeared all at once, she still felt restless.
Oh well, it’s fine. Good friends must help each other. If the system needed help, then she’d just lend the points out first.
Jiang Xiaoman said, "Remember to pay it back."
"...huh?"
" If you repay what you borrowed, then it would not be hard to get another loan in the future."
"But I..."
“You must be moral and just to your friends.”
“!” It thought that it didn’t need to pay the points back! It thought that her conditions it agreed to was the payment! So, it still needed to pay them back?! If it knew, it wouldn’t have agreed!
The system was very regretful and wanted to refuse, but if it did not agree… its host would probably not be obedient to it anymore, right?
"…Ok."
Hehe, it had no points to pay her back anyway, and the host didn\'t specify when to pay it back.
After she finished educating the system, Jiang Xiaoman continued checking the changes in the system.
There were no obvious changes after the upgrade. The system did not become heavier, did not gain a body and could not materialize. The system was still a system.
The only difference was that before the upgrade, trading with the system was only possible through one way.
That was, using the points to exchange for candies from the system.
But now, she could initiate transactions on her own.
On the system panel, there was an additional “Mall” button.
Jiang Xiaoman cried out “wow” and clicked on it. She found rows of objects lying inside, some of which were item cards, while the others were items.
The thing that stood out the most was the line at the top: A Mall Dedicated to Villainesses.
"..." Jiang Xiaoman didn\'t want to read this line.
They clearly agreed that it would abandon evil and do good things, so why did the system always go down the dark path?
The system was also very aggrieved, “Host, don’t hate me. This is the function I was born with, wuu wuu wuu… I was born like this, this is the only thing I can do, I can’t help it, I, I…”
"Okay, okay." Jiang Xiaoman comforted it. "It is not your fault that you have a bad background. I will not despise you, you must not despise yourself."
"…" Ok.
Although it had never looked down on itself, it felt sad every time its host said this.
Was she a legendary brainwasher?
Human children were too powerful!
In order not to make the system sad, Jiang Xiaoman had to continue checking things out.
Some of the item columns were lit up, indicating that they could be traded for, and some were dark, meaning that she needed to continue upgrading to unlock them.
She could not click on the dark columns to view them.
Jiang Xiaoman randomly clicked on a lit-up grid to check the instructions.
Inside was an item card.
【Item price: 10 points.
Item name: School Toilet Assassin1
.Item description: special item card for school villainesses. The target will be locked inside the toilet and unable to get out. Success rate is 100%
PS: After this item is used, there is a high probability of being discovered】
Jiang Xiaoman was silent for a while and realized that she didn\'t quite understand what it was, so she closed it with a click.
She continued to look at the next column of items.
【Item price: 20 points.
Item name: Mama Rong’s2 Acupuncture Technique
Item description: Usable in any scene, causing the heroine pain similar to being stabbed by needles. Recommended to be used during banquets, stages or competitions to cause the heroine embarrassment.
PS: This item will not leave a mark on the □□, but under the heroine’s halo it could still be found out after use]
"..."
Jiang Xiaoman couldn\'t stand it anymore.
She didn’t want to hurt the system’s feelings, but what was with all this mess?
All of these items were very expensive and useless!
Locking people in the toilet… Why would you lock people in the toilet? Besides, school toilets obviously had locks on the inside, how would you lock it from the outside?
As for Mama Rong’s Acupuncture Technique, she knew about it because she had just watched it on TV.
But it was something really vicious and terrible, she wouldn’t do such things to other children!
Jiang Xiaoman soon lost interest in the system mall. She thought that this was not an upgrade, but a downgrade! The system was becoming more depraved, and she had to save it from this path!
Footnote:
1. The terms used here is 杀手锏, translated as Assassin’s Mace but the translation feels a bit weird if I include the full term. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassin\'s_Mace
2. A character from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Fair_Princess drama, an old, evil wet-nurse/attendant working for the cruel empress.