Cannon Fodder – Chapter 6 – Die in Front of Her, Let Her Regret It for Life

[Host, since there’s no longer a threat to your life, why maintain the yandere persona? You’re not actually a yandere.]

Seeing Chi Xiaocheng post on social media, the system couldn’t help but voice its confusion.

“This body is a bit unstable and delicate, but I’m indeed not a yandere,” Chi Xiaocheng replied calmly. “However, the original owner provoked most of the male leads. By deepening this impression with Su Tao, I can ensure that no matter who we face, as long as the female lead is present, we won’t be at a disadvantage.”

“Besides, I’ve already left a deep impression on Su Tao. I need a reasonable explanation to justify my actions over the past two years if I want to ‘redeem’ myself.”

“Obsession, breakdown, yandere… these make for a perfect excuse.”

[For self-preservation?]

“Obviously.”

[But since there’s no immediate danger now, why not just drop out of school, leave for another city, or even fly abroad?]

Chi Xiaocheng was stunned by the system’s suggestion.

“System, I always thought you were a bit dumb, but it turns out you’re kind of a genius.”

“Still,” she tapped her chin, “I don’t plan on running away. Maybe I just enjoy chasing thrills a little too much.”

A faint, bewitching smile crept onto her lips, one she didn’t even notice herself.

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In her past life, just before the truck hit her, she had been through a crisis.

Two drug dealers, chased by plainclothes officers, had barged into the café where she was. One held a knife, the other a gun, taking everyone hostage.

The dark muzzle of the gun sent shivers down everyone’s spines.

Yet Chi Xiaocheng felt an inexplicable rush of excitement.

Seizing the moment when the gunman tried to assault a little girl, she sneaked up behind him and tackled him, attempting to wrestle the gun away.

But who knew? The gun was just a replica!

The other dealer, seeing this, lunged at her.

The standoff turned into a brawl. As an untrained college student, how could she possibly take on two criminals?

Soon, a slash across her chest left her bleeding.

The pain didn’t frighten her. Instead, it ignited her fighting spirit.

At that moment, she realized she might never have been cut out for a peaceful, mundane life.

Later, after leaving the hospital, she wandered along the roadside in a daze, almost as if she saw the truck driver waving at her.

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And then… well, there was no “then.”

The driver’s K/D got a little bit better that day.

“System, do you know how many types of yanderes there are?”

[Aren’t they all the same? Wielding knives, threatening people, just like what you did earlier.]

Chi Xiaocheng shook her head lightly, a faint smile on her lips. “Many people who don’t understand share your view, thinking yanderes are just about stabbing, dismembering, or obsessively wanting to ‘be together forever.’ But in reality, there are many subtypes.”

“Dependent, possessive, eliminative, aggressive, stalker, harmless, worshipful, delusional, isolation-inducing….”

In her past life, Chi Xiaocheng had been a part-time novelist. For research, she’d studied these archetypes in depth.

She continued, “What I showed Su Tao earlier was the ‘possessive’ type, wanting to make her mine through confinement. But in reality, the ‘dependent’ type would influence her more effectively.”

“By portraying myself as someone who relies on her in every way, someone who can’t live without her, given her ‘White Moonlight Heroine’ persona, she’d never stand by and let me die.”

Chi Xiaocheng’s smile gradually turned sinister. “To turn the tables, I need to keep Su Tao firmly in my grasp. Using this yandere persona as a starting point, I’ll act even more impulsive in front of her.”

“Love her unconditionally, support her, depend on her, protect her, adore her.”

“Then, I’ll use the other main and side characters to stage a few scenes where I suffer all kinds of injuries for her sake.”

“Ideally, I’d take a few knife wounds for her, end up hospitalized for months, half-crippled. Do you know what Su Tao would think then?”

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[W-What?]

The system’s voice trembled slightly.

“Guilt!” Chi Xiaocheng covered half her face, her eyes gleaming with anticipation. “I’d have gotten hurt countless times for her, all because I love her, and the reason I love her is that she gave me hope I shouldn’t have had!”

“In other words, the reason I turned out this way is all because of her!”

“The more she realizes this, the deeper her guilt will grow whenever I’m hurt. Once it starts, she’ll sink further and further.”

“And if one day I die protecting her right in front of her eyes? She’ll weep in agony for three days and nights, regretting it for the rest of her life!”

“What a perfect script!”

Of course, this was all just theoretical.

Right now, she was still just a minor side character under threat from the male leads.

But the system was still shocked by her plan.

[Host, you’re truly a born villain.]

“It’s just a last resort,” Chi Xiaocheng replied, her expression returning to normal. “But maintaining a yandere persona isn’t easy. For now, I’ll take it step by step.”

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Truthfully, Chi Xiaocheng would’ve preferred playing the “isolation-inducing” yandere.

This type was the most terrifying of all!

Isolation-inducing yanderes harbored intense love and possessiveness but didn’t overtly display affection like other types. Instead, they lurked in the shadows, spreading rumors to alienate their beloved from friends and family.

When the target believed the whole world had abandoned them, that no one cared, loved, or even tolerated them, the isolation-inducing yandere would emerge.

Appearing as a gentle, harmless, perfect “White Moonlight,” she would become the only one who supported, loved, and embraced him.

Slowly, he’d grow dependent, until he fell irrevocably into her grasp.

This kind of yandere was a master of hiding in plain sight.

By the time the target realized, it was already too late.

But given her current circumstances, Chi Xiaocheng couldn’t adopt this persona.

Had she transmigrated a few years earlier, she could’ve isolated Su Tao into a “girl hated by the world” with only herself as a friend.

As Chi Xiaocheng lost herself in these thoughts, her phone buzzed repeatedly.

Someone had replied to her social media post.