Cannon Fodder – Chapter 91 – The World’s Correction

Though she’d vented her anger on the raincoat-clad intruder, claiming to hold no resentment toward Si Chen would be a lie.

Yet when Si Chen’s wistful voice accompanied a photo he sent, Chi Xiaocheng regained her composure.

The photo showed Si Chen shirtless, his muscular back bearing four deeply carved characters:

永不爱桃 (Will Never Love Tao-Tao!)

The characters were crudely etched, the strokes crooked as if he’d nearly misspelled them.

This reminded Chi Xiaocheng of Si Chen’s earlier pledge to carve an oath of loyalty. She’d dismissed it as a joke.

Unexpectedly, he’d actually done it.

As an ordinary person without pain-reduction skills like hers, this “get-out-of-death-free card” gave Chi Xiaocheng pause.

The psychologist observing this exchange waited until Chi Xiaocheng looked up before offering a gentle smile. “Young Master Si Chen is occupied, so he entrusted me to discuss your upcoming evaluation.”

Setting Si Chen aside for now, Chi Xiaocheng joined the doctor on the sofa.

“You may call me Dr. Lin,” the woman began. “Young Master Si Chen has briefed me on your condition.”

“Everything?”

Dr. Lin nodded. “Yes, everything.”

Her gaze drifted toward Fang Ning, who was cleaning chicken blood splatter from Chen Kun’s earlier “heroic poultry slaughter.”

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Chi Xiaocheng said, “No need for discretion, she can hear it. The evaluation is in three days?”

“Correct.” Dr. Lin nodded. “This was scheduled by Miss Su Tao. As she requires a diagnostic report, you understand….”

Chi Xiaocheng understood perfectly.

Su Tao wanted the psychologist to assess whether she could still be “treated.”

Her role? Convince Su Tao she was beyond salvation!

‘I’m a yandere~ Tao-Tao has no choice but to indulge me, comfort me, love me, become mine alone.’

‘Or else… accidents might happen~’

To Dr. Lin, she said, “Please make the report dire. Diagnose me with dissociative identity disorder, 99% incurability.”

Dr. Lin studied her. “You want Miss Su Tao to believe you’re hopeless.”

“Exactly.”

“I’m familiar with yandere archetypes. Which subtype should I emphasize?”

“Dependent and possessive types. Those are what I’ve been performing for Tao-Tao.”

Dr. Lin nodded pensively after a prolonged look.

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Abruptly, she asked, “Miss Chi, do you think a yandere would recognize themselves as such?”

“A yandere would never realize they’re a yandere.”

Chi Xiaocheng answered instantly, brimming with confidence.

Their discussion continued, particularly around psychological concepts, before Chi Xiaocheng satisfiedly saw her out.

‘Now I can cite more professional jargon when deceiving Tao-Tao as “Dr. Cheng.”’

Si Chen, while pragmatic, proved reliable so long as she maintained mutually beneficial leverage.

Yet one thing troubled her.

“System, why does my Blackening skill sometimes fail when acting, yet activates effortlessly regarding Tao-Tao?”

The system perked up.

[Host, are you beginning to suspect your own abnormality?]

“I’m perfectly normal.” Chi Xiaocheng rolled her eyes mentally. “After analyzing the Ye Liang incident, I initially thought his protagonist aura suppressed me until Tao-Tao’s heroine aura counterbalanced it, enabling my Blackening.”

[Then… what’s your current theory?]

“My bond with Tao-Tao didn’t just let me borrow her heroine aura, it altered the worldline. I’ve evolved from cannon fodder to a weighted side character!”

Naturally, Tao-Tao’s heroine aura remains pivotal, hence why mentions of her trigger Blackening. Flawless logic, right?

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For once, the system delayed its response.

Finally, it said:

[Host, one part of your reasoning holds merit.]

“You agree?”

[Specifically, your elevated narrative weight.]

The system’s focus confused Chi Xiaocheng. Shouldn’t the Blackening trigger stem from the heroine’s aura? Si Chen mentioning Su Tao had catalyzed her performative rage into genuine Blackening. Without that reference, her acting had failed against the intruder.

Yet the system redirected attention to the raincoat man.

[Host, you’re aware protagonists Dongfang Yang and Si Chen stationed bodyguards nearby for your and Su Tao’s protection, correct?]

“Obviously. Your point?”

[Even antagonist Chi Song, given his concern for you, would have left watchers in the complex.]

Chi Xiaocheng’s eyes widened.

Right, Dongfang Yang had assigned two guards to prevent further bullying. Her brother had stationed lackeys nearby. The compound had security and numerous residents.

So how had the intruder reached her apartment unimpeded?

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After reviewing surveillance footage with the security guard, they made a chilling discovery:

All cameras covering the intruder’s path were either nonfunctional or physically damaged.

[Host, do you understand now?]

Chi Xiaocheng inhaled sharply. “This world… is trying to erase me?”

[More precisely, rejecting and correcting deviations.]

[Su Tao is the sole heroine. Ye Liang held significant protagonist weight among male leads. By fracturing their destined relationship and hospitalizing Ye Liang, you’ve drastically altered the original plot.]

[Today’s intruder was likely the world’s correction mechanism.]

As a transmigrator, she was an anomaly.

But conform to the original storyline?

Never!

“System, any solutions?”

For the first time, the system she’d deemed useless responded decisively:

[There is!]