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Rather than a wallet, it seemed more accurate to call it a cardholder, as Yang Yu had transferred all his funds into Alipay. Upon inspection, he discovered an unfamiliar card nestled among the others.
The card was an enigmatic black, adorned with a golden dragon soaring across its center, and its number sequence was particularly unique, ending in four eights.
Could this be a black card? Was someone playing a prank on him?
"What in the world is the 'Counterattack System'?" Yang Yu muttered under his breath as he scanned his surroundings.
As he spoke, a personal information panel materialized before him:
Name: Yang Yu
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Height: 178 cm
Weight: 60 kg
Strength: 10 (human limit)
Intelligence: 8 (human limit)
Agility: 10 (human limit)
Charm: 3
Luck: 1
Title: Supreme Bootlicker
Skills: Basic Mastery of Martial Arts, Basic Language Proficiency
"The system has identified you as the most suitable and utterly failed bootlicker, and is here to assist you in your rise from rock bottom," the system announced.
"Great, I get it—I'm a failure. No need to rub it in," Yang Yu grumbled, his discomfort palpable.
He was now almost certain that this wasn't someone's idea of a joke; the system was real!
It was as if he'd been thrust into the kind of bizarre storyline you'd find in a twisted novel.
"What's with this black card?" Yang Yu inquired, examining the extraordinary card, especially intrigued by the mention of an 'unlimited balance.'
"Please bind the card by following the visual instructions in your mind," the system instructed.
Images and text flashed through Yang Yu's thoughts, guiding him to bind the black card as directed.
Shortly after, his phone buzzed with a new message: "On April 12, 2021, your account ending in 8888 received a deposit of an astronomical sum at Preyton Bank."
Yang Yu's hands shook as he tried to comprehend the dizzying figures before him. It wasn't the numbers themselves that were key—it was the ellipsis, hinting at a truly limitless balance.
"A reminder for the host: this money can only be utilized when the system deems it appropriate for a counterattack. Otherwise, the funds are inaccessible. Of course, should the counterattack prove successful, all expenses will be reimbursed into your savings," the system clarified.
Yang Yu got it in a flash.
Basically, he was being told to keep up his sycophantic ways. If he played his cards right, he'd end up with everything he desired, right?
With that thought, he couldn't help but yell out, "I'm freaking loaded!"
"Are you out of your mind?" His outburst startled a girl walking by. She gave him a once-over and scoffed, "You're talking big about being rich, and you're not even wearing clothes worth more than three hundred yuan?"
"Potential target identified."
Name: Liang Xiaoyan
Height: 168 cm
Weight: 46 kg
Age: 20
Characteristics: Her flexibility is exceptional due to years of dance training.
Favorability: -20
Conditions for Turnaround: Favorability must exceed 90.
Turnaround Reward: Full reimbursement of expenses, mastery of dance skills awarded to the host, and a +1 boost to all of the host's basic attributes.
A data panel materialized in Yang Yu's mind in the blink of an eye. As he perused the panel, Yang Yu licked his lips instinctively. The dance skills didn't interest him much, but the promise of a full refund on his expenditures and the enhancement of his basic stats were clearly the real deal!
