A Villain's Journey Begins in the Type-Moon World

"Friendly reminder: Since the other party has taken the initiative to seek peace, you, as the stronger party, can take this opportunity to make them pay some extra 'sincerity' or price."

Chapter 446 Diplomacy and Strategy

"Oh?" Wang Chong raised an eyebrow, instantly understanding the underlying mechanism. "I see. These instructions exert influence on the other party, forcing them to make actions or decisions that align with our wishes, rather than directly commanding our personnel to execute specific actions?"

“That’s right…” the system affirmed. “Therefore, the reputation points consumed by the command are directly and strongly related to the initial intention of the target.”

"For example, in the Eastern Kingdom, if there are voices of seeking peace or hesitation within them, then the resistance to the implementation of the order will be smaller, and the loss of prestige will be correspondingly reduced, or even minimal."

"Conversely, if the other party's will to resist is extremely strong, then the reputation cost required to forcibly change their mind will be very high."

“Understood…” Wang Chong processed the information, his gaze sweeping across the interface. “Besides the Eastern Kingdom, there’s another place that needs special attention.”

He quickly switched to the [Cities] category and found his target—[Longmen]. Wang Chong selected the [Form a Formal Alliance] command and paid 1000 reputation points.

"Ha ha……"

After the payment was successful, Wang Chong smiled knowingly and said:

"It seems that old fox Wei Yanwu actually wants to get on board this great ship of integration. It's just that he's worried about the attitude of the Yan Kingdom court behind him, so he's been hesitant and indecisive."

"Alright, consider these 1000 reputation points as... a little gift for my little Lu."

Wang Chong seemed to have already foreseen what would happen next, and continued:

"After fighting and traveling for so long, it's time to reunite with family. Since Longmen has taken the initiative to seek an alliance... given Wei Yanwu's shrewdness, there's a high chance that Xiao Lu's half-sister, Chen Huijie, will be among the envoys he sends."

"And judging by the time, Xiao Lu should be arriving at the southern front line soon, which is right next to Longmen," Wang Chong thought to himself. "Let her, as the 'host,' properly entertain the 'old friends' from Longmen. The scene will surely be both interesting and heartwarming."

"Hehe, the host seems to care quite a bit about Talulah." The system's voice carried a friendly teasing tone.

“That’s natural… Alright, let’s deal with these two urgent diplomatic matters for now.” Wang Chong turned his attention to another module. “Let me see what’s more interesting waiting for me in the [Strategy] section.”

Wang Chong then opened the [Strategy] interface. Its layout was similar to the diplomacy interface, with four subcategories: [Nation], [Speed], [City], and [Organization].

However, the biggest difference is that all four subcategories are included in the core category of "Groups", and compared to "Groups", the strategy module has an additional core category called "Individual".

Wang Chong first browsed the list of strategy options targeting [groups].

"Incite rebellion, spread rumors on a large scale, gain support from key groups..." Wang Chong muttered to himself as he read through the lines of command names.

His gaze then settled on one item, and he said, "...it can even directly change the culture and mainstream beliefs of the target group. Ha, that's pretty domineering."

Wang Chong took a slight breath, awestruck by the potential power of these commands:

"The most crucial point is that... the system can actually 'guarantee success' for these commands! However... the cost is indeed ridiculously high."

"Just getting a medium-sized city to successfully rebel and declare independence requires at least 100,000 reputation points. Is this extra expense due to the significant disparity in strength between the target and the city itself?"

"Hehe, host, I can give you a friendly reminder here." After hearing Wang Chong's thoughts, the system highlighted the options for several specific cities. "In these cities, executing the 'Incite Rebellion' command only requires 10,000 reputation points."

"Huh? What's going on..."

Wang Chong was initially puzzled, but when his gaze swept over the city names that were specially marked by the system, he instantly understood and fell into a brief state of contemplation.

Because these cities happen to be located in the southern regions currently under Constantine's control.

"I see... It's because Constantine has already redeployed most of his troops, leaving these target cities undefended?"

Wang Chong suddenly understood, and a preliminary plan quickly took shape:

"If that's the case, there's no need to rush to use it. We can wait until our troops are about to catch up with Constantine's troops before using it."

"This way, Constantine will have no choice but to flee in the direction I predicted. It will also cut off the passage between the Central Region and the Eastern Region!"

Having made up his mind, Wang Chong temporarily skipped the group strategy section and instead clicked on the newly added [Strategy] interface's core [Individual] option.

As the details page unfolds, a series of specific instructions tailored to each individual come into view.

After reading only a few lines, Wang Chong's brows furrowed involuntarily, and his expression became unusually serious.

"How about it? The strategy options tailored specifically for individuals are quite rich and... practical, aren't they?" The system's voice carried a hint of playfulness as it asked with a grin.

"You..." Wang Chong quickly skimmed through the descriptions of all the individual strategy commands, took a deep breath, and asked incredulously, "Are you sure this system isn't a design concept directly copied from some strategy game by X Company?"

Wang Chong asked this question because these strategies targeting individuals were all too familiar to him:

1. Building relationships: Create coincidences or events to increase the favorability of the target (which can be increased up to the maximum value).

2. Giving gifts: Find out the other person's preferences and give them appropriate gifts to increase their favorability (up to 60 favorability points).

3. Seduction (of women): Create long-term events to develop female characters into your secret lovers.

4. Courtship (Female): Create a long-term event to develop a selected female character into your lover.

5. Making Friends: Create events to develop selected targets into your friends, and the minimum favorability will be locked at 50.

6. Elopement (Characters from different factions): Create a long-term event to develop the selected female character into your lover, and the character will leave her original faction and join your faction.

7. Murder: Killing the target by staging an accident.

8. Kidnapping: Lure the target to the basement, where they can then be turned into a slave.

9. Create constraints: Find or create constraints that allow you to make someone complete any task that is not beyond their capabilities.

After reading these private strategies, Wang Chong felt that a grand coloring game was about to begin.

"Oh well, it's natural to learn from good and interesting things," the system said with a grin. "After all, the host rarely uses them."

“But I don’t really need all of these things…” Wang Chong shook his head and finally said, “Forget it, I’ll just treat them as things for quick strategy.”

"Let me see if there's anything I can get for free... Wow... Skadi only needs 100 reputation points to win her heart? And Ingrid (Honeysuckle) doesn't even need reputation points to seduce her anymore?" Mei, Yonglin is busy. Lin is here...

"And w... actually kidnapping doesn't require reputation points. Looks like it's developing in the direction of slavery."

"Alina's favorability is almost full, and courtship doesn't consume any reputation... Although Mudrock has already had relations with her, he still needs 100 reputation points to successfully court her."

"Theresia also needs to spend 100 reputation points to woo him; I thought she would resist even more. But Priscilla... ha, as expected, the real Priscilla is completely unaffected by the split, and the reputation points required actually exceed my current reputation cap..."

"I suppose he truly lives up to his reputation as the final boss of this world?"

"Hmm, it seems that the degree to which reputation is consumed in courtship and seduction depends not only on the strength of the target but also, most importantly, on the level of affection."

Wang Chong stopped reading and said to the system, "System, use all the ones in the 100 range."

"Huh? Host, you're going to use them all without even reading them?" the system couldn't help but ask. "And processing so many flowers at once might take some time, you know?"

"Anyway, you can do it however you want. You know my likes and dislikes very well... As for the time, I don't care. Even if you let me do it myself, I might not be able to finish it quickly."

Wang Chong couldn't help but say.

"Alright, in that case... a total of 45,000 reputation points will be consumed." The system immediately began to run.

"Wait... how come there are so many? Didn't I say they were within the 100 reputation point consumption range? If they're all within 100 reputation points, then you have at least 450 people, right?"

Wang Chong couldn't help but say, "You didn't include all the ordinary Reunion Operators, did you?"

"No, no, of course I know the host's preferences. The people I've chosen are all prominent figures in this land."

The system quickly said, "The main problem is that you really don't know how outrageous your charm and numerous passive bonuses are, host? Normally, many female characters will have a very high level of liking for you at first glance."

Chapter 447 The Night Blade Falls into My Arms

"Especially those married women characters, host, have you forgotten your passive bonus from [Married Woman Hunter 2-star]? Basically, the moment you meet them, they fall in love with you at first sight."

"Moreover, this passive ability itself increases the success rate of strategies. Therefore, it naturally reduces the consumption of reputation."

The system slowly said:

"I usually turn this passive ability off for you because it's too broad and can easily attract some weirdos. You don't want to be surrounded by a bunch of middle-aged women, do you?"

"However, the strategy of consuming reputation will take into account all of the host's attributes in an all-round way. Naturally, many high-quality female characters who have never met the host are basically within the scope of reference. When the event starts, this passive ability of the host will be automatically activated."

"For example, right now, a married woman is coming to you. She happens to be the first character in the [Seduction] command event."

"Huh?" Wang Chong was taken aback. He did sense someone approaching him, but he didn't expect it to be because of the [Seduction] command.

Wang Chong immediately brought his consciousness back to reality, intending to see which woman was walking towards him.

"Your Excellency...! We've finally found you."

A girl wearing an eye patch and mask, wielding a tactical longsword, and displaying the characteristics of the Eastern Oni Clan, was seen hurrying towards Wang Chong.

"Huh? Yato?"

Wang Chong was wondering which "wife" had suddenly come to his door, but he never expected that the person who came would be Yato.

No matter how you look at it, Yato doesn't have the air of a wife, does she? She's even further removed from the image of a "married woman."

If I remember correctly, Yato hasn't married her boyfriend, Kurogane, yet, right? There's even doubt about whether they actually have a relationship.

"Your Excellency, Amiya sent me to find you... Waaah!"

However, whether it was because she was so excited to finally find Wang Chong, or for some other reason, Yato accidentally bumped her right foot into a protrusion and lost her balance in an instant.

"Whoa—!"

Yato was startled and desperately tried to regain her balance, or perhaps spin around on the ground before landing steadily. Logically, for a captain-level operator like her, a mere fall shouldn't cause any real damage. [The remaining text appears to be gibberish and unrelated to the previous sentences.]

However, something strange happened. Just as Yato was about to roll over and get up, he suddenly felt a slight twitch in his leg, and a piercing pain struck him. His leg had cramped up at that exact moment!

As a result, the force was applied halfway and went astray, causing Yato to not only fail to turn over and stand firmly, but instead to roll forward and crash straight into Wang Chong.

"Is this the effect of reputation? This has already involved causal manipulation, hasn't it?" Wang Chong finally saw through some of the clues and couldn't help but think to himself.

Seeing that Yato was about to crash into him, Wang Chong followed the correct course of events, squatted down and opened his arms to catch him.

"puff--"

A light but not heavy thud was heard as Wang Chong successfully caught the tumbling night blade.

"Waaah!"

Yato groaned, his consciousness finally returning from the series of rolls. He couldn't help but say, "Thank... thank you, Your Excellency, for catching me and letting you see my embarrassing state... Eh?"

Just as Yato was about to thank Wang Chong for catching him, he suddenly felt something was wrong. He felt as if Wang Chong was holding him in a very embarrassing position.

Her legs were wrapped around the other person's waist, and her lower back was pressed tightly against the other person's waist, rubbing against him. Fortunately, there were clothes between them, otherwise, someone who didn't know better would think she was having sex with Wang Chong...

Even so, this position made Yato feel extremely ashamed for a moment. Her face visibly turned red. As she tried to stand up and break free from this shameful embrace, she said:

"I'm...sorry, I can't help you stand up... Waaah!"

However, as soon as Yato's foot touched the ground, that piercing pain returned. Yato had forgotten that her foot had been sprained due to cramps and rolling, and she couldn't stand up at all.

As a result, she had just stood up when she fell heavily into Wang Chong's arms again. And this time, Yato clearly felt something round and hard pressing against her sensitive spot through the fabric, right in the middle of her secret garden.

"Alas……!"

Yato felt a tingling sensation travel from her tailbone up her spine, reaching her brain. She bit her lip, enduring the aching sensation, but her heart was filled with panic:

"How...how could this happen? How did I fall into his arms again...This...it looks like I'm deliberately rubbing against him there."

"And what's worse... he, he seems to actually have an erection. Ugh, this is so embarrassing, why did it have to turn out like this? Or rather, why did I have to slip and twist my leg today..."

Yato did not blame Wang Chong, not only because Wang Chong was highly respected in Yato's eyes, but also because he was the one who caused all these unexpected events.

She just wants to get out of this shameful state as soon as possible to avoid causing any misunderstanding.

Then, with a trembling voice, Yato said, "Lord Wang...Lord Wang Chong, could you please help...help me up? My..."

"Yato..."

Just as Yato was writing an explanation for her leg injury, Wang Chong's soft call interrupted her. Yato then felt a large hand pressing on her back and another on her buttocks, pulling her closer and deeper into his embrace.

Furthermore, Yato felt something hard brush against his garden again, causing his body to tremble slightly once more.

"Lord Wang... Lord Wang Chong, what are you doing?"

A mixture of shyness and pleasure welled up in Yato's mind, catching her somewhat off guard. She didn't understand why, when she had asked the other person to help her up, the other person had ended up holding her even tighter.

Moreover, the provocation just now was clearly intentional. This made Yato feel a little resentful.

Just as Yato was about to reprimand her, a voice from the other party reached her ears: "Miss Yato... are you trying to seduce me?"

"Huh?" Yato was slightly taken aback when he heard this, and then realized that his behavior just now had really caused the other party to misunderstand.

Overwhelmed with shame and indignation, Yato hurriedly explained, "It's not what you think, I'm... Ugh!!?"

Beneath the blindfold, Yato's eyes widened in disbelief. Wang Chong completely possessed her lips, pressing his own head against hers as he kissed her.

"Waaaaah... Waaaaah!!"

Yato opened her mouth as if to say something, and her body began to struggle. However, the pain in her legs made her instinctively freeze in Wang Chong's arms, unable to move.

And her open mouth only allowed Wang Chong to invade with his thick tongue. It was Yato's first kiss, and he was no match for Wang Chong. His tongue was easily entwined with Yato's, and Yato was forced to swallow his saliva.

"Bah... ahh..."