DOOMED TO BE A VILLAIN

Chapter 4 CHAPTER 4: THIS DAMNED SYSTEM

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"Mpmh… Pffffft…Hahahahahahahahah…" Davies burst into laughter after trying to hold it in for a second while Daniel and Elsa who stood by the elevator door covered their mouths and tried their best not to laugh out loud.

"hahh… So he died a man of culture then…" Davies said as he wiped away a tear from his eye.

"May his soul rest in peace…" Davies put his hands together in a silent prayer for this fallen comrade who had gone out in glory.

"Anyway, since I don't have much to do… let me see them?" Davies requested after he finally stopped laughing.

"... Them?" Arnold asked, unsure of who "them" was supposed to be.

"The short-listed choices for the operating chief officer or whatever you called it." Davies elaborated.

"Ah… of course sir…" Arnold quickly answered as he turned towards the elevator.

"Oh… and get me something to drink." Davies called after him.

"Of course Sir." Arnold replied and then gave instructions to Elsa to get refreshments as they both entered the elevator.

'So what do you think, Miya?' Davies asked internally.

[He's shifty] Miya responded.

'Not about Hugo… about the location of the protagonist,' Davies clarified.

[I don't know his exact location, but like I already said… he is in this building] Miya replied to his questions.

'... he… so it's a male protagonist huh… anything else you wanna tell me,' Davies inquired.

[Nope]

' Oh come on, in all those villain transmigration novels the villain at least gets the storyline of the protagonist or some fate value counter… or something,' Davies tried to plead with Miya.

[For starters, I don't know the future and for the fate value counter thingy… you'd have to upgrade the system to access that.] Miya stated bluntly.

'So how do I upgrade the system?' Davies quickly asked as this was the first time Miya mentioned this matter.

[By killing a protagonist and harvesting his fate points and then using the fate points to upgrade the system.] Miya answered.

'...wait… so I can already just kill him?' Davies asked in surprise.

[No… you have to drain him of his fate value first or heavenly calamities will befall you… you are trying to kill someone chosen by fate after all.] Miya responded, dampening his excitement.

'... so, what is his fate value?'

[The system doesn't have the facilities to measure fate value yet, upgrade it first] Miya replied.

'Ok, hold up, let me get this straight…'

'I have to deal with a protagonist's antics and then later kill him… without any tools or even information and I also cannot kill him too early or who knows what type of heavenly calamities would befall me,' Davies listed out.

[Yup… that about sums it up] Miya confirmed his statement.

Davies sat back and sighed while pinching his brows, '...Remember the time I used to call you useless…'

[Yeah… You were so cute back then] Miya said as she remembered that far-off past.

'... You're still useless…' Davies stated clearly.

[Wha… you hateful…] Miya whined.

'Whoever created a system with these kinds of protocols is extremely stupid as well.' Davies further added.

'But I guess it isn't all that bad… at least it'll be a bit challenging,'

'...Breaking him mentally and emotionally before going physical on him… I'll make sure to take my time to make him suffer…' Davies said to himself as his face morphed into an extremely devious smile.

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[You're already planning how you're going to kill someone you've never even met… What if he turns out to be a nice guy] Miya asked, a bit taken aback by Davies's morbid thoughts.

'... I was also a nice guy once upon a time… but after being killed three times by protagonists I can gladly say, all's fair in love and war… it's his bad luck he has me as an enemy.'

'...Plus I'm pretty sure there will be a reason for us to butt heads.' Davies thought to himself.

*DING*

The elevator rang again as Elsa came out of the elevator carrying a tray that contained carefully baked pastries and a pot of tea.

Elsa brought the snacks and tea to a table placed in front of the sofa on which Davies sat and poured him a cup of luxurious-smelling tea.

As Davies took up the cup and took a sip of the tea, the elevator sounded again, signaling Arnold's arrival.

Arnold stepped out of the elevator with three people following after him, two men and one woman. They followed after Arnold who walked towards where Davies sat.

As they stopped in front of Davies, Arnold was about to start introducing them to Davies when,

"...aren't they a bit too young…"

"Hey, Hugo… are you playing with me…?" Davies questioned with a slight iciness in his tone as he sipped on his tea, not even bothering to give them an overall look.

"Please don't be offended by their age… I assure you that they all are extremely capable and have been specially groomed for this sort of position," Arnold pleaded with Davies.

"...Hmmm," Davies raised an eyebrow as he looked at the people that stood before him, his eyes slightly pausing for a second on the black-haired beauty among them.

Davies put down his cup of tea and looked at them sharply, "I'm sure some of you just thought, 'he's younger than us, so why is he acting all high and mighty…"

Davies paused before laying back on the sofa into a more comfortable and overbearing posture, "Well, you see… I have the right to… I'm a genius... and you're all idiots,"

"...Idiots, who work for me," Davies proclaimed as he looked at them with a belittling smile.

One of the men who had been brought along with Arnold opened his mouth in a bid to say something, but the temperature in the room dropped immediately and he felt a chilling stare coming from Davies, causing him to shut his mouth immediately.

"I don't know who you are or what you want to say, but in my presence, don't talk unless I ask you to," Davies said with a chilling glare.

"The same goes for both of you as well…" Davies said as he looked at the remaining two behind Arnold.

"I will be making a decision out of my own discretion about who would be succeeding the position of Chief Operations Officer and I don't care what backings you have or what they've promised you,"

"but here at Imperium Technologies, I'm the god…"

" so whatever backers you have here all work for me."

"If you think that your qualifications are lacking or you are lacking in some area… you have until tomorrow to impress me." Davies said with a wicked grin.

"...Now, you can leave." He said again as the wicked grin on his face gave way to a brighter smile as the temperature of the room began to return to normal after his aura stopped leaking out.

The employees scampered out with the brunette being the last of them to leave, but before she left, she turned towards Davies and looked at him with a determined look on her face.

As the elevator doors slid shut, Davies said with a smile, "I like that one…" while he asked Miya inside his head, 'Miya, are you sure you felt some of the protagonist's aura from her.'

[Yes… She's not the protagonist, but she has quite a high fate value as well… I'm guessing she's one of the protagonist's future companions.] Miya replied.

'That means, it's probably better to let her stick around so I can find the protagonist when he comes running by. I'm pretty sure he's still a lurker at this point.' Davies thought.

"...Sir, you didn't notify me that you'll be the one making the decision concerning the vacant position," Arnold said hesitantly,

"...And?" Davies asked with a raised eyebrow,

"...Do you have a problem with my decision?" Davies asked with a "bright smile".

"Oh, not at all sir." Arnold quickly responded as cold sweat ran down his spine when he saw the smile that wasn't a smile.

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