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Dazzling Starlight Sleepless

For eight years, Bruce believed his stepbrother Dennis's extreme pampering was love. He was wrong. When a mysterious system binds to Bruce’s mind, it reveals a chilling reality: Dennis’s favorability is a deadly -100, and his kindness is actually a calculated 'Spoil-to-Destroy' plot to seize Bruce’s inheritance and eliminate him. Surrounded by betrayals, Bruce strikes a desperate bargain with the system. If he saves Dennis from a predicted avalanche, he will be allowed to erase his existence and start over. But as the mountain crumbles and the snow descends, the system chimes with a terrifying update: Dennis's favorability has maxed out. Will Bruce escape his gilded cage, or will Dennis's sudden obsession chain him forever?
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Chapter 3

"Get some rest." With that, he went upstairs.

**[Current Favorability: -101.]**

The System's prompt echoed. At least the favorability rating hadn’t dropped further.

Laughing until tears streamed down my face, I collapsed on the sofa.

Only when I played the hopeless, worthless waste of space could I barely hold onto the bottom line of his favorability.

How pathetic.

"Bruce, you and Dennis just now... everything okay?" Jeffrey, my best friend, sidled over, concern etched on his face.

Seeing his sincere expression, a flicker of warmth stirred in my chest.

In this ice-cold house, he was the only one I could truly confide in.

**[Friendly Reminder: Scanning target, Jeffrey.]**

**[Current Favorability: -50.]**

**[Emotional Analysis: Disdain, Exploitation.]**

**[Character Background: Jeffrey was bought off by Dennis three years ago. He is responsible for guiding and encouraging the Host to engage in various outlandish behaviors and regularly reports the Host's activities to Dennis.]**

My smile froze.

My best friend... another of Dennis's planted informants.

As Jeffrey chattered on with his "concern," a wave of nausea washed over me.

It turned out that not a single person around me had ever been genuine.

I was a complete and utter joke.

That night, locked in my room, I asked the System earnestly for the first time, "Is there any way out for me?"

**[Yes.]**

The System's answer kindled a sliver of hope.

**[Based on data projections, three months from now, Dennis will go skiing in the Northern Snow Peaks, where he will encounter a minor avalanche.]**

**[Mission Issued: Host is to rescue Dennis during the avalanche.]**

**[Mission Reward: Upon completion, the Host may choose to leave this world. The System will erase all traces of your existence and open a brand new life for you in a parallel world.]**

Leave this world?

I was stunned.

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