A Guide for Background Characters to Survive in a Manga - Chapter 345 : Chapter 345

Chapter 345

To achieve this, I first had to make the logic behind the establishment of the “Destiny” organization plausible. What if the readers wondered what kind of situation would lead a huge intelligence organization to choose a fifteen-year-old boy as its leader?

Only by thinking of the reason myself first would the Author have no room to improvise. Regardless of whether the Author would draw the relevant content or not, I had to prepare it in advance.

As for a reasonable explanation for this situation, I could only think of a legitimate system of bloodline inheritance.

A glint flashed in Su Bei’s eyes. It seemed the new ability I had just mastered was about to come in handy.

“I plan to go back to the past and change the identity of the person who established the ‘Destiny’ organization.” Since this matter was related to the “Manga Consciousness,” Su Bei still told it.

Hearing this, the “Manga Consciousness” asked in great surprise, “Why?”

Although it was the one that established the “Destiny” organization, in the role it played at the time, the organization in the manga world was established by Su Bei. The status of a first-generation leader and a second-generation leader was bound to be different. The “Manga Consciousness” didn’t understand why Su Bei would demote himself by a level.

But Su Bei obviously didn’t think so. For the existence of the “Destiny” organization, I had actually only provided an idea; the one who truly implemented it was the “Manga Consciousness.” If I had implemented it myself, I wouldn’t have let myself become the second-generation leader. But in fact, I was already the second-generation leader, so it didn’t matter who the first generation was.

“Otherwise, what if the readers ask, how does the Author plan to explain it?” Su Bei shrugged. “Explain how I established an organization that has existed for over ten years at the age of fifteen?”

This was indeed a problem the “Manga Consciousness” hadn’t thought of. It didn’t know much about readers in the first place, so naturally, it didn’t know they would delve into this. But this was no longer the “Manga Consciousness”’s focus. It said in pleasant surprise, “So you’ve agreed to reveal your identity as the organization’s leader?”

“Only reveal it to the readers, not to the people in this world,” Su Bei replied. I was very insistent on this point. If I were to reveal it to the people of this world, it would cause a huge mess.

The “Manga Consciousness” had no objection to this. It only needed the readers to know this identity and be shocked.

“So what are you going to do next?” the “Manga Consciousness” asked curiously.

Su Bei activated his Ability and threw out a white Gear. “The causality I want to correct is——Su Bei becomes the leader of the ‘Destiny’ organization.”

There was only one time point for this matter, which was the day the organization was fully established.

The next second, the Gear suddenly expanded into a circular gate of light, with an opaque yellow light screen in the middle. Su Bei stepped right through it, directly arriving on the destiny line of that time.

The “leader” at that time was pretended by the “Manga Consciousness,” so Su Bei could appear directly in front of it without worrying about two identical people appearing at the same time and causing problems with the timeline.

The past “Manga Consciousness” saw Su Bei appear before it at this point in time, a surprised look on its face. “Why are you here? Did something happen in the future?”

“I need you to act out a play with me to make the logic of the ‘Destiny’ organization’s establishment more complete.” After saying this, Su Bei told the other party his plan.

The “Manga Consciousness” readily agreed. Although it didn’t know what would happen in the future, the request Su Bei made was really not a problem. Besides, if there really was a problem, its future self would definitely stop him. So it had nothing to hesitate about.

The following events were very simple. The “Manga Consciousness” played Su Bei, while Su Bei played his own father. The two conducted an organizational handover ceremony.

As for the reason for the handover, Su Bei used the reason that he, that is, his father, was going to carry out a dangerous mission. Because he was uncertain if he could return alive, he handed over the notebook symbolizing the leadership of the “Destiny” organization to the “Su Bei” played by the “Manga Consciousness.” After doing all this, Su Bei retrieved the Destiny Gear. His change did not affect causality, so the change was established. With this correction, even if the readers were curious about how he became the organization’s leader, there was now a logical basis.

After returning to the present, Su Bei began to ponder the matter of the second season’s grand finale. I couldn’t just show up to make my presence felt; the most important thing was to elevate the status of the “Destiny” organization.

So, it wouldn’t be enough for just me to appear.

Su Bei immediately issued a mission in the “Destiny” organization’s notebook in his capacity as the leader, which was to provide support during the great war between humans and Nightmare Beasts.

The reward was naturally points. The “Manga Consciousness,” which knew all of their identities, would evaluate their performance in the war and then give them corresponding points.

Anyway, this was a mission I issued privately, not a mission from the “Destiny” organization, so naturally, there was no need for a public rating. They could take it if they wanted, and it didn’t matter if they didn’t. Anyway, I was just using this mission to show the “Destiny” organization’s attitude.

“One last thing……” After issuing the mission, Su Bei put down the notebook and summoned a complex and exquisite “Prophecy Gear.” “Let me see what dangers they will encounter then.”

The result of the prophecy was very abstract. Who could tell me what this dancing black building was trying to express?

Su Bei carefully observed the building. It was pitch black, which should represent some kind of Nightmare Beast. Because the prophecies given by the “Prophecy Gear” were often very abstract, I didn’t think the Nightmare Beast actually looked like this. This building’s appearance should be a hint from destiny to Su Bei.

But what exactly was the hint?

Su Bei drew the imaginary building on a piece of paper and then searched for special buildings online, hoping to find something similar. I had never seen such a bizarre building with ladders all around it. If I were to post a bounty in “Destiny,” I was afraid that if someone who supported the Nightmare Beasts saw it, it would alert the enemy. So I could only pin my hopes on the magical internet.

Fortunately, Baidu Baike did not disappoint him. Soon, with his equally abstract search terms, Su Bei found what he was looking for.

This was a type of building used for sacrifices in ancient times, but it was not for sacrificing to heaven or earth, but to an unknown evil god. And this evil god’s ability was reversal, or in other words, position swapping.

Su Bei specifically searched the “Destiny“ organization’s database and found an event recorded in a mythological story.

In ancient times, a poor man was jealous of his wealthy neighbor, so he secretly sacrificed to the evil god, wanting to swap their lives. He wanted to become the rich man, and his neighbor to become the poor man.

As for the final result, of course, both sides suffered. The rich man did indeed become poor, but the sacrificer who had swapped lives also had his family exterminated due to an accident soon after. It was clear that this was the offering for the sacrifice, but he himself was unaware of it.

It could only be said that it was indeed an evil god. The price of making a deal with a tiger was to be devoured until not even the bones were left after one’s wish was fulfilled.

“So this prophecy means the Nightmare Beasts plan to swap places with humans? Or…… to perish together with humans?” Su Bei’s expression was grave. I felt that my speculation was not without reason.

Humanity’s hostility towards Nightmare Beasts, aside from a small part of innate aversion to resentment, was all due to the harm Nightmare Beasts caused to humans. The Nightmare Beasts’ hostility towards humans was not so complex; they just instinctively loathed humans, and their sole mission was to eliminate humanity.

Except for High-Level Nightmare Beasts, which might have some selfish motives of their own, the behavior of the remaining Nightmare Beasts was always very pure. Nightmare Beasts killing people was like humans needing to live; it was an absolute instinct.

Therefore, after learning that they would only become weaker in the future, it was entirely possible that they would want to perish together with humanity.

The “Manga Consciousness” could hear Su Bei’s mental activities during this time, but it did not say whether this guess was right or wrong. Just like before, it still couldn’t reveal too much of the manga’s content.

Su Bei didn’t care about this. Getting the plot from the other party’s mouth was an opportunistic method in the first place. If he could, it would be a pleasant surprise; if not, he wouldn’t lose anything.

Su Bei didn’t think Jiang Tianming and the others couldn’t solve the Nightmare Beasts’ conspiracy. They were the main character group. Since the Author had the idea of drawing a third season, it was impossible for them to fail in this war.

No, in fact, even if there wasn’t a third season, the Author couldn’t possibly let them fail. Otherwise, if humanity was completely wiped out in the war against the Nightmare Beasts, could this manga even pass censorship?

In short, even if the Nightmare Beasts found a way to sacrifice themselves to perish together with humanity, it would definitely be resolved in the end, so I didn’t need to worry too much about it.

What really worried Su Bei was, what did I need to do in this process?

There were only two directions: either protect or attack. Su Bei knew that protecting the masses with my own Ability was a rather troublesome matter. Protecting an individual was fine, but protecting a group was truly wishful thinking.

So I could only choose the latter.

For a frontal attack, there were so many powerful Ability users. For foiling conspiracies, there was the main character group. If I wanted to play a major role, I needed to play a defensive counterattack, starting from the aspect of helping with defense.

Thinking of this, Su Bei immediately knew what to do next. I just needed to follow Ai Baozhu the whole time, and sooner or later, I would find a chance to make an appearance.

Among all the people in Class S, the only true defense-type Ability user was Ai Baozhu. From the direction of her previous evolution, it could also be seen that she would be the one responsible for protecting ordinary people in the final battle.

As long as I followed her, I would inevitably face a situation where Nightmare Beasts were besieging them. When the time came, I just had to show up, activate my Ability, and reap the harvest. After all, I had a powerful area-of-effect ability. If a powerful High-Level Nightmare Beast appeared here, I could also deal with it. It was perfect for dealing with this kind of situation.

And most importantly, I didn’t have to worry about stealing Ai Baozhu’s highlight moment. After all, her Ability could indeed only be used for defense, so someone would always be needed for support. This support could be the government, the teachers, Jiang Tianming and the others, and naturally, it could also be me.