I Crossed into a Dating Game

"I curse every scumbag man to suffer endless torment! May they die a horrible death!"

Luo Wei, lost in thought by the window seat, was startled. He quickly looked towards the source of the cursing.

In the classroom, a girl was sobbing uncontrollably, with classmates around her offering quiet words of comfort.

Luo Wei felt an inexplicable sense of relief. He had thought they were cursing at him...

Apparently, the girl's boyfriend had grown bored of her and was flirting with every girl he met, causing everyone's unified indignation...

Strange... why was his heart pounding so hard when they were cursing someone else?

Why on earth am I feeling guilty?

Luo Wei couldn't help but fall into deep thought...

"Oh, look! Luo Wei is looking over here~"

Noticing that the usually silent Luo Wei was looking their way, there was a small commotion among the group of female classmates.

Although this new student didn't talk much and always sat daydreaming by the window, his striking looks always drew people's attention.

The girl sitting next to him realized she finally had an excuse to strike up a conversation with Luo Wei.

"Luo Wei, come on, tell us what you think about this!"

"Uh..." Faced with the girls' eager gazes fixed on him, Luo Wei gave a helpless smile.

To avoid this boring topic disrupting his thoughts, he casually replied:

"Yeah, right. Scumbags deserve to die."

The girl next to him stared at Luo Wei's faintly smiling face, her cheeks unconsciously turning red.

Having heard the answer they wanted, the other girls giggled and started discussing among themselves.

"Luo Wei's smile is so handsome..."

"Actually... if I could date someone as good-looking as Luo Wei, I wouldn't mind even if he turned out to be a scumbag~"

The male students' camp sneered disdainfully.

"Tch, women."

The noisy chatter in the classroom made Luo Wei inexplicably irritated.

He changed his posture, propping his chin on his hand as he glanced out the window.

Vintage Gothic buildings stood in neat rows, while giant airships pierced the clouds high above, flickering with mysterious blue halos.

On the streets, gentlemen came and went wearing top hats, carrying canes, dressed in old-fashioned long coats.

This wasn't his original era, nor was it any era that should have existed.

But Luo Wei was intimately familiar with it.

[Anomalous Species Containment Facility]

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That's right, Luo Wei had just transmigrated into a dating sim game he had played before.

The reason he was lost in thought earlier was because he had just arrived and was still a bit dazed.

When others transmigrate to another world, they usually start with a bunch of benefits, but he transmigrated right into the middle of a class.

And it was some incomprehensible lesson on Magical Engineering processes, which might as well have been in an alien language...

[Anomalous Species Containment Facility] was a dark fantasy-themed dating sim game.

It was a world where steam technology and magic coexisted, and human society was flourishing and prosperous.

However, as the bizarre began to awaken, behind the thriving human world, in dark corners unknown to man...

Many strange and inexplicable creatures were stirring, and even—unspeakable evil gods were awakening in the darkness.

On the surface, the game's protagonist was a student at the Saint Callen Royal Academy of Magical Science.

But behind the scenes, he was actually the director of a containment facility, walking in darkness, researching mysterious powers and Abnormal Creatures.

His containment facility was no ordinary one—it specialized in containing supernatural beings that posed a threat to humanity.

But since this was a "dating sim," most of what he contained were monster girls—ones with horns on their heads, wings on their backs, white hair and red eyes, even tentacle girls...

So the main gameplay involved collecting various strange "problem girls," and together with his companions, gradually uncovering the truth of this fog-shrouded world, ultimately saving it.

The reason Luo Wei was scared by the initial "scumbag" and "die a horrible death" comments was because...

Flirting with every girl he met, then dumping them...

Wasn't that exactly what he did?

The game's mechanism required him to "contain," or in other words, completely conquer each chapter's heroine to receive resource rewards and unlock new chapters.

However, Luo Wei was a pure gamer.

He loved this dark, bizarre setting so much that the fascinating world-building made him forget this was a "dating sim," and he ended up playing it like an investigative puzzle-solving adventure RPG...

He should have been getting cozy with the girls in the game, but he spent most of his time unlocking story fragments all over the world, digging into the truth behind everything...

What were women? They were just a nuisance!

He was a mysterious investigator walking in darkness, a man dedicated to saving the world!

To him, the female protagonists in the game were more like tools to get rewards and clear stages.

However, playing like this could lead to another consequence.

The game had extremely high freedom, and characters' affection levels would affect the development of the true storyline.

If he really flirted with every girl he met and then abandoned them, their affection levels would decrease.

When it dropped to a certain point, there was even the possibility of them turning against him and becoming enemies.

This was unacceptable to Luo Wei, so he came up with an unorthodox strategy.

Not worrying about his early-game stats, since the game focused on investigation and had few combat stages anyway, he put all his reward resources into his [Charm Value].

After maxing out his [Charm], Luo Wei became a "walking human-form Succubus"!

The heroines' affection dropping? No problem.

He just had to invite them out individually, go shopping, go on dates, do a little PUA, and their affection would instantly max out!

With this tricky maneuver, he had almost beaten the game.

However, yesterday, after falling asleep from playing all night, he woke up to find himself in the game world...

It was time for school to end, and the classroom was buzzing with noise.

Outside the window, a steam bus stopped on the opposite street, letting out a loud whistle.

Everything around him felt incredibly real, not like a dream at all.

Looking at the young face reflected in the glass, Luo Wei smiled bitterly.

He had just checked the game interface and found that all the girls he had "contained" before—the heroines—had left his team.

This wasn't good news...

When the game became reality, it meant they had become real too.

Thinking back on his actions, Luo Wei felt increasingly guilty. After all, the game protagonist was a bit of a scumbag...

So, they wouldn't come after him with cleavers, would they?

He wouldn't end up with the "Makoto ending," right?

Luo Wei looked at his reflection in the window.

A young man in a white shirt propped his chin on his hand, his slender fingers idly fiddling with a pen on the desk. When lost in thought, his slightly profound expression gave off a melancholic, artistic air.

With his handsome features and an indescribable mysterious quality, the moment this youth arrived in class, he had firmly captured the hearts of all the girls.

Actually, to increase immersion, the "Containment Facility Director" protagonist had no specific appearance in the game. The real-life Luo Wei happened to fit his current role quite well.

Returning to his earlier train of thought, although he was worried about being attacked...

Fortunately, all his attribute points had been perfectly inherited, including his maxed-out [Charm].

If he could conquer them before with maxed [Charm], what was there to worry about? Worst case, he'd just do it again.

Luo Wei withdrew his gaze, the anxiety in his heart dissipating.

The corners of his mouth unconsciously curved into a confident smile.

This made the girl next to him, who had been stealing glances at him, blush even more.

It was already time to leave school. Just as Luo Wei was about to exit the classroom, he heard someone calling him from outside.

"Luo Wei, your girlfriend is here to see you!"

Huh? Girlfriend?

Since when did I have a girlfriend? Luo Wei looked towards the door in confusion.

"Ooh~~"

"Where? Where?"

Many classmates who hadn't left yet looked over with curiosity written all over their faces.

Then, everyone's gaze froze in place.

"Ex-excuse me..."

"Is my big brother here?"

At the classroom door stood a beautiful young girl who seemed a bit timid. She had deep blue eyes and light golden hair.

Just then, the soft afternoon sunlight spilled over her, making the girl's pale golden hair seem to glow, her skin so fair it was almost transparent.

This exquisitely beautiful girl looked like an ethereal fairy who had fallen to the mortal world, hardly seeming human at all.

"You are..."

Luo Wei gazed at the girl before him, feeling a moment of unfamiliarity.

"Is it... Helena?"

Upon seeing Luo Wei, the girl's large blue eyes filled with excitement.

"Brother! I've finally found you!"

She lifted her simple white dress and ran towards Luo Wei excitedly.

Luo Wei looked at her, remembering that Helena was the first "Abnormal Creature" he had taken in, a child he had picked up from the slums.

Perhaps because he hadn't paid much attention to them while playing the game before, Luo Wei had almost forgotten that she was one of the main female characters in the game.

However, as he looked at the girl burying herself in his embrace, her height now reaching his chest, Luo Wei suddenly realized something.

When he had found Helena, she was only 13 years old, but now she had grown into a young woman.

So, it seemed that the current time wasn't the same as when he was in the game?

By the looks of it, at least several years had passed...

[Helena]

[Affection: 100]

[Description: A girl who extremely likes you]

Although Helena appeared human, she should actually be called an "anomaly," a type of Abnormal Creature extremely dangerous to humans.

In the game, Helena had always been very stable and obedient, existing almost like an invisible presence.

At first, Luo Wei had been worried that during the time he was away, they might change, becoming uncontrollable and dangerous entities.

But seeing that she still had "full affection," Luo Wei breathed a sigh of relief.

"Helena... um... I know you miss me, but you're about to squeeze me to death..."

Helena was hugging Luo Wei tightly, trembling with excitement, as if afraid he might suddenly disappear.

"Brother..." Helena felt the various gazes from around the classroom and embarrassedly loosened her grip on Luo Wei.

She timidly lowered her head, "Let's go home quickly, brother..."

"Alright, sure." Luo Wei smiled and patted her smooth hair. "I have a lot of things I want to ask you anyway."

Such as what time it was now, and what had happened while he was away.

And also where everyone else was now.

"Luo Wei, this cute little sister of yours is...?"

Many female students were curiously examining Helena.

Luo Wei held Helena's hand and explained with a smile, "She's my sister. We haven't seen each other for a few years."

"Oh, so she's your sister—"

Upon hearing that this beautiful girl was just Luo Wei's sister, many of the female students breathed sighs of relief.

They began to try to get friendly with Helena, which only made the shy Helena even more embarrassed.

She tightly gripped Luo Wei's wrist, keeping her head down and not saying a word.

At this moment, a male classmate walked in from outside, "Luo Wei! The teacher is looking for you! She wants you to go to her office after school!"

"Oh?"

Luo Wei felt his hand being gripped even tighter. Helena was very uncomfortable in this atmosphere full of strangers.

Seeing her surrounded by female classmates, looking timid and pitiful, Luo Wei was reminded of himself being interrogated by aunts and uncles during New Year's gatherings.

So he smiled and rescued her from the situation.

"We'll talk more tomorrow."

After bidding farewell to the girls who were reluctant to let him go, Luo Wei held Helena's hand and left the classroom, chatting and laughing.

However, in a place Luo Wei didn't notice,

Helena's timid and shy demeanor suddenly changed.

She slightly turned her head, her gaze inadvertently sweeping towards those girls.

Her eyes became cold and twisted.