“Acting cute with me won’t work, stop it. This is too big, I have to report it to Dad.” James Carter reached into his pocket for his phone.

Baby Carter lunged over, grabbing his hand tightly, looking pitiful as she pleaded, “No, if Dad finds out, he’ll kill me.”

“Don’t make trouble, okay? I don’t know if he’ll kill you, but if I know and don’t report it, he’ll definitely kill me.” James Carter pressed her forehead, pushing her away forcefully while pulling out his phone.

Just then, a mechanical voice sounded in his mind: “Main mission: Assist Baby Carter in signing with ‘Xingyi Entertainment Co., Ltd.’. Success: reward of 300 points. Failure: deduction of 100 points.”

What the heck?

James Carter froze for a moment. While he was distracted, Baby Carter snatched the phone from his hand and hid it behind her back like a mother hen protecting her chick.

Was that an auditory hallucination? Is the alcohol not out of my system yet?

“Give me the phone.”

James Carter was furious. There was something a hundred times more urgent in front of him—he had to find a way to make this woman give up her unrealistic idea… which seemed impossible. He knew how stubborn Baby Carter was, but she was even more afraid of getting beaten. Back at home, their parents kept her in check, but now that she’d moved out, she was like a wild horse off its reins. Dad had him move in with his sister, probably to “act as a father figure.” At the very least, he was supposed to keep an eye on her and not let her do anything crazy, like quitting her job to join the entertainment industry.

When something like this happened, he was supposed to call headquarters and report it. Otherwise, he’d be neglecting his duty, and he couldn’t take the fall for that.

Baby Carter stuffed the phone into her 36D bra, puffed out her chest, and taunted, “Come on, come on, if you dare touch me, I’ll tell Dad you groped my chest.”

Enough already!

James Carter was filled with complaints.

“Sis, let’s talk this out.” James Carter decided to try a softer approach: “It’s not that I, as your brother, want to stop you from chasing your dreams, but you didn’t take the right path at the best age. Now it’s too late. You’re already twenty-five, so the pure and innocent girl image won’t work anymore. At your age, how can you survive in the entertainment industry without real talent? The only way is to take your clothes off. Do you really want to be subjected to all kinds of unspoken rules and sleep with all sorts of men? The entertainment industry is a place where everyone wants to get in and get famous, so you can imagine how fierce the competition is. Come on, you graduated from Fudan, not the Shanghai Theatre Academy. Can you compete with those fresh graduates with professional backgrounds? Can you act? Do you have solid acting skills? You’re twenty-five, stop being childish.”

“I have looks.” Baby Carter lifted her foxy, seductive face.

“You have looks, my ass. Have you drunk too much toxic chicken soup? You think the entertainment industry is all about looks? There are plenty of good-looking guys and girls on earth.” James Carter said.

“Host, you’re wrong. I’ve been to a parallel universe where entertainers have no acting skills at all and can dominate the industry with just their looks.” The strange voice sounded again.

“Who’s there!” James Carter jumped up from his seat, looking around in panic like a startled cat.

Chapter 3 Mission

“Don’t be nervous, host. I am an intelligent system traveling through time and space. I’ve been to many different timelines. Now I’m residing in your brain.”

“Parasyte? Are you going to eat my brain?” James Carter was startled.

“…Not at all. Intelligent beings in the three-dimensional world have a hard time understanding what I am. You can think of me as the protagonist’s cheat in a web novel.”

“Oh!” James Carter nodded, then suddenly sprang up from his seat: “As if I’d believe you! I’m going to the hospital…”

But as soon as he stood up, his body suddenly stopped obeying him, and he plopped right back down.

Baby Carter stared at him blankly, “What are you doing?”

James Carter looked miserable: “Sis, help me, I think I need emergency care.”

“Are you crazy?” Baby Carter guarded the phone in her chest with one hand and cautiously reached out to feel his forehead with the other. “Is your brain fried?”

“No, in my head… I’m fine.” He said something he didn’t mean, unable to control himself. At the same time, the mechanical voice sounded in his mind: “Host, please do not reveal my existence, or you will be terminated.”

“What the hell are you?” James Carter roared in his mind, “You can control my body? Don’t give me that system nonsense, I know the difference between reality and fiction.”

“I’ve been to many timelines and had many hosts. There are plenty like you. It’s fine, you’ll get used to it. Now, your first mission is to help Baby Carter sign with Xingyi Entertainment Co., Ltd. Succeed and you get points, fail and you lose points. If your points hit zero…”

James Carter asked in a trembling voice, “Terminated?”

“Not exactly. I’ll just choose a new host.”

“Goodbye and good luck.”

“But I used up all my energy traveling to this timeline. I can only choose a new host in your world. If I leave my current host, I’ll have to drain all your body’s energy. Are you sure you want to give up?”

“Damn it! What happens if you drain my energy?”

“You’ll become a vegetable.”

“I love cheats the most… Are you sure you won’t eat my brain?”

“I won’t!”

“So what should I do now?”