The Wolf

"[Welcome, Host! You have successfully been chosen to wield the System! With me, you can ascend to greatness, reign as the supreme villain of this world, and bend fate itself to your will!]"

A pause.

Then, with a much lower, almost casual tone, the system added—

"—or you can die like a dog in a ditch. Your choice, really."

I nearly tripped over my own feet.

"What…?"

"Ohhh? He finally speaks to me directly! Progress!" The system let out a delighted hum before continuing, its voice smug.

"Yeah, so here's the thing, bud. I kinda don't know how I ended up in your head, but let's not focus on why I'm here.

The real question is… what are we gonna do about it? Because, uh, spoiler alert? You're in deep shit, my guy."

I clenched my jaw. "What do you mean?"

"Hehe. You'll see~"

This thing is going to be the death of me.