Ethan looked at Ray with a smile on his face, which somehow made Ray feel annoyed.

' This guy, he clearly is planning something.'

And just right at the moment when Ray thought that, Ethan came forward with an amiable smile at Ray's parents.

" Well, it's nice to meet you, Ray. By the way, isn't this the third time we meet?" Ethan said, signaling that it was not the first time they met.

But obviously, Ray wouldn't easily back down. He didn't know what this bastard was scheming, but he must take the initiative.

" Oh, now that you mention it. Wasn't you the thief in that Major's ball? It seems the security nowadays was pretty lax. Even a thief could happily walk around the town after committing such a crime."

" You!!!"

Even though Ethan was a protagonist, Ray knew that Ethan's weakness was in his brain.

Heck, this guy's intelligence was not even 100, and even Yuu was better than him. The only reason Ethan could be like this was just because of the will of the world and his OP Cheat.

Knowing that he would not win in a words competition with Ray, Ethan slightly changes his strategy. Right now, he has some advantages as he holds some of Ray's secrets.

From his conversation with Ray's parents on the airplane, Ethan could confirm that everything Ray had done before was without the knowledge of his parent, and if he didn't remember wrong, the last time they met, Ray's lover was a super sexy divorced MILF right?

" *Sigh* Forget it. It's just a misunderstanding. But how about you? How's your sugar mommy? Don't tell me you have left her after all that commotion in the ball?"

This time, it was Ethan's time to attack Ray. But Ray was already prepared for this.

Last night, he had issued an order for Yuu that if he heard something in his brain, he would immediately pull Ethan's cousin into his embrace and gave her a deep kiss.

Ray didn't bother with Ethan's words and gave Yuu the signal, which he immediately received and gave a deep kiss to Ethan's cousin.

Of course, if Ethan was a normal guy, he might only felt a bit awkward with this. But Ethan was a protagonist with a horny brain.

When he saw someone was making out in front of him, he suddenly felt the impulse to steal the man's girl. But when he realized that girl was his cousin, his expression instantly sunk.

To Ethan, every girl near him was his, and this included his cousin. He had been preparing to harvest his cousin after he git Aiko, and now seeing his cousin was making out with someone, he didn't know, anger rose in his heart.

" You, Kia, what are you doing."

Ethan pushed away Ray, who was in his path, and rushed to Yuu's side. However, unfortunately for him, when he reached Yuu and his cousin whose name was just been revealed to be Kia. They didn't seem to notice him, and even the deep kiss was getting hotter.

They seem to lost track of everyone else and are only focused on their own world. Tongues started to dance with each other, and when they eventually separated, Ethan could see the thread of saliva connecting their mouth.

" Fuck, Kia! Who is this guy?"

" Oh, this is Yuu, my boyfriend. And could you please stop using such a rude word to my boyfriend?"

Well, what Ray have done to Kia was not something like a hypnotist or suggestion. In fact, it was something more straightforward. He had seen that Kia might have a good feeling for Ethan because he saved her mother, so Ray bought an item from Aina that the function was to replace someone's memory.

Then, Ray just replaced the image of Ethan with Yuu. And Viola, Kia was now deeply in love with Yuu. However, ray still left some precautions in case Yuu betrayed him. He could suddenly return the changed memory to Kia by destroying the item he stored in the system inventory, making him in an invincible position to Yuu.

Now, Ethan, who saw Kia reprimand him because he was rude to Yuu, instantly turned furious. He was about to cuss Kia, but noticing the presence of Ray's parents behind, Ethan was able to hold himself.

And just like every other brain-dead protagonist, Ethan's mind now was filled with how to make Kia regret what she had done. And his conclusion fell into by making Kia jealous.

He sent a text message to Mira, saying that he wanted to meet with her, and he asked her to go to the address he would tell her about later.

Soon, the drama of Kia and Ethan was over, with Ray introducing Yuu and Kia to his parents as his best friend.

Of course, this revelation made Ray's parents happy. Their son before was a certified hikikomori, and seeing their beloved son now could make a friend. They offered Ethan, Kia, and Yuu to treat them to dinner.

They took a taxi and went into a luxurious restaurant in Maple-leaf city, which unsurprisingly was owned by the Vermillions.

[ Well, it looks like everything was going as planned, host.]

' Hehe, don't praise me too much. You will make me blush.'

[ *Sigh* Aina didn't praise you, host. Aina was just marveled at how the 20 int point which Aina gave to you could make you into such a great schemer.]

' .... '

Another thing to take note of, In the past week, Ray had increased all his stats into the next cap, which every stat was increased by 20.

If it was Ray before, even if he was pretty cunning, making such a detailed plan would still be hard for him. But now, with the power of 125 ints, he could easily make Ethan play in the palm of his hand.

Thirty minutes later, the taxi stopped and the group arrived at the Vermillion restaurant.

They entered the restaurant, and when they went inside, familiar figures were already waiting for them.

Yeah, it was none other than Mira which Ethan had called before. But how surprised she was when she saw Ray was coming together with him.