Genius Manager: I Can Make All Girls Talented!

He wouldn\'t be able to completely mind-blow Chloe and Aurora.

\'Ah…fuck. At least, there\'s no penalty if I don\'t do it,\' Darius thought, making it clear that he wasn\'t planning on taking this quest even if the rewards seemed quite good.

However, it seemed like he spoke too soon.

-Ding!

[Penalty: Lose of the System and all current skills.]

\'Fuck.\'

Reading the penalty, Darius knew that he had no choice but to take the quest and try his best to realize it. He also knew that there wasn\'t a better time to introduce himself to both Chloe and Aurora, who were trash-talking Tristan.

"I wouldn\'t mind replacing him, but there isn\'t anyone as good as him willing to work for this project," Chloe muttered with a defeated look.

Darius knew when to take his opportunity as he jumped right in their conversation, surprising Clara greatly.

"Hey, I couldn\'t help but listen to your conversation. Are you looking for a replacement for the main lead of your movie?"

Chloe frowned at the stranger. However, she quickly recognized him.

"Are you Clara\'s manager?" She asked.

"Exactly, if you want, I have the perfect actor for the role."

Chloe sighed and said, "Sure, who is he?"

Darius smiled as he pointed at himself. "Me! I\'d be perfect for the role."

Clara\'s eyes widened. She didn\'t know what was happening inside of Darius\'s mind to say such things, but there was clearly something wrong. As far as she knew, Darius had never once acted in his life. What made him think that he could potentially be better at it than Tristan?

It made no sense whatsoever.

He would also have to film the movie, leaving behind Yuna and Avery for quite some time. After all, they might not be shooting the movie in Los Angeles, and they might move around a lot.

Nevertheless, Clara closed her mouth and let Darius continue talking. She trusted him to have some kind of plan, or else she would simply be humiliated because of her.

The cameras turned toward Darius as he said those things, filming every bit of that conversation, clearly planning on using it later if it was interesting drama.

"Have you even acted before in your life?"

Darius knew that he had to lie, or else Chloe would never take him seriously.

"Of course. Just give me your script, and I\'ll give it a read after you are done with this whole thing. I\'ll show you my talent as an actor."

Darius completely gambled on the fact that his skill would work wonders. After all, it was his only way of making this quest work. His talents as an actor were bound to be atrocious.

Darius couldn\'t wait to imagine the look on the faces of Yuna and Avery when they learned that he would act in a movie as the main lead. It was bound to be quite funny.

Nevertheless, Darius pushed those thoughts to the back of his mind as Chloe rubbed her chin.

"Meh, why not? Here, take this." She gave one of her copies of the script to Darius. "Prepare this one scene for me, please."

She showed him one scene in particular for some reason. Probably to act as some kind of test for Darius to show his acting skills. Nevertheless, Darius had no other choice but to accept this offer if he wanted to complete the quest that had been asked of him.

"Sure. I\'ll see you in an hour or two."

Chloe nodded and smiled at him as she looked at him, walking away.

Right as Darius got far enough not to hear them anymore, Chloe turned around to look at Clara who also had a dumbfounded look on her face.

"This manager of yours, has he ever acted before?"

Clara was just as lost as the movie director. "I don\'t know…I guess he did. He did know of my past movies even if they were really unknown."

Aurora chimed in the conversation. "Well, even if he doesn\'t have the acting skills. He certainly has the looks for the role. That\'s half the job done."

Chloe also agreed. "Yes, that\'s true. Well, no use thinking about him anymore. We\'ll only choose him if he\'s better than Tristan, or at the very least, just as good."

\'Just why did you do such a thing…\' Clara thought in the back of her mind, truly hoping that Darius knew what he was doing.

***

"I don\'t have a single clue of what I\'m doing," Darius muttered in the meantime, sitting quite far away from where all the actors and actresses had gathered.

In his hands, he had the script for the movie. However, he wasn\'t focused on it as he kept trying to ask questions to the voice in his mind who had given him such a quest. Darius was supposed to be a Genius Manager, that was his class. So why was he suddenly asked to become an actor…it made little to no sense.

Nevertheless, no matter how many times he asked. He didn\'t get any answers from the voice, who was seemingly ignoring all his plights.

"Tsk…I guess I truly have no choice. What even is the role of Tristan?" Darius asked himself as he started reading the scene that he was asked to perform later.

A few minutes passed and he was finally done reading and Darius was even less confident than before because of the role. Tristan\'s role was that of a villain, who was borderline of a sociopath.

"…not only it\'s my first time acting, but I\'m stuck with this complicated role, really?"

Nevertheless, a distinct sound echoed in his mind once more.

-Ding!

[Role-Play comes into effect.]

[Current understanding of the character: 26%]

\'I got 26% in a single read?!\' Darius thought, realizing that he might be able to make this whole thing work.