It was the first launch of the game Glory. Although greatness will come during the following years, this story begins from the very first Glory server's launching.

Ding!

"You have been awakened by xxx as her avatar in-game! Read the attached rules and regulations to understand your existence better. Your name is Rotten Since Birth. Work hard as an in-game avatar to be reincarnated to the Heaven Domain!"

The fake cheerfulness of the system voice seems to permeate his ears. Although a faint sense of wanting to stay asleep nags in his brain, he could not help opening his eyes. After he did, his body moved by itself and glanced around. He could feel the breeze and the uncomfortable crude clothes on him. Before he could orient himself (mentally), he felt his mouth open and-

"Chichi, where are you now?" a sweet female voice left his mouth.

The shock shook his soul but he had an inkling that it wasn't his real voice. He didn't have any control over his body but he knew that it wasn't his tongue moving just then. He could feel all around him and the things regarding his own body but he had no control whatsoever. Weirdly enough, his mouth involuntarily opened again but a screen appeared above him this time. Somehow, he knew what the words said without glancing up.

"My connection is a bit bad so pm if you got your char ready. I'll afk here 0w0"

There was a moment of silence where he just blankly stayed there (not like he could move anyways). It took a while but he used that time to orient himself. The voice before said his name is currently Rotten Since Birth, and he really wished whoever named him can go to hell. The voice also mentioned some kind of attached rules and regulations, which he could not yet find. He doesn't know why he exists, only that he can be reincarnated to a place called the Heaven Domain. Other than that, he knew he was an existence called an "in-game character" and, according to this xxx person, someone can "get their character ready" inside this "game" thing.

Rotten Since Birth is such a bad name that he had to resist the urge to think of another name for himself. Unfortunately, he can also feel that everyone around him has no trouble knowing his name. It was so embarrassing that he felt like his soul will fly again.

Taking in the things he could see in the fixed direction, he saw many other "characters" opening their mouth and not moving their tongue or jaw. Despite so, voices bustled in and out of his ears. There were also other white-screen-thing that has words on it. He had to actually squint to see some of them unlike his own that he instinctively knew the contents of. Those other people also have confused faces as if they had no idea how they came into existence and what will happen.

A voice screamed from behind him.

His ears are almost deafened yet he could not even move his body to flinch. A female walked from behind him, awkwardly turned then positioned herself to be looking at him straight in the eye. Another screen-thing popped up in front of him, this time with a black background and white text. He somehow knew its contents too, and he blanked out when he read it.

"AHAHAHA Yanyan, why are you a guy? And exposing your rotten self too. Want some boy on boy act even in-game? LOLOLOLOL"

With tears in his (mental) eyes, he grieved for his poor self. Is that what the rotten in his name meant?! He'd rather have dog sh*t in his name 囧 囧 囧