-----Mike's(MC) POV-----
I was sitting in the last seat away from the windows as always, hidden from the views of most of the class trying to concentrate on the history lesson given by Mr. Jenson.
"27th November 3023, the day on which the Apollo-11 finally escaped the gravitational field of the sun, is recorded in every history book and known as the A-day. The A-day was the greatest tragedy as well as the firmest stepping stone for humanity. Many people lost their lives on that fated day as sudden activation of abilities either proved dangerous for them or people around them. It is estimated that around 1.7% of the population died that day with 1% among them being children when their parents went through activation. Although the psychological horrors were somewhat suppressed because of the riots that soon occurred because of the power struggle between high rankers and the government..." as Mr. Jenson explained the circumstances that led to the creation of the Coalition Government that rules on the Earth today, Mike notices an interesting pattern that is present in class D.
The high rankers had an almost disinterested look in their eyes as they listened to Mr.Jenson, The middle rankers looked attentive but still looked half asleep as though their life path is already set for them. The lower rankers tried their best to avoid catching anyone's attention as they looked down and tried to look as invisible as possible without attracting the ire of Mr. Jenson for procrastination.
"...the following month and a half was a brief and bloody period which resulted in the reorganization of power amongst the 7 S ranked individuals on the power scale. The power structure of the world shifted from democracy to monarchy as the 7 leaders consolidated their factions. Meanwhile, the first crew to escape the confines of our solar system reported the presence of extraterrestrial life..." As Mr.Jenson droned about the formation and the treaty of the Coalition Government I looked at the screen in the corner of my vision…
[The System - Installation progress 99.999985674%]
That semi-transparent block of text has always been in the corner of my vision slowly increasing and I have waited for god knows how long. I never told anyone about it except my mother, to whom I promised to never reveal this information to anyone no matter what.
It's still kinda weird though as I looked at my watch which displayed basic information about you as it did for everyone yet.
[Name: Mike White]
[Ability Rank: B+]
[Ability Type: Regeneration]
As an outcast among the high-rankers because of their belief that my ability is not of any use, on the other hand not able to mingle among the middle rankers due to the presence of hierarchy, I have always been kind of left hanging. As for my regeneration ability, it has always been a weird experience for me as my wounds heal almost instantly on the expense that I always feel a little weak after.
"...as for the division of abilities into different ranks, there has always been a general belief that the highest tier, also known as S-Rank, or Special-Rank, is only tagged to persons that have either the potential or the destruction ability to destroy a planet. The ranks A-B normally correspond to the military officers, on the other hand, ranks C-D are enlisted in the army under the officers..." I have always known my place in the world, Dad belongs to a low-level aristocrat family, so we have always had some privileges compared to the general public.
[The System - Installation progress 99.999999674%]
As the system was finally close to completing its installation, I was feeling some excitement after 18 years, well 12 really because that's how far my memory goes but I assume that this screen has been in front of me my whole life. It's kind of weird because everybody says that I don't have much EQ, to tell you the truth I have always been a quiet child, I never felt the need to cry unfair because...I dunno we'll just leave this as mystery no.1 and leave it at that. Speaking of mysteries…
[Ping!]
[Congratulations Mike! Welcome to The System!!]
The voice was sweet but somewhat mechanical as a new popup appeared. Excitement bubbled as I looked forward to 18 years worth of patience as pop-ups started to appear…
[The System successfully installed!]
[Accessing World Matrix...]
[World Matrix Analysed...]
[Match Found…#12578 Solar System...Planet Earth...]
[Species Advancement Analysing....14%]
[Analysing Host...Vitals Normal...Mutations None...]
[Scanning Environment...Time since Stage 1...]
[Comparing Advancement...Calculating chances of survival...0.1%]
[Optimising The System for Host...]
As the notifications kept piling onto each other I waited patiently for the system to analyze and activate all of its components. Looking around the class, the situation has not changed as the class still went at the same pace…
[Ping!]
[All Systems Online...]
[Hello Mike!]
'Hello..?' I tried thinking hoping it would pick it up because I don't think Mr.Jenson would appreciate me talking during his lecture.
[Welcome Mike! To The System!!]
[Please think Status to proceed!]
'Status' I look towards my deskmate Jake to notice that he does not react to the screen that is hovering a foot from his face as he is concentrating on the lecture...focusing back on the system a new screen has popped up…
[Name: Mike White]
[Title: None]
[Level: 1]
[Exp:0/100]
[HP: 100/100]
[Str: 10]
[Int: 10]
[Con:10]
[Dex:10]
[Luck:?]
[Points: 5]
[Coins : 0]
[Credits: 10515]
As soon as I finished reading all the information about me a new window flashed in front of me…
[Ping!]
[Legendary System Quest Generated!]
[Get to level 10 before Military Deportation to gain access to all the functions of The System]
[Tasks: Gain Level 10 in 2 months]
[Bonus: Exceed total stats greater than 100 before military deportation]
[Rewards: Complete access and binding of The System! & 1000coins]
[Bonus: Epic Grade Weapon or Ability Copy Card]
'You mean to tell me that I waited 18 years for a test...' the deadpanned look as you read the notification…
'Menu..?'
[The System: Menu]
[Status]
[Skills]
[Inventory]
[Quests]
[x-Shop-x]
[x-Abilities-x]
[x-World Objectives-x]
'Hello..? system I need an explanation on the menu'
[Status contains basic information about you and your stats]
[Skills contains all relevant skills which are divided into Bronze, Silver, Gold, Epic & Legendary]
[Inventory is your movable storage trunk]
[Quests contains all active quests which are divided into Bronze, Silver, Gold, Epic & Legendary]
[Shop contains System exclusive items with varying effects...LOCKED]
[Abilities can be bought in the shop and can be upgraded in the abilities tab...LOCKED]
[World Objectives...Classified...LOCKED]
"...and thus we'll stop here for today..." as Mr.Jenson said some closing remarks some high-rankers just straight-up walked out of the class... Although it would have been funny to look at Mr.Jenson's face, everyone just put their head down and waited for Mr.Jenson to leave before leaving.
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I arrived at the library and after a thorough scan of The System and leafing through all the information present I tallied what I learned today…
1.The System is somehow related to the A-day
2.There are probably more universes in which A-day took place
3.As there is a survival percentage linked with the system its probable that all those worlds will finally clash with each other.
4.I am probably stuck in things way out of my pay scale.
5.My regeneration and weird personality are because of the System's Innate skills [Gamer's Body] and [Gamer's Mind].
Going through the list one more time I simply chuck the list in my Inventory, even though no one would take it seriously but there is no need to leave some ammunition lying that could harm yourself later. A quick look at my watch showed me that the classes should be over and seeing that the combat room should be free
I made my way across the academy…
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-----Jane's POV-----
'...do you know why my temper is so short….No no no! It's not because my hair color is red...I might have tried to destroy that guy's hair but that's not the point… Do you know how hard it is to train an ability which gives you control over all matter...One mistake and that guy's penis would have been disintegrated rather than his smug, sleek black hair...' as I trained and tried to destroy Mr.Potato ', yeah I named a state of the art dummy specially made to train my ability Mr.Potato...' anyway back on the topic at hand Mr.Weird entered the combat room, 'now if that was anyone else I would have just ignored him because seriously I admit I am a bit vain but nobody here is worth my time anyway…enough with my ramblings...why the fuck is he going through the combat tutorial...' feeling curious I stepped towards my terminal and accessed the live feed and results…
[Strength:9.23]
[Speed:9.35]
[Shooting Accuracy:10%]
[Resilience: 9.48]
'...That..is consistently the limits of non-combat abilities, so why is he trying this combat tutorial again I mean mediocre people should...wtf again??...why to waste your time??' as I stood there perplexed at the stupidity of mediocre…
[Strength:11.13]
[Speed:12.15]
[Shooting Accuracy:10%]
[Resilience: 9.48]
'...'
'...'
'...did he just improve in a matter of minutes because he sure did give it his all in both his previous attempts...but...okay Mr.Weird has just been promoted to Mr.Interesting' as Mr.Interesting retreated from the combat room and faded from my view I accessed the family files and search for one Mike White…
[Name: Mike White]
[Family Rank: Grade 3]
[Ability: Regeneration]
[Ability Rank: B+]
[Threat level: 26]
[Remarks: The White family has been on the declining since the last 2 generations and although this generation they have produced 2B and an A-ranked ability users so their return to main-stream aristocratic families is imminent...Mike White on the other hand seems to be the black sheep of the family and is therefore struck off from the threat list long ago...Revaluation to be scheduled on 25th Feb 3156...]
'...'
'...either you really are thrash Mr.Intresting or you are just becoming more and more interesting...' I exit the combat room to look at the frail back of Mr.Interesting turning around the corner and exiting towards the main gate…
'...just make these last 2 months a little more interesting will you...'
'...let's say hi to Mr.Potato then...'