"You've got to be shitting me. Just a second ago I was walking back home. Now I get transmigrated as Saitama. With hair for crying outloud... " I said with a bit of anger in my voice as I was currently observing my appearance in the bathroom mirror
[Flashback]
Camden: "What's going on mom?" I said, going downstairs after being called by my mom
Mom: "I forgot to buy eggs when we went out in the morning. Could you get some for me?" She said. Mom was currently making dinner for both of us to have. And since I have nothing much to do for a few minutes, I nodded at her request. Grabbing enough money to buy the amount of eggs that she said to buy, which was around 6 as I exited the house and started going towards the grocery store that opens for 24/7. I didn't even know we had one near us back when I first saw it
Camden: "Can't believe I'm 18 and still in my parents' house. Got to save up soon" I muttered to myself as I thought of all the things that happened throughout my life
Camden: "Ever since Dad died, Mom was completely shattered. Shattered to that point that she almost gave me up to an orphanage when I was around 4-5. Still remembered every second of it for some reason. And now here we are. Mom seems to slowly become more stable now more than ever. It could have been way worse than this, but I'm glad it didn't" I said to myself, remembering the events that transpired for the vast few years of my 18 year life
And as my mind pondered more about the past, my eyes caught a poster hanging from an electric pole. It took less than a second for me to recognize that the poster contained the anime, One Punch Man
Camden: "I don't usually see anime posters around here" I said, deciding to move closer to it just to see both covers for seasons 1 and 2 of the anime
Camden: "Well, it still holds well today. Even though it was my first anime to binge on back in 2015" I mumbled, still remembering the fights that it had. The story itself takes a twist on a main character that seemingly one punches anything
After a few seconds examining the poster, I continued my way to buy the eggs that mom asked me to buy
After a while, I made it to the store. It was a simple grocery store, nothing that I haven't seen before. I quickly got the 6 eggs, brought them to the counter and paid for it. Now I'm going back home with the freshly bought eggs from the store. But strangely, a weird aura appeared around me. The color of the aura was flicking from this white holyness color that probably came from heaven. To this bright, sparkling red color that reminds me of hell itself
As I was observing the strange aura enveloping my whole body, I heard a sudden loud honk behind me. I turned around with lightning speeds and saw a van that was meters away from hitting me. My face became immediately nervous, but strangely, I felt the surroundings around me slow down. I had to blink a few times before I noticed it. A bunch of specs of dusts were in the air for some reason when time suddenly slowed down. Millions, if not billions of them appeared for me to see with my eyes. Either that this is the last few seconds that you're experiencing before you die, or time has simply bended itself to somehow aid me, since I feel that I could move. I don't really know what's going on, but what I do know is that I have to avoid the van
And that I did, or, tried to at least. Because as I started to move away from the van, I heard a voice invading my mind
"I will seek you when the time comes and use your help. But for right now, I need you to grow, and understand what needs to be done" Those were the words that were said by the mysterious voice, before suddenly, time began to flow back to normal
*Boom!*
The van hit me, and I died
[Flashback End]
And now here I am. Suddenly waking up in a messy, average size apartment as pre-bald Saitama
Camden: "...Mom" I mumbled, realizing just now that. I'm no longer with the last living parent that I have. I took a few seconds of silence to just grief over her loss that she is experiencing. Funny, grieving for my mom's loss, which was me, her only family left, now gone. She has only herself now. A few droplets of tears came out from my eyes, but soon it will be a lake of them when night comes along where I do my overthinking sessions
[Ding! Mission System Activated.]
Suddenly, the silence was interrupted by a voice in my head. But strangely, it isn't the same voice as the voice that spoke to me before I was killed by the van
Camden: "What now..." I said, hearing the voice again
[Hello User! Welcome to the Mission System.]
The voice said, making me surprised
Camden: "Don't tell me it's an actual system"
[Believe it User! I am your System that someone has given to you!]
Camden: "Who gave me a system?"
[I am not allowed to say who it was.]
Camden: "Of course you don't..." I said, looking at my appearance again in the mirror
Camden: "How will I survive this world without Saitama's one punching powers? His training is torture for any normal human to try... " I mumbled. But then, the motivation that was missing from me on doing the insane workout, was mostly solved by the mysterious voice that is now permanently residing in me
[Ding! New Mission Acquired.]
[Do 100 pushups, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats and a 10 kilometer run, every single day. For 3 years.]
[Reward: Baldhead/Broken limiter]
[Accept]?
The system said as I saw a holographic picture appear in front of me 'So it is a system' I thought
Camden: "... It seems you can't even refuse this. I guess this is it now. Living the life of Saitama" I said. Thinking about everything from my past life
Camden: "I hope mom could hold herself when she learns about my death. She was a good and caring parent, both her and dad. Sad to see that she's the only one left. Knowing that I just died and the consequences of my death for my mom. This will probably live in my head forever... Oh god, this feels like my batman origin story" I said, giving my last hopes and words for mom and everyone else I have left behind back in my world before I focused back on my system
Camden: "Is there a way to not get the baldhead reward?" I said to the system. It's quite redundant adding the bald head as a reward. I know that Saitama in the show and manga lost his hair by doing the intense training regimen for 3 years, but that doesn't make too much sense if I do things differently from what Saitama did, at least in the hygiene part of the three year training stretch anyway. Or maybe is just an excuse on my part to not be bald. Nothing wrong with being bald of course, but I'd rather have hair
[You can use Anti-Hairloss shampoo every day until the Mission is complete, but be warned that if you miss a day without using the Shampoo, then you are going bald.]
The system said in my head as suddenly, a shampoo bottle appeared on my hand that had the name that the system said. Anti-Hairloss
Camden: "... This makes my motivation higher than before, but that doesn't change the torture part in the training" I said as I pressed 'Accept'
[Ding! Mission Accepted! You can start the mission tomorrow.]
The system said as I let out a tired sigh
Camden: "I don't think I'll survive this" I said, going back to my now new living room. It was a fucking mess for a quick explanation on my first thoughts about my apartment
Camden: "*sigh* I guess I'll clean this tomorrow" I said, laying down on my new, surprisingly still clean sleeping mattress and started to go through Saitama's memories
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Camden: "So he already met that kid with a nutsack and that crab guy" I said, stopping my memory hopping for now to look at the ceiling of my apartment with both hands behind my head
Camden: "My new life... Still can't believe it, but all I could do now is accept this" I mumbled, closing my eyes and sleeping through my first night here in the One punch man world. Accepting my new life that someone gave me.