In a room, a young man who was sleeping suddenly wakes up screaming his lungs out.
"Aaaa….."
And as he looks around him, he sighs.
But immediately jumps off his bed and sees himself in the mirror.
"Aaaa…"
He again screams even louder as he sees someone else in the mirror.
Adam saw someone else in the mirror.
He saw a fat young man with deep blue eyes and black hair, but vaguely he felt that he was seeing himself in it.
Thinking back at what had happened moments before, Adam felt a chill down his spine. As he slowly started to wrap his mind around what happened to him.
"I have reincarnated," Adam thought, because he knew he had no chance of surviving from the state that he was in, and even if he survived, he would not be having this body that did not even have a burning mark on him.
After which he remembered one of his old memories from his childhood.
Starting Guide For Reincarnation
1. Search for my golden finger.
(CODEWORD: - Status Window)
2. Know the history of the new world; see if the world is safe or not.
(Use the Internet if available or just ask someone.)
3. Do not be dense towards girls (or you will die a virgin).
4. Do not be naive (know that your life will be at risk if you believe everyone blindly).
Adam remembering his teenage years made him embarrassed at first and then felt pity for his teenage self for how envious he was to think that he could reincarnate to another world like the main character of manga and light novels, but now it was all worth it.
At an Unknown bar somewhere in the new worldOn TV inside the bar
[Talk Show: We have a guest at our show, the most famous scientist and professor of the Rising Sun Academy, Albert Ray.]
Two Guys Talking to Each Other in the Bar
"Oo professor of the Rising Sun Academy, I think it will be important..."
The man next to him slaps him on the back of his head and speaks
"What is it? You think it will be important? "It is important that man is Albert Ray."
"Who Is Albert Ray? Why Is He So Important? He is so important that you dare to slap me.
The man next to him sighed...
"Man, how many times should I say it again?"
"Okay, I get it, but please say it again."
"You do not get it. Leave it; this will be the last time. Promise me.
The man promises with a face that says otherwise
The other man sighed again.
And speaks
"Albert Ray is one of the top minds in our generation and also the one who made the abyss prism that holds the world's most dangerous villains."
Back On TV
[Reporter: - Sir, can you explain what happened 7 days ago at the city center?
Albert Ray replies with a small and loving smile.
"I called this phenomenon a mana storm."
"Sir, why this name?"
Albert replies, "It's like a normal storm but dense in mana."
"Sir, is it safe?"
Albert replies the same way as before with a smile.
"No, and yes."
"No, and yes," the reporter said with confusion.
"Let me explain it."
"Okay."
"We all know that mana itself is not harmful as it is set in balance in the atmosphere until or unless it is invoked by something or someone. Here in this case something is nature. The invoker as nature did not have any ill intention it did not cause destruction"
"Nature invoked the mana." The reporter was confused again by his part and asked Albert a question.
"Sir, do you know for what reason nature invoked mana?"
"No, I do not know how nor why it invoked mana," Albert replies.
With that, the reporter continues asking some more random questions and ends the show with it.
As the two men walk out of the bar chatting
A man wearing a black hoodie looks at the TV with glowing red eyes.
at Adam's House
Adam tries to call out his golden finger.
As he shouts out the words "status window,"
.....
...
.....
After a long period of silence
Nothing happens...
So, he starts to try other words, thinking that the golden finger will activate.
"Open window...."
"Close window...."
"Help is here...."
'aaaaa...."
"God, give me power...."
....
...
.....
"SHAZAM..."
As nothing was happening for one hour, Adam started to think that he didn't have a golden finger.
Because his new body was fat, he was getting tired fast from just standing and calling out random words.
Falling back on the bed and looking up, he saw a blue window floating in the air right above his head.
He jumped off this bed and looked at it carefully.
As he looked carefully, he saw words on the blue window.
[87% Synchronizing]
He had a gut feeling that he would get his golden finger after the 87% hit 100%.
But even after one hour, the number did not change as it stayed at 87%.
Adam was tired from looking up
looking around his room, leaving the blue window to do this synchronizing or whatever it is doing.
Adam walked towards something that looked like a transparent glass with a mouse beside it.
And when he reached near the transparent glass, it booted up like a computer, showing numerous applications on the screen.
Sitting down on the chair near the table, he tried to use the computer, looking at an application that closely resembled a browser named "WorldNet.".
Now gaining access to the internet, Adam browsed the internet to understand this new world.
The synchronizing meter went up.
88%...
Slowly the face filled with excitement changed into horror as he understood the true horrors of his new world, shocking him to his core.
"This new world is dangerous as hell" were the first words that came out of his mouth after completely understanding this world or what the internet showed.
This new world had 500 years of history.
500 years before (to be exact, 532 years before), this world resembled his old world. But everything changed when the great catastrophe hit this world, turning it into a wasteland.
Everything started when the sun split into 3, radiating massive numbers of solar flares that reached all the planets in this solar system.
When this solar flare reached this planet, it started to grow in size, which increased the surface area of the planet by three times more than it was.
This increase in size caused mass destruction, wiping out nearly two-thirds of the population.
It did not end there because the other one-third of the population was forced to face dangerous mutated animals and human corpses that were affected by the solar flare, turning them into monsters and zombies.
Humanity never losing their hope, fought against these monsters for 10 years using all the military power that they could combine together, but humanity still couldn't face monsters that were far stronger than the normal monster whom they could kill with bullets, but these stronger monsters needed high artillery weapons, which were already a limited resource.
When the crisis was reaching its zenith, humans with superpowers started to appear around the world, awakening abilities that helped them fight against the stronger monsters and going past their human limits.
With the short peace that these people brought. Humans researched these powers, understanding that they were also affected by the massive energy flare but in a different way, giving them inhuman powers and abilities.
Humans with these newfound powers started to rebuild society by building fortresses all around the world that shielded them from the monster outside.
When peace returned to humanity, they started to research more about these abilities and powers, finding out that there was a new form of energy now present in the atmosphere that helped the people with superpowers to grow stronger, which had some kind of magical properties that made it different from other source energy.
This new energy was named as "Mana" after seeing the magical properties this energy had that closely resembled the magical energy in RPG games.
That was not all, as they found new minerals and ores that were not present before the disaster, and many of the old minerals mutated under the new energy, drastically changing their properties.
And the monster corpse that was claimed after these monsters were killed was used to create equipment and artifacts that humans can use to keep their loved ones safe.
Some of this equipment and these artifacts were worth millions because of how useful they are for mankind.
Some used them to save their loved ones and protect humanity, while others used them to make money and gain fame.
Hence, they started the Era of Heroes.
But with the coming of heroes, a new breed of human came to exist that was hungry for power, who fell to the lowest to gain power.
These new breeds of humans were called "Villains.".
As Adam was going through the internet, he started to understand that if he did not get his golden finger in this dangerous world, he was as good as dead.
As he continues to search
The synchronizing started to increase.
89%...
90%...
91%...
94%...
96%...
98%...
99%...
100%....
When the synchronization hits 100%, a notification rings in Adam's ears.
Suddenly Adam blacks out.
Bang!!
Hitting his head on the table.
After some time, he walks up
He felt pain on the left side of his face.
With a slight headache, he is flushed with new memories as he gains all memories of the former owner of this body.
"By coincidence or miracle, this person's first name is Adam, but the second name is Sunray. That's an odd name to have as a surname."
"Adam Sunray"
18 years old, born in the Canson district, one of the 11 districts in the fortress called Phantom Dome, he barely got admitted to "RISING SUN ACADEMY OF HERO" at the rank of 645th in the entrance exam.
He has two loving parents, a big sister, and a cute little sister. Both his parents run a company with his big sister and little sister, who is 13 years old.
After registering every important memory, he started searching for a disc that was sent by the academy for admission confirmation.
Finding the disc inside the drawer, Adam lets out a sigh of relief and replayed the footage.
Academy Footage
"Student Adam Sunray, you have passed the entrance exam and got admission at "Rising Sun Academy of Hero" in the Hero course at the rank of 645th," said a woman in a black suit.
"This message is to inform you that the academy will be closed for the next 4 months for the installation of new equipment and security.
Thank you for your cooperation.
And welcome to Rising Sun Academy of Hero, Young Hero."
After seeing the footage, Adam closed the dice and placed it inside the drawer again for safekeeping.
Looking at the blue window floating before his eye, he felt excited.
Adam looked at the notification that came and then carefully looked through it.
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["If I Could Become" system has been activated]
[You have been awakened.]
[System features have been unlocked.]
[Unlocked features]
[Status Window] UNLOCKED?
[If I Could Have] UNLOCKED?
[If I Could Become] UNLOCKED?
[Reward for unlocking new features has been sent to the host]
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Adam was overwhelmed with notifications.
So, he slowly started to check them one by one, not leaving out the smallest details.
First was Status Window, as its name suggested it showed his basic information.
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[Name: -Adam Sunray]
Level: -1 (1/100)
HP: -95/100
Mana: -33/33
[Title: -No Title]
[Age: -18]
[Species: - Homo sapiens]
[State: - Awakened]
[Attribute]
#STR: -5 #SPD: -2 #VIT: -3
#END: -1 #INT: -9 #SEN: -7
[Reward]?
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It's that simple.
But what he didn't get was the "if I could have" and "if I could become" features that his system has.
But after close inspection, he found a question mark at the end of the unlocked notification.
As he tapped it, a new window opened up.
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[If I Could Have]: -
If you wish for something to have, you can have it.
If the conditions are met
[If I Could Become]: -
If you wish to become something, you can be it.
If the condition is met
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After reading it, Adam did not understand any of the words that the system used to describe these features.
Thinking that he will eventually understand these features in the future, Adam continued onto the rewards that he got for unlocking his new features.
As he tapped on the reward question mark, another new window opened up.
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[REWARD]
[Reward For Host to Unlocking New Features]
1. Eye of God - SSS Rank (Active)
Effect: -Allow the user to view the information of any beings, artifacts, and herbs around the host.
The range is limited to 1 meter around the host because the host is weak.
The range will increase as the host grows stronger.
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Adam was excited seeing the new skill that allowed him to know everything about anything around him, even if it was limited to 1 meter.
After the excitement died down, there was another big problem at hand.
Walking towards the mirror, Adam saw a fat body.
"I am fat, way too fat.
Even if I got admission at the best academy there is, I will be kicked out if I do not lose some weight.
Adam said to himself
"If I Could Have a Perfect Body," he wished, because Adam was now in a situation where he could not overcome it with just his willpower but needed a miracle.
As if it was the answer to his wish, the system notification rang in his ears.
Seeing which Adam was excited, just like someone who won a 100-million-dollar lottery.
[Author's note]: -
Information
STR: -strength
SPD: - Speed
VIT: -vitality
END: - Endurance
INT: -intelligent
SEN: -sense