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Chapter 2 - Nero-Sama

๐——๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด!

[๐—™๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ [๐——๐—š.๐—ฆ๐˜†๐˜€] ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ.]

Out of nowhere, a strange UI tab appeared in front of me.

Could this be...?

I went back into my room as fast as I could, and once I locked the door behind me thereโ€”

"System! On!" I screamed with zero hesitation.

...?

"..."

Well, let's try this then "Activate System!"

...

"System open! System unlock! System turn on! Status Windowโ€”"

๐——๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด!

๐—ก๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ: ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป

๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ: ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ณ-๐—›๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป, ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ณ-๐—ข๐—ป๐—ถ (๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ)

๐—”๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜: ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—น

โ€‹ฬฒ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€โ€”

๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ: ๐—• [๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฎ]

๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜๐—ต: ๐—™ [๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ]

๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ: ๐—™ [๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ]

๐——๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†: ๐—˜ [๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ]

๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฐ: ๐—˜ [๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿต]

๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—บ: ๐—˜ [๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿณ]

๐—ข๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น: ๐—˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ

Huh... well at least something worked.

My status was as expected, fully garbage.

Soren, the protagonist overall status at the start of Lustful Conquest II was A Rank.

And the minimum requirements to get into the Superhero Academy is to be atleast C rank.

How did the original Nero manage to even enter the Superhero Academy?

๐——๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด!

[๐—”๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ, ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฆ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜๐˜€]

Oho?

[๐—ก๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜]

[๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ: ๐—ฆ]

[๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฏ๐˜†๐˜€๐˜€. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฏ๐˜†๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—น ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ, ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ.

๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฏ๐˜†๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต; ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น, ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ.]

That was... amazing.

With this, I can just get into any bank, treasury or basically any place I want.

Intangibility meant capturing me was almost impossible.

I could arrive, quite literally, into the bedrooms of mafia heads, billionaires and country presidents and abduct or assassinate them with no one ever the wiser.

Let's not mention the time travel aspect of it. Instead of just fighting Soren I can just go to the past and get rid of him when he is an infant for an easy kill.

I resisted the urge to outright pick this one and looked at the next gift.

[๐—™๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜]

[๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ: ๐—ฆ]

[๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ.

๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜† ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐Ÿฌ.๐Ÿฑโ€“๐Ÿฏ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ.

๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ.]

Oh? This one also seemed interesting.

Although I do have some future knowledge about the plot, this could be extra helpful for sure.

But I still liked Null Transit much more. Again, I could just teleport into a nuclear facility, steal a nuclear missile, go back in time, and drop it on baby Soren.

...

No, I'm not really going to nuke a baby.

I'm just saying that I can.

[๐—ข๐—ป๐—ถ ๐—•๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ]

[๐—จ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ถ ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ, ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ข๐—ป๐—บ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ ๐—ฆ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ๐˜€, ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ถ ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ถ.

๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ% ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐˜€' ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ, ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฏ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€.

๐—”๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ถ, ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—น๐˜† ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ.]

That's...

Well, this is really interesting. It's almost better than Null Transit.

No, it is better.

While the time travel aspect is really OP, there are many time travelers in Lustful Conquest.

Aside from one character in particular that will notice immediately if anything went wrong with the timeline.

Also, the noble Oni upgrade offers limitless power growth.

I can just devour someone with time manipulation or teleportation ability, given enough time.

I can't do that with Null Transit.

Still, the immediate power that Null Transit offers is also compelling. After all, whatever future potential an ability offers, I cannot use it if I die before reaching it.

What should I choose?

"..."

Fuck it.

We ball.

[๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ธ [๐—ข๐—ป๐—ถ ๐—•๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ] ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ]

[๐—ข๐—ป๐—ถ ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด... ๐Ÿญ%... ๐Ÿฑ%]

Alright, I don't feel anything different yetโ€”

"FUCK!"

It burns.

It really burns.

I felt as if I was being cooked alive.

I fell to the ground immediately, rolling on the floor like a madman.

[...๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ%...๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ%...]

When was it going to be over?

I saw steam rising from my skin.

"#$&$!"

It took every ounce of my being to hold back my scream.

[...๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฑ%...๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฌ%...]

My skin was melting, actually melting.

As I was about to scream, I noticed that I couldn't.

My vocal cords had melted off as well.

[...๐Ÿด๐Ÿฌ%..๐Ÿด๐Ÿฑ...]

All of my skin melted away as I started seeing my own muscles and bones, and finally understood why it felt like I was being cooked alive.

My blood was boiling.

[...๐Ÿต๐Ÿฑ%...๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ%!]

๐——๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด!

[๐—ข๐—ป๐—ถ ๐—•๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—จ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ!]

Thank God...

[๐—จ๐—ฝ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ถ ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ]

What? HOLD UPโ€”!!!

[...๐Ÿญ%...๐Ÿฑ%...]

...

After what seemed to be three minutes or so of agonizing pain, it was finally over.

[...๐Ÿต๐Ÿฑ%...๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ%!]

๐——๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด!

[๐—ข๐—ป๐—ถ ๐—•๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ถ ๐—•๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ]

"...!?"

My body regenerated immediately from a skinless skeleton into its former state in ten seconds or so.

The pain was fully gone, as if all of what just happened had been an illusion.

I walked to the mirror to take a clear look. Nero's pale skin and dark hair didn't change. However, if someone looked closely, they would be able to see the light muscle definition on his stomach and other parts of his body, contradicting his older skinny appearance.

Or I guess it's my appearance now that I have taken over his body.

Well, I'm rather handsome, no?

Let's see if something more than mere appearance changed.

"Status Window"

๐—ก๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ: ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป

๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ: ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ณ-๐—›๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป, ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ณ-๐—ข๐—ป๐—ถ (๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ)

๐—”๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜: ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—น

๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€โ€”

๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ: ๐—• [๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฎ]

๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜๐—ต: ๐—– [๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฌ]

๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ: ๐—• [๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฎ]

๐——๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†: ๐—• [๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฐ]

๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฐ: ๐—– [๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿณ]

๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—บ: ๐—˜ [๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿณ]

๐—ข๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น: ๐—– ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ

Oho?

With that, at least the minimum requirements for entering the academy are met.

๐—ž๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ!

๐—ž๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ!

๐—ž๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ!

Hm?

"Nero-sama, may I come in?"

The VTuber or me?

"Yes, please."

As the door opened, a woman with long dark hair and crimson eyes entered the room.

Having absorbed all of the original Nero's memories, I naturally knew her.

"Good morning, Shiori-san."

I greeted the woman that was wearing a maid outfit with a smile.

"Good morning, Nero-sama."

She bowed a little bit.

Shiori is the housemaid. As far as I can remember, she was working here even before Nero was born.

Despite that, she looked twenty years old at most.

Could it be that she was also a...

"Nero-sama?" she asked me as she looked at me directly in the eyes.

"...Yes?"

"Is there something... different about you?"

Oh? So she did notice the slight appearance change.

Well, I think that's only natural, given that she was there since Nero was born.

"I don't know. I started working out lately, so maybe that's why I may look a little bit different." I lied with zero hesitation.

"...Working out?"

"Yes, working out. Regardless of that, I gotta go now or I'll be late to school."

The faster this conversation ends, the better.

"...Of course. My apologies, Nero-sama." She bowed her head deeply, even if the suspicious look didn't disappear from her face.

That much can't be helped. The change was a bit too obvious to hide, but as long as I don't slip up, she won't suspect that someone took over Nero's body.

I mean, it's not like I had a way to read her mind or anythingโ€”

๐——๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด!

[๐——๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜?]

The Gamer Sight?

[๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐˜€, ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚.]

This system had such an insane power!?

'Yes!'

[๐—š๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ | ๐—ข๐—ก]

I didn't notice a big change around me, well, except for the UI tab that was above Shiori's head.

๐—ก๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ: ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ ๐—œ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ

๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ: ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ-๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ถ

๐—”๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜: ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—น

๐—”๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€: ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐˜‚ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜†, ๐—•๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป.

๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€โ€”

๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ: ๐——

๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜๐—ต: ๐—–

๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ: ๐—•

๐——๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†: ๐—–

๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฐ: ๐——

๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—บ: ๐—–

๐—ข๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น: ๐—— ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ

๐—•๐—ถ๐—ผโ€”

๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ ๐—œ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ, ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ-๐˜€๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ถ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐˜‚ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ. ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐˜‚ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ, ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ. ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ'๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ณ-๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ถ, ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ถ ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ป-๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป.

๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ถ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป.

๐—”๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น: โ€”๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿด, ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ.

๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ: ๐—œ'๐—ฑ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐—œ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ.

"..."

"Is there something on my head, Nero-sama?" She tilted her head as she asked with innocence.

"No." Yes.

...

Alright, what the actual fuck!?

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