Shinnosuke Nohara

Qi Xiaoxin calmly lit a cigarette and asked,

"What was that you said about the goddess system? What happens to ordinary people?"

Mithelis pinched her nose and stared at him as though he were a stinkbug, then spoke slowly.

"The goddess system is still in the experimental stage, but there's no problem with its safety. It'll give you tasks, and you'll receive corresponding rewards for completing them. At the same time, failing a task will result in some 'little' punishments."

Little punishments? They won't kill me, will they...? This goddess doesn't seem very reliable.

A chill ran down Qi Xiaoxin's spine as he thought this in horror.

"Hey, what kind of rude things are you thinking about?" ( #｀皿´)

Qi Xiaoxin looked conflicted. He still wanted to go back to his original world and live an ordinary life. Who knew what world this unreliable goddess would dump him in, or whether it would be dangerous?

Besides, only an idiot would think that getting a so-called cheat would turn him into the protagonist of a novel... Qi Xiaoxin thought for a moment, then spoke.

"You're going to send me to another world, right? Can I choose which world I go to?"

The goddess reached into the air again and rummaged around for a while, then pulled out a cigarette and put it in her mouth. Seeing this, Qi Xiaoxin rolled over, pulled out a lighter, and moved to light her cigarette with a fawning smile.

To his surprise, the goddess sent him flying with a kick. She held the cigarette between two fingers and said coldly,

"Get away from me, you guy who shits in public. There's no way you can choose your own world. You're just a human, so stop making so many demands!!" ( ´皿｀)y━・~~

Then the goddess swept her hand through the air, and a spatial passage opened directly beneath Qi Xiaoxin. With a whoosh, he fell straight through.

"Fuck!! Fuuuck~~ Fuck!!"

Qi Xiaoxin's voice could be heard stretching out as he fell through the passage, then faded away----------

Qi Xiaoxin slowly opened his eyes and found himself in a dim room. The curtains were tightly shut, and the only light came from a computer screen full of mosaics...

Qi Xiaoxin watched the rest of the film with an appreciative eye. Uh... that move... still isn't coordinated enough... Oh no, that's not the point. Where am I? Suddenly, memories flooded into his mind.

The original owner of this body had actually dropped dead from excitement while watching porn... Huh? This is Japan? The original owner's name was... Holy shit, Shinnosuke Nohara??!!

A picture of a goofy, lecherous little brat suddenly popped into Qi Xiaoxin's mind... Except Shinnosuke Nohara was no longer so little. Because Himawari Nohara (Shinnosuke's younger sister) was going to elementary school, the Nohara family had just moved from Kasukabe, Saitama Prefecture, to Tokyo. That meant Shinnosuke Nohara would be going to school in Tokyo too.

In his memories, Tokyo and Shinjuku in Japan were very chaotic. These days, the streets were full of yakuza and delinquents, and Qi Xiaoxin began to worry about his future...

Qi Xiaoxin felt something in his hand. He opened his palm and saw that it was a pale purple crystal.

Suddenly, the purple crystal in his palm gave off a faint ring of light and slowly merged into his hand. The sight startled Qi Xiaoxin.

A voice sounded in his mind.

[Host chromosomes detected. Locking authorization]

[Goddess system activating]

"Is this that system the idiot goddess was talking about? Wait... chromosomes? Holy shit, what I had on my hand was..."

[Goddess system successfully activated and bound. Initial reward granted. Claim?]

[Initial reward:

Reaction speed increased by 12% + one daruma roly-poly doll (single-use consumable, keeps you erect, duration: 10 minutes)]

Reaction speed, huh? Not bad, that's useful. But what's the roly-poly doll for...? I'll claim it first!

Suddenly, Qi Xiaoxin felt that things around him were a little different, though he couldn't say exactly how. His elbow accidentally knocked a pen off the desk beside the computer, and he caught it the instant before it hit the floor!

"So this is reaction speed. It's a bit like anticipating things..."

[Note: increasing reaction speed also increased brainpower]

"I guess I've got a cheat now..."

He still had no idea where life would take him from here! But since he had started a new life, he would do his best to keep living!

"Starting today, I'm Shinnosuke Nohara... All right, I'll live the rest of your life for you!"

Qi Xiaoxin—no, Shinnosuke Nohara—muttered to himself as he washed his hands in the bathroom.

"Shin-chan! Come downstairs and eat!"

Misae Nohara's voice rang out from downstairs. In his memories, the Noharas all had very similar personalities: young or old, they were all lecherous. But that was all they were; they didn't have the nerve to do anything too outrageous.

Shinnosuke Nohara was the exception, of course. This guy had never known the meaning of "shame," and he was especially fond of women around twenty-five. Apparently, one of the reasons he had transferred schools was that he kept harassing the young female teachers at his old school.

His father, Hiroshi Nohara, was forty-two this year. After struggling and working his way up at a company for more than twenty years, he had become its deputy manager at forty. The hair on top of his head was growing thinner by the day; baldness ran in the Nohara family.

His mother, Misae Nohara, was thirty-nine this year (she refused to admit she was forty and had deliberately had her identification changed). She had a fiery temper and had secretly bought expensive cosmetics for years, so she didn't have many wrinkles and had taken good care of herself.

His younger sister, Himawari Nohara, was twelve this year and had her signature curly bangs. She loved expensive jewelry and handsome men, and every night she had to hug a jewelry magazine to fall asleep.

This family could be called quite a bunch of workhorses, but they were also very happy. In his previous life, Qi Xiaoxin's parents had divorced when he was very young and left him with his grandfather in the countryside. His grandfather had died while Qi Xiaoxin was in college.

Ever since then, he had lived alone, so he was really enjoying this feeling of happiness now. There was nothing he could do~ It was all that idiot goddess's fault. Since he couldn't resist, he might as well enjoy it~

"Shin-chan, how many times have I told you to wash your hands before eating?"

Shinnosuke's eye twitched, and he silently held out the hands he had just washed three times...

"Your dad got a bonus today~ So for dinner, we're having the fancy sushi and sashimi that you and Hima-chan love so much~~ What do you think, Shin-chan?"

"..."

Shinnosuke suddenly felt a sharp cramp in his stomach. Fuck sashimi...