Chapter 1

[No romance] "The Manga Bking’s Guide to Self-Rescue" by Qianqiusui Yinfa [Complete]

Synopsis:

Qi Yue transmigrated into a hot-blooded

shonen manga,

"Chronicles of the Young Hunters," as a transfer student. To gain a new life, he had to survive until the finale of this manga, where Esper Ability Users were everywhere, and become a popular manga character.

The good news was that he had an ability: 100% Perfect Copy.

The bad news was that the ability came with a negative buff: the stronger his opponent, the stronger he became; the weaker his opponent... the deader he became. The effect stacked, and he couldn't lie, either.

Qi Yue: "...?"

To survive until the manga's finale, Qi Yue was forced to play the riddler and embark on the path of the bking.

Thus—

When faced with a provocation from a Class F student,

Qi Yue told the truth without a change in expression: "You aren't worthy of being my opponent."

The Class F students, upon hearing the transfer student's cold, ruthless words: "?"

What an arrogant transfer student! The Advanced Class would surely kill him!

That same day, rumors about Qi Yue spread throughout the ability academy: A super arrogant transfer student had joined Class F. They had to teach him a lesson!

But—

Every ability-using student who challenged Qi Yue said the same thing, as if by prior agreement: "As expected of Qi Yue. He really does have the strength to back up his arrogance!"

During a hunting mission, casualties were heavy. When Qi Yue arrived, he decisively stepped in front of the Aberrant boss, his eyes and brows cold and stern. "Your opponent is me."

The teachers and students waiting for death to come, after seeing Qi Yue suspended in midair and powerfully kill the Aberrant boss in an instant with a move even more unstoppable than the Aberrant itself: "!"

So strong!

After killing the Aberrant boss, Qi Yue looked expressionlessly at the panel that popped up and sighed inwardly. ...The stronger I get, the more uneasy and anxious I feel.

Who would understand?

Qi Yue's series of actions, on the manga forum—

[He never gets close to anyone easily and is obsessed with growing stronger, yet he always shoulders the burden at critical moments, facing danger without hesitation and protecting all the weak with his towering body. As expected of Bigshot Qi! Strong and gentle, I love him!]

[Although Bigshot Qi always maintains a polite distance from most of the students, he's long since made a place for everyone in his heart. Time and again, he puts his own life and death aside for their sake. What a touching and admirable noble character.]

[Every time, he only takes on strong opponents, never bullies the weak, and saves the weak from danger. This is a bigshot's special brand of gentleness!]

After completing his mission and returning to the real world, Qi Yue opened the manga—

Qi Yue: "?"

He simply wanted to live!

Content warning: The protagonist has a massive cheat, and this is a misunderstanding story with lots of misunderstandings! There are forum posts, manga updates followed by readers in the Real World, and deliberate manipulation by the protagonist. The protagonist is not a good person. The cover is a template. Super brainless

feel-good story

!!!

Content tags: Superpowers

Transmigration into a book

Feel-good story, growth, daily life, misunderstandings. Protagonist: Qi Yue

Other: Transmigration into a manga, misunderstandings, satisfying and overpowered. One-line synopsis: Strong at misunderstandings? I'm a professional!

Theme: Hope lives on

Chapter 1

Mutated species.

New humans who had awakened abilities.

An Esper Hunter Academy fraught with danger.

And... himself from

another

world?

Qi Yue raised his eyes to the mirror—

The person in the mirror had white hair and red eyes. It was his own body, except a spray of green fluid marked his left cheek, and several red welts had been squeezed into his neck.

At the bottom right of the mirror was a severed green limb, still wriggling, resembling an octopus tentacle.

It had the skin of a plant and a quivering interior of animal fat and muscle fused together. In his world, it would have been taken away for research.

But according to the memories that had appeared in his mind, it wasn't strange for it to be here.

A minute ago, Qi Yue had just opened his eyes when a set of strange memories inexplicably appeared in his mind. At the same time, the slimy tentacle tightening around his neck had nearly strangled him to death.

To save himself, Qi Yue had immediately ducked, drawn the dagger from the side of his combat boot, and severed the tentacle wrapped around his neck.

The tentacle had landed on the floor with a splat. By the time Qi Yue straightened up and looked at himself in the mirror, the memories had finished transferring.

In short, he had transmigrated into the hot-blooded shonen manga "Chronicles of the Young Hunters" as a transfer student at Seventh Hunter Academy. To gain a new life and return to his own world, he had to survive until the finale of this manga, where battle-hungry Esper Ability Users were everywhere, become a popular manga character, and bring peace to the world.

A green panel that only Qi Yue could see appeared before him, displaying information about him—

[Character: Qi Yue.

Height: 189.

Identity: Transfer student at Seventh Hunter Academy.

Class: Unknown.

Age: Unknown.

Hometown: Unknown.

Ability: 100% Perfect Copy.

Ability's negative buff: The stronger the opponent, the stronger the user; the weaker the opponent, the weaker the user. Stacks infinitely until death. Anyone who lies will die without a burial place.]

Other: Unknown.

"?"

Staring at the words describing his ability, Qi Yue slowly formed a question mark in his mind.

The good news was that he had an ability.

The bad news was that it came with a negative buff.

And the panel hadn't told him how to use "100% Perfect Copy."

Nor had it clearly explained whether "the stronger the opponent, the stronger the user; the weaker the opponent, the weaker the user" meant that he would become stronger or weaker than an opponent who was stronger or weaker than him, or that after successfully copying an ability stronger or weaker than his own, the copied ability would be stronger or weaker than his opponent's.

The description was unclear, leaving him to guess and test everything himself. What a headache of a riddle panel.

In any case, since he had yet to have a "showdown" with anyone, he was currently just an ordinary human.

So far, having his ability was no different from not having one. Without a doubt, he was at a disadvantage right now.

Schrödinger's ability.

Qi Yue: "..."

If anyone besides him learned the truth, wouldn't he be done for?

The unknown was the source of fear. So he had to put on a somewhat... obscuring disguise, one that kept others from seeing or guessing what he was like and made them afraid to attack him rashly. Only then could he ensure his own safety.

But...

He couldn't lie, either?

Qi Yue turned on the

water

tap, tilted his head toward the mirror, and wiped the sticky green fluid from his face, looking thoughtful.

A moment later, as though he had thought of something, the tall, slender young man in the mirror raised a brow slightly, the corners of his lips curving upward.

Then his cool voice rang out in the damp, gloomy restroom, its pitch rising slightly.

"I get it. A riddler."

As for—

Bringing peace to the world?

Tsk, what a strange requirement. Becoming a popular manga character wasn't something he was considering for the time being, either.

The most pressing thing for him now was to stay alive and safe in this world.

Qi Yue raised his hand and clicked the "Confirm identity information" button on the panel.

Another interface popped up—

[Transfer student Qi Yue, please select a class to transfer into: S, A, B, C, D, E, F.]

At the hunter academy, students were divided into seven classes—S, A, B, C, D, E, and F—in descending order according to their ability rank and strength. Each transfer student chose a class matching their own ability rank based on their capabilities. Whether they advanced a class was determined by their results and personal wishes during successive assessments and trials.

Students who overestimated themselves and chose a class above their current capabilities would either be demoted for failing to keep up with the advanced class's coursework or die during advanced lessons because their abilities were insufficient.

S-rank students, meanwhile, were selected through competitions between the seven hunter academies.

The bottom-ranked Seventh Hunter Academy, where Qi Yue was, had never produced an S-rank student.

According to the transferred memories, the five members of this manga's protagonist group were in Classes A, B, C, D, and E, respectively.

Qi Yue's gaze swept over the seven letters representing ability ranks, and he pressed F without hesitation.

Staying away from the protagonists to stay safe couldn't be wrong.

As for S?

With his current strength, trying it would be the death of him. Only a fool would choose it.

Surrounded by a bunch of battle-hungry ability users, Qi Yue defined himself at this moment as—

A lamb fallen among wolves.

Weak, pitiful, and helpless.

[Class: F.]

Qi Yue saw another line appear in his character information.

Three seconds later, the interface changed: [Transfer student Qi Yue, please report to Class F before the physical combat class begins.]

He closed the interface. Qi Yue wiped the green fluid from his face and dagger, slid the dagger into the sheath at the side of his combat boot, straightened up, and pulled open the restroom door.

Click—

The restroom door opened, and Qi Yue met the eyes of a pair holding hands intimately outside.

Striking red hair, hands clasped together, heads that tilted inward twenty-five degrees instinctively when puzzled...

These traits identified them as two members of the protagonist group: the Zhou family twins, Zhou Zifu and Zhou Ziyao, who had awakened Wind Esper Abilities.

Qi Yue: "..."

I ran into them even here? As expected of the protagonist group.

A tactful compliment: "They're practically everywhere."

A tactless diss: "They haunt me everywhere."

But...

Why were their faces a blurry mosaic?

In his current situation, he couldn't afford to provoke ability users. He needed to keep a low profile and establish himself in Class F. It was best not to provoke anyone above Class F, lest he draw attention.

Abiding by the survival rule that he could offend anyone except the protagonist group, Qi Yue lowered his eyes and let his gaze skim past their blurred faces.

It wasn't that he was being rude, but staring at a mosaic was far too bizarre. Qi Yue focused on the Zhou brothers' distinctive red hair and curved his lips into a smile.

"Hi, what a coincidence."

No one hit a smiling face, and showing goodwill at the right time couldn't go wrong.

They were the protagonist group, after all. No matter whose hatred he drew, he absolutely couldn't draw theirs.