Boundless Heroism System

April's cherry blossoms were in full bloom.

At the bus stop of fate.

Today was registration day at Advanced Nurturing High School.

The sky was gray and overcast, as though something was brewing.

Uchiha jolted awake and immediately checked his pants!!!

Phew—

Thank goodness his family jewels were still there...

"Woohoo, taking off!"

"Wasn't I reading Eggplant Novels in a Maybach when a tornado..."

"Where the hell did it send me? Is this even China?"

"Did I transmigrate? System, are you there?"

"Is the heroine named Liu Ruyan?"

There was no response for a long while.

Uchiha's eyes instantly turned bloodshot as he pointed at the sky and cursed:

"Damn it, was the password wrong? Did my golden finger get swallowed up?"

In front of the signpost, several students in red uniform jackets had stopped, the badges on their chests bearing the words Advanced Nurturing High School. There were also elderly people and pale-faced office workers.

Rumble—

Pale lightning flashed, and torrential rain immediately poured down.

Everyone hurried into the bus shelter. Uchiha reacted a step too slowly and was drenched like a drowned rat.

Even his underwear was soaked. He simply slowed his long-legged stride and ambled toward the shelter.

After comparing his own clothes to the students' uniforms, he came to a conclusion—

He had fallen from being a national idol to an ordinary college student. The enormous gap was hard to accept for a while.

But then he thought about it again. He had failed the college entrance exam in his previous life and had never even attended university!!!

Huh?!

College?!

College life was great!!!

Now that he had another chance, he had to live out a dazzling youth!!!

Splash—

The rain grew heavier.

Just then, a sweet voice came from ahead.

"Classmate, hurry and get out of the rain. You're so soaked you can barely keep your eyes open."

A girl with absolutely massive boobs held up a small umbrella as she hurried toward him.

Uchiha looked up at her. She seemed familiar, but he couldn't recall her name.

The boys around them were all envious at the sight.

The horse-faced Yamauchi Haruki kept rubbing his messy hair and cried out in indignation:

"Damn, why didn't I think of that? Deliberately walking in the rain without an umbrella, just waiting for kindhearted, beautiful female classmates to have their maternal instincts kick in!"

Someone immediately chimed in:

"Come to think of it, that guy really looks like that one guy. Black mask, black hood, cuffed pants..."

"Which guy?"

"That meme that was really popular last year. What-was-his-name Hao, remember?"

"..."

Uchiha heard every word, but his face remained expressionless.

He stared at his reflection in the puddle beneath his feet.

A mask and altered pant cuffs—he could handle those easily.

But!

The original owner had specifically sewn a hood onto the collar around his neck. He really couldn't take it anymore!!!

Dressed like this, anyone who didn't know better would think he was Jiahao!

[Ding!]

[Keyword detected: Jiahao!]

[Host detected walking through a torrential downpour. Reward: Third Stage of Heroic Aura!]

[The Boundless Heroism System has officially awakened!]

[As long as the host performs Jiahao-like acts and causes emotional fluctuations in others, including but not limited to shock, shock, and more shock, you will receive generous rewards...]

[Ahem, messing with you is fun.]

[This includes complex emotions such as intimidation, contempt, and uproarious laughter.]

[Heroism: 3/100]

[Reach 100 Heroism to claim the Beginner's Gift Pack!]

As he watched the words drift past his eyes, the masked boy's jaw hit the floor!

What kind of idiotic system was this? Why did I end up with something like you?

Uchiha cursed inwardly:

Fuck!

I'm introverted, timid, sensitive, fragile, a pure I-person with severe idol baggage. What kind of damned matching system is this, making me play the clown?

The sound of rain and thunder was endless.

Half the orange-haired girl's shoulder had been soaked. Seeing that the boy did not respond, she leaned in with her red lips and shouted:

"You'll catch a cold if you keep getting rained on!"

Uchiha waved his hand and replied flatly, "I have an umbrella."

Kushida Kikyo nodded rapidly at first, then furrowed her brows slightly.

You have an umbrella, but you're not using it?

What a psycho!

She could not help but sigh inwardly.

Could it really be like they said? Was he just trying to get my attention?

He's such a handsome guy, so why is he this childish?

Suddenly.

Uchiha gave a wicked smile.

"A cold? Anyone who catches a cold is as weak as a dog. By the way, I'm blessed by the goddess of fortune and have never been sick."

Kushida Kikyo: "..."

Everyone else: "..."

[Heroism +1!]

[Heroism +1!]

[...]

Uchiha hurriedly covered his mouth. How had such boundlessly heroic words come out of his mouth?!

Could I really be Jiahao?

Impossible, absolutely impossible!

[System: Admit it. Didn't you want to live a different kind of life?]

[System: Admit it. Everything you are doing now is a reflection of your deepest desires.]

[System: Admit it. You're just someone who lives for the laughs.]

Holy shit, System, are you seriously acting as my spokesperson now?

Uchiha spat out a mouthful of rainwater, his smile uglier than a cry.

Life is hard enough. Can you stop saying what I'm thinking?

[System: Next time for sure!]

Uchiha: "?"

Kushida took a deep breath, somewhat speechless.

"Anyone can get sick. No one is an exception..."

Of course people can get sick!

I'm soaked like a dog. Do you think I actually want to stand in the rain?!

Uchiha cursed inwardly, but his expression did not change.

He placed his index finger against the bridge of his nose.

"It's fine. You don't know how crazy I was last week. In a blizzard, I bared my eight-pack abs and ran more than ten kilometers without stopping, all so I could take out a loan to treat two stray dogs. The doctor said that if I'd been two minutes later, the bald patches where they'd lost fur would have grown back."

The first time was strange, but the second came naturally. He seemed to have accepted that he could say such thunderous lines...

[Heroism +2!]

[Heroism +2!]

[...]

Everyone around him: "(￢_￢) Sweat!"

Kushida Kikyo lowered her eyes, pressing her lips into a thin line.

"That was so heroic it got to me."

Inside the bus shelter.

The black-haired girl with long straight hair shifted her gaze away from Crime and Punishment, her ruby eyes glancing toward the boy in the rain.

The boy with the flying-fish haircut, whose heart had been as still as stagnant water, was slightly stirred. Focus returned to his eyes as well.

Before everyone could react, Uchiha tilted his head, looking slightly puzzled.

"What does 'it got to me' mean? Never heard it before. Lately, all my attention has been on the situation in the Middle East, A-shares, oil, and gold. Sigh, I really am getting less and less able to keep up with trends among people my age."

"???"

The moment he said that—

The people around him nearly lost it.

Yamauchi Haruki gave a bitter smile. "Damn it, Jiahao confirmed!!!"

Female office worker: "No way, no way. You're surrounded by heroism and don't even know it?"

The muscular blond man shuddered as if he had caught the scent of his own kind. "Ultra Instinct Heroism?"

Passerby: "Hahahaha, does Jiahao mean clown?"

[Heroism +3!]

[Heroism +3!]

[Heroism provided by Flying-Fish-Hair Boy: +0.1!]

Uchiha watched his Heroism Points climb rapidly, his gums practically showing beneath his mask from how wide he was grinning.

What the hell was this Flying-Fish-Hair Boy, though? Couldn't he give a little more Heroism?

Eighteen, thirty-three, fifty-one point one...

In just a short while, he was almost at sixty!

At this rate, he would soon be able to claim the Beginner's Gift Pack!

Go on, laugh. We'll see who the clown is and who's Jiahao when the time comes!