Chiffon the Boy

A few dark clouds covered the moon, making the already black sky even dimmer.

On a swing in some park, a boy slowly brought himself to a stop. He looked up at the sky and muttered to himself, "Time to go home."

However, just as he jumped off the swing and prepared to leave, three hooligans emerged from around the corner at some point. They held short wooden sticks, smacking them against their palms as they walked toward him.

"If you know what's good for you, hand over your allowance. Your mom must've given you plenty of money to buy snacks, right?" The leading hooligan looked about twenty, with a thoroughly delinquent air about him. The more he spoke, the more worked up he became. The wooden stick in his hand began growing and shrinking unpredictably, looking like the Ruyi Jingu Bang.

The lone boy was named Chiffon. He was fifteen years old and a genuine transmigrator. He had thought he had been reborn on Earth, only to discover that this was not Earth in the true sense of the word, but a world beyond anything he could have imagined. This was not rebirth, but transmigration into an alternate world.

In this world, eighty percent of humanity possessed supernatural abilities. Those blessed with exceptional talent could awaken them in kindergarten, those with decent aptitude awakened in elementary school, while those of average talent could only awaken them during middle school or high school.

Humans called these abilities "Quirks."

That was right. Chiffon had transmigrated into a world based on the anime My Hero Academia, though he was not sure whether the course of events would be the same.

He had been in this world for a month, yet he still had not awakened his Quirk. To his surprise, while his Quirk had failed to awaken, he had instead gained a system.

The very mention of the system made Chiffon furious. This cheating system was called the Salvation System. As its name implied, it was about salvation—but saving whom?

Anyone in trouble, facing danger, or suffering from forces beyond their control could be saved. It did not matter whether they were humans, animals, or something neither human nor beast. Even vicious, heinous people counted. In short, it meant saving lives trapped in misery and suffering.

After saving them, he would receive Salvation Points. Once he accumulated enough, he could draw a prize. As for what he might draw, Chiffon had no idea, since he had not gathered enough Salvation Points yet.

And now, three people in need of saving had arrived.

All three hooligans had awakened Quirks, while Chiffon had not. What was he supposed to do?

Naturally, he would use traditional Chinese martial arts. Chiffon was the successor of a Taoist priest from a Taoist Temple. He had cultivated for decades in his previous life and was just about to complete his foundation establishment when an enemy seized an opening and stabbed his heart with a sharp weapon. He died beyond saving, following in his master's footsteps after his master had passed away.

He had not cultivated in this life, but that did not mean he had forgotten the techniques and insights from his past life. Looking at the three hooligans approaching him, Chiffon smiled. "My mom said three people would bring me allowance money tonight. I've been waiting here for them."

The leading hooligan froze, then asked excitedly, "Where are those three people? Have they come yet?"

Chiffon looked at him as if he were an idiot and smiled. "They have."

"Where?" The hooligan looked around in every direction.

Yet Chiffon merely stared at him without saying a word. Finally, the hooligan understood. He immediately raised his stick and charged forward, shouting, "You little brat, how dare you mess with Master Gao!"

"Master Gao? When Brother Feng was cultivating in the mountains, you weren't even sperm and egg yet." As soon as he finished speaking, Chiffon swept one foot downward and moved beneath the other man in a bizarre arc. Then he braced himself with both hands and kicked the man squarely in the chin with both feet.

The hooligan had never expected a fifteen- or sixteen-year-old boy to pull off something like that. Caught completely off guard, his upper and lower teeth slammed together, and he collapsed to the ground screaming in pain.

The two hooligans behind him were equally stunned. Could this kid actually do martial arts? Even Gao Lei, who had a Quirk, had been defeated.

Chiffon did not let up. He immediately rushed forward, intending to knock down the other two and "save" them.

However, the two hooligans seemed terrified. They instinctively exchanged a glance, then forced out two words: "Run!"

In the blink of an eye, the two of them vanished, abandoning even their boss.

"Damn it, those two heartless bastards!" Gao Lei said resentfully, clutching his jaw. Yet his gaze toward Chiffon was filled with wariness. If he had guessed correctly, this boy had not awakened yet and had no Quirk. He was just an ordinary person.

But what was with that bizarre footwork and those moves? He was obviously a trained martial artist!

Why was he so unlucky? He had randomly tried to extort a kid in a park, only for this to happen. His awakened Quirk had been completely wasted.

Chiffon walked up to him, crouched down, and smiled harmlessly. "Do you know what you did wrong?"

Gao Lei could not force out a single word. This was far too humiliating. He, Gao Lei, had some standing around these parts, yet he had been humiliated by a kid several years younger than him. How could he still have the face to speak?

Besides, the other guy had asked whether he knew what he had done wrong.

Know what I did wrong, my ass. I'll never admit I was wrong!

"Looks like you're still resentful and haven't realized where you went wrong." Chiffon shook his head, then casually raised his right hand and slapped Gao Lei across the face. The sound was crisp and loud.

"You—" Gao Lei was stunned by the slap. When he came to his senses, rage immediately surged through him. His right hand grabbed a leaf nearby, and the leaf rapidly grew larger at a speed visible to the naked eye. He actually intended to use the leaf to hit Chiffon.

Smack! Smack. Smack!

At that moment, Chiffon said nothing and slapped him three more times. The leaf fell from Gao Lei's hand, and his face had already swollen up.

"Do you know what you did wrong?"

Gao Lei said nothing.

Smack, smack, smack~

"Do you know what you did wrong?"

"I'm begging you, please stop hitting me," Gao Lei pleaded.

Smack! Smack! Smack!

"I was wrong! I really know I was wrong!" Gao Lei cried.

"Give me your allowance money," Chiffon said.

Gao Lei froze. Seeing the boy raise his hand to hit him again, he immediately pulled several bills from his pocket. Chiffon accepted every last one without ceremony. If someone had the mindset to rob others, they had to be prepared to be robbed themselves.

Watching a grown man cry like that made Chiffon feel a little embarrassed. At that moment, a Salvation Points notification appeared in the system.

Salvation Points +20

Chiffon smiled slightly. After coming to this world, he could finally make his first draw. He wondered what he would get.

Since he was already here, he might as well make the best of it. A week after arriving in this world, Chiffon had figured it out. No matter what world one transmigrated into, the most important thing was to live well. In his previous life, he had stayed away from worldly affairs and ignored mortal life. In this life, he had decided to live brilliantly—keeping a low profile while being boldly flamboyant.

After all, this was a world of heroes.

After returning home, Chiffon took a hot shower, then bowed before the Guan Erye shrine in his home. "Second Master, please bless me with something good."

After muttering a few more words, Chiffon prepared to draw. He had spent the first half of his month in this world cultivating, and only started meddling in other people's business and "saving" others during the latter half. One hundred Salvation Points could be exchanged for one draw, and today he finally had enough for one.

He was in China, not directly transmigrated to the territory of the island nation. Quirks were not exclusive to the island nation either. In fact, the first human to awaken a Quirk had appeared in China.

In this era, Quirks were awakening all over the world. All Might's era had arrived once again, but Chiffon knew that All Might had already suffered grave injuries. Aside from the principal of U.A. High School and a few others, no one had discovered it yet.

At this point in time, Midoriya Izuku had not even met All Might. He was still just an ordinary ninth-grade student.

Chiffon smacked his lips. With a thought, he began his first draw. A golden roulette wheel began spinning rapidly, and all the rewards on it were represented by ???, so Chiffon had no idea what prize he would receive.

When the pointer landed on a corner of the wheel, the ??? quickly changed. Suddenly, a voice sounded in his mind:

Congratulations, Host. You have obtained a Quirk Awakening selection. Please choose a Quirk and begin cultivation.

Quirk—Water Element Control

Quirk—Fire Element Control

Quirk—Ice Element Control

Quirk—Metal Element Control

Quirk—Wood Element Control

Quirk—Earth Element Control

Quirk—Lightning Element Control

Quirk—Element Control.

Chiffon stared blankly at the list, sucked in a breath, and blurted out excitedly, "So many?"

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