Comics: Heroic Spirit at the Beginning – Girlfriend Kasumi UtahaAuthor: Random Ice Cream
Good news: I transmigrated into a peaceful slice-of-life comic world filled with gorgeous anime girls.Bad news: That tranquil world suddenly morphed into a post-apocalyptic nightmare overrun by cursed spirits, demons, and monsters.Good news: Everything's under control now. I've got the Flo Card Drawing System, and from the very start, I inherited the ancient Heroic Spirit Base. I've been slaying demons and spirits, converting them into energy to fuel my own growth.Any more bad news?Nope. From now on, it's only good news!
Kurosawa Ren, now wielding countless Heroic Spirit Bases, unlocks the Infinite Sword System, teams up with his companion Wang Cai, and demolishes wave after wave of monsters. The two-dimensional girls can't resist him—his dream life begins!
Kasumigaoka Utaha: "Want to touch it? I'm wearing black stockings today~"Kitagawa Umi: "Sweetie, my cosplay's for your eyes only."Mei Misaki: "Another girl with yin-yang eyes? Just how many ghost girlfriends do you have?"Kirisu Mafuyu: "You're even making a move on your teacher now?"Benio Kanon: "One girlfriend—me—is all you need."
Chapter 1: Moon Spirit Marrow Liquid (Five-Star Gift)
A fine drizzle fell from the sky, swept along by the chilly night wind, forming long silver threads of rain in the air.Outside a quiet street, the LED screen in a shop window played the news as the falling raindrops reflected a rainbow-like halo across the glass.
Click-click-click—
Kurosawa Ren stood at the street corner, wearing a black jacket and holding a transparent umbrella.He glanced at his phone, smiling softly at the messages from his girlfriend. Moments like this—he had never felt so content with life.
Seventeen years had passed since he transmigrated into this world—a fused setting of everyday anime tropes and characters.Now a second-year student at Shuchiin Academy, Ren lived alone in Tokyo. Thanks to his striking good looks and the calm maturity that set him apart from his peers, he'd quickly gotten a girlfriend. Their relationship had progressed fast.In fact, Ren believed that before long, they'd be getting quite intimate.
"Sorry for the wait, Ren. The train was delayed."
Five minutes later, light footsteps approached. A tall black-haired JK girl trotted toward him, her lovely face apologetic and flushed.
"It's fine, senpai. I just got here too."Ren tilted the umbrella toward her, shielding Kasumigaoka Utaha from the rain.It was pouring harder than expected—he'd only just picked up the umbrella from a nearby convenience store.
"Hehe~ Junior-kun, you're always so considerate."Kasumigaoka Utaha smiled charmingly, her long legs wrapped in sheer black stockings stepping lightly toward him. Without hesitation, she pressed her voluptuous body close, clearly satisfied with her boyfriend's attentiveness.
A third-year at the same school, Utaha was not only stunningly beautiful but also brilliant and famously seductive.She wrote scripts for the drama club and had an extraordinary talent for literature. Her debut light novel, Love Metronome, had sold over 500,000 copies across its five volumes.
She was practically flawless—beautiful, sharp-tongued, intelligent, and confident.
Because Ren knew her preferences from the start, his pursuit of her had gone incredibly smoothly.To others, Utaha appeared as an aloof, untouchable flower. But only Ren knew how daring and uninhibited she could be in private.
As his girlfriend, she had already shared plenty of "exclusive privileges" with him.
"Junior-kun, I'm yours tonight. Take me wherever you want~"
Leaning into her soft, curvaceous figure, Ren inhaled the scent of rose perfume lingering on her body.His blood surged with desire. He was already imagining taking her to the nearby love hotel.
But then… the sounds around them gradually faded.
Pedestrians vanished one by one.The vibrant city dimmed into shadow.Darkness seemed to leak from the alley beside them, where something—some thing—was devouring the light.
The atmosphere turned cold and suffocating. Wind sliced across their necks, raising goosebumps.Suddenly, a pale, eerie light shot down from the sky.
Ren's brows furrowed.A bad feeling rose in his chest.
He'd been so distracted by Utaha that he didn't notice when they'd wandered into a dead-end alley.
"Ren, what's going on?" Utaha frowned. "This place feels creepy… Let's get out of here."
"Yeah. Let's go," he replied, gripping her hand tightly.
But the next instant, his eyes widened.His body froze—as if plunged into an ice bath.
What… is that?!
A grotesque spider-like monster emerged in the narrow alley.
It had a hideously twisted female face, with four bulging eyes glaring at him. A demonic voice echoed:
"You… can see me?"
"No way… How can something like this exist in a slice-of-life anime world?!"
Ren's body went numb under the pressure of the cursed spirit. This wasn't supposed to happen. This was the daily life world!
"You really can see me!"
Realizing it had been discovered, the spider spirit shrieked and launched itself at him, razor-sharp legs stabbing out from beneath its bloated body.
This is the end!
Ren's face turned pale. He threw himself in front of Utaha to protect her, bracing for death.
Then—a glowing system screen appeared in his vision:
[Threat detected. Activating the Host Mission System.][Novice Mission: Eliminate the Spider Spirit and survive.][Host strength insufficient. Awarding beginner talisman. Initiate lottery draw?]
"Obviously, YES!" Ren shouted mentally.
[Crisis detected. Lottery simplified. Award granted: ★★★★★ Moon Spirit Marrow Liquid!]
Boom!
A silver liquid materialized in midair and surged forward, instantly hardening into a radiant silver shield. It blocked the spider's strike just in time.
Bang!
The spider spirit's blade-like legs slammed into the shield with a deafening crash.
Zzzzz—!!
The shield emitted a piercing hum, then transformed—its mass twisting into a silver longsword that slashed upward with blinding speed.
SWOOSH!
A white arc cleaved through the rain, slicing the spider clean in half.The spirit shrieked, dissolving into black smoke that faded into the storm.
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"He's finally dead."
The Moon Spirit Marrow Liquid returned to its liquid state, floating like mercury before slowly condensing into a black-and-red card.It gently fell into Ren's hand.
[Novice mission complete. Rewards: 1 Talisman, 3 Saint Crystal Shards.][Detected Evil Remains: "Spider Venom Silk Sac." Collect into [Personal Space]?]
"Collect."
Ren nodded. A milky-white sac materialized from the remnants of the spider's body.
A flash of white light enveloped it—and it disappeared.
"Ren… what the hell just happened?!"
Utaha clung to him in a panic, trembling.As someone who'd lived her entire life in a peaceful world, she was completely shaken.
"Let's get out of here first. I'll explain everything after."
Ren wasn't in much better shape himself.But having been mentally trained through two lives, he quickly regained composure and led Utaha out of the cursed alley.
Half an hour later
The two arrived at Kasumigaoka Utaha's home.It was the weekend. Her parents had left early and wouldn't return until the next evening.
Utaha had been completely soaked and was still terrified, so she went straight to the bathroom to take a hot shower.
Ren, covered in mud and rain, got her permission to strip off his dirty clothes and toss them into the washing machine.He then relaxed in the bathroom connected to her parents' bedroom and took a long, soothing bath.
Now, dressed in her father's spare clothes, he made his way to her room.