It had been around six days since Sho Yamato began living as the new Sho Yamato.
He stood shirtless in front of the mirror, sweat still clinging to his skin after finishing his daily morning workout routine. His reflection stared back at him, slightly less bloated than before.
"I definitely lost some weight… maybe two or three kilos," he muttered, turning his body sideways to check. Without a weighing scale, he could only guess. The previous owner of this body had been obsessed with losing weight but apparently hated looking at the increasing numbers too much to keep one around.
Plus he was too lazy to workout so his obsession of losing weight was only limited to his brain.
"System, it's gacha time," Sho said as he turned away from the mirror.
The familiar clunk echoed as the massive gacha machine materialized in front of him. He had managed to stack up 10 gacha tickets.
Why 10 when it should've been 12? Well, on the day the daily mission was assigned, it was already night, so he couldn't complete the task in time.
"Okay, let's go all in," Sho muttered, his eyes gleaming with the excitement of a natural gambling addict. His heart pounded in anticipation. This was it. Today, he was going to score big.
He pulled the handle. The machine began to roll, and after a moment, it spat out 10 golden balls that clinked as they hit the floor.
Sho quickly crouched down like a beggar gathering scraps, collecting them all in one place before starting to open them one by one.
> Congratulations, host, for winning:
• Neighbor's Aunt's Blue Panty (Common)
Uses: Sniffing the fragrance
• Knife (Common)
Uses: Can be used to cut vegetables
• Leather Boots (Common)
Uses: Waterproof; useful during rainy season
• Wooden Bucket (Common)
Uses: Holding liquid
• Basic Rope (10m) (Common)
Uses: Can be used for tying things… or for BDSM
• Rusty Short Spear (Common)
Uses: Can pierce someone… and give them tetanus
• 100 Gold Coins (5g per coin) (Common)
Uses: Spend however you want
• Inventory (Epic)
Uses: Store any item; it will stay exactly as it was when placed inside
• Steroid Pill Jar (50 pieces) (Rare)
Uses: Build a muscular body
Description: Enhances muscles and bones with no side effects, but only one pill per day is recommended, or a "muscle blast" may occur.
• Dungeon Key (E-Rank) (Rare)
Uses: Can open a dungeon gate filled with monsters.
"Finally, an epic item!" Sho's grin stretched wide before a frown quickly replaced it. "Wait… why the hell is Inventory an Epic? Shouldn't this be, like… Rare or something?"
> Epic category represents the capabilities of the following items. Inventory is classified as Epic because it can preserve items exactly as they are. For example, if you put a half-eaten apple inside, it will remain the same and never decay.
"Inventory…"
Sho opened the blue screen and saw 50 empty slots. But his eyes immediately locked onto one slot that wasn't empty. Curious, he tapped it.
With a soft thud, a body fell onto the floor. Sho's breath caught in his throat—it was his previous body. The body of Kal-El Lucifer with a massive hole in his chest and his head detached.
> Mission Assigned:
Find the secrets of Kal-El Lucifer and heal his body.
Rewards: 20 Gacha Tickets with a guaranteed 3 Legendary category pulls.
"What…?" Sho's voice cracked in shock.
Not only was his old body inside the Inventory, but now the system had dropped a mission that promised three confirmed Legendary rewards. It was both terrifying and tempting.
"System… how did this body get into the Inventory?" Sho asked, his tone a mix of curiosity and confusion.
> System stored the body in its own space. When you unlocked Inventory, it was automatically transferred there.
""Hmmm… Kal-El's secrets?" Sho muttered under his breath, brows furrowing. "I still remember his memories… and yeah, they felt off. Huge chunks were missing—especially his childhood. It's like the memories only showed his caretakers in the castles he lived in, but everything else… it was in pieces. Something in between just wasn't there."
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"System, do I have to complete this mission right now? And if I don't, will I still get new missions?" Sho asked. He couldn't possibly attempt this yet. To find Kal-El's secret, he would need to visit the underworld where the devils lives something completely out of reach for now as for healing his body which was also not possible now.
> Host doesn't need to worry. Missions are stackable and have no time limit. You can complete them whenever you want, and you will continue receiving new missions in the meantime.
"Hm, I see… also, why does the Inventory only have 50 slots?" Sho asked, since 50 slots felt a bit lacking.
> It can be upgraded through gacha rewards to increase its capacity. Additionally, identical items can be stacked in the same slot.
That cleared up his doubts about the Inventory. Sho then turned his attention to the other two rare rewards. His eyes fell on the dungeon key first. He immediately recognized the concept—it reminded him of the keys from Solo Leveling.
"E-Rank, huh… that probably means it's the lowest rank dungeon." Still, he decided to confirm. "System, what's the highest rank for dungeons?"
> Dungeon ranks are as follows: E, D, C, B, A, S, S+, SS, SS+ and SSS.
"As expected…" Sho muttered under his breath.
Next, he picked up the jar of glowing blue pills, narrowing his eyes. "Steroid pills, huh…"
He had heard of steroids before—muscle-building drugs with dangerous side effects, some even life-threatening. But the ones in front of him glowed faintly with a blue light, and the description claimed there were no side effects. The only warning was clear: taking more than one per day might cause something ominously called Muscle Blast.
Sho hesitated for a moment, then cautiously held one pill and swallowed it. At first, he felt nothing.
Then, all at once, heat surged through his entire body.
"This sensation… it's kinda familiar," he muttered between breaths. " It's Like when your body gets really hot when you're… really horny."
Beads of sweat formed on his forehead as the warmth spread, not in a painful way but almost pleasant, like his entire body was being massaged from the inside. In seconds, a rush of energy filled him, and all the fatigue from his previous workout vanished completely.
But the heat didn't stop building. It kept rising, coiling in his chest and something hardening in lower body.
"I… need to do something," Sho muttered under his breath, his eyes darting toward the computer, chair nearby and the panty on floor. He already knew exactly what he had to do.
15 days passed.
Sho was currently bathing after returning from his daily morning exercise routine assigned by the system. But he didn't just stick to what the system told him. Instead of 100 push-ups, he did 400. Instead of a 5 km run, he pushed himself to 20 km. He had essentially quadrupled everything.
For the entire fifteen days, his life was simple: wake up early before sunrise, go for a workout, eat, head to the gym again, eat once more, do some light exercises in his room like push-ups, sit-ups, and gooning, eat again, workout, sleep.
Sho stepped out of the washroom, a towel wrapped around his waist. The once bloated, sumo-like body he had was now completely gone. In its place was a lean, muscular frame with visible six-packs and also his height shot around 5'9". His round, pudgy face had sharpened into a defined jawline that made him look like a completely different person.
[ IMAGE: Similar to Daniel Park from lookism]
Losing that much fat and gaining muscle in just fifteen days was practically impossible — but maybe those steroid pills really were working.
Some of the fat even seemed to relocate south, turning his little itty-bitty into a full-on ~Hey girl, what you lookin' at?~ situation.
He also nicknamed it the Little Destroyer standing 6 inches tall with a jaw-choking 20 cm girth.
When his family saw him shrinking at such an alarming rate, they panicked, thinking he had some serious disease. He was rushed to the hospital, but the doctor's report clearly stated he was perfectly healthy.
Reactions at home were mixed. His mother couldn't stop worrying. His father stayed completely calm, even grinning and thinking, "My genes are finally showing their true colors." After all, he was pretty handsome himself.
His sister, however, was utterly baffled. Seeing her pig of a brother transform into a shredded athlete left her in shock—especially since she used to literally ride on his back like he was her personal pet.
Sister be like : My Piggy ride is gone.....
By the fifteenth day, Sho had already collected over 50 gacha tickets—30 from his daily workout tasks and 20 from a random mission that appeared during that time. The mission wasn't anything complicated, just tasks like lifting 100 kg and other similarly simple challenges.
Out of those, he had already used 20 tickets. Unfortunately, 15 of them gave nothing but trash—just Common category rewards that weren't even worth mentioning.
The other five were slightly better, all from the Rare category:
• Poison Dagger (Rare)
Uses: Causes hallucinations upon poisoning.
• Armor Chest Guard (Rare)
Uses: Increases defense against physical attacks.
• Healing Potion ×3 (Rare)
Uses: Can heal any bodily injury and some internal wounds.
He still had 30 gacha tickets stacked up.
After getting dressed, Sho came out of his room and headed toward the kitchen for breakfast.
Ding dong…
His mother immediately went to open the main door to see who it was. Meanwhile, Sho grabbed a sandwich and glanced toward the door—where a woman about 5'7" stood. She had short, dark brown hair with side-swept bangs, a curvy and athletic body, a small waist, wide hips, and a full bust. She was Sho's neighbor.
Her name is Cass Hamada, a foreigner with mixed Japanese heritage who ran a nearby café and also worked as part-timer caretaker in a children orphanage since she is fond of children. Sho stared at her, clearly mesmerized.
According to his memories, she became his neighbor around 11 or 12 years ago, and also became a friend of his mother. He didn't talk to her much since he was shy and a loner—he'd never been keen on talking to strangers—and he used to call her Aunt Cass. In his memories, she was currently single (not confirmed), and based on her appearance, she must be around 35.
"Beautiful…" the word escaped his lips without thinking. After all, Aunt Cass was pretty much the definition of a MILF.
"I didn't know you had a guest, Ayaka," Aunt Cass said as she looked at Sho, not recognizing him at all.
"You didn't recognize him, did you?" Ayaka replied with a knowing smile.
"Have I met him before?" Cass asked, completely confused.
"That's Sho. He's lost a ton of weight," Ayaka revealed with a grin.
"What? Sho? Is that really you?" Aunt Cass exclaimed as she walked toward him, clearly shocked.
"Look at you! You've gone from a cute teddy bear to a full-on bodybuilder," Aunt Cass said with a laugh as she gave his bicep a playful squeeze.
"Hmm… looks like Sho has found a girlfriend and trimmed down to impress her, huh?" she teased, raising an eyebrow.
"N-No, Aunt Cass, there's nothing like that," Sho stammered, rubbing the back of his head with an awkward smile. "I just joined a new school, so I thought a fresh look might be good."
Cass grinned, clearly enjoying his flustered reaction, especially as she leaned in a little—too close—and Sho found himself desperately trying not to glance at her very visible cleavage.
"I see, that's great. But now that you're all fit and healthy, does that mean you're on a strict diet? Will you still taste my new cake recipes?"
"Of course, Aunt! I'm not dieting, really—I've just started working out, that's all," Sho replied quickly.
"Good, then. Tomorrow morning, come over for breakfast. I'll let you try my latest creations and you can tell me what you think." As she spoke, she reached up to ruffle his hair, balancing slightly on her toes since Sho now stood at a solid 5'9".
As Aunt Cass returned to chatting with Ayaka, Sho's mind drifted. He recalled from his memories how he used to taste her recipes and give her honest feedback—he had always been a foodie, after all. Still, he rarely went to Aunt Cass's house himself because of his shyness. Usually, she passed the dishes to his mother, and that's how his pointers reached her.
Meanwhile, as Cass and Ayaka continued their conversation, the light, playful mood suddenly shifted. Cass's cheerful expression turned serious.
"Ayaka," she said, lowering her voice, "it seems like there's a serious pervert roaming around our neighborhood."
"What?!" Ayaka's eyes widened in shock.
Cass nodded grimly. "Yeah… quite a few of my panties have gone missing lately. If you notice anyone suspicious hanging around here, call me right away. I'd really like to land a few punches before handing him over to the police."
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