The smell of blood still lingered in his nostrils.
Adrian Kane coughed as he staggered against the filthy brick wall of the alleyway, his ribs crushed, his breath shallow. His clothes were torn, his wallet gone, and his once-strong body was nothing but skin and bone. The city lights mocked him from above—bright and dazzling, shining for everyone else but him.
He laughed, though it came out as more of a broken wheeze.
"Me… Adrian Kane… once the golden boy of the campus, the rising star in baseball… and this is how I die? Like a dog, starving and beaten in an alley?"
His eyes blurred as memories replayed. The betrayal of teammates he trusted. The manipulation of so-called friends. The rejection of people who once cheered his name. And above it all, the cold, mocking smiles of those who destroyed him.
He tried to take one more step, but his legs collapsed beneath him. His vision darkened. The world faded to black.
And just before death claimed him, he whispered:
"If I had another chance… I'd take everything. Fame. Fortune. Revenge. I'd crush them all."
Ding!! [System Detected]
A crisp mechanical sound echoed in his fading consciousness.
Ding!! [Regression Protocol Activated]Ding!! [Limitless Fortune System Successfully Bound to Host]
Adrian's eyes snapped open.
Sunlight blinded him.
He shot upright, gasping. His hands flew to his chest, but the wounds, the cracked ribs, the dried blood—gone. His body felt lighter, younger, full of energy.
"What the…?"
He looked around. He wasn't in the alley. He wasn't lying on the cold ground.
Instead, he was sitting at a desk. A familiar classroom stretched around him, whiteboard at the front, a droning professor lecturing about economics.
Adrian's heart skipped a beat. He knew this place.
"Saint Haven University…" he muttered. His voice trembled.
The exact same lecture hall where he sat more than four years ago, on his first day as a freshman.
His hands shook as he touched his face—smooth, youthful, no scars, no exhaustion. He quickly pulled out his phone, and the date stared back at him:
September 2nd, 20XX
Four years before his death.
He had… regressed.
Adrian froze as the memories hit him. The endless spiral into poverty. The betrayal. The despair. And finally—his death.
But now, he was back. He had a second chance.
And then—
Ding!! [Welcome, Host. Limitless Fortune System Activated.]
Adrian's eyes widened. "The hell…?"
A transparent blue screen flickered into existence before him, floating in midair.
[Limitless Fortune System Interface]
Current Balance: $0
Current Status: Broke
Main Objective: Earn Wealth → Gain Power → Fulfill Desires
Side Effect: Missions cannot be ignored.
First Missions Generated:
Mission: Study for 1 Hour.Minimum Reward: $1000
Mission: Greet the Campus Goddess (Sophia Lane).Minimum Reward: $5000
Adrian almost laughed aloud.
Study for one hour? Greet Sophia Lane—the campus beauty and the girl he once admired from afar? For thousands of dollars?
"This… this is insane."
He pinched himself, hard. It hurt. The screen still hovered there.
"Holy shit. This is real."
His heart pounded. He had come back, yes. But not empty-handed.
This time, he had a system.
The professor droned on, but Adrian wasn't listening. He leaned back, eyes half-closed, absorbing his situation.
Last time, he was reckless. Too trusting. He believed talent alone would carry him, but the world crushed him beneath its weight.
This time would be different.
With the Limitless Fortune System, he could build wealth from scratch, step by step, until he was untouchable.
Wealth meant connections.Connections meant power.And power meant… revenge.
Adrian clenched his fists under the desk.
"Just you wait," he whispered. "This time, I'll be the one on top."
The First Mission
The bell rang, jolting him from his thoughts. Students shuffled out of the classroom. Adrian stayed seated, his mind racing.
The system's mission log blinked.
[Mission Reminder: Study for 1 Hour. Remaining Time: Unlimited.]
Adrian smirked. That one was easy.
He grabbed his old economics textbook—one he used to hate—and flipped it open. He found a quiet corner in the library, sat down, and forced himself to read.
One page. Two pages. Ten pages.
The old Adrian would have gotten distracted after five minutes. But the new Adrian was different. He had seen death, betrayal, despair. Compared to that, studying for an hour was nothing.
At exactly the 60-minute mark, the system chimed.
Ding!! Mission Complete.Reward Generated: $1000.
Adrian blinked.
Right before his eyes, his system balance shifted:
Current Balance: $0 → $1000
And then—fwip!—a crisp stack of hundred-dollar bills materialized on the desk.
Adrian stared at it, wide-eyed. He touched it. Real. Fresh. Perfectly authentic.
He laughed quietly, a low, disbelieving chuckle that turned into a grin.
"This… this is it. This is the start."
The Campus Beauty
As Adrian left the library, another mission reminder popped up.
[Mission: Greet the Campus Goddess, Sophia Lane.]
Adrian froze.
Sophia Lane. The name was legendary on campus. She was smart, stunning, and the unspoken dream girl of half the male population. Last time, Adrian had admired her from afar, too timid to approach. He remembered how she became distant, surrounded by people who only wanted to use her.
But now? Now it was a system mission.
Adrian adjusted his collar and walked across the campus courtyard. And there she was—Sophia, sunlight catching in her chestnut hair, books tucked under her arm, walking with the same elegance he remembered.
Students whispered as she passed.
Adrian's heart thumped, but he forced himself forward.
"Hey, Sophia."
She stopped, blinking at him. "Do I… know you?"
Adrian smiled calmly. "Not yet. But I figured it's time to change that."
For a split second, she looked surprised. Then, to his amazement, she smiled back.
"Confident, aren't you? Adrian Kane, right? Baseball team rookie?"
Adrian chuckled. "Guilty as charged."
Ding!! Mission Complete.Reward Generated: $5000.
Adrian's pocket suddenly felt heavier. He discreetly checked—the bills were there. His system balance soared.
As Sophia walked away, Adrian's grin widened.
Last time, he couldn't even afford food. This time, after two simple missions, he already had $6000 in his hands.
The possibilities stretched endlessly before him.
Resolve
That night, Adrian sat in his dorm room, money stacked neatly on his desk, the system screen glowing faintly.
He thought about his past life. The betrayals. The humiliation. The years of hunger and despair.
He thought about the ones who pushed him down, stole his future, crushed him until he died.
His smile faded, eyes turning cold.
"This time… no mercy."
He leaned back, staring at the ceiling.
"Revenge is expensive. But now…" He glanced at the stacks of cash. "…I can afford it."
Ding!! [New Mission Generated: Win Tomorrow's Baseball Match. Minimum Reward: $10,000.]
Adrian's blood boiled with excitement.
The game that started his downfall last time. The moment everything began to unravel.
Not this time.
This time, he would win.
And this time… his legend would begin.