It was a room, dark, with the only illumination coming from them:
White-colored glass tanks filled with bright green liquid, and right now, the majority of them were empty, save for one, where a figure could be seen floating quietly.
Ripples began appearing over the liquid surface, and in the next moment,
SNAP!
A blue glow shot through the world as Cad snapped his eyes open.
He tried to inhale, but his face changed as the green liquid rushed into his mouth, chocking him.
BAAAAANG!
He immediately slammed against the glass surface, trying to break himself out, but the glass wouldn't budge an inch.
Three more slams followed, but before he could make the fourth,
SPLASH!
The sound of liquid splashing against the floor rang out, and in the next moment, Cad was thrown downward as tank buttom suddenly opened up, sending him and the liquid to the ground.
"COUGH! COUGH! AACCCK!"
A coughing fit ensued, which soon turned into a raging vomit as he stabbed his finger into his throat, vomiting the incredibly bad taste he felt in his stomach.
After two minutes of vomitting, he was able to get all the liquid out, and only then did he feel much better.
"You were supposed to last seven more hours in the isotope-U7 serum before waking up."
The voice rang out, and he turned to the side to find a woman in white, with spectacles on her face, writing on a gigantic pad in her hands.
She turned her gaze to him, looking at him from above her nose.
"I guess that's the thing with cockroaches, their annoying tenacity for life."
She said with an annoyed scoff, but Cad didn't take any offense at all.
"Well, thank you for the compliment, Miss… huh… Miss in the glass?"
He said.
"I'm not in the glass, fool. I'm wearing spectacles, and they cost more than you'll ever be able to earn."
She said, and Cad almost chuckled.
How could he be annoyed?
He had read hundreds of web novels where, after the MC's crippling, they were first called trash and spit on by others.
But in the end, those others either became his or her groveling pawns, harem members, or were simply killed off.
How he was being treated right now just proved what he had always thought was fantasy, and that amused him more than it annoyed him.
"I'll definitely try to keep the spectacles' price in mind. Now, if you don't mind, I think I need me some…"
He said, then paused, slowly sliding his eyes from her face down to her bosom.
"You filthy pervert!"
"Some clothes?" Cad said and she paused.
"I'm naked right now, so I need me some clothes."
"Oh?"
"What did you think I wanted before?"
He pressed on with a righteous expression, and she scoffed.
"Not like I expected a cockroach like you to be so brave."
She said with an unimpressed scoff.
"Now shut up, get up, go into that door, take a cloth, and fuck off for good!"
She said, pointing to a lonesome door at the side.
"Turn to the side," Cad suddenly said.
"Excuse me. Is that supposed to be a command?"
"I want you to turn to the side, or is it that you want to see my…"
He said, slowly looking down to where his dick was, which, of course, he had covered with both hands.
"Tsk."
She clicked her tongue before turning away, moving out of the place.
"Kekeke."
Cad grinned in mockery, rising to his feet as he made his way to the door.
There was still some of that green liquid on him. He guessed that must have been some sort of healing serum.
After all, he still remembered his arms having been severed, and now they were back.
He opened the door, and luckily for him, there was a shower at the side, so he washed off the green serum and stepped toward the clothes.
At the dressing area, there was a mirror, and when Cad saw it, he scoffed.
"Dude got a face card but a poor potential. Talk about incurring jealousy."
The person in the mirror wasn't just handsome, he was drop-dead gorgeous.
A sleek, oval-shaped face. Pure white, glass-like skin, full eyebrows, and shinning blue eyes.
He looked even more beautiful than the best models on Earth, though this world did seem to have special standards of beauty.
He had noticed that back in the stadium, everyone was so handsome and beautiful.
Still, this was next-level stuff.
No wonder some heavenly genius girl wanted him.
Even though that want had ended up killing him.
But though his face was handsome, the poverty couldn't be hidden.
He was thin. Very thin.
Even his chest bones and ribs could be clearly seen, along with his skinny arms.
"Guess I've got a lot to work on…"
Cad mused, grabbing some clothes from the side.
They were all more or less the same.
A simple long-sleeved blue shirt with a straight-down zip and blue ankle-length trousers.
He picked the one that fitted him best before looking in the mirror one last time.
He wasn't handsome in his past life, ugly, if he were to be brutally honest with himself.
So having a face card in this world seemed like some sort of...upgrade.
And an upgrade was, of course, exciting.
He looked down at his navel.
There was no mark on him, but he remembered clearly how that place housed his dantian and how it had been crushed.
Though he didn't feel weak anymore, he felt normal, so at least that was good enough to confirm that he still had his dantian rippled.
The memories of the previous body were slowly coming back, but they weren't fully there yet.
It would most likely take some time, but the memory of his house in the academy had returned to him, so he at least knew where to go after this.
"Well then,"
Cad said, giving one last look at himself before he reached for the door.
"Let's go see what's popping around here."