Beep beep beep!
Beep beep beep!
A burst of urgent alarm sounds rang beside his ear. A hand stretched out from under the blanket, groping around on the bedside table. He picked up the phone and glanced at it. Seven o'clock.
Then came a complaining voice: "It's only seven. Why is the alarm going off? I'm not even working today. Seriously."
The next second, he turned off the alarm and flopped back down to continue sleeping.
.....
A streak of warm sunlight slowly shone into the room through the window. The curtains swayed back and forth with the breeze, causing the sunlight on his face to flicker.
Perhaps sensing the light on his face, the sleeping boy's eyelashes trembled slightly. He turned over. Before even opening his eyes, his hand had already started feeling around for his phone.
Grabbing the phone and squinting at it, he saw "13:48." Then he prepared to scroll through some videos to clear the haze of just waking up.
"Hm? Whose phone is this?"
"What kind of crappy phone is this? Where's my iPhone 17 Pro Max?"
The boy shot upright in bed, his mind instantly clearing. He looked around and only saw an unfamiliar room.
Very simple. A single bed, a small wooden desk, a chair. A few books and a cup sat on the desk.
This was cleary not his room.
"???"
"Where the hell did I get dumped?"
The boy was completely dumbfounded.
Was he kidnapped? No.. If he had been kidnapped, there was no way he would have slept comfortably until he woke up naturally.
Besides, who would kidnap an ordinary wage worker like him?
He got up and quickly opened the door. A small living room with simple furnishings came into view. After looking around, he found the bathroom. He pulled the door open and looked at the mirror, completely confirming the guess in his heart. In the mirror appeared a handsome boy with somewhat gloomy features.
"Did I transmigrate?"
He still could not quite believe that something that only happened in webnovels would suddenly happen to him.
The boy's name was Amano Hiro, an orphan who, naturally, grew up in an orphanage.
Though strictly speaking, he was not a true orphan. He actually had a pair of trashy parents. His birth had been a pure accident. Later, they felt the child was a burden, so they threw him into an orphanage. Even his name had been given to him by the old director of said orphanage.
...
Amano Hiro stared blankly at the completely different face in the mirror. He had never expected that the transmigration he often fantasized about would actually happen to him.
As he looked at the mirror, a flash of inspiration suddenly struck him. In other people's transmigrations, they all had a system, golden fingers, all kinds of cheats.
Did he have one too?
"System?"
"System, are you there buddy?"
"Are you here? Say something."
There was no response. Not a single movement. He came to a conclusion..
He was an imperfect transmigrator without a system.
But it was not all bad news. Judging from the living environment, although it did not look wealthy, at least it was modern society. He had a place to live. It was not terrible at least.
Other people might panic after transmigrating, but he was different. A lone man with nothing.. No matter where he stayed, it was all the same.
The most urgent thing now was to figure out what year he had transmigrated to. If he had gone back in time, maybe he could use his knowledge advantage to make a fortune and reach the peak of life.
With that thought, he turned on the phone to gather some information and just as he was hesitating whether to go out and gather some information, an almost heavenly voice sounded in his mind.
[System loading complete]
"I knew it! How could a transmigrator not have a system!" At this moment, Amano Hiro was obviously extremely excited. He had already begun fantasizing about reaching the peak of life and marrying a rich beauty with the help of the usual system cheats..
But in the next second, the system taught him a lesson. It directly picked up a huge basin and poured a bucket of cold, icy water over him, the kind that chilled him from head to toe.
[An unknown error occurred during this binding. Correct host not detected. System uninstalling.]
As soon as the system said this, Amano Hiro could not sit still.
"Wait! What do you mean? You dragged me into this transmigration and now you want to run off without caring about anything?"
"You've gotta compensate me!"
After he shouted, the system seemed to lag for a moment and stopped uninstalling.
[An abnormal fluctuation occurred during transmigration, which affected you.]
[As an apology, a Beginner Gift Pack has been issued. We wish you a pleasant life.]
[System uninstalled.]
This time, the system did not give him any more time to react. It directly sent a Beginner Gift Pack and ran away.
A lucky-bag-style gift pack suddenly appeared in Hiro's hand..
His face was dark, veins began bulging on his forehead. Clearly, he was extremely angry at the system.
Amano Hiro took several deep breaths, suppressing the anger in his heart.
"Hoo. Don't be angry, don't be angry. If I get sick from anger and kick the bucket, no one will take my place."
Holding the gift pack, he walked to the living room and plopped down onto the sofa.
Looking at the gift pack in his hand, a prompt appeared above it: [Open Beginner Gift Pack?]
Since the system had already run off, he could only go and see what the gift pack could bring him.
"Open."
The gift pack emitted a dazzling light, then turned into two items.
One was a voucher about the size of a hundred-yen banknote. The voucher was tattered, even missing a corner. The other was a shabby little box that looked like a gift box, as if it had fallen to the ground and then been smashed by something heavy. It was somewhat dented.
[Language Mastery Voucher ×1]
[After use, you can master all human languages. Takes effect immediately. - Description: Although somewhat damaged, it still works. Probably.]
[Beginner Random Gift Box ×1]
[After use, you can randomly obtain any item. - Although it looks shabby, if you are lucky, you might still get something.]
Looking at these two items, his face darkened again and his blood pressure shot up.
"You f&*$#...€!"
"I'll *****!"
At this moment, Amano Hiro was so angry that he started cursing nonstop.
It was now very clear. He had been severely screwed over by the system.
There was no other choice. He could only hope these two items worked.
He picked up the tattered voucher. A prompt appeared on it.
[Use Language Mastery Voucher?]
"Use!"
Amano Hiro gritted his teeth and selected use. The voucher turned to ashes in his hand. Just as he thought it had failed, a prompt appeared in his mind.
[Language Mastery Voucher has taken effect.]
A massive amount of information surged into his mind, including common languages and dialects from various countries, including even the languages of random cannibal tribes.
Feeling the effect of the Language Mastery Voucher, Amano Hiro's expression finally eased a little.
Then he picked up the shabby box placed to the side and selected 'open'.
The box snapped open, revealing a can, one size larger than a canned yellow peach tin. Inside the can was filled with red, viscous liquid.
"Damn!"
"You..." Before he could finish cursing, the information of the can appeared.
[Specially Processed Symbiote Can]
[A symbiote with its will erased. After fusion, it can greatly enhance the host's physical abilities and regenerative ability. It can change form according to the host's consciousness. It is currently very weak. Feed it more, and it can recover its strength. - Description: Although processed, it will still have some impact on the host's mind, but being able to grow stronger makes this side effect insignificant.]
"Hmph. At least that trash system still had a bit of conscience left for me."
Amano Hiro let out a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, both items were usable, and what came out of the gift box was not bad.