System Fist
[Dark Seoul alley, rain pounding. Ji-Hoon, bruised and bloody, slumped against a wall after a rival gang jump. His phone glitches – blue HUD flickers in his vision.]**
**System Voice (cold, mocking echo in his head):**
Pathetic. Ji-Hoon Kang, Seoul's so-called bully king. 17 years old, 0 real wins today. Aura: -87. You're done shaking down kids for snacks? Congrats, loser – you just unlocked the Characteristics System. No magic. No gates. Just your weak-ass fists and my quests. Fail? Stay trash forever.
**Ji-Hoon (gritting teeth, spitting blood):**
The hell is this? Hallucination? App virus? Get outta my head!
**System Voice:**
Quest #1: Stand up, coward. Punch that brick wall 50 times. Reward: +1 Strength, Basic Jab unlocked. Fail? Debuff – permanent limp. Clock's ticking, bully boy. Or keep crying in the rain like the fraud you are.
**[Cut to montage flashes: Ji-Hoon training in a dingy gym at 3 AM, dodging school cops, staring down old victims who now glare back.]**
**Ex-Victim (nervous kid from middle school, now tougher):**
You used to make my life hell, Ji-Hoon. Now you're... what? Grinding like some tryhard? Pathetic turnaround.
**Ji-Hoon (smirking through a split lip):**
Shut up and watch. This ain't redemption. It's evolution. One day, you'll beg to train under me.
**Rival Gang Leader (later arc, sneering in a underground ring):**
Heard you got soft. No more bullying the weak? Cute. Come get folded again.
**System Voice (whispering mid-fight):**
Quest Update: 1v5 survival. Reward: +5 Agility, Evasive Footwork. Counter their Ls into your Ws, or die mid. Aura farming starts now.
**Ji-Hoon (dodging a pipe swing, countering with a clean hook):**
You think I'm the same punk? Nah. I've been leveling while you partied. Time to conquer.
**[Fade to black. 10-year flash-forward tease: Older Ji-Hoon, scarred legend, staring at a new kid getting the system ping.]**
**System Voice (to the protégé):**
Welcome to hell, kid. Your coach? The ex-bully who punched his way to the top. Don't disappoint him... or me.
**Ji-Hoon (gruff, aura maxed):**
Listen up. Fists don't lie. Grind or get grinded. What's your first quest?