"If I could have all kinds of powers like anime characters… that would be amazing."
"I want to materialize everything I imagine—and even copy the coolest anime moves I see. Just picture it, and boom, I can use it!"
That was Xiao Yao's ultimate chuuni dream since childhood.
He was obsessed with anime—especially protagonists with wild and fantastic abilities. Whether it was writing spells, drawing weapons, chanting incantations, or powering up by eating snacks, he'd studied it all. He even created his own thick "Book of Settings."
Inside that chunky notebook were pages filled with skills, weapons, character blueprints, and entire world-building concepts… From Naruto's chakra to mecha piloting systems to isekai-style magic affinities, he'd thought of it all—and detailed every rule and limit for each ability.
What he didn't expect… was that one day, these fantasies would actually come true.
—
It happened on his 16th birthday.
"Xiao Yao, you're cross-dressing again?" a guy teased him outside the dorm.
"Hmph, schoolgirl uniforms are a sacred belief," he smirked, elegantly flipping his silver twin-tails.
Nobody knew that this doll-like boy with the dazzling appearance had the wildest imagination locked inside his mind.
He'd always been a little different—he loved sweets, dance, and singing. He had zero interest in studying, but could spend all day dreaming about how to become the ultimate overpowered anime protagonist.
Back in his room, he was watching That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime while thinking:
"If only I had skills like Rimuru's 'Predator' or 'Great Sage'... I want to have my own entire system of settings too!"
And then—
Click.
It was as if a door inside his head had silently opened.
> [Spirit Gear Core successfully bound.]
[Host Match: Imagination Type – Rule Constructor]
[Ability: Reality Setting]
[Would you like to run a test setting?]
"…Huh??" Xiao Yao's eyes widened. "Wait, am I dreaming right now?"
Without thinking, he blurted out a test line:
"I set a skill: Before using the toilet, I don't need to pull down my pants—the system will auto-create an invisible output tunnel!"
> [Setting Accepted]
[Skill Generated: Invisible Flow Channel]
[Activated]
"…Eh?!"
He rushed to the toilet to test it, almost slipping in shock.
It actually worked?!
"I… what kind of bizarre ability trigger is this?!"
But he didn't stop. He grabbed his Book of Settings and shouted:
"I set: I instantly memorize any book I glance at, lasting 30 minutes!"
> [Skill Generated: Instant Recall (Study Version)]
"I set: When I yell 'Spirit Gear Activate!', my body is equipped with the coolest, flashiest battle armor!"
> [Skill Generated: Spirit Gear · Prototype X.Y-001]
"I set: Whenever I crave milk tea, the system generates a perfect cup of pearl green milk tea!"
> [Skill Generated: Drink Manifestation – Pearl Milk Green Edition]
The very next second—
The entire room lit up. Xiao Yao's body shimmered with soft blue energy, and a sleek violet-tech battle suit slowly formed from the void, wrapping around him.
Mechanical shoulder pads, flowing data-cloak, futuristic combat boots… all layered over his glowing silver twin-tails.
He looked like the protagonist of a battle-idol anime, summoned straight out of a dream.
He jumped up with joy.
"Awakened!! I actually became a setting-type main character?! No way, no way!!"
He raised his hand—
A cup of steaming pearl milk green tea floated perfectly into his palm.
One sip—perfect. Half sugar, less ice, bittersweet and chewy pearls.
"Looks like my life's finally entering the main plot now, huh?"
But just then—
The starry sky outside his window twisted.
A nearly invisible crack descended from the heavens. Within the soft ripples of space, an eerie sensation emerged—
As if a distant world had noticed his awakening.
A whisper echoed in his mind:
> "Welcome to the true world of Settings, Rule Constructor."
Xiao Yao blinked, sipping his milk tea with a mischievous grin.
"Ehehe… If I'm gonna cheat, I might as well do it in style."
—End of Chapter 1—