Ed Geis.
Fat. Greasy. Glasses slipping off his nose. Unwashed body wrapped in a crumpled, oversized anime hoodie that smelled like dust and regret. The room was a shrine. No sunlight dared enter—only the flickering LED glow of his monitor and the ever-watching gazes of his waifu figure collection: Tsunade from Naruto, Nico Robin from One Piece, Orihime from Bleach, Esdeath from Akame ga Kill, Rias Gremory, Zero Two, Tohka Yatogami, and more. Their plastic perfection mocked him with their silence.
"Aahhh…" he moaned, trembling with a deranged smile as he stared at them. "So beautiful... all of you… mine…"
The shame didn't come. It never did. Instead, there was only one thought—waifus.
He let out a shuddering gasp as he finished, making a mess on the floor.
"That was… amazing…" he whispered, breathless. His glasses fogged up. Reality was a haze he no longer cared for.
Once, he had friends. Once, he had a future. His family had begged him to return to school—he had only one year left. But he had thrown it all away after… that incident.
Now, Ed Geis existed only in this room. A hollow shrine to obsession.
And then—
[Ding!]
A soft chime echoed in the room. A translucent pink interface appeared before him like something out of an isekai light novel.
[Congratulations, Ed Geis! You've been chosen as the Inheritor of the Waifu Collecting System!]
"What the…?" Ed blinked, stunned. Then, realization struck. "A SYSTEM!? I HAVE A SYSTEM!!" he roared in ecstasy, leaping to his feet like a walrus learning to dance.
Knock-knock!
"Shut the hell up!!" his older sister's voice boomed through the wall.
Ed froze. "S-sorry…" he muttered sheepishly.
Eva Geis, his sister, sighed deeply from the hallway. It wasn't the first time he screamed like this. Lately, it had been getting worse.
He used to be so bright... she thought sadly. A student with honors. Top of his class. Popular. Kind. Handsome. And then, like a flickering light, everything went dark after that one event. He had shut down completely, isolating himself into this perverted cocoon.
Back inside, Ed sat down again, whispering. "Waifu… Collecting System?"
[Yes, Master. This system will assist you in collecting all the waifus in the multiverse.]
Ed's eyes widened. "All the waifus… in the multiverse?"
[Correct. You will be able to travel to any anime, game, or fictional world based on your Power Level.]
Ed felt his heart pounding. "Power Level? So… if I get strong enough… I could be like Goku?"
[Yes, Master. By collecting waifus, you will obtain their abilities, increasing your power and unlocking new worlds.]
"Holy crap…" Ed whispered, almost fainting from excitement.
He stared at the screen with trembling hands, eyes wide and gleaming with madness.
This was it.
This was his escape.
His redemption.
His fetish-fueled isekai arc.
The Waifu Multiverse was calling.
Suddenly, the interface blinked again.
[Master, you will now be transported to the Waifusphere and begin the tutorial.]
"The Waifusphere?" Ed repeated with a confused blink.
But before he could even take another breath, a pink glow enveloped his body. His surroundings melted away, his room vanishing into a blur of color and light. The smell of plastic and old instant ramen faded.
And then—
WHOOSH.
He dropped to the ground on his knees with a soft thud.
The place was… nothing.
A boundless white void stretched in all directions—flat, silent, and empty, like the loading screen of a god's dream.
[Welcome to the Waifusphere!]
[Here will reside all the waifus you will collect!]
"This is the Waifusphere? It's… so empty," Ed muttered, turning around in every direction. "How is someone supposed to reside here?"
[Master, the Waifusphere will grow and evolve as you collect more waifus. Their personalities, preferences, and desires will shape the environment.]
"Oh…" Ed nodded, as if that made complete sense.
[Would you like to begin the tutorial?]
"Yes!" Ed replied instantly, eyes gleaming with anticipation.
[Beginning tutorial.]
[Summoning a random waifu from the currently unlocked worlds...]
[Waifu found: Saki Kawasaki – Side Character from "My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU"]
Ed's breath caught in his throat. "Wait… Saki Kawasaki? Her?!"
A soft shimmer lit the air in front of him. Glowing threads of pink and white spiraled together until they formed the shape of a tall girl in a Japanese school uniform. Her long, silver-tinged hair fell lazily around her shoulders, her arms crossed beneath her chest, eyes narrowed in confusion.
[Image Here]
"...What the hell is this place?" she muttered.
Ed took a shaky step back. This wasn't a figurine or a poster. She was here. She was real. He knew her face from memory: the blunt, sharp-tongued loner girl who always seemed just a bit too mature for her classmates.
Saki's sharp eyes locked onto him. "Who are you?" she demanded, arms still crossed, clearly unimpressed.
Before Ed could answer, the interface blinked rapidly in front of his eyes.
[Tutorial Mission Activated!]
[Objective: Collect Saki Kawasaki]
[Reward: +2 Stat Points]
[Failure: Immediate Loss of the Waifu Collecting System]
Ed's mouth dropped. "Wait—what?! I'll lose the system if I don't collect her?!"
[Correct, Master.]
He panicked internally. "O-okay, okay—how do I collect her?"
[To collect a waifu, you must earn her affection. Each waifu has unique preferences, personalities, and emotional thresholds. You must win her over genuinely.]
Ed's soul nearly left his body. "I—I actually have to get her to like me?!"
Saki tapped her foot impatiently, clearly growing more annoyed. "Hellooo? Are you mute or just weird?"
Ed snapped back to reality. He swallowed nervously, then forced the words out.
"I'm Ed. Ed Geis," he said with a sheepish smile.
To be continued...
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