Starting Everything from the start in a Weak Body
"Lunch break — campus courtyard"
Two boys block Ethan's path.
○ Bully 1: "Hey, boy wannabe! Hand over your lunch."
○ Ethan: "…Oh, shit… not again."
He remembers how these useless punks used to bully him so much in his past life.
○ Ethan: "Move."
Bully 2 shoves him. Ethan's reflexes kick in he swings a punch… but his arm feels slow, weak. The punch barely grazes.
Bully 2 grabs his hand and twists it down.
○ Bully 1: "So, you little brat… you were trying to fight us?"
○ Ethan: Why aren't my punches working on him? Oh no…
○ Ethan (thinking): I'm not in my 20's body anymore… I'm just a 17-year-old kid.
They laugh, push him around. He doesn't fight back. Not yet.
○ Ethan: "You're lucky today."
He walks away, humiliated on his first day of class.
"Evening — Ethan enters his old apartment"
The room smells like dust and old books. He throws his bag down and drops to the floor.
He sits at his table, opens his journal, and turns to the fitness page:
• 100 Push-ups
• 100 Sit-ups
• 100 Squats
• 10 km run
○ Ethan (thinking): If I want to be as strong as I once was… I have to do this every day from now on.
He starts training. Every rep feels impossibly hard. His arms shake, his legs burn.
○ Ethan: "Damn… doing this with a weak body is torture…"
"Night"
Ethan lies on his bed, phone in hand, scrolling through old chats and messages.
○ Ethan (thinking): This time, I know who's fake and who's real. I won't fall into those traps again.
○ Ethan (thinking): This time… I won't be a pawn. I'll be the one moving the pieces.
He opens the stock trading app.
○ Ethan (thinking): This is 2012… in a few days, the city's biggest tech store will face that "security breach." If I buy their stocks now, I can triple my money in a week.
His thumb hovers over the "Buy" button.
○ Ethan (thinking): "Let's try this."
He buys shares of the company and saves them in his wallet.
The next day, the stock price skyrockets. His profit triples.
○ Ethan: "I made the most profit… and I can do this again."
And he does — many times.
"Someone notices it"
That evening, Ethan sits at his table, opening his books.
○ Ethan: "This time I know exactly what questions are coming in the exam. Perfect… I'll just study these and top the school."
"Knock… knock…"
It's 12 a.m. midnight.
○ Ethan (thinking): Who the hell is visiting me at this time?
He grabs a knife and moves to the door.
He opens it — a man in a black hoodie stands there.
○ Ethan: "Who are you?"
○ Stranger: "Are you Ethan?"
○ Ethan: "Yes… but how do you know my name?"
○ Stranger: "I know how you're making all this money. You're one of them… someone who came from the future."
The man's words hang heavy in the air.
The door closes, leaving Ethan frozen in thought.
○ Ethan (thinking): How many others… are like me?
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