-USELESS (IZUKU MIDORIYA GAMER-SI)-
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[ARC 1: TUTORIAL]
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-CHAPTER 1-
-UNKNOWN POV-
Sigh… I let out a defeated sigh as I looked up at the clouds idly while sitting sprawled out on a park bench near 'my' school.
Normally such a sight would be pretty bizarre. It isn't everyday you see a kid in a junior high student uniform just sitting on a park bench looking like he had no purpose left in life after all.
I guess I was fortunate that there weren't any other people beside me in the park at the moment- which makes sense as it was quickly approaching sunset.
Besides why was I so defeated looking? I really should be happy I had just cheated death after all! I had been reborn! And in a shonen world at that!
Not everyone gets chances like this.
And I understood that, I really did. Just… couldn't it have been in a less troublesome way?
What did I mean by "less troublesome"? I guess it was pretty obvious… I had died in my old life- nothing special just spinal cancer that had spread too much and I had found out too late – and not a moment after I had closed my eyes in my hospital bed alone and forgotten that I just blinked awake in the place of one 14 years old, Izuku Midoriya on his way to school.
Yeah, I woke up as the main character of My Hero Academia.
Now a normal person would've been pretty shocked, if not awed by this. Unfortunately or fortunately, I had also instantly gained the fourteen years worth of memories experienced by the old Izuku.
As I said troublesome…
It was almost like I had lived those 14 years and not just taken over a kid's body. That last part was just me overreacting though, because honestly that memory dump had really changed me in ways I couldn't really understand.
It was as if I was another person entirely. My thoughts, my likes, my dislikes, my morals; all of them were a mixture or a merger of both the personalities.
Yeah, Izuku's personality was still there and so were the older me's. It was like we were almost one and the same now. But because the old me's personality was much older and stronger he had much more influence in creating the new "ME".
Was I now Izuku Midoriya? Or was Izuku Midoriya me? Or was I an eldritch merger of both of them?
But I digress, as I was only wasting time by dwelling on the existential crisis that was now my existence. I had no possible way of finding out if either of those options were correct.
So I can just move forward while living my best life and accomplishing my dreams. Izuku had wanted to become a hero despite being powerless in a society of powered heroes. And the old 'me' had wanted to enjoy and live the life that had been stolen away from him by the cancer.
Both of them were goals that were synergistic to each other. So they became my goal. The new, third personality that was born from the merger of their memories and experience.
Though, I can't call myself some other name. If I did so then I would probably be forced into going to meet a psychiatrist every so often by other people. And they probably wouldn't let a crazy person become a Pro Hero.
Once again I sighed. Society and other people were always so troublesome.
I leaned back on the bench even more as I looked up at the big white clouds in the bright blue sky. I couldn't help but mutter to myself. "I'm really Izuku Midoriya now…"
And as my name was solidified in my mind something fundamentally changed.
[TING!]
[GAMER SYSTEM: BETA IS NOW ONLINE!]
"…" I looked at the floating blue screen that had just popped up in front of my vision in deadpan and muttered. "Troublesome." But a small smile could be seen spreading on my face.
While I knew the future because of my unique situation, I also knew that for all I know I could be in an alternate universe or the butterfly effects from even the smallest changes- like breathing differently –made by me could change everything that I knew about the future.
But since I would only be wasting brain cells by trying to predict the future, I had decided to only use my knowledge as a guideline.
Judging from the past memories of the old Izuku, most of the things were pretty much same as canon. I was still quirkless, there weren't some sudden gender bending, and there was no apocalypse coming.
While having a system on top of everything that was coming in the future was troublesome, I was also very grateful of the ROB that had sent me here with such a useful and powerful tool. Did I even need One For All anymore? I'm pretty sure I could reach the peak and beyond of this world's power system with just the system.
Which was a huge relief because as I had said, for all I know All Might wouldn't even come to UA if this was an AU. And if that was the case then I would've been fucked without this system.
-But then I noticed the word. BETA.
-so this is different from the system's I've read of? Still I shrugged, having a system was better than not having a system. It beat being quirkless by miles.
And if this works like any of those RPG games then… "Menu." I muttered and my eyes widen as the screen changed and a blue screen with a menu of some options appear.
But reading through the short list a frown appears on my face.
[-MENU-]
[-STATUS-]
[-MISSIONS-]
[-USER MANUAL-]
So it's a really nerfed version of the Gamer System. I realized but still hope burned brighter in my chest. So what if I don't have a shop or inventory? I could still become stronger right?
But not wanting to jinx it, I stopped myself from opening the status page straight away and instead opened "User Manual" with a mental command.
-I smiled as I realized that I could use this system mentally. If it required me to say stuff outloud then it would be a major disadvantage because my opponents could just stop me from talking and I would become unable to use the system.
Instantly the screen changed, in the place of the menu was now a scrolling-type manual projected upon the screen.
[HOW TO USE THE GAMER SYSTEM: BETA FOR DUMMIES!]
My eyes twitched at the title but I continued reading downwards, finding out and understanding the usage of the gamer system. My gamer system.
Simply put? I had gotten a super nerfed version of the Gamer System that didn't have any fancy stuff that normal Gamer System have. I didn't even get an AI or something! Or a starter package!? Or instant dungeons to level up!? or magic!? Or even jobs and classes!? Or Gamer's body or Gamer's mind?!
Hell! I didn't even get a relationship counter or freaking Gacha!
The system was as barebones as it could get. I can still level up by defeating/killing opponents or by completing missions, I can still achieve skills (only useful and achievement worthy things would become skills according to the manual- so no breathing or walking skill for me) and I can still increase my stats using stat points and training…
I was alright with these things; I could make it work with this. Physical strength is good too right? I could be like the Hulk or something. I put a hand on my heart and reassure myself.
My only problem was…
"Status." I said outloud- because I always wanted say that since watching Solo Leveling.
The User Manual closed and in its place opened a long blue screen with "Status" on top written in white letters.
[-STATUS-]
[NAME- IZUKU MIDORIYA]
[TITLES- Quirkless]
[LEVEL- 1 (0/1,000 EXP)]
[HP (Health Points) - 1,000/1,000] (END X 10= HP)
[SP (Stamina Points) - 1,000/1,000] (STA X 10= SP)
[STATS-
STR (STRENGTH) – 10/100
END (ENDURANCE) – 10/100
STA (STAMINA) – 10/100
AGI (AGILITY) – 10/100
INT (INTELLIGENCE) - 10
CHA (CHARISMA) – 10/50
STAT POINTS- 6 {Joining Bonus}]
[SKILLS- None]
I easily and quickly read through my short status. While it wasn't much right now, it wouldn't stay like that for much longer (hopefully).
But then my eye caught the "Title" section of the status, and my eyebrows quirked up. So they didn't give me the inventory but gave me Titles? … The creator of this system is a bit weird.
Titles were useless most of the time after all and only provided some small buffs when they were useful.
Still, I mentally clicked on the only title I currently had; so that I could learn more about it and-
[TITLE: Quirkless]
[In a world of superpowers, you don't have one. You are a normal human so you have the limits of a normal human.]
[STR, END, STA, AGI and CHA stats are now limited by your potential and you can't increase them more than your body's potential (scientifically peak human). HP and SP regeneration has been considerably slowed down.]
[To remove this Title, gain a Quirk using any means.]
-I visibly paled when I read through the information presented, backing up and finally noticing the limiters placed on all of my major stats. So you mean to tell me… that I can't even break past the limit of a normal human!?
"What kind of shitty system is this!?" I couldn't help but growl outloud. Rather than helping me grow stronger this system had just put shackles upon my growth!
Seriously, of all things that could work, why was the Title system working?!
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Author's Note- I probably wouldn't mention this later so I'm putting in the AN. A stat point of 20 is the normal for a grown adult human (powerless) in any given physical stat (STR, END, EGI, STA, etc). In comparison, All Might in his prime would have 500s in all of his base physical stats. Remember these are just the base stats and CAN be boosted and buffed using Quirks.
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