The brilliant sun hung high in the sky, and the lush green forest stretched out like a vast emerald sea.
Withered leaves carpeted the ground, forming a natural blanket.
Lying flat atop it was a beautiful girl who looked as though she had stepped straight out of a painting. Her delicate, flawless features made her seem like an angel fallen to earth.
Her skin was fair as jade, creamy and smooth. Long pink hair flowed down to her waist, fanned out across the ground. Behind her extended a pair of wings as white as clouds. A few fallen leaves rested on her pure white dress.
Above her head, a pink halo resembling a slowly revolving galaxy revolved slowly, giving off a faint mystical glow.
[System notification: Automatically loading the Misono Mika character template for the host.]
[System notification: Successfully 'descended' into the world of Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress.]
[System notification: 'Descent' function is on cooldown. Duration: two years.]
[System notification: Module stats can stack. To obtain a new module, the host must 'descend' into the next world.]
[System notification: Module stat strength is determined by the power level of the descended world. The stronger the world, the stronger the loaded template. At minimum, template stats will be only slightly lower than the world's individual combat ceiling.]
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"I… transmigrated?"
The girl stared blankly at the system notifications flashing before her eyes and tried to lift her hands.
Her slender hands were as white as jade—beautiful, like works of art.
"…I kinda want to lick them."
She instinctively moved her hand toward her mouth but stopped abruptly halfway. Shocked by her own perverted behavior, her cheeks heated up. "Oh my god, since when did I become this unhinged?"
The moment the thought surfaced in her mind, her body had already acted on it.
Her bodily instinct was off the charts!
"Ugh, what if I have weirder thoughts in the future..."
The girl couldn't help but fantasize about some "indescribable" scenarios. Suddenly, her body shivered violently. She frantically yanked her right hand back from her lower body, her face flushing crimson.
"No lewd stuff—nope!"
Good thing she hadn't actually touched anything. Otherwise, her dignity would've been gone forever.
After lying there for a while, she gradually accepted the reality that she had become a girl.
Sure, she had lost her little brother… but in exchange, she'd gained overwhelming power—and had even become a one-in-a-million beautiful girl.
Absolutely worth it!
She climbed to her feet and clenched her fists, carefully feeling the strength within them—strength that could send her former self straight to meet his creator with a single punch. She nodded in satisfaction.
"A perfect start!"
She was extremely satisfied with this body.
And the cheat system was powerful too.
It had directly granted her the complete, unnerfed Seien Miha—stats intact.
No tedious missions. No unlocking skills step by step. A system this straightforward was rare as hell.
She had to admit—it felt amazing.
Misono Mika was a student from Blue Archive's Academy City of Kivotos. Whether in story or gameplay stats, she was a top-tier in all aspect.
Pure-hearted by nature, she often acted before thinking—frequently turning good intentions into trouble. Once, after punching through a prison wall and escaping, some players jokingly nicknamed her the "pink-haired gorilla."
Although the game was gunfight-themed game, its worldbuilding was anything but simple. The students were also known as Forgotten Gods. Misono Mika's archetype was based on one of the four Archangels: Michael.
After loading the her template, she hadn't felt the slightest discomfort.
If not for her memories of her past life, she might have believed this had always been her true form.
"One world per template, and the stats stack indefinitely... Is this the shortcut to power the system provided? Simple and crude, I like it."
She analyzed the information while glancing down at her pretty little dress, lightly touching her smooth cheek with a troubled expression.
"…My old name definitely won't work anymore. A man's name on a beautiful girl would totally break immersion. In that case, I'll just borrow Mika's name for now~ Hehe. Wow, this skin feels really nice…"
Mika wasn't worried about the original owner coming after her.
Honestly, if the real one showed up, that would be even more interesting. It sounded like fun!
Mika brushed the leaves out of her hair one by one. Eventually, her mind drifted back to the scene of her death, and she couldn't help but sigh.
She had just gone to a restaurant for a simple meal when she was suddenly killed by a car "reviewing the shop."
Who was she supposed to complain to about that?!
Who knew that staying inside a building wasn't safe either?
"Hey, System, why did you choose me?" she blinked curiously. "Don't tell me you fell in love with me at first sight? By the way, can you turn into a white-haired, red-eyed little girl? Systems in stories always have that setting. I command you to come and cuddle with me!"
Silence.
No expected notification appeared.
Instead, a simple status panel unfolded before her.
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World: Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress
Loaded Module: Misono Mika
Abilities:
Call of the Stars
Kyrie Eleison (Ultimate skill: drags hostile units into a pink star-ring and crushes them.)
Note: Requires special weapon to activate.
Weapon:Quis ut Deus
Character Template Adjustment:
Immune to the Kabane virus.
Her blood can cure viral infection (ineffective on fully transformed Kabane).
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[System notification: Inventory module successfully loaded. Ready for normal use.]
"Whoa—doesn't that make me invincible?" Mika's eyes lit up, and she burst into delighted laughter. "Awesome! Now I can mess around without any worries. From now on, I'm Misono Mika!"
She had finally arrived in a 2D world.
Obviously she had to have some fun.
Find cute girls to cuddle.
And then find more fun.
In the past, she might not have dared to let loose—
But now?
She was basically Homelander.
The halos above Kivotos students' heads weren't decorative. They granted absurd defensive power, and their wound-healing speed was terrifying.
Only sustained heavy firepower—enough to prevent regeneration and shatter their halo—could truly kill them. And in a steam-era world like Kabaneri, where weapons relied on crude gunpowder-powered steam guns, harming a student from Kivotos was nearly impossible.
It wouldn't even count as scratching.
As a zombie-type world, the Kabane were much stronger than average zombies. They spread rapidly, and the infection took hold almost instantly—sometimes in less than three seconds after a bite.
But they no longer posed any threat to Misono Mika.
To kill a Kabane, one had to pierce the membrane protecting the heart, which was as hard as iron. Steam guns needed to be fired from less than five meters away to be effective enough to kill—and that was assuming high-quality craftsmanship.
Now, nearly eighty percent of the land had been overrun by Kabane.
Humanity's living space was being squeezed tighter day by day.
Around every railway station, thick walls had been erected, forming fortress-cities known as "Stations," where survivors barricaded themselves in desperate attempts to endure.
There was only one way to exchange supplies between them: armored steam locomotives with exceptional transport capacity and mobility, ensuring resource distribution among the stations.
These armored steam trains were collectively known as Hayajiro.