Chapter 2: Younger x Self
Author Note: first person perspective will end once the MC has a name.
"Example" means speaking and this 'Example' means thoughts and inner monologue.
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I was lying down as a light shone on my face, waking me up. I slowly stood up and looked around myself.
"What a shit show" I woke up in an alley. Under my small feet I saw a cardboard box, newspapers and dirty shoes riddles with holes.
I looked further around and saw I or the body I inhabited slept beside a dumpster. I looked at my body and saw how bad it's condition was, but I only felt it once I started moving.
I walked towards a puddle and used the water as a mirror looking at my reflection.
"Wow. Is this how I looked like when I was little?"
I saw my younger self. A small kid around 6 years old in a state that even the most heartless would pity.
Long dirty brown hair, dull brown eyes, and an average face covered by dirt and bruises.
I wore an oversized light blue shirt, ripped pants, and hole ridden shoes.
My body was covered in bruises, cuts, and specks of dirt. "Argh!" Everything hurt.
I was malnourished so that you could see my ribs at first glance and one of my eyes was bruised and swollen shut.
After inspecting myself, I first looked around and saw outside the alley, a small world.
Dazzling lights came from the street full of people. Stalls and businessmen trying to sell their products or services.
It was crowded, but you could hear people bargaining for better prices. The alley was dirty and littered with trash, but a small piece of another world and its people could be seen.
'I'm frog in a well, seeing only a part of the sky. Not being on earth anymore finally feels real'
After regaining composure and focusing on getting food, I started begging for money and food on the street. A couple of hours passed and I was massively disappointed in humanity. I didn't receive anything.
Since that didn't work I started looking for restaurants. After a couple of tries, I managed to get food from their dumpsters.
One encounter led to me getting beaten the fuck up. After crying and running away with thrown-away food. I went to the alley I previously woke up and started feasting.
"Finally, now that I can think with a full belly let's properly start the revenge. Let's make my cheat system. "
"I want a typical cheat system that can do anything from growing stronger to buying items. It must have a way to measure the strength from my enemies. It should have an AI that will keep me company on my journey that I can talk to via my mind and... it's also an ego weapon meaning it can grow stronger with me. Also it can transform into a pet or human"
I don't know if a weapon is the right decision since almost everyone fights with only their bare hands in the Hunter x Hunter World, but I will need to become a strong swordsman since it's not only cool but at one point I will hit limits with my body.
"System create!"
_Who am I?_ said a young voice that sounded like a boy that didn't even go through puberty yet.
"You are my system and friend. I already have a name for you and it's Seven."
I always thought that if I got a system that is how I would name it. I dreamed of this moment since I started becoming obsessed with Manhwas and system novels.
"Also I will change my name. Togiri. Yeah sounds good. Should I change it in every world?"
(Author note: Would you readers like that?)
@Seven? A number? Am I a fucking pet? I am THE ULTIMATE SYSTEM! Who the fuck wants to have a number as their name and why is my creator such a pathetic child@ said the cocky young voice.
"What? Do you want to die? I can delete you shitty A.I whenever I want. Shut the fuck up yo- AARRGG! ...My..heart" said Togiri wringing out his voice.
Togiri's collapsed to his knees. His emotions accelared his heart rate too much, making his blood pressure shoot through the roof.
@I'm sorry master, my personality was mostly built from your personality. It will never happen again....you little bitch@
"...Huff..Huff. Seven...What is... happening?" Togiri was on all fours, out of breath holding his hand above his heart.
@The effect of the healing particles previously on your body stopped. Your heart can't handle the rage inside you. If you don't calm down, you will die in a few minutes. I will upload a basic meditation technique into your hippocampus (a part of the brain where the memory is stored)@
@Initialising upload. *Ding*. Upload complete@
"Argh!" Togiri felt the similar pain he experienced just moments before. The eternal hellish seconds where he gained the moments of gruesome deaths of him and loved ones in his previous lives.
'My heart is exploding and.. my head is splitting open..I...can't...'
@MASTER! WAKE UP!!!@ Togiri was laying on the floor with closed eyes as his breath got weaker.
@IS THIS ALL YOUR REVENGE AMOUNTS TO?!!!@ Togiri's eyes opened. "NO!"
Togiri used all his strength and sat up. He closed his eyes and took one deep breath. @Pulse decreasing 400...370..320...240...180.. 160...150@
Togiri continued to meditate for 10 minutes, but his heart rate never went lower than 150 bumps per minute which were still too high for a regular man not to mention a six year old.
"First of all give me a summary of the story from Hunter x Hunter since I have seen thousands of anime, and read more manga, and novels than can be counted."
@Summary: A young boy named Gon finds out that his father is a professional hunter.
A Hunter explores the world, subdues dangerous criminals, saves dying species, and uncovers treasures and old ruins.
Upon finding out that Gon's father Ging is a Hunter, the boy himself wants to become a Hunter, find his father, and ask why he left him behind.
On the journey to becoming a Hunter and finding his father Gon makes friends and becomes stronger than anyone could have possibly imagined.@ Seven was annoyed that he was treated like a tool since his personality and consciousness were as real as a humans, that was what at least he thought.
"Seems like everything is the same as the original that I remember. Now....."
"Seven, is it possible to partially seal my new memories?"
@Searching for an answer.....*Ding* Best Solutions found! Yes, but either you upgrade me to version 10.0 which you currently can't or 99 percent of my functions will be sealed. The best case for the second option is that a third of the memories will remain@
"....Do the second one. Don't touch the memories of me being killed and try to seal the others as much as you can. Especially the ones where my families dies"
@Initiating memory sealing@
@..1%...12%...27%....34%.....58%....67%...partial memory sealing finished!@
"I see... a third is still there.." Togiri closed his eyes for a minute. He then slowly opened his eyes, but his emotionless face became ferocious.
"My families died beCAUSE OF THEM!" *Bang* Togiri punched the ground. The sound of water splatter followed by the dripping of fluid could be heard.
Both tears and blood fell on the floor, both mixed and flowed toward a nearby puddle.
"..me...because of..me" mumbled and whispered Togiri. He started whimpering like a dog.
"Trash! Why are you such trash. LAZY BASTARD. Why didn't you bastards train harder" *Bang!* Togiri punched the ground even harder than before.
This time his small fist shattered and the bones of his knuckles were exposed.
"COWARD!" He punched the ground again and with his other hand and it was completely ruined.
Togiri took many quick breaths, then he took a deep breath and yelled "AAHHHHHHHHHHH!" A roar of a small boy echoed out of the alley.
Crows flew away, babies started crying, other kids were terrified and even some adults were frozen in place by suprise
The streets full of people walking and talking became silent. A little boy's voice slightly terrified them. *Sigh*
"For now, let's live on the street and train a bit until I can fight in the Heaven's Arena and make some money."
"For the next 5 years, I want to build some foundation in training and fighting. I never had discipline, but these memories are enough motivation to train for Infinity. I will kill all those sons of bitches!" Togiri said while making a determined face.
Suddenly Seven started talking @Master I can even turn such a weak wimp like you into the strongest since I am the best system ever created. Hehehehe@
"Such a nasty personality! I don't believe that you copied my personality. Anyway, review me! Status or whatever"
Togiri laid down in some corner of the alley and covered himself with newspaper. He almost fell asleep because of the immense blood loss from his destroyed right hand.
[Beep! Review complete. Nameless(Togiri)
Strength: 0.1, Agility: 0.2, Vitality 0.1, Status: vitamin deprived, sleep deprived, dizziness, many injuries to the soft tissue, rashes on all four limbs, both hands fractured, 4 fingers broken,
■Review: Your life is so pathetic that even death is too good for you■
"What a fucked up review! Tomorrow I will beat the fuck out of Seven somehow." said Togiri while yawning.
@I will also sleep for some time after healing your body. If you hadn't eaten, you would have died. I can't create shit out of nowhere. If want to be completely healed then eat more tommorow@
"Sure sure"
Togiri closed his eyes and fell instantly asleep and drifted away into a horrible dream.