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Prologue: It starts with a dream..


You know something is wrong when you woke up in a bench in some park without recollection of the past few hours.

Kenshin Ogura did feel like something important was eluding his sore mind but he couldn't pinpoint it with his usual methodical precision.

His brain was his holy domain and that was worrying, to say the least.

Yet, as he jumped up and away from the bench, a curious purple box caught his never-decreasing attention.

The golden words written upon said projection fueled the initial curiousity that had thrived in that moment and a small amused smile appeared on his unblemished visage as he read the shocking but well-explanatory text.

[The Gamer]

Your impressive potential has been noticed by the higher deities and, seeing the world you grew up as someplace that limited your capacities, you have been moved away from your original dimension and put in a acceptably harsh but rewarding universe with the limitless ability known as The Gamer.

Kenshin's eyes glowed greedily as he recalled the absurd power that made Han Jihan a relevant player in his world.

Player.. hehe..

A yellow box replaced the previous one urging once more his attention away from his plans.

[While you have a good grasp regarding The Gamer, it's advised to all the new Gamers to pass through the Tutorial stage.]

White flooded the young man's sight as the park was replaced with a virtual location, similar to the Animus loading screen from Assassin Creed's games.

[Tutorial 1/5]

It's time to check for your stats. After the recent patches, the Stat Menu can be opened with a thought input.

Reward:

-50xp-

And that literally elimanted any worry of having to voice the inputs to navigate the Menu.

Stat Menu

The moment the thoughts materialised, a new world opened before him.

[Status]

Name: Kenshin Ogura

Title: The Gamer

Level 1 - Exp: 0/50

Age: 15

Health Points (HP) : 100/100

Attributes:

Attack: 50

Physical Defense: 100

Special Defense: 0

Active Skills:

Gamer Body (LVL Max.) - Congratulations, your body had been turned into one influenced by the rules of the Game Module. This Skill is present in all Users from the very beginning.

Gamer Mind (LVL Max.) - As a Gamer, you are blessed to have a mind devoid of possessions and manipulations. The emotional impact to your actions has been reduced of the 50%.

Race Trait: Human - Your current growth is the same pace as humans. Current growth rate is: 100%

Traits:

Educated Intellectual - A fine man of knowledge, you crave to learn more about yourself and everything around you. +10% experience from learning books and Intellectual-Type Skills.

Inner Fighter (1) - Your world was harsh and the only way to survive is to fight back. You have a novice to battle styles but you can handle yourself in non-dangerous situations. Receive +2% EXP from fights.

Inventory:

Empty

Now that is something. Kenshin nodded at what he was seeing but... the development was far from over.

A cheerful them brought his attention back to another coloured box.

*Ding*

Congratulations, you have LVLd Up!

[Status]

Name: Kenshin Ogura

Title: The Gamer

Level 2 - Exp: 0/80

Age: 15

Health Points (HP) : 100/100 +20

Money = 0 Yen

Attributes

Attack: 50 +5

Physical Defense: 100 +10

Special Defense: 0 +0

Now that he thought about it, the basic stats were more similar to those of Tokyo Ghoul Dark War. It was an interested situation to deal with but... he still grinned.

The tutorial had given him a level for free and for doing something as easy as opening the Stat Menu.

[Tutorial 2/5]

Fights are going to be frequent in the world you had been placed and you need to be as prepared and careful as possible against most opponents.

Defeat 5 Shadowlings!

Reward:

-(Attack +10)-

Already a fight? Kenshin felt the soothing blanket of confidence washing away his questions and he focused on the new threats.

These 'Shadowlings' appeared quite similar to Heartless from KH but seemed to be a bit more smarter than the weakest enemies of that franchise.

With a growl, one of the fiends tried to land its claws on the young man's chest but, as it was still in mid-air, his left fist kissed his face and a short but loud crack echoed in the white void.

-10HP!

The beast recoiled for a moment at the quick jab and barely grasped the concept of keeping its guard on.

-10HP!

Kenshin's right fist wished to experience the same thing his counterpart had showed but ended up tearing the head of the creature without much of a 'squish'.

Glancing at his hands, a small satisfied smile appeared on the Gamer's face as he gauged the the defense the quite weak monsters had.

+5XP!

So he could already start to get some headstart with those freaks? Amazing.

His amused eyes turned to the remaining four, sending chills to the now scared monsters.

[Through determination, two new Skills have been created!]

Killer Intent/KI (LVL. 5 0/150) - The ability to instill fear on the minds of your foes. At your current level, you have a 100% chance of sparking 'Scared' status on weaker enemies, 45% on those on your level and a 5% to those above your current rank.

Detect Killer Intent/KI (LVL 5 0/150) - 'The Spider Sense is tingling..', you can now feel the direction and the strenght when someone is releasing their KI on you.

Kenshin let his smile widen as he eyed the results of his morbid study and decided to further interest himself on his current capacities, destroying the shellshocked monsters with punches, kicks and a mix of both.

+5XP!

+5XP!

+5XP!

+5XP!

With a relieved sigh, the young man stared at the empty space previously occupied by the Shadowling and thought what else was left for him to do in this Tutorial.

Thankfully enough for his curiousity, a red box appeared in front of him and supplied him with a new objective.

[Tutorial 3/5]

Stats matter in the real world too. Sometime the places you might found yourself into might require the usage of a particular stat.

Destroy the iron door!

Rewards:

-100xp-

-(Attack +15)-

As Kenshin finished reading the text, a small building appeared in front of him with its only, white door barring him entrance.

He raised an eyebrow but approached the small closed space and... cocked his punch. In a normal circumstance he wouldn't have tried to do something so foolish but...

It was time to test his newest might!

Disappointment took a grip over his mind as the punch landed squarely on the door, the metal barrier creaking at the powerful fist but merely creaking at the attack. At least he wasn't feeling any pain for that.

*Ding*

Barriers, Doors and Walls: Sometimes you will have to create your way out of unpleasant situations but it will be quite difficult to do such thing. It is important to remember that while the Game will offer you the opportunity to improve beyond the simple human limits, you still have to work to obtain this power. Do not expect immediate become a Demi-god at LVL.1, the Journey is long and you enough time to become said thing.

System Maintainance Reward: Attack +20!

The Gamer nodded and gave a quick glance at the fist. Slowly his determination to try again took the lead and... he punched the white door.

The door didn't held this time and his punch sent it fly for about few metres, sending it smashing to the opposite wall.

Smoke rose from his fist as the energy vanished as quickly as it came back.

*Ding*

Congratulations, you have LVLd Up!

[Status]

Name: Kenshin Ogura

Title: The Gamer

Level 3 - Exp: 45/120

Age: 20

Health Points (HP) : 120/120 +20

Money = 0 Yen

Attributes

Attack: 90 +5

Physical Defense: 110 +10

Special Defense: 0 +0

As he walked calmly towards the curious wood chest held in the midst of the room, Kenshin felt the LoZ's little theme for this kind of occasions buzz in his ears and, the moment he pulled the container open, he blinked in surprise at the content.

He picked in two of the red flaskets inside the chest and he was pleased to see those disappear with some white cloud all at once. A quick explanation was given to him by their names and descriptions.

[Basic Health Potion] x10

Basic HP Cure. Heals 10HP.

Yet, even in front of so much generosity, he felt like he was missing something quite obvious.

[Tutorial 4/5]

While you are the Gamer, you are entitled to find unique ways to deal with dangerous foes. Most of those interactions are reserved to bosses.

Deal with the Tutorial Guardian!

Rewards:

-300xp-

-(Physical Defense: +50)-

-?-

It happened very quickly as the young man's arms closed in guard as a dark armored foot swiftly appeared directed for his head and smashed his body away from the room.

-50HP!

"What a rude nuisance.." Kenshin picked himself from the ground and stared in calm anger the one who had dared to start the fight.

Armored Ghoul LVL.5

500/500HP

The Gamer whistled at the high HPs and prepared himself as the boss approached him.

With an impressive jump, the Ghoul shortened the gap between them and Kenshin sidestepped the mindless clawing at him, planting a solid punch on the foe's armor.

-25HP!

His eyes widened a little at the measle damage but he continued to focus on the rash fighting behavior his enemy seemed keen to show.

Let's see..

The Game had called for him to go creative? Then Kenshin will show creative.

A kick almost got into his defences and the Gamer started his short plan.

-Punch on the standing leg-

-50HP!

While the Ghoul was sturdy to damage in a direct confrontation, its body needed to recoil at pressure and the one created against .

The ghoul was already descending towards the ground, surprise painted in his frantic mid-air movements.

Ant yet Kenshin was not done yet.

-Power slam its skull on the floor-

This time the attack yelded a more than acceptable result as some part of the armor cracked, giving him the opportunity to jump on the concussed Ghoul to start and strip part of the damaged plates around its face.

Pulling it from the newly-created cracks, the headpiece ceded at the strain, revealing two familiar red eyes with black irises staring at him with rabid anger. Was that Arata?

Questions for later, the Gamer dignified as he started to think how to finish him off. Punches were mostly ineffective and- Wait, if this was like Dark War, then were where the Active Skills?

*Ding*

Active Skills: There is an infinite capacity to create new Offensive/Supportive/Defensive Skills but this mechanic is limited by two simple rules:
1) There is a Recharge Time;
2) You can afford to have only 3 Active Skills at the time. (You can change them every five minutes)

System Maintainance Reward: Power Punch!

Power Punch (LVL 1/10) - The power of a mighty punch! Your fist is coated in energy that let you deal a single punch with a damage ten times it's normal. (Recharge Time: 10s)

It didn't take too much time for the Gamer to understand what the Game wanted him to do so, cocking his closed fist ready, he delivered a glowing strike onto the exposed face.

-Power Punch his weak point!-

-500HP

The snarl on the foe's visage vanished in a pained grunt as Kenshin's fist pushed harshly on the exposed skin.

"Not so good without something protecting your soft body, aren't you?"

The body fell on the ground, dark smoke replacing it with some Yen and two SP potions.

*Ding*

*Ding*

Congratulations, you have LVLd Up ! x2

[Status]

Name: Kenshin Ogura

Title: The Gamer

Level 5 - Exp: 75/180

Age: 15

Health Points (HP) : 90/140 +40

Money = 5000 Yen

Attributes

Attack: 95 +10

Physical Defense: 170 +20

Special Defense: 0 +0

As the young man tasted the pleasant sensation of power flowing in his veins, a new box appeared in front of him.

[Tutorial 5/5]

The Tutorial is almost over. Your last learning path is the Perk System. Every five levels you can choose a new Perk between three possibilities.

The secret reward of 'Tutorial 4/5' is another Perk you can choose so you can now pick two Perks between the six that we present you.

Rewards:

-200xp-

*DunDun*

Perks Available:

Shrewd Salesman: Your experience in selling stuff has made you capable of buying things at a cheaper price. -15% discount to any shop's object.

One Last Time: Your mind refuses to surrender to a sure defeat. Receive back 50% of your HP back if your HP reaches below 10%.

Golden Touch: Enemies drops 10% more money than before.

It was a difficult choice as all six of those sounded useful in his mind, yet he decided to take the risky but more rewarding two.

So Kenshin selected One Last Time and Golden Touch, the choices then confirmed.

*Ding*

Congratulations, you have LVLd Up !

[Status]

Name: Kenshin Ogura

Title: The Gamer

Level 6 - Exp: 95/210

Age: 15

Health Points (HP) : 90/180 +20

Money = 5000 Yen

Attributes

Attack: 105 +5

Physical Defense: 190 +10

Special Defense: 0 +0

As he nodded at the Stats, Kenshin felt panic rise for the first time in a while as the ground where he stood started to shake violently.

Soon the floor collapsed with a sound similar to glass breaking and he felt like falling in the darkness.

Yet, as soon as he closed his eyes, the sensation that had caused so much fear in his heart vanished as he opened his eyes back to stare at the sunny sky, once again laying on the bench of that park.

I am back to the real world... but which 'real world' is this?

His question was replied by a white box with black writings.

Tokyo, 1st Ward, 7th June 2006 (Nine Years before the Steel Beams Incident)

Finally Kenshin's theory was confirmed by the familiar and detailed date of that day.

The Gamer has been dropped on a world quite wrong.

But... will he actually work to make it right?


AN

You all asked for this and... here we go again!

'Prepare to Die' Edition v1.01240 Changelog:
-Kenshin's age changed (20 to 15);
-Classic Game System switched to a more simplified and hardcore one (Tokyo Ghoul Dark War Style);
-Skills are now decentralised (Active and Passive);
-Introduced (Metaworld), the online side of this story (Special Events only!);
-Decreased Basic HP Potion's potency (From +20HP to +10HP);
-Most of the cast is currently in their Red Growth, Maximum Level (Prepare to Die unique feature);
-Backstory is now expanded and recoloured;
-New options available once Player set up a new home;
-Rate tuned up from T to M (Graphic Gore and Harsh Language);
-New Encyclopedia (World of Ghouls) now available every Chapter;

P a treon . com (slash) socialistbukharin

Current Player Status (Updated every three chapters):

[Status]

Name: Kenshin Ogura

Title: The Gamer

Level 6 - Exp: 95/210

Age: 15

Health Points (HP) : 200/200

Money = 5000 Yen

Attributes:

Attack: 110

Physical Defense: 200

Special Defense: 0

Passive Skills:

Gamer Body (LVL Max.) - Congratulations, your body had been turned into one influenced by the rules of the Game Module. This Skill is present in all Users from the very beginning.

Gamer Mind (LVL Max.) - As a Gamer, you are blessed to have a mind devoid of possessions and manipulations. The emotional impact to your actions has been reduced of the 50%.

Race Trait: Human - Your current growth is the same pace as humans. Current growth rate is: 100%

Killer Intent/KI (LVL. 5 0/150) - The ability to instill fear on the minds of your foes. At your current level, you have a 100% chance of sparking 'Scared' status on weaker enemies, 45% on those on your level and a 5% to those above your current rank.

Detect Killer Intent/KI (LVL 5 0/150) - 'The Spider Sense is tingling..', you can now feel the direction and the strenght when someone is releasing their KI on you.

Active Skills:

Power Punch (LVL 1/10) - The power of a mighty punch! Your fist is coated in energy that let you deal a single punch with a damage ten times it's normal. (Recharge Time: 10s)

Traits:

Educated Intellectual - A fine man of knowledge, you crave to learn more about yourself and everything around you. +10% experience from learning books and Intellectual-Type Skills.

Inner Fighter (1) - Your world was harsh and the only way to survive is to fight back. You have a novice to battle styles but you can handle yourself in non-dangerous situations. Receive +2% EXP from fights.

Perks:

One Last Time: Your mind refuses to surrender to a sure defeat. Receive back 50% of your HP back if your HP reaches below 10%.

Golden Touch: Enemies drops 10% more money than before.

Inventory:

[Basic Health Potion] x10