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30 minutes.

It took me 30 minutes from entering a new universe to get into a fight.

Not even close to my personal record.

Now you might think of me as some angsty fighting teenager but that's not the case.

Heck, I even tried to avoid the fight completely! But some people are just a bit pushy.

So, what happened?

It starts with me walking into a bar contemplating the fact I'll be in the RWBY universe for a while.

The bar was as forgettable as any other bar. Some stools at the counter, not a lot of tables in the middle of the place but there were plenty of booths around. There were 2 guys playing pool, one of them just popped in a ball and was chalking his pool stick. There weren't a lot of people there, 12 at most. Plenty of space to have a conversation without being overheard.

So, RWBY. Honestly? I don't remember the whole lot of it from the top of my head. Bits and pieces that's enough to go on for now. It was an alright show but nothing to write home about.

But enough monologuing, I need a drink!

"What's the most expensive alcohol you have?" I asked the barman, taking a seat in front of him.

The barman let out a small laugh and looked me over. "I doubt you could afford it."

I pulled out a wad of lien and slid it towards him. "That enough?"

"Shit kid didn't expect that," he said chuckling to himself. "I know just the thing," he said as he went into the back room.

I sat there not really knowing what to do, so I pulled out my phone and headphones and put on some music.

If there's anything I'm glad for, it's that I was able to bring my phone with me while going on my dataverse adventures.

43 months.

I haven't seen my family in 43 months.

I woke up in the middle of an empty field in the middle of bum fuck nowhere. Confused didn't even begin to start what I was feeling. But one thing that I noticed was the notebook that was beside me. It had empty pages except for its very front page and a title I won't be forgetting soon.

"A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Dataverse," I said out loud, looking at the book in confusion. And when I read the first page, I thought I was drunk.

Welcome to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Dataverse! You have been randomly chosen to test Multiverse travels and its effects on humans from Earth-CR827! However, due to the fact, all the previous test subjects die before collecting enough data, you've been turned into an Ajin from "Ajin: Demi-Human."

We are quite aware of the physical effects Multiverse travel has on humans from Earth-CR827, however, we have not collected enough information on the mental effects.

The universes you enter are strictly ones you already have intimate knowledge of. This is due to your multiverse currently being a prototype. Do know you will help fix this issue.

Once you have been to enough universes, you can return to your home universe!

You can leave the universe you are in after You make a significant impact to the universe that you are in. Sadly, once you leave and go to a different universe, you can never go back. (This is due to the Hitchhiker system still being a prototype. However, this doesn't mean you can't bring along your Spoils of War! See Section 2

Spoils of War: How to gain them, obtain them and use them

"To gain a Spoil of War, you must touch it with your hand. Once you touch it, it will be absorbed into the P.O.C.K.E.T.! (Properly Organized Cache of Kaleidoscopic Estates and Treasures) You can access your P.O.C.K.E.T. using your phone in your pocket. It will be the most recently downloaded app. You can choose between taking objects from the P.O.C.K.E.T. or go INSIDE the P.O.C.K.E.T.! The P.O.C.K.E.T is an endless expanse! You can move objects within the P.O.C.K.E.T. using your Phone. You can see the manual in the Settings menu.

Only you can open the P.O.C.K.E.T. However, if your phone breaks, you lose access to the P.O.C.K.E.T. until it is repaired.

More information on the P.O.C.K.E.T. can be found on your phone!

I stared at the notebook in front of me and let out a chuckle. That...that had to be the stupidest acronym I have ever heard. The chuckle slowly turned into a laugh. And I laughed as hard as I could remember. There was a lot of depth behind this prank, the scenery looked nothing like where I lived, Sakura trees were all around me, the grass looked more green than I have ever seen. Was...was I near a golf course or something?

So like any normal person, I opened up my phone and did the obvious thing. Checked google maps to see where I was. No connection. Rolling my eyes I checked for any new apps on my phone, nearly dropping it when I saw the Pocket app. I tapped on it and was given 3 options:

Deposit

Withdraw

Enter

There was a fourth option that was greyed out with no writing on it When I hit Enter, I didn't expect the loading screen. But as soon as I blinked I was surrounded by an empty white plane. There was no wind. It wasn't warm. It wasn't cold. Didn't stop me from dropping my phone in shock. If it wasn't for gravity, You wouldn't be able to tell the sky from the floor. That's how I had my first panic attack.

That was the beginning of how I started my life as a hitchhiker.

Of course, I started looking for my family and shit like that. When I realized I was actually in a completely separate universe I genuinely started to panic. But I managed. I was able to steal things from shops using what basically amounts to an inventory without a carry limit from video games.

That's all I did in the beginning, steal shit, sell it for money, live in a hotel, and live a normal life. Eventually, I picked up Japanese but turns out you kinda need to do that when you wake up in the middle of Japan. Considering the fact I was half Japanese anyway, I didn't look completely like a stupid tourist. I didn't have a passport or any ID, so I just kept my head down. All I wanted was to try to get home.

And apparently, that made my 'boss' displeased.

The first month in, I got a note saying I wasn't doing enough in the notebook. That it would be in my best interest to do more. Not necessarily anything good or evil but after a month in with a uni-jump unavailable.

This only confused me more, as he started to add random variables into his so-called "test" that didn't make sense.

Nevertheless, I started to steal more expensive stuff.

Before, I would steal shit that wouldn't be noticed. A record or two from a store, a game console here and there, a TV, stuff like that. The plot of Ajin was barely on my mind when I was there. Yeah, the fact that people were being tortured and all is cruel and vile, but things in Ajin turn out okay by the end, they get rights and stuff. I shouldn't change that.

So I started to steal cars. Just walk up to them and make them disappear. It started off just stealing a car one night. Then I stole a lot more.

But nothing was happening, I still couldn't do a uni-jump to get out of there.

So I stole boats, a lot of them. And they all had sentimental shit that made me feel like garbage. It got on the news that a lot of boats were stolen, and it made me feel even more depressed.

But a note appeared in my notebook saying that I was doing: 'good work', to 'keep it up,' and I would be out of there in a week.

So I continued to fall down that rabbit hole but I wasn't changing much in the long term.

So I started to release shit I shouldn't know. I started simple, spoilers for movies & games that were not out in 2015. Called out corrupt politicians, spoiled as much anime as I could. Spoiled the plot of games that weren't even out yet, Cryptocurrency fluctuations, who the murderers were in specific murder cases I remembered from my time watching Netflix.

It wasn't far after that a 4th option appeared on my POCKET app titled "Jump."

So I took all the sentimental shit I collected from cars and boats and dumped them in my hotel room and left. Hoping that now I was done with the Ajin universe, I'd be able to go home. I'm sure you can figure out how well that went.

I sighed as I swiveled my drink in the glass. Watching it go round and round hoping it would cure my boredom. At that moment, I realized I've lost count of how many different universes I've been to. Well, not off the top of my head anyway, not that it mattered.

And that leaves me here. Somewhere in Remnant, in a show, I barely remember.

As early as Ajin, I bought a lot of TV shows, movies, and books that I've remembered seeing before. Apparently, RWBY wasn't in any of the shops I was in. Good thing I have every single Wikipedia page from 2019 so that might come in handy.

I think I binged all in one day, enjoyed it, and never returned to it. Which is why I was drinking away in a bar in the middle of nowhere. But I'm one step closer to seeing my family. I really wish I had more than one picture of my niece because I miss that energetic little goofball. But she wouldn't want me to be sad and mopey, So that's why I'm celebrating. That, and it's an excuse to get drunk.

I traded in some garbage to a pawnshop for some money, looked for a bar, bought a map in the meantime, found a bar and that brings us to where I am right now. Sitting in one of the empty booths with a bottle of alcohol that I don't even know the name of. The map I bought was useful. The guy at the counter helpfully pointed out where I was on the map. Only a 30-minute journey if I want to head to Vale by car. Not going to use the tunnel though, I'll just grab the speedboat. If it's State-Owned Surveillance, gonna need to hide my face and get off sure a bit away from the main city.

The first day of coming to a new world is always a toss-up. The first day, ya set out plans for the future and shit like that. But then stuff happens like ya die, fight off an alien invasion, join a cooking school, fight off an alien invasion... There was that one time I got super drunk and got married, then again, that was technically the second day. The thought made me smile. That was a fun night. Even if the bitch was crazy.

Anyway, that was why plans got bumped to the third day. I gotta enjoy myself as much as possible.

"Hey, you're in our booth," said a tall guy with blonde hair. Behind him was a couple of guys with beers in hand, staring at me with a multitude of expressions that usually meant trouble.

But why fight when you can drink, right?

"Yeah, sure, I'll get out," I said, getting out of the seat and heading to the counter.

I tense as a hand lands on my shoulder, restraining myself from acting rashly.

"Leave the bottle" the man whispers into my ear, causing me to grip my bottle fiercely.

Several ideas flashed in my head at once.

Throw over the shoulder, use the knife on the counter, Blind him,

Give him the bottle, slip sodium hypochlorite. Wait.

Smash the bottle. Twist firmly into his stomach.

I blinked slightly, before frowning to myself with a sigh.

'Really hate when that happens'

"Look," I say as I rub my forehead with my fingers. "Look, I'll buy you guys a round of drinks if you leave me alone. Is that fair?"

The man grinned. "You speak my language kid" Hey! Ya hear that boys? The kid's buying us a round!" A loud cheer was heard from the group, about 8 people now. The bartender seemed to hear this and raised an eyebrow at me. I nodded in response. "Give them the second cheapest beer you've got." I said, tossing a few more lien his way. "Keep the change."

"Hey kid, you're not so bad. Where ya from anyway? You're not around these parts, I can tell that much from your accent."

"I've been here and there," I dodged the question, taking a swig from my drink. "Hey, do you mind if I ask you some questions while there aren't many people here? I'm a bit lost ya see." I said as I scratched the back of my head.

The man cocked an eyebrow. "It would be hard to get lost in these parts, where ya headed?"

I pulled out my map on put a finger on Beacon. "I'm looking to get into Beacon, do ya know a way how to get there?"

"...So do you go to Signal? Don't you need to graduate from there or something?" the man asked curiously.

"I lived a sheltered life," I said, shrugging. "I can fight though, do you have a newspaper or something I can read?"

"Wait there, I'll see what I can find."

So, I was able to get a refresher on what's been happening in Remnant, particularly Vale. A lot of White Fang shenanigans, Roman Torchwick stealing Dust, it's all very interesting, I haven't bothered buying a newspaper in a while it was somewhat refreshing.

"Hey uhh, bartender?"

"You can call me Burgundy," he said with a small smile.

"Oh yeah, anyway, can you explain to me about Faunus?"

"That's a stupid question if I heard one." He snorted. "Do you mean the Fang?"

"Well, I've never, actually met one? Or, seen one? Besides the point, is there like a bird Faunus that can fly or something? Ya know, with wings? Because there-"

"Of course there is," he says with a snort. "There's all kinds. When you got some free time, read up on the Faunus Revolution War. Apart from that, you got a drink for White, he's got a pair of wings on him."

I turn to see the group from earlier and yeah, a couple of them had tails or horns or wings.

Not something I saw before but hardly the craziest.

One of them noticed me staring at them and gave a grin. I winked back at him and went back to my drink and the newspaper.

"Has anyone ever told you it's rude to stare?" One of the Faunus from the group asked me, getting up in my face.

"I get told that very often." I reply quickly. "Enjoy your drinks?"

"I would enjoy another round, but I seem to be a little low. Perhaps if you buy me and the boys another round, I'll forget you staring at me."

"Graz!" A blonde man exclaimed, approaching me like an old friend. "I didn't know you needed kids to pay for your drinks. Have you tried asking one of your friends instead?" He continued in a cheerful tone.

"Don't worry about it," I tell him, waving my hand dismissively. "I'll pay for the guy's drinks."

"Well, well, well. If it isn't Tai. " Graz responds, grinning mischievously. "Don't worry about my friend here. We've known each other for a long time, so you can run home now."

"I'm telling you that you don't want to do this," Tai responds, looking Graz directly in the eye, losing all the fake cheerfulness from before.

"What are you going to do about it?" Graz snarls back. "Break my bones? Things aren't going to be the same as last time" He said, bearing his teeth at the guy as his skin flushed a dark shade of green.

'Aura' I noticed instantly, looking at how he used it to cover his entire body, making my grimace. 'Shit Control.'

"Oh for fuck sake," I said groaning into my hand. "I wanted to enjoy tonight and I still plan on doing that," I said, waving over Burgundy. "3 more glasses of that shit," I nodded towards Graz's drink.

"Look, Tai, Graz, I don't know either of you. But I planned on getting shitfaced tonight and I don't want a fight. So we are going to put aside our differences for now and drink." I finished, as the three beers were put in front of us.

"You think you're better than me?" He snarls, grabbing the mug and throwing it to the ground, causing it to shatter into small pieces on the floor. The bar got silent as a couple of people from his group started to get up and approach me.

Fucking children

A lesson that has stuck with me for a long time is this. Some people just want to fight. Sometimes they try to rile you up, other times they just go out of their way to punch ya. So in all fairness, If you go looking for a fight, don't act surprised when the guy you're trying to fight strikes first.

Before any more of his friends could get closer and gang up on me, he let out a howl of pain and as a shard of glass went deep into his hand.

Taking advantage of my distraction of a pre-emptive strike, I grabbed the man by the back of his head and slammed it into the counter.

Grabbing his arm from a wildly thrown punch, I reinforce my hand with mana and twist it violently. Even with his aura channeling throughout his body, his control was awful, knowing how to distribute your aura is one of the first lessons they teach you, it was honestly pathetic.

Not wanting to hear his screaming any longer, I raised my free hand and hit him in the neck. I watched calmly as he fell to the floor, landing on a couple of the glass shards that were scattered on the ground.

There was a long-drawn-out silence as the Faunus looked at me, to his friend that was bleeding on the floor, to Tai, and back to me, where I was chugging down the rest of my beer.

With a final gulp, I let out a satisfied sigh as I looked them over and raised an eyebrow at them.

"...Round 2?"

That question for a catalyst for the kamikaze that happened next.

One of the guys grabbed a bottle and threw it at me with surprising speed. Caught off guard, I doubt I would have caught it, but before I could try, Tai grabbed it in mid-air and shattered the bottle against another fauna that was rushing towards me.

The unexpected help was welcome, as I gave a nod towards him, I didn't leave my seat as Tai stared down the rest of the faunas like he was Bruce Lee.

The guys' attention seemed more focused on Tai than me, however. Some bared their teeth and were looking at Tai with undisguised fury.

One of them tried rushing Tai, their feet glowing yellow. Tai was able to counter by maneuvering under the guy's wild swing and uppercutting him in the stomach. Tai followed up by grabbing him by the neck and lifting him into the air.

He was holding the guy out so I can sucker punch him in the face, but I had a better idea. I grabbed the beer bottle from the counter a smacked it against his head. I had to reinforce my limbs with magic, otherwise, that wouldn't have even hurt him.

He was out cold, slumping in Tai's hold before Tai dropped him unceremoniously.

More guys rose from the booth. Two of them rushed Tai while one of them rushed me with a punch.

Getting out of my seat, I dodged under the guys' left hook and pinned down his left foot. I crouched and grabbed his opposite leg by the ankle and I stood up quickly, pulling the leg with me. I followed by putting all my weight onto his chest with my shoulder and I fell forward, using him as a cushion for the fall.

His cry of terror was genuine, I likely crushed his diaphragm. It caused both guys that were fighting Tai to flinch. I rolled onto my feet only to notice Tai taking full advantage of the momentary distraction and was already beating the shit out of one of the guys against the pool table.

I didn't expect the guy to be as violent as I was, but people surprise you like that.

"Mind If I get your name after this?" the blonde asks as more guys seem to come in through the front door.

"You'll have to buy me a drink first!" I say laughing, feeling a small bit of comradery.

Taking the snooker cue that was on the table, I got into a familiar stance with how I would use my spear. Letting the magic flow out of my body, I jabbed the cue into the bastard's eye. I jabbed him in the stomach when he went to scream, letting the air drive out of his body. Tai followed up with a palm strike to the guy's stomach and we watched him whimper on the ground.

"You know a lot of fighting styles," I say appreciatively. "You an unarmed specialist?"

"Something like that," He replies sheepishly. "Are you hunter trained?" He asked curiously as he kicked someone on the floor that was trying to get up.

"I just know a few tricks," I reply, smirking, looking around for the next guys to show up.

Only they didn't. Everyone was down on the ground, bent over bleeding, or knocked out.

"Huh, I was expecting more guys," I say, looking around at the destruction. Chairs were broken, the snooker table was looking worse for wear, and Burgendy was pointing a gun at me.

"Now I want you to stay right th-"

"Fuck off" I snorted, reaching down to my chair to grab my coat from leaving. "I'll pay ya the next time I see ya," I said waving him off leaving before he could get a word in. Then again, I'd be pretty pissed if someone went into my house and broke all my shit too. I got about 3 minutes into walking in a random ass direction before I heard someone call from behind.

"Hey, wait up!" Tai shouted, raising his hand a bit to greet me.

"Thanks for having my back, back there," Tai said, coming up to me, smiling.

"Ahh," I winced slightly. "Sorry for making ya deal with my bullshit."

"It wouldn't have happened in the first place if I realized that you didn't want to fight in the first place."

"Don't worry about it. We should probably get out of here though in case the police come. I may have ruffled a few feathers back there."

"I billed it to Vale," he said winking at me, his face looked surprised before he started chuckling. "I never really introduced myself, did I?" I'm Taiyang," he said, holding out a hand.

Grasping it in kind, I gave a smile of my own. "Name's Red." I bullshitted.

"You're not on your own, are you? You should probably get back to your folks before midnight."

I waved him off. "Don't worry about me, you should probably get home to the missus before she finds out you were in another bar brawl," I called over my shoulder.

"Be careful out there!" I heard him shout back as continued to head down the street.

Next Day

I woke up with a yawn, blinking off the tiredness after the third or fourth alarm went off on my clock.

Sleeping in a car usually isn't that fun. But because I'm a scumbag, I have a cozy motorhome. It was the first one I stole. I call it the Rustbucket and I'm actually fairly fond of it.

The thought didn't comfort me as I drank some coffee, looking outside the window.

I usually plan what I'm going to do from now on. The world I'm in usually reflects my moral code.

Back in Ajin, I didn't even have to think about a no-kill policy. I just didn't do it in the first place. I don't have the right to take someone's life. I lived in a society that abhorred murder.

But when you are in unfamiliar circumstances, you learn to adapt.

It wasn't long before I found myself looking out over the sea.

About 15 minutes away was Pale, a town not too far away from Signal Academy. I was able to buy a few things, like a scroll and some of the local goods.

I've been looking around to make sure no one sees me pull a speedboat out of mid-air and was satisfied when I found no one.

I took off my socks and shoes, putting them on the boat so they won't get wet. I pushed her further into the water and took off.

Apparently, it doesn't take longer than 40 minutes to get to mainland Vale. So nothing more to do than kick back and relax until I see land.

It honestly would have been quicker and significantly less suspicious if I just use the train or the tunnel, like a normal person, and not using a fucking boat.

I let out a small satisfied smirk when I approached one of the docks in the harbor.

Letting out a tired yawn, I grabbed the boat when no one was looking and made it go into my POCKET.

Checking my pockets to see if I forgot something, I was satisfied with the fact I couldn't find a problem.

'Now,' I thought to myself, eyeing the buildings.

What is there to do in Vale?

Magic & Skills Mentioned:

Magic

Reinforcement: (NEW) Difficult Magecraft with the purpose of pushing a basis to the utmost limit.

Skills

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