Izuku opened his eyes. He stared at the white ceiling, the pungent smell of disinfectant was his smell. He could feel the sensation of the bed underneath. Izuku immediately recognized where he was.

' Hospital? '

He immediately examined his left shoulder and right leg which had been severed for a moment before his consciousness disappeared. Still there, legs and shoulders intact. Not only that, but his old wounds also healed.

' am I dreaming? '

Izuku was trying to remember what happened before he passed out when suddenly the door to his room opened. A nurse walked into the room to check on his condition.

" oh! are you awake? "

Izuku stared at a nurse, her mind still processing what was going on.

" by the way, how long have I been unconscious? "

" It's been a week since you got here "

" a week?!.. "

" yes that's right, ah!... that's right, there is someone who wants to see you "

' see me? but who? '

He felt strange, among the people he knew, he was sure that no one wanted to see him, they didn't even care even if he was sick.

" May I know who it is? "

" I don't know, all I know is they brought you here, wait a minute I'll call them "

After the nurse went out, two men in suits walked into the room.

" Are you awake? "

Izuku nodded in response. The two men approached the bed. Izuku had never seen the faces of the two of them before.

" is it the mister who brought me here? "

" That's right, you must be confused by what happened "

Izuku tilted his head in confusion, indeed he had several questions raging in his head.

" but before that, let me introduce myself. Nice to meet you, my name is Sugimoto Rieji the head of the supervision division of the Hunter Bureau "

" Hunter Bureau? "

" yes, first let me explain your situation first "

Sugimoto started to explain about the hunter, mana, gate, and awakening. A heart of a mysterious portal appeared 10 years ago. The portal which became known as the gate connects this world with other worlds. Inside the gate is a dungeon filled with ferocious monsters. The appearance of this gate is followed by people who experience awakening. People who experience this awakening are called Hunters.

The person who receives awakening has an energy called mana in his body. This mana helps hunters produce attacks that can defeat monsters from within the dungeon. Mana is widespread throughout the area since the appearance of the gate, but only those who have access to mana can feel it.

" um, I have a question. If they appeared during that time, then why has no one ever known about it? "

" That's because his whereabouts are very tightly regulated and very secretive, besides that gates usually appear in places where no one is around.

After all, only the awakened ones can enter the gate, but recently the number of gates has begun to increase and has begun to appear around residential areas.

I'm sorry, even though you're just a kid but you have to go through all that "

Izuku was silent trying to assimilate the information he got. He was still trying to connect the hunter, the gate, the awakening, and the mana.

" um, so the reason you want to see me is related to this gate isn't it? "

" yes, that's right since we found you inside the dungeon, we want to ask what happened while inside and how you could have ended up there "

Izuku then began his explanation. Starting from how he was dragged into the alley, how he survived the attack of the green creatures, and how he ended up in a room full of statues, barely survived, and then woke up here.

" So you found a double dungeon, that's a rare case. I'm sorry, it must be difficult for you. We indeed found the double dungeon, but we didn't see the statue you mentioned before, we just found you lying unconscious on the altar "

" What?!, that's impossible "

" Sorry but that's all we found "

Izuku wanted to deny it, but he didn't have any solid evidence to prove his argument, and he was the only witness to this incident.

" by the way, we also want to do some tests on you, we believe that you have received an awakening since you were able to enter the dungeon "

Sugimoto took out a device that looked like a detector and handed it to Izuku.

" This is a mana detector, please put your hand on this mana crystal "

Izuku followed Sugimoto's instructions and then put his hands on the crystal. Numbers began to appear on the detector and the results came out not long after.

Sugimoto looked at the results, it showed 10. He sighed at the results, even the weakest hunter had 70.

" How did it go? "

" With you confirmed to have received a resurrection, we would like to ask if you would be willing to join us as hunters to protect this country from monsters. Of course, there will be a decent payment, but to avoid excessive attention, you should come to our facility as one of our agents.

Of course, you can refuse, but you have to promise to keep it secret, to avoid panicking the citizens. The public is now quite wary of villains, if the fact that there is a monster appears, we can't imagine the commotion it will cause, so please understand. "

Izuku was silent for a moment trying to think about how he would make up his mind.

" Can I have more time to think? "

Sugimoto smiled and then stood up from his seat. He then handed over his business card.

" Of course, this hospital belongs to our facility so take your time during your recovery, and please contact me again once you've made up your mind.

Then please excuse us. "

Izuku nodded as they left his room. The door closed as he lay on his bed. He stared at the ceiling, precisely at the screen floating in front of him.

[You have an unread message]

' I wonder if they saw this message, but based on previous conversations they didn't seem to be aware of it '

The screen that appeared in front of him looked like a game interface. Izuku has played several games, so he recognized what was in front of him.

' how to open it? '

He tried to touch it, but his hand pierced it. He tilted his head, trying to figure out the screen in front of him.

' is it open with voice? '

" open the message? "

ring~

As he said that, an electronic beep followed the opening of the message box.

Message

[Congratulations! You are now a Player](Unread)

[Daily Quest: Preparing to become a Strong](Unread)

' oh! it works '

" Open "

ring~

[The system will help players develop.
Failure to comply with system commands may result in penalties.]

[You have received the reward]

' what about the others '

" Open "

ring~

Daily Quest: Preparing To Be Strong

100 Push-ups:

(Incomplete) (0/100)

100 Sit-ups:

(Incomplete) (0/100)

100 Squats:

(Incomplete) (0/100)

10-kilometer run:

(Incomplete) (0/10)

*Warning: Failing to complete the Daily Quest will result in a Penalty Quest.

Izuku stared at the message. A daily quest, on top of that preparation, to be strong.

' what is this? some kind of training program? '

He expected more than just the simple exercises he was used to. At the very least, it is certain that if he finishes his training in the quest, his body may improve a little.

Izuku decided to ignore it, he was already quite tired of everything that happened recently. He closed his eyes choosing to sleep to rest his overworked brain.

Time passed while he was asleep, the clock finally pointed to 11:59:57, and while pointing to 12:00:00 a message appeared in front of him.

ring~

[You failed to complete the Daily Quest. You will be moved to the 'Penalty Zone' for the specified duration.]

Izuku woke up as he began to feel the ground tremble.

" e-earthquake?! "

He jumped up and grabbed the bed frame at the foot of the bed. The vibration was so strong that he found it difficult to resist it.

vibrate!~

But as every second passed, the vibration was getting worse and worse. Suddenly, the bed frame he was holding disappeared from his hand. He could feel the sand in his hand.

' Sand? '

Izuku raised his head, seeing that he found himself in the middle of a vast desert. He stood up and looked around while patting the sand off his clothes. In every direction, he saw an endless expanse of sand, stretching to the horizon.

" a desert...? "

He felt a tremor in the sand from behind, he looked back to see a mound of earth appearing behind him. He narrowed his eyes, he knew something was wrong.

The sand covering the mound flowed down revealing a giant centipede hiding behind it. The fully revealed shape of the monster, its size is higher than a 5-story building. What's more, there are quite a few of them.

Izuku froze, it was a very large centipede. He had never heard of or seen a centipede this big before. But it wasn't only the size of the centipede that surprised him, the red name floated above his head, as well as a message in front of him.

[Poisonous Toothed Giant Sand Centipede]

ring~

[Penalty Quest: Survive
Goal: Survive for the required time.
Time took: 4 Hours

Remaining Time: 4 Hours 0 Minutes 0 Seconds]

Timers on messages begin to decrease. The centipede began to chase him, he struggled to avoid the centipede. He continued to run across the desert with his life depended on it.

Exactly 4 hours later, he reappeared in his room. He was lying there out of breath. The inside of his mouth was dry, his eyes sore with sand. Izuku was lying on the ground, groaning. He didn't have the strength to even move a finger.

" huh... Huh... w-what... what the hell was that...? "

A message appeared in front of him again.

[You have completed the penalty search]

Message

[The reward for completing the Penalty Quest has arrived. Do you want to verify?
(Y/T)]

Izuku could only stare at the message before finally fainting from exhaustion.

Soon, a nurse walked into his room. She looked at Izuku lying on the floor unconscious. She immediately called the others to help him.

It has been a few days since Izuku woke up. He had already started his training as the System ordered. Even now he is running around the hospital where he stays.

There are a few things Izuku has learned about the System. First of all, this system is very similar to the system in the game. There are stats, intelligence, skills, pawn systems, rewards, quests, and penalties that are usually in the game. You can earn points through daily quests just like he does now.

Secondly, only he can see it. And it seems that the System is there to help him become stronger. He wouldn't complain if he could become stronger through this. But he still doesn't know exactly what the System wants from him, and what the System will get from him if he becomes stronger. And about who is behind this System that worries him.

After completing his daily quest, he sat on the nearest bench receiving his reward.

ring~

You have received the reward below.

Reward 1. Status Recovery

Reward 2. stat points +3

Reward 3. Random Box x1

Accept it all?

" accept "

As he said that, his body was covered with fine light. All his fatigue was gone and his body felt lighter.

' wow, it's so cool '

He then looked at the screen showing his status. The information box suspended in the air contains various data regarding its status.

Name: Izuku Yagi
Level 1
Class: None
Title: None
HP: 100
MP: 10
Fatigue: 0

Statistik
Strength: 13
Vitality: 10
Agility: 10
Intelligence: 13
Sense: 10

(Available stat points: 3)

skill
Passive Skill
-(Unknown) (Lv. Max)
-Unyielding spirit[1] (Lv. 1)

Active Skill
-Sprint [2] (Lv.1)

' Should I use the points '

He then transferred all the stat points to the power of the state after some consideration.

ring~

Statistik
Strength: 16
Vitality: 10
Agility: 10
Intelligence: 13
Sense: 10

(Available stat points: 0)

After managing his status, he then looked at the green key he got from a random box as a reward after completing the daily quest. A screen displaying important information appears.

Item: Dungeon Key
Item Rank: E
Type: Key

The key that allows instant dungeon creation. You can use this at the door of the Asakusa Toei Subway line.

' Should I try it '

Izuku decided to give it a try. After asking to leave the hospital for a while, he went straight to the Toei Subway.

When he arrived, there were not too many people there. He took out the key from his inventory.

' how do I use it?, should I put it at the entrance? '

He pushed the key in front of the entrance. A blue light began to swirl at the entrance of the station. He could feel the flow of energy from the inside. He took a deep breath and then went inside.

As he entered, the interior of the station turned into a mess as if it had been abandoned for a long time. The door of the station closed as soon as he entered. A screen appeared in front of him again.

Alarm

[You cannot leave the dungeon. Either kill the Boss or use Hearthstone]

" You must be joking, you asked me to clear this all by myself, I almost died doing it last time "

Izuku couldn't help but sigh, he had no other choice but to do so. He began to walk deeper into the dungeon. The deeper he go, he could smell the fishy smell of blood in the air.

He could hear the growl of the fierce beasts from the front, followed by the appearance of the red wolf in front of him. There is also a name that flies over the wolf's head.

[Steel Fang Raikan]

The wolf rushed towards Izuku, trying to bite him, but Izuku managed to dodge. He then took out the knife that was somehow in his inventory.

Izuku rushed toward the wolf and attacked him with his knife. He stepped forward to avoid the wolf's bite, then stabbed it directly in the heart.

ring~

[You have defeated Steel Fang Raikan]

[You leveled up]

A notice appeared in front of him moments after he killed the wolf. His level increased after he defeated the wolf, and his stats also increased.

" My level went up, can I become strong with this? "

The wolf dies and drops a drop item, although all that is dropped is a garbage class item. In the end, he only sold it in the shop.

It didn't take long for other wolves began to appear, and not just one, but their number also increased over time.

" This will not end quickly "

Time passed and Izuku had killed a lot of monsters. Leveled-up notifications also keep popping up. The way of fighting also began to improve so that killing the monsters that appeared became easier. Unbeknownst to him, the title Wolf Slayer appeared in his status. He had also obtained a Heartstone.

" Should I stop?...

No, it'll be for nothing if I stop now "

Not wanting to waste the opportunity, Izuku decided to keep going. The more he got in, the more monsters appeared. Not only wolves but also panthers and apes start to appear.

He knew that he was getting stronger and stronger. He also studied monster attack patterns so that he could predict where they would appear.

He also noticed that the discoloration of the monster's name, originally orange and now white, means that he has become stronger than before. White means weak, orange means strong, and red means very strong.

Izuku finally reached the boss room, inside of which was a giant snake with an orange name on top of his head.

[Swamp's Ruler, Blue Poison Fangs Rasaka]

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