Six-Pack Abs...A Wish That Backfired!

On a bench right next to the school's gate, Izumi rested with a peaceful expression. For the last 30 minutes, he had been sleeping there without any interruptions. Unlike him, however, the rest of the students were busy searching for answers to the exam questions.

The sunlight had dimmed when a fly buzzed past Izumi's ears and woke him up. He still had misty eyes when he yawned and checked the time. Momentarily, he noticed the derisive eyes gazing at him, but he ignored them. He guessed that his reputation as a 'burden' might have increased due to his behavior during the exam: as he had left 30 minutes before the exam had ended, something that rarely happens. This school's questions tend to be hard, so the time ends, but most student's exams do not!

Izumi had a refreshed expression on his face as he stood up and left. As there was an exam today, no classes were supposed to be held, so why would he stay? He grabbed a bun from a roadside stall and started munching on it on the road.

Izumi tried a few times to wish something, but nothing would happen. He thought about it and decided to try again tonight, he wasn't in a hurry. Just the thought of doing whatever he wanted was enough to make Izumi giggle like a schoolgirl!

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Just as soon as the day had begun, night had fallen. Like many of the days before, he came up to the roof as soon as the clock hit 11. Naturally, this time, he came with a purpose. He stared at the moon for a minute, before wishing, "I wish… I had six-pack abs!"

Immediately, Izumi lost control of his body. He was shocked when he tried to move his fingers, but couldn't. As if paralyzed, his body stood still for a few minutes, before abruptly falling to the ground. And just as he thought that it was over, his hands moved and began to do push-ups at an incredible speed!

Tears leaked out of his eyes as an unimaginable pain assaulted his body. The tendons and tissues in his upper body felt like they were being smashed by a blunt hammer! It's like someone was reaching inside him and pulling his guts out with their bare hands. Unfortunately, he couldn't even express his pain as every single muscle in his body was now in the control of something else.

In a few minutes, the muscles on his arms and legs had tightened. But he was far from having a lean body, much less a six-pack ab. Due to his immense speed, his body had turned warm and soaked with sweat.

'Please… I wish for this shit to stop! Please…"

A scream immediately exploded from his mouth as he fell to the floor with his hands covering his abdomen. His stomach spasmed as muscle cramps appeared on every single one of his limbs.

Izumi thought that the wish would instant give him what he wanted, but he was wrong. It was a type of power, yes, but it didn't wasn't 'instant.' Even with that glass of alien blood, the blood didn't appear instantly from nowhere but gradually appeared from a hole.

"Aa..argh fuck fuck fuck…!"

Izumi's muscles turned red as he squirmed on the roof. Although his mind was warped with pain, he didn't forget that he wasn't helpless!

"I... I wish that this pain goes away! F-f-fucking hell…"

A few moments passed by, but nothing happened. Just as Izumi was about to give up and faint, he heard a buzzing sound over his head. He looked up and discovered a helicopter flying way too close to his house. Its slightly shook when it increased its rotor's speeds to higher its altitude, which caused a box to fall from its cargo compartment. When it flew away, Izumi crawled to the box with one hand on his stomach and ripped it apart, only to discover dozens of auto-injectors in it.

The plain had blinded his brain, so without even thinking, he uncapped one of them and jammed it on his left hind leg, which within moments caused his entire body to stop aching and return to its previous state.

"To whoever designed this…this shitty wish system, fuck you and your gerbil mother in her ass…"

Izumi sighed and attempted to recover his mental stability. Hearing his screams, Miya came from downstairs and rubbed her face against his hand in worry.

"Good girl. "He patted her head and stood up, only to be alarmed once again after hearing noises from the street right in front of his house.

The house itself was designed as such that the road was fully visible from the roof. Even though there were many trees on the road, everything was fully visible from the roof!

Sounds of clothes being ruffled resonated from the streets, but Izumi couldn't see who it was, so he got closer to the source. He usually wouldn't bother, but the sounds were bizarre. The fuzzy sounds got clear; someone was quietly sobbing.

A girl walked by his house with a strange gait. She had a black school uniform draped on, with her waist-length raven-black hair being the only messy thing amongst her spotless appearance. Her soft wails were audible at such a distance, which meant that she was crying really loudly. She perhaps might not have expected a person to be still awake after midnight, so she didn't restrain herself.

The girl walked with both of her legs wide apart, and as a result, occasionally staggered to her feet. She didn't mind and instead focused all of her attention on the road as if she wanted to dig into the earth and disappear. Hmm, she looks like a real-life zombie.

Izumi looked at her with interest. Since he had gained such a useful ability, why not use it on something he wants?

Izumi held Miya in his embrace and whispered, "I want to know who she is… does that count as a wish?"

The sobbing girl didn't stop walking and soon disappeared from his vision. At that moment, all of the streetlights on the street shut down, except one right in front of his house's gate. The light under it blinked as if to signal him something.

"Miya, can you see if there's something under that lamppost? If you find anything, pick it up." Izumi pointed towards it and watched as she barked in agreement and jumped down from the roof. She landed on four of her paws and dashed towards it, and bit something in her mouth.

A few minutes later, she arrived on the roof with a blue card in her mouth and gave it to Izumi in exchange for a treat, of course.

It was a school ID card. Its thin cord had been ripped apart, possibly due to unknown `circumstances`. Her pretty face was on it, along with her and her school's name.

Izumi was rather shocked when he saw her face. She was very pretty indeed, which was further enhanced due to her wide smile. The girl's face was unblemished, except for a beauty mark on the right of her small nose. He didn't have trouble believing that the woman that walked by could have graced any billboard or magazine cover, but she was better than those two-dimensional photoshopped models.

It wasn't a joke; she was probably one of the most beautiful girls he had seen in his life.

Toyoda Noriko.

According to her ID card, she was two years younger than him and studied at Kagayaki Noei Girl's School, a famous private institute just near his school. Izumi rolled his eyes, so she's an ojou-sama too? He previously thought that she was very pitiful, but that image shattered as soon as he got a hold of the ID.

Izumi gave it back to Miya, who was visibly confused at his actions. He said, "Miya, go drop it back to where you found it! And be quiet, don't let anyone see you, ok?"

Miya bit the ID card once more and hopped down. Izumi then heard someone coming, which surprised him. Could…it be that the girl is coming back?

Miya, bolted into a flower bush, after putting the card down as if she also knew that someone was coming. As per Izumi's guess, the girl came back and took her ID card and stood still for a while.

As if something had triggered her, she started to sobbing once more. Her hands tried her best to wipe her tears, but couldn't thoroughly dry her face. Her lips looked awfully pale from afar. Unfortunately, the rest of her face was covered by hair.

"I want her to fall in love with me," Izumi wished with an evil grin unbefitting of his normal behavior. He watched with interest as the girl unexpectedly stopped crying, and lifted her face to look at him. She silently watched from below and ran away seconds later.

Izumi knew that it wouldn't happen instantly, but it was still fun experimenting with his powers.