Chapter 1: Into the Game

'Thinking'

"Talking"

"Talking"

- Unknown Location -

Dying was strange…

There was no truck-kun to take me into its violent embrace. No mysterious illness that gripped me and held sway over my life until I valiantly lost the fight. No bright energy or light coming to whisk me away. In fact, my death came while I was asleep.

Not very dramatic, I know.

So waking up in a standing position was definitely strange, but not nearly as strange as what I saw around me. Looking around, all I can see was an endless galaxy stretched out around me. Countless twinkling stars and fluorescent gas nebulae painting a beautiful sight, beyond that of anything within the capabilities of artists.

Its beauty leaves me speechless, which seemed like the perfect opportunity for something strange to happen.

[Congratulations!]

[You have been selected as the newest recipient of: The Gamer System]

Wait…

…the Gamer System? Why does that sound familia-…

"HOLY SHIT!" I yell out, my voice echoing out into the distant galaxy.

Anyone who's read as much fanfiction stories as I had, knew about the Gamer System. An all-powerful system that allows those chosen to become literal GODS and experience the infinite number of universes found in movies, books, anime, etc…

And now I was being chosen? Oh, fuck YES!

[Warning!]

[Due to previous issues regarding veteran Gamers interfering with new Gamers, the Gamer System has been changed.]

[Each Gamer now has their own separate System that cannot be entered, interfered with, or destroyed, by another Gamer.]

Okay, yeah…That makes sense. Some of the stories I read about had lots of crazy stuff happen because other Gamers were assholes and liked to mess around with weaker Gamers.

Last thing I want is some all-powerful dick screwing around with my new life, just for shits-and-giggles.

[Please select a starting Universe to begin…]

[The more Universes the Gamer explores, the more that will be added.]

That's good, I always get overwhelmed if there are too many choices for me to pick. Having it narrowed down for me makes this a lot easier. I pray that the choices aren't something ridiculous like Dark Souls, because that'd just be unfair.

Crossing my fingers, I silently pray for easier choices to get some practice in before I'm forced to fight godlike entities. Now let's see what I've got to choose from…

Universes:

Bleach

Fate

Naruto

Highschool DxD

Overlord

Huh…these suck. All of them are pretty bullshit in terms of overpowered characters running around. Except maybe Overlord...that is, if I get to be Ainz. Otherwise, I'm royally fucked.

Hmmm, obviously that one's too much risk. Same with Fate; I am NOT about to get one-shotted by fucking Gilgamesh!

So that just leaves Death Gods, OP Ninjas, and Dragon Gods…and only one of those has ecchi scenes with naked anime titties.

Gamer has selected:

Highschool DxD

What can I say? Priorities.

Plus, if a dumbass like Issei can become a Harem Emperor and defeat dragons, gods, and all kinds of supernatural beings…then I sure as shit must have a better chance.

[Gamer must now select their origin in the Universe…]

Origin? What the shit…no, don't start panicking yet. Let's see what it says first.

Origin:

Main Protagonist

Main Antagonist

Supporting Protagonist

Supporting Antagonist

Outsider

Phew. I was afraid it was gonna be something weird. Let's see…

No to the Antagonists. In Highschool DxD they all get their asses kicked, or even just straight-up die most of the time.

Main Protagonist has to be Issei, so…maybe?

Supporting Protagonist? Who would that be, Kiba? Eh, no thanks. Let's hold off on that one for now, I can always circle back if the others suck.

Hmm…I'm really curious to know what an Outsider is. And it gives me the chance to potentially keep out of the supernatural's sight until I can level up enough to not get my ass kicked. The story arc levels for enemy strength were utterly ridiculous; they went from a High-Class Devil who could throw fire around and regenerate, to a literal millennia-old Fallen Angel that took part in a war with the Biblical God and the original Lucifer.

Also, it would save me from having to make any excuses to potential friends and family members why I all of a sudden have a complete personality change. I was never the best at acting, so to pretend to love a family I didn't know sounded like a recipe for disaster.

Gamer has selected:

Outsider

Fuck it…Who dares, wins.

[Gamer has selected Outsider.]

[Therefore, Gamer must now create a character…]

Create a character? Let's gooo! None of those stupid hair-tails that Issei had sticking out of his neck for me!

A blank body suddenly appears in the middle of my cheering, with something akin to most of the character creation choices and sliders that you see in role-playing games.

First choice I made? Picking the body male. No way in hell am I going to enter an ecchi Universe as a woman. Not to mention I was a guy before I died, and I'm not about to lose my dick.

Surprisingly, the System never gave me some kind of time limit. Which worked out perfectly for me, as I was having fun fiddling around with every option it had. It took at least an hour as I tried out several different looks before settling on the one I wanted.

Going over the settings, I decided to give my new body short white hair. I always liked the look of it on characters I created; and after being a brunet in my previous life, I was ready for something more unique. Adding some gold eyes since I like how unique they look; I'm now finished with the head.

Next? Made myself taller than average.

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