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Our protagonist, once a homeless child navigating the city's harsh realities, clawed his way towards a better life. He stole coins to buy knowledge. However, the prestigious university scholarship he craved was a rigged system, awarded to a politician's son who needed the name, not the education.

Descends into a life of crime.After being forced to taint his pride his death is ordered with his own making the final blow.

god "congratulations you're given a chance at a new life..."

him " why?"

god "cause you had a tough life so im being generous... and making you reincarnate in a mana world..."

him " bullshit..."

 On the brink of oblivion, a dubious offer arrives – a second chance from a strange god. Haunted by the shadows of past 'generosity', Rei struggles with suspicion. Accepting means becoming a pawn, rejecting means eternal damnation.  With no good options, Rei plays along, unaware his role thrusts him into a cosmic conflict.

NONHAREM.

The Extra Wants Control

Fury and suspicion simmered within me even as I rocketed eastward to Clan Rutherford, leaving Stonegate a rapidly shrinking speck on the horizon. The entire situation reeked of something rotten. Ray, the self-proclaimed "manager" of this Babel place, had spun a convoluted tale, one that left a bitter aftertaste in my mouth.

"Luring out an organization," he'd said, his voice smooth and practiced. "Misunderstandings." "Compensation." Empty platitudes that did little to quell my suspicions.

The 'assasination' of a noble's daughter, a staged event to lure out some shadowy organization? It reeked of something far more complex. The convenient capture of the low-level operatives, the 'terrorists' trying to infiltrate the mansion – all felt orchestrated.

Gorgon 7