Prologue

At the start of the year 2083, unknown monstrous beasts started appearing all around the world, harassing the populace. At the same time, the crime rate also grew at an unprecedented rate. The government's answer to all of this was to blockade any and all information.

In 2085, the situation rapidly started deteriorating. Monsters, as well as criminals with martial powers, started unceasingly appearing in front of humanity. The government's information blockade was also unable to hold under this sort of situation and was broken. The average army's weapons were only able to do very minimal damage to the monsters and criminals with martial powers. They would often appear in places where the population was very dense; by doing so every time, they prevented the military from using their more powerful, destructive weapons.

Starting June of 2085, large numbers of martial militant groups with supreme power began emerging, ushering in the beginnings of a new age. The government was unable to deal with the predicament before them and as a result, the whole world was in one fell swoop, plunged into pandemonium.

In August of 2085, a man appeared covered with a black robe, his facial features hidden behind his shadow mask. He brought hope to the world that was falling deeper into panic and pandemonium every day.

He was history's first genuine "Martial Hero" and all the people called him [Grand Martial]. He started constantly fighting the monsters that would appear at the same time, he would relentlessly fight the forces hidden in the dark.

At first, it seemed as if he was also going to be defeated like the government and other people who had challenged the dark forces before him, because the monsters and powerful dark forces flocked to him, trying to defeat him.

However, one by one, he crushed powerful evil organizations, slaughtered monsters, and arrested criminals with superpowers. Mankind began worshipping Grand Martial with fanatical enthusiasm and some even called Grand Martial their God and Savior. However, at that time, Grand Martial only said one sentence to the whole of mankind, "I am not God, I am just a human who cultivates his power to eradicate evil people."

While Grand Martial was constantly winning battles, information and data about the monsters and criminals with martial powers were being brought right into the people's line of sight.

In 2088, by depending on the information Grand Martial gave them, mankind soon discovered the origin of the strange creatures that had been appearing. About 80% of the monsters were created by humans themselves, as a result of inhumane experiments and secret weapons research and mixture with some otherworldly energy. The remaining 20% came from outer space and other worlds.

Relying on the information that Grand Martial gave them, mankind began to truly understand the world that they lived in.

In May of 2092, because people worshiped and praised Grand Martial's every action, from within the vast earth appeared three Martials, who began to battle the monsters and criminals with superpowers that Grand Martial did not have the time to fight with.

Till June of 2095, another thousands of martials appeared all over the world.

In July, ten thousand more martials appeared as well.

An effect of [Grand Martial]'s legendary tale began to show itself; numerous amounts of martials started popping up everywhere and the global crime rate began to drop very quickly.

The year 2100, The beginning of the 22nd century arrived marked by many major changes and events. This century was a special one.

In March, the Martial Registration Order was established. Because of this act, martials had to go register with the government before going to fight off enemies of mankind. Otherwise, if they did not register, they would be considered the same as criminals, whatever they did would be considered a crime in the eyes of the law. For this reason, from amongst the martials appeared two factions: the supporters and the opposers.

The whole world wished for Grand Martial to intervene and say something about the situation. However, the man who created innumerable miraculous acts 5 years ago was nowhere to be seen. The government went looking for him, but all that was left to be found was his black legendary robe.

The year 2105, standing in a loud, noisy hubbub of a street, Zhian Li blankly stared out at the big screen in front of him broadcasting the latest movie advertisement.

He only saw a beautiful female host say: "I invite everyone to come watch this new movie:"Grand Martial : I am not God". This time, famous martial "Grand Martial" will be portrayed by famous actor Mr. Han Song. At the same time, because this is the fifth movie of the series, we have invited the active A-Level Martial : [Supreme's Hand] to act as himself in this installment of the series, After all, he was there that day as a witness of Grand Martial's actions. "

At this time, a man wearing a mask appeared in front of everyone.

"Hello everyone, I am the active martial known as Supreme's Hand." The man said to the screen.

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"I didn't think that what I did during Chuunibyou period would earn a reward of five full film movies! Ah… the shame of it all… ah… It was obviously a dark time for me, yet they actually had to film it and turn it into a movie for the whole world to see… What kind of shame play is this?!?! Ah…" Zhian Li screamed out internally. Grand Martial has already disappeared for five years.

The reason why the whole world could not find him was because during those five years, he was a huge otaku.

When he went through his Chuunibyou period, he had wanted to become a martial hero. However, he kept on getting stronger and stronger and when he finally realized it, his life had already become totally messed up. So on the day of his high school graduation, he decided to give up continuing his identity as a martial and became an otaku.

Truthfully, Zhian Li didn't want to become an otaku. However, when he finally came to his senses, he lost all his good friends, his school work was a mess, and he couldn't even test into a third rate college. Following the downward spiral his life came to be, no companies would hire a high school graduate and so, he began to live as an otaku.

What Zhian Li would often do was think back to his memories of junior high and high school life.

During his junior high school years, the other boys would be playing games where martials fought monster whilst he would be fighting actual monsters…

When his classmates were cutting down monsters in computer games, he would go out and cut down real monsters…

When his classmates had spare time, they would go out and play but he would go out to cut down monsters…

After graduating, when others were sharing contact information, he would still be cutting down monsters…

At the very end of school, when graduation had arrived, he had discovered he never managed to make any friends. All the time others spent making friends, he spent cutting down monsters.

When he arrived at high school, it was the time for boys and girls to fall in love.

When others made plans in the classrooms after school, he would be in the classrooms cutting down people after school.

When others dated in the forest, he would be cutting down people in the forest.

When others dated by the side of a small stream of water, he would be by the stream cutting down people.

When others dated in a park, he would be in the park cutting down people.

Zhian Li carefully thought about his performance during his three years of high school. The places people socialized at, he had used them all for cutting down people. Places where people hooked up for one night stands, he would really be bombarded with enemy attacks.

This made Zhian Li feel like he had put all of his time and effort into the wrong skill. Why does it seem like all martials do is: first save beauties from danger and then go skirt-chasing or vice versa?

Zhian Li kept reflecting over his own experiences… monsters, heavy artillery, brawny men, aliens… there wasn't even one female… Ah!

So, after figuring out the unfairness of it all, Zhian Li decided to wholeheartedly heal his Chuunibyou Syndrome.

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"I've heard that you were one of the victims of the evil cult at the time, Mr. Supreme's Hand?" The female hostess asked.

"It's true, at that time I was a zealot in the evil cult, but thanks to Grand Martial, I could break away from the cult and become a martial." Supreme's Hand replied.

"Then, are you going to display your true colors this time? After all, you are acting as yourself this time." Queried the female hostess.

"Obviously, this movie is not only going to recount Grand Martial's story, but also the juncture at which I became a martial. It means a lot to me. I will forever remember the one sentence he said to the people praising and worshipping him after defeating the evil monarch : I am not God; I am just a person who cultivates his power to eradicate evil people." Supreme's Hand replied.

"Yes, we originally thought Grand Martial wanted to tell us, rather than worship those things, why not rebel and resist them?"

"Yes, it was after receiving Grand Martial's influence that I became a martial. In fact, most of the first martial became martials because of that one sentence's effect."

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"Your Mom!"

That time, I felt like saying it like that would be very cool, and that's all. After all, at the time, there were many beautiful girls there…" Zhian Li roared in his heart: "When I was trying to act all cool and handsome, people actually took what I said and started researching the meaning behind the words. This feeling is just way too shameful…."

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"Then Mr. Supreme's Hand, do you believe that Grand Martial is still alive?"

"I don't believe that he would die, because I have personally witnessed his battle. In this world or in this existence there isn't anyone who could kill Grand Martial like entity."

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"Hey hey hey? Am I very strong? But all I know is how to chop people! I just cultivated my martial prowess for a short time and that demonic-wannabe thing was obviously super shitty."

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"Is that so? In that case, Mr. Supreme's Hand and the earliest martials all had the same beliefs. We are grateful that you would let us interview you; this time the audience will get to see the most authentic adaptation of the martials series. Alright then, we have also invited Ms. Shin Qianwan who is playing the part of the Divine Maiden of the evil cult. She will be acting as the antagonist to Mr. Han Song in this movie."

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"Authentic your sister! Originally, I cut down the tentacle monster boss in seconds, but in the fourth movie, they portrayed me getting devastated by the tentacle monster for 15 minutes! …Just thinking about it makes me feel sick… The director actually lets a strange octopus tentacle ravage a big man…" Looking at the screen Zhian Li remembered: "At the very end, it was the captain's daughter that saved me and together we eliminated the tentacle monster; ending with a love story… In truth, the captain's daughter had been holding her head crying in the ship's cabin the whole time…"

Zhian Li could not help but sigh: "I reckon when they shoot this movie, they probably will make me and the Divine Maiden hook up. When I said that sentence, I really wanted her to put all of her focus on me; sadly, she fainted… If things really went like how it did when they shoot the movies… How great would that be!!!! …Even now, I'm still a single dog!

You people portray me as someone who constantly talks to others about love; this is just too unbearable for me! Too fucking unbearable! Plus, I never gave my permission for others to use my image like that; since when did that company get the exclusive rights to use my image…"

Zhian Li madly criticized internally for a while before remembering what he was doing today; his younger sister had forced him out of the house and told him to find a job.

"Come to speak of it, fortunately, I didn't let my younger sister figure out I was Grand Martial, otherwise I wouldn't be able to stay in the house anymore because of my dark history with movies and anime. When others got afflicted with chuunibyou they just made a small fuss, but when I got afflicted by chuunibyou it was witnessed by the entire world… Luckily, I concealed my identity at the time, otherwise, I'd really have no courage to face someone now."