Rei woke up groggily; his head was aching, and he felt like his body just took a beating. "What happened...?"

Rei remembered that he fell unconscious again after he unsuccessfully tried to activate the blue box. Recalling the situation made his face blush again in shame.  "Ah, there's no reason to be ashamed, I've only tried it since the situation is similar," He nodded his head as if he's trying to convince other people to believe in his words.  

After trying to assess the situation, he woke up from his thoughts and opened his eyes. He expected that chunks of meat would greet his vision again, but this time, what greeted him was a blue screen. Rei was dumbstruck as he stared at the blue screen for minutes. "H-how could this be..."

Rei rubbed his eyes, but when he saw the blue screen again, his heart pounded excitedly. "Heavens, is this for real? Or did I hit my head again...?" Rei wanted to be sure, so he closed his eyes and lightly punched his head. He hoped that the blue screen was real, and it was not just a hallucination.

When he opened his eyes, his heart tightened, and his body shook. If other people saw him like this, they would assume that he is having a seizure! But, of course, it did not happen to Rei. His body shook because when he opened his eyes, the blue screen remained. Tears came down from his fiery eyes as he laughed hoarsely at his current predicament.

In front of him was a blue screen, it showed him two options which were: 'Status' and 'Shop'. The excited Rei whose body was shaking up and down raised his arm and unsteadily pressed the Status option. He was expecting something to happened, but his fingers passed through the almost transparent blue screen. It made his mind go blank as a wave of shock and depression hit him.

Rei tried to press the option again, but the results were the same! As if the blue screen had a mysterious power, every time Rei would push the status option it would make his hands pass through it! It made Rei furious, "Are the Gods tricking me?!" A moment ago, he was excited like a bee, but now he looked like a person who had used drugs hours ago.

A dark aura loomed over him as he tried to punch the blue screen. He punched it, kicked it, threw a broken chair, but his efforts were for naught and in the end, he gave up.

"Ah, why am I so unlucky?"

"Not only a blue screen is stuck on my vision; I even believed that I was transported into another world!"

He let out a heavy sigh as he sat on the chair and pondered on how to get rid of it.  "Fucking Blue screen, fucking status, ah, why must you bully me. I'm only an average person, studying in a cooking school, why did this happen to me?"  Rei raged and cursed loudly, trying to get the disappointment and anger out that came from his heart. But, at this very moment, after he finished his sentence, the two options disappeared and what greeted him surprised his weary heart.

It was a status screen; it displayed his name, age, stats and a lot of other things that would usually be seen in a game. After seeing the change of the blue screen, Rei's eyes went wide, and his brain exploded in shock. "Could it be..." Countless thoughts flashed in his mind as he wondered on how did the blue screen change. Within seconds of thinking, his head turned red from shame and he had the urge to bury his head in embarrassment. "Such a simple thing, how could I forget?!"

"I should have said 'Status' in the first place..." Rei muttered as he remembered his previous actions on trying to activate the status. He did a lot of punches and kicks; he even tried to smash it with a broken chair! It made him lower his head unconsciously as he recalled his unsightly actions. But it made him wonder on why he would be mad for such a simple thing, but the question did not interest him much as he quickly forgot about it and looked at the blue screen.  

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Name: Rei Kabuki                        Age:16

Gender: Male                              Affiliation: None

Health: 200                                 Mana: 100

Title: None                                  Level: 1

Strength: 10                                Intelligence: 10

Agility: 10                                   Wisdom: 10

Constitution: 10                            Stat Points: 0

Skills:

Punch (Passive)

Kick (Passive)

Intimidating Aura (Active)

Rei quickly noticed that his stats were all at the value of ten. "Is ten the  default value of the stats or would body builders get more?" Rei pondered curiously; he expected that he would get a cheat from his stats like those in the novels, but he found out that his stats were quite normal. But, after thinking about this matter, Rei quickly shook his head in disagreement. "If my stats does not have any cheat, then is the blue screen itself is a cheat?

He thought about it for a few moments and found it very convincing. In other novels that he read the characters would only gain the blue screen and not any other cheat, that's because they would be the only one who would possess this type of power. But, Rei did not give up this time as he assiduously tried to find any uncanny ability. Rei looked at his skills and found out there were three, the names of the two were quite ordinary, however, when he read the third skill it quickly piqued up his interest.

Rei tried to raise his arms to press the skill when he suddenly let out a smirk and quickly put it down. "Hmph, you can't trick me anymore!" He let out a light laugh as he said 'Inspect Intimidating Aura' in his mind. A new blue screen appeared in his vision, and he quietly praised himself for quickly thinking the solution.

Intimidating Aura (Active) Level: 1 EXP: 0.02% Mana: 10

By activating the skill, one would release an intimidating aura that would scare anyone depending on their strength.

Range: 3 meters

Rei previously expected that it was not a cheat skill, and when he read it, he was mentally prepared. But, of course, everyone wants a cheat skill, so after reading it, he couldn't help but curse again. He knew that he shouldn't be greedy, but seeing the skill once again in his eyes made his heart hurt. Rei took a deep breath and calmed himself down.

He closed the screen and inspected 'Punch' next.

Punch (Passive) Level: 1 EXP: 10.32%

+1% Increase damage in punching.

+1% Increase speed in punching.

Rei had a surprised look on his face as he read the description of his skill. "+1% damage and +1% speed, yet it's still level one..." He quickly imagined what would the effects be once it would reach level 10 or 100.

"If it's +1 per level then it would be 100% at level 100!" Although he did not know what kind of damage does a 100% give, but just by seeing the numbers made him excited.

"I've only done a couple of punches, yet it's already 10%. HAHAHAHA, I've struck gold!" Rei jumped excitedly as if he got a new toy, he quickly closed the screen and inspected 'Kick' next.

Kick (Passive) Level: 1 EXP: 3.32%

1% Increase damage in kicking

1% Increase speed in kicking.

Joy found its way to Rei's heart, although he was not sure what is the maximum level of the skill he was still pleased with his current situation. "If I can get skills this easily, then that means..." Rei laughed evilly as if he was about to commit a nefarious plan. But before he could celebrate wholeheartedly, he heard a groaning sound that came from outside.