It was supposed to be just another ordinary day in his ordinary life in an illogical world. However, everything changed for Adam when he woke up and began seeing the names of objects as if he were in a video game.
That wasn't all. He recalled a previous life he had lived in Brazil as Adam Rodrigues da Silva.
From the memories of his previous life, he knew that the world he lived in was more dangerous than he had thought, more commonly known as the world of One Punch Man.
And, believe it or not, his apartment neighbor was none other than Saitama.
Of course, he saw Saitama in his classic hero outfit and tried to check his status, only to discover that everything was marked with a question mark, with only his name and title visible.
By the way, did Saitama have a last name?
…
Putting aside whether Saitama had a last name or not, he sighed upon seeing something that seemed like some kind of joke appearing as his class in the status bar again.
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Name: Adam Kitahara
Class: The Protagonist Killer
Level: Lv 1[44%]
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HP:[100/100]
MP:[70/70]
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Attributes:
STR: 8 ◄(+0)►
VIT: 6 ◄(+0)►
DEX: 6 ◄(+0)►
INT: 4 ◄(+0)►
WIS: 4 ◄(+0)►
LUK: 2 ◄(+0)►
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Points: 0
Money: 1,333
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'What do you mean I'm 'The Protagonist Killer'?' he thought. 'Are you telling me that someone as weak as me is supposed to kill a monster like Saitama or something?'
It was simply too much to ask of someone who couldn't even defeat a simple C-Rank hero...
Even that guy Mumen Rider, who works as a hero riding a bicycle, was much stronger than him...
"Boom!"
Suddenly, a loud explosion sound made everything shake like a small earthquake, capturing Adam's attention.
"The surface is ours!" A disgusting voice that seemed to come from a middle-aged man echoed loudly right after: "The surface dwellers must die! I am the Subterranean King!"
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Cautiously, he went to the balcony and saw some strange and dark-looking beings, with what should be the leader having a more striking and threatening appearance.
He had a humanoid body, highlighted by a luminous blue glow in various parts of his body, creating a contrast with the predominant dark color. His eyes seemed to shine with an intense light, projecting a sense of power.
He had four arms, each holding a bright red energy sword, emitting a vivid glow. The figure's posture was aggressive and imposing, with legs firmly planted on the ground and arms raised, ready to strike.
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LV??? Xylaris
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'I remember this scene, it's right in the first episode of the anime that this monster appears... I can't see his level either...'
"Here he is…"
Hearing a murmur beside him, Adam saw Saitama wearing light blue pajamas with dark blue stripes.
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LV??? Saitama
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'As expected, I can only see the second title and his name...' Adam said to himself.
While he paused to reflect for just a fraction of a second, Saitama had returned to the room and came back wearing his standard hero outfit: yellow with a white cape, red boots and gloves, and a black belt with a yellow medallion buckle.
Jumping from the balcony, Saitama simply kicked the head of the four-armed leader, then jumped to the side, taking a fighting stance while the monsters that were still emerging onto the surface trembled, emitting strange sounds, clearly terrified with their mouths so wide open that they could fit a goose egg.
With a tremendous grin, Saitama said enthusiastically: "Alright, bring it on!"
However, all he saw was a white flag with the inscription: Sorry for the inconvenience!
Scratching his face, the initial excitement he showed didn't even seem real.
On the other hand, Adam grabbed an empty backpack, went down the apartment stairs, reached the ground floor, and saw the scene more clearly.
"Saitama-san." Adam approached.
Looking at him, Saitama asked, "Oh, it's you, Adam. Need something?"
"Do you want these things?" Adam pointed to the hilts of the swords that once had glowing red blades but now were just handles.
"No?" he replied with a rhetorical question.
He still seemed confused, as if he had suffered a significant letdown.
"So, can I keep these?" Adam asked, ignoring Saitama's disappointment while looking at the defeated monster's equipment.
"Ah, sure." Saitama replied, placing his hand behind his bald head as he walked away, mumbling something.
Adam didn't know if anyone would show up at some point, so he acted quickly. After collecting the four sword hilts and putting them in his backpack, he ran back to his apartment room.
Leaning against the door after locking it, his heart raced uncontrollably, as if he had done something wrong...
Although Saitama, who basically became the owner of the belongings of the monster he killed, gave him permission to keep it, it wouldn't be strange if someone from the hero association or the government knocked on his door, demanding that he hand over what he took, or even worse...
However, given the situation he found himself in, in an extremely dangerous world infested with monsters everywhere, and on top of that, with a system that appeared in a way he couldn't even explain, giving him the class of: The Protagonist Killer, he felt he needed to take some risks, or else, sooner or later, death would come knocking.
He murmured in his mind: 'Inventory.'
The instant it appeared, Adam placed the backpack, occupying the first slot of the inventory located next to the equipped equipment section.
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[🧤(Empty)] [👕] [🧤(Empty)]
[⌚(Empty)] [👖] [⌚(Empty)]
[⚔️(Empty)] [👟] [🛡️(Empty)]
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'I didn't expect it to work, or even that something like equipment would appear just like in a game.'
Although he wished to try to understand how those 4 swords worked, if possible, manage to make them work like that four-armed monster. But fearing someone might show up, for now, the best thing was to hide them in his inventory.
Lying on the bed in his small room, Adam waited a few hours. When he noticed that no one came after him, he let out a sigh of relief.
Getting up, he looked out the balcony as it was starting to get dark.
Changing into a fresh set of clothes, wearing a black hoodie, he was about to leave but turned back thinking about the possibility of sweating, grabbing a change of clothes and a towel, which he put in the inventory.
Fortunately, no one came after him for the items. And honestly, he couldn't and didn't like the current government and wasn't sure how to feel about the hero association.
Almost 3 years ago, he became an orphan due to a monster attack. Being the only survivor and with his house destroyed, he not only lost his family but also, inexplicably, all rights to the land that was in his family's name. They managed to circumvent it and lie that it had never been in his family's name, claiming the government was reclaiming the land.
Although his family wasn't incredibly wealthy, they were quite well-off. The property's land had a vast area of approximately 10,000 square meters, located in A-City.
Before his parents passed away, they had already been offered 10 billion yen for the land. He remembers his father discussing it with his mother a few months before the tragedy happened.
Without support or resources to hire a lawyer and reclaim the land, or even try to get any compensation, he was basically forced to seek refuge in the last area of Z-City, considered the most dangerous but where one could live freely.
He didn't have many choices; it was that or live as a homeless person. After all, he was a 17-year-old at the time, and he had only one valuable thing he wasn't willing to part with, something passed down from generation to generation, which he received on his 17th birthday.