Leaning back in my chair, I stretched my arms high. I just had a seven-day game marathon. I glanced at the open bottles of the sleek-designed energy drinks. Grinning, I picked a half-empty one and chugged it down.
Ha! I can definitely keep on going. Cracking my neck and then my knuckles, I leaned forward to beat this boss. Hitting the space bar, I leaned in even further. It was perfect. Just one more lunge and... NO!
Suddenly, my world tilted and black filled my vision. I felt myself falling until I no longer felt anything.
D*MN IT! I cried silent tears in my heart. If I'm going to die... please drown my computer in the bathtub. My precious waifus need to die with me.
......
The next time I awoke, I was before a gorgeous and scantily-dressed woman in an all-white room. The other thing I noticed... was her huge, er... assets. If you get my drift.
I discreetly stared at them and nodded before I turned my vision back to her eyes. She looked like the serious type with long, black hair and glasses. Except for her outfit... like d*mn. Definitely not the serious type... I hope.
"A-a-ano," she fidgeted with her hands before she grabbed my sleeves. W-whoa! Wait, I don't think I can handle this! "C-c-can you help me?"
Help you? Are you kidding me? You had me at 'A-a-ano'!
I slapped my chest in a reassuring way and said, "Of course!"
Either way, it's probably going to be reincarnating into an OP protagonist in an Isekai world. Being a hero? F*ck yes.
She looked as if a million ton of bricks were lifted from her shoulders. "Oh thank you! You're the first person to be willing to go to a Xianxia world!"
What? Xianxia?
"You mean like... martial arts?"
She nodded ferociously, "Yes! We've already have our Isekai seats all filled up. Now we just need one last person for our Xianxia! But nobody wanted to do it because of the ghosts, monsters, demons, etc."
"Martial arts?"
"Yes!"
"But I don't know martial arts?"
She looked at me weirdly and then her line of sight moved past me, "I'm sure your other personalities might know a thing or two."
What?
I was about to turn my head before she grabbed my chin. "Nope!" she wagged her finger at me. "You can't see them! It'll ruin the memory wipe I'll have to do on you."
Memory wipe!?!?
"What are you talking about!?" I tried to force my chin away from her grasp, but her grip was like iron. She teehee'd and wagged her finger again. The f*ck!? This isn't funny, okay!
"I'm sorry," she said, gripping my chin even harder. "But I can't let you see!" She coughed and sweetly smiled. "What would you like your golden finger to be?"
LET ME SEE THEM, GODDESS!
"Okay!" She tilted her head. "A system it is! Hmm..." She looked like she was looking at a flat screen in front of me. "Aha! That one hasn't been used before. It should be good!" She nodded her head and returned her gaze to me. "Bye-bye!"
"What?!"
And then it all went black.
.....................
"You're a very malicious woman," a deeper voice came out of the young man's mouth, and his previous boyish features tightened into a more masculine one.
"Teehee, I know." she hit her head lightly with her fist and stuck out her tongue. "But he fell for it, no?"
"Tsk," the man shook his head and shot a look of disgust at the Goddess before the eight of them. "What is it that we have to do?"
"What do you mean?"
"We want to return to Earth," the man gestured to the other six personalities that were awake. "Devin can't handle a Xianxia world."
"So? Doesn't he have the seven of you?"
"You malicious woman."
"I know!" she chuckled. "The system will give each of you tasks that you have to do. Don't worry about it."
"And Devin?"
"He'll have his own tasks."
"Tsk."
"You seem to think that he's useless?"
"The man hasn't worked since he was sixteen years old. He lived in his parent's basement after he graduated."
"So?"
The man shook his head in frustration and then shot a look at a shadow that only he could see. "Fine, Crystal. You can talk."
It seemed weird. The man's facial features relaxed and his eyes turned gentler. A feminine aura could be felt from him. "Hi!"
"Hi!" the Goddess bent herself and rested her hands on her knees. "How old are you?"
"I'm Crystal! I'm five years old!" the young girl lifted five fingers in Devin's body, and she grinned. The Goddess almost felt as if she could see a tooth missing from the young girl's bottom row. Shaking her head, she returned to seeing Devin's body.
"Who was the man that just left?"
Crystal shook her head cutely. "He doesn't tell us. We call him Umbra, though!"
"Can you call Umbra back?"
"No!" Crystal stuck out her tongue. "Crystal can deal with you herself!"
"What?" the Goddess looked bewildered as Crystal beamed and then pounced on her. Shrieking, the Goddess tried to pry off the 225-pound man.
Crystal cackled and continued to struggle with the Goddess. Finally, the Goddess could no longer handle it and send the girl and the other personalities away with a flick of her hand.
She bent over to catch her breath, her hair a mess and glasses gone.
Chuckling appeared behind her, and a God in all black stood a foot away. "Wasn't as easy as you thought?"
"Those d*mn personalities!" the Goddess' gentle atmosphere quickly turned murderous.
"That's what you got for choosing them."
"I knew they were... difficult. But not this f*cking crazy! That child, Crystal, almost bit my ear off!"
The God chuckled and glanced at the area that the eight personalities disappeared to. "I hope they can rule the world."
"They will."
The God and Goddess grew quiet and watched the spot where Devin's body had disappeared from. They were ready to watch a legend be born.