"Huh?" Raiden rose up from his bed and looked at the system in front of him.
He felt thrilled, he had been longing to hear these words for so long.
Finally, after the gruelling days, he was ready to reap the rewards. "Hey, shitty System, why didn't you inform me I was eligible for it before this? If I didn't ask, you would have never told me about it? Are you sure you are a professional licensed system?"
[Don't question my professionalism, Host!! I won the System of the Month Award last year. I did not tell you because you need to be well-rested to accept this power. You can't do it yet. We'll do it in the morning.]
"Fine, fine, I hear ya. But next time, give me good news like this sooner, ya bastard!!"
Raiden finally showed a smile on his face. He didn't really mean anything by arguing with it. It had become a daily ritual at this point.
Fighting and bickering with it helped him feel less lonely in this foreign world. Not that he would ever tell it about this, or that smug bastard of a System will have a field day and will never stop teasing him about it for life.
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The next morning, Raiden got up early in the morning and rushed to get his morning rituals done as fast as possible. He also requested a leave of absence from the Marines, citing bad health.
After finishing breakfast, he went straight to the bathroom to take a bath, hoping to cleanse his body as a ritual that would help him draw a strong power.
Next, he went to his room and lit the incense. Sandalwood smoke curled toward the ceiling as he pressed his palms together, eyes squeezed shut in exaggerated concentration to the Gods Above and Below.
[...You do know that the power you receive is already decided right? This isn't a Gacha Game or Lottery Scam.]
"Shut it, I need to concentrate, I am hoping Arceus will shower his blessings upon me. Or any Gods really." Raiden said, ignoring the system with his eyes wide shut.
After five minutes, he opened his eyes filled with conviction and started talking.
"Alright, I am ready. Give me the power System!!"
As soon as he finished his words, a blue screen flashed before his eyes, before turning into a floating translucent hologram in front of him.
[Ding!! System is getting ready.....Loading Complete!! Welcome, Raiden D. Shigaraki!! You have recived a unopened gift pack. Would you like to receive it?]
"Yes!!" Raiden said, getting excited.
[Response Acknowledged. Please receive your package.]
Soon, a highly decorated box fell from the sky, directly on the bed.
It was very intricately designed, featuring a deep green colour scheme with golden flowers in the shape of cherry blossoms and a golden latch.
"I take back what I said, you ARE a very professional system. The box alone looks so upper-class."
After taking a deep breath, Raiden slowly opened it and peered inside it.
It had creamed cloured velvety soft cushions on top and bottom, and in the centre of it all was a small glass box.
He picked the glass box only to be stunned by its contents.
It only contained a stand of hair. A Greenish White coloured hair, but it was hair nonetheless.
"...ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! DAMNED SYSTEM, STOP PLAYING WITH ME!! WHERE ARE MY POWERS?? MY CHEAT CODE?!"
[This is your cheat code, Host. Take a look at it carefully. It is no ordinary strand of hair. It contains immense powers.]
Raiden's eyebrows twitched in response as he forced himself to calm down while taking deep breaths.
"Alright, let's say I believe you for a second, and this hair can grant me immense powers. But what kinda powers exactly? And how am I supposed to use it? Hair transplant, this single strand?"
[You sure have a wild imagination, Host. As much as I would love to see you asking a doctor to transplant a single strand of hair, it does not work like that. The power you are getting is called One for All. I am sure you know about it.]
"...Well, I'll be damned. One for All? Are you granting me such busted powers? And judging from the hair colour, it looks like it came straight from Deku!! I am getting nine generations of stockpile!! Godamn!!" Raiden kept talking excitedly.
He was a big fan of the anime and had watched the final season of the anime. And he knew he busted Deku, actually, was in the final fight.
[You are the next inheritor of One for All. Just take out the hair and eat it. And you will become a Hero!]
"A Hero, huh? That WAS my inspiration after all. I still can't believe it. One for All. Did I ever tell you how much I love you, System?" Raiden asked as he kept walking around the room. He felt too excited to sit still in one place.
[I don't swing that way, Host, thank you very much. But, if you do know a good Binary 1 and 0 program, do introduce me to it. Now stop yapping and eat that hair.]
"Alright, here goes nothing." Taking a deep breath, Raiden took out the hair and looked at it. It was a green and white strand of hair.
"Why is the hair white already? Poor Deku. Already had white hair due to stress at the tender age of 15, oh well." With that, he closed his eyes, braced himself and ate the hair, swallowing it down directly.
After waiting for a while and seeing nothing happen, he opened his eyes in frustration.
"Hey, dogshit System, where is my One For All? Are you making fun of me here?!" Raiden questioned angrily, while slamming his hand down on the table.
Suddenly, he felt power coursing through his right hand as he slammed down, travelling through it. Raw, uncontrollable energy travelled through his hand, stretching the nerves to their limits.
'Oh, No. no, no, no-FUCK!!"
Boom!!
With a loud sound, the whole building collapsed.