2 Power (And All that it entails)

When I woke up, my breath felt heavy, like something was lingering within my throat, like a new set of veins was running it's course and my body was preparing itself for it, without my consent of course, the pain was hard to describe, it took a while to get myself out of the bed, the pain acting like one giant fucking cramp in all of my fucking being, which was one big ass annoyance.

The pain I felt was familiar to the one I had suffered in the Full Contact Karate when I sparred with my Master, although again, it had been a long time ago, so i can't compare it for sure, but I still tried to meditate, not because it's an habit of mine, far from it, but I think I just realized what it was.

I expected the bright light to be the 'cheat' that I got, it came a bit late, but not excruciatingly so, given that I still had like, at least one year before the webtoon Lookism canon storyline happened, and considering what kind of monstrous feat that the Gods from God of Highschool can do in the webtoon, Lookism should probably be the most bottom tier problem I have running around, if I'm being honest here.

As the pain subsided, I wondered if I had gained the ability to cultivate like those in the Chinese Xianxia story, because I could feel something acting up deep inside me, and I wasn't referring to the big hunger that I felt after it, you know?

With that in mind, I decided to pay some attention to it, it wasn't like the feeling is a constant thing, like a bucket of water to which I could take some of the water at any point, God it would've been easier if it was like that, but on my case, it felt more like a river within my bloodstream, or a riverstream on my body, it certainly didn't feel like my blood and this strange energy were one and the same, no, I had said it before I felt asleep, it was like I had grown a second cardiovascular system...

Hang on, perhaps this time it will succeed.

"Status!" I shouted, when a full minute had passed, and no notification message came into existence, I let out a sigh of resignation.

I was hoping that this time the game system would appear. God knows that people with game-system powers are the strongest there, because they get a bunch of bullshit skills at the same time that are only working together because the game system keeps holding it together with glue, tape and a lot of faith.

No, instead it was likely to be something more akin to Cultivation, Chi, Ki, or fuck it, maybe even Chakra, although I'm not sure why I only got it after this much time, logic would say that because someone fucked it up, but if I was looking at this from the perspective of a kid who was reading shonen manga, it would be to not make a character overpowered, like Saitama.

Having an overpowered protagonist like Saitama is great for parody, but it's horrible for creating any kind of tension to the story simply because everyone will know that the protagonist would solve the problem somehow.

I mean, I'm sure not getting any POV powers to see other people battle while I'm distracted with who the fuck knows.

So, meditation, doing that helped me channel the power better, and, because this energy kept feeling so... familiar to something else, I decided to try what I had once seen in Naruto, and focused the energy to be on my feet, and then tried to walk on the wall.

Somehow, I didn't blow my feet off, so I did *something* right, not to mention that my attempt at wall walking did incredibly so, as in 'I managed to put both of my feet on the wall before I fall like a fucking moron' which again, shouldn't be possible, but it explained some stuff.

Chakra, which means that I'm short of a ninja, or at least I have the same powerset as the characters from Naruto, which is a very good thing with admittedly a whole fuckton of drawbacks.

First of all, I have no fucking clue if I am correct because I haven't found anyone within the motherfucking Murim type powerset to teach me stuff, and I know it exists.

Second of all, is that I have no knowledge on how the Jutsu on the narutoverse even work, like, there's no explanation at to how random ass hand signs equals giant fuck you fireball jutsu.

And the most important thing is that I have no way to verify that the shit I have is actually chakra or just some other mystical energy that I think is chakra because they have some aspects that are similar.

While i'm busy thinking deeply about the true nature of my power, I heard the shout of my mom coming from downstairs.

"Jin-Sun! Time for school!"

I let myself out of my concentration state and quickly went downstairs, without making much of a sound, i chugged down all of the already prepared meal with a gusto that only a healthy young man can have, all just so i won't be late for school and not fuck everything up.

When the plate is clean, I notice something, or to be more accurate, notice the lack of someone. "Mom, where's dad?"

"He's out working, he got called by his boss to come by sooner, but it's really nothing to think much about." Hearing that, my face scrunched up in confusion.

"I don't get it, as of right now, you two don't need to work anymore, I made more than enough money to never have to worry about not having food on the table."

And it's true, I may not look like it because at the end of the day, I may look like a rockabilly wannabe because I like the Elvis hairstyle with the leather jacket, but I was pretty much what people would call 'Nerd' before my rebirth.

And as such, I managed to reinvent not only Youtube, which I called Newtube because Korean tradition I guess at this point in manhwa, but also this world version of Twitch, to which I called it Line.tv.

I did need to get some help at the beginning because even I can't just come up with the entire server for the platform, the system for the users, and all of that complicated crap, because honestly, making it was a fucking nightmare, even if i have supernatural power to back me up a little bit.

Why? because I had to use fucking outdated tech that I never had to work with previously, unlike the version from my original world, which at least started their journey using some decent tech.

Also, Paprika.tv sounds so unbelievably stupid.

After I finished making those two and formally launched them into the world, as you would probably guessed already, the cash kept coming in. Those two platforms get me so much money to the point that, as of right now, I'm unofficially one of the youngest self-made billionaires.

Although, I gotta say, I'm ashamed that I wasn't able to capitalize on investments, because being honest, I don't know jackshit about it, i could never understand how every single Korean returnee knows all of the necessary step on how this company goes big, what kind of trial it would face in the future, and why would it be big, while the only thing that i know of is things like 'Oh yeah, this did happen and X company was really big'.

Anyways, the point of that is that I have the money that the previous me never had, and I'm trying to give my new world 'Parents' as they are, an early release of having to work, after all, I think that's the minimum I could do as someone who took over the life of their son without them noticing.

That reminds me, I really have to do more stuff on the company, I know that I had implemented people that are good at what they need to do so that I can do my thing without having to look too much into it, but I really will have to pick up my pace and act like a proper CEO, hell, if i tried hard enough, i perhaps can just try to nab every single strong named character around the country and make them work in my company as my bodyguard or something.

I can also try to make my own version of Kengan Fighter, assuming the world is still standing by that point of time of course.

Hearing my question, mother just smiled wryly and said. "It's because you're sitting on such huge amount of money that your father is working extra hard,"

I blinked in confusion.

"That doesn't even make sense."

"A parent should take care of a child, not the contrary," She continues, hearing that, I sigh, it's probably some cultural ingrained thing like the Japan's work culture, I wouldn't know, I was raised in a household that a man makes sure that his child can grow up with the best they can provide while helping their parents to rest easily.

Well, at least we live comfortably in the middle-class, because if I had this conversation while they were busting their asses to get a measly amount while I am a billionaire, I would've forced that money down their throats as if there wasn't tomorrow.

"Well, I can't say that I'm happy with dad's decision, but I can get the gist of it," Despite what I said, I really didn't, but because it's too early to cause a ruckus, I will act as if I did and get on my way to school.

"I'm out mom, see you later, well, and if I don't... Probably had something to do with the company," I told her as I went on my merry way, just living my life, I guess.

As for school?

Honestly, the school that i went to right now is one of the very few that are untouched by any gangs, which are really few truthfully, i never knew how much gangs can exist on a single city, and really, I didn't even realize it until much later because I spent quite a lot of my time just fighting around, but fuck, there's a whole lot of gangs, to the point where one could be persuaded that the police doesn't even exist.

I mean, in the four years that I've spent here and on the other countries while I was traveling doing business, I had dealt with Nexus, the Haegwang, the White Lead, the Yeongdeungpo Union, Workers, Big Deal, K-House, or well, they are called God Dog now I presume, not to mention the two Hostel which I had interacted before.

And those are just the 'Big names', I'm sure there's still a whole fuckton of gangs that I just didn't give two shits about since they weren't created by any named character I could remember.

But it's fine, most of the fighters in those gangs are most likely weaker than the previous me, and I'm only increasing my strength thanks to these new powers.

I'm now rich, powerful-ish and... am I good looking? Maybe? It's hard to tell when everyone comes directly from a manhwa, although seeing how big tits can be, I am certainly not going to complain about it. What kind of loser would I have to be to make a complaint about it?

Oh well, my big plan, besides making sure the world doesn't explode, well, it's simply to make sure that I can have as much romance as my life permits me, and maybe, maybe, I can get a harem ending if I try hard enough, of that, I'm sure.

Or at least not end up with the violent tsundere chick trope, that's annoying.

On my way to school, I accidentally met up with the Monstar crew, they are well, my followers, although I have been putting them through hell training as of late, which they follow because they really like their boss (Me), I guess it's their loyalty that make them want to work for me, and it's a trait that aren't something I can just get from the outset, so why not train those who I consider my friends?

"Monstar Crew," I called them my friends in private, but treated them as the followers of my group, because that's how they are recognized by others.

"Yes, Lineman-Hyung!" They saluted me as one, and I decided to play along.

"At ease, Monstar crew, just need to know how they need to act around their sunbae, not everyone likes being led by a first year like myself," Even if the first year is stronger than a bunch of no-names with like, two to three exceptions.

"Everyone's on the line as of late, although Kim Kisoo-sunbae is trying to gather forces, because well, he wants to take control of the school back," Kim Kisoo, that names sounds familiar, but I have no fucking clue, so honestly, probably a 1 time NPC.

"As long as he's not bullying anyone from this school, it's fine, it's already giving me the biggest headache that Hyeri is able to bully my Minji," Something that I will make sure they all pay... That brings me to an idea.

"Hold on a moment guys, I just thought of something," Having said that, I walked away from them and pulled out my phone.

'See how much stock you can buy from the Juyoung Construction,' That was the message that I've sent to my lawyer friend that I hired when I began doing my Newtube thing. Now he owns a pretty big law firm and well, he helps me do a lot of things.

If Hyeri doesn't listen to me, the romantic delinquent... Well, she can certainly listen to her dad's new boss, right? Especially if she does decide to create the entire plotline of Manager Kim, I can simply leak that shit, get the actions on the down-low, swoop in and grab it all like a monster.

Yeah, not exactly a heroic thing, but then again, if I wanted to be a hero, I wouldn't have gone around beating the shit out of teenagers as if it was going out of style.

Putting my phone back, I turned my head to Hun. "Remind me who Kisoo is, by the way,"

"He's the son of the congressman Kim Inbae, his sister Heejin has been bullying Yu Dayun for some time until we appeared on the scene," Hun Park said and I stopped moving to think, as these names became increasingly more clear to me...

Oh... Wait a second.

"Can someone... Tell me about this Yu Dayun girl?" I asked them.

Without waiting much, Hun explained to me about this girl, about the fact that she was an orphan who lost her parents and her brother in an accident.

Well shit.

"Well, did she stop?" Because from the look of it, it seems I need to beat up a girl if i want to have my school free of bullying.

"..." No one said anything.

"Right?" I asked, again.

"Supposedly yes, but some have been saying that she's a bread shuttle," Oh fuck me.

"Keep an eye on Hyeri, I will talk with the congressman's kids then," Because let me tell you one fucking thing, I wi-

Just as I said that, a man with a thousand confirmed kills appeared next to me, walking as if he was in a plain field, not caring for anything in the world.

Mercenary Jin.

"Oi!" I yelled at him.

He stopped, and then turned his head back to look at me.

"It seems that you're new here, right?" Without waiting for his reply, I continued. "My name's Jin-Sun, I'm the student in charge of this school, and if you don't mind, we have some laws."

"First of all, don't get in some needless fights, don't force students to do some hideous shit, and don't smoke in school grounds."

"So long as you don't break any of these student-enforced laws, you will have a great time, because well, isn't that what school is for? any problem with that?" I asked him with a smile.

The former mercenary just looked at me for a moment, and with a small smile, he shook his head and went on his way.

I sighed, although I couldn't help but smile, we have yet to reach those interesting times of Ragnarok, but I can already see how all of this will become so problematic to me.

But it doesn't matter, what matters is that there's nothing more romantic than an adventure between life and death.