Chapter1-Lust System

Hey everyone,

I'm Michael Johnson, a 27-year-young guy just trying to find a decent job in this challenging world.

And, am I dying right now? How?

So, a few minutes ago,

When I left the Shopping mall, I heard a cry for help.

"Help! Someone, please help me!"

Across the street, I saw a man wearing a black jersey.

He held a knife covered in blood and was chasing an office worker who had been stabbed in the shoulder.

The victim tried to escape, but the man caught up to him and stabbed him in the back.

Ignoring the victim's screams, the man continued to stab him two or three more times.

The man grew bored of the limped office worker and began looking for his next victim.

His attention was drawn to a high school girl who had collapsed in shock, unable to move after witnessing the brutal murder.

The man hurried toward the girl.

She attempted to flee, but the man grabbed her arm before she could get away.

Struggling to catch her breath, the girl watched in horror as the man grinned menancingly.

Covered in blood, the man lifts his arm into the air.

I hurried from the opposite side of the street and grabbed onto his arm.

In this tense moment, I kept my cool and carefully examined the man's appearance.

He appeared to be around my age, perhaps a bit older, possibly in his thirties.

His face was thin with some stubble, but his bloodshot eyes and flared nostrils gave him a fierce intensity.

I attempted to restrain his arm, but he shook me off and pulled out a fresh knife from his belt.

Examining the man's belt, I noticed it was adorned with knives of different sizes.

As the man swung his knife at me, I shifted my rucksack to deflect the blow, then pushed it into him.

But he sidestepped my attack, avoiding the impact, and slashed at me with his knife.

I felt a sharp pain as blood sprayed from my arm.

The pain overwhelmed me, and before I knew it, a knife had plunged into my stomach.

"This…..!"

Fueled by both pain and anger, I swung my rucksack wildly.

Inside it was a robust toaster.

I wrestled with the man, who was groaning in pain, attempting to grab the knife from his hand.

I almost succeeded in disarming him, but at that moment, the girl who had collapsed on the floor reached out and grabbed the man.

She may have been trying to assist me, but unfortunately, that's when disaster struck.

"….gubu.."

A strange sensation surged through my arm, unlike anything I'd ever felt before.

The man fell to the ground, his eyes wide open as he muttered something.

In a daze, I stared at my own hand.

There was blood.

It's a knife.

A blood-stained knife was clasped in my hand.

…In other words.

―I... stabbed him?

"C-criminal discovered!"

While I was frozen in shock, a pair of police officers appeared from street.

"The criminal is wearing a black jersey, and is a slender man in his twenties― I've confirmed it!"

I look down at my torso.

I was wearing a black jersey.

Moreover, I was certainly in my late twenties with a slender build.

"W-wait a moment…! I am….!"

I reflexively swing my arms in front while calling out to the police officers.

But..

"H-he's resisting!"

"Y-you're mistaken…. I'm not the slasher…."

"Then what's that in your hand!"

When told that, I check my hand.

Yeah, this is a knife.

And furthermore, it was dyed red with the blood of the criminal I just stabbed.

It was hard to deny it with this circumstantial evidence so I became flustered.

I was stunned.

And then of all things.

"Hey.. Hey hey hey.. just wait a moment, I am…..!"

Stuttering intensely, I tried to run over to the police officers.

Of course, it happened to be while I was still waving the bloody knife in my hand…..

Even if I was at the end of my wits, I must admit that I should have been more composed somehow.

"D-don't come any closer…!"

The police officer warned, holding his gun out.

I was enraged, but I also came to my senses after seeing the senior police officer's stern expression and the gun pointing at me.

However.

"Eep, uwahhh!"

This time the young police officer panicked.

"O-oi.. stop it….!"

Even the senior police officer's efforts to stop him were futile, and the young officer pulled the trigger.

*Bang*

*Bang*

*Bang*

The gunshots echoed through my body, one after another.

With each shot, a searing pain surged through my chest.

The shock overwhelmed me, and my mind went blank.

In the next moment, all hope faded away.

In my fading vision, I witnessed the senior officer pinning down the young one.

That was the last thing I saw before collapsing to the ground, my vision fading to black.

"T-this is… too much, right… I couldn't even enjoy my... First sex... I lost everything... Except my... Virginty... Damn it..."

My lungs haemorrhaged after those murmurs.

If only I hadn't tried to save that girl, I wouldn't be in this Bloody condition now.

I hate to admit it, but it was a stupid decision.

And just like that, my life came to an end.

...

I woke up naked, face down in the grass. This was not how I expected to start my day.

As I looked beneath me, I saw the lush green grass and wondered, "Is this heaven?"

The last thing I remembered was the old officer pinning down the young one and muttering.

Did I die?

Hmm... There's no way I could have survived all those bullet wounds.

The grass beneath me felt oddly comfortable, like a dense bed of softness. It was unlike any grass I had encountered before.

My father was a landscape architect, and I had grown up learning more about grass than I ever wanted.

Mostly because it was the only escape from my mother's schooling.

'Yeah, my mother was a teacher...'

Rolling over and sitting up, I felt strange, beyond just the circumstances.

It wasn't a bad feeling, more like waking up after a long sleep.

There was a lingering drowsiness, but also a sense of refreshed energy.

Running a hand over my head, I was startled to realize my hair was missing.

"What the hell happened to my hair?" I shouted, but there was no one around to answer.

I started to feel a twinge of panic. This wasn't normal. Where was I? Why was I naked and bald?

I tried to calm myself. "Hair can grow back," I muttered to myself. "For now, let's figure out where I am."

Pushing myself to my feet, I took in my surroundings.

The sun was high in the sky, casting warm rays all around. Not a cloud was in sight, and the air was warm.

I found myself boxed in between two long, tall hedges.

The lane stretched out straight in both directions, with sharp right angles at each turn.

The wide, grassy lane offered plenty of space for me to sprawl unconscious, and the meticulously trimmed hedge walls framed the scene.

"Ah, why does my penis keep twitching?"

'Wait... Am I horny?'

'Huhh, let it be. Even If I am feeling horny, I can't just start masturbating in the middle of the open jungle.'

My first priority was finding something to cover myself with. The nudity made me feel vulnerable, exposed.

After a disappointed look at my bald, unclothed body, I began to wander carefully, staying close to the hedges for some semblance of cover.

It didn't take long for me to realize that I was trapped in a hedge maze, with the living walls towering almost twice my height.

My initial instinct was to climb one of the hedges to get a better view of my surroundings, but a closer inspection revealed that the hedges were covered in sharp thorns.

Given my current state of nakedness, that didn't seem like a good idea.

I glanced up and down the path I was on, but neither direction looked more promising than the other.

"What the bloody hell is going on?"

As if in response to my question, something appeared in front of me.

"Hmm?"

It appeared to be a floating touch screen, suspended in the air without any visible support.

Curious, I extended my finger to touch it, but the screen shimmered as my finger passed through it.

"A hologram?" I muttered to myself, puzzled.

I glanced around, searching the ground and nearby hedges for any sign of a projector, but found nothing.

As I moved, the screen moved with me, almost as if it were following my every step.

Text appeared on the screen, and I began to read it aloud.

[A suitable candidate has been chosen!]

[Awakening the 'Lust System.']

[Congratulations, host! You have successfully activated the Lust System!"]

I frowned. "What the hell? A System? This has to be some kind of joke. Maybe I'm still dreaming or in coma..."

I read on, [Congratulations, host, you have awakened one of the rarest titles: 'Lust King.' The first quest is loading!]

[Congratulations, Host, on embarking on your first quest in this world!]

New Quest: [Explore the unknown Land]

You have found yourself in an unfamiliar place. Begin exploring to learn more.

Objective: Explore the hedge maze (0/1).

Reward: Basic pants.

"Huh, now a quest? Is it... like those novels where the main character reincarnates and gets a system?" I muttered to myself, looking around suspiciously.

I hesitated.

Was this real?

I needed to test it.

"Hmm, Lust System... Then, it might function like those... systems I've read about in erotic novels?"

I touched my chin and muttered,"It must be, but... Why is the quest about exploring and not about sex..."

[Ding, Host, the quest was given this way because of your current surroundings and because there aren't any girls in the area right now!]

Wait! You even have consciousness? That's unbelievable but still amazing...

[Yeah, Host! I was made to have consciousness.]

"Oh, well, who made you?"

[That I can't reveal to you.]

"Why not?"

[I'm not authorized to reveal that.]

Well, that's unexpected, but if it can't tell me, there's nothing I can do...

"Okay, I understand."

"So, system, tell me, what would've been my first task if I were in a populated area?"

[Ding, Host, under normal conditions, your first task would have been "Touch those jiggly butts of that Milf with both hands or masturbate in front of that slut!"]

"These quests are risky but satisfying. System, can you give me any more riskier quests than this?"

[Ok, Host!]

[1st Quest:- NTR that Moth*rf*cker!]

[2nd Quest:- Cuckold your Assistant's Boyfriend!]

[3rd Quest:- Netori your enemy by having sex with his Wife/Lover/Girlfriend!]

[4th Quest:- F*ck that girl in front of her boyfriend!]

"Oh my God, are you serious, System?"

[Yes, Host! I am serious!]

Okay, this is bizarre. How does this even work?

Let's see... touch the screen... read the text...

I decided to start exploring.

If finding my way through this maze would get me some clothes, it was worth a shot.

Plus, I needed to understand more about this Lust System if I was going to survive here.

With that thought, I took a deep breath and began walking down the path, cautiously, always on the lookout for any clues or signs of danger.