1 There is no human in this world who is truly omnipotent in everything.
If such a person exists, he must be cheating.
These words by Lu Xun have proven to be absolutely true.
Inside a classroom packed with various musical instruments, Akira Fūju reflected deeply on that thought.
Originally, he was just a busy corporate worker whose life revolved entirely around commuting to and from work.
However, after waking up from a heavy bout of drinking one night, he suddenly found himself transported across dimensions into this world.
In this new life, he was reborn as a completely new person and given the name Akira Fūju.
Many people say that anyone who gets reincarnated or transported to another world is bound to receive a support system, and that held true for Fūju as well.
Back when he was in elementary school, a system awakened within him, granting him extraordinary potential.
However, compared to other systems that instantly grant massive amounts of knowledge, master-level expertise, or overpowered cheat abilities, his system belonged to a much less direct category.
It didn’t give him instant powers; instead, it boosted his learning efficiency toward any knowledge and skill to an absurd degree.
If the average learning speed of an ordinary person was rated as a 1, and a genius stood at a 10, then Fūju’s learning speed reached a staggering 100.
The multiplier was completely off the charts.
Even though it required effort, this alone was more than enough to get Fūju incredibly fired up.
He felt he didn’t need to be molded into greatness by some external cheat power when he could simply rely on his own capabilities to achieve it.
Thanks to Fūju’s relentless dedication to his studies, from elementary school all the way to his current position as a first-year high school student, he had successfully processed himself into a truly versatile individual.
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that Fūju had completely mastered the knowledge, insights, and technical skills of practically every field and industry.
Calling him the number one person in the world in this regard was simply stating a fact.
However, as the old saying goes, every gain comes with a loss.
For instance, Saitama from One Punch Man gained unparalleled strength but lost all the hair on his head.
Fūju’s case was a bit different.
Although he didn’t lose his hair, his support system vanished completely the exact moment he finished mastering all that knowledge and skills.
Before the system disappeared, Fūju caught the cold, mechanical ring of its voice one last time.
The voice said, “All user knowledge and skills have been recorded.
Proceeding to system transfer to locate a new user in another world.” Fūju stood there entirely dumbfounded after hearing that final sentence.
It was only then that he realized he had essentially been used as free labor by the system all along.
The system had simply recorded all the knowledge and skills he had painstakingly learned, and then took off to another world to look for its next client.
The system’s actions were completely heartless.
Fūju realized that, at the end of the day, he was the one who had been ripped off in this transaction.
Fortunately, even though the system had recorded everything, the knowledge and skills embedded inside Fūju didn’t vanish along with it.
It was a small mercy in the midst of a terrible situation.
If those abilities had disappeared too, Fūju might have actually considered ending it all just to see if he could reincarnate again and roll for a much more reliable system next time.
Toyogasaki Academy, the Light Music Club.
This was exactly where Fūju was right now.
At present, he was a fresh first-year student at Toyogasaki Academy, and he also held the position of club president for this very Light Music Club.
As for how a brand-new first-year student like him managed to become the president right off the bat, it actually came down to a pretty serious crisis.
The root cause was that the Light Music Club’s entire roster had been completely wiped out after the previous third-years graduated.
The club suffered from a total lack of successors, and there wasn’t a single member from the old second-year batch who had moved up to take over.
If Fūju hadn’t needed a private place to freely practice various musical instruments and happened to stumble into this room to take over the mantle, the Light Music Club would have been officially disbanded a long time ago.
Right now, it was the first month since the new semester started, and it was the third day after the system had said its final goodbyes to Fūju.
Even though the system was gone and his musical skills had already reached the absolute pinnacle—meaning he didn’t even technically need this room anymore—Fūju had absolutely no intention of leaving the Light Music Club.
To him, the club room had already turned into a comfortable little personal sanctuary of his own.
At this particular moment, for some strange reason, Fūju’s heart suddenly swelled with a wave of deep, lingering emotions.
He walked over to the piano sitting in the middle of the classroom and slowly took a seat.
After pulling back the key slip cover, he began to play the instrument and let his voice carry a song.
Looking back, before he crossed over to this world, playing the piano was a hobby that fell into the category of an absolute luxury.
He used to love the piano so much that he had even enrolled in piano lessons a few times.
Unfortunately, he possessed absolutely zero talent in that area.
No matter how many lessons he took, he could only ever manage to play simple children’s songs smoothly.
It was honestly pretty embarrassing for him.
But now, since his musical abilities had reached the absolute peak, he wanted to truly savor the luxurious sensation of playing the piano properly.
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If this was all a dream, How wonderful it would be, You are still present inside my dreams, Like picking up something forgotten, Dusting off old memories, There is a happiness that can never be repeated, That was the last thing you ever told me, A dark past hidden away in my heart, Without you here, It will remain dark forever, I realize, Nothing after this, Can ever hurt someone more than that, Even the sadness of that day, Even the pain of that day, I loved every single bit of it, Together with you, Remaining in my heart, unable to leave, The bitter scent of lemons, I won’t go home until this heavy rain clears up.
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Accompanying Fūju’s piano playing, a remarkably melancholic song began to flow from his lips.
Since his singing voice had also reached the ultimate level through his boosted learning process, Fūju’s voice sounded incredibly mature, weighted down by a deep sense of sorrow.
This made his voice blend flawlessly with the sad melody echoing through the room.
The heartbreakingly beautiful singing voice left a profoundly mesmerizing impression on anyone who caught a breath of it.
This song happened to be his absolute favorite track, the one that touched his heart the most back before his reincarnation.
The creator and original singer of this song was also one of his favorite artists, Kenshi Yonezu.
Sadly, such a beautiful performance couldn’t be enjoyed by anyone else, given that he was completely alone inside the classroom.
Or at least, that was what it seemed like.
If one paid closer attention, there actually were other people listening.
Through the slightly open classroom door, the sound of the piano chords and Fūju’s singing slowly drifted out, echoing down the quiet, deserted school corridor.
Eventually, the sound made its way into the classroom right next door.
Inside that neighboring classroom, three people happened to be present.
There was a mature, adult woman wearing a white lab coat, possessing a beautiful face and a tall figure; a teenage girl with a distinctly cold expression who radiated a rigid, unyielding aura; and a teenage boy with a pair of dead, lazy eyes that looked entirely devoid of energy.
Initially, these three were in the middle of a small debate, bickering back and forth over a certain matter.
However, the moment the piano notes and the singing voice drifted in from the classroom next door, they gradually stopped their argument, completely losing themselves in the sad yet beautiful music.
“The room next door belongs to the Light Music Club, doesn’t it?” “If I remember correctly, the Light Music Club was right on the verge of being disbanded.
In the end, it seems that usually quiet, problematic student was the one who took over the club.” “I really didn’t expect him to have this kind of ability.
He certainly hid his talent incredibly well.” The adult woman in the white lab coat spoke, her tone laced with genuine surprise.
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