Night.
Inside a residential building near Sobu High School.
Andrew He was comfortably sprawled on the balcony of his rented apartment, quietly enjoying the cold night breeze brushing against him and the occasional snowflake drifting down through the air.
“It’s time to get some rest.”
Andrew He murmured to himself and had just gotten up to head back inside.
Then he suddenly noticed a pair of small feet wearing black cotton socks sticking out above his balcony, flailing around as though desperately searching for somewhere to step.
Andrew He simply stood there and watched.
He seemed to have no intention whatsoever of going up to catch her.
Time passed little by little.
Finally.
With a scream from the owner of those little feet in black cotton socks, she plummeted straight toward the ground below!
If nothing unexpected happened
The owner of those little black-socked feet was probably about to die.
“What a hassle.”
Andrew He sighed helplessly before giving the red scarf around his neck a gentle tug.
“Levitation Cloak.”
In the next instant, the red scarf seemed to come alive.
It suddenly expanded before Andrew He, then shot out from the balcony at incredible speed.
A few seconds later, it successfully grabbed the owner of those little feet in black cotton socks and hauled her back up.
[Congratulations—you have correctly used the power of Dark Doctor Strange once.
Template Progress increased by 0.001%.]
[Please continue working hard and strive to obtain the complete power of Dark Doctor Strange.]
[More templates are standing by]
Andrew He ignored the cold notification ringing in his ears.
Instead, he took the girl from the Levitation Cloak and carried her down.
He gently placed her on the ground.
The girl seemed to have fainted from sheer fright.
“Rikka probably won’t ever play this kind of dangerous extreme sport again for the rest of her life.”
As Andrew He spoke, he reached out and grabbed the Levitation Cloak floating in midair.
The next moment, it once again transformed into an ordinary, completely unremarkable red scarf and quietly settled around Andrew He’s neck.
[Congratulations—you have correctly used the power of Dark Doctor Strange once.
Template Progress increased by 0.001%.]
[Please continue working hard and strive to obtain the complete power of Dark Doctor Strange.]
[More templates are standing by]
Andrew He: “”
“Seriously, can’t you just mute these notifications for once?”
Andrew He sighed helplessly.
Then he casually swiped his right hand through the air.
A blue data panel immediately appeared before him.
[Name: Andrew He]
[Current Template: Dark Doctor Strange]
[Template Progress: 0.1993]
[Currently Unlocked Abilities—]
[Levitation Cloak: The signature equipment of Dark Doctor Strange.
It seems that it has not been completely corrupted by darkness yet, but it is absolutely loyal and possesses insanely powerful defensive capabilities.]
[Endless Devouring: A forbidden technique acquired by Dark Doctor Strange in his attempt to break through the Absolute Timeline.
It can endlessly devour living beings, obtaining their traits, abilities, and power.]
[Innate Talent—]
[Infinite Adaptation: Andrew He’s innate ability.
He can infinitely adapt to any template.]
[Tip: Based on the characteristics of the current Doctor Strange template, devouring powerful lifeforms can rapidly increase template progress.]
That’s right.
Andrew He was actually a transmigrator.
About five years ago, he had transmigrated into a crossover slice-of-life world like this.
As for the girl he had just saved, she was Takanashi Rikka, the heroine of the anime Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!.
And as for the ability he had just used
Naturally, it came from the [Template] created by this bizarre system.
According to the system’s detailed records, a ridiculously powerful multiversal-level powerhouse template like Dark Doctor Strange was only the beginning.
There seemed to be even more absurdly powerful ones waiting afterward.
For example, the Thanos, All-Death version; the Rune King Thor template; the God-Killer Iron Man template; the Immortal Hulk; and a whole series of other ridiculously overpowered characters.
But
But!
This was clearly supposed to be an ordinary crossover slice-of-life world.
The person sitting right in front of him was even the famously “always absolutely correct” Yukinoshita, with Saintess Megumi Kato behind her, and his homeroom teacher was Shizuka Hiratsuka!
His younger sisters were Sora and Sagiri, the perfect little sisters who lived in the dreams of countless otaku!
The school’s name was even Sobu High School!
This was obviously the beginning of a slice-of-life romance straight out of a light novel, with every possible buff stacked to the limit.
And yet you gave him all this?!
He was seriously afraid that one day, if he wasn’t careful, he would accidentally destroy the entire world!
“Whew”
Andrew He rubbed the bridge of his nose, gradually calming down his somewhat agitated emotions.
In any case, if he could avoid using his powers, he would.
After all, living a peaceful school life and, if he was lucky, finding a beautiful two-dimensional girl to have a sweet romance with
Now that would be the good life~
Wasn’t being a lazy slacker great?
“Forget it.”
“Once Rikka wakes up, I’ll send her home.
Otherwise, Toka will probably be worried.”
Andrew He had met both Takanashi Rikka and Toka Takanashi before.
And since they were neighbors, he had even taken his two younger sisters over to Toka’s house to mooch meals more than once.
So, naturally, he had to take good care of someone else’s little sister.
Mm
That part just now was only a little joke~
However.
Just as Andrew He got up and prepared to carry Takanashi Rikka over to the sofa, a cold electronic voice suddenly rang out in his mind.
[The Myriad Realms Chat Group has sent you an invitation—]
[Welcome to the group—]
“Seriously, I already told you to stop for a second!”
“I clearly didn’t even use any pow—”
“Wait?”
“What the hell?
A Myriad Realms Chat Group?”
The corner of Andrew He’s eye twitched.
At this moment.
He suddenly had a feeling that his ordinary daily life and his sweet romance with a beautiful girl
Were about to become a thing of the past~