Chapter 1

"NO! Don't die! Azusa, I promised to be your bride when we grow up, don't leave me!"

With a heart-wrenching cry, Yeziyun's consciousness slowly returned.

Listening to the words, it seemed like a wife was calling out to her husband. But why did the voice sound like a boy's, and it was in Japanese...

[Ding! Due to the detection of a life-threatening condition, the auxiliary system has begun to restore the host's body. The system has forcibly awakened the host's consciousness, the virtual personality has been disconnected, and the system is automatically absorbing memories.]

A cold, emotionless electronic voice sounded in Yeziyun's mind, followed by a flood of memories.

As a shut-in, Yeziyun was already prepared for this. The prompt indicated that he had indeed transmigrated, and with a system at that. According to the textbooks of web novels, the infusion of memories was always painful! But Yeziyun waited and waited, and the expected pain never came. Instead, his mind was filled with new memories.

Huh? Where's the splitting headache? Where's the pain? This script is all wrong!

Just as Yeziyun was about to mutter, "I laugh and tell you, everything in novels is a lie," something in the new memories almost scared him to death!

Yeziyun discovered that his current name was Misaki Azusa, and he was 9 years old, almost 10...

While this name was a common one for both boys and girls in a Japanese setting, combined with the earlier words... the information seemed overwhelming...

It turned out that the person earlier was his own wife... Wait! Wasn't that a guy? Damn! So those words were really directed at me? Oh no, did I transmigrate into some yaoi god's imagination?!

Yeziyun suddenly felt a wave of discomfort, and as the memories activated, he finally recalled some things, like why he transmigrated...

Yeziyun, a 26-year-old shut-in living in a residential area of S City, G Province, China, had been deeply influenced by shut-in culture. He enjoyed all kinds of games, from big-budget productions to small web games. As long as they were available online, he had played them.

One day in 2014, while playing a forum plugin game, Yeziyun received an in-site email. Since the fishing game was on autopilot, he casually opened the email.

The content was an electronic invitation to the "World Fishing Game Championship." Thinking it was a forum competition, Yeziyun filled out the application form. And that was it...

[Ding! Virtual personality memory absorption complete. Competition procedures and starter package have been issued. Please check.]

With this prompt, Yeziyun finally pieced together all the memories.

The virtual personality was a feature designed to assist participants. The "World" in the World Fishing Game Championship didn't mean participants came from all over the world, but that they entered different worlds to compete. These worlds were randomly selected from the imaginary worlds on Earth. Participants entered these worlds to fish, and some objectives only appeared with the main storyline.

Participants were randomly placed in the world before the main storyline began. To facilitate participation, the system had a virtual personality feature. After all, if one transmigrated as a baby or an elderly person, how could they participate? This feature ensured participants could prepare for the competition.

After transmigrating, Yeziyun's body was that of a baby, so he had to activate the virtual personality feature, putting his consciousness into a hibernation-like state. However, he never expected to be forcibly awakened in this situation!

In the Pokémon world, in the Johto region's Violet City, Yeziyun was now a member of the Phoenix Guardian clan. As the younger brother of the future Violet City Gym Leader, Shigeru, he was already engaged to his older brother at a very young age...

The developer of this virtual personality... must have been a yaoi enthusiast for years! I bought a watch last year! It's super durable!

What Yeziyun didn't know was that this virtual personality feature had already trapped countless participants, some even waking up while doing intimate things with their virtual personality best friends...

Fortunately, he was only at the verbal agreement stage. This forced awakening was a blessing in disguise!

Relieved, Yeziyun remembered his current situation. He was in a life-threatening condition!

[Ding! Host's injuries have been repaired. The system recommends the host to handle the current situation as soon as possible.]

With the electronic voice, Yeziyun opened his eyes. He saw a 10-year-old blonde boy. The crying face belonged to his 11-year-old brother, the future Violet City Gym Leader, Misaki Shigeru. The Violet City Gym was a Ghost-type gym in the Johto region, and Shigeru's handsome appearance after the game remake was highly praised by players.

"You're asking for it!"

Pulling Shigeru behind him, Yeziyun surveyed the group of people around him, their bodies glowing with various colors.

On the evening of Bell Tower Path, the sound of wind chimes could be heard, coming from the chimes hanging under the eaves of the lower floors of the Bell Tower.

"Ah, still too young..."

A sigh came from a small house deep in the maple forest.

Bathed in the moonlight through the small window, Yeziyun understood his situation. As a member of the Phoenix Guardian clan, the closest to the legendary bird, he knew they had special abilities. His own abilities were still weak, lacking control and combat experience. He had been knocked out from behind.

Yeziyun remembered the scene before he fainted—Shigeru's mouth being covered, and a figure emerging from his shadow, holding a wooden stick...

Yeziyun's birth caused a great stir within the clan. In the present, special abilities were acquired through training, and being born with them was a thing of urban legend. When the clan discovered his abilities, they categorized the infant Yeziyun as a monster. If he had activated the virtual personality feature a few hours later, he would have heard their discussions and wouldn't be puzzled about why he was attacked.

Yeziyun's ability was spatial control, a talent at the level of a law, granted by the system during the soul binding. All participants in the championship had the same ability, but the usage varied. As a baby, Yeziyun couldn't control his ability well. His body was immune to spatial damage for future transmigrations, but the surroundings weren't so lucky. Any spatial fluctuations from Yeziyun would cause objects around him to be crushed or sliced. This is how the clan discovered the problem.

Despite being a direct descendant, Yeziyun couldn't be killed, only isolated. So, during the virtual personality phase, he lived in a small house deep in the maple forest on Bell Tower Path. The house was made of special materials, similar to the inside of a Poké Ball, making all his attempts at teleportation fail.

Pokémon could escape from Poké Balls because of the "lock" button. Since the ball was divided into two halves, it couldn't be completely sealed, and the button could change the ball's size.

Yeziyun's house was a masterpiece comparable to a Master Ball, with no exits except the door, which was filled with alarms. After reflecting on his "elopement" with Shigeru, Yeziyun understood the problem.

The house was well-built, small but complete. The window was excellent, allowing him to reach out and shake hands with others, though only Shigeru had ever visited.

There were two ways to leave the house: one, the simplest and most violent—breaking the door. He had tried this before, but it didn't work. The second method was to create an opening from the outside, like a Poké Ball. The material was strong internally but weak externally. If a Pokémon used the "Dissolve" move, the house's exterior would become defenseless, allowing any size of opening.

Unfortunately, where could he find a Pokémon to break the wall from the outside? And uncaught Pokémon wouldn't listen to him...

With no immediate solution, Yeziyun decided to review the competition procedures. As his consciousness delved into his mind, a 10x10 grid space appeared. This was a standard feature for participants, automatically granting the ability "spatial control" and a 10x10 storage space. Each grid was infinitely large but could only hold one type of item, and only system-produced items could be stored.

Currently, only the first two grids were occupied. The first grid held a golden scroll titled "World Fishing Game Championship Procedures." With a thought, the scroll appeared in his hands, and Yeziyun quickly read it.

In summary, the competition had two main parts: the preliminary and the final rounds.

The preliminary round was to eliminate some participants. All participants would randomly experience three worlds, moving to the next only after completing the current one. The method of completion was fishing, as it was a fishing game championship.

The system had an achievement tracking feature. Upon entering a world, the system would generate various achievements, with 9 being mandatory. Completing 90% of the achievements and all 9 mandatory ones would allow the participant to move to the next world and make a wish before leaving, as long as it didn't affect the fairness of the final round.

The time spent in each world didn't affect the final round, so spending centuries in a world was fine.

There were two ways to be eliminated: one, the participant wished to stay in a world, which was considered a voluntary withdrawal, and they would remain in that world. The second was death, but the system ensured the participants' safety, so death was only by suicide.

Participants who completed the preliminary rounds in three worlds would have a chance to return to their original world for a week. During this time, they could apply to withdraw. Those who withdrew would have their system unbound and their memories erased.

If they didn't withdraw within a week, they would enter the final round.

The final round's details were not specified, only that all participants would compete in the same world.

Finally, there was a PS: the virtual personality feature was written by a girl in the organizing committee, and participants were advised to use it cautiously...

After reading the scroll, it turned into a golden light and entered Yeziyun's head. This item also served as a competition pass and would be reclaimed upon withdrawal.

After reading the procedures, Yeziyun felt helpless and decided never to use the virtual personality feature again. What was this? After-the-fact advice! Are you kidding me? Such important information only now?

After a few minutes of silence, Yeziyun decided to check the starter package.

With a thought, a pink heart-shaped box tied with a red rope in a turtle shell pattern appeared in his hands...

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