Narrator's POV
"Fuck, I want the next chapter!!!" shouted a young man looking at his smartphone.
This man, who appears to be 22 years old, is named Andreas Thomson. A medical student who is a huge fan of manga and manhwa.
"I really want to see if Shintaro will succeed or not. Grrr." He clenches his fist in frustration, cursing the cliffhanger he just experienced.
[Did you like this chapter? And would you like to live in the PTJ verse?] A notification from the illegal platform that Andreas used to read the chapter in advance suddenly appeared in front of him.
"This hacker again... sigh." He tried to close the notification that appeared on his screen, but accidentally clicked on it.
"Shit, the new page won't close." The web browser didn't want to close nor close the new page that had appeared.
[If you really like PTJ and the fighting manhwa universe, then please participate in our experiment.]
"What is this nonsense? I'm just going to take my phone to the cops." As Andreas began to want to go to the police to report a hack, he noticed that he could no longer move except for his fingers.
"What the hell is this?!" Andreas started to panic a little.
[Please participate, since you've shown interest in the PTJ verse.]
Although frustrated and slightly scared by his current situation, Andreas regained his composure after about ten minutes.
"Okay, I'll participate in your experiment." After expressing his cooperation, the webpage updated and displayed a list of names and another option called OC.
[Please choose the person you wish to become, but you should know that this is your only advantage before the experiment begins.]
Andreas silently read the information displayed on his screen and calmly nodded after understanding the content.
"Gun Park or Johan are logically the best option, but I don't want to be poor and sick or go through a shitty childhood." The option that really made him want to click was undoubtedly Yuseong.
"Can I have more information about the OC option?" It was the option that intrigued him the most.
There's sometimes a difference between an OC and a Mob in the fictional stories he had read in the past.
[No problem. If you take this option, then you'll undergo a complete reincarnation as a negative point, but you can choose your origins or background.]
Andreas's eyes opened slightly in amazement. This option is clearly better than Yuseong or even Gun Park himself.
"Okay, I choose the OC option." He didn't hesitate any further.
[Please describe your background with the required character limit.]
Andreas wrote his background with a wide smile. He already knew which people could provide him with the best possible genetics.
[Are you sure you want to be the "older half-brother of Gukja Yang with the best overall talent of his generation"?]
"Yes, I want it." Andreas really has a short character limit. He only insisted on emphasizing two things.
Being the older half-brother of Gukja Yang and being a genius of his generation. He knew that would place him as a Yamazaki and a member of generation 1 or 1.5.
"I should have a natural talent superior to Gun or Jame Lee." He insisted on being the older half-brother of Gukja Yang to avoid the useless genes of his father.
It must be said that Gukja was very lucky to have inherited his mother's blood. His father wasn't really very beneficial in this particular area.
[Now that you have finalized the preparations to start the experiment, I wish you good luck.]
The screen exploded with abnormal violence, and Andreas perished in the supernatural explosion.
...
"You... you can do better than that, right?" said a middle-aged man in a teasing tone, but you could see he was breathing irregularly.
"Haha, old man, I'm not done yet!" shouted a young man in taekwondo gear, launching a spinning kick, which was blocked by the man.
They continued to exchange blows under the admiring gaze of a child outside the dojang.
Bam
"I... I think I went a bit too hard."
"A bit? Who's going to pay for the repairs?" After extracting himself from the collapsed wall, the young man looked at the state of their environment in horror.
"Sorry Shinra, but private training sessions with you are really starting to cost the dojang a lot." said the man with a bitter smile as he looked around.
"Okay, okay, I got the message, I'll pay more for this month. sigh" After the teenager's words, Hansu nodded happily.
"Big brother, you were amazing!" As Shinra was thinking about his expenses, young Taehoon's voice resonated at the door.
"Haha, you'll be able to do the same as me if you work hard, but don't dream of catching up to me." Shinra couldn't help but brag a little in front of his mini fan.
"Oh, I have to go home or I'll be in trouble. See you tomorrow!" After seeing the time, Shinra hastily left Hansu's dojang.
'It seems like I won't have anything more to learn from this old man soon.' It was both good news and bad.
Since his reincarnation in the universe of Lookism and fighting-type manhwas, Shinra has been exercising his body since his youngest age, trusting his genetics, and so far it seems he was right.
He has always been the strongest among his peers in this life, and because of the way he formulated his request, he has had enormous talent in many things.
He even obtained the ability to copy because of it.
"You piece of trash, you spilled your coffee on me and you think your apologies will fix everything?" A teenager was hitting a boy on the ground.
Normally, this is a scene that wouldn't have interested Shinra. He has never been the heroic type or one to save random individuals, but things are slightly different here.
Shinra seems to recognize the individual currently on the ground. He's sure he has seen him somewhere before.
As Shinra knows he's in a universe where fights are frequent, he felt he might miss something interesting if he didn't intervene.
"Hey man, do you need help?" Shinra approached the boy on the ground in a casual tone.
"You there, this doesn't concern you!" The teenager who was savagely beating the other boy turned to Shinra with a threatening look.
He had blond hair and an extremely aggressive expression.
'That's funny, he reminds me of Bakugo from MHA,' thought Shinra as he observed the enraged teenager.
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"You're assaulting someone in an alley after school hours and you're telling me it's none of my business?" Shinra looked at the high schooler as if he were an idiot.
This act angered the teenager, who rushed at Shinra.
'A boxer, huh, and a rather good one, but he ran into the wrong opponent.' Shinra dodged his attacks with minimal movement before throwing him off balance with a low kick and finishing him with an uppercut to the chin.
'Too easy and too weak.' He couldn't help but sigh in boredom.
He had held back so much that it annoyed him a bit, but he had no choice, otherwise he would have sent this idiot to the hospital.
"Are you okay?" He turned to the teenager on the ground, who was looking at him as if he were an alien.
"Yes... yes, but you... haven't really solved the situation." The person Shinra saved speaks in a low and timid voice.
"What do you mean I haven't solved the situation?" Shinra looked at the teenager's confused face before nodding in realization.
"*clapping sounds*, you're afraid he'll get revenge." After these words, his interlocutor's face clearly showed signs of panic.
"You can just do like everyone else and report your harassment to the police or, at worst, become stronger." Shinra just shrugged and continued on his way.
He was no longer interested in this coward in front of him and he didn't really care if he was a manhwa protagonist or something like that.
"Wait, who are you?" Shinra stopped his steps. He deliberated whether he should give his identity or not.
After a short moment of reflection, he eventually thought that it wouldn't hurt to keep in touch.
"I'm Shinra Yang, and you?" He just asked for the name out of curiosity and politeness.
"Joonwoo Choi." The word that came to Shinra's mind after hearing his name was "shit."
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Author's note: yes, he is the little brother (half-brother) of Kitae Kim.