Chapter 3: Second Chance

After what felt likes ages, as my mind finally finished processing all the information regarding the history after the era I lived in and the current state of the world, I proceeded to process the information pertaining to my new life.

This new body I’m in, it was born in 2150, on the 6th of September, in the Sanctuary in Australia, which was called Sanctuary Theta.

But it was orphaned as a baby and ended up in an orphanage, which is where I am right now.

It’s a pretty nice facility, well-staffed and even has teachers, they support all the orphans under their care until they turn eighteen.

This body just turned fifteen a few weeks ago, and it hasn’t undergone an Awakening.

Finally, with that, I’d finished processing all the information that had been implanted in my head. I felt a bit dazed as it ended, shaking my head to reorient myself.

Man, that felt really disconcerting. I still feel pretty unsettled, to now have so much information in my head that I previously didn’t.

Yeah, speaking of which, what exactly is the Sinner System, anyway?

I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t intrigued, so sure, lay it on me, Ai.

The display in front of me then changed, a video game-like info screen appearing. Oh, I can scroll through it with my eyes, focusing on the bottom of the screen scrolls down.

The top section of the screen displays my stats, and my Skills are below. My stats are:

HP: 90

MP: 50

Strength: 90

Agility: 100

Vitality: 90

Perception: 100

Power Level: 86,700

Potential: 86,700

Oh, cool, looks like I can shrink the display to only show HP and MP, that’s convenient. But...

Hey, Ai, since I don’t have a frame of reference, I don’t know whether these numbers are particularly high...so, exactly how powerful am I?

I see...well, that’s kinda disappointing. I’m guessing Potential is my upper limit, and since my Power Level is the same value, it’s already maxed out.

Hunters are ranked using J, Q, K and Ace, with J being the lowest ranked and Ace being the highest, though there are a few individuals with power that surpasses other Aces, they’re known as X-Aces, and there are currently only five of them in the world.

So, if my stats make me as powerful as a J-Ranked Hunter, and I’m already at my upper limit, that puts me among the weakest Hunters.

That kinda sucks, but I guess it is pretty cool to have powers at all, so-...

Wha-...?!

Hey, I wasn’t directing my thoughts at you, you didn’t tell me you could hear my personal thoughts too!

Yeah, I noticed!

Could you, you know...not?

Hey, I can clearly tell that you’re trying to change the subject, real subtle.

Fine, whatever, I’ll move past it.

I let out a sigh as I turned my attention back to the screen, scrolling down to my Skills. Alright it’s just like Ai said, I’ve got thirteen Skills divided between seven Classes.

I’ve got one Skill under the Pride Class, and two each under the other six. Wait, the Skills don’t have names, just a description of details like their effects, activation conditions, cooldown time and so on.

Oh, okay, that makes sense. I’ll think up some names for them later.

For now, let’s have a look at the passive status effects that each Class gives me.

Oh, cool, the Pride Class gives me immunity to negative status effects and debuffs, that sounds pretty good.

Next, the Greed Class gives me a ten percent boost to...luck?

Okay, not sure how I could possibly quantify that, but maybe it’ll be more helpful than I expect.

Next, the Gluttony Class gives me immunity to poison and toxins, makes sense. I guess that means poison doesn’t count as a debuff?

Ah, gotcha, guess that makes sense.

Alright, moving on...as for the Lust Class, it gives me a passive boost to my body’s natural healing ability.

Minor injuries like cuts and fractures will fully heal in a few hours, and my stamina recovers faster. It’ll also help me recover from illnesses faster.

Hm...I’m not sure what lust has to do with healing, I don’t really see the connection, but hey, I’m not complaining.

I mean, it’s not exactly a full-on regeneration power or healing factor, but it’s better than nothing.

And considering that I spent the last two years of my previous life stricken with whatever disease I’d contracted, I definitely welcome this effect.

Moving on, the Sloth Class boosts my defense by ten percent, which I’m guessing has to do with the Vitality stat, and the Wrath class boosts my offense by ten percent, which is probably connected to the Strength stat.

And finally, the Envy Class gives me...passive lie detection? Huh, it lets me sense when someone’s lying to me...hey, not bad, that sounds like it could be pretty useful.

Alright, let’s check out my Skills now. Woah, the Pride Skill sounds pretty powerful. And the Greed Skills are pretty handy, especially this one, an Inventory or Item Box-like storage Skill with a hundred slots.

Woah, holy shit, it can even preserve items and make unlimited copies of them?! For real?!

Seriously? Hey, thanks, I really appreciate that!

Though, I should probably hold off on booze and weed until this body is at least eighteen, I don’t want to take any chances with my health after what I went through.

Hm? Hey, wait a sec...I don’t have enough MP to use some of these other Skills. How am I supposed to activate them?!

Huh? Uh, okay...also, you sounded exasperated, didn’t know you could change your tone.

Sarcasm too, huh? Guess you’re more advanced than I thought.

Alright, let’s see here, Gluttony...hm? Oh. Ohhh.

Well, now...these two Skills, this changes everything. Yeah, the Sinner System, these powers, I can make good use of them.

This is it, this is the second chance I wanted. And I’ll be damned if I waste it, I’ll use this System to achieve and fulfill every last one of my wants and desires!

This time, I’ll live the life I want, on my own fucking terms. With these newfound abilities, I’ll make damn sure that this life doesn’t go the same way my previous one did.

And by the end, once I reach my goal, the hell I endured in my previous life will be nothing more than a vague, distant memory...