Rain slicked the alley's cracked pavement as seventeen-year-old Hiroshi adjusted his fogged glasses, his trembling hand clutching a convenience store bag. The sharp laughter of men echoed ahead – three silhouettes cornering a woman in a torn blouse. His throat tightened, textbooks on quantum physics suddenly feeling absurd in his satchel.
"P-please stop!" The girl's whimper cut through the drumming rain. Hiroshi's sneaker scuffed concrete as memories surfaced – his sister's hollow eyes after *that night*, his own frozen silence a decade ago. The bag fell, onigiri rolling into a puddle.
One thug turned, knife glinting. "Run home, four-eyes."
Hiroshi's legs moved first. He barreled into the leader's ribs, all gangly limbs and panic. Fist met jaw. Pain exploded. The world tilted as his glasses skidded away, blurry shapes converging. A boot cracked ribs. Cold steel pressed his throat.
"Heroes die virgins," sneered a voice.
The girl's scream pierced darkness as warmth bloomed across Hiroshi's neck.
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**Whispers Beyond Mortality**
Cold stone pressed his back. Hiroshi blinked at a starless void where subway ads should be.
"*Interesting.*"
The voice vibrated through his atoms. Twin orbs materialized – one gold, one silver – swirling like colliding galaxies.
"Mortals rarely spark our wager," boomed the gold light. "You, who chose mortal fragility over self-preservation..."
The silver voice hummed. "Shall we test if virtue survives power? A world where your *compassion* becomes strength."
Light seared Hiroshi's eyelids. When he opened them, sakura petals brushed his healed throat. A translucent screen flickered:
**[HAREM SYSTEM INITIALIZED]
[Current Bond Tier: 0]
[Awaiting First Convergence]**
Distant temple bells rang as Hiroshi stared at his unblemished hands. Somewhere, a woman's laughter carried the scent of plum wine.
He felt dizzy for a while. He had some Foreign memory in his head. As the dizziness stop he realised he had transmigrated into a harem world. Here Women can have more man as their mate. Only the strong man can have multiple women. He realised the body he transported to just died as he lost his girlfriend in a bet and had mental breakdown.
He realised he is in a traven now. He got up from his seat and started to go towards his home. He vowed since he got a second chance he will lose his virginity first. He looked at his system panel and decided to head home and made a pact with a girl first.
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