Sun Jing had just come home from school. A long day of classes, group projects she didn't care about, and pretending to be the "serious one" of her friend group had drained her. All she wanted now was a hot bath, some music, and the illusion that she had her life together.
Instead, she died.
She slipped on a rubber duck. A stupid, squeaky, yellow rubber duck. Her foot went out from under her, her arms pinwheeled, and she crashed into the shower curtain rod. The metal rod smacked her across the head with a painful clang, and before she could scream, she fell face-first into the tub.
Unconscious. Submerged. Drowning.
Her final thought was:
'How embarrassing.'
When her eyes opened again, she was no longer in her cramped bathroom. She was lying in a luxurious bed with clean white sheets and a soft pillow that smelled faintly of lavender. The room around her looked like something from a catalog—bookshelves, a polished desk, unpacked boxes littered around the room and a wide window letting in the afternoon sun.
Then it appeared.
A blue screen, floating in the air.
[Welcome, Host! Congratulations, you have been Isekai'd into the anime Highschool DxD and chosen to inherit a System!]
"W-what?" Sun Jing croaked, sitting up so fast she nearly headbutted the holographic text.
Her brain processed the words slowly. Isekai'd… anime… Highschool DxD… She'd heard of it before. Some pervy series that guys talked about in class. She'd never watched it. Never wanted to. And now she was in it?
[You are currently in your new body's home. You live here with your human adoptive Uncle, a wealthy man who owns a successful video game company.]
"…That's… random."
[Displaying current status.]
Another window popped up, filling her vision.
[Status – Sun Jing]
Race: Fairy/Demon/Human Hybrid
Level: 1
HP: 120/120
Mana: 300/300
Strength: 5
Agility: 5
Endurance: 5
Magic Power: 25
Luck: 5
Charisma: 14
Special Trait: Hazy Moon (Innate)
Sun Jing blinked. "This… this looks like a video game menu. What is this, an RPG sheet?"
[Your abilities are drawn from "Anime Packages." Starter Packages unlocked: Four Knights of Apocalypse and Seven Deadly Sins. Additional packages will unlock later.]
"Wait, wait, wait—you're saying I can get powers from anime? That's… actually kind of cool." Her stoic expression didn't change, but inside her mind she was screaming.
'Okay. Okay. Don't panic. Just roll with it. You drowned in your bathtub, now you're in an anime. This is fine.'
[Opening Four Knights of Apocalypse Package…]
[Unlocked Abilities – Four Knights of Apocalypse]
Hazy Moon (Innate Magic Power): One of a kind, destructive energy that disintegrates targets. No conventional weapon can withstand it. Cannot be copied.
Heart Reading: Allows the user to read thoughts, emotions, and memories of nearby individuals. Cannot be copied.
Photographic Reflexes: By reading an adversary's mind or an ally's memories, the user can perfectly replicate combat styles. Cannot be copied.
Her stomach dropped. "W-whoa… that's… actually really broken."
The system chimed again.
[Notice: To unlock free skills from the Seven Deadly Sins Package, complete the following quests:
1. Attend your first day at Kuoh Academy.
2. Befriend Issei Hyoudou.
3. Get the attention of Rias Gremory.]
Sun Jing stared, her face twitched slightly.
"…Seriously? All in ONE DAY?!" She clutched her blond hair in both hands. "I don't even know who these characters are!!"
"And if all the anime starter packages...they're giving the 7 Deadly cases— I mean! 7 Deadly sins... It better be good too."
Sun Jing rubbed her temples, still dazed from the blue screens floating around her vision.
"Hey, uh… when does the main story even start?" she asked.
[The main scenario begins on Monday. It is currently Friday. You and your guardian relocated to Kuoh Town just yesterday.]
"So… I have three whole days to get my life together, right? If I just finish… whatever this is, do I get to go home?" Sun Jing asked hopefully, clinging to the one shred of sanity she had left.
There was a long, uncomfortable silence. Then the screen blinked again.
[No.]
"H-HUH?! SO I'M STUCK HERE?!?!" she shouted, flailing her arms and nearly tumbling out of the bed.
She groaned, throwing the covers off—only to freeze as a strange weight shifted between her legs. Her eyes widened.
Her trembling hand slowly tugged at the waistband of her pajama pants.
"…Please be a banana I accidentally brought from the other world. Please be a banana. Please be a banana—"
She peeked. It was not a banana.
Her magenta-red eyes widened in horror.
"…W-WAIT. W-WAIT WAIT WAIT. SYSTEM—WHY IS THERE A—WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!" she screamed, falling backwards onto the bed, flailing like she had just been cursed. "System!! SYSTEM!!! EXPLAIN THIS RIGHT NOW!!"
[Congratulations, Host! Upon reincarnation, your body has been reconstructed as a Hybrid template. Certain… features were included as part of your new compatibility with demonic and fairy bloodlines.]
Sun Jing's entire face turned red.
"You—you—you gave me a—! A—a thing! Between my legs!!" she squeaked, burying her face into a pillow. "This is harassment!! This is a scam system!!"
[Correction: This is a gift.]
"Gift my ass!!"
There was a polite knock at the door.
"Sun Jing? You okay, kiddo?" The voice was male.
Sun Jing froze like a deer in headlights. "…U-uh! I'm fine! Totally fine! Just… playing a game!"
'Yup! This is all just a game! Or a very bad dream! That's it!' she thought, forcing a nervous laugh.
"Alright," the man replied, sounding unconvinced but not pressing. "I'm heading out to work. Don't forget to finish unpacking your things."
The sound of footsteps faded down the hallway until the front door closed.
Sun Jing let out a long, shaky sigh of relief. "That was… close. If he caught me yelling at a blue screen, I'd look insane…"
Before she could relax, the system chimed again:
[Alert: In order to synchronize with this body, the Host must now receive the integrated memory download of Sun Jing's life up to this point.]
Her magenta eyes went wide. "Memories? Wait, what—"
She didn't even finish the sentence before her whole body went rigid. It was like an invisible hammer slammed into the back of her skull.
She fell back on the bed unconscious.