Chapter 1: Fu Hua? No, Senti Bao Is Mine, Fu Ming's!
March 24, 2014, Nagazora City. Fu Ming stared at his reflection in the mirror: long gray hair reaching his waist, clear and bright blue eyes. He looked identical to Fu Hua from Honkai Impact 3rd, with the sole difference being that this Fu Hua was male.
"I've transmigrated into a male version of Fu Hua?"
"Not invincible, but I can definitely walk sideways in the Honkai world! If only I had the Feather of the Void..."
Having inherited Fu Hua's peak power and combat skills, Fu Ming felt the surging strength within him and started getting a bit carried away.
"I wonder what timeline this is right now." He pulled out his phone and opened a news app, scrolling through recent headlines.
Shocking: A Certain Eastern Security Official Assassinated—We Pause Work in Mourning.
ME Corp President Raiden Ryoma Arrested for $3.4 Billion Economic Fraud, Removed from Position.
Seeing the top trending story, Fu Ming instinctively hit "like."
"Four days until the Third Honkai Eruption. I wonder if I can prevent it from happening." Fu Ming stretched, lay back on the bed, and pondered for a moment.
"Whatever. Nothing's going to happen to me anyway. Why overthink it?"
[The Omnipotent Item System has detected the host. Initiating binding.]
[Ding~ Special aura detected in the host's vicinity. Attempting capture.]
[Captured one Herrscher of Sentience who ran away from home after getting furious at her "dear mom" for scamming her.]
Fu Ming stared at the high-tech screen floating in front of him and slowly typed out: ?
Systems these days don't even have voice anymore? Just text?
[Please don't question this system. This system is just too lazy to talk ≡w≡]
Fu Ming: ...
"Old antique, why did you call me back? Are you finally going to apologize and ask me to forgive you?"
"Hmm~ If you say something nice, it might not be impossible."
Fu Ming heard the tsundere voice in his mind and felt a massive shock. He was already overpowered enough—now a system too? This was insane—he was on cloud nine!!!
What a good kid Senti Bao is—just needs an apology to forgive. Too bad her real mom couldn't do it~
"Ahem, uh... I'm not the old antique you know. Even though I look exactly like her, I'm a guy. You can call me Fu Ming."
"...? Where is this place? Whatever. Since you look just like the old antique, I've decided to stick with you for now." The Herrscher of Sentience put her hands on her hips, looking like she was bestowing a great honor by following him.
"This is Nagazora City before the Third Honkai has even started. Sure, no problem. I'll definitely raise you nice and plump—absolutely no scamming you."
"What do you mean 'scamming me'? Explain yourself clearly."
"Because something told me: a Herrscher of Sentience who ran away from home after getting angry at her dear mom for scamming her."
Hearing Fu Ming's words, the Herrscher of Sentience followed his gaze to the system screen's text log and immediately fumed.
"Why did this system thing capture me? And what do you mean 'scammed by dear mom and ran away' (＃`o′)?"
"You can see this screen?" Fu Ming pointed at the floating panel in confusion.
"Of course I can! And I'm going to smash this screen—what do you mean 'scammed by dear mom'?"
[Because the Herrscher of Sentience is now bound to the host and counts as part of the host, she can see this system.]
"So that means the Herrscher of Sentience is stuck with me now?"
[You could say that.]
"If I remember right, at this point Fu Hua is still class president at St. Freya Academy."
"After that, when Fu Hua gets headshot by Otto, won't another Herrscher of Sentience appear?" Fu Ming pointed at the voice in his head and asked the system.
Hearing the question, the Herrscher of Sentience quieted down. She didn't want another version of herself taking over Fu Hua—no matter how wronged she felt, she didn't want to be abandoned by her "mom" again.
[No, because the Herrscher of Sentience has been born ahead of schedule. You can feel the Herrscher core inside your body.]
After the system's explanation, Fu Ming couldn't help but imagine saying right in front of Fu Hua: "Your Senti Bao isn't yours anymore—from now on, she's mine, Fu Ming's!"
At first, Senti Bao breathed a sigh of relief at the answer, but hearing Fu Ming's inner thought made her explode. "Hey! Hey! I'm not yours!"
[This system is going to binge-watch dramas now. Don't contact unless necessary. This Doraemon-style infinite bag has been upgraded by me—you can draw three items per week.]
[What you get is all up to luck: from conceptual-level props down to scrap metal. So host, good luck. Bye~]
(Note: In this story, the system is just for show—the real cheat is the infinite bag.)
Fu Ming: ?
Senti Bao: ?
Fu Ming looked at the white pouch in his hand. His luck had always been terrible, and now that he'd inherited everything from Fu Hua, what if the bad luck carried over too? He hesitated on what to do.
While he was deep in painful internal debate, a small hand suddenly reached into the bag.
"Let me see what fun thing I can pull out~" Watching the Herrscher of Sentience eagerly digging into the infinite bag, Fu Ming was a bit surprised.
"How did you come out?"
"You were just spacing out and not pulling anything, so I had to come out and do it myself. I trust my own luck quite a bit." Fu Ming pinched the Herrscher's cheeks, then rubbed them, his face shifting from disbelief to a creepy otaku grin.
"She actually has a physical body... Hehe~ My Senti Bao~"
"What are you... doing? Let... go... of... me." Seeing Fu Ming's face (which looked just like Fu Hua's) making that pervert smile, Senti Bao felt extremely weirded out.
At that moment, golden light burst from the bag. Senti Bao pulled out the item: two ordinary-looking black half-masks. She looked utterly depressed.
"Why are they just two masks? What do they even do?" Fu Ming stopped playing with Senti Bao's face and looked at the masks in her hands, checking their info.
Reading the system screen's description, Fu Ming's expression turned strange. He didn't know how to even start explaining. "These two masks are actually pretty powerful... It's just that their names are a bit weird."