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  Huh?

  Opening my eyes, I saw nothing but darkness and the blue textbox before me.

  Despite the textbox in front of me that I hadn't yet seen before, I couldn't help but be more interested in knowing where I was.

  It was slightly damp, but not so much so. The walls and floor felt squishy and stretchy, almost like I was wrapped up in stretchy rubber.

  I could hear sounds outside the elastic material encasing me. It was the whistle of wind and… Flapping wings?!

  "No way," I whispered.

  I couldn't be sure yet, but I figured that I might've been swallowed by a massive bird-type creature. If I wasn't dead already, then maybe I was stored in its gullet.

  "What do I do?"

  Well, there wasn't much I could do other than wait.

  Lightly sighing, I whispered, "Why not?"

  Begin.

  Open quest log?!

  Woah, that's a big ass number.

  That crazy low number was my placement in the entire world? But how is that even measured?

  Great. The first time the system actually answered me directly and it was a total condescending douche.

  "Okay, then smart-ass system. What's the gist of it, then?"

  "Damn, I'm really that weak? Don't I feel special."

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  How many ranks were there, anyway?

  "Six-hundred million people have already died. That's awful."

  Open Tutorial.

  "Alright, pretty standard stuff."

  Open store.

  "I should've expected something like this."

  The tutorial menu closed leaving me in pitch-black darkness.

  "Wait! No, I wasn't finished!

  That asshole system could've at least told me how to buy and sell things.

  "Neat."

  Though a bit surprised, I was nonetheless thankful that I could still ask system questions, but I was a bit upset that I only unlocked the ability to do so now. I still had many more questions, like what my class was and how good it was.

  "Woah. Slow the hell down. What is class power, and what's a class tier?"

  "So, I got a shitty F-Class. Great."

  I sat in silent contemplation.

  "Wait, no! When my class is upgraded, it will go up. So, then all classes must start at F-Class, right?"

  At reading this, I became completely overwhelmed with disappointment. I knew my class was terrible, but I didn't think it would be this bad.

  I'm not the main character in this world, am I? I already knew that, but I still held onto this feeling that all this was happening for my sake. Though now, if it were, it'd seem a little pointless. Unless if it really was a be careful what you wish for sort-of thing.

  "How crappy is F-Class anyway?"

  "I'm fucked."