System: Being the Strongest
Episode 1 - Solo Fighter (Revised)

All the stories here are written by the author, so they are not entirely derived from real events. There may not even be any real life.

Episode 1 - Dafa the Loser

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Surabaya, May 12 - 2022.

Very heavy rain soaked the streets to make the streets become muddy. A boy was running towards school in a shirt that had soaked his body.

There were bruises on his face and the thin, dry body was covered with bruises. He ran with a pack of cigarettes with breathless breath.

He headed to the back of the school to pass the school fence by jumping. Because if he passes through the gate, he will certainly be checked and not allowed to enter with security guards.

Five male students dressed as thugs were waiting for Dafa to buy cigarettes. They waited behind the toilet to go unnoticed with the teacher. Even that place became a favorite place of naughty male students.

Soon, a thin man named Dafa came to them with a pack of wet cigarettes.

"Sial .. You underestimate me, yes!" snapped a man named Galang, he was the number one leader in this school.

"Ti—no .. forgive me," said Dafa and lowered his head.

Galang then seized a pack of cigarettes that were in the grasp of Dafa. Feeling upset, he beat up Dafa many times. None of them defended Dafa. They even laugh at him.

Why ... why should I be the victim of bullying!

Dafa is only resigned and there is no resistance from him. He received blows from Galang many times. Despite the pain he continued to experience, he never fought them. He had no desire to take revenge on them.

Dafa is the only lowly student in this school, SMP Mawar Melati. He has been experiencing this for about three years. Now he is in third grade Junior High. No student wants to be friends with him.

Galang finished his blow. He returned to his seat and lit a slightly wet cigarette.

"Hey .. so ashtray," urged Galang.

Dafa raised his hand before Galang. Dafa hands became a cigarette ashtray for all of them. Some even spit in Dafa's hands.

After a few minutes, Galang got up from his seat and looked at Dafa's face.

"Because you brought a wet cigarette. After school, you have to crawl up to the school gates." Then he stood up and left the others.

After Galang went away from them, one of them took water in a dipper and washed Dafa's hands.

"I've reminded you so many times, why do you still want to be asked to be with that person?"

The man was named Juan, ever since Dafa was bullied by children. He felt pity and could not bear to see Dafa being treated like a slave with Galang.

And so do the other three. They only pretended to laugh when Galang beat up Dafa. They did so so that Galang would not beat them up either.

Their names are Randi, Tio and Ramdani. They also do not like to see Galang beating Dafa. Dafa is also a generation with them. But he was instead humiliated in front of his underclassmen.

Dafa just smiled then stood up and left them all behind. Not a single word came out of Dafa's mouth, as if he was exhausted and wanted to go home soon.

...~...

The school bell just rang. He felt lazy to move his body. But Galang's view was heading towards him. Inevitably Dafa did just that, crawling home from the front of the classroom to the school gate.

Before that, Galang put Dafa in a dog collar around his neck. A rope is attached to the necklace. Dafa was told to crawl and Galang led the way.

The view of all students and students towards Dafa. Even the female students who saw her could only close their eyes and turn their eyes away. The male students laughed at Dafa.

A female teacher who saw it rebuked Galang. "What are you doing with this kid?" He then removed the necklace attached to Dafa's neck.

Galang brushed off the hands of the teacher who was about to remove the necklace on Dafa's neck.

"Don't mess with my pet! If you still want to be a teacher here, listen to what I say!" exclaiming Galang, he pulled the rope he held to make Dafa suffocate.

"Erghhh .. uhuk." Dafa could not breathe and felt pain in his neck.

Because he wants to go home soon. Inevitably he stood up from his skeleton and immediately threw a punch right in the stomach of Galang.

Galang felt the blow, but he did not feel pain and instead laughed with amusement.

"Kekeke .. Your punches mean nothing to a karate like me. Let alone me, that child." Galang pointed at the first grade of Junior High, "they will not feel pain either," continued Galang.

Galang looked back at Dafa's face with the eyes of a buffalo who would plough the prey.

" Kamehameha.., " Galang said, he then hit Dafa's stomach and hit the heart.

Dafa slammed on the floor of the school corridor. The pain that Galang gave was still felt. The female teacher who had been with them since earlier instantly stopped their fight. Her name was Dewi Saputri.

Is this what death feels like? I just want to live quietly. If I die here, what's the fate of my mother in the hospital. I just wanted to go home and work to raise money for my mother's medical expenses while in the hospital.

Dafa's vision slowly began to blur until Dafa finally breathed his last. Juan who saw their fight from a distance immediately came to Dafa. When he got there, he saw that Dafa was lying stiff.

All their views were directed towards Galang. Juan immediately checked on Dafa and there were no signs of life on his body. Heart rate and pulse rate are no longer felt.

Galang glued staring intently at Dafa. Like I can't believe he killed her. Though he had not yet let out a perfect punch when he hit Dafa just now.

Shortly after, there came an ambulance and several police officers to interrogate the school. But Galang was not found guilty because he was still under age. He was only given advice with a policeman and a slight sentence. It was clear that he had killed Dafa with his own hands.

Although only a few eyewitnesses saw Galang kill Dafa very clearly. Police were unable to arrest him, as children under 17 were still under child protection.

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What the hell happened to me? Is this what nature is called after death?

DING!!!

A notification sound was heard in both Dafa eardrums. Though his entire gaze had been dark but there was one blue colored light getting closer towards him.

His gaze was glued when he saw the floating display screen like a hologram. Dafa doesn't know what screen it is and doesn't know where it came from. But clearly there is writing on the display screen.

...[ Are you ready to be the strongest? ]...

...[ Yes/no ]...

Is this just a hallucination while in the realm of death?

Dafa did not think much and pressed the 'Yes' button on the display screen. But suddenly, his entire view was covered with binary codes. Dafa didn't know what to do because he was floating on the surface.

...[ Host has been selected! ]...

...[ Reconnecting! ]...

...[ 0%» 50%» 100% ]...

...[ Congrats! Host has gained Martial System ]...

...[ Congrats! Hosts get 200,000 system coins ]...

...[ Congrats! The host got his first martial arts Taekwondo ]...

DING!!!

...[ The host will be resurrected at the last 1 hour before death. ]...

...[ Yes/no ]...

"What is Martial System? Is this just a phase when you want to go to Heaven?" muttering Dafa, he then pressed the 'Yes' button'.

Instantly a glare light devoured him and he was suddenly in the classroom. He was sitting in a firm position while doing the task that belongs to Galang.

Wasn't this incident I experienced earlier. Why did I come back here? Or this is just a flashback of my memory.

Dafa then threw the taskbook he was doing towards Galang.

"If this is just a flashback, why do you have to do something that suffers." Dafa then stood on the table and jumped from table to table until he came out.

All the students in the class were astonished by Dafa's behavior. Even Galang who saw him throw his taskbook was instantly enraged.

Galang pursued Dafa and then withdrew back into the classroom. He immediately slammed Dafa onto the floor. But quickly, Dafa embraced Galang's body so that he did not feel pain when slammed.

"Jago also turned out," Galang said to Dafa.

Dafa immediately let go of his embrace and immediately moved away from Galang.

"You fighting?" ask Dafa to Galang with a confident face.

"So now there is no call to Heaven, so as not to get tired of waiting for a fight with the child," muttered Dafa somewhat heard.

Suddenly a blue transparent display screen covered the view of Dafa. Because of this, Dafa was hit by Galang. Dafa bounced against the wall and almost broke the window glass.

"Wah .. wah .. I think it's exciting, nih." Dafa immediately stood up and pressed the [Taekwondo] button on the display screen that appeared before Dafa.

At once the head of Dafa felt a terrible pain. To the point that he banged his head on the table many times. After a few minutes, the pain slowly subsided and he felt something change in him.

" Come, continue. " Dafa challenges Galang back and the two of them fight each other to determine who will last the longest.

...### Solo Fighter ###...