The Glow Up System
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Last published Sun, Jun 29, 2025
Ethan, an ordinary high school student, harbored a secret crush on his childhood best friend. Mustering all his courage, he decided to confess, hoping for a fairy-tale ending. Instead, his world came crashing down. In front of their entire school, his confession was met with harsh laughter and a brutal rejection: "You're too ugly and fat for me." Humiliated and heartbroken, Ethan fled, the echoes of ridicule ringing in his ears.
But just as despair threatened to consume him, a mysterious holographic screen flickered into existence before his eyes: "First Quest Completed! Confess and Get rejected! System Requirements completed, system acquired!" The screen announced the arrival of "The Glow Up System," rewarding him with an SSS-Rank Talent in Piano. His next major quest was vague: "Wait until summer for further information." More immediate, however, was the activation of the Daily Quest System, promising random rewards-money, talent, or assets-for completing demanding physical tasks: "100 Push-ups, 10Km jog, 100 Sit-ups, 100 Pull-ups!"
Convinced he was hallucinating from the shock, Ethan rushed home, only to discover his mother saw nothing. The system, it turned out, was visible only to him.
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