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Village Chief to King of the Multiverse

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"They called me a madman. A hacker. A pervert. I preferred the term 'Visionary Overlord in Progress.'" In the modern world, Sen Zu was a genius hacker with a cracked sense of humor and no filter. Between breaking into bank systems and flirting with anime girls on his monitor, he dreamed of one thing... Power. Then a truck ended his career... and his life. But death was just the start. Waking up in a ruined village, in a dying world ruled by martial clans, greedy sects, and collapsing kingdoms, Sen Zu receives a gift: [Lord System Activated.] [Congratulations, You Are Now Village Chief.]
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Chapter 1 - Chapter 001: The Crackhead Genius Dies

The city never slept, but Sen Zu hadn't either... for the past three days.

There were four monitors that were illuminated in his dark and cluttered apartment, the neon reflection overlapped his wide exaggerated anime mouse. There was a smell in the air, instant noodles, thermal paste and bad life choices. Sen Zu was barefoot and always wore a bathrobe, pineapple boxers and mismatched slippers, positioned back in his chair with the confidence of a man who owned the world... or who liked to fool people into thinking so.

He slurped the last of his noodles, cracked his neck, and typed one last line of code.

ACCESS GRANTED: ZURICH GLOBAL BANK VAULT NODE.

He grinned.

"Boom. And that breaks three layers of quantum encryption, twelve different firewalls, and a guardian AI. So that I can pay the hospital bill of Mrs. Tanaka and support a shelter where I would keep stray cats in Brazil." He sighed. As a matter of fact, I am the modern Robin Hood. hotter and crazier, except.

A notification popped up on his side monitor. A busty anime waifu bounced cheerfully.

[MEOW!~ Transaction Complete, Master!]

He saluted the screen solemnly. "Lady Ai-chan, your assets have been successfully acquired."

As he leaned back to admire his digital crimes, his phone buzzed.

[Your electric bill is overdue. You will be disconnected in 2 hours.]

Sen Zu stared at it blankly. "...Tch. Capitalist pigs."

...

His apartment was a warzone of energy drink cans, old tech parts, and poorly scribbled schematics labeled "Microwave Death Ray V2" and "How to Seize Power (legally?)." Most called him crazy. The government called him dangerous. But online, in certain hacker circles, he was a ghost, a legend.

His alias? "Root_Lord."

Fitting, really. He didn't just want to break into systems.

He wanted to rule them.

...

Out door, the rain was falling on the broken pavement. Sen Zu threw on a hoodie and off to the corner shop. He required noodles, chocolate milk and inspiration.

On the way to his goal, which was the founding of his digital kingdom, he glanced at a small girl crying by a stuck cat.

That is when he noticed it.

A truck, sliding rapidly toward her.

This was his body moving ahead of its brain.

He kicked her out.

Tires screamed. Metal crashed. Bones snapped.

Pain.

Then...

Emptiness

...

He floated in emptiness.

No lights. No tunnel. Just emptiness.

and then... there was writing in the darkness, glowing gold and of an ancient type:

[Analyzing soul signature…]

[Chaotic genius detected.]

[Administrative traits: 98% compatibility.]

[Lord System successfully bound.]

[Initializing transfer to assigned dominion…]

Sen Zu smirked in the dark.

"So I am getting isekai'd. Hell yeah."

...

He awoke to cold stone under his back.

The smell of wet earth, smoke, and rot filled his nose. Birds chirped in the distance, and something somewhere was burning.

He opened his eyes.

Cracked rooftops. Empty huts. Overgrown paths. A ruined village stretched before him like something out of a low-budget fantasy MMO.

And then...

A girl stood over him, holding a clipboard, eyes wide behind messy bangs.

She blinked.

"…Chief?"

He blinked back. Her voice was soft, almost formal, but there was real relief in it.

"You're… awake? You've been unconscious for three days. The village is on the brink of collapse, our food stores are empty, the economy's dead, and…"

Sen Zu sat up, winced, and then grinned.

"Perfect. That means I can start from rock bottom. Just how I like it."

The girl stepped back. "…Are you okay? You're smiling kind of… weird."

He looked down at his new body. Young, fit, maybe early twenties. Martial world standard starter pack.

Then...

DING!

[Lord System Initialized.]

[Welcome, New Lord.]

[Newbie Gift Available: 1x Random Summon Token.]

Sen Zu's grin stretched wider.

He turned to the stunned girl.

"Hey. What's your name?"

"…Rin. I'm your assistant."

"Rin, how do you feel about goblins?"

"…What?"

...