CHAPTER 1: Clueless Fish

[Profile preparation finished. You have successfully logged into a new server.]

[Congratulations! You have become a common Porcupinefish! Would you like to view your profile?]

"..."

"The fuck is this..."

He finally got used to the coldness of the ocean water. Naturally, he fiddled around and moved his limbs that feels extremely unfamiliar to someone who've gotten used to being in a human body. It took him a moment to process what has happened to him.

He really IS a fish...

His body feels very short and round. He could feel his thin, small fins that were placed on both his sides and the end of his body, or his tail. The fins slightly wavered to the minor, smooth movement of water. He looked back at the small game-like screen that appeared in front of him.

[Would you like to view your profile?]

"...Yes?"

The screen quickly changed into his current profile with many attributes of his character.

[Name: TaChanPhong (default name, changeable)

Character: Porcupinefish

Level: 0

Stats:

HP: 500

ATK: 35

DEF: 700

Stamina: 20

Skills are yet to be explored.]

A porcupinefish? Phong wondered what it is, as he wasn't much into animals his past life. Seeing how the screen previously responded to his verbal answer, he tried asking it.

"May I see the profile of a porcupinefish?"

[Porcupinefish (common)

Summary:

The porcupinefish (more specifically for the user, the diodon), more commonly known as balloon fish, is a fish in the Diodontidae family. Its higher classification is Tetraodontiformes.

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TL;DR: a porcupinefish is similar to a pufferfish.]

"P- Pufferfish? Me??"

Phong glanced to two images attached to the text on the screen. An image of a small, dumb-looking fish with its mouth shaped like a smile and another image of the same fish, inflated like a balloon with spikes popping up around its body. This puny little thing is him?? It looks honestly pathetic to him, and even more when it's puffed up. He was frustrated of what the system turned him into.

「Oh my, are you angry?」

"Of course I would be! Why'd you think that being this stupid fish would make me happy!? Look, I could tell that I have literally no any attack points, even if I barely played any games in my past life!"

「Come on~~ Having low attack isn't that bad! Your defense points made up for it! Remember, the system chose your default fish character based on your past life's profile. Which means that this porcupinefish is a resemblance to the person you were!」

"You're saying that I'm just a mere pufferfish? This damned system!!"

「Well... Haha, how about we go on a little tour around this server?」

"Don't try to change the subject, you little..."

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Slowly swimming through the magnificent landscapes of the Sea under him, he was simply amazed by its beauty. Shadows of many small fishes swimming together slowly moved elegantly on the landscape, the occasional eye-candy colors of coral reefs shone in the dark blue water. It all harmonized so perfectly to him.

「The Unknown Sea. A vast, deep ocean that somehow has never been discovered by mankind. The unusually high intelligence of the animals living in this place is what have built the uncannily human-like social structures of the Unknown Sea.」

"Why is it so?"

「Well, because...」