The First Planar World

Raka sat on the floor, still digesting the taste of the Devil Fruit he had just eaten.

It tasted like a combination of the most unpleasant foods, followed by a strange sensation coursing through his entire body.

Soon, he felt a change within himself.

"[Time Stop]"

Raka attempted to move his finger, and for a moment, he felt time come to a complete halt.

With nothing in the room, the effect wasn't very apparent, but he could ensure that time around him had indeed stopped.

Disabling [Time Stop], time resumed its flow.

"Let's try it again."

Standing up, Raka grabbed a pillow from the bed and threw it into the air.

"[Time Stop]"

Instantly, the pillow froze in mid-air.

"Incredible..." Raka exclaimed in amazement.

As an ordinary person who fantasized about having superpowers, now that power was within his grasp, he was ecstatic.

"After eating the Toki Toki no Mi, I can manipulate time. Let's push the limits of controlling time."

Greater curiosity drove him to experiment further.

15 minutes later.

"Hah... Hah... Hah... I've overestimated myself. Just because I ate the Devil Fruit, it doesn't instantly make me OP; my physical and stamina limitations severely restrict my use of the Toki Toki no Mi ability."

Raka gasped for breath, exhausted from manipulating time. He realized that the power of the Toki Toki no Mi was still raw and required training to master. But he also felt the extraordinary potential hidden within himself. The ability to control time could help him in many ways, whether for good or for ill.

"Kozuki Toki is utterly useless; aside from leaping into the future, she doesn't know how to utilize the power of time manipulation."

After some of the exhaustion faded, Raka pondered.

"Dio Brando, Tokisaki Kurumi, Julius Novachrono..."

He tried to recall anime characters with time manipulation powers. Then, he sifted through their abilities and found only those suitable for his current condition.

"It's decided, I'll take Tokisaki Kurumi as a reference to develop my abilities."

Standing up, Raka began his training.

❀❀❀

Countdown on the interface showed about 10 minutes before time ran out.

Sitting on the bed, Raka had stopped practicing. However, he would soon be sent to the Planar World. No one knew what dangers awaited him, being in prime condition was a necessity.

"It's a shame; even with the 'comprehension doubles with half effort' buff, I only managed to develop two more skills."

"Sigh... Compared to those geniuses who create new skills as easily as breathing, ordinary people like me have to work hard."

After four years in society, Raka had grown accustomed to the fact that this world was unfair and always would be.

The gap between geniuses and ordinary people couldn't be bridged just by relying on hard work.

"Support, Healing, and Movement. My three skills are related to those aspects. It shouldn't be a problem just to survive, right?"

In the end, Raka was an ordinary person.

It was impossible for him not to fear the unknown. Moreover, it was his first time in the Planar World and undertaking a Quest.

He wasn't a protagonist always aided by plot armor.

"This is my only chance to change my life; I will give it my all!"

Setting aside his fear, Raka's gaze was firm.

He didn't want to be an ordinary person, regarded as an ant by the upper echelons of society.

He diligently and competently performed his job, yet in the end, he was replaced by amateurish people brought in by the new laboratory head.

Without insider connections, it was very difficult to find a job in Indonesia, so eventually Raka reluctantly became unemployed and relied on writing fanfiction novels to make a living.

The only thing to be thankful for was that he wasn't from the sandwich generation, so he could still save a little as an emergency fund.

"Huff..."

Exhaling deeply, Raka saw that there were only 10 seconds left.

When the countdown ended, the interface showed new information.

...

✧Planar World: Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!

✧World Difficulty: B

✧Main Quest

—Quest 1: Join the Adventurer's Guild

—Quest 2: Reach Level 10

—Quest 3: Earn 500,000 Eris

✧Duration: 3 months

✧Failure Punishment: Death

✧Ranking Quest:

1.

2.

3.

4.

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10.

[Tip: You're not the only Aggressor in Paradise; there are 100 other Aggressors with you. As long as others exist, there will be competition. People in the top 10 will receive more Dimension Points and Attribute Points]

...

As the information about the Planar World was fully transferred, Raka suddenly felt like he was thrown into the air, his field of vision started spinning and distorting.

With no time to be surprised, he felt dizzy.

As this feeling began to fade and disappear, followed by Raka feeling like he was falling, and then the distortion of his field of vision slowly began to clear and finally recovered.

"Couldn't the transfer be smoother?"

Standing up, he brushed the dirt off his buttocks.

Raka was just beginning to realize that he was in a dark alley, at the entrance of a rather distant alley, he saw pedestrians passing by without glancing towards the alley.

"What? Is this the Konosuba World?"

After rereading the new information, he felt dread.

Paradise labeled the Konosuba World as difficulty B. Although Raka didn't know the lower limit of that ranking, one thing was certain, difficulty B was definitely not low.

"Of course... me and the other Aggressors are just beginners, at least let us start with the lowest difficulty..."

After venting his complaint, Raka felt better.

"There's no use complaining, first gather information. No need to rush, even if I want to register as an adventurer, I don't have money to pay the registration fee."

"Quest 1 is easy to complete. The problem lies in Quest 2 and Quest 3. Their difficulty has increased several times over."

"But before that..."

Bending down, Raka found he was wearing his original clothes, blue shorts and a shirt with 'I Love Jambi' written on it.

No matter how people looked at him, his outdated attire didn't fit this world.

It would make him stand out and easily be spotted by other Aggressors.

Raka didn't know if other Aggressors had the same Quest as him or if it was different. Without sufficient information, he wanted to conceal his Aggressor identity.

"With no CCTV, it shouldn't be difficult to steal civilian clothes, right?"

Looking towards the entrance of the alley in front of him, he turned around and took a different direction.

First goal, steal some clothes!