Can a Scholar Be Called a Villain - Chapter 24Book 2: : A ruse

Time travelling from the majestic era after the Recuperation of Reiki, he became Kimura Kazuki, a 16-year-old high school student in Japan, one year before the Reiki Recuperation.

Tentatively, he set out to hone himself to the bone, burning candles at both ends to stockpile resources in preparation for the imminent Recuperation of Reiki. His goal was to be many steps ahead of all humanity when the time comes.

However, it seemed like fate had decided to play a cruel trick on him.

One year later, the Recuperation of Reiki… did not happen as expected.

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Due to an accident, Ronin transmigrated to a fantasy world where Fighting Qi and Magic coexist, becoming the eldest legitimate grandson of the Wushan Marquis.Before he could even rejoice in his good fortune of being born into a prominent family, his right to inherit the Noble Title was stripped away, and he even faced the risk of being expelled from the family.Fortunately, Ronin, with his sharp mind, managed to acquire a fiefdom and awakens a system.Day 1: Reward - one Knight with Golden Talent.Day 2: Reward - one Classic Gift Pack.Day 3: Reward - one Space Ring with 10 cubic meters of storage.Day 4: Reward - one Premium Gift Pack.Day 5: Reward - one high-quality Weapon, the Flowing Flame Sword.Day 6: Reward - one precious Magic Scroll for signing a Master-Servant Contract with a Magical Beast.Day 7: Reward - one Light Mage with the talent to become a Great Mage.

Fate had never been kind to Ji Ning. Wracked by illnesses and infirm his entire life on Earth, Ji Ning knew early on that he would die as a teenager. What he didn’t know was that there really was such a thing as life after death and that the multiverse was a far larger place than he thought.

A lucky twist of fate meant that Ji Ning was reborn into a world of Immortals and monsters, of Ki Refiners and powerful Fiendgods, a world where Dynasties lasted for millions of years. A world which is both greater… and yet also smaller… than he ever could imagine. He would have the opportunity to join them, and in this life, Ji Ning swore to himself, he would never let himself be weak again! The Era he was born into was a Desolate one, but Ji Ning would make it his era.

Reincarnated into the muddy guts of a cursed swamp as a tsetse fly, former office worker and master-level cynic Buzz Windbreaker quickly discovers that survival is both absurd and magnificent. The air is thick with poison, the predators are many-limbed and spell-woven, and the prey? Just as desperate as he is.Yet with every drop of blood he drains from beast, beastkin, or unlucky mortal, Buzz unlocks fragments of an ancient arcane lattice that spirals beneath the skin of the world itself—a system of runes, incantation spirals, and primordial energy flows forgotten by even the highborn mages.His evolution isn't just physical: it is architectural. Each new form is built like a spell—symmetrical, efficient, cruel. Wings shimmer with sigil arrays. Proboscises become siphons of mana and memory. Legs are sharpened to runic blades. Jokes sting. Death stings harder.Soon, Buzz isn't just hunting. He is ascending.