Rising Phoenix - Chapter 22

[SPECIAL QUEST:Objective: Have sex with Selene on a crowded metro train.Success Condition: Keep her quiet and avoid being seen.Reward: +7 SP | Unlock: ‘Shadow Touch’ | Bond Access with Selene initiated.]Nash Blaze blinked at the screen.“Excuse me… what?”..............They say the Upperworld is paradise, clean air, real sunlight, and lives worth living.Down here, we've got rust, shadows… and Breakball.A savage fusion of street basketball, bloodsport, and raw spectacle, Breakball is the only way out of the slums.No rules. No mercy. Men and women grind together, shirtless or in skin-tight outfits, fighting for points, pride, and power.Drugs flow. Sex sells. One match can change your life... or end it.And once a year, the rich come down to watch us bleed. The Blood Star Invitational, one shot to rise, or vanish forever.Nash Blaze was built for this world. Quiet. Tactical. Obsessed with winning. A pass-first point ghost who made his trash team look like stars.But on the day of their miracle call-up, his teammates kicked him out.“You're too weak for the pros. Just a ghost on the court.”Even his girlfriend left him, right into the arms of the new team ace.Abandoned, forgotten. Nash was ready to disappear.Until something inside him snapped.[REWRITE SYSTEM ACTIVATED]Categories: Body | Mind | Lust | Dominance. Boosts gained through Training, Victory, Seduction. Trait: Erotic Ascension | Hidden Stat: LegacyNow, Nash can rewrite everything, muscle by muscle, stat by stat. From stamina to sex appeal, reflexes to raw size, every conquest pushes him closer to the top.The court made him a ghost. Now he's coming back as a demon.Fame, vengeance, and women are just the beginning. Because when you're born in the dirt…You don't rise. You burn your way up.

In an alternate world, the year is 1947, and as India steps into the dawn of its hard-won independence, an extraordinary twist of fate unfolds. A soul from the future, unexpectedly transported back in time, finds himself thrust into the highest office of the land, Prime Minister of a nation on the cusp of rebirth.What follows is a journey through the corridors of power, where betrayal lurks at every corner, and internal strife threatens to tear the fledgling nation apart. Faced with impossible choices, this modern mind must navigate a country marked by political intrigue, international pressures, and the weight of a people’s hopes.But beneath the surface lies a larger ambition, the vision of an Akhand Bharat, a united and unshakable India that rises from the ashes of its tragic past to forge a bold new future.As history begins to unravel and destiny is rewritten, the stakes grow ever higher. What will it take to unify a divided land and bring forth a nation powerful enough to redefine its place on the global stage? In a tale of courage, sacrifice, and the power of leadership, witness the birth of “A New India” unlike any before, a force to be reckoned with, ready to stand among the world’s greats.

Everyone believes Lin Zhao Xi’s a genius.

Only she knows she’s looking back on years of experience in math competitions as a basis to “cheat”.

Until one day, her idol quietly looks at her.

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Time and space overlap, returning thrice.

— The past can change you.

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Experiencing a dreadful tragedy, Nightingale never expected anything good from life. No matter what he did or where he found himself, this feeling only became more profound and apparent. However, he could have never anticipated getting infected by the Tower of Worms and awakening as an Esper, the supposed unnatural individuals bestowed with Mythical powers.Just like that, his mundane routine was now filled with more excitement and danger, the genre of his life changed forever.