When Luo Tian regained consciousness, he felt a sharp pain in the back of his head, as if he had been hit hard with a hard object.

He slowly sat up, bracing himself against the cold floor, and found himself leaning against a row of bookshelves.

"Where exactly is this place?" He rubbed his throbbing temples, looking around blankly.

The scene before him was clearly a bookstore, but he clearly remembered that just a second ago he was working overtime at the company, staring at an Excel spreadsheet until 3 a.m., almost to the point of fainting from exhaustion. How could he suddenly appear here?

Just as he was filled with doubt, a cold, stiff mechanical voice suddenly exploded in his mind, sounding like the voice of an old-fashioned electronic dictionary.

"Ding, the God-Making System has been successfully bound."

"The host's mental strength is beyond the normal range, continuously compressing the nerves in the brain."

Find the "protagonist" within ten minutes and get them to willingly accept the energy collection device, otherwise they will suffer irreparable brain damage.

Luo Tian was stunned for a full three seconds before he reacted.

He looked down at himself and saw that he was wearing a school uniform, the standard uniform of Toyonosaki Academy.

He felt in his pocket and pulled out a student ID card. The person in the photo looked exactly like him, and the name "Luo Tian" was clearly printed in the name column.

He time-traveled and became a student studying in Japan.

"System, can you please stop this headache for me first?" Luo Tian cursed inwardly through gritted teeth.

"Unable to pause operation."

Time remaining: 9 minutes and 15 seconds.

This is absolutely terrible luck.

Luo Tian leaned on the bookshelf and struggled to his feet. His nerves were taut, and his temples throbbed.

He forced himself to calm down and analyze the current situation: the system mentioned finding the "protagonist," which meant that there was a so-called chosen one in this world.

He pushed open the bookstore door and walked out. Outside was a commercial street, and it was already dark. The streetlights illuminated the asphalt road in a stark white light.

Luo Tian quickly glanced around. All the signs on the street were in Japanese. Occasionally, there were pedestrian crossings, and several girls in school uniforms were walking together, speaking Japanese in hushed tones.

"Activate small-area detection function." The system prompt sounded again, "Detection radius: fifty meters."

A warm current spread from Luo Tian's mind, sweeping across the surroundings like a radar.

He can vaguely sense the location and movement of people around him, and even detect subtle emotional fluctuations.

At the same time, the pain in my head became even more intense.

Time remaining: seven minutes.

Luo Tian didn't have time to think. He jumped onto a bicycle parked by the roadside, whose owner he didn't know, and pedaled forward.

A 50-meter search range was far too small, so he could only wander back and forth on the streets, hoping to find a target by chance.

After turning two corners, the system suddenly issued an urgent warning: "Detected 'protagonist' signal."

Location: The alleyway ahead.

Luo Tian slammed on the brakes, and the wheels left a long trail on the ground.

He looked into the alley and saw a girl with long, straight black hair leaning against the wall. In front of her was a rat about the size of a cat, gray-black all over, with red eyes, baring its teeth and approaching the girl step by step.

The girl appeared very calm, but Luo Tian could clearly feel that her heart was beating incredibly fast.

That rat was definitely not an ordinary creature.

Time remaining: five minutes.

Luo Tian had no time to hesitate. He rushed into the alley, stood in front of the girl, and his mind raced to find the right words: "I can save you, but you have to agree to one condition."

The girl looked up at him, her eyes sharp as blades.

Without saying much, Luo Tian pulled out the contract document generated by the system: "Sign this, and I'll help you deal with this monster."

The giant rat let out a piercing scream, kicked off with its hind legs, and pounced towards the two of them.

The girl glanced down at the contract, then looked at Luo Tian in front of her, and said decisively, "Okay."

She took the pen and wrote her name on the contract—Kasumigaoka Utaha.

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The moment the contract took effect, Luo Tian's tense nerves instantly relaxed.

A cool current flowed in from the top of my head, spreading down my spine to every part of my body.

The headache disappeared very quickly, replaced by an unprecedented sense of clarity.

"The contract is officially established."

The host has successfully recruited his first familiar.

Reward points: 6188.

The system's voice sounded much more pleasant at that moment.

"Awakening abilities for the host—"

Three lines of text appeared before Luo Tian's eyes:

[Intuition: Greatly enhances combat awareness]

[Combat Potential: Simultaneous enhancement of physical reaction speed, strength, and coordination]

[Wind Element Manipulation: Can condense and release wind blades]

The giant rat had already pounced into the air when Luo Tian's body reacted before his brain did.

He dodged the attack by sidestepping, and his right hand swung instinctively, sending a semi-transparent wind blade flying from his fingertip, slicing through the air with a sharp sound.

"puff."

The rat's body was cleaved diagonally in mid-air. Before the blood mist could dissipate, black flames shot out from the wound, instantly burning the corpse into a handful of black ash, without even a drop of blood spilling onto the ground.

Luo Tian stared at his palm for two seconds and couldn't help but admire it in his heart: This ability is too powerful.

Slight footsteps sounded behind her. Kasumigaoka Utaha stepped out from behind the wall, looked down at the black ash on the ground, and finally a ripple appeared on her face. Her brows furrowed slightly and her lips were pressed into a straight line.

Luo Tian turned to look at her: "The contract you just signed is no joke."

Kasumigaoka Utaha held up the contract and looked at it again by the light of the street lamp.

Luo Tian noticed her hands were trembling slightly, but her voice remained unusually steady: "So, you want me to become your kin?"

"That's right."

"Does that mean I have to follow you around forever?"

"That's right."

"Are you a god?"

Luo Tian thought for a moment and answered truthfully, "Not yet. To be precise, we are preparing to become gods."

Kasumigaoka Utaha was silent for three seconds before replying decisively, "Okay."

Luo Tian was somewhat surprised: "You just agreed like that?"

"What else can I do?" She folded the contract and put it in her pocket. "You've already solved my problem, and the contract is signed. What's the use of regretting it now?"

"It's no use."

"That settles it then."

Kasumigaoka Utaha took two steps forward, then suddenly her legs gave way and she fell to the side.

Luo Tian quickly caught her and noticed that her left ankle was very swollen, obviously from being chased by the rat.

"Let's find a place to treat the wound first." Luo Tian looked around. "Is your home far from here?"

"It's not far." Kasumigaoka Utaha leaned on his shoulder, her voice much softer than before. "But I have to make it clear first, I don't have a first-aid kit at home."

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