Shortly after gulping the first bite of the fruit, I could feel my body changing. My eyes became sharper, my head became clearer and my muscles became more explosive.

I could feel myself slowly becoming stronger

Glancing at my status, I noticed my stats changing with every passing second and as I felt and saw myself change, a wave of euphoria washed over me, prompting me to greedily eat the fruit before me.

The more I ate the more I felt every fiber of my body becoming sturdier and stronger.

After eating the whole fruit, A dark brown penny-sized seed was left in my hand.

According to instructions from the system, the seed Should be consumed with the fruit for it to work perfectly.

Taking a deep breath, I slowly placed the seed at the top of my tongue.

~Gulp!

Swallowing the seed, I sat down on the ground When suddenly! an overflowing amount of energy came crashing down my body.

It felt as if a dam had burst, making my veins and body withstand the grunt of the water escaping out of the dam.

'Excruciating' would have been the best word to describe how I was feeling, as I felt an indescribable pain wash over my body. The pain was so intense that no words nor screams escaped from my mouth. It felt as if all my bones and veins shattered at once.

The last thing I saw before I passed out was the humongous tree inside of the cave slowly withering away.

"Haa…I really am reckless"

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I opened my eyes and my body ached all over, making it hard for me to stand. 

I don't know how much time had passed since I passed out, but that didn't really matter at the moment.

I called out the system in my mind and asked it to show me the Date & time with my status screen.

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[ Status ]

Name - Alvin Tate  

Age -  18 years

Race - Human

STR   -   E +

AGL   -   D-

CON  -   E+

MAG  -   D-

Current overall Rank -    D-

Maximum Talent Rank - ∞

Superpowers -  [ Miracle Thief ] ,  [ Velocity ]

Date & Time -  21/ 03/2020 & 7:21 P.M.

**Click for a more detailed analysis**

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It looked like its only been 4 hours since I passed out.

The fruit really did change quite a lot in my status screen.

My every stat was increased by a small rank and now I was finally a D- rank and someone with infinity as his maximum body talent level.

I was no longer bound by the laws of this world, I could freely train as much as I want, without worrying about reaching a bottleneck.

" And to think I was just a G+ rank this morning, with F as his maximum Talent rank "

A self deprecating laugh escaped my lips. I was such a hot commodity at this moment that if the word of my potential was to get leaked out, I would be kidnapped and experimented on just like my last life.

I knew the future of this world for the next 12 years, but I wouldn't be so naive to just depend on that knowledge.

The butterfly had already flapped its wings, and the tornado of destruction will soon come. 

But not depending on it doesn't mean I will not use it. I would be a fool to not use it, the small events can be put aside for now, the main were the big events that wouldn't be affected by the butterfly effect.

I also had the knowledge about many people, their characters, their secrets, their true nature, their weaknesses, etc. It would be fun to play this game of chess, my dear friends.

" Alright then enough of the self talk "

Dusting off my clothes and getting up on my feet, I collected all the loot from the dead bodies of the Slayers and poured acid on everything organic around me to destroy any evidence of everything that transpired here.

The corpses, tree parts, blood stains, and so on melted and seeped into the ground.

After one last look around, I began walking towards the cave's exit.

There was only one problem left: my identity. Fortunately, the Regressor's parents died a few years ago, leaving him all of their property and money.

There were two options in front of me now: accept the identity of the Regressor and live my life as him, or create a new identity and begin again.

The Regressor was a wealthy guy. If I chose the second option, I would have to liquidate all of his assets and transfer them to my new identity via multiple false channels, as well as contact some underground people to create a new ID for me.

I was becoming increasingly perplexed. Both options had advantages and disadvantages.

Actually, no, not at all. The first one was unquestionably better and more straightforward, but I didn't want to change my name.

I had my mother in a coma at home; she was the only person left in this world for me. I now knew how to cure her, and I would be able to do so soon, but I don't want her to wake up and see what her son has become with a different face and name.

She might not believe me and think I'm an impostor, which would be the most heartbreaking thing in the world.

Still, I gathered my courage and chose Option 1.

Option 2 had lots and lots of holes that can help people back track me, and I don't want people to get any clue on my real identity.

I have to be realistic here, I am not gonna tell my mother that I was her son. The old me died today and this was new me now.

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It took me half and hour to reach the exit of the cave

"Haa…finally some fresh air"

Taking a deep breath outside I felt my body slowly relax, helping me regain some of my energy.

The air outside was incomparably different compared to the air inside of the cave, which was extremely stuffy.

The sun had already set and the moon was halfway up in the sky, I calculated the directions and went towards the east boundary gate.

There were a few monster present on my way back that I took notice of, but they were weak monsters and due to me being a D- ranked slayer they knew I was dangerous and stayed clear away from me.

Reaching the east boundary gate and showing them my ID or should I say the regressors' ID, I was given access and allowed to enter.

The regressor came alone without any party, so there weren't any problems there and the process went very fast.

After leaving the east boundary gate, I returned to my home. I wanted to check my mother and to my relief everything was normal. 

I had installed all the latest machinery so she can be fine even if no one attends her and an emergency call is automatically send to the nearest hospital if anything gets bad.

This kind of system was especially developed for people with ill parents.

Checking up on my mother, taking a bath, cooking and eating some eggs and noodles for dinner I finally laid down on my bed, relaxing my body and watching the ceiling, I started thinking of my future plans.

The Academy's admission will open after 1 month.  In the last life I was able to control my newfound powers to some limit, as according to the Regressors' memory my registered maximum body talent rank was A+, the same as the Regressors', I definitely faked it so as to not let people find out about my true potential.

This time I don't even need to control it, because of the system and the experience from the Regressor I can completely control the new powers and my mind was also in complete sync with my body despite the sudden boost in power I got, which should have made my control over my body very poor.

But that doesn't mean that I wouldn't train myself.

Having experience and not training was utterly ridiculous. There were people stronger than the regressor in his last life and even those people die in the catastrophe, so training everyday to the best of my ability was a must.

There was enough money on me now and I now don't have to go monster hunting anymore for money and can finally focus on training and working on my future plans.

The power system of Slayer in the current world was largely divided into 9 ranks, from G to SS and each major rank had 3 minor ranks. 

For example G-, G and G+, but the division into minor rank was only applicable to Rank A+.

Above that, rank S and SS had no minor ranks.

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In future there will be more ranks but that was not important at the moment. 

According to my plan, I would show my maximum body talent rank to be S.

Although rank A+ and S had only the gap of a small rank but the real difference between the two rank was like a chasm.

An S rank can easily take on a couple of rank A+ without breaking a sweat, and showing rank S potential will make me a wanted product that every guild would want. 

I would be able to compete with the top geniuses in the Academy, I would also get the protection form the government and certain Benifits that would be extremely helpful to me in my plans.

But before that, the thing I needed the most right now and was a must to get was a weapon.

A sword to be exact, and I precisely knew which sword I wanted.