All Chapters of REBIRTH SYSTEM: From Disowned heir to world Dominator
: Chapter 11
- Chapter 20
55 chapters
Ch. 11 — The Collapse Begins
The rain hadn’t stopped.By the time Leon returned to the warehouse, his uniform clung to him like a second skin, soaked through with cold and humiliation. The night shift lights buzzed overhead, casting long shadows across the empty loading bay.His steps felt heavier than they should.His chest tighter than it had ever been.He moved like a man carrying a mountain.---The storage room—his “home”—was dim and damp. A thin mattress lay in the corner, barely better than cardboard. Leon shut the door behind him and leaned his back against it, sliding down slowly until he was sitting on the floor.His body ached, but the real pain wasn’t physical.It pulsed from somewhere deeper… a place he didn’t know could hurt this much.He dropped the envelope—the final inheritance papers—onto the ground. It landed with a soft thud, like dirt hitting a coffin.Leon stared at it.“That’s it,” he breathed. “They’ve completely erased me.”His voice sounded foreign—even to himself.He had lived his whole
Ch. 12 — The Broken Man
tThe rain came down in sheets, turning the streets into rivers of cold water that splashed against Leon’s ankles as he walked.No umbrella.No jacket.No destination.Just pain.Just emptiness.Just the weight of another humiliating day.He limped slightly—the result of a fall earlier that afternoon. Mason had “accidentally” knocked a crate off a high shelf. Leon barely dodged it, but the second crate Mason shoved after it struck Leon’s shoulder, sending him crashing onto concrete.The bruise spread down his arm like a blackened spiderweb.The supervisor only smirked.“Try not to die on shift, Hale. Paperwork annoys me.”Leon hadn’t answered.What was the point?Now, hours later, the injury burned with every step, pulsing like a reminder of how far he had fallen.Thunder cracked overhead, but the storm was nothing compared to the one raging inside him.His breath fogged the air as he crossed under a flickering streetlamp. The yellow light illuminated the soaked bandage wrapped around
Ch. 13 — A Night of Despair
The storm eased sometime after midnight, but the cold didn’t lift.It wrapped itself around Leon like a second skin as he dragged himself across the cracked pavement, still shaken by the strange flashes of light and sound that had echoed through his mind.Had he imagined it?Was it a hallucination from exhaustion?The rainwater dripping from his hair made it hard to think.Harder to breathe.He didn’t go back to the warehouse.He couldn’t—not yet.Instead, his feet carried him toward the old iron bridge crossing the river at the edge of the industrial district. A lonely place. Quiet. Forgotten. Like him.By the time he reached the midpoint, the storm had died completely, leaving only the hiss of wind over the dark water.Leon gripped the railing with both hands, knuckles white.The river below was black—so dark it swallowed the reflection of the city lights. The current moved slowly, like something alive, waiting.He stared down at it.For a long time… he didn’t move.---His shoulder
Ch. 14 — The Emotional Threshold
The bridge was silent.Too silent.Leon sat hunched against the cold metal railing, his body drained, his eyes swollen from crying — something he never thought he’d do again. The night air stung his face, but he barely felt it.He was numb.Completely, utterly numb.But inside that numbness… something stirred.A tremble.A pulse.A vibration like the faint thrum of a distant machine warming up.He squeezed his eyes shut, gripping his head with both hands.“Stop…” he whispered. “Just stop…”His thoughts weren’t thoughts anymore.They were fragments.Shards.Pieces of a shattered self.Vanessa’s laughter.Mason’s insults.Eveline’s venom.Alexander’s eyes as he signed the disownment papers.The flash of cameras.The cold warehouse concrete.The river.The brokenness.The emptiness.Everything hit him at once — a tidal wave of years of pressure collapsing inward.His breathing sped up.His pulse raced.His fingers dug into his scalp so hard he felt the sting of nails against skin.“Stop…
Ch. 15 — SYSTEM BOOTING…
The rain didn’t stop.It hammered against Leon Hale’s shoulders like the world itself wanted to crush him. Water streamed down his face, mixing with the faint traces of dried blood from his fall earlier. His fingers trembled uncontrollably as he leaned against the cold metal railing of the bridge.Everything hurt.His body. His chest. His pride. His soul.He had nothing left to fight with.No family.No money.No dignity.No future.The city lights blurred through the rain, stretching into streaks of white and gold, as if the world was melting away. Leon blinked, but the tears didn’t stop. He didn’t even notice when his knees finally gave out, dropping him to the ground.For the first time in years, he didn’t pretend to be strong.He just… broke.“What’s the point anymore…?” he whispered, voice hitching.The storm swallowed the sound.His shoulders shook violently, and for a moment he couldn’t breathe. His lungs locked up, his vision dimmed, and a sharp pain stabbed behind his ribs li
Ch. 16 — Welcome, Host
Leon stood beneath the bridge lights, rain dripping from his hair, breath trembling. His heart was still racing from the surreal glow that had appeared in front of him moments ago. The storm roared, but all he could hear was his own ragged breathing.“This can’t be real,” he whispered, gripping the cold railing.His fingers shook so hard they slipped against the wet metal.A system?A voice in his head?Digital screens appearing out of thin air?That only happened in games. In novels. In the fantasies he used to read at night when life wasn’t trying to crush him.Hallucination.It had to be.“I'm tired,” Leon muttered to himself. “Exhausted. Starving. My mind is playing tricks.”His chest tightened again, and he hunched over, clutching his aching ribs. Everything hurt. His eyelids felt heavy. His legs were trembling from hours of labor, humiliation, and sleepless nights.Yes. He was broken. And broken men see things.But then—Ding.The sound was soft, crystalline, and unmistakably re
Ch. 17 — First System Scan
The world snapped back into focus in a single jolt.Leon sucked in a sharp breath as his vision steadied. The rain was still falling, the bridge still cold beneath him, but something inside him had changed—shifted—like gears clicking into place after years of rust.A faint hum vibrated through his skull.Then—Ding.A translucent blue interface materialized before his eyes.[INITIATING FIRST SYSTEM SCAN…]Leon stiffened.“S-System scan?”He didn’t feel pain.But he did feel exposed—completely, terrifyingly exposed.Another line appeared.[PLEASE REMAIN STILL.]Leon let out a harsh, humorless breath.“I’m standing on a bridge in the rain. How still do you want me to be?”The system ignored his sarcasm.A cold wave swept over him from head to toe, like an invisible beam passing through flesh, bone, and even his mind. He twitched in surprise—he had no control over the sensation. It was like every cell in his body was being inspected.His heart throbbed faster.His breath grew uneven.“Wh
Ch. 18 — Mission 1 Appears
The rain had thinned to a mist, but Leon barely noticed.He stood motionless beneath the dim bridge lights, staring at the glowing interface floating before his eyes.His first real mission.Not a dream.Not a hallucination.Not some cruel joke from the universe.A mission assigned by something calling itself the Rebirth System.[MISSION #1: SURVIVE 24 HOURS]The words pulsed in sharp, electric blue.Leon blinked.“…Survive?”His voice came out dry, hoarse—like he hadn’t spoken in years.The system elaborated instantly:[OBJECTIVE: REMAIN ALIVE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.][CONDITION: THE HOST MUST NOT FALL INTO UNCONSCIOUSNESS.]A cold wind swept across the bridge, making Leon shiver.Not from the chill—but from how serious the system sounded.He swallowed.“What happens if I fail?”The answer appeared without mercy.[PENALTY: UNCONSCIOUS COLLAPSE][ESTIMATED CONSEQUENCE: SYSTEM SHUTDOWN RISK — 71%]Leon stiffened.Shutdown?The system could disappear?“No,” he whispered, shaking his hea
Ch. 19 — The Struggle to Breathe
The rain had not stopped since the moment Leon staggered out of the construction site. It came down in violent sheets, drumming against concrete like bullets and turning the ground beneath him into a sucking, slippery mire. The storm should have been a warning for any sane man to seek shelter.But Leon wasn’t seeking shelter.He was seeking survival.And survival meant movement.Not rest.Not warmth.Not safety.Because the System’s cold voice echoed inside his skull like a death sentence he couldn’t escape.[Mission #1: Survive 24 Hours]Reward: +10 VitalityPenalty: Immediate collapse][Status: 23:18:41 remaining]Every second felt heavier than the last.He didn’t know how long he’d been crawling—minutes? Hours?—but his arms burned and his legs shook with every attempt to move forward. Rain plastered his hair to his skin, soaking his thin shirt until it clung to him like ice. His breath came out in short, ragged bursts that hurt all the way down to his stomach.Still, he dragged him
Ch. 20 — Mission Completion
The storm had finally quieted by the time dawn reached the warehouse. Muted gray light seeped through the cracked window of Leon’s storage room, turning the dust-filled air into a pale haze. He had been awake for so long that he’d lost all sense of time. His body trembled, his fingers throbbed, and every breath still felt like dragging a rock uphill. But he was conscious. Barely— but conscious. The timer burned in the corner of his vision, flickering like the dying heartbeat of an old machine. [00:03:19] [00:03:18] [00:03:17] Three minutes. Three minutes until he learned whether the System meant salvation… or a slower death. Leon was on the floor again, hunched against the wall. His arms were wrapped around his knees as he fought to keep himself from slipping into unconsciousness. His body was failing. His mind was fraying. His heart thumped like a trapped animal inside his chest. Each second felt like a battle. Each breath, a negotiation with pain.