Ultimate Harem System

Chapter 3: Daily Workout

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[CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE LEVELED UP]

CHARM LEVEL UP: Level 1 >>>> Level 2

LEVEL UP SKILL REWARD: Instant Health Restoration

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Johnny shot upright, eyes wide. His mind was still stuck on the million dollars.

“Vixen! This… this is real?!”

[As real as the sun. And this is only the beginning, if you choose to accept me fully.]

A laugh burst out of him, half disbelief, half excitement. “Accept you? Hell yeah. You bet your sweet ass I’m in!”

[Good.] Vixen’s voice sounded pleased.

[You now have three hours to complete your combat training workout. Preparation is the first step toward becoming a harem lord.]

Johnny froze. “…Say what now?”

The blue screen appeared in front of him, filling his vision with absurd letters and numbers.

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[Combat Workout Quest]

Run 100 kilometers – (Incomplete)

Do 100 push-ups – (Incomplete) (0/100)

Do 100 sit-ups – (Incomplete) (0/100)

Do 100 squats – (Incomplete) (0/100)

Warning: Failure to complete the daily workout will result in a penalty quest

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Johnny stared at it, his mouth hanging open. “What the hell is this?”

[This is your required combat quest.]

“Yeah, I heard you the first time,” Johnny groaned, rubbing his forehead. “But there’s no way in hell I’m doing all that, right? This is a joke. It has to be.”

V.I.X.E.N. didn’t reply.

The silence felt worse than her sarcasm. Johnny shook his head and forced a laugh. “Great. I’m talking to myself now. Guess I hit my head during the crash harder than I thought.”

He dropped back onto the stiff hospital bed and stared at the ceiling. Minutes passed. The room stayed quiet. His fingers tapped against his leg.

Then he sat up.

“Okay… maybe I’ll test it. Just a little.”

He slid off the bed and stretched lazily. Instead of getting on the floor, he leaned against the mattress and started half-heartedly pushing off it.

“…One. Two. Three…”

The numbers climbed suspiciously fast.

“…Ninety-seven, ninety-eight, ninety-nine, one hundred!” He clapped his hands with a proud grin. “Easy.”

The screen didn’t change. Not even a blink.

[Do 100 push-ups – (Incomplete) (0/100)]

Johnny shrugged. “Yeah fuck it. At least, I tried.” He yawned, already thinking about his million dollars. A penthouse, maybe. Or—

Sleep pulled him under.

Tick… tick… tick…

The clock on the wall crawled toward midnight.

11:59:57

11:59:58

11:59:59

00:00:00

A deafening RING shattered the silence.

Johnny’s eyes snapped open. The sound didn’t come from the clock.

It came from the system.

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[You have failed to complete the Daily Workout.]

[Penalty Quest Activated.]

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Suddenly, a massive shadow fell over his bed. Johnny felt cold before he even looked.

When he did—

“Oh. Oh shit.”

As a kid, Johnny had nightmares about a three-headed dog dragging him into the dark. Now, standing above him and filling the room, was the monster from those stories.

Cerberus.

The three-headed dog of the underworld.

The middle head lowered first. Its eyes glowed gold. Its lips pulled back, showing fangs longer than Johnny’s arm. The other two heads snapped and growled. Drool hissed when it hit the floor. Its black fur stood stiff like sharp blades, and each paw looked big enough to crush him.

Johnny’s legs moved before his brain did. He jumped out of bed without thinking.

“This isn’t real! This isn’t real!” His hospital gown flapped open in the panic, but he didn't care.

[Correction: This is very real.] Vixen said calmly, her voice steady amid the chaos.

“VIXEN!! What the hell is happening?!”

[Mandatory punishment. Fail your workout… and you are work out of existence]

“WHAT?! What does a giant three-headed dog have to do with push-ups?!” Johnny screamed.

The monster lunged.

Johnny ran.

He sprinted down the hallway barefoot, his hospital gown flapping behind him like a cape. Cerberus burst through the wall like paper, its steps shaking the ground. Its heads snapped at him, teeth slamming shut just behind his back.

As he dashed past empty nurse stations, a glimpse of movement caught his eye—the hot nurse from earlier, bending over to pick up a dropped chart. Her skirt flipped up from the sudden gust of his run, flashing her round ass and lacy thong clinging to her curves.

She gasped, cheeks flaming red, tugging it down as she straightened, but Johnny was already gone, heart racing from more than fear.

Then Johnny noticed something.

The nurses. The patients. The doctors.

None of them screamed. None of them even looked. The nurse he'd glimpsed just blushed and whispered to herself, "What was that breeze?" as she pressed her thighs together, flustered.

They walked calmly, like nothing was there.

His chest tightened. “Wait… am I the only one seeing this?”

His legs gave out. He spun around, heart pounding.

Enough running.

He clenched his fists. His blood roared in his ears.

“No… no more.”

Cerberus leapt. All three heads came down at once. Johnny screamed as its fangs tore into his arm and shoulder.

Hot pain exploded through him. Blood splashed across the clean white floor.

“AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!”

His vision blurred.

“Fuck!! This… this isn’t just in my head.”