Return of the Former Hero - Chapter 111 Former Hero. Battles in a preliminary match

# endoftheyearJi Yuanyuan was the type of person who would ruin a nicely dealt hand. She could have led a carefree life under her family and ex-husband’s protection. Alas, for the sake of a scum named Zhao Tianhua, she caused her mother to die an aggrieved death, her eldest brother to die in a foreign land, and her second brother to be run over by a car and had his head disembodied. She herself even died from childbirth in a shabby house at the countryside, and her baby was strangled to death by Zhao Tianhua. It was right before her death that she learned that her quiet ex-husband almost went mad searching for her.Ji Yuanyuan was reborn back into the 90s era with extreme luck and a mysterious spatial ability. Since then, Ji Yuanyuan would find money on the ground, boars would run into trees on their own if she was lost in the wild, and her investments would all be successful… When the b*stard scum, Zhao Tianhua approached her again, Ji Yuanyuan kicked him away and latched onto her ex-husband’s leg instead. “Sir, please protect me.”

Liam, a teenager plagued by low self-esteem and the target of relentless bullying at school, faces a grim reality. On his way home one fateful day, his life takes a tragic turn when he's struck by a hit-and-run driver, left to die alone on the street as the world seemingly forgets him. As he feels his life slipping away, he closes his eyes, believing it to be his end.To his astonishment, Liam awakens not in death but back in his modest home, the only legacy left by his late mother. As he opens his eyes, a strange, ethereal message appears before him:[World Conquerer System Awakened][Conquer The World §¢¥% Error][System Reboot][Lust System Awakened][Mission - Conquer The World and its beauties]Now endowed with an enigmatic system that promises power and allure, Liam's life is given a second chance with a purpose far beyond his wildest dreams. The Lust System grants him abilities to charm and conquer, turning his once-dull existence into a quest for dominance. With a new resolve, Liam sets out to transform from the school's underdog to its master, navigating through challenges, rivalries, and the complexities of power and desire.His journey will see him rise from obscurity, using his newfound abilities to not only avenge his past humiliations but to claim the hearts and loyalties of those around him, aiming to become the unrivaled number one in this world where beauty, power, and conquest intertwine.Shameless Mc/Milf/Smut/Harem/beauty/system/No Yuri/No Ntr/Overpowered

Like every (Isekai) protagonist, I got reincarnated after getting hit by a hyper-speed truck.

That was an empty and dark life anyway, so I was already looking forward to a decent, unknown afterlife.

But... the world had a unique thing in mind.

In this new world, I had parents, amazing ones at that.

My father was a talented mage, and my lovely mother was a sharp and cunning merchant.

Ignoring all of my weirdness, they loved me unconditionally.

This was the life that anyone would love.

Eating and cooking delicious food, practicing archery and magic, and playing with my parents.

Everything was wonderful until... those demons separated us and it left me in a ferocious forbidden forest, just to be eaten alive by beasts.

But dying wasn't even a question.

I will go back… to them.

One day, I – a high schooler – found a paperback in the hospital. The “Disease Coexistence Journal” was its title. It was a diary that my classmate, Sakura Yamauchi, had written in secret. Inside, it was written that due to her pancreatic disease, her days were numbered. And thus, I coincidentally went from Just-a-Classmate to a Secret-Knowing-Classmate. It was as if I were being drawn to her, who was my polar opposite. However, the world presented the girl that was already suffering from an illness with an equally cruel reality…

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