The night air cut sharply across the city. The red bike tore through the empty streets. The engine roared. Streetlights stretched into long, blurred lines. Cars that once moved without him now rushed past like shadows. Mr. Nobody leaned slightly forward on the bike. His grip was steady. His movements were natural.

"...Strange, huh.... There seems to be no bad guys tonight." His voice came low from inside the pink bunny helmet. The visor reflected the city lights. Hiding whatever expression lay beneath. A sound and laughter were heard.

"Help me!!" A girl was shouting.

Mr.Nobody slowed down.

Ahead...there was a dim alley. Between two half-lit buildings. Several men stood in a loose circle. Their shadows stretched long beneath a flickering streetlight.

At the centre....a girl was cornered by men.

"...Please... just let me go. I beg you," her voice trembled in fear.

One of the men laughed. "Why the hurry?"

"Stay a little longer. Let’s have some fun." Another man stepped closer to her, blocking her path.

Mr. Nobody watched from the street.

For a moment...nothing happened.

Then something inside him shifted. His eyes started to glow red. The bike rolled forward slowly. Then faster towards the bastards. The engine growled as he turned sharply into the alley.

The sudden noise made them turn. "What the hell....?! Who is that"

The bike stopped. The engine went quiet.

For one brief second...everything froze.

"Hey! Who the hell are you?!"

" Me? I am just a bunny whose going to kick your human a**"

One of them rushed first. " You think you’re some hero!"

Swooosh...! A wild swing.

Mr. Nobody moved instinctively.

A slight step to the side....

Then a kick.

The impact sent the man stumbling backwards hard.

Another came immediately.

A fist.

A block.

Then....

A clean heavy punch by Nobody.

"Caugh! Who the hell are you...!"

"You....!" The man staggered. His breath is almost gone.

Then...

A faint blue light appeared before Nobody’s eyes.

A transparent system window in the air.

[system notification]

User’s Kick has increased: rank F → E

User’s Punching has increased: rank F → E

Mr. Nobody froze. "...What? Is that level up like video games?" His voice came out quieter this time. "...What even is this system anyway?"

The men didn’t react.

They did not see the system window.

The window flickered once.

Then vanished.

Another man rushed at him.

But his mind had already drifted.

Because this...

Wasn’t the first time.

....

A memory surfaced.

On another day, people were moving, talking and walking on the streets of Alkon City.

A strange awareness crept into Mr.Nobody while walking.

Like waking up from a dream.

But not fully.

He looked around.

And noticed it.

The same people with almost the same faces. Some were basically faceless. They were repeating the same words and conversations. Mr.Nobody was frightened. "What the hell is going on? Why are people looking like that?"

The cars were also going in the same direction, like a loop.

Like the world was replaying itself.

Continuously.

Then....

Mr.Nobody saw a reflection in the glass of a nearby building.

A faceless figure. It was his own reflection.

"...What the hell...? Is that me....?"

"...Where is my face?"

Then....suddenly everything stopped.

The Time froze.

Silence swallowed the world.

"Huh! What is going on? Why has everything stopped?"

And that was when it appeared.

A blue transparent floating screen.

[system notification]

User has noticed repeated story events

User has gained Self-Awareness

His thoughts froze. "...What do you mean?"

Another line appeared.

[system notification]

NPC from the webcomic "Shining Blossom" has gained Self-Awareness

His voice nearly broke. "...NPC? Of a webcomic...?"

Then....

[system] The system is shutting down for minor updates.

The window vanished.

And the world resumed.

People moved again, laughed again, walked again as if nothing had happened.

But for him...everything had changed.

"What the hell was that! Was I tripping or something?"

Days passed,

Mr.Nobody was getting used to that weird world anomaly going on in his surroundings.

He was walking in the streets, shops and markets. Most people were Npc’s without faces.

Even at his office, he saw that his boss was nothing but a mindless person without a face.

"Man, still it feels so weird seeing all like this. Can’t believe I was also like them."

The colleagues he used to talk to were talking like NPCs from games. Their language was just meaningless sounds. No specific language like a real human.

....

Another memory surfaced.

It was also a time of night. Mr.Nobody was walking home when the streetlights flickered unevenly. His footsteps echoed.

"Huh, these days are really boring. Wish that system had given me something useful before telling me that I am an NPC."

Then....

Three drunk men were laughing.

On the ground...there was a weak, defenceless beggar.

"Got anything left?"

One of them kicked him.

The beggar groaned. "Please, young man, why are you doing this to me. I am just a poor beggar."

Another laughed," The old geezer thinks he owns the road."

Mr. Nobody stopped. His fists tightened. He wanted to step forward to do something. But he couldn’t move. Something inside held him back.

"This is not your role.

Stay out of it."

His hesitations were controlling him.

But suddenly....

A familiar blue glow appeared.

[system updates completed]

[system notification]

User has gained 2 items

Before he could react....

The world shifted.

A black blazer wrapped around him. A pink bunny helmet covered his face, giving him a ridiculous, goofy look. A red bike appeared beneath him.

The engine roared alive.

Vrooom.....

His hands gripped the handles. He moved fast. Straight toward them.

"What the....?!"

The bike screeched to a stop. A crowbar was already in his hand. He didn’t know when it appeared. But his body did know how to swing it. The first swing came fast.

Bash...!

Metal cracked against the bone of a guy.

One man dropped instantly.

The second lunged.

A punch sent him flying backwards.

The third.... A bigger muscle-headed guy charged straight at him.

Mr. Nobody stepped forward with no hesitation. Nobody swung his crowbar and smashed the muscle-headed guy.

Smash!!

The beggar slowly lifted his head, eyes wide. "...Who are you?"

Mr. Nobody looked at himself. The helmet, the bike and the crowbar. Then the words came naturally. "Me....? I am.....the Crimson Bunny Biker."

Thunder cracked across the sky. A bright flash.

For a moment....

His shadow stretched long behind him. Almost heroic.

Then darkness returned.

....

The memory faded.

The alley returned the men were cornering the girl and she was scared.

"...You’re dead bunnymeat." One of them charged.

This time....

It wasn’t instinct this time; it was Nobody’s own choice now. Mr. Nobody moved and dodged their attack, then he threw a strong kick.

Another bastard swung his knife at Nobody

Nobody blocked it with ease, then gave a punch to that bastard.

Bam!

"Argggh!" The guy groaned in pain.

The system window flickered again. But Nobody ignored it.

Even though he was curious about what the hell was going on, his current situation didn’t offer him the luxury of pondering over it.

"Those who still want their a** kicked remain and those who wanna run, run away fast as you can."

"We will not back down so easily, bunny bastard!" One of the bastard thugs shouted.

Within moments....

It was over.

The men lay on the ground, groaning and defeated, getting their a** kicked. Silence returned to the alley.

The girl stood frozen while her eyes being wide. "...You saved me."

Mr. Nobody looked at her. Then at his hands. "...Are you okay, miss?" His voice was calm.

She nodded slowly. "Yes...Thank you, Mister."

He turned slightly away, like he didn’t know what to do with those words.

The bike engine roared again.

"...Go home and be careful on your way back home."

Then....

He rode off.

The red bike disappeared into the night. Leaving behind only the fading sound of the engine.

....

As he sped through the empty streets....

The blue window appeared again.

This time...

He looked directly at it. "...What are you?"

The screen flickered. Then one line appeared.

[system]

User has begun divergence from the main story

Mr. Nobody stared ahead at the endless road.

Then he spoke softly.

"...Good, let’s create my own new path."

The bike accelerated with more speed.

"Let the hunt begin."