My existence in the Hunter Academy was a study in contrasts: outwardly F-Rank, internally Mythic-tier. The façade of mediocrity was necessary for survival, but my mind, operating at the peak of Hyper-Focus, never stopped its true work: data acquisition and internal system optimization.
While I endured the agonizingly slow lessons on basic mana channeling and watched my classmates struggle with simple tactical drills, I was secretly auditing the entire academy's network. I analyzed the mana consumption of the ancient city defenses, mapped the security relays of the Jade Feather Clan's high council chambers, and memorized the energy signature of every high-rank individual who passed through the vicinity.
This relentless, invisible work was fueled by my ultimate advantage: infinite knowledge.
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One night, while cycling through my deepest memory archives—the fragmented data from the original timeline's highest echelons—I encountered a highly guarded, almost mythical schematic. It was a memory I had failed to consciously access during the turbulent period of the Flames of War, a piece of lore so advanced it bordered on the conceptual.
The memory was of the ultimate artifact, the highest possible tier of existence within the System: The Query Card.
The Query Card wasn't a weapon or a defensive shield; it was an absolute System Protocol Access Key. It was rumored to be the true engine behind the Central Authority—the artifact that allowed the Mythic Enforcers to transcend known limits and rewrite localized reality.
It was the Rebirth Card.
My past self had been on the verge of locating it just before Juts' betrayal. I had researched it because its power was the only known entity that could truly grant eternal life and absolute sovereignty over the System's governing laws.
The Knowledge: The card's true name, appearance, and location had been scrubbed from the public record for eons, but my memory held the schematic: it looked like a simple, unmarked black card, its presence shielded by a unique Cosmic-Agnostic Null Field—meaning it couldn't be detected by any known essence or sensor. It was the master key to the System's source code.
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The discovery of the Query Card fundamentally altered my strategy. My original plan was to fight the Central Authority and usurp its power through force and efficiency. The new plan was simpler and more devastating: acquire the Query Card and become the Authority itself.
This was the true purpose of my rebirth, the final goal that transcended survival. I was no longer fighting for this world; I was fighting to control the System that governed it.
I immediately began a discreet, background search within the Academy's network, running complex, randomized algorithms to look for any residual trace of the unique Cosmic-Agnostic Null Field signature. The search was slow, conducted only during late-night cycles, requiring immense computational power while maintaining the façade of a single, slow computer.
While others focused on achieving the Rank A permit or mastering their C-Rank spirit's skills, I was calculating the necessary steps to dismantle the world's governing body and seize control of the ultimate cheat code.
My entire existence here became a timed mission: master the necessary infiltration layers, secure the resources for the global ascent, and find the Query Card before the Central Authority realizes the Controller is no longer fighting from below, but maneuvering from within. The knowledge of the Query Card was the final, devastating piece of the puzzle, confirming that my destiny was not just to defeat the gods, but to become the ultimate System administrator.