I Got A System In The Ruined World

Banishment To Earth

"I had decided to monitor you closely due to your anomaly. Plus, with the attitude and terrible luck you have, receiving this 'Gift' changes nothing for you, and you would be dead as soon as you entered into your world again."

I silently listened to God's words, and while they were informative, they were very harsh.

"You see, Damien, everyone else had selected the best gifts. I planned on making you wait here for a while longer, so you can become entirely saturated with this place, but I can't stand you anymore!" God declared.

I bit my lips as they quivered and released my tensed-up body. What was I thinking? That I could just hang out and chill with God for the rest of eternity? Of course not. Even if I had any chance, I ruined it by being my usual trashy self-pity.

"I really am a useless piece of shit, aren't I?" I chuckled to myself sadly, drowning in self-pity.

"Will you stop that! You dare to call yourself that in my presence?!" God asked in an annoyed tone.

Realizing I was in the presence of His Majesty, I quickly changed my facial expression and shook my head vehemently with an apologetic smile on my face.

"Young man, I will be frank with you. I have seen your lifetime, and I know everything about your existence. However, that was the Damien of the past. Upon receiving this gift, you will no longer be that powerless, pitiful, and weak person… you will possess real power," God explained.

"The question is… what are you going to do with this newfound power?"

After God stated this, his hands still stretched out to offer me his Gift. The cube resembled a dice, having a crystalline structure, and it glowed as it suspended above God's hand.

I slowly stretched my hands and reached for the Gift nervously. Immediately my hands touched it, I felt a strong surge of electricity envelop my body. The cube dissipated and entirely merged with my body, causing me to glow brightly to match the colors of the cube.

While I was still recoiling from the shock caused by the sudden surge, I heard a loud <ding> in my head. In front of me was a blue window displaying a system notification I had never seen, except in games.

[System Notification]

<<Congratulations, You Are Now A Gifted>>

"Gifted, eh? So that's what we are now…" I mumbled.

Perhaps it wouldn't be so bad to have a Gift of my own. Maybe, for the first time in my life, I would be special. I looked at the system information updating and expected to see my Special Ability in the window.

<<Gift Obtained: Subspace: Lvl 1(Rank F)>>

After this message popped, there was a short moment of silence. Even God didn't make a sound as we both looked at the content of the notification.

"S-Subspace?!" I exclaimed.

I decided not to lose hope too soon. I had read several instances where one's subspace ended up making the character overpowered. With a large storage space, I could very well become crazy powerful.

<Subspace: Lvl 1 (Rank F)>

<<Current Capabilities: Hold 10 Objects>>

My jaws dropped. I now understood why everyone left the Gift he was given for better ones.

"T-This is useless!" I exclaimed in disbelief.

I glanced over at God, expecting an explanation concerning the useless state of my Gift.

God shook his head slightly and shrugged. "The others had a long list of available gifts, and it was distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis… as for you, this is all you get," he said casually.

"W-What of my Divine System?" I asked, expecting to see some overpowered aid that would balance my massive disadvantage.

"What do you mean? You have it already. The moment you made contact with your gift, you connected to the Divine System. What do you think sent you those notifications?" God answered.

"O-Oh…" I muttered, looking heartbroken and distraught.

After watching everything that was happening on Earth, I didn't want to return, at least not with such a useless power.

"I can no longer aid you any further. Doing so would be akin to giving you preferential treatment over the others, even more than I already have," God added.

"Preferential treatment? Since when?" I asked, angry at God for the lousy Gift I received.

I didn't want to return.

"Alright, please let's make a deal. I promise not to disturb you any longer. I'll be neat, and you won't even know I'm here, so please just let me stay," I pleaded desperately.

My eyes showed unease and anxiety. I walked toward the figure clad in light and knelt in front of it, begging.

God looked at my face and could see that I really didn't want to return to my world. After seeing me so relaxed all the time, having to see me make such a fearful face gave him a new perspective.

"NO!"

The words God said hit me like a sledgehammer, causing me to stumble backward and fall on my behind.

"EVEN IF I WANTED TO, WHICH I DON'T, EVERYTHING HAS ALREADY BEEN SET IN MOTION, JUST AS NO HUMAN WITHOUT A GIFT AND SYSTEM CAN REMAIN ON EARTH NOW, SO ALSO, NO ONE WITH A GIFT CAN STAY HERE," God explained.

Suddenly, my body began to fade, turning transparent all over. I had an alarmed expression as I saw myself undergoing such a strange phenomenon.

"Looks like it has started rejecting you. It's too late…"

"N-No… Please…" I pleaded, even more tears now forming in my eyes.

God paid me no heed and remained expressionless, transfixed in the location He had been in since the beginning of the conversation.

"One last piece of advice for you… no matter what happens, make sure you think of nothing else but survival… and how to go about it!"

I attempted to respond to God's words, but at that point, everything became fuzzy, and I immediately lost consciousness.

In my unconscious state, system dings and sounds reverberated throughout the empty darkness around me.

[System Information]

<<This is the 30th day since the landmark event dubbed by many as 'The Christmas Miracle'>>

<<Now Integrating Gifted into Earth Sector A-67>>

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