Chapter 1: Transmigration

July 15th, midsummer in Tokyo.

The light, drizzling rain of the past few days had washed away the dust accumulated on the streets, but as the sky cleared, the remaining rainwater evaporated rapidly, making the air even more stifling and humid.

The intense sunlight filtered through the half-open blinds, spilling onto the tatami mats in the room.

Lying on the tatami was a girl sleeping peacefully. She had soft, lustrous, pale beige-gold hair, and beneath delicate, willow-leaf eyebrows was a high, upturned nose. The girl's face was slender and three-dimensional, possessing distinct Caucasian features, yet her facial contours were softer and more refined.

She was a girl so beautiful she could make one forget to breathe.

Suddenly, her eyelashes fluttered slowly, her breathing became rapid, and before long, she drifted into consciousness.

"Where am I?" Luo Quan squinted, placing a hand on her forehead as she sized up this unfamiliar environment.

A sharp, intense pain suddenly struck from the depths of her mind, as if a pair of large hands were tearing at her nerves. Her past memories shattered in the agony, while another set of memories—ones she had never experienced—surged in her mind, gradually weaving together under the manipulation of those large hands.

As the pain slowly subsided, Luo Quan finally understood what had happened.

Like the protagonists in the countless novels she had read, she had transmigrated, inhabiting the body of a girl in a parallel world. This girl was also named Luo Quan, a freshman at the University of Tokyo who had just started her summer vacation two days ago.

"To think that in a parallel world, I'm still a top student..." Luo Quan struggled to crawl up from the floor, her heart filled with a complex mix of emotions.

In her previous life, because her parents died early, she grew up in an orphanage. After the age of fourteen, she struggled alone in society, drifting aimlessly for seven or eight years without achieving anything. She spent her days hanging out with a group of bad company, living a life of dissipation.

Fortunately, the heavens were merciful, giving her a chance to start over, and with such a dream-like opening. The only flaw was that this opening had gone slightly off track.

"At least the looks are still top-tier," Luo Quan couldn't help but sigh as she looked at herself on the phone screen.

In this life, her father was of English-Japanese descent, but his personality was as unrestrained and freedom-loving as a Frenchman's, leaving behind romances in many countries. Yet, only in China did he have his only daughter in this life with Luo Quan's mother.

They say children are the anchors for a wanderer, but Luo Quan, this little hook, clearly couldn't hold back a massive warship like her father. On the day after Luo Quan turned one, her father left without a word. Fortunately, he left behind a sum of money before he left, enough to maintain the mother and daughter's livelihood, so he wasn't entirely scum.

When Luo Quan was twelve, her mother, not knowing where she got the news about that heartless man, took her daughter across mountains and seas to Tokyo.

Although they didn't find the whereabouts of that heartless man in the end, Luo Quan's mother didn't give up, choosing instead to stay in the man's hometown and wait with long-lasting devotion.

Just a short while ago, Luo Quan's mother received news of her father again and excitedly flew to an unknown small island, and she hadn't sent a reply to Luo Quan to this day.

In Luo Quan's impression, such lingering, heart-wrenching love stories could only be seen in those cheesy, melodramatic TV series focused on tragic romance. To think that in reality, there really was such a devoted woman. It was a pity, though; in the world of emotions, whoever makes the first move loses. If nothing unexpected happened, her cheap mother's long-distance search for her husband would likely end in vain again.

But the problem was, her mother hadn't discussed it with her before leaving; she just left a sticky note on the door, packed her luggage and passport, and set off. The family's finances had always been controlled by her mother, and with her gone, Luo Quan's source of income was completely cut off.

Luo Quan immediately took out her phone and dialed her mother's number, but the reply she got was that it was out of the service area.

"No way, she really didn't leave me any money?" After hanging up, Luo Quan rummaged through the house, but apart from the 20,000 yen she had saved over the past six years, she couldn't find even a single coin.

The most valuable item in the house was probably the iPhone 6s in her hand, a gift her mother gave her when she got into the University of Tokyo a few months ago, which cost nearly 100,000 yen! However, unless it was a last resort, Luo Quan definitely wouldn't sell her phone.

As for the 20,000 yen on hand, that was about 1,300 RMB. With such a small amount of money, how long could she survive in Tokyo, one of the most expensive cities in the world?

Luo Quan gripped the thick stack of small change, licking her lips anxiously, thinking about how she should live from now on.

At this moment, a knock sounded on the door: "Is Miss Luo Ni home?"

"It's the landlord uncle... Oh no! Today is rent day!" Luo Quan panicked, quickly shoving her phone and change under the tatami mat, then rushed to the entryway and opened the door.

"Oh, it's Luo Quan. Where is your mother?" The landlord was tall, with a full beard and a beer belly. He looked to be in his early forties and seemed quite easy to talk to.

"Mother went traveling," Luo Quan answered briefly, mainly because she was feeling guilty and nervous, not knowing what else to say.

The landlord rubbed his hands and said, "Right, Quan-chan, today is rent day. Your mother should have mentioned it to you, right?"

Luo Quan said apologetically, "I'm really sorry. My mother didn't leave me much money when she left this time. Could you give me a two-day extension? Once I get in touch with my mother, I will definitely pay you immediately."

"Nani?!" Upon hearing about delaying the rent, the landlord seemed to change into a different person. His voice immediately grew loud, his eyes widened like copper bells, resembling a yaksha ghost from a ukiyo-e painting: "In the entire Adachi Ward, my rent is the cheapest. It's not even 70,000 yen a month. To delay rent at such an affordable price, where is the logic in that! If you don't want to live here, then move out quickly! There are plenty of people outside who want to move in!"

Luo Quan quickly explained, "We didn't intentionally want to delay your rent. It's just that it happened so suddenly. My mother didn't leave me any money when she left, and now I can't contact her. I really don't have the money to give you."

The landlord said angrily, "No money? Then go to Kabukicho! With your looks, you could get 70,000 yen in just an hour or so!"

As the largest red-light district in Japan and even Asia, Kabukicho was famous. Although Luo Quan had never been there, she had heard of it. But in such a place, could one find any decent work?

Regardless of whether the landlord was just venting, Luo Quan was already a bit angry: "Mr. Landlord, I only have 20,000 yen and a phone on me right now. If I pay the rent, I'll have to drink the northwest wind tonight. If you really don't want to wait, I'll mortgage my phone to you. If my mother calls, you can answer it and have her transfer the money to you."

After speaking, Luo Quan turned to go into the room to get her phone.

"Wait a moment." Perhaps realizing that what he just said was very inappropriate, the landlord called Luo Quan back with a dark face.

"What is it?" Luo Quan asked, turning her head.

The male chauvinism typical of Japanese men made the landlord unable to say anything like an apology. He just waved his hand and frowned, "Forget it, I'll give you a few more days. Remember, this is only this once."

Without waiting for Luo Quan to say thank you, the landlord turned and went downstairs.

Back in the room, Luo Quan sat on the floor and sighed helplessly: "70,000 yen, where am I going to get that much money?"

Just when Luo Quan was at her wit's end, a sound suddenly came from her mind.

【Ding! Diva Cultivation System binding successful!】

【As a lucky transmigrator, your life is destined to become extraordinary after coming to this world. You are destined to become a world-renowned Diva, but for now, you still need to work hard!】

【Level: Unknown】

【Heat Value: 0】

【Personal Attributes:

Looks: SSS. You possess one-quarter English blood and one-half Chinese blood. The advantages of yellow and white have been perfectly fused in you. A human treasure is exactly what you are. If you debut in Kabukicho, you will be the undisputed Oiran!】

【Singing Ability: C+. Your innate conditions are excellent; you can dominate the entire room in KTV without needing to learn! However, that is all. Without mastering scientific vocal techniques and undergoing professional training, your limit is just to dominate on short video apps!】

【Acting Ability: C-. Your rich experience at the bottom of society allows you to disguise your true emotions better than the average person. In low-budget small films, you can play insignificant bit parts, but then again, what kind of acting ability do such roles need?】

【Creativity: (B ~ Infinity). This is your biggest golden finger as a transmigrator. You possess a cultural and entertainment treasury completely different from this world (limited to music), but to use it all, you need to consume a large amount of Heat Value for exchange.】

【Star Binding: None yet】

【Personal Backpack: Transmigrator Limited Gift Pack x1】

【Mall: Unlocked after obtaining Heat Value】

【Tasks:

Novice Task: Obtain at least 100 Heat Value before 12:00 tonight.

Failure Penalty: Force the host to debut in Kabukicho. Unconventional means might allow you to rise to fame more quickly!】

If the first half of the system made Luo Quan overjoyed and gave her infinite hope, the latter half made her feel like she had fallen into an ice cellar.

"If the task fails, you'll make me debut in Kabukicho? Is this even human?" Luo Quan gripped her phone, trembling with anger. Of course, a significant part of it was fear.

Hearing Luo Quan's complaint, the system immediately responded: "People are forced out; without giving you pressure, how can you grow? Also, I was never human to begin with."

"Fine, you win!" Luo Quan silently gave a middle finger in her heart, then focused her attention on the Transmigrator Limited Gift Pack.

"Open that gift pack and see what's inside," Luo Quan said to the system.

"Gift pack opening... Congratulations to the host, you have obtained a Street Performer Three-Piece Set, a High-Quality Song Extraction Ticket, Guitar Mastery, and Primary Singing Proficiency."

It sounded like a bountiful harvest. Luo Quan said with joy, "Use everything that can be used!"

As soon as she finished speaking, a wooden guitar, a portable speaker, and a microphone appeared out of thin air in front of Luo Quan. However, the result of the High-Quality Song Extraction Ticket left Luo Quan laughing and crying, because she had drawn "Lemon."

As one of the most popular Japanese songs in recent years from her previous life, "Lemon" definitely deserved the title of high quality. It sold over 300,000 copies in its first week, topped the most authoritative Japanese music chart, Oricon, for six consecutive weeks, and had accumulated 400 million views on YouTube. These data all proved its excellence. But precisely because it was too excellent, Luo Quan had listened to this song countless times and even specifically learned its guitar tabs, with every note memorized by heart.

In other words, she could have sung this song anyway and didn't need to learn it again. As a result, she had wasted an extraction ticket for nothing. But that was fine; through the system, she finally mastered the arrangement of this song. If she had the opportunity to produce a single in the future, she wouldn't need to trouble others.

Checking the time, it was already 4:00 PM. She had eight hours left. Now that everything was ready, she had to set off immediately. ===== CHAPTER 2 =====