[No System + Earth with a Radical Makeover + A Blended World Setting + A Hodgepodge of Tropes + Ensemble Cast Leaning + Powerful Protagonist + Character Growth + Multiple Heroines]
“Have you heard? That [Cleaner] is back in action…”
“I heard he knocked the shogun’s daughter to her knees with one punch in Japan, and even the shogun didn’t dare interfere…”
“He even killed a member of [Maze], and the elders just turned a blind eye. He’s absolutely terrifying.”
“He abducts women, too! I saw him taking some girl, God knows whose daughter, to Yanhuang! What a beast!”
“That’s not all. He blew up [Cage] in Yanhuang, and even the emperor took a humiliating loss. I can’t imagine who would dare to stop him!”
“The skies over the Gray Realm have finally gone dark…”
…
Meanwhile, Mo Wuqing, at the center of the storm, sat in his shop holding a cup of coffee and asked, looking rather innocent:
“Huh? Who are they talking about? Me?”
“Yes, they’re talking about you,” the girl he had taken in replied.
“I’ll sue them for slander!”
And so, an ordinary owner of an audio and video shop was mildly rattled.
…
Years later, when someone asked Mo Wuqing how he had managed to dominate the Gray Realm for so long without ever being brought down, he replied:
“Obviously, because I can fight,” said Mo Wuqing. “What else could it be, my connections?”
