Nioh's Life-Winner Simulator

At the French Open quarterfinals, Ren Wang was about to win when his Achilles tendon tore, forcing him to retire due to injury. His overwhelming unwillingness to give up drew the attention of the God of Desire.

He wagered his future and ambitions to obtain a Life Simulator.

His desires became the fuel and energy that powered the simulator.

His future lay in using the simulator to keep climbing toward the peak, or being consumed by the simulator and his own desires.

But... wasn't this simulator a little too comprehensive? Were his desires really so endless?

[When you were ten, you ran into a legendary tennis player. He thought you were a tennis prodigy and decided to take you abroad for training.]

[When you were eight, your parents suddenly lost their jobs. To make ends meet, they started a business, and caught the wave of a booming industry. Your family immigrated to the United States and became neighbors with Echizen Nanjirou.]

[When you were twelve, you moved with your parents to Tokyo because of a work transfer. Choosing a school presented you with a crucial decision: Seigaku, Hyotei, or Yamabuki?]

[Not long after starting to learn tennis, you decided to become a professional player, so you made a long-term career plan. To improve your tennis and master the fundamentals, you decided to travel the world and gain match experience.]

[During an amateur tennis tournament, a coach spotted you and decided to train you into a powerful tennis player.]

Ren Wang was losing it.

Was he really that ambitious?

Ten years later, Ren Wang became a tennis legend. His story inspired countless athletes: He had struggled to find opportunities when he first turned pro, and just as he was rising through the ranks, accumulated fatigue from old injuries caused an Achilles tendon injury during the French Open quarterfinals. But Ren Wang didn't retire. After treatment and rehabilitation, he returned to the court and gradually fulfilled his potential, winning one trophy after another.

Warning: This is a sports competition novel, and the main plot follows Ren Wang's journey up the competitive ladder. Simulator fiction comes with lots of strange IF routes, so there will also be plenty of fun scenarios... Yes, although I'm personally a purist when it comes to the original, a simulator story means there will be routes where Ren Wang joins other schools.

Theme: Keep trying new possibilities, and you'll find a new future.