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Waking up wasn’t supposed to feel like this. Kenji Tanaka, a man drowning in middle-aged monotony, expected his alarm clock, not the damp chill of Zaban City’s underworld. Stranger still? The face staring back from a murky puddle wasn’t his, but Leorio Paradinight’s – the loudmouthed, secretly noble wannabe Hunter from his favorite anime. Transmigration? Insanity? Before he could process it, a glowing blue screen shattered his reality: the [Shadow Monarch] system activated, gifting him powers ripped straight from a manhwa he’d only heard of – the ability to command shadows, level up, and cheat death itself.
He survived the lethal Hunter Exam through a bizarre mix of foreknowledge, luck, and burgeoning necromantic power, his level skyrocketing, stats eclipsing his peers. Now, clutching his newly minted Hunter License and blessed (or cursed?) with unnatural longevity, his first *real* mission begins. His friend Killua, heir to the infamous Zoldyck assassins, is trapped by family manipulation. Forget dreams of medicine; Leorio, Gon, and Kurapika are heading to Kukuroo Mountain. Rescuing Killua isn’t just about friendship – it’s the first step on a shadowed path far grander and deadlier than any Hunter Exam. The Monarch’s journey starts now.