The Heroic Tale of the Weakest Ability User ~The F-Ranker with the Dual Pistols~ - Chapter 00

Every day felt the same. I am going to the usual place, returning to an empty house, and letting time pass by.

But one day, everything changed.

It was a sunny day, and I was living my usual routine. Nothing was different, nothing was lost—it was just another ordinary day.

“I’m home,” I called out, stepping into the empty house. This had become my normal day.

A few years ago, my mother disappeared, leaving me and my father behind. Since then, I’ve been living alone, even as a sixth grader.

But today was different. My father came back  home after a long time.

“It’s been a while, Task,” he said. His eyes seemed distant, as if looking far into the future, not at me.

“Dad, are you done with work today?” I asked, trying to sound innocent. I was just so happy he was home. Maybe that’s why I spoke to him in a way that felt like I was pretending.

But then, he grabbed my arm and pulled me. He dragged me to his car andthrew me inside. I was confused—was this a surprise? Or was something terrifying about to happen?

He drove me to a large hospital-like facility. There was no conversation during the ride.

“This is to save you… forgive me,” he said. Before I knew it, I was lying in what looked like to be an operating room. Reality moved forward without giving me a chance to comprehend what was happening.

The next moment, a sharp pain sliced through my head, and darkness consumed my vision.

“Dad…?”

I think I called out to him.

I think I kept staring at his face until the darkness took him away from my sight.

When I opened my heavy eyelids, I found myself surrounded by a sea of flames. Screams echoed in thedistance, and I was strapped in a bed, unable to move.

The fire crept closer, as if rejecting my very existence. I felt the searing heat and my brain was overwhelmed by the pain.

Then, an earth-shattering explosion hit me. I was conscious, feeling my body shatter.

As the flames consumed me, I realized something.

I couldn’t escape this reality.