My name's Yato. Average high school student. Likes ramen, video games, and not doing homework. Life was simple. Peaceful. Predictable. Until one Tuesday morning, while I was halfway through a dream about eating unlimited fried chicken, the classroom was swallowed by a blinding light.
The next thing I knew, I was standing in a giant throne room that looked like someone tried to cram every fantasy cliché into one room and then added extra glitter for good measure.
Massive crystal chandeliers. Stained glass windows. Knights in unnecessarily shiny armor. And a throne big enough to land a helicopter on.
"Brave Heroes from Another World!" a voice boomed, snapping me out of my chicken dream. "Welcome to Farlontishelia!"
Farlon… what now?
I blinked. I wasn't alone. All my classmates were here, too — Kaito the class president, Ren the brooding loner, Ayaka the idol girl, even Yamamoto, who always smelled like wet rice.
A tall, white-haired old man with a beard long enough to trip over raised his staff dramatically.
"I am King Balzard the Third!" he declared. "We have summoned you all to this world to defeat the Demon Lord threatening our lands!"
Classic isekai plot. I knew the drill. This wasn't my first anime binge.
"Now!" King Balzard continued. "We shall bestow upon each of you a unique job and powerful skill to aid you in your noble quest!"
A magic circle appeared under Kaito.
"Job: Sword Saint. Unique Skill: Heavenly Blade Arts."
The room cheered. Kaito smugly grinned.
Then Ren.
"Job: Dark Sorcerer. Unique Skill: Abyssal Cataclysm."
Ominous, but cool.
Then Ayaka.
"Job: Divine Priestess. Unique Skill: Holy Miracle Touch."
Basically, cheat healer.
One by one, everyone got ridiculously OP jobs and skills. The hype was real. My turn came last.
"Yato…" King Balzard squinted at the glowing screen. "Job: Village. Unique Skill: None."
The room fell dead silent.
"…huh?" I blinked. "Wait. Village? Like, the whole place? Is that a job?"
"Uhm… perhaps a translation error…" one of the robed old guys mumbled.
"Nope," the magic screen cheerfully displayed:
[Job: Village]
[Unique Skill: None]
"What does a Village do?" I asked.
"Er… perhaps you're meant to… manage fields?" the king suggested weakly.
"Or… gather firewood?" someone added.
"Or… die first when the Demon Lord attacks," Ren muttered.
Everyone laughed. Hard.
Even Ayaka, who once borrowed my math notes, was snickering.
"Bruh…" I whispered to myself.
And just like that, my life as a background character began.
Two hours later, my classmates were given hero capes, shiny weapons, and royal rooms. Me? I got tossed onto an ox cart with a sack of turnips and sent to some backwater called Chickpea Village.
Not even a cool name like Dragon Fang Town or Mystic Forest City. Chickpea. Literally a bean.
The driver, an old guy missing half his teeth, kept glancing at me.
"You're one o' them summoned heroes, eh?" he chuckled. "Never seen a hero job like Village before. Might be cursed. Good luck, kid."
Fantastic.
The trip took a full day. I arrived at night to find a handful of huts, a rusty well, and a chicken so fat it looked like it ate the other chickens.
Congratulations, Yato. You've hit rock bottom in record time.
Days turned into weeks.
I learned to plant cabbages. Chase pigs. Avoid angry geese. The most exciting event was when Old Man Gorm fell into the well and we had to fish him out with a rope and a bucket.
My classmates probably fought monsters, earned medals, and gained cool battle scars. I earned blisters, bug bites, and a weird scar shaped like a potato from tripping over a rake.
Every night, I stared at the sky and muttered,
"Where's my OP cheat system, huh? Don't I get one? I'm the MC, right?"
Nothing. Not a single glowing screen. Not even a tutorial prompt.
Maybe I wasn't the MC. Maybe I was NPC #73: Turnip Boy.
Three months later, on a muggy summer evening while chasing a runaway goat named Sir Hornsalot, it finally happened.
A ding sound rang in my ears.
A translucent blue screen popped up in front of me.
[SYSTEM ACTIVATED]
Welcome, Yato! You have unlocked the Humor-Based Abilities System!
"Wait… humor-based?"
Your powers grow stronger through nonsense, comedy, and ridiculous acts. Prepare to be the strongest idiot in the world!
I rubbed my eyes.
Another prompt appeared.
New Ability Unlocked: Exploding Rubber Chicken!
Effect: Throws a rubber chicken that explodes on contact. Enemies lose the will to fight due to sheer embarrassment.
"…what."
New Passive Unlocked: Comedic Timing.
Effect: Your jokes always land at the worst possible — or funniest — moment.
I stared at the screen. Then at Sir Hornsalot, who stared back, unimpressed.
I grinned.
"Oh it's on, buddy."
And thus began my path to overpowered, brain-dead greatness.
After the system screen faded, I just stood there, mouth open like a fish on land.
Humor-Based Abilities System.
What kind of bootleg discount isekai power was this?
Everyone else had Heavenly Sword Arts and Abyssal Cataclysm, and I got a joke system that hands me exploding rubber chickens? Is this a prank? Was I actually dead and in hell's comedy club?
I looked down at my hand.
A shiny, yellow, rubber chicken materialized in my palm with a squeaky little honk.
"…huh."
I gave it a squeeze.
SQUEEEEAK.
I blinked.
Sir Hornsalot, the village goat, glared at me. His tiny, judgmental eyes silently said: You're an embarrassment to humanity.
"Alright, goat. Watch this."
I yeeted the rubber chicken at a nearby rock.
BOOOOM!
A small, comical explosion. Smoke shaped like a middle finger drifted into the sky.
I fell on my butt.
"…Holy crap it works."
[Achievement Unlocked: First Explosion]
Reward: Whoopee Cushion Trap Unlocked.
Effect: Place a whoopee cushion under any target. 100% chance to humiliate. 20% chance to instantly knock out weak-minded foes from shame.
I cackled like a lunatic.
This was it. My path to glory. Not through strength. Not through strategy. Through sheer, unfiltered nonsense.
I was gonna clown my way to the top.
The next day, I tested more abilities.
Rubber Chicken Bomb — check.
Whoopee Cushion Trap — check.
Passive Skill: Comedic Dodge — "Accidentally trips to avoid fatal attacks." I tripped over a cabbage and dodged a falling beehive. Worked flawlessly.
The village kids started following me around.
"Mister Yato, blow up that stump again!"
"Make the chicken go BOOM!!"
Somehow, I became the village's unofficial entertainer. I had an audience now. Fame. Power. Respect. Well… from six-year-olds, but still.
I strutted around Chickpea Village like I was a big shot.
"Fear me, peasants! For I am Yato, the Clown King of Explosions!"
Old Man Gorm threw a turnip at my head.
I deserved it.
Two weeks later, I received my first System Quest.
[Quest: Defeat a Monster Using Humor-Based Abilities]
Reward: Mystery Joke Box
Conveniently, that same night, a wild boar bigger than a horse attacked the village's potato field. The villagers panicked.
"It's the Great Hog of Doom!"
"It's eating our entire harvest!"
"We're all gonna starve!"
"Do something, Yato!"
I gulped.
Time to see what this stupid system could really do.
I approached the beast, which had tusks like daggers and eyes like two glowing meatballs of hate.
[New Ability Unlocked: Instant Nose Hair Growth]
Effect: Target's nose hair rapidly grows, causing discomfort and blindness.
"I'm sorry what—?"
USE IT.
"Alright, alright!"
I pointed dramatically.
"BEHOLD! THE HAIRY CURSE OF NOSTRILDOOOM!"
The boar froze. Its snout twitched. A forest of nose hairs burst out, covering its eyes.
It staggered, confused and mortified.
The villagers stared.
"…what the hell did you just do?" Old Man Gorm whispered.
Seizing my chance, I hurled a Rubber Chicken Bomb at its backside.
BOOOM!
The boar flew into the air, trailing smoke and indignity.
[Quest Complete!]
Reward Received: Mystery Joke Box
A small treasure chest appeared with a rainbow aura.
I cracked it open.
[New Ability Unlocked: Banana Peel Slip Trap]
Effect: Instantly trips one enemy. 50% chance to shatter their dignity.
I fist-pumped.
The villagers erupted in cheers.
"Yato defeated the Great Hog of Doom!"
"He saved our harvest!"
"Truly, he is the Hero of Chickpea!"
Old Man Gorm handed me a bottle of suspiciously green liquor.
"From now on, you're one of us."
I was finally accepted. Not as a hero, but as the village's official idiot savior. And you know what?
I'll take it.
That night, sitting under the stars with Sir Hornsalot gnawing on my boot, I opened my system menu.
More nonsense skills awaited me.
- Pie-to-the-Face Strike
- Balloon Animal Shield
- Passive: Dramatic Anime Fall
And a new quest.
[Quest: Travel to the Capital and Prank a Royal Guard]
Reward: Ultimate Joke Scroll
I grinned like an idiot.
"Oh, Farlontishelia… you're not ready for this."
Tomorrow, I'd head to the capital. My classmates were probably slaying dragons and wooing princesses.
I was gonna overthrow the kingdom's dignity… one rubber chicken at a time.
And thus, the legend of Yato, the Overpowered Clown Hero, was born.