My Borderline Supervillain-Slash-Hero System Novel

Eighty years prior, an alien war erupted in Earth's orbit, with a powerful fugitive called Tree fleeing extraterrestrial forces. When the fugitive's heart merged with Earth's core during the conflict, a massive tree emerged, initiating the age of superpowers. This Awakening phenomenon granted humans extraordinary abilities, and within seventeen years, nearly the entire population had awakened—except for a select few deemed Rejecters, society's lowest rank. Zane Carter inherited infamy as the son of a superhero-turned-supervillain, facing discrimination since birth. Though he aspired to heroism, his father's dark legacy made him a social outcast. Despite intensive training, his own Awakening failed, and he was rejected by the Hero Academy and ridiculed by society. Then everything changed when a system activated within him: the Borderline Supervillain-Slash-Hero System. This mysterious system presented Zane with a fundamental choice—to become the hero society never wanted him to be, or to embrace the villain they always dreaded. With this power came the decision that would define his fate.