A/N: I made a mistake in Chapter 38. I said the Neuro Linker doesnt have Augmented Reality, but it does. I just forgot to take it out when copy pasting it and during editing. So yeah, now it's back. I also went back and fixed it. Thank you Samelies for pointing it out!
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Arata- "Uhhh… What happened…"
I sit up from my sleeping position and try to recall what happened. I remember someone jumping on me before getting suffocated and blacking out… I swear I saw a couple of red words as well but I can't remember what they said.
???- "Hey, you. You're finally awake."
Arata- *screams*
Rumi- "Woah, what happened?"
Arata- "Nothing, just PTSD. Thank god it's just you…"
Wait, no, don't thank god. Fuck god…
I look around to see I was sleeping on a couch, and standing next to the couch looking at me is Rumi Usagiyama. I haven't seen her in person for a few years and she already grew up into such a beauty. Long snow-white hair that reaches her hips and bunny ears that point proudly to the sky replacing her human ones. Red eyes that, although should be so stereotyped, make we want to keep staring at them and a sexy toned body that has lines of barely showing muscles in her arms and legs.
She's wearing a short tank top and hot pants and a towel wrapped over her neck.
Rumi- "What?"
Arata- "Nothing. Were you working out recently?"
I ask as I point to the towel.
Rumi- "No, I was just about to head out though."
Arata- "Ah I see. Well don't let me stop you, I'll just unpack. Where's my room?"
Rumi- "Down the hallway on the first door to the left."
I get up, grab my suitcase and walk to my new home for the next week. Although I have an inventory it would've been pretty weird to arrive without carrying anything, so I have this dummy suitcase that's just packed with the holy texts.
(A/N: Jojo manga.)
While walking I look around some more and notice this is a pretty nice place. It's very wide and spacious for an apartment. It doesn't have many decorations but it doesn't make it any less appealing.
I find where my room is and open the door. I walk in and just as I'm about to close the door behind me…
Rumi- "*whispering* It's good to see you again, Arata…"
She walks out the front door.
*chuckle*
This woman…
She doesn't know, but my DEX stat is something that normally should be physically impossible for a human to achieve. DEX governs my precision and perception. Hearing is also included. I don't think she meant for me to hear, but even if she already walked out of the apartment and is already going down the elevator, I can still hear her.
And that's not even when I'm concentrating. Yeah, it's crazy. That's what over 140 DEX can do. And before you ask, no, that's not possible to achieve. Even with The Gamer ability. You can forcefully raise your stats using stat points, but raising it naturally has a limit.
The answer is [Self Reprogramming]. My quirk [Self Reprogramming] can do many, many things to my body. If I wanted to, I can completely take away my strength, making me only as strong as the average human, before giving myself super strength again. Granted, each of those changes will take a few days to fully take effect, but you get the idea.
What [Self Rreprogramming] does is alter my 'code'. Whether it's my DNA map or my mental state, it all has a 'code' that can be changed. Changing one part of the code can completely wreck my entire body, like how changing a small part of the code on a website can completely crash the whole thing. Thankfully [Self Reprogramming] lets me know the general effects my actions will take, so unless I want to, I won't die from a 'coding error'.
Anyways, as I said, I changed my code. Unfortunately, simply changing my code has its limits. What I'm currently doing is raising my natural limits, but that will end up hitting a dead end. After all…
The human body is flawed. There's only so much I can do. But I have a theory.
If I were to instead completely rewrite my code, from beginning to end… Well, I haven't reached that point of mastery just yet. If I get the [Self Reprogramming] skill to LV MAX on the other hand, there's a chance.
Speaking of levels…
Arata- "Status."
[Name: Arata Daishin
Occupation: The Gamer
Level: LV 70 Next Level: 30.78%
HP: 8,000/8,000
Mental: 98,040/98,040
Mana: ???/???
STR: 84
VIT: 80
DEX: 143
INT: 9804 (4902)
WIS: 9804 (4902)
LUK: 258
Stat Points: 0
Money: $24,937,365,856
Affinity:
Space: 100
Time: 100
Skills:
Gamer's Mind LV MAX
Gamer's Body LV MAX
Existence Lost LV MAX
Physical Endurance LV 74
Unarmed Mastery LV 80
Parallel Processing LV MAX
Cooking LV 51
Sixth Sense LV 5
Esper: Vector Manipulation LV MAX
Kaleidoscope LV MAX
Quirk: Self Reprogramming LV 88
Observation LV MAX
Create ID LV 34
Escape ID LV 34
Meditation LV MAX
Manufacturing LV MAX
Degenerate LV 15]
Mmm. Everything is coming along nicely. Even [Degenerate], which I only got recently, is also levelling up quickly. Using separation and synthesis is very helpful in making things, whether I just want things to stick together or I want to make an alloy or something.
I haven't levelled up since the USJ incident, I can't find anyone that can put up a good fight recently, so all the exp I get is trash. Manufacturing finally hit max level. My INT and WIS are getting closer to the 10,000 marks. I wonder if I can break through into Level 5 if I get there…
Rumi- "I'm back!"
Oh, it seems she's done with her routine at the gym. I've been here unpacking while monologuing for a few hours. I'm curious though, what kind of training regimen does Rumi go through? She can already kick down a thick steel door, do they have quirk specific training gear?
Arata- "Welcome back…?"
I head out of my room and welcome her back. And she looks…
*kacha*
I take a picture with the neuro linker. It uses my eyes as the lens so anything in my field of vision can be captured. Pretty convenient actually. Do note that all this happened in under half a second.
At that moment I forgot that Rumi also should have an insane DEX stat. Noticing minute fluctuations in my expression is possible.
…
Her smile became a bit bigger all of a sudden. I wonder why.
Rumi- "Well, I'm a bit sweaty, I'm gonna take a shower. Wanna join?"
If I couldn't process what she just said instantly and immediately control myself, I would've blushed so hard. But too bad, you can't get me with that. Damn, I should get a skill for that.
[A new skill has been created through a specific action.]
[Poker Face LV 1]
There's something like that!? Damn, I could've used it so many times in my life. *sigh* Better late than never…
Arata- "Why would I do that?"
Rumi- "Oh come on, we did it plenty of times when we were kids!"
Arata- "Correction, when I was a kid. You, on the other hand, were almost an adult."
Rumi- "Doesn't matter, let's go!"
And so, she grabs my arm and starts dragging me to the bathroom.
This shameless woman!