"Heyyy Kenichi!" I saw brown haired boy getting out of his house, a bit after I left mine so I called out to him.
Today we were planning on going around town together, I was already very interested in getting close to Kenichi since he was someone who had some qualities I admired a lot. His willpower is no joke.
Getting through that hellish training is something not many people could ever hope to achieve. But I don't know if the current Kenichi even started his training.
Other than my base interest, I got another interesting surprise this morning.
[Side quest:
Befriend a protagonist. (Difficulty F/ time left: 8hrs)
Description:
Become friends with Kenichi.
Reward:
The reward will vary depending on how close you become, and how strong the former bound is.]
"Hello Amon!!" Kenichi seemed pretty existed to finally get himself someone he could hang out with.
After greeting each other we decided that he'd first show me his high school.
"That's koryo high school, the school I've been studying in since the beginning of this year... Unfortunately I haven't managed to make any friends there yet." He showed me the huge high school he was studying in.
It was obviously a way less prestigious high school than my current one since this high school was mostly full of gangsters but it was actually a bit bigger.
After a few small talks I could already guess that he haven't started training yet, he didn't have any friends so that meant he didn't meet up with Miu yet.
That's kind of a good sign, I still have time to get a bit stronger before the main plot start.
We kept hanging out for a few hours while talking about our respective high schools, even if he was a bit awkward he was a genuinely amusing person.
"Ohhh if that isn't weak legged Kenichi." A weird looking guy who had ears longer than his own head suddenly pulled up on us.
"Hello Niijima.." Kenichi obviously stiffened right after meeting this guy, I recognized him from the anime, he was for sure one hell of a guy, his capacity to gather informations is unmatched.
"What's up?" After noticing Kenichi's unease I decided to step in and stop Niijima from having his fun today.
"Huh? Are you Kenichi's friend? Kenichi have a friend? BAHAHA" He seemed to laugh about it which made Kenichi look down even more.
"Yes me and Kenichi are friends, my name is Amon nice to meet you" my simple introduction devoid of any fear was enough to pick his interest, he made up an excuse to leave but I knew he was just going to try to gather informations about me.
"Kenichi who was that guy?" I looked at him hoping to find a way to cheer him up.
"He's Haruo Niijima, I've known him since middle school, he's a bastard who always picks on others." kenichi said with a slightly angry look on his face.
"Then maybe you should start training in some martial arts?"
"Yes I was thinking of joining the karate club this week or the next one." He said cheerfully
"I can't wait to see how strong you will become, I believe in you" I replied to him with a kind smile and a light tap on the shoulder.
I could see that he was clearly on the verge of crying just cause of that much kindness. unfortunately that wasn't only kindness but also knowledge about how strong he became in the anime. I can't even imagine how strong he must've been in the manga.
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After one more hour of talk, we finally arrived back in front of our respective houses.
"Goodbye Amon, I'm really glad to have made such a nice friend"
"Goodbye Kenichi, today was fun" I replied with a kind smile then headed back home.
Right after that, I entered my house and received another notification.
[Congratulationa on successfully completing the side quest "befriend a protagonist"!]
[Would you like to receive your reward?]
[Yes] [no]
I thought a bit about how long I talked with Kenichi and how close we started becoming, the meeting with Niijima also helped in strengthening our bound so I do hope for a great reward.
Right after that I clicked on yes.
[Congratulations on obtaining 40 coins!]
[Congratulations on obtaining 5 F class chests!]
I looked at the rewards with a wide eyed look on my face, it was by far the best reward I got as of right now, sticking around protagonists is indeed the way to go but there's clearly a huge difference in the quality of the rewards depending on which protagonist I'm around.
I proceeded to open the 5 F class chests I received.
[Congratulations on obtaining 1000 yen!]
[Congratulations on obtaining an energy replenisher!]
[Congratulations on obtaining an energy replenisher!]
[Congratulations on obtaining a small Dexterity amplifier!]
[Congratulations on obtaining 1000 yen!]
My luck really wasn't present today, after using the dexterity amplifier I opened the shop and looked at my balance.
[Balance: 100 coins]
I knew the smart thing to do was to use those coins on improving my stats, I knew it was the best thing to do, I knew it very well.
But even so, my heart as a man didn't allow me to reject the opportunity to gain 1 cm, I couldn't allow myself to reject it, I had to do it.
Seeing the perfect number of coins needed was like the last push I needed, it was like a sign of fate itself, so after thinking for a bit more I decided to go for it.
[Would you like to purchase the height boost?]
[Yes] [no]
'Height also helps during fights right?' I tried to make an excuse for myself before finally deciding to go for it and click on yes.
After using the height booster I could feel a weird energy going through my body, I knew my body changed but I couldn't point it out.
After looking in the mirror I knew that the difference this booster made was very minor, but it was enough to make my mood a bit cheerful, I just wished to escape being under 170cm, this much is already much more comfortable.
Now that I'm back to 0 coins I decided that from now on all my points will mainly go into improving myself and my stats, that should be my number 1 priority for now.
I did allow myself to use coins for my personal pleasure but I don't want this to become a habit.
I knew that my stats were already very good for my age but knowing that this world also had Kenichi I knew it wouldn't be that easy. I also knew that the possibility of some other even more powerful people existing in this world was a possibility I shouldn't rule out.
After thinking a bit more about what my future plans should be I decided to just go sleep since I had school the next day.