[Congratulations, you have been chosen by The Gamer.]
[Let the game begin.]
[Quest: How to adapt to your surroundings (1/3)]
[Detail: Only by knowing oneself can you win every battle. Check your stats, your surroundings, and where you are and who you are in a single glance, then we will talk.]
[Reward: +5,000 EXP, Holy Arrow (Bleach).]
What?
Game?
My life has become a video game?
Should I say 'status'?
Name: Arisu Sakayanagi
Race: Human
Alignment: Neutral Evil
Profession: The Gamer
Guild: None
Skill: Gamer Mind (Max), Gamer Body (Max)
LV1
EXP: 0/1000
HP: 300/300
MP: 1500/1500
Personal Attributes:
Strength: 5
Agility: 5
Constitution: 3
Spirit: 15
Charisma: 210
Stat Points: 0
Traits:
Evil Genius: You are sadistic, evil, and genius. However, this trait will make you lack empathy. You see the world as nothing more than your chessboard and game; nothing really matters to you except your own ends.
Effect: +5 Spirit per level
Loligaki: You will never age, your height will never grow, and you will be stuck in a loli state for the rest of your life. But fear not, you are the most popular waifu that even the author of this story is willing to write the story for you, so your charisma being off the charts makes sense.
Effect: +200 Charisma
High Functioning Sociopath: You know how to play people and can see through their emotions easily enough to take advantage of them for your own benefit. Communication skills that others find difficult mean nothing to you. What you find hard is relating to others. You don't understand human emotions very well and question why humans even need them. They should be rational in your book and focused on their goals rather than delving too much into emotions, which you perceive with disdain and weakness.
Effect: +5 Spirit per level, +5 Charisma per level
Vindictive: You find joy in your opponent's suffering. You take vengeance to another level through their pain, stopping at nothing until they regret crossing your path. Whether through blackmail, threats, or humiliation, you will never let go of any opportunity to inflict pain on them. Of course, this is limited to your enemies. You are very cruel toward anyone opposing you and won't even spare their loved ones if it can inflict pain on them.
Effect: +50% pain inflicted on your opponent, +20% inducing fear in those opposing you, +30% intimidation to those weaker than you, -2 Charisma per level
Crippled: Well, this has never been a good trait. Every time you level up, you will receive a debuff per level unless you can solve this problem.
Effect: -1 Endurance per level
Are these skills inherited from Arisu? They should be. I'm not an evil genius or sociopath. I was smart, but not at the level of a genius. Yes, I was vengeful, but not to the point of abnormality like Chad Chinaman, who murdered whole clans and families.
I guess Arisu leans towards Chad Chinaman, evident in her treatment toward Yamauchi. However, I don't care too much about this issue. Those traits are not weaknesses, as long as they don't turn me into a naïve fool or a licking dog who falls in love at first sight. Nothing else matters to me.
Now, let's survey the surroundings. I find myself on a bus and guess from my identity that it should be the bus used by the protagonist when he boards for school. Then, I see a blonde-haired man and a beige-haired girl arguing over the grandma's seat. I deadpan and feel déjà vu watching this scene over and over again from fanfiction I read on Webnovel.
[Congratulations, Arisu Sakayanagi, you have been rewarded with +5,000 EXP and the Holy Arrow skill from Bleach.]
[You have leveled up.]
[You have leveled up.]
[You have leveled up.]
Now, I want to check my status once again.
Name: Arisu Sakayanagi
Race: Human
Alignment: Neutral Evil
Profession: The Gamer
Guild: None
Skill: Gamer Mind (Max), Gamer Body (Max), Holy Arrow (1)
LV3
EXP: 2000/3000
HP: 300/0
MP: 2500/2500
Personal Attributes:
Strength: 5
Agility: 5
Constitution: 0
Spirit: 25
Charisma: 210
Stat Points: 15
I should distribute points to Constitution and Strength first, as my weak body is very inconvenient for me currently.
Name: Arisu Sakayanagi
Race: Human
Alignment: Neutral Evil
Profession: The Gamer
Guild: None
Skill: Gamer Mind (Max), Gamer Body (Max), Holy Arrow (1)
LV3
EXP: 2000/3000
HP: 1000/1000
MP: 2500/2500
Personal Attributes:
Strength: 10
Agility: 5
Constitution: 10
Spirit: 25
Charisma: 210
Stat Points: 0
I am honestly upset with the crippled debuff that is stacking on me. It seems I need to take care of that problem in the future. Hopefully, the quests for the game will not disappoint me. Perhaps when there is an option to travel to another world, I will approach Asia and let her Twilight Healing Sacred Gear heal me, or any other option with advanced healing magic or technology. For now, I am stuck with this shitty debuff.
[Congratulations for finishing part 1 of your tutorial quest, Player. Now, let the game begin.]
[Choose your path.]
[1. Help the grandma who has trouble standing. You can either use your seat or your charisma to ask another student to give their seat to her.]
Reward: +5 Strength, +2,000 EXP, +2 Endurance, +10 affection of Kushida Kikyou, +10 affection of Ryoukousuke Koenji.
[2. Focus on someone beside your seat and communicate with her. She is Shiina Hiyori, you have many common interests with her, especially when it comes to books.]
Reward: +5 Spirit, +2,000 EXP, +2 Charisma, +20 affection of Shiina Hiyori.
[3. Enjoy your nap because you are lazy to talk or communicate with others.]
Reward: +10 Spirit, +10,000 EXP
[4. Greet Ayanokouji and issue a challenge to him. Whisper to him that you know him from the White Room.]
Reward: +10 Agility, +20,000 EXP, -20 affection of Ayanokouji Kiyotaka, +10 affection of Horikita Suzune.
[5. Sakura Airi is near. Why don't you tease her about her modeling career that she shared on Twitter and scare the shit out of her by making her know that you know her secret?]
Reward: +10 Strength, +10,000 EXP, +5 Agility, +50 Obedience of Sakura Airi.
Okay... It seems a choice needs to be made.
I choose...
Fuck with choice, I choose them all, my gaming mindset roaring inside me as I started to calculate how to formulate my plan perfectly in a spasm of a second with my new genius brain.
[Quest: How to adapt to your surroundings (2/3)]
[Detail: You have chosen the most difficult path and there is no turning back. Now, let's take all the routes that you have chosen in a short period of time before the bus arrives at the school.]
[Reward: +15 Strength, +15 Spirit, +15 Agility, +2 Endurance, +2 Charisma, +46,000 EXP, +10 affection of Kushida Kikyou, +10 affection of Ryoukousuke Koenji, +20 affection of Shiina Hiyori, -20 affection of Ayanokouji Kiyotaka, +10 affection of Horikita Suzune, +50 Obedience of Sakura Airi.]
With that, I set my focus on Shiina Hiyori first, who is so engrossed in reading her book, occasionally glancing at me. Her gaze doesn't linger that long as she wants to set her sight on her book once again.
"Fufufu... I never knew that someone our age still has an interest in history books." I started the conversation first with an amused tone beneath my voice.
"Arisu Sakayanagi and you?"
"Shiina Hiyori. Speaking of which, Sakayanagi-san, do you perhaps like books too?" Her eyes sparkled with interest at my comment regarding the social commentary of people our age holding disinterest in history books.
"I do, but I rarely read good books like you do. I mostly read trashy fanfics on webnovel." I said.
Shiina Hiyori only offered an awkward smile at that.
"At least, they should be good books, shouldn't they? Your willingness to read them proves the point enough." She comforted.
"They taught me one most important thing in life, the less moral you have, the less you will be morally blackmailed by others." I chuckled.
"Well, Shiina, it's fun talking with you. We will talk about this later. I think the farce should end already." With that, I stood up from my seat with the help of a cane in my hand and offered my empty seat to the grandma.
I nodded at her gratitude and avoided talking with Kushida, who wanted to waste my time with her fake friendly game. I needed to finish my quest fast. I grinned mischievously at Ayanokouji and whispered something that made his poker face crack as he stared at me coldly. I had no time to wait for his reaction and went straight to Sakura Airi's place. She dozed a lot on the bus and stared unfocusedly at the ground.
When I approached her unsuspectingly, she was still dozing off.
"Hello, Sakura-chan, did Shizuku's words ring a bell for you?"
"What... What... Do you mean by that?" She stammered, her forehead was sweating coldly as she stared at me with a hint of fear.
Huh…
Her reaction was so overreached. Did becoming a gravure idol really that bad in Japan?
"Not for anything else. Can I borrow your seat, Shizuku-chan? You see, it's very inconvenient for me to stand with this frail body, so I need your help, pretty please?" I whispered.
"Okay..." Sakura whimpered as she easily handed over her seat to me, and I sat down in satisfaction.
I said to her.
"We will talk about this after school, Shizuku-chan. You know, I like you already. You're already my favorite in school, and thank you for the seat." I smirked and didn't bother myself to see Airi's reaction. I had better things to do. For example, it's nap time!
[Congratulations, Player, you have finished part 2 of the quest. The rewards have already been sent to you. Enjoy the game.]
[You have leveled up.]
[You have leveled up.]
[You have leveled up.]
[You have leveled up.]
[You have leveled up.]
[You have leveled up.]
Sweet...
That's how epic and legend level up, I guess?
...
Name: Arisu Sakayanagi
Race: Human
Alignment: Neutral Evil
Profession: The Gamer
Guild: None
Skill: Gamer Mind (Max), Gamer Body (Max), Holy Arrow (1)
LV9
EXP: 6000/9000
HP: 3600/3600
MP: 8500/8500
Personal Attributes:
Strength: 25
Agility: 20
Constitution: 36
Spirit: 85
Charisma: 230
Stat Points: 0
Traits:
Evil Genius: You are sadistic, evil, and genius. However, this trait will make you lack empathy. You see the world as nothing more than your chessboard and game; nothing really matters to you except your own ends.
Effect: +5 Spirit per level
Loligaki: You will never age, your height will never grow, and you will be stuck in a loli state for the rest of your life. But fear not, you are the most popular waifu that even the author of this story is willing to write the story for you, so your charisma being off the charts makes sense.
Effect: +200 Charisma
High Functioning Sociopath: You know how to play people and can see through their emotions easily enough to take advantage of them for your own benefit. Communication skills that others find difficult mean nothing to you. What you find hard is relating to others. You don't understand human emotions very well and question why humans even need them. They should be rational in your book and focused on their goals rather than delving too much into emotions, which you perceive with disdain and weakness.
Effect: +5 Spirit per level, +5 Charisma per level
Vindictive: You find joy in your opponent's suffering. You take vengeance to another level through their pain, stopping at nothing until they regret crossing your path. Whether through blackmail, threats, or humiliation, you will never let go of any opportunity to inflict pain on them. Of course, this is limited to your enemies. You are very cruel toward anyone opposing you and won't even spare their loved ones if it can inflict pain on them.
Effect: +50% pain inflicted on your opponent, +20% inducing fear in those opposing you, +30% intimidation to those weaker than you, -2 Charisma per level
Crippled: Well, this has never been a good trait. Every time you level up, you will receive a debuff per level unless you can solve this problem.
Effect: -1 Endurance per level