It's so noisy.
Hello, it's Shuu.
I'm currently being bothered by a friend.
"You have acquired the skill 'Situation Explanation Level 1.'"
Yes, this is the cause of my distress.
It doesn't fit my way of speaking at all. Let's scrap that.
...I've been thinking for a while now.
When will this hallucination stop?
I don't have time to listen to my friend's voice.
"You have acquired the skill 'Situation Awareness Level 1.'"
No more reactions. I'm definitely ignoring it.
"Hey! Don't ignore me! I'll get depressed!"
This guy is my friend Hayato Nakayama.
I hang out with him because his character is amusing.
But today, it's just a hassle.
"Who benefits from seeing a guy get depressed?"
"You have acquired the skill 'Retort Level 1.'"
I don't need that. And I reacted again.
What's with the skill 'Retort'?
It makes no sense.
Notification Simplification, do your job...
"Oh. You finally talked. So, I got rejected by a senior yesterday."
"Ah, tough luck."
"You have acquired the skills 'Sympathy Level 1' and 'Apathy Level 1.'"
I wasn't ready for such a heavy topic.
I'm already at my limit here, Stress Resistance, do your job.
But since it's my hallucination, it's probably impossible...
"Isn't that too harsh? Too harsh? Aren't you treating me too poorly?"
"Yeah, but? It's fine to be rough."
(I'm not really being rough, though.)
"Aren't your true thoughts and words reversed? Hey? Hey?"
As always, he has a troublesome personality.
I really want him to leave me alone for now.
"Yeah, you're right. It's noisy."
"Are you even listening? Do you understand that I got rejected yesterday?"
I heard that already. Saying the same thing again, huh...
"Yeah. This is the second time you've told me. If that's all, why not tell someone else? Why me?"
Wait, the notification didn't go off.
Why is that? It didn't go off when I was thinking either. I don't get it.
This hallucination makes no sense.
Maybe there's some info about this symptom online.
I'll check it out later.
"You're really treating me poorly. Rougher than usual. You must be enjoying this."
"Shut up. With that attitude, you'll never be popular. Look at me, a troublesome guy who's not popular at all."
"You have acquired the skills 'Self-Deprecation Level 1' and 'Advice Level 1.'"
Shut up.
Isn't it better not to talk at all?
That's starting to seem like a good idea.
But it's impossible not to talk...
"You have acquired the skill 'Searching for Solutions Level 1.'"
"Well, that... Damn it, don't out-argue me... It makes me want to cry..."
He's just self-destructing.
It's not my fault.
"Hey! Shuu! You didn't have to run off! Let's go to school together at least."
All the boys in the class are glaring at me.
This is a misunderstanding.
But it's no use explaining.
It always works out somehow.
"You have acquired the skills 'Resignation' and 'Optimism.'"
So there are skills without levels.
I thought only unique skills were like that.
Well, it's all my delusion anyway.
If all this is my delusion...
Am I just a major chuunibyou!?
It's kind of depressing.
"You have acquired the skill 'Pessimism.'"
Hey, notification, don't ruin the mood.
"You have reached the required number of 'Retort Level 1' skills."
"Synthesizing."
"The skill has evolved into 'Retort Level MAX.'"
What's with 'Retort Level MAX'?
I don't need that.
"You have acquired the title 'Master of Retorts.'"
"As the first in the world to obtain a title, you are granted a special title."
"Successful."
"You have acquired the title 'Pioneer of Title Acquisition.'"
Notification Simplification.
Do your job.
What's with that? Master of Retorts?
I'm not interested in that. I don't need it.
Seriously... How chaotic is my delusion?
I'm starting to dislike myself.
"You have reached the required number of 'Unique Skill: Notification Simplification.'"
"The unique skill has evolved into 'Notification Simplification II.'"
Huh? So skills without levels have that meaning...
That means they're basically just levels expressed differently.
How much of a chuunibyou am I...
Sigh.