Chapter 5 White Room and Skill Design (1/2)
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TLN: Hey guys, Reigokai here!
And here we have it, 5 chapters! From here on, the schedule of this story will normalize a bit. I am still not sure about the schedule for this story, but I will probably be posting about it once I catch up with Weakest Mage.
Anyways, hope to enjoy this story together with you guys!
“U…Uh…?”
How long have I been asleep?
I awakened my hazy consciousness and opened my eyes.
It is a white room.
A pure white room with no doors and not a single stain.
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I was wearing white hospital patient-looking clothes, and was lying on the floor.
“Am I alive…? Hospital…?” (Hikaru)
There’s not even one bed if this really is a hospital room.
There’s a desk and a chair, and on top of the desk there’s something that looks like a computer.
“The wound…” (Hikaru)
I reflexively touched my back, but I couldn’t feel anything resembling a wound. Or maybe I was hit by a blunt object and there was no stab wound in the first place?
Whatever the case…I am alive.
“…No, am I in the world of the dead?” (Hikaru)
That would sound more plausible.
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“…I died…no, I was killed. Just like Nanami… Nanami…” (Hikaru)
I had flashbacks of what happened before.
The fact that Nanami was killed weighed heavier than my own death.
With me being in this mysterious room, the death of my childhood friend was more saddening and painful than my own health.
“Everything was a dream…? There’s no way that would be the case, huh…” (Hikaru)
Even when I am in a mysterious place like this, I could say for certain that what happened there was without doubt reality.
The stench of blood that overwrote the scent of Nanami’s room.
The sight of that expressive Nanami turning into a motionless body that had its life cut off clean.
“Guuh…ugh…!” (Hikaru)
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Tears overflowed.
I don’t know if it is because I am sad about Nanami being killed, or because I am sad about being killed, or maybe both.
Being overwhelmed by a feeling that I can’t even describe in words, I couldn’t get up for a while.
Why was there a need to kill her?
Nanami was the kind of girl that couldn’t even kill a bug.
Why…Why…Why…
Memories of Nanami crying saying she didn’t want to go to the parallel world.
Memories of the culprit that’s a student of the same year who I don’t even know the name of.
Why am I even in a place like this?
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The inside of my head was a mess.
Sadness, questions, and resentment were buzzing around inside my head, and I curled up for a while without moving.
I don’t know for how long I was like that, since there was no way to tell the time here.
There were no signs of someone coming to the room.
After crying myself dry, I stand up unsteadily and look at the screen of the computer placed in this room.
What was written there was plenty enough to cool down my head.
“…You gotta be kidding, right…?” (Hikaru)
This is what was written.
[You have been chosen to be transferred to a parallel world. Finish allotting your Bonus Points and let’s depart to the parallel world.]
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…Looks like my life still continues.
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“Why…? Why was I chosen…?” (Hikaru)
Are you telling me her right passed to me since I was the closest to Nanami?
No…that theory should have been refuted already.
When a Chosen from a country somewhere was killed, a person from a different country with absolutely no connections with that person would be chosen. In other words, if a Chosen dies, they simply do the lottery again.
Of course, it is not like there’s zero chance that I coincidentally was chosen in that lottery after Nanami died, but…that’s a chance of 1 in 7 billion. It is a number I even considered as being zero, and in the first place, I should have died before that.
There was still 1 hour before the arranged time for the transfer when I was stabbed and had lost consciousness. I find it hard to believe that I survived for 1 hour after that.
There’s also the chance that I was caught in the re-lottery of someone other than Nanami…
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“…Could it be that Nanami is also in a different room from me?” (Hikaru)
I, who supposedly died, am now here, so there’s the possibility.
The one doing the parallel world transfers is God after all. A literal God.
It could be that the dead Nanami was actually her empty shell, and the real one had already been healthily transferred to the parallel world a long time ago…
Or maybe Nanami was still alive.
It is not like I checked for her pulse. She might have just looked dead.
I remember reading somewhere that humans unexpectedly don’t die that easily.
Also, right before dying, I prayed to God.
Maybe God heard my prayer and saved both me and Nanami from the unreasonable death.
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Even when I know that’s just naive hope, I still wanted to cling to that possibility.
Nanami and I haven’t been killed and the two of us will explore this parallel world…
Just how fun would that be…
I smack both of my cheeks, and grab the mouse.
Now that I have decided that, I must survive at all cost and reunite with Nanami.
The moment I look at the screen with renewed resolve…
A *pon* sound resonated, and a message was displayed on the screen.
[3 minutes before transfer.]
“Eh?!” (Hikaru)
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Now that I look closely, there’s a timer on the top right of the screen, and those numbers were slowly going down.
Most likely…no, most certainly, that timer had begun counting down the moment I appeared in this place.
“With just 3 minutes, I can’t…” (Hikaru)
Anyways, I can’t take my time choosing.
I should choose instinctively, and if I have the time, I will adjust it… That’s the most I can do.
I must avoid at all cost the scenario of getting troubled over a choice and ending up choosing almost nothing.
[Please allot your Skill Points. Your total Bonus Points are: 73.]
“73 Points, huh.” (Hikaru)
I can’t really tell, but I feel like that’s a lot -unexpectedly.
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There wasn’t that much preliminary information about these points.
What I know is that your initial points are decided by a V shaped graph with 24 years old as the lowest.
In other words, you could say God prioritized your current ‘experience’ and ‘body maturity’ over the ‘potential of youth’.
According to God, the higher effectiveness an ability has, the more points it will require…
Anyways, there’s no time. I must allocate my points quickly.
Name: Kurose Hikaru
Age: 15 years old ▼
Gender: Male
Special Ability ▼
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Physical Ability ▼
Resistance ▼
Spirit Ability ▼
Items ▼
Transfer Point ▼
Disadvantageous Factors ▼
Remaining Bonus Points: 73p
It was unexpectedly simple.
With this, I might be able to choose properly even with only 3 minutes.
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I hovered the cursor over the places and explanations showed up.
For example; in the Special Ability one, it showed [Special Powers that surpass human intellect].
It is straight to the point, but that must be the intention of God as well.
I skim through each one of them.
First, the age. To my surprise, it can be changed.
When I click the ▼ mark, a window opens. By plussing my age, I get points; and by using points I can lower my age (in other words, I can be younger!).
I am currently 15 years old.
Depending on the situation, it might be a good idea to raise my age a bit to increase my points.
Next, I open the Special Ability window.
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“Ugh…! There’s such high point requirements?!” (Hikaru)
●Special Ability
・Courage 20p
Gain the ability to face fears and difficulties, and advance forward.
・Super Concentration 30p
You can concentrate and forget about sleeping and eating.
・Detect Presence 15p
Gain the ability to detect the presence of living things.
・Night Vision 15p
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You can see even in places where there’s practically no light.
・Intuition 20p
You can somewhat choose the option that will lead to advantageous situations for you.
・Breathless Activity
You can act at full potential without breathing for 2 minutes.
With training, you can stay underwater for around 15 minutes.
・Wide Vision 10p
Have a wide vision impossible for a human to have.
・Communication 30p
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You can communicate with animals.
・Affection of Spirits 30p
All Spirits will love you.
・Charm 50p
You will have a constitution that makes the person you are interested in like you.
・Parallel World Language 0p ▼
You will be able to speak and write the common language of the area you are teleported to.
It is true that they all sound important, but the descriptions are, how to say it…vague.
For example; for Courage and Detect Presence, there’s differences depending on how good they are. If what you thought was Courage ended up being just foolhardiness, it wouldn’t even be funny, and if Detect Presence doesn’t actually detect anything until they are super close, then it would be pointless.
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By the way, when I opened the ▼ of Parallel World Language, it showed [If not chosen, you get +20p]. Not being able to communicate is a complete landmine. This alone is definitely a no.
I glance at the time and 1 minute has passed.
I think for a bit and choose [Night Vision] and [Affection of Spirits].
It is 45 points for the two, and I am now all the way down to 28 points, but these two are clearly things I can’t achieve with effort.
And most of all, my instincts were telling me they were important.
It is also because I remembered my youngest little sister said: “In these kinds of games, taking the things with the highest cost is the safe choice. Also, there should be a number of abilities that have a low cost, but are pretty important abilities, so you should choose those too”.
I don’t know if she has a basis for that or not, but my little sisters are actual geniuses.
It should be okay to trust them.
I open the next one, the Physical Ability tab.