689 System, could you please give me a discount? (1/2)

Seiji was quite shaken by receiving such a direct confession and feeling her heartfelt words.

Kaho left after that. Seiji silently watched her leave. He was unable to continue trying to convince her to stop absorbing the demon energy.

It would be difficult for him to transfer the demon energy out of Kaho without her agreement.

Forcefully transferring it out of her would be highly dangerous. Plus, Seiji felt just how resolved Kaho was about this. He found it difficult to forcefully go against her wishes.

All he could do now was to let her older sister Karen know about the situation, along with telling Mika and Chiaki about this. He could only hope that the girls could convince Kaho to change her mind.

Although Seiji hoped for this, he felt that it was likely that Karen and the others would all fail in convincing Kaho.

Kaho brought out her self-confidence. This was the direct result of his previous encouragement. Yet, Seiji never imagined that she would use her newfound self-confidence on such a matter!

”It's my fault… no, it's too arrogant of me to think so.” Seiji felt guilty for a moment, but then he denied that he was to blame.

Kaho had made this decision by herself. She had resolved herself.

Although this was partially due to his influence, or perhaps even largely due to his influence, this was still foundationally her decision.

Thinking that her resolution was his own fault would be nothing more than arrogance. Yet, he wasn't completely blame-free, either.

”If I hadn't said those words to her in the beginning… If I hadn't told her such encouraging words that I believed to be correct, would all of this have been avoided?” Seiji muttered to himself.

Sometimes, good intentions wouldn't have good results. Was he seeing a real-life example…?

Seiji didn't regret his own kind intentions. He simply couldn't help but imagine if things would've been different if he hadn't said so much to Kaho in the beginning.

His actions influenced her life. Yet, this influence wasn't the type that he hoped for.

So, in the end, Seiji Haruta was still just a ”normal person”.

Luckily, he possessed an extraordinary power—the ability to save and load.

If things developed into the worst possible outcome, then he would use this power.

”Kaho… I believe in you. I hope that you can respond to my trust,” Seiji said to himself.

”I won't kill you.

”Nor will I mourn your death.

”As for you falling in love with me all over again… that's not something I can decide. That's something for you to decide for yourself.”

Mika and Chiaki both contacted Kaho to talk to her after they learned the situation from Seiji.

But as Seiji expected, they weren't able to change Kaho's mind.

Continuously improving his power level would be the best method to deal with the fires of chaos that were starting everywhere!

Seiji received a large amount of points and items through his system as a reward for the gifts that the revived tournament participants had given him.

There wasn't anything special in the items. They were all consumable cards he had seen before. However, all the points he'd gained allowed him to construct his [Dojo] for his [Spirit House]!

While at the hospital, Seiji paid 666 points to create it. However, he found out that the construction speed for the [Dojo] was incredibly slow.

The [Living Room] had only taken a short period of time to complete while he had some tea and surfed the internet. Yet, the [Dojo] had already been under construction for several days. It only finished now.

After the [Dojo] finally reached 100% completion, Seiji was filled with expectations as he paid 33 points to enter his [Spirit House].

A gray crack instantly appeared in midair before him. It then spread into a gray oval with a black-and-white Yin Yang diagram spinning around inside!

So this was the portal to the [Spirit House]… Seiji looked it over before entering.

His vision grayed as he felt his body spinning around. Several seconds later, he regained his balance and saw a gray space—the [Living Room]!

Just as he expected, the [Living Room] was completely empty and had nothing in it whatsoever.

On the right wall was a white paper door. The word [Dojo] was written on the door in black lettering.

Seiji walked over and opened the paper door. He saw that the [Dojo] was also a gray space with nothing inside, identical to the [Living Room]. The only difference was that the [Dojo] was much larger.