Seiji wasn't too surprised to learn about the hidden side of this world, since he already had a premonition.
He just didn't expect to face it so soon.
Yin Yang Masters … Spirit-branded Retainers … Now that he knew all this, there were many subtle details about his previous self's memories.
"By the way, my previous self is really hated to the extreme. It's been so long, and my family hasn't even called me."
Even though he didn't ask for his guardian's help when he was sent to the police station and transferred schools, his family … should at least know about the situation, right?
Seiji wasn't sure. After all, it wouldn't be strange if his previous self was completely ignored after doing such a thing.
A harmonious family relationship was necessary if he wanted to truly enjoy life. Besides … it was compensation for taking over this body. Seiji really wanted to reconcile with his family.
But it was too bad! What his previous self did … To be fair, if he had a brother like this, he probably wouldn't be able to stop himself from beating him to death!
It was precisely because he felt that he couldn't forgive himself that he couldn't think of how to ask for forgiveness.
But he couldn't keep dragging it out. Even if it was forced, he had to at least try, right?
Especially after learning about the Yin-Yang Masters, Seiji felt that contacting his family … was definitely something that he needed to consider.
But just thinking about it made his stomach feel heavy.
'Forget it, I'll just wait and see.'
…
Nothing much happened in the next few days.
Preparations for the school festival continued in an orderly fashion.
Mika officially quit the tennis club and was worrying about which new club to join.
Chiaki was busy rehearsing the drama club's school festival program. Apparently, the script was bold enough to use an original script, and the performance of the actors was crucial to the school festival.
Seiji continued to increase his "learning" stat in class every day, and after school, he went to the action club.
On Thursday afternoon, he went to the basketball club to "play basketball" in the name of an experiential activity. He got three points and crushed the pride of the seniors in the basketball club. He also gained a good impression from the girls who were watching him.
Judging from the atmosphere at the time, it was impossible for him to return to the basketball club … Not only that, but the tennis club's collapse had already begun to spread, and with what happened to the basketball club, it was likely that he would have a bad reputation.
At night, the livestream room with only one viewer was still operating well.
That Flying Fish netizen seemed to believe his nonsensical explanation, which made him feel slightly guilty. However, he was also glad that she didn't leave, which allowed him to continue browsing through the "singing" and "dancing" options. Other than that, he also began to chat with the other party. Both of them unexpectedly discovered that their hobbies seemed to be quite compatible, so the more they chatted, the more they got along.
The last class on Friday was a homework class, and the content was cooking.
Seiji, Mika, Chiaki, and the forcefully recruited Kazufuru Ooike worked together, and the food they made was quite standard.
However, there was one group whose dishes were clearly of a different level from the others.
That was Kaori Miyamoto's team.
The chubby girl, who didn't have much of a presence at other times, shone brilliantly when she was cooking! It was obviously just a simple home-cooked dish, but it actually had a bit of the feeling of a hotel chef's dish, which made the teacher exclaim in admiration.
Only now did Seiji understand why she wasn't ostracized in class despite her average-looking and introverted personality. In fact, she was quite popular among the girls.
'What … isn't this an advantage that I can be proud of? Wouldn't it be better if I were just a bit more confident? 'Seiji sighed in his mind.
Just as he was feeling gratified, Miyamoto seemed to notice his gaze and looked in his direction.
Seiji smiled at her and gave her a thumbs up.
Miyamoto immediately turned her face away.
This gave Seiji quite a blow.
After school, he went to work as usual and then went home.
After browsing through all the options, Seiji finally had enough points to exchange for the "item" that he wanted!
[Sports — Fighting activation card] required 35 points!
To be honest, spending 35 points to exchange for a single activation card seemed like a loss. After all, the [Sports — Track and Field activation card] only required 20 points.
But after learning about the things that were hidden in the dark, Seiji felt that he should first increase his combat strength.
"Thirty-five points … I hope that the item you're selling is worth the price, system …" Seiji muttered to himself as he chose to exchange for the item.
Instantly, a palm-sized card appeared along with dots of light. There were many small black figures fighting on the card, and each pair of figures had a different style of fighting.
Seiji was momentarily fascinated by the scene before he regained his senses and carefully chose to use the card.
The card instantly shattered and transformed into a white light that drilled into his head.
Seiji first felt a sharp pain in his head, and then something melted inside and kept pouring into his brain.
This process lasted for an unknown amount of time. When Seiji woke up, he discovered that he was lying on the floor with his hands wrapped around his head. His temples were throbbing with pain.
"It's a little uncomfortable …" He slowly stood up. "But …"
Seiji looked at his hands and suddenly punched forward.
Whoosh — A sharp gust of wind surged from the punch!
Seiji threw out a few punches in quick succession. Every punch was extremely powerful, and he was able to easily transmit the strength of his waist, back, and legs into his punches. He was able to easily reach the point where he could use all of his strength in every punch!
Finally, he threw a roundhouse kick that seemed to have created a small whirlwind.
"It's worth it! Hahaha — "
Seiji could not help but laugh. He then looked at his hands, body, and feet.
Although there was no difference, it felt completely different.
It was as if his brain had been enlightened, and a switch had been turned on. His understanding and use of physical strength had reached a whole new level!
Seiji did not know what this level was like in the eyes of real martial arts practitioners, but he felt that the current him was more than twice as strong as before!
Back then, he had to redo several times before he could seriously injure the blonde and subdue him. Now, not only could he do it in one go, he could even do it better. At the very least, it was easy for him to cripple the guy's limbs!
As expected of the Activation Card that was worth thirty-five points! Not only was it worth it, it was totally worth it!
"The products of the system must be the best."
Seiji sighed and opened the system again. He was surprised to find that new things had appeared in the "Sports", "Action", and "Tools" options!
Under the "Sports" attribute value, there was a new "Fighting" attribute value. The options to increase this attribute value were "Self-Training", "Learning from others", "Outdoor Training", and so on.
"Action" options added: "Martial Arts" (Requires 40 points in Sports, 25 points in Charm, "Fighting" activated), "Hand-to-Hand Combat" (Requires 40 points in Sports, 25 points in Communication, "Fighting" activated), "Good Samaritan" (Requires 50 points in Sports, 25 points in Communication, 25 points in Charm, "Fighting" activated), and so on.
"Tools" options added: "Sure-Kill Skill Card — Cannon Punch" (50 points), "Movement Card — Snake Steps" (45 points), "Counter Skill Card — Swallow Return" (45 points), "Throwing Skill Card — Flying Spin" (50 points), "Suppressive Skill Card — Bone Crusher" (40 points), and so on.
Seiji widened his eyes as he browsed, and the corner of his mouth twitched.
"F * ck..."
So, activating "Fighting" was just the beginning...
Not to mention the sports fighting and action options, just the new tools alone were enough to make him dizzy.
If he exchanged for and used all the new fighting skill cards, he would undoubtedly become a real humanoid weapon!
But was that all the system had?
Impossible!
Now, Seiji could faintly feel that this system wasn't as simple as he had originally thought. Fine, even though it wasn't simple to begin with, he now deeply understood that it was a huge fucking trap!
"If activating" Fighting "turned me into this, then activating the other ones would probably be..." He rubbed his temples.
Alright, System, my boy, you've successfully scared me once again.
Seiji silently cursed and then closed the system.
"That's it for today, I'll think about it tomorrow."
He wanted to take a shower, go online, and then rest.
But...
There was an urge in his heart to vent.
Seiji thought about the new action options.
"Let's go for a walk."
He did not really want to farm points, he was just too excited and wanted to move around.
He put on his jacket and walked out of the room.
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