[LV1 Teleportation]
[Wherever your eyes can see, you may go: You can move instantly to any location within your line of sight.]
[Cooldown: 24 hours]
“Teleportation.”
Ren looked at the four large words flashing on the system screen, and his heart inevitably stirred.
He could move freely to any place he could see?
Based on the limits of human vision, the theoretical maximum distance was around five kilometers, affected by atmospheric visibility, obstacles, the curvature of the Earth, and also his own elevation.
The higher he stood, the farther he could see.
But if he directly looked up at the stars, he could see places millions of light-years away.
Instantly teleporting millions of light-years sounded like an extremely absurd ability, almost catching up to Kakarot from Dragon Ball.
Of course, it was impossible for Ren to casually run off to another planet.
But even a few kilometers was more than enough on an Earth without supernatural powers.
So his luck this time was honestly quite good.
Then Ren looked at the [LV1] note beside it.
A red dot was blinking next to the label.
He subconsciously reached out and tapped it.
The interface popped open, and the description for [Teleportation] became longer.
Looking closer, it actually contained all the details from LV1 to LV5.
Ren quickly compared the descriptions from top to bottom.
The effect explanations were mostly the same.
He discovered that the biggest difference between the different levels of [Teleportation] should be the cooldown time.
LV1 had a 24-hour cooldown.
LV2 had a 1-hour cooldown.
From there, the cooldown continued decreasing until LV5, where there was no cooldown at all and it could be used freely.
However, Ren’s biggest discovery was the small “+” button beside the skill description.
He tapped it again.
“I see.
It can be upgraded?”
Looking at the skill interface that popped up, Ren muttered to himself in a completely flat voice.
“What upgrade?”
At some point, Anna had already finished both sundaes and was staring at Ren.
Actually, she had noticed that Ren’s behavior just now was really kind of strange.
What exactly was he tapping in the air?
You don’t really have some kind of mental illness, do you?
“An AI.”
Ren explained calmly.
“My father’s company recently developed an AI called [Kaguya-hime].
I suddenly realized its configuration can be upgraded.”
“Eh?
AI?
I don’t really know much about that.”
Anna truly had never looked into artificial intelligence.
“What can it do?”
“It’ll be released in the future.
You’ll understand when the time comes.”
Ren did not say much more.
In his previous life, he had witnessed the rapid development of AI.
So in this life, he had urged his family to research that field from the very beginning.
At least in Japan, when it came to the AI industry, his family should be ahead of the curve.
Anna was still pressing the question.
It really wasn’t because…
There was something wrong with him mentally, right?
Ren did not want to continue on this topic.
So he reached out, wiped away the ice cream stain beside Anna’s mouth, and ate it.
“Anna, be a little more ladylike when you eat from now on, okay?
Otherwise you won’t be cute anymore.”
Anna sat frozen in her seat without saying anything.
At that moment, her brain had completely crashed, and only the most primitive breathing center was still working.
Ren…
Wiped the ice cream from the corner of my mouth.
And then…
He ate it?!
What does that mean?
Isn’t that way too flirty?
Doesn’t he already have a fiancée?
But wait.
Didn’t he say he doesn’t like his fiancée?
Then does that mean I still have a chance?
If I can become Ren’s wife, live in a mansion every day, ride in luxury cars, and eat fancy meals, then I’m totally willing!
Anna’s mind began running wild.
Looking at Anna, who was sitting there in a daze, Ren rubbed his chin and thought.
I see.
So surprise and things like that don’t count as rare emotions under the system’s rules?
Then what about regret, guilt, frustration, being moved, mental collapse, despair…
Do those count?
As he thought, Ren recalled the upgrade mechanism he had read just tens of seconds ago.
LV1 upgrading to LV2.
Upgrade requirement:
Skill producer’s [Seven Emotions x1]
Replacement options:
One person’s [Seven Emotions x1]
Two people’s [Seven Emotions x10]
Three people’s [Seven Emotions x100]
“Four people…”
…
In other words, if Ren obtained another full set of seven emotions from someone, or from Anna, and used it for upgrading instead of drawing a prize, he could raise [Teleportation] to LV2.
Or he could use emotions from two people as a replacement, but that would require ten prize-draw chances.
For example, one person provided [Joy], [Love], and [Desire], while another person provided the remaining four negative emotions.
Ten sets of that kind of combination would be needed.
Following that logic, emotions from three people would require one hundred prize-draw chances.
As for upgrading from LV2 to LV3, the required number of attempts only added another zero.
However, it also required an additional [Rare Emotion] from the skill producer.
For LV3 and above, the number of prize-draw chances required would directly add two zeros to the corresponding number from earlier.
By the end, it looked like an astronomical figure.
The Upgrade Explanation was complicated.
However, Ren was not too concerned about those astronomical numbers for the time being.
After all, if he did not know what this so-called rare emotion was, then his skills could only be raised to LV2 at most.
“So I’ll have to take my time with all of this.”
Ren also knew that impatience would not let him eat hot tofu, especially when it came to collecting emotions.
So he looked toward Anna, who was still sitting there in a daze.
“Anna, I still have something to do, so I’ll be leaving first.”
“Eh?”
Anna hurriedly returned from her fantasy world.
“You’re leaving already?”
We barely talked!
“Sorry.”
Ren made an apologetic gesture.
“My aunt is about to arrive in Tokyo.
My mother asked me to pick her up at the station.”
“Ah, I see.
If it’s something your mom asked you to do, then I guess it can’t be helped.”
But after hearing Ren’s explanation, Anna quickly took out her phone.
“Then Ren, can I add you on LINE?
We finally met again after all this time, so we definitely have to exchange contact information this time.”
Ren paused for a moment.
“Sorry.”
He made another apologetic gesture.
“I don’t use LINE.
Let’s exchange phone numbers instead.”
“Hah?”
Are there still people in modern society who don’t use LINE?
But a phone number works too!
Yanami Anna obtained his phone number!
Ren watched Anna grab her phone and shake it back and forth.
He wondered if he had raised her affection level a little too high.
At this rate, getting the next round of [Disgust] and [Anger] in the future would be a little difficult.
He could not allow that situation to happen.
So Ren said, “That’s it, then, Anna.
You’re paying today.
Bye.”
“?”
Anna subconsciously looked at the two empty sundae cups on the table.
How can you make a girl pay?!
Although, yes, I really did eat all of it…
But this kind of thing absolutely shouldn’t be allowed, right?
These things are super expensive!
Anna remembered the extra-large luxury mango sundae she had ordered and felt like her heart was bleeding.
“Thanks.
I’ll treat you next time.”
But Ren directly tossed the receipt onto Anna’s face, then walked away without looking back.
Only one sentence drifted back from afar.
“Come to my basement next time.
I’ll cook for you.”
“?”
Anna took the receipt off her face.
She looked completely lost.
After all, Ren had not even told her where his house was.
Also…
“Why the basement?”