The subway arrived at the station.
Suto got off and walked toward the exit, still thinking about the “ads.”
He wanted to figure out exactly what conditions triggered this system mechanism.
Just now, he had not done anything special on the train.
His eyes had simply felt tired, so he did a set of eye exercises.
Then a new “ad” suddenly appeared.
And the product being promoted in that “ad” was also “eye exercises.”
It had the same feeling as shopping apps in his previous life secretly collecting information through phones, then using big data to push products.
Suto tried summarizing the rules of the “ads” in his mind.
[First, ads appear together with an unknown mist, and they disappear together with that unknown mist.]
[Second, while an ad is playing, the entire world seems to enter a time-stop state.]
[Third, after the ad finishes playing, there will be 20 seconds left to purchase the product.]
[Fourth, the product recommended by the ad seems to be related to what I was doing when it was triggered.]
[Fifth, the products recommended by ads all seem to be offered at discounted prices.]
[Sixth, after death, I might be able to revive again by watching an ad.]
Based on the two “ads” he had seen so far, Suto roughly came to these six conclusions.
Some of them still needed to be verified.
“I wonder when the next ad will appear.”
Suto walked out of the subway exit, looked at the sky that had almost completely darkened, and quickened his pace.
“I should hurry back.”
…
Ten minutes later, Suto successfully returned to the old apartment building.
Beika Town didn’t seem as dangerous as he had imagined.
After pushing open the door and entering his room, he casually stored his schoolbag in his inventory and went to the bathroom to take a shower first.
Killing fish was fine in every other way.
The only problem was that after finishing the work, the fishy smell on his body was far too strong.
After showering, he felt completely refreshed.
Suto went to the kitchen and cooked some rice.
He did not plan to stir-fry anything else, lest he end up covered in oil smoke again.
He directly took out a few pieces of fried fish he had made yesterday from his inventory and made do with that.
After dinner, Suto returned to the bedroom, sat at his desk, and started doing his homework.
These first-year high school questions were not difficult for him, so he finished them quickly.
After finishing the miscellaneous tasks, it was time to do the important work.
Suto opened his inventory and looked at his wallet.
[0 gold coins, 1 silver coin, 6 copper coins]
Most of the money he had worked hard to earn over the past few days had been spent all at once.
“It really doesn’t last.
I’ll have to keep working hard to earn more.
It’s fine if I don’t want to buy something, but I can’t be unable to buy it.”
Suto thought of a wealthy lady.
Not Madam Sawamura Sayuri, but the landlady downstairs. New chapters come out on novelping.com first.
He had not “checked in” with her today, but he also did not have a good reason to go find her.
After all, the two of them were only landlord and tenant, and they were of opposite sexes.
If he took the initiative to contact her too frequently, it could easily cause her to feel disgusted.
If that happened, it would only become harder for him to approach her in the future.
For the sake of the long term, he should slow down a little.
This was also the disadvantage of this “check-in” method.
It required a foundation of goodwill from the other party so things could continue smoothly over time.
In comparison, although the “killing” method was a one-time violent act, its advantage was that it was simple and direct.
Kill, kill, kill, and that was it.
There was no need to consider so many human relationships.
The two methods could be considered to have their own strengths and weaknesses.
Suto moved his gaze away from the wallet and looked at one of the inventory slots.
[Clear-Sight Eye Exercises]
Quality: Fine.
Type: Consumable.
Effect: After use, you can learn Clear-Sight Eye Exercises.
With a thought, a thin booklet appeared in his hand.
Then it turned into a streak of blue light and sank into his palm.
[You have learned Clear-Sight Eye Exercises.]
The next moment, Suto felt some new knowledge appear in his mind, and his fingers seemed to become more flexible.
He opened the [Talent Skill Panel] and glanced at it.
There was now a new skill named [Clear-Sight Eye Exercises].
Suto leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes, and gently placed his fingers around his eyes, trying to perform [Clear-Sight Eye Exercises] on himself.
After only ten-something seconds of massage, he already felt how wonderful this set of eye exercises was.
His eyes felt very comfortable, as if all the eye fatigue from the entire day had vanished like smoke.
His eyes felt warm.
As the movements continued, that heat became even more obvious.
The muscles around his eyes relaxed thoroughly, and even his whole body became somewhat lazy and drowsy.
Ten minutes passed, and Suto had completed the full set of eye exercises.
Right now, he did not want to open his eyes at all.
The physical fatigue from killing fish made him want to fall asleep directly while leaning back in the chair.
However, Suto still restrained that urge.
If he was going to sleep, he had to sleep on the bed.
Otherwise, his body would feel terrible the next day.
At the same time, he heard a new notification sound he had never heard before ring in his heart.
[Ding—]
It sounded like a water droplet falling into a lake, spreading out layers of clear ripples.
Suto slowly opened his eyes.
To his surprise, his vision seemed to have undergone some kind of strange change.
It was hard to describe.
If he had to say it, it felt like the world in his eyes had become even clearer. You are reading on g.com, the official source.
Whether it was the texture of the wardrobe, the dust in the corner, or the antennae of the moth beating against the glass window, he could now see everything clearly.
Suto withdrew his gaze and opened the system panel.
Since the system had sounded a notification just now, there had to be some change in the system panel.
Sure enough, in the [Status Panel], Suto saw a new line of text.
[Clear Sight]: Buff status.
Your vision has been enhanced.
(This buff status remaining duration: 9 minutes and 41 seconds.)
Suto looked at the system panel with a thoughtful expression.
So this set of eye exercises actually had two effects.
If the user was nearsighted, it would help correct their nearsightedness.
If the user was not nearsighted, it would enhance their vision.
Suto walked to the window and looked outside.
It was already completely night.
Although the streetlights were on, the lighting could not compare to daytime at all.
Even so, Suto could still clearly see the face of every passerby walking on the street.
He could even see the labels on their clothes.
“This level of vision enhancement already counts as supernatural, right?”
As time passed, Suto felt the strange heat in his eyes gradually weaken.
That heat should be the reason for the enhanced vision.
Once the heat completely disappeared, the [Clear Sight] buff would probably disappear too.
Suto continued looking at the pedestrians on the street.
Then he suddenly saw a familiar silver-haired back.
“That’s Yukino-san?
Judging by the time, she should be heading out to work.”
Suto was planning to take advantage of this chance to observe from a distance and properly study the mysterious older beauty next door.
Unexpectedly, Yukino seemed to sense that someone was watching her.
She suddenly turned her head and followed his gaze straight toward him.
Those were extremely cold, sharp eyes.
Suto’s heart tightened.
As if nothing had happened, he calmly moved his gaze away.
Pretending that he had only been about to close the window, he reached out, shut it, and retreated back into the room.
…
Yukino Mifuyu looked at the closed window and frowned slightly.
Was it an illusion?
A woman’s voice came from her bag.
“What’s wrong?”
“Nothing.”
Yukino turned back and continued forward.
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