What started as a very hot day ended in heavy rain.
"Did you bring an umbrella?" Manaka asked.
I thought for a moment and remembered that I hadn't taken the foldable umbrella out of my backpack and nodded: "Yes."
"Understood." She opened her purple umbrella and started to leave.
Tanaka also opened his blue umbrella and went with her.
"See you later." He waved with a smile.
"See you tomorrow." I replied.
Unlike me and Takashi, the twins come from a very rich family.
When they passed through the gate, there was already a black Mercedes-Benz waiting for them.
"Shall we go too?" Takashi looked at me.
"Yes."
Grabbing my black umbrella, I opened it and started walking beside Takashi.
"Man, these rainy days suck." Takashi said, sighing as he looked at the sky: "The worst part is ending up with wet sneakers. My heels always end up getting hurt because of that."
"I get you." I myself had that problem.
"I'm so jealous... Now that you've lost weight, it shouldn't be that bad." Although he said that, he didn't seem truly upset or anything like that.
"Do your best." I gave him a light punch on the shoulder.
"Do my best, huh..." He looked back up at the sky.
I understand that it's easier said than done.
"How about we start going to a gym?" I asked.
"Would you do that for me?" His eyes lit up.
Although training should be something individual, I understand that having someone to go with is better than going alone.
"Of course." I nodded.
"Man, you're a real friend." He got emotional.
Laughing a little, I said: "We can look for a gym near the school."
"That's a great idea!" Takashi was motivated.
I smiled from the corner of my lips.
'I was already thinking about training at a gym. This came at a good time.'
Although I didn't wish to show off too much by lifting heavy weights, I also wouldn't be shy.
At home, even before taking a bath, I was going to do the same workout as yesterday.
But before that, I changed into training sweats.
I didn't try anything different. I just increased the number of times I did each repetition. Being the last one, just like yesterday, I did it until I couldn't take it anymore, pushing myself to the limit.
Even with the Gamer's Body, I sweated from pushing myself to the maximum. And the result was:
[Strength]: 15 → 20
[Vitality]: 10 → 13
[Dexterity]: 11→ 14
[Intelligence]: 8 → 10
[Wisdom]: 8
[Luck]: 15
[Attribute Points]: 0
'Not bad.' I thought, heading to the bathroom.
Ah right, intelligence obviously didn't increase because of the exercises, but rather because of school.
...
As night approached, I grew more anxious.
Entering the hunting dimension was something I desired.
There, I could act more freely.
One of the reasons I chose to only train at home and not run on the street was because I could run inside the hunting dimension.
Last time, I died without knowing what killed me.
But I won't let that affect my determination to use this dimension to get stronger simply because I created a skill that makes me capable of escaping from there.
'With my current attributes, I should perform better.'
About that, I had no doubt.
My strength in particular has increased a lot. I want to try hunting at least two large rabbits. If possible, reach double digits.
'By the way, what should I eat?'
I was practically broke.
I looked toward the kitchen.
'Should I prepare a piece of rabbit meat?'
I'm not good at cooking.
Will from my inherited memories was even worse than me.
I can follow recipes on the internet, but I don't even have a single seasoning at home, excluding salt.
No vegetables, greens, seasonings...
'Should I just order something to eat and think about how to increase my money later?'
The best chance would be if the rabbits I killed in the hunting dimension ended up dropping money.
However, I can't expect everything to be exactly the same as the manga [The Gamer].
My biological mother deposited the money into my account.
But not always on the same day. And this time it was taking longer than the other months.
I could call her, but I refuse to call her.
I could send a message, but knowing her, she would call right after. Especially to say unpleasant things that I don't want to hear.
In the kitchen, I looked toward the shelf where the instant noodles were and... In the end, I chose that.
'I'll change my diet when my allowance comes in this month.' I thought.
...
I want to learn how to fly.
Why did I suddenly have that thought?
As soon as night officially fell, the moment I lay down and fell asleep, I appeared again in the PhD (Pocket Hunting Dimension).
As soon as I opened my eyes, I saw a huge blue bird pass near where I was.
The wind pressure almost flattened me to the ground.
I was even thrown a few meters, losing half of my life...
Anyway.
That's not the most important thing.
Seeing that creature fly so majestically made me desire it as well.
Although not exactly the same, since I didn't wish to transform into a giant blue bird, but I don't deny my desire to be able to create a pair of enormous blue wings and fly freely through the skies.
I don't know why, but in open-world games where it's possible to have wings and fly, I've always had a certain fascination with enormous wings.
The game that awakened this desire in me was called: Perfect World.
I didn't even like playing as an archer or priest, but just because of the wings, I chose those classes.
Although I also tried other classes, like the Savage race, even though I thought it was cool to be able to transform into a tiger, in the end, I still preferred the Winged ones because of the wings.
'To that bird, I must be something inferior to an ant. That's why it didn't care about my presence.'
Although I think that way, the level of that creature wasn't even that high.
[Lv.69] Blue Bird.
Of course, for my current self, it was way too powerful. However, for the truly powerful beings, it was just a large bird.