Bang.
The door closed, and the sound of footsteps faded.
Since this was the end of the tunnel, there was no need to worry about Yuuki going out of range and acting alone.
Ai and Mai looked at each other.
This was their first time alone in a temporarily safe situation.
Looking at each other, they had a strange feeling.
Two people who had never met before had become very familiar in just a few hours.
It was like when they were escaping in the old castle; often, a single glance was enough to know what to do.
No wonder some people say that life-and-death crises can bring people closer.
In a few hours, she and I faced three life-and-death choices.
Mai found it very strange, as if she was back in a movie scene.
However, trust was trust, but she still had a bit of a headache with this Hayasaka classmate.
“You… have you acted before?”
“No, or rather, I’m different from acting.
It’s more like—” Ai placed her finger on her lips, tilting her head in thought for a moment: “A self-preservation mechanism from living in a complex and treacherous environment for a long time, having to adjust my state according to the surroundings.
Just kidding, doesn’t it sound cool?
Do you feel like making me an idol?”
The blonde girl, initially with a cold expression, suddenly burst out laughing, her closed left eye seemingly seeing stars streaking across.
Mai, however, couldn’t laugh.
She wasn’t blind and could certainly distinguish between genuine and fake.
“Hayasaka classmate, you seem to live a very tiring life.”
“Tiring as it is, most of the time I’m quite happy, so no matter what, I have to go back alive. Classmate Mai, aren’t you the same?”
“Hmm, coming to the Reincarnation Game, I suddenly feel that life is precious.” Mai gave a wry smile, propping her chin, “No wonder you’re so amazing. It makes me even more curious why he is stronger than Ordinary Persons.”
The room fell into a strange silence again.
This question couldn’t be answered.
Yuuki was not a veteran player, yet he exuded a sense of professionalism everywhere, as if he had already made all sorts of preparations.
“A preparedness that brings composure, it really makes one curious.” Ai’s fingers rubbed her chin, then she suddenly showed a brilliant smile, lowering her voice gossiping: “Mysterious man, but I heard that when you’re interested in a member of the opposite sex, there’s a high chance you’ll be attracted to him.”
Mai’s mind automatically flashed with that blood-stained back, and his usual talkative demeanor, as if he had two personalities, one making people tense, the other making them relax.
But no matter what, he was the only light that could bring her safety in the cruel darkness of this game.
“Who told you that?”
“Don’t all romance magazines write that? No way, no way, did I actually hit the mark?”
“Hayasaka classmate, I suddenly think you’re cuter when you’re serious.” Mai didn’t want to answer, choosing to skip the question, then suddenly realized something: “Wait a minute, your Id Trait wouldn’t be…”
“You, besides your pretty face, perhaps he values this cleverness more, but I think living as a fool, hiding your true thoughts, would be more comfortable.”
Ai suddenly stopped smiling, her face filled with coldness and rationality.
She snapped her fingers, and a pure white mask appeared in her palm.
It seemed to smile, cry, rage, and pout.
When she put it on her face, Mai’s constricted pupils immediately saw another version of herself.
Her disheveled clothes couldn’t hide her proud, high-and-mighty demeanor, and her beautiful face carried a calm, lazy charm.
Then, she watched herself reveal a professional, idol-like smile.
“That’s right, this is my trait, [Fool’s Mask].”
…
While Mai and Ai were sharing their feelings, Yuuki was walking along the tracks.
He looked around, his brows tightly furrowed, as if he had encountered some difficulty.
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Does it have to be so strange?
For a moment, he couldn’t recall the feeling he had just experienced, let alone interpret the gaze and the sigh.
He only knew that he had made a very important decision, yet he was completely at a loss, not knowing where this decision would lead.
“Forget it, what I need now is power. As the description says, only by making good use of this power can I control my destiny.”
His fighting spirit reignited.
Yuuki had already studied it.
According to the game’s setting, a trait is the concretization of a player’s certain characteristic or wish in life.
This was fully demonstrated in Mai, confirming its authenticity.
My greatest characteristic is being a transmigator.
As the description says, most of this world is known, just as he could tell at a glance that Ai and Mai could be trusted, which in some sense was an invisible cheat.
So, did that gaze just now discover that I was a transmigator?
Yuuki instinctively flinched, glancing furtively around, but the tunnel remained silent; no one had found him here.
It can’t be, I’m a Transmigrator without even a system, and the two-dimensional concentration isn’t high enough.
All my skills were earned through hard work.
If you want to talk about cheating, it’s just that my preparation time was a bit longer.
And since it’s already discovered, there’s no need to ask if I want to unlock it.
Yuuki really couldn’t figure it out, so he slapped his face.
“If it’s a disaster, I can’t stop it. Let’s figure out how to use it first.”
Yuuki read the annotation again and found that this was not a simple, brute-force characteristic for boosting combat power.
“At the current stage, one ‘Dress’ is drawn daily. A Dress is a concept, cannot be stored, and is valid for 24 hours, followed by a two-hour concept cooldown period. Is this to prevent me from doing some kind of deus ex machina?”
The content was not difficult to understand.
Rather than a last-minute breakthrough, it was more like planning around the Dress in advance.
He couldn’t go all-in before dying and then have a Super Saiyan possession to turn the tide.
Yuuki was not disappointed.
Using a concept to influence reality was undoubtedly a very high-level supernatural power.
Moreover, this method suited his habits.
He was primarily’stable’ and truly disliked last-minute comebacks.
Even if he had to win, it would be through step-by-step preparation, just like these past ten years.
“It’s like having an extra trump card that I can build a plan around, but unfortunately, it can only be used once. No rush, let’s use the Reinforcement Point first.”
chaos items, skills, and physical strength are more straightforward and form the basic strength of a player.
Yuuki immediately shifted his attention.
The Reinforcement Point pleased him more.
He had obtained it at great risk, and even Ai and Mai didn’t have one.
By his estimation, this should be a matter of contribution and difficulty.
He was the one who found the solution and verified it.
As for the difficulty, if Thomas and Ryan were pushed to their limits, there was a good chance they could break through if they teamed up, so he couldn’t expect extra rewards.
Yuuki had long decided how to use it.
He simply slowed his pace and added the Reinforcement Point to’Skill Slots.’ In an instant, he clutched his head as a massive amount of knowledge flooded in.
[Reinforcement Point used.]
[Skill: Reinforcement Magic upgraded from Beginner to Mastered.]
Such a leap in improvement!
If I were a Magician, I’d be furious.
Wait a minute, my magical power level also increased.
Would it be twice as effective if I used something from the same skill tree?
Yuuki suddenly had an idea, but there was no response, and he also felt it was unlikely.
He couldn’t feel the existence of a Magic Circuit at all.
This was merely a skill concept, not the bestowal of an entire system.
“Phew, it seems that to climb the skill tree, I need to find a systematic knowledge of the Moonlit World and start practicing from scratch, or draw a foundational skill like ‘Magic Circuit’ and then figure out how to build upon it.”
Yuuki exhaled a turbid breath.
He had no regrets about his idea falling through because it was too slow and couldn’t cope with the immediate threat, just like right now.
So he carefully studied the improved magic.
Not only was its output increased, but he could finally control the range of Reinforcement Magic.
“The more extreme it is, the longer the cooldown and the shorter the Reinforcement duration. Can conservative use last for thirty minutes? That’s good, I can control the output according to the situation.”
This skill was very complex.
Achieving bulletproof effects, for example, would require different output for a sheet of iron versus a piece of paper, and the difficulty of reinforcing objects versus reinforcing the body was vastly different.
The skill upgrade brought considerable flexibility.
“Alright, and now for the second step.” Yuuki, filled with curiosity, decisively used his characteristic, “Extract Ego Characteristic.”
Vaguely, his vision began to distort, and countless scenes flashed by.
Because it was too fast, he could only barely grasp a moment, yet he found everything both familiar and strange.
How nostalgic…
After being reborn, Yuuki had lived as a human for ten years, and this was the first time he had seen something from his previous life.
He didn’t overthink the deeper meaning, only noting that the flashing speed of the images slowed, revealing a white-haired, gaunt old man.
He stood among the reeds, holding a sword in one hand and a gun in the other.
[Concept Dress. Hesitation is Defeat]
“Is this it? But it’s not very useful against these living corpses everywhere?”
Yuuki muttered to himself, a mix of joy and worry.
When he had time, he could build a plan around this Concept Dress, but for now, clearing the dungeon was most important.
Tap.
Lost in thought, his footsteps stopped.
Yuuki stood at the end of the tunnel.
Ahead was a caution line.
On the concrete-filled wall, the middle section was made of ancient bricks, with a notice posted next to it.
“Warning: The area ahead is a cultural relic protection zone. Unauthorized excavation is prohibited.”
This was like a city building a subway, digging and digging only to unearth a pile of ancient ruins, eventually forcing them to constantly reroute.
Didn’t they measure the depth when building the subway?
Yuuki grumbled a few words, but it also confirmed his idea: the end of the subway station was indeed connected to the ancient castle.
Based on the depth, behind this wall was between the first and second basements, and judging from the fire extinguisher, not far ahead was the limit where the Red Moon could shine.
So the outside world and the ancient castle were connected, and the Red Moon’s limit was this wall.
He hadn’t figured out how to use it yet, so he simply kept it in mind.
Without further delay, he returned the way he came, twisted open the door to the lounge, and froze on the spot.
Why are there two Ai!?