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Neon, Tokyo.

Dojima Apartments, third floor.

This is a very typical single-person apartment; a compact bathroom and a small kitchen without a gas connection, only an electric stove can be used. The bedroom and living room are connected. There's no distinctive neon-themed small bathtub, and even taking a bath could potentially spill water onto the edge of the bed. Living alone in a foreign country, Rei chose not to share a flat. Still, living in such a small apartment is considered good.

The key factor here is that the rent is cheap.

At four in the morning, the sky was still dark.

Rei had already risen from bed. He was only wearing a hooded coat on his upper body. His lower half was in black shorts, and he had a pair of slippers on as he pushed open the door.

At this hour, no matter how determined one might be, the vast majority of people would already be in their dreams.

Except...

"It's a hit! A hit! The Golden Legend!"

"I've finally managed to wield this weapon... Eh! It's already four o'clock!"

"Forget it, since we've stayed up this late, it wouldn't be very polite to go back to sleep now. Let's do one more."

Listening to the voice of the landlady's little sister, who lived next door, Rei shook his head and didn't think much of it. In the entire Dojima Apartments, only this person could compete with him. However, that was only in comparison to his pre-evolved self.

That's right, he didn't really sleep. Could there really be regular people who sleep?

[Stay Up Late] Proficiency 1%

Similar messages kept popping up in the lower right corner of Rei's vision, like equipment popping up in a game's channel, constantly appearing.

This was what they called a crosser's hack.

A week ago, or rather, eighteen years ago, Rei was sent to this world by a speeding truck. He spent eighteen years in this world in a daze. Due to long-term bullying in school, he couldn't bear it anymore and chose to end his own life. The result was awakening memories from his past life. Because the memories from his past life were even more exciting and rich, his personality and memories were now dominated by his past life.

[Name: Rei]

[Age: 18]

[Gender: Male]

[Height: 185cm]

[Strength: 21 (Average for a regular person: 10)]

[Agility: 18 (Average for a regular person: 10)]

[Stamina: 25 (Average for a regular person: 10)]

[Skills: [Hunger Endurance Lv5 (max)][Gaming Lv5 (max)][Stay Up Late Lv4 (99%)][Breath Holding Lv4 (98%)][Swimming Lv3 (34%)][Running Lv2 (46%)][Diving Lv1 (30%)][Chinese Language Lv2 (63%)...]

[Talents: Photosynthesis, Divine Hand]

Just looking at the body data, Rei was completely like a little superhero.

All of this depended on Rei's tireless efforts.

The system's skills could be maxed out at level five. After maxing out, talents would awaken. Photosynthesis and Divine Hand were the talents Rei obtained after maxing out Hunger Endurance and Gaming.

[Photosynthesis: Like a plant, as long as you are adequately exposed to sunlight and drink a small amount of water, you can restore your state]

[Divine Hand: Under your superb gaming skills, the probability of performing difficult-to-replicate divine maneuvers greatly increases]

For Rei, these two skills could be considered perfect. The former meant that Rei no longer needed to eat, just drink more water. This saved him a considerable amount of money every month, which was already not abundant.

In the blink of an eye, Rei had arrived at the lake in the park, with a sign nearby saying "Do not approach, water depth: five meters."

"So, let's train with full enthusiasm today!"

As he spoke, Rei directly took off his coat and shorts, neatly placing his flip-flops to the side.

He then plunged into the small lake.

[Breath Holding] Proficiency 1%

With the increase in skill level, the proficiency that could increase in just minutes or even seconds before, now took tens of minutes or even hours to increase by one percent.

As time passed, veins gradually appeared on Rei's neck, a sign that he was reaching the limit of breath holding.

[Breath Holding] Proficiency 1%

[Skill Breath Holding reaches Lv5, Congratulations, Host, on unlocking the talent: Water Lung]

[Water Lung: In the water, you're like a mermaid, able to freely breathe the air contained in the water]

Hearing the system's voice, Rei shot out from the water, revealing the well-defined muscles he had gained through rigorous training. If you didn't consider the fact that he wasn't wearing clothes, it was definitely a picturesque scene.

Splash...

"Eh eh eh eh?!!!"

The surprised cry from the girl snapped Rei out of his joy.

Rei turned his gaze towards her. She had soft shoulder-length brown hair, wearing a pink sportswear, no makeup. Even with a plain face, the girl's cuteness was easily discernible. She had her hands covering her eyes.

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Mass release on Sunday.

The number of chapters in the mass release would depend upon the number of power stones this books gets before the reset on Sunday.

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