8 Crazy Idea

"Ichi no kata: Hekireki Issen (First Form: Thunderclap and Flash)."

In the snow-covered forest, the figure of a person meandered through the pine trees at a speed that the naked eye couldn't see.

Only a blue lightning-like figure could be seen maneuvering among the pine trees, after a while the figure stopped.

That figure was none other than Rio who had mastered the first form of Thunder Breathing.

"Huh..."

Rio exhaled white steam from his mouth.

"I spent 10 days mastering Total Concentration Breathing, still 58 days left before the Quest deadline ends."

"Thanks to practicing Total Concentration Breathing, not only did my attribute points increase again, even the <Breathing Thunder> Skill went up a level as well."

If it wasn't for the passive Skill <Aphathy> which negated all his emotions, Rio by now would have been grinning widely with his improvement.

"The Reincarnation Room isn't too bad, the 90 day limit Quest is most likely meant for the Player to adapt to increase the chances of survival."

"Otherwise, the existences that created the Reincarnation Room would only be bored watching the users who would mostly die from being unable to adapt to the strange conditions."

Rio guessed that the creator of the Reincarnation Room was currently watching the actions of the Players like humans watching TV.

If all the players die, where's the fun? The reason the Quest chose the Demon Slayer Corps or Demon side had a duration of 90 days, Rio guessed to give the players some time to adapt so they wouldn't die so easily.

Rio had to admit the creator of the Reincarnation Room had poor taste in creating survival situations like this.

"Status screen."

He wanted to check if there was any progress today.

[Character : Rio (Player Number 12)]

[Race : Human]

[Title :-]

[Bloodline :-]

[Rank : F]

[STR : 11→15]

[VIT : 15→17]

[AGI : 17→20]

[INT : 20]

[System Note: The average value of each adult stat is 10 points]

[System Warehouse :-]

[Active Skill :]

[Passive Skills:]

"No change huh...." Rio said calmly.

During these 10 days, three attributes increased, STR increased by 4 points, VIT increased by 2 points and AGI increased by 3 points.

Thunder Breath placed emphasis on the user's movement speed, so unsurprisingly of all attributes, the AGI attribute was the highest besides INT.

"Just take a look at <Thunder Breathing>."

Rio clicked <Thunder Breathing> on the active Skill column.

[Thunder Breath]

﹝Rank : D﹞

﹝Level : 2﹞

﹝Ability :﹞

✦Six Forms of Attack:

❖Ichi no kata: Hekireki Issen (First Form: Thunderclap and Flash).

❖Ni no kata: Inadama (Second Form: Rice Spirit)

❖🔒

✦Total Concentration Breathing

﹝Description: This Breathing Style was created by one of Tsugikuni Yoriichi's students who tried to learn Sun Breathing, but because they weren't as strong as Yoriichi, they were taught a personal Breathing Style which eventually developed into Thunder Breathing﹞

"Other than the addition of Total Concentration Breathing, nothing has changed..."

Rio didn't practice a new attack form, he focused on mastering Total Concentration Breathing before training another attack form.

"Mmmm… Rain?"

He was awakened from his daydream by the raindrops from the sky, Rio finished his training and returned to the hut.

Once inside the hut, the rain became heavy rain, many of the roofs of the huts were leaking because they were made of straw.

"It doesn't usually rain in winter."

"Jigoro Sensei also left, I've been alone like this for a long time."

From the morning Jigoro went down the hill, when asked by Rio, he said he would visit an old friend for some business, he would come home at night.

"About 4 pm, Jigoro sensei just got home last night, if the rain doesn't stop, sensei will come home late or even stay at his friend's house."

In this hut there is no tool like a clock to determine the time, so Rio only determines the time through the height of the sun.

But because of overcast clouds plus heavy rain, Rio could only guess the current time with the time when the weather was still sunny.

Lying on the hard and cold wooden floor, Rio immediately felt bored.

"It's so boring living in the Taisho age..."

"No smartphone, no internet, no other electronic devices, very boring..."

As a human being accustomed to modern civilization, Rio was not used to the Taisho age which didn't have much entertainment other than street theater and brothels.

*JEDER*

When Rio was going to sleep so he wouldn't feel bored, he was startled by a thunderous sound of thunder.

*JEDER*

This time the sound of lightning was so strong that it was deafening, Rio even felt the hut shaking slightly.

"The lightning struck not far from here."

"It would be really funny if a Thunder Breath user was struck by lightning…"

"Wait a moment!"

A spoiler suddenly flashed in Rio's mind.

"If I'm not mistaken Tanjiro's journey partner, what is the name of that blonde boy who likes Nezuko?"

"Just call him sleeping boy because he can only fight when he sleeps."

"There was someone who uploaded a snippet of the anime Kimetsu no Yaiba where the sleeping boy originally had black hair, but was struck by lightning during his training."

"It was because of being struck by this lightning that his hair color turned yellow, when using Thunder Breathing, the sleeping boy was able to use real lightning!"

"Should I try to be struck by lightning?"

Rio pondered whether it was worth trying this method.

*JEDER*

As soon as the thunder roared, Rio made up his mind.

"It's worth taking the risk of being struck by lightning if I can become stronger."

"If it works, I can use the power of nature's lightning, if it fails at most I'll just die."

"There's nothing to be afraid of."

After that, Rio took the iron rod that was located in the corner of the hut, and left the hut in the middle of the pouring rain.

Rio didn't find death scary, he was tired of living without feeling emotions, apart from not being able to feel the emotions of happiness, sadness, joy, despair, he also didn't feel the fear of death.

Only crazy people or psychopaths consciously want to be struck by nature's lightning.

Rio ran up the hill, due to the slippery environmental terrain due to snow and rain which made it difficult to run as fast as usual.

But this only made it a little difficult for him, he had been training for over a month here, Rio was used to the topography of the land, he got to the top of the hill in 10 minutes.

"I think it fits here."

Seeking the highest ground, Rio inhaled a large amount of oxygen and circulated the oxygen according to the Thunder Breathing pattern of Total Concentration Breathing mode.

"The possibility of lightning striking a person is extremely rare. You could say about one in 13 thousand."

"About 80% of people who are struck by lightning survive a lightning strike, with only 20% of those who are struck making a full recovery. But if it's a direct hit to the upper body, especially the head, the chance of survival is 0%."

"So as long as I don't get struck by lightning in the head, the chances of my survival are actually quite high."

"Let's Begin."

Rio raised his right hand as high as possible, in his right hand there was a rusty old iron rod, he wanted to use this iron rod as a simple lightning rod so that lightning struck the iron rod and the lightning current also hit it.

He himself wasn't sure if this ugly iron rod could become a lightning rod, but Rio could only try.

Whether it's fate or not, just a few minutes later Rio lifted the lightning rod, white lightning immediately grabbed him.

"Argghhhh...."

For the first time in his life Rio felt such excruciating pain, even the A Rank passive skill <Apathy> couldn't negate the emotion of pain from that white lightning strike.

Rio who received the white lightning strike instantly fell to the ground in an unconscious state.

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