Chapter 72 - Gambler

「Of course I'm an Oni (Kijin)! Isn't that obvious!?」

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Riko Hatake's POV

It's been a week after I reincarnated.

And the only thing I've been bothered with right now is Magic.

I mean, my new horns can retract back, and that is cool and all.

But I need to know how common sense is in this world now.

Who knows if Magic-borns are hated?

I asked Kakashi how did it go with the new continents.

Since there are monsters and Demi-humans now, I can already guess discrimination still existed.

And of course, it is.

Some of the smaller countries tried to attack, which they miserably failed.

I also asked how everyone's doing.

Sasuke is still married to Sakura.

As for Naruko…for f#ck's sake, Hagoromo you sly old bas-

She's with Neji.

Sage of six paths has a bigger manipulative personality than he looks.

「Oi oi, how about Hinata then? 」

「Ah? Ah… Anima-san take her. 」

Kakashi answered.

Anima? Who?

A cannon fodder?

「who? 」

I asked. To which, he turns his head at me and speaks.

「The Yggdrasil tree guy. 」

"Eh?" was going to be my reaction if not for Kakashi explaining what happened.

Aaaah so he changes his name… how disrespectful!

Ah… I created him from my core, so he should have my personality…

Humph!

Still! For a subordinate, he's quite cocky.

Changing the name I gave him like that…

「Well, what about the new continents? Here they call it Land of voids? 」

What, they have a Kokuugakure too in here?

Maji de? (Seriously?)

Nai wa…

「Yeah… the current third Kyōkage goes by name Hisa Yggdrasil. 」

Hisa-chan!?

She's in this too!?

Right… demons can't truly die just from losing a body and they're able to manifest a material body if they wanted to depend on the number of magicules they possessed.

But in Hisa's case, it was her sub-skill; Reincarnation.

I forgot to pick her up… would she be angry later on?

It has been 14 years, and she took the title of third Kyōkage.

Also, Yggdrasil!? Is she married to that Tree!? That rude subordinate…

Nai wa…

「Hisa-chan huh…? 」

「Ah? As I thought, you have something to do with her right? I mean demons aren't supposed to be in this world, and no one has a technique to summon one yet. Well, that's based on your book I've read.」

Ah right, there's also that book too.

At that point, I was intrigued.

「Well, what happened with "Fortune Teller Ninja" and "Demon Genius" now? I haven't heard of that name for a while…」

He looks at me with a raised eyebrow.

「It practically becomes a myth. Though, your "Jashin Azi Dahaka" play really did make a good excuse to bond everyone together. 」

I hope you never say that last statement in public…

「Ah, by the way… I signed you up for the academy. Tomorrow's your first day. 」

… hah?

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「IT HAS BEEN A WEEK! WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME THAT SOONER!? Rather… Why Did You Even Sign Me Up?! I'm An Adult!」

In the living room, I shouted.

「Right now you looked like a kid though?」

Well, MY BODY HAD SHRUNK! (Reference intended)

「And!? My body had shrunk, humph! Big deal! 」

I look away.

「It would be weird for a child "your age" not attending the academy, Riko. 」

Hearing his voice calling my name- Well, my "now" name, made me flinches a little.

After saying that, he smiled at me at say.

「Maa~ consider it as having fun for a while? You can always stop when you don't want to.」

…「Fine…」

Never did I know that would be the greatest mistake I've ever made in my whole reincarnated life- I mean, "Lifes"

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DUN DU DUUUN!

IT'S TIME FOR… SKILL ASSESSMENTS!!!!

Currently, If I were to list down all my skills, it would be like this.

Jagan (Evil eyes) LV 1

Barrier LV 1

Universal Detect LV 2

Universal Thread LV 2

Magic Affinity LV 1

Costumer LV 1

Illusionist LV 1

Lust LV 2

Gambler LV 1

Now with that, I shall acquire more skills.

It's your time to shine!

Customer! Let me buy "Playful"!

≪The skill 『Playful』lv. 1 costs 100 skill points to learn. Would you like to learn this skill?≫

Yes!

And with that, my core flickered.

Turns out, I'm right.

Playful is a unique skill.

But something's weird.

Because…

『Table』

… isn't this just the same as appraisal?

『Cup』 『wall』

Nai wa… absolutely Nai wa…

「What are you doing?」

Kakashi who was just chilling and watching TV in the living room asked.

I turned to him…

「Skill」

That's weird… I'm sure I was going to say more things…

「Ah, skills huh? I also received some of it somehow… after the fourth war, people all over the elemental nation also acquired them. It wrecks quite a havoc at that time…they thought it was some kind of a Kekkei Genkai.」

Now I give him my full attention.

「But after we signed a peace treaty with the Hidden void, everything went a bit normal, by the Kyōkage's decision to provide information about the Voice of the world.」

Umu. Good job, Hisa-chan!

「Train…backyard」

That came out from my mouth before I dashed to the front yard, leaving the Kakashi who has his eyebrow raised.

OI OI OI, the name doesn't match the skill's ability!

What do you mean by "Playful" hah!? Isn't this the opposite of that!?

My guess was right…

Because of this skill…

I might have suffered communication disorder.

But, this feeling… is almost the same as having 『Gamer's mind』 back.

Though, I would probably still curse internally if I could.

So the only solution to this…

I use playful to "appraise" myself.

『Child Oni』

Yeah, figured.

I will appraise everything from now on to level it up…

『wall』『wall』『wall』『wall』『Soil』『Soil』『Soil』『stone』『stone』『stone』『stone』 『stone』『stone』

If anyone would see me, it would probably look like a white-haired bishoujo playing with rocks in her backyard…

≪Skill proficiency reached. 『Playful』sub-skill, 『Appraisal lv1』 became 『 Appraisal lv2』≫

AS I THOUGHT!

It just said that appraisal is 『Playful』's sub-skill!

Onto leveling it more a little…

『Tree』『Tree』『Tree』『Tree』『Tree』『Tree』『stone』『stone』『stone』『wall』『wall』『wall』『wall』『Soil』『Soil』『Soil』『stone』『stone』….

≪Skill proficiency reached. 『Playful』sub-skill, 『Appraisal LV2』 became 『 Appraisal LV3』≫

I CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE!!!

Pant… pant…

Let's move on to something else…

Gambler!

I've been waiting for this…

I am not confident with my luck stat in this life, so I'll need to be careful…

I only have 15 rolls... and

I just started playing this game, so the chances of getting an s on the first try are always high, that's why…

What I mean by "be careful",

IS TO ROLL A TEN UNTIL I HIT THAT SOFT PITY!

IKUZOO!! (Let's go!!)

『GAMBLER!』 ACTIVATE! 10X ROOOO~OL!!!!

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DING*

Weapon, weapon, weapon, weapon, weapon…

WHAT IS UP WITH THESE WEAPONS!?

NAI WA YO~

DING*

UOH!?

<Masterless Vision 1x C>

<Reality Cosplay Trove 1x A>

… what the f-

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I take a look at the translucent green screen in front of me.

Tapping on the new option, inventory, the masterless vision appeared on my hand.

But somehow...

SHIIIIING*

It glows brightly before it changes its color.

In my hand, is the Anemo Vision.

That fact made me smile.

But dismissing that thought, I looked at the screen again.

This reality cosplay…

Appraisal!

≪Reality Cosplay Trove≫

- An S class Item containing cosplay of anime characters. Only one character cosplay can be picked.

Ooh! There are more descriptions now!

≪Consume "1" Reality Cosplay Trove in exchanges for "…"≫

Normally I would react with a "wow an item where you can choose what you want inside of it when you get it".

However,

- Ryūko Matoi Cosplay

- Hestia Cosplay

- Yoko Littner Cosplay

- Shiro Cosplay

It's female cosplay… I don't think I would even wear it…

Well, for now, Appraisal!

≪Ryūko Matoi Cosplay≫

- A cosplay of Character: Ryūko Matoi from the anime: Kill la kill

- Stat: DEF + 10

- Sub-stat: ATK +3

- Bonus effect: Auto Repair, Unlimited Enhance-able, Comfortable Wear

…This made me more and more confused…

Thus, I appraise the Bonus effect…

Auto repair is, well, as the description said, automatic repair.

Free enhance gives you the privilege to enhance the item how many times you want with "Enhancement Ore" …

And Comfortable Wear made it so that you won't feel too hot or too cold and uncomfortable while wearing that cosplay in any kind of weather…

Now I get why it's branded an A-class…

If that's how it is, maybe I would consider wearing it.

But, isn't this Ryūko Matoi is...

Ah… I forgot how she looks like but I remembered a black-haired girl with very revealing armor to the point it's a joke...

And as for the others…

Hestia from Danmachi, literally wears a one-piece.

Yoko Littner!? Are skimpy outfits this skill creator's fetish or something!?

…Now there's "Shiro"

Which Shiro is it now?

Appraisal!

≪Shiro Cosplay≫

- A cosplay of Character: Shiro from the anime: No Game No Life

- Stat: DEF + 10

- Sub-stat: ATK +3

- Bonus effect: Auto Repair, Unlimited Enhance-able, Comfortable Wear

… ah.

Sailor uniform…

You can even change its color...

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「You're ba- why are you wearing that? 」

「Don't・Ask」

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To be continued.