2 Chapter 2 - Custom Made Group Chat?
"Speech"
'Thoughts'
[Group Chat]
[[Grave Warnings]]
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This 'Custom-Made Group Chat' may in fact be the death of me. I went back to the main menu to check the missions, and frankly, this may be impossible.
[Time Remaining: 29D, 23H, 10M, 36S]
[[Note: If a mission isn't done once a month, unforeseen consequences may arise.]]
[The Eight-Handled Sword Divergent Sila Divine General]
[Description: Megumi Fushiguro has made the difficult (not for him) choice of summoning the Divine General Mahoraga! Help Megumi defeat Mahoraga and save him from his soon-to-be end!]
[Rank: EX-XX]
[The King of Curses]
[Description: The King of Curses, Ryomen Sukuna, has been awoken in Shibuya! The city is his playground, along with the toys he will break! Stop him before it's too late!]
[Rank: EX]
[Judgement Day]
[Description: Hell and Heaven have split through to Earth! Judgement Day has arrived, and no one has prepared for it! Survive for four hours!]
[Rank: SS-X]
[Abyssal Portal]
[Description: A portal to the birth world of demons has opened! This portal will lead you to the lowest-ranked level of the Abyss. Survive for thirty minutes!]
[Rank: A-SSS]
[Gates to Heaven]
[A gate has opened to an outpost of heaven. Enter the gate and stay alive for twenty-five minutes!]
[Rank: SS-X]
What the fuck were these missions?! Even the missions that were of lower rank were still ranked A for me! It stumped me on what I should do.
I came to the realization that the missions were graded by your strength versus your enemy. I was pathetically weak, and if I went against Mahoraga, it would be essentially impossible.
There was a sub-class of missions called 'Special Missions' and these missions seemed to be tailor-made for me or around me. 'I'll think about the special missions later.' I thought to myself, as I knew those had to be impossible as well.
For now, I closed the mission tab and checked the 'Shop' tab.
[Search Bar]
[Popular:
[Limitless: 300,000]
[Six Eyes: 750,000]
[Minor Concept of Death: 110,000,000]
[I Am Atomic: 135,000]
[Shadow Monarch: 245,000,000]
[Serious Punch: 450,000]
[My Life Is An Edit: 15,000]
[Five-Second Time Stop (Universe): 75,000]
[Stand Arrow: The World: 120,000]
[Pillar Man Race Change: 155,000]
[Red-Stone of Aja: 250,000]
[Title: Seen By Azaogdesz: 15,000,000]
[Painless Ultra Instinct: 175,000,000]
[Heavenly Restriction: 65,000]
I ignored all the painfully good options in the popular tab. Using the search bar, I typed 'Status Observe' and looked at the option.
[Status Observe]
[All See-Through Observe: 75,000,000]
Immediately, I filtered it to a maximum of 1,000 points. I started with a base of a thousand, and I didn't need to start drooling over the searches I couldn't have.
Looking through the versions of Observe that I could find, I found Observation of Lust, Disease Observation, Detective's Observation, and more.
However, I found the one that did most of what I wanted.
[Status Observation]
[Description: Able to see the status of one's self or others by saying or thinking, 'Observe.' The ability shall list status, titles, and current feelings.]
[Cost: 1,000]
I instantly bought it. Even though I could try and maximize my gains by searching for a better one at the same price, I felt this was good enough for what I needed to do.
I needed to awaken my sacred gear as fast as possible. I would replace my bone marrow, heart, blood, and lungs with those of a dragon after enough training.
The status observer would be useful to see my stats as I train, and I would try to maximize my human stats before trying to replace anything for the maximum gain.
'Observe' I thought as I tried to target myself.
[Eren Yeager]
[Race: Human | Multiplier: 1x]
[Strength: 6]
[Constitution: 7]
[Dexterity: 6]
[Intelligence: 8]
[Luck: 0.1(?)]
[Feelings: Currently distraught over his shitty luck that he won't be able to change anytime soon.]
Strength: lifting strength, grip strength, and how much attack power you can pack behind a punch. (Without enough dexterity, it may cap out at a certain extent.)
Constitution: overall health, stamina, substance resistance, and regeneration rate.
Dexterity: flexibility, speed, and reaction time.
Intelligence: maximum mana and mana regeneration. (Learning more things can boost this, but after a certain extent, it doesn't truly show the IQ of a being. It can also relate to battle IQ.)
(A/N: His observe is so shitty it can't even detect that he's now partially a dragon.)
Upon seeing my disgustingly low luck, I immediately tapped the question mark beside it in distress.
[Your luck is so shitty that it seemed you were cursed by an eldritch goddess! Even the most normal of gacha's would deny you the five-star characters while at pity!]
I held my hand over my chest as I took physical and mental damage from that! Just because it's true doesn't mean you need to rub it in!
'I must have been cursed before I was born...' As soon as I thought that in the corner of my eye, I watched as my intelligence went up a point.
'Who the fuck cursed me?! Don't tell me it was an actual eldritch goddess!' I waited for my intelligence to change again at that thought, but either I was wrong or it was too obvious.
'I'm never opening that gacha tab.' I shivered at the thought of spending millions of points on some spicy tofu.
I went back to the missions tab and tapped on the 'Special Missions' side.
The rating of missions went E, F, D, C, B, A, S, SS, SSS, Ex, EX, X, XX, and EXX. There could be a mission with AA or SSSS, and I would think those were similar to the term 'double dungeon.' They were missions that were way harder than the normal versions. (+ and - can also show up.)
[Strongest Today vs Strongest In History]
[Description: Omni Gojo vs. Azaogdesz Sukuna. An alternative version of Satoru Gojo and Ryomen Sukuna battle for the fate of the world! Help Omni Gojo save the human race, or help Azaogdesz Sukuna destroy the last of old humanity! Choose a side; the reward varies depending on the side chosen.]
[Rank: D-???]
[Reward?]
Tapping on the 'reward' I got to see exactly what I would get.
[Chosen Winner: Omni Gojo. Gain Limitless- and Six Eyes- (can be upgraded.)]
[Chosen Winner: Azaogdesz Sukuna. Get the racial change, Malevolent Angel.]
Seeing the Malevolent Angel's racial change made my eyes squint a bit. I tried to tap on the race name, and to my surprise, it worked!
[Race: Malevolent Angel]
[Description: Malevolent Angels are a race of angels hit with enough negative energy to make them fall; however, instead of falling, these prideful angels took all of the negative energy and sealed it into a single wing.
They can be considered a sub-class precursor to a Nephalem. They contain both negative energy and positive energy. Though they do not have as much potential as Nephalem, through the impossible feat of not falling, they are given status above angels and demons.
While malevolent, they are still angels and can use all manners of holy energy. Banned from heaven and hell due to not wanting to pick a side, the only known malevolent angel decided to forsake both and destroy both outposts located on their planet. (Can upgrade to Nephalem.)]
I needed that race badly. But before I get greedy, I need to analyze the situation. The mission says, 'Help Omni Gojo save the world.' This means Sukuna may have already won, and this could be an easy victory for him.
The only way I see myself getting that race is if I vote for Azaogdesz Sukuna to win and then run away before I can get hit by a 200-meter Malevolent Shrine. Unlocking the Boosted Gear, even if it's just the Twice Critical version, would be godlike in this situation.
If I take the baseline of 18 mph as my speed, then doubling it would already make me fast. I believe the baseline stats for humans are five, meaning I'm already above average for speed, but I'd rather be lowballing myself than die due to highballing myself.
I know Sukuna's personality, though. If I help Gojo, Sukuna kills me, but if I help Sukuna, I get a Cleave and Dismantle straight to the cranium cap for ruining his fight.
The mission also said 'destroy the last of old humanity' and mentioned something about a new humanity, meaning that in this world, curses may have already won. So I wouldn't be dealing with just Sukuna, but all the curses that try to follow him.
As I am now, I can't get a grasp on any supernatural energy due to being a baseline human with not even a sacred gear unlocked. Both rewards are great, but I can't see this version of Gojo winning this fight.
I pray that their fight lasts less than five minutes. If not, I might find myself in serious trouble. 'But would you lose?' An intrusive thought asked me.
'Nah, I'd wi- alright enough of that!' I slapped my cheeks to hopefully lock back into the mission.
I'm thinking about locking myself in my room and training, but I can't! I have school and a date with Mikasa, and I need to eat!
I would have to go downstairs and ask to push the date back by a month, but that would be rude. 'I could offer to spend all day with her as a mini-date to make up for it.' As soon as I finished that thought, my eyes widened. 'Way to go, me! I'm so fucking smart!'
With my mind made up, I stood up from my bed and walked into the hallway. I had no one to impress, so I had a black T-shirt on and black sweatpants. I may see why Mikasa chose to dress the way she did...
Walking downstairs, I saw Mikasa sitting down on the couch. Her head turned to me, and we locked eyes before a blush grew on her face and she turned away. She was so emotionless when it came to anyone else, but to me, she just melted like butter in a hot pan.
I took a seat on the couch next to her. She was watching Hunter x Hunter. 'Mid...' I couldn't help but cringe internally, but I kept my thoughts to myself. The only thing good about that anime was when Gon beat the absolute shit out of Pito.
"Where's mom?" I said, but I didn't turn my head. I knew my father wouldn't be home due to him being a doctor and working long hours.
"She went to the store to grab some things..." Mikasa actively didn't look at me and made her best attempts to look forward while speaking.
It may be due to the fact that I didn't give her a scarf. When she was young, her parents had died, and due to the fact that they were very close to us, my father adopted Mikasa.
I'd never seen a little girl so dead inside before. I didn't have a scarf with me, nor was it cold, so when she got in the car, I hugged her and asked her if she was alright.
I told her to lean on me and that I would look out for her. I could see how that could develop into a crush...
A mischievous smirk grew on my face as I leaned up to Mikasa's ear. "What about our date~" I whispered as if I were the devil.
She leaned away from me and covered her left ear. I could consider her impossibly flustered by that, as her expressionless mask broke in an instant and she was blushing hard.
"Don't do that, Eren!" She spoke like she was in disbelief.
"Hahahaha!" I laughed, which made her even more embarrassed. "You're the one who asked me. I just thought I should follow up with what you are planning."
She actively began to turn her head away from me. She probably thought that she'd never get this far and that I would reject her advances. When you plan for failure but succeed, it's a wild way to try to ask someone out, but it just may work.
"Actually." My voice took on a serious tone, which caught her attention. "I was hoping we could push that date back by a month." I knew what I said confused her because of the way she was looking at me.
"Why? Is there something wrong?" The way she spoke cut into my feelings a bit. It was just bad timing, but I'm a man of my word if nothing else.
"No, it's nothing like that. I just have something I want to do... that takes a month to accomplish." She looked extra confused at what I was saying now, but I knew I could turn this around!
"How about this? I spend the whole day today with you as a mini-date, and we'll go on another one a month later. Two dates for the price of one." My smile grew bigger the closer I got to finishing my sentence. I knew that because she was a connoisseur of everything related to me, she would accept.
I could see the gears turning in her head. "Alright..." She agreed to my terms with a small smile. It was an absolutely beautiful smile.
Quickly, I scooted over to her and wrapped her in a tight hug. She definitely wasn't expecting it by the way she froze as my arms wrapped around her.
"That's the beautiful, smiling Mikasa I know!" I said, and even though I couldn't see her face, I knew she had to be a bright crimson.
