Tanaka Masao looked at the panda man emoji he drew after upgrading, which was already lifelike, reaching the level of those emojis on the internet in his previous life.
After thinking about it, he decided to draw something a little more difficult, then upgrade again to see what Painting at LV3 would be like.
He took out a figure from the cabinet, placed it in front of him, and began to draw.
Many new pieces of knowledge had appeared in his mind due to the skill upgrade, which he could now integrate through practice.
About ten minutes later, a cute anime girl appeared on the paper.
Looking at his work, it already had the general skill level of a published manga artist.
It had a nose and eyes, and the overall look was very harmonious, not making people feel out of place or strange.
"If LV2 is like this, what level will Painting at LV3 be?"
Tanaka Masao impatiently used three Skill Experience Cards.
[Ding, congratulations to Host for Painting LV2 → LV3 (10 Skill Experience Cards required for upgrade).]
Unlike before, by using three Skill Experience Cards at once, many pieces of knowledge related to Painting suddenly appeared in Tanaka Masao's mind.
Things like light and shadow, lines, expressive techniques…
Tanaka Masao sat on the chair and took a while to slowly process the knowledge that had entered his mind.
This knowledge was directly instilled into his mind, as if he had personally studied it.
Not only did he gain knowledge, but also the corresponding muscle memory and drawing habits.
This allowed Tanaka Masao to know exactly what to do when Painting, drawing smoothly.
He drew the same figure again.
This time, it took him less than ten minutes to create an even more lifelike character on the paper.
Tanaka Masao looked at his work, quite satisfied.
"This should already be at the level of a professional manga artist, but why does the style feel somewhat familiar?"
Tanaka Masao thought for a moment, took out the Hydrangea given by the system, and began to draw the female lead on its cover.
About ten minutes later, looking at his drawing, which was almost identical to the original, Tanaka Masao was somewhat silent.
He knew his drawing style felt familiar; it turned out he had received the true 傳 of that great person.
After thinking about it, Tanaka Masao used the last Skill Experience Card.
Immediately, a lot more experience and knowledge filled his mind.
Tanaka Masao's technique improved significantly.
After using the Skill Experience Card, Tanaka Masao went to study the Talent Experience Card he had just obtained.
He also had a talent, which was 'Life Without End, Energy Without Limit.'
To be honest, he hadn't used this talent since he acquired it.
Because whenever Tanaka Masao exercised, he never ran out of stamina.
So, based on the system's temperament, he guessed that this talent was only effective when doing 'that' kind of thing.
Another piece of evidence was that his condition every morning recently was very good.
After looking, Tanaka Masao did not find an upgrade option on the system interface, so he asked.
"System, why can't talents be upgraded?"
[Ding, because the Host's current talent is a special talent and does not have a level.]
He understood, a conceptual skill, unaffected, but only usable in 'that' kind of situation, it felt…
The effect was not small.
Tanaka Masao looked at the shop again; both types of skill cards cost 50,000 墮落值.
Calculating this, these things were all trash just filling up the pool, and he had suffered a huge loss.
Damn black-hearted capitalist system.
[How about I adjust the price to 100,000 墮落值, so you won't feel like you've lost anything.]
"No need, no need."
Hearing the system's voice, Tanaka Masao quickly refused.
"Suddenly, I realized the system gave me a 50% discount, I made a profit."
Just kidding, looking at the current situation, the Skill Experience Card is definitely not enough, how could he let the system raise the price?
Looking at the last Free Attribute Point, Tanaka Masao hesitated for a moment but still put it into Constitution. His current personal panel was:
[Name: Tanaka MasaoGender: MaleAge: 18Strength: 7Agility: 3Constitution: 9Spirit: 8Luck: 6Charm: 3Talent: Life Without End, Energy Without Limit (As long as you are alive, you will have unlimited energy)Skill: Painting LV3 (1 / 10)Items: Talent Experience Card x2]
Tanaka Masao looked at his Charm, which had unexpectedly increased from 2.5 to 3, which was truly gratifying.
Satisfied, Tanaka Masao used all his remaining 墮落值 to buy Random Items.
"Let me appraise this batch of items."
Every time he drew a new work, Tanaka Masao would first appraise it himself; there weren't many dedicated people like him anymore.
This time there were quite a few books, five in total.
"This Certain Fairy Forest, very good, very good, the setting for this little girl is actually a bit similar to Kashi, that little devil.
This one turns out to be a Certain Cult, I also like it, oh, these next two are interesting."
Tanaka Masao looked at the next two books; both protagonists had a superpower he wanted: Hypnosis.
"Beautiful elf girl, noble princess."
Tanaka Masao worked overtime again that night, eating two bowls of donburi, and only then, satisfied, went to look at the last work.
"It's not a manga but a novel, is it? I've just seen the author's skill, let me see how good he is.
'i want to eat your pancreas,' a strange name, why don't I remember…"
Tanaka Masao's mind, full of 'color,' suddenly realized.
"This one doesn't seem to have 'color,' it's that…"
A quick flip through confirmed it was the movie he had watched in his previous life, where the female protagonist Yamauchi Sakura suffered from an incurable disease and met the boy Haruki.
The inconspicuous boy and the patient female protagonist with no future, after he found her diary, 'Living with Dying,' the lives of the two, who had no prior interaction in class, changed forever.
For the boy, he wanted the girl with pancreatic disease to recover; for the girl, she wanted a normal life to live with him.
After the two with opposite personalities met, their emotions complemented each other.
Tanaka Masao had only watched the movie in his previous life, and a movie of less than two hours was not as rich in emotional detail as the original novel.
After re-reading it, the moment Tanaka Masao closed the book, he was in tears.
Pure love is truly wonderful; I feel like my horns are about to disappear.