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"Yo! Deeno, Morning! You didn't play elder tale last night huh, you missed seeing interesting thing." Kuze greeted Deeno as he sat.
"Morning..., interesting thing?" I replied to Kuze with my head leaning on the table.
"It's nothing Deeno-san" interjected alya voice cold as if daring kuze to say another word.
Ah it must be that, the usual thing where a new player does something funny, ass much as I want to ask though looks like it will to bad ending for me, I'll just keep my curiosity to me then.
"So Alya, what level are you now?" I asked, still slumped with his cheek against the desk.
"It's about to reach 40 now." Alya replied calmly, brushing her hair behind her ear.
"Oh! that's kind of amazing, didn't you just like, started playing recently?"
"She's got an amazing coach after all" Kuze said with a smug face.
I raised an eyebrow. "…Coach? You mean backseat gamer?"
"Hmm? You mean elite guide. Without me, she'd still be stuck killing rabbits outside the starter town."
"That's not true," Alya shot back immediately, eyes narrowing. "I was already improving before you interfered."
"Interfered? Ouch. And here I thought we were having fun," Kuze said with a fake wounded look.
"You call yelling 'wrong skill, wrong skill!' every five seconds fun?"
"…That's called high-level coaching."
"That's called harassment," Alya snapped, cheeks faintly pink.
I let out a lazy chuckle. "Oi, Kuze. If you keep this up, she'll PK you in real life."
"Seriously?! Ha-ha, you're kidding— no way Alya will do that right? Kuze said while smiling as he slowly glance at Alya's face trying to see her reaction "...!?" Alya's eyes were colder than a Siberian winter, her expression unreadable as she flipped her textbook open with deliberate slowness.
Kuze's eyes darted toward me, wide and desperate, sweat beading at his forehead. The smug otaku mask was gone—his gaze screamed for backup.
From what I understood, he was silently begging: Deeno, help me! I messed up! Save my life!
I yawned and leaned back into my arm. "…Nah. You dug that grave yourself. Good luck."
"Oi, don't abandon me now! Partners in crime, remember?!" Kuze hissed in a low voice, panic creeping into his tone.
Alya calmly turned a page. "Don't worry, Deeno-san. I won't PK him."
Kuze exhaled in relief. "See? She said she won't—"
"…In the game, at least," she added, her lips curving into the faintest, icy smile.
Kuze went pale. "That's… that's worse, isn't it!?"
I muffled my laugh against the desk. "…Man, mornings should always come with free comedy shows."
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On a rooftop that was supposed to be off-limits, Deeno lay sprawled out, staring at the translucent screen hovering in front of him.
The soft glow of the interface reflected faintly in his eyes as he lazily scrolled through it, the wind tugging at his hair. The faint hum of students below, almost unreal compared to the silence of his hidden perch.
[Sleeping Ruler (Admin) is online]
"…Whoa. Figures they'd spam this much in one night," he muttered, eyes narrowing at the endless cascade of notifications from the chat group.
With a sigh, Dino stretched his arms behind his head, the screen shifting to show lines of text and flashing icons.
"Mmm... let's see what's the functions of this group"
*****
Daily sign-in (1-100 points)
Shop (Upload)
A daily sign in huh typical, the shop though from the looks of it we're the one that will sell an item in the shop. The system will be the one to assign a point on the items that got uploaded. Hmm... is that all?
"Hey! chat group, is there no, y'know the ticket for dimensional travel or something?
[Answer: The travel function will be available at level 3]
"Level 3? And what should I do to level it up faster? If energy is what you need, I have infinite of it" I shot back a question hoping it's possible.
[Answer: Negative unlocking functions is only possible by fulfilling the conditions]
"I see, Sigh... my analysis on traveling is only about still 10%, a shame"
Deeno was focusing on developing an ability that will let him travel through the void as he calls it, of course if it's only about being able to travel in the void it will not take that much time because he's already been there many times, so he has an ability that will protect him in that dangerous space.
The only problem is that just like the galaxy or maybe not like it, but the universe position always changes and also the time in there is chaotic, so he is not sure how much time he will spend there trying to reach the tensura, and even if he made it there the era that he might end up is not his own timeline or even in a parallel world.
That's why Deeno was in a pickle as he need an ability that will take him not only in the exact universe, right time and place, while also will let him travel back in this universe.