A farce was unfolding at the entrance of Cangxing City Middle School.
"Senri, you'd better give me the Ji Xia Academy invitation letter as compensation for the shield, otherwise you'd better sleep with your eyes open tonight, or you might not see tomorrow's sun! My dad is…" The school uniform-clad boy, surrounded by countless shield fragments, spoke menacingly despite his defeat.
"Shut up." Senri disdainfully shoved the barrel of his alchemy pistol into the other party's mouth.
Are all you troublemakers taught by the same master? Senri was tired of hearing it!
"Wuwuwu…"
"My father is the legendary investigator, Johan."
"…" The young man, who had been furious because his shield was shattered by the other party's pistol, instantly calmed down upon hearing these words.
Legendary investigator? Those lunatics whom even evil gods find insane?!
"Now, no more nonsense, compensate me with the agreed-upon 'relic'." Senri withdrew his alchemy pistol and held out his left hand to the other party, completely ignoring the exclamations of the students at the school gate who had learned of his parents' identities.
Anyway, they would forget about it tomorrow due to their insufficient resistance to the oblivion-type curse on Senri's parents, so there was no need to pay attention.
"Cough, cough, uh… Brother Chen, I'm still a student." The other party immediately wailed.
"You could be an animal and it wouldn't matter. Not returning it is also an option, but then your whole family had better sleep with their eyes open, or they might not see tomorrow's sun. Oh, right, help me wipe this clean." Senri, disgusted by the other party's saliva, handed over the alchemy pistol.
"I'm sorry, I was wrong!" It only took the other party 5 seconds to wipe the pistol clean and take out his wager.
Senri, having received the item, turned and walked towards the self-driving taxi.
Senri knew that if the other party lost the relic, his parents would punish him severely, but what did that have to do with Senri?
Do you understand what contract spirit means?
"I never thought Senri's dad was actually a legendary investigator! By the way, why does Senri seem so skilled at dealing with trouble?" The students discussed amongst themselves.
"Why so skilled? Nothing more than practice makes perfect." Senri, sitting in the car and overhearing some of the discussion, complained while looking at his personal panel.
Because he was skilled and accustomed to this scene, he called it a farce.
After the world underwent a drastic change 30 years ago, everyone in this world had their own panel, a "benefit" bestowed by the world.
In this world where identity is profession, raising one's professional level also increases corresponding basic attributes.
Name: Senri
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Main Profession: Transmigrator (Unique Profession)
Level: LV0 (0/1)
Professional Trait: None
Basic Attributes:
Stamina: 21 (Average for a normal adult LV0 is 10)
Agility: 23
Spirit: 56
Talent: Transmigrator (Sealed)
Passive Skill 1: Space-Time Transmigration (Sealed) — Current Transmigration Count: 0.
Passive Skill 2: Fate Vortex — Constantly caught in a vortex of fate, bringing trouble while also bringing equivalent benefits.
Passive Skill 3: Supreme — Immune to almost all time, space, and fate-related abilities, and when you touch the opponent, it temporarily invalidates or disables them.
Sub-Profession: Forger
Level: LV18 (49/1800)
Professional Trait: Dexterous
Current Negative Status: None.
Transmigrator, a rare trait that simultaneously possesses both talent and professional attributes.
Because of Passive Skill 2, Senri is skilled at handling trouble.
As for the Ji Xia Academy summer camp invitation letter?
Because he was used to speedrunning, Senri forgot to tell the other party that he had received a logistics invitation letter.
Given Senri's sub-professional level, receiving an invitation letter was normal.
"Beep beep!"
Senri, hearing his phone buzz, took it out.
[The Lost Princess in the Bamboo Forest]: Log on! Let's play! 9
This was also Senri's daily routine.
[Demons and monsters, please leave!]: Just got into trouble, so I haven't gotten home yet.
[The Lost Princess in the Bamboo Forest]: How serious are the opponent's injuries?
[Demons and monsters, please leave!]: I was the one who got into trouble!
[The Lost Princess in the Bamboo Forest]: So how serious are the opponent's injuries, exactly?
[Demons and monsters, please leave!]: No physical injuries, but they compensated me with a relic.
[The Lost Princess in the Bamboo Forest]: That's more like it. So… wanna play?
[Demons and monsters, please leave!]: My mouse fell asleep, otherwise I'd be there. Definitely tomorrow.
"If the other party wasn't injured, would you still beat them up for me? Care about me a little." Senri thought to himself, complaining.
He shouldn't have immediately transferred money to her when he saw this text message: [I am Houraisan Kaguya. Due to being harmed by villains, I drifted from Gensokyo to here. V me 5000 so I can eat a full meal. After returning to Gensokyo, I will have Eirin Yagokoro make you 100 Hourai Elixirs!]
He should have let her starve for a bit, to experience the hardships of life!
Receiving a text message and daring to transfer money immediately wasn't because Senri had weak anti-fraud awareness. It was mainly because with Senri's trouble-magnet constitution, a scam text message might not actually be a scam text message.
At least once, a text message seeking a child for a hefty sum really was seeking a child…
But no one told Senri that this "child" referred to a "disciple."
Senri's current sub-profession came from that.
Sub-professions are very rare and precious in this world, because while upgrading a sub-profession doesn't increase additional basic attributes, it can grant additional professional traits.
Two consecutive years of a beautiful and sweet-voiced gaming companion, and the occasional free mailing of "Immortality remains" by this gaming buddy for Senri to craft "survival items," proved that Senri's 5000 was not wasted.
Although Senri would also pay afterwards each time, the source was also very important.
As for whether this gaming buddy was truly Houraisan Kaguya from the game, Senri didn't hold much hope. Maybe it was some immortal cosplaying.
Senri had also seen people claiming to be Qin Shi Huang.
It's just… the "Immortality remains" they provided seemed a bit off.
When Senri saw the fresh Immortality heart in the express delivery, looking as if it had just been picked, he was stunned.
"So, you are the 'more functions' opened by that inexplicable system?" Senri turned to look at the Little Sprite, the size of a figurine, sitting on his shoulder.
From a dialectical perspective, even with Senri's experienced eye, he had to admit the other party's exquisite beauty.
It was just too small.
Seven days ago, Senri woke up to find he had a second panel.
Although he was very worried at first, nothing happened for seven consecutive days. After asking an evil god to help check his body and finding no abnormalities, Senri could only focus more attention on dealing with the troubles that arrived daily.
And just now, this system issued a task to teach the shield warrior from earlier a lesson, with the reward being the unlocking of more functions.
"Yes, Master."
"So what can you do?"
"For example… help you solve the problem of your uncontrollable talent." The Little Sprite said with a smile.
!!! Senri's eyes lit up.
If you say that, I'm not sleepy anymore.
…
The profession of "Transmigrator" sounds wonderful, but the actual hardship is unknown to outsiders.
The continuous trouble brought by Passive Talent 2 is not to mention, this is not necessarily entirely a bad thing. Because the bigger the waves, the more expensive the fish.
The most fatal aspect of this talent is its "transmigration" ability.
Because this is a passive ability!
Can you imagine? 13-year-old Senri, walking home from school, suddenly found himself in a foreign country and witnessed a cult ritual firsthand.
Do you know how much psychological trauma this can cause a 13-year-old child?
And this can only be considered an aftershock or precursor to transmigration.
According to the description of the professional trait, true "transmigration" directly teleports you to the greatest fate node in the past or future of this world, making you face countless potential powerful enemies and omnipresent risks, and strive to survive.
And… who said that after transmigrating to the past, you can definitely transmigrate back?
Fortunately, this profession seems to adhere to child protection laws, with the first true transmigration only starting at age 18, so Senri still had time.
Why not give up this profession? Because this profession locks the panel!
This means Senri can only improve his strength through self-training. However, due to the effect of learning non-professional skills being half the effort for twice the result after the world change, growth is relatively difficult.
The system's Little Sprite's suggestion was very tempting.
However…
"What a cute doggy, one punch should make it cry for a long time, right?"
However… looking at the Little Sprite saying such terrifying words to his own Wangcai after returning home, Senri felt something was off.
Wangcai was Senri's black hound.
For some reason, investigators all liked to keep hounds at home.
"Oh, right. Master, have you thought about it? As a beginner's benefit, the Miracle System can use Miracle Power as an enhancement to grant your sub-profession a chance to forge an wondrous item. As long as you use your talent as the main forging material and add auxiliary materials that match its nature, you have a chance to elevate your talent and make it controllable." The Little Sprite always smiled gently.
"A chance… what does that mean?" Senri immediately noticed a word.
"It's a miracle, you know." The Little Sprite twirled her white long hair with her fingertips.
"Speak in plain language."
"The chance of elevation is very small."
"How small?"
"About 90%."
"Isn't that quite high?"
"No, I mean there's a 90% chance you and your profession will shatter, a 9% chance your talent will become controllable, and a 1% chance of successful ascension."
"Shatter?"
"It means you'll die."
"?!!" said Senri.
Who would dare to try that?!
"Master, what are you looking for?" Little Sprite curiously watched Senri's actions.
"I'm looking for the unbind button. Besides, I never said I had to bind to this system, did I?" Senri kept flipping through the system panel.
"It's automatically bound. And what do you mean by that? Are you saying you don't want me anymore?" Little Sprite's smile froze on her face, her expression gradually turning cold.
"No, of course not. I like you too much." Feeling an inexplicable sense of crisis wash over him, Senri quickly shook his head.
"Phew, you scared me to death. Master, don't joke like that in the future. The Miracle System will only have one Master, you know." Little Sprite smiled again.
"Really?"
"Yes, the system only loses its master; it doesn't unbind."
Damn it!
This isn't binding; this is kidnapping?!