Chapter 2: Today's Wind is Quite Boisterous
A new panel appeared before Ryusei Kiryu.
[Talent: Death Declaration]
[Quality: Epic]
[Effect: You can declare the death of a target. The declared target will die within three days, with a random cause of death. This ability has a cooldown of one month.]
[Effect: As the price for possessing this talent, your age will regress by ten years.]
The talent drawn was actually related to death. Perhaps it was because he had already died once, so his compatibility with death was better. But that wasn't important.
Ryusei raised his hand and touched his face.
For a certain detective high school student, regressing ten years to become an elementary school student might be considered a heavy price. But for Ryusei, being reverted from the age of a corporate slave to a youthful fifteen was definitely a benefit. Although this talent seemed to have a strong Kōgaku (Gothic) vibe, the ability of orthodox Kōgaku to bring death to those around them was uncontrollable. In contrast, while the Death Declaration ability had a lengthy cooldown, Ryusei could actively control it, which wouldn't plunge him into a continuous string of bloody incidents.
"Even setting aside the effect, just the ability to make oneself ten years younger makes this a very good talent," he thought.
After reading the talent description, Ryusei closed the talent panel and glanced at his attribute panel again.
[Personal Attributes] [Strength]: 4. [Agility]: 4. [Intelligence]: 4. [Charm]: 5. [Luck]: 5.
The standard attributes for a normal adult are 5. Each of Ryusei's physical attributes was slightly below standard. This was also very reasonable. After all, Ryusei's age had suddenly regressed by ten years, and his younger body was still developing, so all attributes needed improvement.
Ryusei closed the attribute panel and reopened his inventory.
Another red card with mysterious patterns appeared in his hand.
[Identity Card].
Ryusei silently repeated "use" in his mind.
The next moment, this card also transformed into countless red light particles, merging into his body.
"Identity acquired: [First-year student at Tonosaki Academy High School, Island Nation]."
A flood of common knowledge matching this identity surged into Ryusei's mind.
Japanese... various academic subjects from elementary to junior high... information about teachers and classmates at Tonosaki... surrounding roads and buildings... his current rented residence... Ryusei felt his head throbbing.
After a while, he had completely absorbed this common knowledge.
The discomfort also subsided.
Ryusei rubbed his forehead and muttered, "Tonosaki Academy, and a classmate named Kato Megumi... this seems like a background character..." "The Identity Card even arranged a place to live, which is very convenient, but the apartment is located in Beika Town... I really shouldn't live in that place..." "Tonosaki, Beika Town, and the memories provided by common knowledge also include Shuchiin and Sobu High School... Locations from different anime works appeared simultaneously, so this world should be a multi-anime world."
Ryusei looked down at the river, quietly organizing the information he had just received.
Then, he opened the panel and began to check the system's other functions. Aside from the inventory, talent skill panel, and attribute panel he had already used, there was also a shop panel.
When the shop panel opened, he could see only one item for sale inside.
[Double Jump] Quality: Special. Type: Consumable. Effect: After use, you can learn the Unique Skill Double Jump. Price: 1 gold coin. (First purchase discount, original price 1000 gold coins) (Next refresh time for this item: 30 days remaining.)
Ryusei looked at the message on the panel, his expression becoming a little strange.
The Double Jump skill is very common; many games have this setting. The skill effect is also very simple: after a character jumps once, they can jump again in mid-air. It's usually used to cross some tall obstacles, open hidden routes... Such an ordinary skill, yet the original price was actually 1000 gold coins! One Devil Fruit Blind Box only costs 99 gold coins! Its price was actually more expensive than ten Devil Fruit Blind Boxes! This wasn't right.
Ryusei's gaze fell on a few words on the panel.
Unique Skill Double Jump.
Ryusei didn't know what the prefix "Unique Skill" was for, but it wasn't hard to guess that it was probably the reason for the high price of this skill book.
So, should he buy it?
Ryusei was a bit hesitant.
He still hadn't figured out how to earn the gold coins, silver coins, and copper coins recognized by the system. The one gold coin obtained from the newcomer gift package was the only money he had now; once used, it would be gone for a while.
He had only found two places to spend money: one was the shop, and the other was the advertisement he saw when he resurrected. Not to mention he hadn't figured out the trigger conditions for the advertisement yet.
He also didn't see any "first purchase discount" for the items sold in the advertisement.
If these two spending places were connected, and he made a purchase in the advertisement first, the "first purchase discount" in the shop might disappear, which would be a huge loss.
As for waiting for the next item refresh after 30 days... Ryusei shook his head.
It's better to use all existing resources for development first. Once he establishes himself in this new world and figures out how to earn money, then he can think about other things.
"Purchase successful."
A thin booklet appeared in Ryusei's hand, then transformed into a streak of light and merged into his palm.
"Unique Skill Double Jump learned."
At the same time, Ryusei saw a new skill named "Unique Skill Double Jump" added to his talent skill panel.
He tried jumping in place. When he was in mid-air, he tried to jump again. He felt as if he had stepped on something solid beneath his feet, and sure enough, his body jumped again. Ryusei jumped more than ten times; this feeling was quite novel.
Seeing the sun setting and evening approaching, Ryusei put away his thoughts of testing skills and decided to go home first.
Walking out from under the bridge, he felt a gentle river breeze blow past. On the grassy slope, the blades of grass rippled like waves.
Ryusei saw the boy with glasses still sitting in his original spot, reading a book. Behind that boy stood a long-haired girl. Sailor uniform, pleated skirt, knee-high socks, small leather shoes... the standard high school girl attire. Just looking from afar made Ryusei unable to help but sigh at the beauty of youth.
Ryusei couldn't help but recall the female classmates in his class from his memories; they were all very pretty too. A multi-anime world is truly wonderful. It's just that the girls' hair colors were a bit mixed, all sorts of colors, but that could also be considered a charming point.
Ryusei walked up the slope to the road, recognized the direction, and continued forward.
Soon, a boy in the same uniform as the reading boy Ryusei had just seen rushed past him.
Then, Ryusei heard an urgent shout from behind him.
"Oh no! The potato chips at the convenience store over there are half-price! Let's go together quickly!"
Ryusei could now understand Japanese.
He paused, as if something had occurred to him.
"So, Daily Lives of High School Boys is also in this world. Good thing the Identity Card didn't give me that, otherwise a high school life full of only boys..."
Chapter 3: It's Only Right to Get Money from Monsters
Although Ryusei Kiryu already had a legitimate identity in this world, at this moment he only had an identity, plus the corresponding common knowledge. Things like identity documents, school bags, and wallets, although the Identity Card had arranged them all, were left in the apartment in Beika Town, waiting for him to pick them up.
Therefore, Ryusei had no money on him; he couldn't take a taxi back and could only walk slowly along the road. Fortunately, the distance wasn't far.
The only regrettable thing was that he missed the half-price potato chips at that convenience store.
After about half an hour, Ryusei found the apartment building from his memories. Its exterior looked a bit dilapidated, like an old apartment building that had fallen into disrepair over the years.
Ryusei first observed the structure and layout of the old apartment for a while, comparing the information in his memory with the reality, before coming to the manager's office on the first floor and knocking on the door.
A cute, petite girl came to open the door, popping her head out.
"Su-kun, is something wrong?"
Ryusei looked down at the cute girl, who looked like an elementary school student, and smiled apologetically, "Sayuri, I accidentally left my key in my room and wanted to borrow yours to open the door."
"Oh, I see. I understand. Please wait a moment, Su-kun."
Sayuri's face showed an expression of understanding, and she turned and walked into the room.
Ryusei stood at the door, hearing a rummaging sound from inside.
A moment later, Sayuri came back, holding a set of keys and cheering.
"Found it! Let's go, Ryuse-kun, I'll open the door for you!"
Ryusei nodded and said, "Thank you, Sayuri."
"It's no problem! It's rare for someone to want to rent my apartment long-term, so I definitely have to provide good service for you."
The two went upstairs, one after the other.
The Landlord Miss chatted with Ryusei as she walked, curiously asking him about his situation at school recently, and if he had a girlfriend or anything like that.
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