"Ding!"
"Congratulations host for obtaining the Solar Authority: Leo."
Hiro: ...
Staring directly at the blue sky and white clouds outside the window, he was stunned for a few seconds before gradually reacting, revealing an indescribably strange expression:
Is the weight of this newbie gift pack...
a bit too much? Could it be a special compensation because it was over ten years late?
Able to acquire abilities corresponding to the inheritance of the zodiac and equatorial Star Beasts in hand.
Once resisted Kuro Usagi's "Simulated Divinity - Brahmaastra Replica."
Originally the Leo Authority held by the Sun-Dwelling Lion of "No Name," later belonged to Kalaji of the Maou Alliance "Ouroboros."
Can harbor within oneself the Avatara's fourth transformation, the "Lion God Beast Narasimha," which "repels all weapons in the world," regardless of whether they are divine or celestial creations.
Although the "Leo Solar Authority" did not display any offensive capabilities in the original novel, and even the ability to summon Star Beasts was only used by the White Night King (Cross) among the Star Spirits, this was not a crucial issue for the currently penniless Hiro.
At the very least, if he equipped this Solar Authority, he would already be invincible when facing targets like Cao Cao, Siegfried, Jeanne, and Kiba Yuuto, who heavily relied on weapons.
Of course, he also wouldn't be able to win...
With a slight thought, he clicked on the small sun depicting a lion in the system item bar and pressed the "use" button.
The small sun disappeared from the item bar, and he himself...
Forget about a surge of warmth, a boost of spirit, or a feeling of abundant power, he didn't even notice the slightest bit of abnormality, as if everything that had just happened was a daydream.
Only the "item bar" that had just appeared on the system panel and was still empty seemed to silently tell him something.
"That's it?"
Hiro lowered his head, clenched and unclenched his right palm a couple of times, and couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth slightly:
Such a powerful thing like the Solar Authority just ended so anticlimactically.
Dong~ Dong~
"That question, the one over there, Nanamiya Hiro, right? Stand up and answer."
At this moment, the homeroom teacher Kyoudo stopped his tedious explanation, tapped the blackboard with the chalk in his right hand, and asked the dazed Hiro.
Standing up, Hiro looked at the question pointed to by the teacher's right hand.
After thinking for a couple of seconds, he fluently answered:
"Put X and Y..."
More than ten seconds later, hearing the standard answer spoken by Hiro, the old face of the teacher Kyoudo couldn't help but look a little awkward:
From the very beginning of the class, this kid had been absent-minded, hardly looking at the blackboard, definitely not listening to my lecture.
How did he answer this question that was beyond the curriculum?
Uncomfortable as he was, since the student had already answered his question, as a qualified, even excellent, homeroom teacher and educator, Kyoudo naturally wouldn't continue to make things difficult for him.
As long as the grades were fine and the attendance days were sufficient, what problem was there even if one didn't listen or spaced out in class?
In this regard, Kyoudo was no different from ordinary educators.
"Very good, correct answer."
Looking at Hiro, who appeared calm and composed, the homeroom teacher Kyoudo waved his left hand, signaling him to sit down.
"Hey, Nanamiya-kun, you weren't listening in class just now, were you? How did you know the correct way to solve that problem?" Just as Hiro sat down, a soft inquiry came from beside him.
Perhaps others weren't aware of the fact that the question just now was beyond the curriculum, but Yuuki Asuna, as an elite who had already completed three years of high school courses under her mother's strict demands, was very clear about it.
It was precisely because of this that she was curious about Hiro's calm demeanor, even violating her usual elite principles by zoning out in class.
Hearing the question from beside him, Hiro turned his head, and Asuna's delicate face, carrying a hint of curiosity, immediately entered his sight.
"Hmm... maybe it was too simple?" Tilting his head to think for a moment, Hiro chuckled softly and replied in a low voice, "I don't have any special talents. I just have a good memory. Since I had already read through the textbook before class, I didn't find that question difficult at all."
"I see." Asuna nodded, giving him a polite smile.
"Thank you for the explanation, Nanamiya-kun."
Ending his conversation with the "original Asuna," Hiro turned his gaze to the front, to the light gray number located more than twenty centimeters above Koneko's head.
"So, system, according to the current distance, I should be able to extract Koneko's luck, right? How do I start?"
Avoiding looking at Koneko's back, Hiro stared at the lead-gray "3" and asked inwardly.
"Focus your gaze on the luck value and silently say 'steal.' If the distance is insufficient, there will be no reaction."
Silently saying it? What a convenient operation...
Focusing his gaze, Hiro silently muttered:
"Steal."
The moment this thought arose, the system's voice rang in his mind-
"Ding!"
"The time required for this extraction is 45 minutes. Do you wish to begin?"
45 minutes... the duration of an entire class period, that's so long?
Frowning slightly, he didn't think too much about it.
"Begin."
"Ding! Third-Tier luck extraction initiated, remaining time: 44 minutes and 59 seconds. When the host leaves the maximum allowable distance, the extraction countdown will pause and automatically resume upon re-entry."
"Current task: After the host's palm stays above Koneko's head for three seconds, the remaining time will be reduced by 40 minutes."
Three seconds and 40 minutes~~
Hearing the system's task requirement, Hiro couldn't help but glance at the cluster of white short hair...
then silently shifted his gaze away.
Can't afford to provoke her, can't afford to provoke her.
If he really did that, even if Koneko wouldn't do anything to him in class, after class and after school, she would very forcefully drag him somewhere and then...
scold him?
Teach him a lesson? Warn him?
In any case, it wouldn't be anything good.
Moreover, it was only 45 minutes; it wasn't like he couldn't wait.
Why deliberately court death?
After seeing off the homeroom teacher Kyoudo, Hiro waited a few more minutes and welcomed a world history teacher with cherry-blossom-colored hair.
"Ding!"
"Third-Tier luck extraction completed. Congratulations host for obtaining improved physical fitness and Navy Six Styles - Finger Gun."
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