"Welcome to the Best System in the Entire Omniverse!"
After the opening ceremony ended, Kai quickly went somewhere private to check out his system. Now, he was sitting on a bench while looking at the screen in front of him. Was this the system's actual name, or was it just bragging about itself?
[…]
"So you were really just bragging about yourself."
[Host is so mean.]
A cute female voice was heard inside his head.
"So you are female?"
[Would you rather for me to be a male?]
"No, not at all. Ahmm... so do I just call you 'System,' or do you have an actual name?"
[I don't have one.]
"Then do you want me to name you?"
[Hmph, only if you apologize first.]
Kai was confused.
"What do you want me to apologize for?"
[For calling me a braggart.]
"Are you not one?"
[Nooo!!]
Kai chuckled. He was enjoying teasing his cute system but decided to stop since he was really curious about what the system was all about.
"I will decide whether I should apologize or not after seeing what you can do."
[…]
[You should apologize if a girl asks you to!]
"Yeah, yeah. Just show me status."
The system reluctantly complied with his request.
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Name: Shiba Kai
Age: 17
Level: 142
Bloodlines: human(main), ???(sealed)
Abilities: none
Equipment: none
Skills: none
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???
Kai's face was grim.
"What the heck, System! There aren't even any actually useful functions!"
He couldn't believe what he was seeing.
"And what is this about my bloodline? How can I have a bloodline besides the human one? Then what about my level? Shouldn't i start at level one? How the hell am I level 142!? I feel the same as always; no change in physical power, nor do I feel any magic power or anything like it!"
Kai was panicking. The system, which had proudly announced that it was the best in the entire omniverse, was turning out to be utterly useless.
[Hahahahaha!]
"Why are you laughing?"
He was flabbergasted. This useless shit of a system was laughing at him.
[I just can't help it, hahaha.]
Kai took a deep breath, then decided to shut up and wait for her to stop and explain herself.
After a long minute of waiting, the system finally spoke.
[How come you don't realize?]
"???"
[You never asked me to show you the system's functions. You only said that you wanted me to show you your status.]
Kai was beginning to understand.
[The status window is just one of the system's functions.]
Kai was now starting to feel like a fool. It was true; he had only asked to see his status. He had never once stated that he wanted to see the system's functions.
While he was questioning his life choices, the system spoke again.
[That was good entertainment. I will now display the system's functions before you break down.]
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Status
Inventory
Gacha
Bloodlinecontrol (locked)
Fusion (locked)
World travel (locked)
Personal world (locked)
Life connection (locked)
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After reading through the system screen in front of him, Kai's depressed mood immediately disappeared, and a big grin spread across his face.
Most of the functions were locked, so he couldn't view their details; not that he needed to. They were all pretty self-explanatory. Bloodline Control would probably allow him to switch between different bloodlines, while Fusion would most likely let him combine different abilities. Then there were the World Travel and Personal World functions, which would allow him to travel between worlds and even have one on his own.
The only function he wasn't sure about was Life Connection. It was probably something that allowed him to link the lives of different beings, but he wasn't certain about how it worked.
After skimming through the locked functions, his eyes landed on the only unlocked function besides Status, which he had already checked and Inventory which was a standard function for most systems.
"Open Gacha."
The moment after he said those words, his grin grew even wider, and the reason for his excitement was floating right in front of him.
There, on the system panel, it said:
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Bronze Gacha (available once a day)
Silver Gacha (available once a month)
Golden Gacha (available once a year)
Diamond Gacha (locked)
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He immediately wanted to test his luck on the gacha, but the system stopped him.
[You didn't think I'd forget that you owe me an apology, did you? No gacha for you until you do so.]
Kai immediately got on his knees and said, "Esteemed Miss System, I beg you for forgiveness for my earlier inappropriate words!"
[…]
[You are quite shameless, aren't you? But I guess it's fine; I forgive you, but only this time.]
"Thank you very much!"
[You can stop kneeling. Ah, just so you know; while you can already use the Bronze and Silver gacha, you'll need to wait until the New Year to use the Golden one.]
Kai was just getting up when he heard that he couldn't use the Golden gacha yet; and almost fell right back down to the floor. He quickly tried to compose himself.
While the fact that he couldn't use the Golden gacha sucked, it wasn't the end of the world. Thankfully, he was in a normal world where the only actual danger was expulsion from school.
"Use one Bronze gacha and one Silver gacha."
[Bronze reward: Bucket of Infinite French Fries]
[Silver reward: Vorn Tigrevurmud's Bow Mastery]
Kai was stunned; the rewards were much better than he had expected.
[You got really lucky this time. Bronze gacha usually only gives out useless junk, like a spoon or clothes.]
Kai slowly nodded.
Vorn's Bow Mastery was perfect for him. He had loved archery since he was young, joining an archery club at the age of nine. Since then, he had even won a few competitions. And now, he had gained the archery experience of someone who had reached the pinnacle of the craft.
Vorn Tigrevurmud was known as someone who never missed a target with a bow, and now Kai was on the same level as him.
He burst into laughter, overcome with pure bliss.