Chapter 7: New system rewards
*Kenichi's POV*
That was quite unexpected, I just casually went out to eat something quick and ended up meeting characters from another anime, plus in the heat of the moment I ended up getting carried away with those stupid bento fights, the good thing is that at least this served as my first fighting experience, now I know the general fighting level that other people have, it was hard to tell just with the numerical value that the system gave me.
Although I have to admit that it was quite comforting to talk to someone else about my problems, I think this is the first time I tell someone about my parents.
In fact, now that I think about it, after they died, the rest of my life has been a blank...
Although it's just a theory, it's possible that at that time I had already started to be influenced by the world, after all, even though I adored them for some reason, the news of their death didn't hit me as hard as it should have...
I'm going to have to find out how exactly the will of the world works, it's very disturbing that it can manipulate a person to the point where they can't act of their own free will.
I just hope it's not the same as the will of mankind or Alaya as they called it in the Type-Moon universe, because if it's the same then this world is really screwed, it's true that thing thought about the survival of mankind but didn't care about the means to achieve it.
Also, another one of my worries turned out to be true, this is not only the world of To Love-Ru, apart from the Bent-To characters I also remember seeing some characters from other anime at school, I'm even sure I saw several of them in my class, as we just entered the school I still don't know all the names of my classmates, but to be sure, I'm going to have to check the whole school.
And not only in the school, I'm also going to have to check if some of the cities from other anime also exist here... I just hope there isn't a Fuyuki city, because if there is, then this world is really screwed up, from what I remember from Type-Moon stories in all of them, whether they were routes or alternate histories, there was always some demented sorcerer or Servant who wanted to destroy the world... I just hope my luck isn't that bad... Well, though if you ask me, being a supporting character in an Ecchi anime is bad enough...
It's times like this that I'd like to be just a mob (Background character), I'd have a boring life but at least I wouldn't get involved in so much shit, and not to mention I have the role of the protagonist's best friend, so it's more than obvious that whether I want to or not, I'm going to get involved in Rito's stupid love problems.
You don't know how envious I am of all those Isekai anime characters, even though they have problems, at least they are sent to worlds where they are free to do whatever they want.
Kenichi: (Now that I think about it... If I stand in the street, it's possible that truck-kun will run over me and send me to another world.)
Thinking that, I stood in the middle of the street for several minutes...
But absolutely nothing happened...
Putting all that aside, I kept walking, but I couldn't help but remember Yarizui-senpai, I never expected her to be so cute, in the anime I watched she was quite expressionless, but now she showed me several cute expressions, honestly fighting her made this whole fight for the bento worth it.
But even though I liked her as a person and as a woman, it's better that I didn't get too involved in her story, in the end it's just a comedy anime with some fighting, there's nothing special about it.
Come to think of it, during the fight I got several system notifications, it's quite annoying that while you're fighting or talking suddenly a transparent screen pops up in your face.
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*Achievement system*
*Notification*
*You have just received several rewards for your achievements*
*Do you want to receive the rewards?*
Yes✓ No✗
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Kenichi: "But of course I did, even the question offends, let's see what rewards I got now, I wonder if they were for fighting, because other than that I don't remember doing anything special?"
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*You managed to have your first fight*
You received: Quirk Strongarm
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*You managed to have your first bento fight and won*
You received: Rainbow Fruit
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*You managed to defeat several people completely unarmed*
You received: X-Gloves (Normal)
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*You managed to defeat Satou You, the protagonist of Ben-To, in a fight*
You received: 3 Multiversal Travel Tickets
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*You managed to defeat Yarizui Sen, the main heroine of Ben-To, in a fight*
You received: Gourmet Cells
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*You managed to defeat Shaga Ayame, Ben-To's secondary heroine, in a fight*
You received: Instinct
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*You got Yarizui Sen to have a very good impression of you*
You received: Haoshoku Haki
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I said it once and I'll say it again, this system is way too flexible with achievements.
And in the end it turned out to be just as I expected, I got much better rewards for defeating the main characters, and that was despite the fact that I only had a casual fight with them, I bet if I had gotten into some major event in Ben-To's story they would have given me something even more broken than this.
Kenichi: "I want to check them out, but I'd better wait until I get home, besides I'm still hungry, that bento wasn't enough to satisfy me, luckily I bought several ingredients, this should last for the whole weekend."
This is another reason why I refused Yarizui-senpai's invitation, I didn't lie to her when I told her that I preferred the meals my mom prepared for me, But the main reason is that a bento doesn't satisfy me, I don't see myself fighting every day like an idiot for a simple bento.
*1 hour later*
Kenichi: "Wow... Those cooking techniques from the Shokugeki no Souma anime are amazing, although I still need a lot of practice to cook at the same level as the characters in that anime, my food is already good enough to be in a five star hotel.... This is perhaps one of the most delicious meals I've ever eaten in my life."
When I got home I quickly started cooking, I wanted to put into practice several of the cooking techniques from the Shokugeki no Souma anime, and the result surprised me quite a bit.
Since the ingredients I bought were normal, I couldn't replicate any very fancy food, but thanks to the improvements to my body it was a piece of cake to replicate the different types of cuts and temperature control, if there was anything to complain about, it's that I am now very strong and so some of the ingredients didn't turn out exactly the same as what I saw in the lore, but that didn't stop the taste of the food from being several times better than any other food I've prepared in the past.
Come to think of it, becoming a chef is also a good way to make a living, after all, I've never heard of a culinary academy called Tōtsuki, so I might as well aspire to become the best chef in this world, in fact, for some reason I've been limiting my options to writing novels or drawing manga, but with my ability to see alternate realities, I can have any profession I want and be the best at it.
But for the moment I'm in no hurry, I'm still in my first year of high school, I'm going to try various things, until I find something I really like to do.
Kenichi: "Well, I think the long awaited time has come to look at the reward descriptions, for now I'll start in order with...? Strong shoulder...? That's a strange name, let's see the description..."
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Name: Strongarm
Rank: R (Rare)
Origin: Boku no Hero Academia
Description: A short range emitter type Quirk, this Quirk allows the user to rotate and move their shoulders at extreme speed and power, providing incredibly fast and strong hits.
Weakness: The biggest drawback of this Quirk is that if used for very long periods of time it can cause muscle fatigue and even tearing, unless the host has a way to ignore the pain it is recommended to use it for only a few seconds.
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Kenichi: (Oh... I just received another Quirk from Boku no Hero Academia.... Although they call them Quirks, these are more like the powers Marvel mutants are born with.... This is quite ironic, just because a small group of people were born with powers, they called them mutations, but if all of humanity was born with them, they called them Quirks.... I guess I have to be thankful this world isn't mixed up with Boku no Hero Academia or Marvel and DC, otherwise I'd have to get into all that hero and villain crap).
Don't get me wrong, I like hero stories, but only when they're stories, honestly those worlds are almost as bad as Type-Moon. Anyway, compared to other Quirks, this one is pretty average.
My shoulders feel a little different, and I feel like I can move my arms a lot easier than before.... Even though it's a fairly simple Don compared to others, I remember that the original owner of this Quirk threw punches as fast and destructive as Luffy's gatling gun, even characters with defense-oriented Quirks couldn't resist his blows for long.
Out of curiosity I decided to go down to the training room and test the capabilities of this new Quirk, honestly I didn't expect much, after all, it's just throwing super fast and powerful punches, even in my current state I can do something similar.
Without further delay I began to throw some light blows, at first everything was fine, but after a few seconds and without my control the blows began to increase in speed and force more and more.
*Bang* *Bang* *Bang*
*Bang* *Bang* *Bang*
*Bang* *Bang* *Bang*
*Bang* *Bang* *Bang*
In a moment these were no longer ordinary punches, each one threw big shock waves, by accident I hit a punching bag and it was destroyed like nothing with just one of the punches, I stopped only when I started to feel a little pain in my arms.
Kenichi: "It's ok... I admit it... I underestimated this skill a lot..."
I couldn't help but be surprised by this new offensive ability. I threw more than ten blows per second and kept throwing them continuously without slowing down my speed, nor my power even a little bit, for about forty seconds, although I'm still quite far from throwing as many blows as Luffy, I'm completely sure that with this ability alone I could overwhelm almost all the characters in the Baki and Kengan Ashura world...
Kenichi: (Well, now that I remember, in Boku no Hero Academia it was said that the more someone used their quirk, the more they evolved, implying that even the weakest quirk of all could become the strongest as long as its user developed it well).
I'm getting stronger and stronger and I haven't even started training? I wonder if this is how the protagonists of the Isekai anime feel... Well, for now let's look at the next reward...
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Name: Rainbow Fruit
Rank: UR (Ultra Rare)
Origin: Toriko
Description: It is a giant-sized legendary fruit that can weigh between 1.5 and 2 tons. When you put it in your mouth, its taste changes seven times. Its name is due to the shape of its juice which, when evaporating in the air, emits a rainbow. The color and flavor of the fruit depend largely on the humidity and temperature of the air. The fruit's nectar is so concentrated that a single drop can turn an entire 25-meter pool into a huge bowl of fruit juice. It is so delicious that most animals instinctively want to eat it and try to eat it even if they have to kill each other.
Warning: Due to its intensity and the fact that the host's body is not yet strong enough, it is recommended not to eat too much, it is also important to consume it only as a dessert or as wine.
Important: Due to improvements in the system, this fruit rainbow and will not rot no matter how much time passes.
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Kenichi: (Wow... So it was a fruit from the Toriko anime... The equivalent of Shokugeki no Souma's world but with action and fantasy... From the description and what I remember from the manga and anime, this fruit is included as a dessert in the full menu of the protagonist Toriko... How I'd love to go to that world, it's a place where nothing else matters but fighting and eating, it's that simple without any complicated plot).
I wonder how delicious this fruit will be, even Toriko who had already eaten a lot of food couldn't help but cry after eating just a spoonful of the jelly made with the fruit, there was even a version to make it with alcohol called "Rainbow Rainbow Cocktail".
From what I remember, this fruit is huge, so I can't just bring it inside the house, but taking it outside is not an option either, I am not a protagonist like Rito, when something happened in his house all his neighbors ignored it as if it was something normal, but in my case I am absolutely sure that everyone is going to make a fuss about the shiny fruit found in my garden.
I guess the only possible place is in this training room?
After saying that, I pressed the option to receive the reward, and almost instantly a light many times more intense than the previous rewards left me completely blinded.
When I finally opened my eyes I couldn't help but marvel at the fruit that appeared in front of me, I already expected it to be big from the anime, but I never expected it to be so big, and moreover its appearance left me completely captivated.
Kenichi: "It's beautiful... I bet even the most precious diamond can't compare to the brilliance of this fruit."
Before I knew it I was already touching the fruit which to my surprise was quite soft, which is quite illogical, from the description of the system this fruit must weigh at least two tons, so I expected its exterior to be as hard as a watermelon.
As I marveled at the fruit, I unconsciously started drooling from my mouth and also felt a great desire to eat it as it was, but I quickly came to my senses and decided to put it back in the system, I still don't feel mentally prepared to eat it. Besides, it might be dangerous if I eat it like this instead of making it into a dessert, like the jelly they made in the anime.
Kenichi: "Haa... Haa... Shit... That was dangerous, I was almost tempted to take a bite out of it as it was... From what I read in the description, the fruit is so concentrated that a single drop can sweeten a swimming pool, even though this world follows the logic of anime, it might be dangerous to my body if I eat it naturally..."
The only way a glutton like Toriko would eat it normally, was because she had the gourmet cells, all the other people could only eat small portions
Still, I'm so envious, in the Toriko anime they eat this kind of food often, I remember in the anime there were even entire islands that were made of things to eat, there was even a ridiculous fruit that produced mayonnaise and not to mention the different kinds of animals and wild beasts that were thousands of times more delicious than the ones in this world, well, I guess that's what you can expect from a world where you can get stronger by eating.
After a last sigh, I kept looking at the next rewards to distract myself.
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Name: X-Gloves (Normal)
Rank: C (Common) / SR (Super Rare)
Origin: Katekyo Hitman Reborn
Description: In their normal state they are just woolen gloves with the number 27 embroidered in red, but when using Last Will Mode they transform into black gloves with metal plates. They have the ability to channel flames from the sky, when the gloves have this transformation the user gains great speed apart from the ability to fly using the fire produced by the gloves as propellant and also the ability to use the advanced zero point and its other variants.
Important: Until the host acquires the last will mode, the X-Gloves will remain just ordinary woolen gloves, at most they will be useful for winter use.
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When I finished reading the reward, a pair of white woolen gloves with the number 27 embroidered in red appeared before me.
Kenichi: "Well, just like the description says, they're just ordinary woolen gloves. Unless I get Katekyo Hitman Reborn's 'Last Will' mode as a reward they're going to remain just this, for now they're only good for warming my hands... It's a shame, these gloves in their final form look so cool, I remember the protagonist of that anime looked amazing when he wore them."
Well, no point in complaining, for now I'm fine with just the Hanma lineage...
With nothing else special to say about the reward, I left the gloves along with the training equipment, I wonder what achievement I'll have to perform to get the last will mode.
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Name: Multiversal Travel Ticket
Rank: SSR
Origin: Achievement system
Description: It is a special ticket that allows the host to travel to other worlds, the destination is random and the time he can be in those worlds is unlimited, but the host will be forced to complete some achievements imposed by that world, he will only be able to travel freely between both worlds after completing those achievements.
Important:
-Time will stop in the host's home world.
-The host will be able to bring other people to those worlds.
-The host will be able to bring other people from those worlds.
-The host will be able to bring to his home world anything he finds in that world, regardless of its value or power.
-The achievement system will be momentarily blocked until the host completes the achievements imposed by that world, but upon completion he will also receive rewards that will depend on the difficulty of the achievement.
Caution: It is recommended to use it only when the host's fighting level increases.
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Kenichi: "Look at this, I was complaining that this world that is dominated by a mysterious will was shit, and here I get an object that can give me the opportunity to go to another world".
With curiosity I made the ticket appear, this one unlike the one to change the plot, it was black with several golden details along with a symbol in the middle, at first glance it looked like an elegant ticket from some game, but the moment I touched it I could feel that it was anything but normal, maybe it was because of Hanma's blood running through my veins, but I could feel a mysterious power emanating from the ticket that gave me chills.
Kenichi: "To think that this little ticket has the power to travel to other worlds."
Although it's an awesome reward, for now I think I'll follow the system's suggestion and save it for later, I'm not even strong enough to deal with Lala's father, what if I end up in a world with more powerful guys and even more ridiculous stories than To Love-Ru and Ben-To.
The good thing is that I have 3, I'm going to try them only when I feel I'm strong enough, if it was as simple as going and coming back there would be no problem, but it says I won't be able to come back until I complete some achievements, the only positive thing is that time is going to stop in this world, that means I'll be able to stay as long as I want in those worlds.
Who knows, maybe I'll find a nice world and stay there, so I won't be involved in the plots of this world.
Kenichi: "Well, let's move on to the next reward..."
Kenichi: "Huh?"
Kenichi: "..."
Okay... I think this is perhaps... One of the best rewards I've received so far.
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Name: Gourmet Cells
Rank: SSR
Origin: Toriko
Description: Specialized cells discovered and obtained from Gourmet Jellyfish by the 'Bishokushin' Acacia. The cells have excellent regenerative ability and the strength to enhance qualities as when implanted into the cells of another living being, improving their qualities and abilities in various ways. The host can choose from only two options to infuse the Gourmet Cells into his body, which are:
1.-Ingestion: he must regularly take a pill containing Gourmet Cells.
The consumption of Gourmet Cells through ingestion takes a long time to take effect in the body and there are many cases where the cells are not able to adapt and there is no physical improvement for the consumer.
2.-Injection: Consists of injecting the Gourmet Cells directly with a syringe.
The direct injection into the body of the Gourmet Cells is the fastest method and at the same time the most dangerous, this method has many risks because if the cells do not adapt correctly they begin to invade the body and mutate it, turning the individual who is injected into a horrible monster, or worse, it can end up killing him.
Benefits:
-When the host's body successfully adapts to the Gourmet Cells, it will gain an overwhelming amount of power and life force, thus resulting in the creation of a super human being.
-Enhancements include: extreme physical strength, overall speed and athleticism, incredible stamina, enhanced senses, and the ability to project a terrifying aura of intimidation that primarily affects dangerous animals and beasts.
-As long as calories are available, the cells also grant incredible regenerative power. This amazing vitality bestowed upon a Gourmet Cell user is often reflected in their appearance, as the vast majority of users (mostly male) possess incredibly muscular physiques.
-Depending on the foods the Gourmet Cell user ingests, an increase in overall strength is possible, there is even a special type of food that can evolve Gourmet Cells.
Important: It is suggested that the host use them when his body is trained to its maximum capacity to increase the chances of success and also to secure several of the foods from the world of Toriko or others that are equally good.
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Kenichi: (It may be far inferior compared to the plot change ticket and the multiversal travel ticket, but it is definitely many times superior to the Hanma bloodline, all the characters in the anime Toriko who had the gourmet cells had practically unlimited fighting potential and became stronger with every meal they ate, that's what makes Toriko's world special, it's full of different types of food).
In Toriko's world, humanity is confined to a very small part of the planet. The rest is called "Gourmet World", and it covers about 70% of the planet. In that world, the power of beasts or ingredients is measured in terms of catch level. This depends on several factors, such as the strength of the beast and the danger of the environment.
It should also be noted that the world of Toriko is several times larger than the earth, only the human world is larger than the earth and that is only 30% of that world.
Normally, in the human world, the catch levels range from 1 to 100, while in the gourmet world, the catch level can reach thousands. To get an idea, something with a catch level of 180 can go out and destroy every country it passes through while casually walking by, while something with a catch level of 300 is far beyond the normal capabilities of the human world. And I'm not even going to talk about capture level 6000.
Just thinking about that damn monkey sends shivers down my spine.
Come to think of it, I did say I'd like to be in that world, but when I think about it carefully, that world is far more dangerous than this one, and not to mention there's also an organization of evil guys willing to kill to get the best ingredients.
One of the best traits of gourmet cells is their ability to project a terrifying aura of intimidation that manifests physically in spirit form, that manifestation is known as the appetite demon, I remember Toriko looking really cool when she projected that red demon, in fact, now that I think about it, it's quite possible that gourmet cells are highly compatible with Hanma blood.
They both have some things in common.
But for now it doesn't make sense for me to think about that, while gourmet cells are great, in the end they always require the user to consume large amounts of food, and I don't think the simple foods of this world can satisfy them, the only way I can be completely sure of using the cells is that I have several of the foods from Toriko's world gathered or that I have some way to go to Toriko's world, the multiversal travel ticket is of no use to me, after all in the description it said the world was random, so for now I'll have to save this and become as strong as I can with Hanma's blood as a base.
Kenichi: "Although it's a pity, but nothing is given away in this life, if I want something I have to work hard to get it."
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Name: Instinct
Rank: R (Rare)
Origin: Fate/Stay Night
Description: This ability allows the host to slightly predict the future. Through this ability, it is possible to negate the restrictions inflicted by visual and auditory interference to a certain extent.
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Kenichi: "Hmm... This, if I'm not mistaken, is one of the skills of Artoria Pendragon (Saber), one of the most famous heroines of the Type-Moon franchise... Although it somewhat resembles the Danger Sensor, it's a somewhat different ability, hers is based more on an instinct that alerted her to a future attack, the sensor on the other hand is sensitive to evil intentions."
If I use it in conjunction with the Danger Sensor, it should be quite useful during fights.
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Name: Haoshoku Haki (Color of Conqueror's Ambition)
Rank: SR (Super Rare)
Origin: One Piece
Type: Intimidation / Energy Emission (Advanced)
Description: Haoshoku Haki is a rare form of Haki that allows the user to exert their own willpower over others. This type of Haki cannot be achieved through training and only one out of millions of people are born with this ability. It is said that those who possess this type of Haki have the qualities to be a King, being known as conquerors or supreme rulers.
Important: In its most advanced state, the user can infuse his fist or weapon with Haoshoku Haki to drastically increase its attack power.
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This is the real jackpot, I'm not complaining about instinct, but you have to admit that One Piece's Haki techniques are far superior, and to top it off it's the rarest Haki of all, I still remember that epic image of Luffy making an entire army of thousands of marines faint from the pressure of his Haoshoku Haki.
Later in the story it was shown that attacks could also be imbued with this Haki and that made them much more destructive like Luffy's grandfather, Garp, who without the help of any devil fruit destroyed an entire city just with the strength of his Haki.
Maybe someday in the future I should thank Yarizui-senpai, thanks to her I got an ability that will be very useful to me in the future.
I might be too excited, but someone can blame me, I was able to watch several anime that were pretty good, but one of my favorites is definitely One Piece, especially if I got one of the best powers in the series.
But what surprised me the most is that I have a complete mastery on how to use it, unlike Luffy who had to go through several fights to be able to use it in its advanced state, although it's just that, my mastery is still basic, if I want to be as good as Gol D. Roger, Shirohige or Monckey D. Garp, I need to train myself and have real fights.
I wonder how destructive my punches will be if I combine the Hanma blood force, the ultimate power of gourmet cells, Busoshoku Haki and Haoshoku Haki, if I can master them to their full power and combine them all together, I should be able to at least destroy countries with my punches alone, that's actually pretty broken, at this rate I'm becoming more and more like Saitama, I just hope I don't go bald one of these days.
Jokes aside, for the time being this Haki will serve me well enough if I ever fight a large group of people who are weaker than me or have a weak will.
Kenichi: "Still, I have to admit that I'm luckier than most characters with a system, I only had a small chance encounter with characters from an anime and that was enough to get me several high ranking rewards, at the moment I have to find a way to get ingredients from the anime Toriko.... The rainbow fruit was given to me for successfully obtaining a bento, so I guess I have to do achievements that have to do with food."
Unlike the Hanma lineage, the gourmet cells rely heavily on the different types of food their user eats, in fact, in the anime Toriko it was never shown that the main characters did anything special as training, The most they did as training was that they learned the honor of food, but that rather than training it was a way to use all the strength they wasted on useless movements.
Come to think of it, learning the honor of food could be quite useful in the future when I assimilate gourmet cells.
Kenichi: "But well, those worries will be for the future, for now I'm going to sleep, tomorrow is Saturday and I have nothing important to do, so I'm going to dedicate the whole day to training."
So with nothing else to do I went straight to bed to get my body in top shape for the day ahead.