Chapter 770: December 13th: Time is Money
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"Listen up, Sunraku, but first of all, muscle reinforcement is a trap."
Since Eta-Zero, who had turned into a five-year-old child, started explaining with absolute seriousness, I somehow managed to keep myself from laughing while listening.
"I tried it a few times, but you'll get way stronger by training your skills instead. Well, I mean, it's not entirely useless......... but it's probably not the kind of strength you're looking for."
Why is this guy advancing the conversation under the assumption that he perfectly grasps my enhancement policy? That's kinda terrifying.
Still, even though his appearance is completely insane, what he's saying makes perfect sense, so I'm not going to throw in an unrefined retort.
"Then what's your recommended enhancement?"
"Five-sense enhancement."
"And the heart of it?"
"This one gives the biggest tangible difference when you enhance it."
According to him, muscle strength and STR are strictly calculated under different parameters. So no matter how much you raise muscle strength, there's no change to your STR stat. As for what actually changes, it apparently boosts physical capabilities that don't contribute to damage multipliers. Like grip strength or pinching strength.
But the five senses are different. Sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch...... these functions that capture external stimuli are completely separate from stat parameters. That's exactly why the practicality of applying modifications here simply can't be compared to muscle enhancement, according to him.
"Are touch and taste actually useful for anything?"
"Taste is whatever, but touch is basically presence detection. Useful in places where your nose or ears don't work well."
I see...... Seeing as Test Subject No. 1 standing right in front of me looks like that, I was definitely looking at it through tinted glasses, but raising the base specs of your physical body...... this is deeper than I thought.
"As a side note, the required EXP goes up the more enhancements you stack, but this is probably exactly that."
"Hm?"
"It basically means the amount of EXP from Level 149〜150 and the amount from Level 1〜10 don't balance out. Heh...... The smartest way is probably to drop down to Level 100 and then raise it back up."
"By the way, assuming you had known that fact, would you have still chosen that method?"
"I told you, Sunraku...... I have no regrets. I'd surely do the exact same thing again."
Such clear eyes......... I have nothing left to say.
"Ah, by the way, you should definitely avoid dynamic vision enhancement."
"Huh? Why's that?"
"I have absolutely no idea what's actually being enhanced. The feeling is weak... or rather, I don't feel any change at all."
At those words, my eyes went wide...... and then, I couldn't help but burst out laughing.
"W-What is it?"
"Kukukuku...... Nah, my bad. Hey, Eta-Zero...... You're the type whose main stats are STR and VIT, right?"
"Well, yeah, obviously. You don't need long-distance running speed to grapple."
"Then you pulled a dud."
Dynamic vision is the ability to distinguish moving objects, right?
Raising the physical base specs...... Base specs don't affect "stats"...... I see, in other words, base specs aren't completely unrelated to the enhancement of skills themselves. If that's the case, the situation where dynamic vision has a direct impact is......
When the eyes are enhanced. And furthermore, a state that requires dynamic vision on top of enhancing the eyes......
"Ivory, I'll gladly be Test Subject No. 2. I'm dumping 3 levels worth into dynamic vision."
『Sunraku, you are quite intelligent, aren't you...... That is the correct answer.』
Um, Eta-Zero-san. I'm pretty sure you're doing it on purpose, but could you please stop biting that handkerchief and grinding your teeth? Don't be jelly, don't be jelly. Where did you even pull that out from............ Well? I am an honor student, after all?
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That concludes the headache.
"By the way, since we could mess with things like hormone balances, you can probably interfere with your appearance when gender-swapping."
Clatter! x 2
"Sit down, you horny bastards. Save it for later, I said later."
We'll never get anywhere with this conversation at this rate.
Now then, onto the actual main topic.
"Anyway, what I do solo is irrelevant, the issue is...... Ahh, whatever, there's no point hiding it now. Due to a Unique Scenario, I need to go to the country of the Cait Siths......"
"Cait Siths?"
"Puss in Boots, basically. And they talk."
"SF-Zoo isn't going to stay quiet about a bombshell like that......"
"Furthermore, they're supposedly holding some kind of summit, so other races will be coming too. Rabbits and cats are guaranteed slots, so what else? A safe bet would be dogs?"
"Hey, if we keep quiet about this, aren't we gonna get hunted down by SF-Zoo!? Does life insurance cover this!?"
"You're assuming our lives will be in danger right from the start, huh, Overwerke-san......"
Even if it's the Cait Sith country, if they're telling me to "Come," it probably isn't a place that is absolutely impossible to reach without specific conditions like Rabituza. If players will reach it eventually, it's basically the same as already knowing...... meaning, even if it accidentally slips out in conversation someday, there's no need to explicitly tell them right now...... Or rather, if I slip up and tell them, they'll probably tag along with their entire clan, and that just seems... annoying, or rather, way too loud, so......
"It's fine, isn't it? Trying to conquer the New Continent with a large group usually ends up in a 'terrible situation', right? It's much easier to just rush through with a small elite squad."
"4-p............ Huh? You're not gonna do it?"
"My weapons are in the middle of being upgraded and I don't have them on me, so shut up......"
"Bonus Time Fooooo!"
"CHR:CFK."
"What the heck, a cigarette buuuuurn!!?!?"
Behold, created by Imron whose creative urges have been running far too rampant lately, leaving her completely depleted of money, items, and everything else: The Crimson Heat-Riser: Combat Fusing Knife! It was way too long, so I just lined up the initials and got CHR:CFK! Even that's hard to say, so its common name is the "Cigarette Burn Knife"!!
A byproduct created while Imron was observing Areadbhair and trying to make something of the same lineage...... namely, a scorching weapon that melts metal just by the blade touching it. He lamented that its uses were limited because it was even shorter than a one-handed sword...... but damn, that's some good firepower. I'm really glad I bought it as a temporary substitute for Areadbhair.
"I-It hurts...... No, but I understand. Deep down, Sunraku-kun is really kind...... I understand......"
"Stop pretending to be a young wife refusing to accept the reality of domestic violence. This is just pure, unadulterated violence."
"This is the part where you apologize and gently embrace me! Come on! Darling!!"
"Between the eyes!"
"Evaded!"
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"......There are still those kinds of people out in the wild, huh."
"It kinda reminds me of... y'know, those Sengoku-era Princess RP players in ο."
"For me, it reminds me of... y'know, 'Enoki'."
"What are you guys talking about?"
""Nah? Nothing really.""
Author's Afterword
These are the kind of people who, when two or more of them get excited about a different topic, will endlessly derail the conversation.
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