"Bruh."
I almost laugh out loud at the kid in front of me trying to pick a fight. I find the thought of him trying to be Intimidating with an ass Quirk like long fingers hilarious.
"What is it, Oosuki? Scared? At a loss for words?" The pimple-faced loser leans forward mockingly.
I just set down my bag at one of the tables and sigh, he's obviously not gonna let me leave.
"Alright, first of all, use deodorant, we're in junior high I shouldn't have to tell you this." My statement catches him completely off guard as he stammers and backs away in embarrassment, I see his cheeks turn especially red as the people around us start snickering.
In truth he doesn't really smell bad, but insulting someone's smell whether it be bad breath or general B.O, is the fastest way to make them self conscious, even if you know you don't smell for some reason humans are just wired to be embarrassed.
"Second of all I told you and everyone else to call me Akira not Oosuki, that's mad cringe bruh."
"And finally I wasn't paying attention earlier, what do you want?" I ask, this wasn't an embarrassment tactic or anything I genuinely have no idea what he wants.
At this point Daddy Long Fingers is completely mortified. I swear I see tears in his eyes and I almost feel bad especially when the people around us start outright laughing.
My pity is immediately bottomed out when, presumably to save face charges at me with his fist cocked back, "You think you're funny!?" He cries out.
People are so annoying. Faster than the eye can track I'm already behind him I jab the back of my elbow to the back of his neck and he crumbles like a stack of cards.
People around us were screaming and running around, some already called the teacher which is such an overreaction for a little spat.
I swear one kid with a donut for a head pulls out his phone and starts screaming world star.
Hearing the voice of custodians and staff trying to pass through the gathered mob, I take it as my cue to leave. Teleporting out of the classroom to the nearest empty one, I make my way home.
God, I forgot how much I hate middle school, I can't believe I have to do it twice, high school is worse too. I think in despair, I'm not usually so moody and antisocial, but ever since I first transmigrated into my least favorite anime, I have had this migraine that just won't go away.
Considering I've been here for almost a week now, that is an almost one week long headache, I've gone to the doctors here in Japan, my new mother, the most doting and paranoid person in the world even shelled out the big bucks to take me to specialists with healing quirks.
They all came back to the same conclusion, there is nothing wrong with me and I shouldn't be experiencing any pain, eventually I had to lie to my new mother and say the pain went away. It was the only way to get her to stop paying for expensive treatments that obviously weren't working.
I shouldn't have used my Quirk earlier. It just made my headache worse. The body I ended up transmigrating into had a Quirk, which is cool and all, but Akira Oosuki ended up getting the short end of the stick, his Quirk allowed him to teleport, fantastic right? Not really, it wasn't a bad Quirk by any means, it certainly allowed for lots of small conveniences.
But my Quirk, simply named Teleport, just isn't very versatile. I have to picture a place or a person and I can teleport there/to them, so long as I have the Stamina required for it.
I can only teleport myself, or objects, but not other people. The Quirk actually doesn't sound that bad, again not the best but not bad.
The catch is the amount of Stamina it requires to teleport, just teleporting a few meters makes you feel like you ran a mile or two.
As a kid could probably teleport about four or five times a day before he passed out, regardless of distance. If he wanted to teleport further than he drained Stamina even faster.
I wasn't too bummed when I first learned about my weak Quirk, I was and admittedly still am grateful I even got a second chance.
There's something to be said about choosing beggars after all.
Plus, if I'm being honest, I'm not convinced that's all there is to my quirk.
For one thing, one of the most basic rules of MHA is that the more you train your Quirk the stronger it gets, obviously.
Katsuki Bakugo, or I guess I should say Katsumi Bakugo, didn't start off making giant ass explosions. She could make little sparks at best, but she trained and she trained hard.
Previous Akira didn't train at all, he quickly got discouraged when he kept passing out. So he decided to just use it for little things, completely abandoning his childhood dream of being a hero.
Kids are fickle like that.
I'd love to test the intricacies of the Quirk, my absolute maximum range, whether it can increase artificially? Or if it just increases slightly with age. Since Stamina is such a big part of my Quirk if I started marathon training, would that allow me to use it more?
There's so many answers just waiting to be unraveled, but considering whenever I teleport it makes my already hurting cranium throb even more, training my Quirk further is just a pipe dream.
I'll probably have to live with this migraine for the rest of my life. I guess I should just accept it.
Getting lost in my thoughts, I finally arrive at my home, thankfully it didn't take that long, I don't live very far from the school after all.
Entering I announce my arrival but receive no reply from my mother, considering she always, always replies, it's safe to assume she's not home.
Deciding to go lie down I barely make it to my bedframe when I collapse to my knees in pain.
"AAHHH! FUCK!" I grip the sides of my skull and start rolling around my floor in pain. I'm not one to voice my pain, but this is the worst pain I've ever felt and I suffered second degree burns in my previous life.
If there is any consolation to this awful situation, it's that humans are not built to withstand that amount of pain so very quickly I feel my eyelids get heavy, my body go numb and my mind become clear.
Am I gonna die? Again?'You would think I'd be more upset by my more than likely imminent demise, but though I would never consider suicide, I feel just a bit relieved I won't have to live the rest of my life in constant pain.
I hope I'm reborn in High School DxD this time. With those probably being my final thoughts I drift unconscious.
Just barely missing the monotone mechanical voice of an A.I speak within my head.
[Download Complete!]
"Akira! Akira!"
I'm woken up by the incessant shaking of my body and the panicked voice of a woman calling out to me.
"Ah!" I gasp out startled before looking around and realizing my situation.
"Thank God you're okay!" Mamako sobs and throws herself onto my chest, her tears staining my shirt.
I turn to look at her and immediately feel guilty when I see her distressed appearance, tears cascading down her cheeks, brown hair disheveled and clothes ruffled. She looked like a mess, but what I truly felt guilty about was the sudden spike of lust I felt seeing her hot apparence.
'I shouldn't feel guilty, technically she's not my mother. She is my mother in blood alone!' The complete opposite of the normal saying.
Trying to push my guilt away and any weird lingering feeling OG Akira might have held towards his mother I try and comfort her.
"Hey calm down Mom, I'm fine." I say in what I hope is a soothing voice, gently stroking her hair.
It probably came off super awkward.
As my mother's crying got softer and her tear ducts started running out I got a sudden surge of messages in my head that almost made me jump out of my skin.
[Ding!]
[You have successfully comforted a woman.]
[Reward: 10 DS Points]
[Ding!]
[Through diligent effort your Charm has increased by 1!]
[Charm: 8 — 9]
[Ding!]
[2 Affection with Mamako Oosuki!]
What the fuck! What is this thing!?'The answer was purely rhetorical, and also within my own head. I wasn't expecting an answer but I got one regardless.
[I am your Dating Simulator System, I will assist you in creating the best version of yourself to woo all the ladies this world has to offer.]
[I apologize for any discomfort you may have suffered during the transition or the downloading process.]
If the original messages weren't already alarming the following two definitely.
I had already started piecing things together, between the self inserting into an anime and this obvious cheat looking ability, I knew what was up. I've read enough trashy gamer fanfics to know where this was going.
The alarming aspect was the way it spoke, it could obviously read my thoughts so I tried questioning it there.
Are you sentient?
[No. I am an Artificial Intelligence designed to answer questions. I can only answer what you ask.]
I guess that's okay.
Though I suppose you could be outright lying, but even if you were, I doubt there's anything I can do about it. I have a thing about privacy, I wouldn't be able to sleep at night knowing that someone was watching me. Trust me, I know. My mother does it a lot and it wakes me up every time.
Wait…
I finally processed what my D.S.S said earlier. Are you saying this is what was causing my migraines?
You would think I'd be upset with the realization, but I was just thankful the headaches were gone.
How did I not notice that after so many days of excruciating pain?
I was ecstatic, in fact I was so ecstatic that I picked up my mother and spun her around in elation.
The sudden shift in mood surely left her more than a little confused, she yelped and anime kya'd, if I wasn't so happy I would've gagged in disgust.
"Akira!? What has gotten into you?" My mother questions after I put her down.
I smile for what feels like the first time in forever.
Her question for some reason makes me want to laugh, so I do. I laugh and I laugh until I cry. I probably looked like a psychopath.
I finally calm down, I expect to find my mother frightened having already called a shrink, instead I find her with yet again tears streaming down her face.
But this time it was different, I could tell by her wide smile and her happy expression that these were tears of joy.
I still ask though, "What's wrong mom?"
My mother just shakes her head and wipes away the tears as best as she can.
"I've been so worried recently, you haven't been the same the last week or so. Even before that you were becoming more and more standoffish, I attributed it to puberty or something, a sign you were growing up."
"But it was still worrying, between those awful headaches you were having and you sleeping all day. I don't remember the last time you smiled or looked remotely happy. You haven't even played your favorite video games you love so much."
"Seeing you like this," she chokes up, "It makes me really happy." She finishes with a wobbly smile.
I pull her in for a hug, I ignore the sudden dings, I ask D.S.S if they can mute the sound temporarily and he complies.
"And this! This too! I don't remember you ever initiating physical contact before." She emphasizes.
Yeah, old Akira was kind of an asshole. I understand growing up and being embarrassed by familial affection but he didn't have to be such a dick to his mother
Sure it's embarrassing, but he's lucky to have such an awesome mom, or at least he was.
After a few minutes of us just standing there enjoying the moment, we finally break apart.
"Now you're going to explain why I found you passed out on your bedroom floor, unconscious and unresponsive, I was this close to calling an ambulance." She tries to put on a serious expression to show she means business.
But it really just makes her look adorable with her puffed up cheeks and pouting expression.
"I will explain, but first-," my stomach growls with perfect comedic timing allowing me to emphasize my point, "Do you think we can make some food, I'm starving?"
My mother looks like she wants to say no and keep grilling me above my little fainting session but she would never deprive me of food, especially not when I'm hungry.
"Fine, but after that-, did you say 'we'." She asks incredulously.
"Hmm? Yeah, why? Is me, wanting to cook that surprising?" I ask.
"Yes." She answers simply.
"Well you better prepare yourself mom, because I have a feeling I'm going to be full of surprises from now on." I tell her.
"I doubt it'll be more surprising than you wanting to cook, I've tried for years to teach to cook or at least teach you to bake but you've always rejected me."
"Oh yeah?" I give her a challenging smile.
"I also want to try and become a hero." I say.
Which was true too, not because of any stupid reason like saving people, my motivations weren't so noble.
The truth is I'm an adrenaline junkie though my general demeanor might not clue you in, I love excitement, danger anything that can harm me is exhilarating. I'm no masochist, I don't like being hurt, it does nothing for me sexually, the potential of being hurt is what excites me.
My favorite thing in the world is fighting. I took Tae Kwon Do in my last life, purely to pick fights with people.
There is nothing I enjoy more in life than kicking someone's teeth in. The adrenaline rush I get when I'm at risk of losing my life or taking the life of another is incomparable, I've never had sex but I don't see how it could compare.
So yes, I do want to be a hero. For all the wrong reasons.
"WHAT!?"
Though judging by my mother's reaction, maybe I should've held off on that one.
At least I can say I definitely surprised her.
I decide to go over what the D.S.S is in its entirety, even though I have a pretty clear understanding.
It's been a few hours since I've woken up. I've since eaten dinner and come clean to my mother about the headaches only now going away.
Though she was somewhat upset I lied to her, she was just happy I was feeling better. She's apparently going to be watching me like a hawk from now on, but she basically did that before anyways.
She also wasn't really happy about me wanting to be a hero, but she said she'd allow me to take the U.A exam.
I'm pretty sure the only reason she's letting me take it is because she believes I'll fail, which kinda stings.
But oh well.
Hey Dating Sim?
[Yes?]
You think you can give me an overview of what it is you do?
[Of course, if you would please call out the word 'Status' within your head.]
Status. Sure enough a semi transparent blue screen with text appears with what appears to be a spreadsheet quantifying me.
—
[Akira Oosuki]
[Title: None]
[Quirk: Instant Transmission (LV 1/10)]
—
[Looks: 9]
[Charm: 8]
[Charisma: 9]
[Creativity: 9]
[Intelligence: 13]
[Stamina: 12]
[Sexual Ability: 1]
—
[DS Points: 30]
—
[Skills]
-[Observe (Tier MAX)]
-[Tae Kwon Do (Tier 2)]
—
[I will explain the more vague or obscure features, you may ask questions about anything I don't clarify.]
[First the most important aspect of the D.S.S are the DS Points, they are the lifeline of the entire system, and they are what allow everything else to run smoothly.]
[You earn DS Points by participating or committing any romantic or sexual actions towards a member of the opposite sex.]
What if I'm into men? I mean, I'm not, but it's rude for them to assume.
[You can increase your basic stat points, through the use of DS Points. Just a word of warning though the exchange rate is not 1 to 1.]
[To increase a stat point by 1, you must take the current number of that stat and multiply it by 10, that's the amount you have to spend to increase the base stat by 1.]
[As an example to increase your looks from a 9 to a 10, that would be 90 DS Points, then from a 10 to an 11 it would be 100 DS Points.]
[11 to 12, is 110 DS, 12 to 13 is 120 DS Points, you get the idea.]
I did too, I figured it wasn't a 1 to 1 ratio when I saw I already acquired 30 of these points, presumably from the interactions I had with my mother. I don't know how to feel about my system classifying the interactions as romantic though.
Regardless the system would be a little too broken if some minor 'romantic' interactions could boost your stats so much, these stats are obviously not physical, at least most aren't, but it's still too overpowered.
[DS Points will also power the Shop feature, but that has yet to be unlocked. You must fulfill certain conditions to unlock the shop.]
Given that you haven't explained those conditions, I assume I have to figure them out myself? I ask.
[Correct.]
Figures.
[The mechanics behind Skills and improving your Quirk are very similar.]
[You must undergo an upgrade quest to improve them. The details vary from quest to quest.]
My system finally finishes explaining its basic features, I do ask it to go into a bit more detail at times and by the end of it I think I come out very well informed.
First things first, an upgrade quest.
Between the time I feel asleep, dinner and this expositional onslaught it's getting pretty late, I should probably sleep, but I'm too excited to.
I once more pull up my status, I press on the text with my Quirk, noticing and not for the first time that my system classifies it as 'Instant Transmission' and not 'Teleport'.
Trying not to get ahead of myself I temper my feelings as to not be disappointed if it doesn't turn out to be what I think it is.
[Would you like to undergo a Quirk upgrade?]
[Yes/No]
I click yes of course and I'm immediately issued said quest.
[Quest Alert!]
[Do you even teleport brah!?]
Fulfill requirements
-Teleport 100 times (Any distance.)
(0/100)
-Teleport further than 10 meters.
(0/10)
[Reward: Instant Transmission (LV 2/10)]
Hoh? I thought it would be harder honestly, though I guess it's just level 2.
The teleport 30 meters will be tough, my max is like 5 or 6. I don't have school tomorrow so there's no reason not to start now.
"Hup!" I try and teleport only after inches to the side, I check my quest and sure enough, 'any distance' is true.
-Teleport 100 times (Any distance.)
(1/100)
Only 99 more to go.
In the end I think I do rather impressively managing to teleport a record breaking 8 times before being forced to sleep from exhaustion.
You're not affected by inertia. You're not affected by inertia. You're not affected by inertia. You're not affected by inertia.
I repeated that mantra trying not to get excited at the thought of free falling such a dangerous height with nothing to guarantee my safety. I'm currently standing on the roof of my 2 story house about to jump off.
It's been about 2 days since I took on the Quirk upgrade quest. Since then I've made a bit of progress on the teleport a hundred times portion of my quest, but none of the distance part.
It's Sunday, in other words I go back to school tomorrow. That'll cut into my training time.
The reason I'm on this roof is because I think I found a way around the 30 meter distance teleport, a little loophole if you will.
The way my Quirk works, when I teleport somewhere I'm not affected by inertia, obviously, I don't just magically materialize somewhere. I physically move there at the speed of light, if I was affected by inertia I would go splat anytime I teleported, or at least my clothes and anything else I bring along with me would incinerate.
So my theory is, if I jump off somewhere super high, free fall and then at the last second teleport again, I can negate fall damage like a minecraft character.
I don't know if that'll count as 1 very long teleport or two short ones, regardless I learn something important about my power, not being able to take damage from falling is a very useful ability.
"1, 2," I unknowingly gain a dopey grin, "3!"
At the count of 3 I jump as high as I can, I look up and teleport using my maximum of about 6 meters I teleport vertically.
Adding the height of my house, plus the 6 meters I teleported above that, this should just barely put me at like 15 meters in the sky.
I laugh joyfully on my trip down, in fact I almost forget to teleport my mind going into the very same fight or flight mode I've honed it to for years.
I'm in the middle of thinking of a landing strategy that only involves a few broken bones at most when I remember the entire purpose of the jump.
Duh. At the very last moment I pop a few inches from the place I was going to land regardless, I clench my teeth waiting for the inevitable Shockwave to reverberate throughout my body.
But no, I'm literally just standing there casually as I had walked there. In other words, theory proven!
"Yes!" I pump my fist victoriously.
I can totally go skydiving without a parachute! Oh and it has other uses too I guess.
[Quest Alert!]
[Do you even teleport brah!?]
Fulfill requirements
-Teleport 100 times (Any distance.)
(24/100)
-Teleport further than 10 meters.
(0/10)
[Reward: Instant Transmission (LV 2/10)]
It didn't work, I wasn't too disappointed. I wasn't really expecting it to work. It was a cool experiment regardless, one I would've done eventually even if I didn't have this quest hanging over my head.
I go back inside to tell my mother I'm going out, but then I get struck by an epiphany.
Wait, my Quirk is Instant Transmission, Goku uses I.T by placing two fingers on his forehead. He doesn't need to, it just helps him concentrate.
What if I…
I hesitantly form my hand into the same 2 fingered sign Goku does, place it against my temple and concentrate.
I then teleport in one direction as far as I can and-
Shwp!
-Teleport further than 10 meters.
(10/10)(Complete!)
Holy shit, it worked! It seems to only register the first 10 meters, but I actually ended up teleporting way beyond that, I'm standing by a completely different house.
Dammit, why didn't I think of that before?'This might just be placebo, but it felt like it drained less Stamina this way as well.
I'd have to do more tests before declaring this concretely however.
I'm getting to the point where I start getting exhausted so I stop regardless.
"Hey mom." I call out to her while she's on her computer, presumably working, to this day I have no idea what my mother does for a living.
I know my father sends her money or something, she might not even have a job.
"What is it sweetie?" My mother asks lovingly.
"I'm gonna go hang out with some friends, I'll probably come back late." I explain.
"Okay sweeti-, you have friends!?" My mother asks incredulously.
A second later she seems to realize her mistake as she attempts to backtrack, "Ah, no, I didn't mean it like that-,"
"Ouch, it's true though. I guess I should say I'm going to try and make friends, specifically at the mall. I'll be back later, kay?"
"Huh, uh, sure." My mother stumbles out.
I take that as my cue to leave.
"Ah! Do you need anything, I can give you some spending money?"
"Nah it's fine, I have some on me, bye!" I wave back before actually leaving this time.
I'm surprised she let me go so easily after my failing incident. To be fair, I did catch her pretty off guard. And to be even more fair I told her I would be surprising her a lot in the coming weeks and months. I warned her.
I'm going to the mall not to make friends, but to pick up chicks!
The thing about my System it's that it awards DS Points very easily, or at least it starts to. It makes sense with how expensive it is to boost your stats.
Just from all the interactions I've had with my mother I've already accumulated a bunch of DS Points.
[DS Points: 195]
Unfortunately the points have started slowing down recently. Theoretically you can get infinite points with just one woman.
I'm making this up, but let's say a kiss earns you 100 DS Points, that doesn't mean you only get Reward the first time. You'll get Points the next kiss as well, only less of them. This will keep happening until you are maybe only earning a point every 20 kisses or something absurd like that.
I've just about exhausted all the points I could from my mother. Doing things like hugging her, kissing her on the cheek no longer award me as frequently as they did before.
The only way I can get more would be if I took it a step further and genuinely started a romantic relationship with my mother, I'm sure having sex with her would give me a massive amount of points.
Which I'm obviously not going to do with my own mother… right?
Of course not! Sleeping with my own mother is crazy. She would probably hate me if she knew the thoughts that regularly pass through my mind.
Sometimes I get the feeling that she is sexually attracted to me the same way I am to her, there is only so many times she can mistakenly walk into the shower while I'm naked before I start getting suspicious.
Then again, I didn't have a mother in my previous life, I'm probably just misinterpreting her innocent motherly love. Mamako Oosuki is a perfectly normal doting mother.
Ashamed of my thoughts I reach the mall and put my plan into action, flirt with as many girls and try and get their numbers.
The more romantic interaction I have with girls, the more DS Points I'll earn. And the quicker I'll be able to upgrade my Stamina to a point where I can use my Quirk regularly.
The first interaction I have with a girl is worth the most points, in other words focusing on certain girls is less 'profitable', than spreading myself thin across many.
This system is designed to make me a womanizing scumbag, and I'm okay with that.
[Actually, that is incorrect. Not all girls are created equal. The amount of DS Points you get for completing a certain action with a girl depends on that girl's 'quality'.]
[A girl's quality is a factor of many aspects, their looks primarily, their strength, their Quirk, their social status etc. Them being a named character from the original manga gives them a huge boost as well.]
[The system is designed this way to encourage the host to only pick the cream of the crop.]
You know I'm starting to be suspicious about that whole "I'm not sentient" thing, I definitely didn't ask you anything.
[My apologies.]
I mean it was useful but still. Okay, so I was wrong. My plan hasn't changed however, I don't have access to 'high quality girls'.
So I'll just do the next best thing and flirt with strictly pretty girls to maximize my gains. Which the system qualifies as the bare minimum for a girl to be considered "of quality".
I was going to do that regardless, call me vain but I wasn't planning on flirting with unattractive girls, and now that I know there is very little to no reason to do so, I won't.
Anyways, I start walking around and entering shops casually. The last thing I want to do is look like one of those losers who only hangs out at the mall to hit on chicks.
I mean, that's what I'm doing. But I don't want it to look like that. No girls want to date one of those creeps.
I soon spot my first victim, I mean target, I mean potential romantic partner! Yeah… that's what I meant.
Approaching the cute cashier I strut forwards as suavely as I can. She must be so impressed.
I lean against the counter turn to look at her and make to speak, before I can get a word in-
"I have a boyfriend."
DOH!
Her words suckered punch me out of the store, almost literally, I wonder if that's her Quirk.
How can it be!? I think in despair.
Me, the great Akira, being rejected by a 7 out of 10 part-timer.
To the great Akira's dismay something similar kept occurring for some reason, he kept getting rejected before he could even begin to put on his suave moves!
The experience scarred poor Akira so badly he started narrating in 3rd person.
He even broke the 4th wall! Dammit Akira, get ahold of yourself!
I finally calm down and think things through. I stop thinking in 3rd person too, which that's relieving.
Alright, I'm obviously doing something wrong, but what? I question.
The women can somehow smell the suitors, they can distinguish when and why someone is approaching them. Perhaps I come off as desperate.
One thing I didn't want to admit, but is increasingly looking more and more likely, perhaps the reason women aren't giving me a chance, is that they don't find me attractive.
At the end of the day, people are vain, myself included. I look pretty average, perhaps even slightly below average if the system's parameters are to be believed.
The first impression is important, you can't control what people think of you. But your appearance plays the biggest part in someone's initial assumptions about you.
I wanted to save my points for when I stockpiled a ton so I could put them in Stamina all in one go. Guess that's not happening.
Hey System! How many DS Points do I have?
[DS Points: 195]
Put them all in Looks!
[Looks: 9 — 11]
[DS Points: 195 — 005]
"Ugh." I audibly groan as the points I hoped to use on Stamin were put into a stat I frankly cared nothing about.
I pull out my phone and turn on the camera hoping the difference is noticeable.
When I see my new face, I almost don't regret putting all my points into Looks, almost!
Just like that I went from slightly below average, to slightly above average. I, as a guy who barely notices cosmetic changes can tell the difference between the me now and the me of a few seconds ago.
My skin was smoother, less bumps. I feel like I lost a bit of baby fat that refused to leave my face and my hair looks slightly less dry and shriveled up then usual.
If I can see the difference, girls who are stereotypically more perceptive of things like this, definitely will.
I'm not gonna make that mistake again though, just because I look slightly better, that won't be enough to hit on the girls I was hitting on before, it's still not enough.
The thing about girls is that they typically only date above their league or at the lowest someone on their level.
They don't typically date guys who are less attractive than them, which I certainly still am.
My initial mistake was setting the bar too high, I need to work my way up to those pretty girls.
The gamer in me wanted to start off with the hardest boss to optimize my game play and finish the level as quickly as possible.
Unfortunately dating is a Dark Souls game, I need to slowly work my way up to the harder bosses, I'll start with average girls, girls who usually don't get much attention, and are passed up for their prettier friends.
Then when I farm some DS Points off of them, I'll invest those extra points into Looks again and repeat the cycle, eventually I'll get to a level of attractive I deem necessary to hit on hot chicks.
The thought of having to put even more points into a stat besides Stamina hurts me, but it's an investment.
Anything for points after all, points are life, points are love.
I prepare myself mentally.
Alright, one more time. I pump myself and walk towards another girl. I get why people go to the mall to pick up girls, there really are a lot at all times.
Before I reach her I suddenly remember something super obvious, so obvious that I feel like smacking myself for not thinking about it earlier.
One of my skills is called observe, isn't it? Why in the name of Keanu Reeves have I not even attempted to use it!?
Not knowing how Skills are activated or used, I just stare directly at the girl I plan on flirting with and call out the skill name in my head.
Observe!
Somehow that actually works. A screen pops up telling me all sorts of information.
[Hana Koharu]
[Attraction: 0]
[Affection: 0]
[Love: 0]
--
[Likes: Bob Ross, Tall Men, Movies, MCU]
[Dislikes: Skinny Guys, Fat Guys, Video Games, Pokemon]
[Kinks: Anal]
I should've been using this from the start! Also, anal? It's always the innocent looking ones.
I approach her with confidence, she looks up from her phone and notices me.
She's surprised at first that I'm walking towards her, but she quickly looks to grow disinterested.
"Hey." I start off.
"Hi." She gives me a polite smile and replies sort of dismissively, but not outright.
Already off to a good start, she hasn't shooed me off.
"I just wanted to say I like your shirt." I say pointing out her cool Iron Man shirt.
She didn't seem to expect that, she looks down before replying, "Thank you, my sister bought it for me." This time she smiles more sincerely.
"Oh really, I thought I found a fellow MCU fan, but if you're sister just bought it for you." The implication left unsaid.
Her disinterested expression completely melts away, "What? Wait, no I am a fan! My sister bought this for me since I'm always talking about it. You like Marvel movies too?" She asks in wonder.
It makes sense, superhero movies not starring real superheroes are a surprisingly niche genre. These movies are pre-quirk days too, in other words they're old as hell.
All these things in tandem would make it hard to find fellow fans.
"Yep, I see you're rocking that Iron Man merch, though Thor has always been my favorite, personally."
She completely lights up when she realizes I really have watched the movies.
[10 Affection with Hana Koharu]
We very quickly get into deep conversation.
It's pretty cool seeing her Attraction go up in real time.
From when she first spots me and forms whatever initial impression of me from my appearance.
[Attraction: 22]
When I asked her about her favorite movie franchise.
[Attraction: 58]
Bringing me up to her current level of Attraction when she realizes I really know what I'm talking about and this isn't just some cheesy pick up line.
[Attraction: 87]
All in all pretty cool, we talked for a good half hour about the MCU and other 'old' movie franchises. I end leaving with her number and a kiss on the cheek.
Very sweet… too bad I don't plan on seeing her ever again.
That was surprisingly draining. I start wondering if I'm some sort of introvert.
You'd think after so many years of being alive and interacting with others I'd have a clear cut answer by now.
Oh well, I continue with my devilish plan and I don't know what it is, perhaps it's the real confidence I'm exhibiting after a successful attempt at getting a girls number.
But all of a sudden everything is so much easier I manage to get the number of four more girls all within an hour.
Using a combination of 'Observe' and the patented Akira Magic, I was a machine. I was basically Dipper Pines in that one episode where he kept getting dates with girls.
Only I don't feel bad about being a scumbag, I embrace it.
By the time I'm done I've accumulated 130 DS Points which I put back in Looks.
[Looks: 11 — 12]
[DS Points: 130 — 20]
I decide to hit up an arcade, it's on the other side of the mall so there might be some girls there I haven't seen yet.
Sure enough, one girl in particular grabs my attention or more specifically her body.
Jesus Christ! She looks around my age, it should be illegal to have those curves at this age.
Sitting on one of the tables she was on her phone texting someone.
Dark green hair, sharp almost shark looking teeth, are not features I would think I'd ever find attractive on a woman. Clearly past me was a fool. I don't even think about hitting on her, she's completely out of my league.
She seems to feel my gawking because she turns and looks directly at me.
I see her smirk before she uses her head to motion towards the seat next to her.
Observe! Something fishy is going on, there's no way she's into me right?
[Setsuna Tokage]
[Attraction: 12]
[Affection: 0]
[Love: 0]
--
[Likes: Heroes, Dancing, Sleeping]
[Dislikes: Bigots, Bullies]
[Kinks: Domination, Blowjobs]
Setsuna? That sounds familiar. Whatever.
I confirm my previous assumption to be true once I see her low Attraction score. Then what does she want?
She's probably just being friendly, I shouldn't be so skeptical.
I don't have time for friends though, once I get to U.A I won't be able to keep up with any friends I make. So if there's no potential for romance and being friends will lead to nothing there's no reason for me to interact with her.
I pretend to not understand the implication, that's a bad choice of word, the invitation I should say.
Instead I politely smile and nod before turning away and moving on, I head towards a less attractive but still cute girl to work the patented Akira magic on.
It shows how streamlined this process has become that within minutes of introducing myself, we're already chatting and laughing.
A few minutes later and I have her number with a promise to hit her up sometime.
I think that's enough for today, it's starting to get dark so I think I'll head home. Just as I decide to leave however, I hear a voice call out from behind me.
"Hey you, Violet"
I turn and see that bombshell from earlier, Setsuna or something.
I look around but I'm the only one in this area.
Like an idiot I point to myself as confirmation.
"Yes you, do you see anyone else with violet eyes?" She asks.
"Actually they're lilac." I explain once I'm sure she's talking to me.
She puts her hands up in a joking manner, "Oh excuse me for not knowing my shades of purple. I'll make sure to study up next time, your majesty."
"You're forgiven." I reply in a mock disdain.
"Anyways, I need someone to versus, play me?" She asks while motioning with her thumb to the DDR machine behind her.
"I don't see why not." I reply, like I said earlier I don't plan on trying my luck with her, but she seems fun. It's kinda lame to hang out in an arcade for the better part of an hour and not play a single game.
Something tells me to check her info for some reason, so I quickly do.
[Setsuna Tokage]
[Attraction: 66]
[Affection: 0]
[Love: 0]
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[Likes: Heroes, Dancing, Sleeping]
[Dislikes: Bigots, Bullies]
[Kinks: Domination, Blowjobs]
I have to do a double take as her attraction towards me for some reason skyrocketed.
Wait, is she seriously more attracted to me, because I ignored her earlier? Because she thinks I'm not interested in her? I wonder somewhat incredulously.
At the risk of sounding like an incel, I kind of understand where all these 'nice guys' are coming from when they talk about finishing last. With women like this, I can believe it.