The First Awakening
After a pleasant dinner, the team gathered on the living room sofas.
Nako suddenly remembered something and said to Yuto Saito, "Captain, I just went to the Floating Community and asked Zhou Shuyi. She told me that the snakes I killed last time were taken away by Officer Song Yi and another male police officer. When you go to trade with Officer Song tomorrow, ask her for the snake carcasses. With the snake blood, we can make more strengthening potions."
"Okay," Yuto Saito replied.
Ni Shuang smiled. "So Officer Song took them! I thought all the students who were with us had picked them up to barbecue."
Nako smiled back. "I thought so at first, but then I realized it didn't make sense. I killed hundreds of snakes. How could they have been picked up all at once? That's why I went to ask Sister Zhou."
Yuto Saito said, "I'll ask Song Yi about it tomorrow. If she hasn't used the snakes, I'll ask her to send them over. If she has, we'll find some more later. Don't worry, we have around 5,000 bottles of strengthening potions right now, which is enough for the time being."
Yun Yun spoke up. "Now for the Awakening Pills. This time, we only have ten. Little Tu, Little Shuang, and I won't be taking one. We'll give them to team members number four through thirteen."
The other girls were touched by this gesture. By all rights, the pills should have gone to the first ten members, following a first-come, first-served principle. But Yuto Saito, Yun Yun, and Ni Shuang were giving up their turns to prioritize everyone else.
Yuto Saito said to Mifen, "Xianxian, take out the Awakening Pills and hand one to everyone from number four to thirteen."
"Okay," Mifen promised.
Natto and the others each received a pill. Their hearts were filled with gratitude. Ordinary people might never get their hands on an Awakening Pill in their entire lives, but simply by joining this team, they had a chance.
Chen Xinyu smiled. "I wonder what talent I'll awaken."
Natto replied, "I'm looking forward to it. I hope I awaken a powerful talent."
Juzi said, "Any talent is useful. An extra talent can greatly increase our combat power."
Yuto Saito gestured. "Take them one by one. This is the first time anyone on the team is taking an Awakening Pill, so we don't know what will happen."
Natto volunteered, "I'll go first!" As team member number four, she felt it was her duty to step up.
Yuto Saito looked at her with approval. "Okay, Natto, you go first. Everyone else, please wait."
Natto took a deep breath and swallowed the marble-sized Awakening Pill. She took a drink of water and waited for a change. A powerful aura surged through her body, but to her surprise, she felt no pain. She had heard that awakening a talent was agonizing, but she felt nothing at all.
[You have awakened the Blacksmith talent. You can forge various weapons. Blacksmith LV1.]
[Congratulations on adding 60 attributes.]
Natto saw the notification and said happily, "I've awakened the Blacksmith talent!"
Mina: "Blacksmith talent?"
Natto nodded. "Yes! I can forge all kinds of weapons."
Juzi said happily, "That's amazing! That's a great talent."
Ni Shuang was puzzled. "Douzi, you just awakened. Didn't it hurt?"
Natto shook her head. "It didn't hurt at all."
Yuto Saito smiled. "Everyone's physical condition is much stronger now, not as weak as before, so you don't feel the pain of awakening."
Natto agreed. "That makes sense. My body is so much stronger now. It didn't hurt at all, and I awakened very quickly."
Yuto Saito took a throwing knife from his ring. "Natto, can you help me forge a new one?"
Natto smiled brightly. "Of course I can."
Yuqi asked curiously, "Captain, I've always wondered, where did you get your throwing knives?"
Yuto Saito replied, "I scavenged them from a warehouse at a shopping mall."
Yuqi's eyes widened. "They sell throwing knives at a mall?"
Yuto Saito explained, "There's a sporting goods store in a large mall that sells throwing knives and darts, but the materials are pretty basic."
Ni Shuang smiled. "The materials are ordinary, and you've used them to kill so many high-level monsters?"
Yuto Saito explained, "Even if I didn't have a throwing knife, I could kill high-level monsters with a leaf. The important thing is the Psychic Power ability, which can make any object I control incredibly hard."
"So it's the blessing of Psychic Power!" Ni Shuang realized.
Yuto Saito asked Natto, "What materials do you need to forge high-grade throwing knives?"
Natto replied, "Any material can be used. It depends on what kind of knife you want to make. I can use iron, copper, or gold."
Yuto Saito: "You can make gold throwing knives?"
Natto nodded. "Of course."
Yuto Saito gave Natto twenty gold bars. "Help me make some gold throwing knives."
Natto took the gold and smiled. "Okay."
Yuto Saito looked at the others. "One by one, who's next?"
Mina stepped forward. "According to the numbers, I'm number five." With Natto's demonstration, Mina was not at all worried and took the Awakening Pill directly.
Everyone watched Mina, wondering what talent she would awaken.