COME ON, PARASITE! I AT LEAST EXPECTED YOU TO BE THE SIZE OF MY BODY! 20 inches? No, even 10 inches would be more than enough... I could ride on your back while we slither away from this death flag like the protagonists we are.
Resigning myself to my last act of rebellion against this ill-born fate, I take a deep breath.
SYSTEM, I have three points, right?
System: "Affirmative"
Then tell me—how many points to unlock the Divine Casino and those 'System Applications' you keep bragging about?
System: "The System applications and the Divine SLots Casino both require 1 point to unlock."
Huh. System Applications? Before I start throwing points around like a rich idiot, care to elaborate?
System: "System applications are the usual functions you see in other traditional systems. These system functions are auxiliary, like system space, a map, and a status page, among others. These three are the most notable of the system applications."
Ok, so I'd be unlocking something that I should've already had available to me with no chance of running away?
....
(No response. Figures). I need to focus; I have three points. If I use one point to unlock my Divine casino, then one point to unlock my system functions, then I would be left with one point t spend, which I doubt can go far...
Obviously, I don't want to have just one chance at saving myself, so do I forgo unlocking system functions and just spend the three at the casino? But then again, I'm not much of a betting man.
fhfhfhhfshsh, I feel my brain heating up, and my head feels so itchy pondering over this conundrum! I wish i could scritch my head with my short stubby baby arms!
Deciding to leave it to fate, I do a mental coin flip, which is definitely chance-based... Don't question it.
Heads for logic, tails for desperation—...Heads it is.
System, unlock both.
Deciding I landed on heads, my game plan is this: Open System Functions, unlock the Casino gacha, then check how many points are required to gamble my life away.
System: "one point deducted, two points deducted, you have purchased: Divine SLots Casino authority / System Applications. Thank you for your patronage!"
Ok, I should've asked about the gambling rates before I swiped, huh?, but hindsight is 20/20. —Rookie move, anyways, how many points are required to draw gachas?
System: "Each Tier is priced appropriately: Detritus tier is 1 point, Novice tier is 10 points, Mediocre tier is 100 points, Elite tier is 1,000 points, and Legendary tier is 10,000 points."
Ten. Thousand. Points.I stare into the void where my common sense used to be. "Your prices way too high, you need to cut it."
Hmm, system, before I disappoint myself even further with a gacha draw literally called trash tier, how will i accrue more points if I survive this death star of a mom that keeps spouting side character death flag monologue?
System: "...Calculating....."
System: "Each day host has the possibility to attain anywhere from 0-4 points per day. These points can be acquired by the host completing the task assigned to him by the System or by the 'Divine SLots Casino.' Both functions can assign tasks on the same day. The host can be assigned more than 4 points daily. Exceptional circumstances may yield more."
This is probably the most helpful you've been since I got you, which isn't long, I guess.
System: "The host has unlocked system applications. Upgrading system applications will make the system AI give more intelligent replies."
Hmm, i think to myself, since this system has become slightly smarter, can it help me with that problem?
Ok, system, then it's time to take you for a ride since I don't want to do math.
Alright, here goes genius—Botty.
Say I want to save up for that 10,000 points legendary tier pull, at the clip of 3-4 points a day, how long would that take?"
System: "At a stable average of 3.91 points per day, accounting for leap years and temporal drift, you will accumulate 10,000 points in approximately 7 solar years."
System: ("calculations directly uploaded to the brain")[1]
ACK—[2]
I DIDN'T ASK FOR ALL OF THAT, YOU BOT!
My head swells slightly as simple algebra fills my baby consciousness.
At this age, knowing algebra already? No, don't get arrogant, I'm sure there is an Asian family out there that was already teaching their child in the womb. Wait, my mom is Asian and fairly beautiful despite her dead mom appearance, she looks like an Asian version of Carla Yeager if that makes sense...
Wait, doesn't that mean I'm Asian now?
So theoretically, I could be 'The neighbor's kid that's so smart and always well behaved.'
I look at the back of my hand, seeing my mixed caramel skin split seam like a border between my fleshy white palm at the space where my handprints end and actual skin begins.
So Half-Asian mixed with what? African American? Black? South East Asian, hopefully?
Then it hit me, where is my dad?
Shit...
Even if he was a busy corpo drone, he'd at least show up for a few hours to see his newly born son, right?
Unless my mom cheated, which could be even worse than being the son of a single mother... A Bastard Child.
Amane Yuuma sees her newly born child checking himself out once again and smiles with tears beading down her cheeks
Amane Yuuma (Mom): "You really are smart-checking yourself out already after being born, you haven't even cried much after being born, So cute... Even drinking milk quietly, I love you so much."
"'White hair like wool, eyes like fire, feet like glowing bronze, and a cry like many waters', olive-brown skin, heterochromatic dark reddish and hazelnut eyes, and reddish white hair like pure wool and flowing lava~ I'll never regret giving birth to you, love~..."
Amane brings Amari up to nuzzle him in her embrace and a kiss before she goes back to cradling him with a soft pat on his back.
To be honest, I don't mind being treated so honestly, but if my fears are actually true, I'm gonna run away because I refuse to grow up poor in a broken household twice, lady!
With that said, I have one more point left, let's spend it on the trash-tier casino draw and see if we'll get lucky...
System Announcement:「Divine SLots Casino — Initiating Draw Sequence.」[digital jingle noises, faux-futuristic slot machine chime]
System Voice (neutral, arcade cadence): "Now~ Rolling the reel~! Please wait… please wait… ♪"
("You have unlocked System Language Pack (Outdated Translation) — you now understand the System's and native Japanese speakers' voice and writing in broken Japanese-English pidgin.").
Well, depending on whether you're a glass-half-full or half-empty glass-half-empty, I now understand what's being communicated on TV in broken English translated from Japanese, i guess. This does help, as before then, I was only reading the English headlines that floated across the screen along with the illegible Japanese...
It's been almost 4 hours now, and the doctor and his nurse have yet to come back. I'm getting tired too. I guess it's my baby body telling me it's time to go to sleep now.
Wait...
Status, system, open quest.
System: "3/4 Daily Points."
System: "Quest: Drink milk-Ounces: 1 point per ounce "
System: "You have currently drunk 3 ounces of breastmilk."
My baby stomach's pretty full, but you've gots to see it through for that extra point my brudda.
Gulp— Gulp—
System: "Daily quest achieved! Drink 4 ounces of Breastmilk!"
Yoish!—
I got an extra point!
I mind as well spend it at the casino then, But I promise from this day forth I'll save up for legendary tier!
System Announcement:「Divine SLots Casino — Initiating Draw Sequence.」
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("You have unlocked — Flatly cheerful, Japanese arcade machine voice gachapon, (MOD File) — you now have a system that speaks rewards like a traditional Gachapon machine.")[3]
Amazing, I drew bs, but honestly, what did i expect...
Gachapon system: "残~念 (zannen) Try again next time… if you still believe in hope~♪"
Sigh.
Deciding to go to sleep for the rest of the day after being awake for 4 hours from my birth, I look at the clock as i can't resist my mother's warm embrace, and more, I guess it's time to sleep.
Amane Yuuma: "Sweet dreams Anata~~..."
Yeah... Yeah, lady...
7:07 AM — 11:07 AM.
[1] Here is the precise mathematical formula and its specific application for Amari Yuuma to acquire 10,000 points in exactly 7 years, starting from his birth. General FormulaThe required average points per day (r) is calculated by dividing the total target points (P) by the exact number of days in the interval (N).r = \frac{P}{N}Where:P = Target Points (10,000).Y = The total number of years for the interval (7).D_{start} = The starting date.D_{end} = The ending date, which is exactly Y years after D_{start}.N = The total number of calendar days in the interval, calculated as $(D_{end} - D_{start}).days, which accounts for all leap years within the period. Numeric Execution for Amari Yuuma. This calculation uses Amari Yuuma's specific details 1. Given Variables: Target Points (P): 10,000. Start Date (D_{start}): 2083-07-07 (Amari's birthday).Interval (Y): 7 years.End Date (D_{end}): 2090-07-07.2. Compute Total Days (N): The years included in the interval are 2083, 2084, 2085, 2086, 2X 1/2-
[2] 2083, 2084, 2085, 2086, 2087, 2088, and 2089.The leap years within this period (which add an extra day) are 2084 and 2088.N=(7{ years} \times 365 { days/year})+2{ leap days}. N=2555+2={2557} { days}.3. Compute Required Daily Rate (r):r = \frac{10,000{ points}}{2557 { days}}.r ={3.9108330074305826…} points per day. Derived Rates: Points per week: 7 \times r = 27.3758.... Points per 30-day month (approx.): 30 \times r = 117.3249.... 2/2 Simplified: Here’s the breakdown in academic terms: Concept Type Description𝑃=10,000P=10,000 (target points) Arithmetic constant Known total value𝑁=2557N=2557 (days) Arithmetic constant) Derived from counting days under Gregorian rules𝑟=𝑃/𝑁r=P/N Basic algebra Solving for an unknown variable (rate per day)𝑟×𝑁=𝑃r×N=P Linear relation Verification of direct proportionality7𝑟,30𝑟,365𝑟7r,30r,365r** Proportional scaling Simple linear scaling—still algebra𝐷=𝑃/𝑟D=P/r** Rearrangement of a one-variable equation Inverse operation (solving for time rate)
[3] Think the Vending machine mc. "From that time, I was reincarnated as a Vending Machine."