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POV Isao Tsumugi
All eyes turned to me the moment I mentioned superpowers, and I continued.
"Now I can awaken your own superpowers for you, and the only thing I need to do is touch you." My voice wasn't very loud, but in the silence of the room, it felt like the only sound allowed to ring out was my voice, and it was slightly awkward.
"Are you… kidding, Isao?" Takashi looked at him confusedly, but it wasn't me who answered him, it was Hisashi.
"Luckily, no, Takashi, Isao really can awaken powers in us—not just one, but two whole powers." Having said this, Hisashi nodded toward me.
"Hisashi is right. I can awaken an active power for you, like any kind of kinesis or something else that will only run on your energy and stamina, and a passive one, which will work all the time and won't require energy from you." I stood up from my seat.
"That's so cool!" Shizuka jumped up lightheartedly and happily, making her enormous breasts sway from side to side. "Oh, oh! Can I choose my power? I'd like to get the power to control flames, it'd be awesome to throw fireballs at zombies!" Her voice held no tension or disbelief, just a lighthearted happiness that made me smile slightly.
"No, Shizuka, unfortunately, I can't give you a choice of power, and that's the catch: your power will be completely random, not depending on me or you—absolute randomness, like playing a gacha." My words made most of them chuckle.
"It would be an honor to receive this, Isao-sama." Oegi approached me, slightly setting aside his bat and dropping to one knee. Everything became awkward again, but damn it.
"Get up, Oegi, you don't need to kneel." He stared at the floor for a moment, but then sighed in disappointment and stood up, looking up at me because of my height. "So, is Oegi the only one who wants to get a power here?" Everyone else, except K-imoto and my mother, came up to me, practically running my way. "Get in line, behind Oegi." Having said this, I looked at Oegi, seeing out of the corner of my eye how they all started lining up behind Oegi, and, feeling relieved, I raised my hand, reaching for Oegi's forehead.
I touched him, and at that very moment, a screen popped up in front of me.
[Use Oegi's Special Tickets?]
Yes, do it, and for God's sake, I hope he gets a decent power and not some fucking 'one-size-fits-all'.
|Stalagmite Burst|
|Uncommon Ability|
|Allows you to unleash stalagmite blades that erupt from the ground as spikes to impale your enemies.|
|Shoebody|
|Common Trait|
|"Bop!" Your skull is unusually durable, and not only that, but headbutt and skull-based attacks are more potent.|
Oegi sighed slightly, as if he had felt something, and raising his head, he tapped his own head a couple of times.
"Hmm… indeed…" His voice was quiet, and if he hadn't been standing close to me, I wouldn't have heard his words.
"Did you feel something? Do you know what your powers are?" I asked him, just to find out if the Gacha gives them knowledge of their own powers.
"Yes, Isao-sama, I know what powers I awakened. The first is that I can create stone spikes from underground, and the second… power is a trait that makes my head incredibly durable." He looked at me with a fanatical gaze, and I understood, this guy could weave something that would make people believe I am Kami.
"Then go, tell the others to be ready, and yes, have them set up the podium again so I can tell people something." He nodded silently and turned to leave the room, and Hisashi took his place.
"That guy makes me feel weird, he's strange, you know?" Hisashi told me this as I raised my hand.
"Ugh, tell me about it, he's damn strange." Saying this, I simultaneously commanded the gacha to use Hisashi's special ticket, which it did.
Hisashi sighed just like Oegi, but it was much quieter.
|Infernal Chains|
|Rare Ability|
|You are able to conjure infernal barbed chains that can bind or be used as weapons by you.|
|Iron Fist|
|Uncommon Trait|
|Your fists are like iron, enhancing the power behind your unarmed strikes and fist-type abilities.|
"Damn it… this is just incredible!" Hisashi smiled, and seemed to tense slightly, raising his hands, and apparently not for nothing, as a spiked, thin, black chain appeared in his hands, glowing faintly red and emitting smoke of the same color.
Looking at the chain in his hands, his smile widened as he lengthened and shortened it, and a couple of times he even chuckled, and then he raised his eyes to me.
"Thank you, Isao, truly, with this… with these two powers, I can definitely do so much more to save people's lives." He smiled at me, and I patted him on the shoulder.
"Of course, Hisashi, now you should go after Oegi, help him out, okay?" He nodded and left, practically jumping for joy, while everyone else watched him because of his power, specifically the chains he was swirling in the air.
"Give me a power too, Isao-chan!" Next was Shizuka, who clung to me with her hands. "Hurry up, I want a power too."
"Alright, alright!" I took her head, making her stop and holding her in place, just not letting her move her head, and because of this, she pouted her plump lips, like an offended kitten whose toy has been taken away.
|Minor Regeneration|
|Uncommon Ability|
|Gives you a minor healing factor, good enough to close lacerations and stabs during a fight but not enough to completely bounce back from injuries mid-fight. You can further speed up healing by expending energy.|
|Nature's Child|
|Rare Trait|
|Nature subtly favors you, you tend to find fresh and healthy fruit when you go out for walks, you can grow a garden with minimal care, and animals and beings that are aligned with nature are more favorable toward you. In addition, you recover energy faster the closer you are to nature.|
I looked at the screens in front of my face with surprise, especially at her trait, shit…
Shizuka was our medic, and Regeneration will ensure she's alright, at least she won't die, but one thing comes into play here: the fact that she's a medic and her second trait.
All this time we haven't needed a medic's help because of two factors: first, there were few of us, and none of the people we had saved so far required medical attention; second, we weren't getting any injuries, weren't particularly sick, and so on. But our numbers increased today, and now there are over a hundred of us, and we didn't have any medics other than Shizuka.
But at the same time, when we finally sail to the island, we'll all immediately start working on the fields, because we need all sorts of food, and we'll most likely start by planting different vegetables, where Shizuka's trait would be incredibly useful, but at the same time, she can't be occupied with two things at once; we can't pile the work of both a medic and the field of different vegetables we'll have onto her.
Shit…. Just shit.
"Oh! I have regeneration now! And I'm also a Child of Nature! Ha!" She smiled, looking up at me, and I… stroked her head, unable to stop myself, because… she looked so cute smiling so carefree, which made her blush, but still maintain her sweet smile.
"Yes, good job, now go talk to the girls sitting in the next room and lead them outside, and get ready." She nodded and walked toward the exit, and Saya took her place, looking at me with a pout.
"Now, now, don't be offended…" I placed my hand on her head and stroked her pink hair. Ha, it's still strange that in this world, hair and eyes can be absolutely any color, and here I am with my mom, both of us having black hair.
"I'm not offended."
"I know…" I stroked her head once more, but this time I also summoned the gacha and made it use Saya's tickets, making Saya herself sigh in surprise.
|Ink Manipulation|
|Rare Ability|
|Allows the user to create and telekinetically control ink. With training, you could even condense ink into hardened constructs under your command.|
|Steady|
|Rare Trait|
|Easy does it, you are incredibly steady, those small shakes your body makes are no more, and you do not lose your footing either, even if you are hopped up on adrenaline you could hold a gun like it was on a tripod.|
"Oh, wow…" She raised her hand and, focusing on something, created a dark liquid sphere above her hand, which was slightly trembling, and focusing even more, she made the sphere take the shape of an arrow. "This power is just incredible." I noticed something else too: her hand wasn't trembling, nor was she at all.
A pretty good ability, with a very useful trait.
"Saya, you can go, and… borrow your mother's pistol just in case; keep it until you can create solid things from your ink." Saya nodded and headed toward the exit, and Takuzo stood in her place.
"Hi, Takuzo, I hope there were no problems after the Duel?" He smiled slightly, looking at me.
"No, Isao-san, after your incredible victory, no one even dared to approach us, and the survivors saved by Soichiro's people looked at us with slight respect." He nodded a few times, watching as my hand went up. "Ah, I wanted to ask… does it hurt? And… can Naomi also have a superpower opened later? I would like her to be safe…" His voice was slightly trembling due to light worry, and this made me smile more caringly.
"Don't worry, Takuzo, I plan to open powers for the rest of our people too, I'm just more focused right now on the very close ones and those who can be trusted." Hearing my words, he smiled more proudly and said thank you, at the same time abruptly stopping and sighing, as I had used his tickets.
|Wallmaster|
|Rare Ability|
|You can make a wall out of anything, any wall, all walls, walls, walls. Stone walls, ice walls, walls of wind, walls of solified sunlight, walls of raw energy. Anything in your arsenal, you can shape it into a wall, or any object and ground you are touching, you can turn it into a wall. The size of the wall and its durability scale with the amount of energy you use.|
|Enhanced Strength|
|Uncommon Trait|
|Enhances the user's existing strength, increasing the physical force they can exert proportional to their own strength.|
I looked at the screen in front of me… wall creation, and enhanced strength, which will grow proportionally to how strong the user themselves is.
I'm going to use Takuzo like a fucking slave, ha-ha, he'll be building walls around the settlement on the island from morning till night, morning till night without rest!
And then I'll make him train so his base strength grows, allowing his trait to make him even stronger!
"You're going to work non-stop, Takuzo." I smiled at him, making him suddenly tremble, but he swallowed and accepted his fate.
"Yes, Isao-san…" He looked pitiful, as if he regretted approaching me at all.
"And now go, my servant, ke-ke-ke, prepare everything, we need to move faster if we want to reach the island, ke-ke-ke." I viciously laughed looking at him, and he made an even more pitiful face, walking toward the exit. My vicious laughter subsided as Takashi stood before me, looking at me from below with an arched eyebrow. "Ahem, yeah…"
"Come on, Isao, give me some cool power!" He smiled looking at him.
"… I told you I can't choose what abilities you'll have…" This made him look at me like I was an idiot.
"…" Instead of saying anything, he sighed, making me want to slap him on the head, which I didn't deny myself. "Ouch, what the hell?!" He shouted looking at me, but I grabbed his head.
"Don't look at me like I'm an idiot…" I squeezed his head in my hands, making him almost scream in pain.
"Ouch-ouch-ouch! Fine, Aniki! Fine! Sorry, stop! I won't do it again!" He started calling me like he did in middle school again, making me smile slightly, and I unclenched my palm and immediately used his tickets, which made him sigh and flinch.
|Daily Grind|
|Elite Ability|
|When this ability has been in an active ability slot for a total of 24 hours, the strength and endurance of a regular grown human man get permanently added to your own physical stats. This can be repeated as many times as needed.|
|Hunger|
|Uncommon Trait|
|You recover energy and health slightly faster by eating food; the more nutritious the food you eat, the better the recovery.|
We both looked at each other in silence, thinking about what he had received.
His ability allows him to add the strength of an adult man to himself every day… at first glance, not much, but… the effect is permanent and can be stacked every fucking day, and within a year, Takashi will possess the strength, agility, stamina, and durability of a hundred men combined.
He's going to be a fucking super-soldier, not to mention he'll probably become the most durable creature on earth.
And his trait will help him recover much faster the more nutritious food he eats…
"…" He was silent, I was silent, and we both looked at each other, realizing how strong he would become.
"Ha, now I hope you'll be much more confident in yourself, Takashi. It would be a shame if in a month you don't have the confidence of thirty men, and still doubt yourself. Go, help the others get ready to leave."
"…" Takashi nodded and silently left the room, making the others look at him in confusion. Kouta, who was looking at me awkwardly, took his place.
"What's wrong, Kotah?" He looked at Takashi, and then back at me, as I reached out my hand to him.
"Why was Takashi so quiet?" Kotah asked this, watching my hand which was halfway to his head.
"He just got an incredible power, a really good one. You can ask him later what it is, and if he tells you, you'll be pretty shocked too." He nodded while I was talking, and then sighed as soon as my hand touched his head and I used his tickets through the gacha.
|Tinker - Ranged Weapon(II)|
|Uncommon (2.8) Ability|
|(Tech)Allows you to design, modify and build technology and technological constructs related to ranged weapons. Allowing you to build supernaturally efficient weapons and ammunition for the weapons you build. You can build revolvers that can blow through solid steel, and even rudimentary railgun weapons to replace gunpowder.|
|Chutzpah|
|Rare Trait|
|You don't give a shit, panic and apprehension can get you when they have earned you. If you choose to, you can shrug off that panic and fear and show your audacity in the face of even god itself.|
For the second time, I was in fucking shock, this is just mind-blowing. First, Takashi, who will become a damn super-soldier in a year, and now Kotah, who is now capable of creating fucking amazing weapons.
And the problem with his panic and fear of others is definitely solved now, I understood that from his second power, which is his trait, and by how his gaze became much more determined and self-assured.
"I… I have an incredible power! Thank you, Isao-san, but I have to run! I must modify all the weapons we found yesterday!" He ran to the door, making me open my mouth wide.
"Kotah!" I called out to him, and he stopped right at the door. "Find Yuriko Takagi and tell her to give you all the firearms she has, and upgrade them too!" He nodded and, opening the door, ran; it seemed as if even his excess weight no longer had any effect on him. "This guy is just incredible." I whispered this, while the last person in line remained before me, Rei, who was looking at me with a slightly embarrassed gaze. "I hope you get a good power, Rei." I nodded to her and raised my hand to her head. For some reason, she was incredibly quiet, most likely because she was remembering how she jumped on me in the hallway.
"Y-yes, I hope so too, Isao-a… Aniki…" She looked away slightly, a little embarrassed by how she had called me, and I… it felt like all the air had been knocked out of me. Rei was an incredibly beautiful girl, and her two "antennae" on her head gave her even more cuteness, damn… she's too cute. My hand fell on her head, and I instantly used her tickets, making her sigh.
|Combo|
|Rare Ability|
|Every time you connect a physical hit within a 3-second time frame, your next hit is 10% stronger, as long you hit your opponent at least once every 3 seconds you will maintain the combo and the multiplier will keep increasing like 10%, 20%, 30%... if you cannot land an attack in 3 seconds the combo is reset. The maximum multiplier for the combo is 999%.|
|Kure|
|Uncommon Trait|
|Kengan Ashura - You are a Member of the Kure Clan, a clan of people selectively bred to be assassins and martial artists. Your genes grant you increased physical abilities, greater physical growth, and better combat instincts. You can also use the skill "Removal", which removes the natural limiters the brain has to stop you from using all 100% of your physical strength in order not to hurt yourself. You can increase your removal percentage by training.|
I felt something change in her; her skin became much clearer and slightly paler, her hair became more radiant and soft even to the eye, and the most noticeable thing was how the whites of her eyes turned black, and her irises turned white, except for the pupil which remained dark.
She quietly moaned, almost falling sideways, if not for my hand that caught her, and for the third time today, I was in shock.
First? Her ability, specifically the combo from games—every hit that lands on an enemy within a three-second window after the previous one is 10% stronger, and it fucking stacks on top of itself. The second hit that lands after the first? 10% stronger. The third one after the second? 20% stronger. The fourth one after the third? 30% stronger, and so on up to 999%... this was just incredible.
And the second one? The trait? She now has the blood of the Kure Clan, from the Kengan Ashura anime of my previous world. I don't remember much of that anime, if anything at all, but I didn't need to, because everything I needed was written on the screen in front of me.
A clan whose members were selectively bred only for assassinations and battles. The talent that comes with the blood itself was inhuman; she became much stronger, more agile, more durable, and tougher, also receiving a huge increase in her combat instincts, not to mention the technique hidden in her blood.
The Removal technique. If she learns it and trains it, then… her strength will increase. More accurately, the strength won't increase, but rather the brain will stop restraining the muscles from using all 100% of her physical strength in order not to hurt herself. And the percentage of how much of her strength can be released from the restriction can be trained.
She swallowed slightly, looking at me with her new eyes, and I literally saw her watching my lips with her eyes, but at the same time, she seemed to feel, not remember, but precisely feel the people in the room and looked at them, swallowing slightly.
"I… I'll g-go…" Even her voice changed, becoming slightly husky and seductive. Saying this, she moved back toward the exit, and if I hadn't been watching her with an unblinking gaze, I wouldn't have noticed it.
I watched her, and saw how her body underwent a real change: her chest became even larger, her waist slightly contracted and became thinner, her arms also became slightly thinner, but didn't look weak to me, and her legs, particularly her hips, became thicker, as did her buttocks, which became rounder and more bubbly.
Damn, of course, the women of the Kure Clan would be sexy; they all engaged in selective breeding, and it would be stupid if a woman who is supposed to seduce a strong fighter to get his seed didn't look great.
I restrained my lust and hid it deep inside me, and looked back, where K-imoto was looking at me with an unimpressed gaze, rolling her eyes when she noticed my apologetic look, and my mother was smiling at me. Both were sitting in the corner on a small couch with an empty space between them, where I intended to sit my butt.
I walked toward them and sat exactly where the empty space was, putting my arms around their necks, pulling both my mom and little sister close to me, hugging them both, and then even kissed them both on the head.
From Mom's side, I felt her hand slide onto my chest, trying to hug me tighter, and K-imoto was still sulking at me, not even trying to hug me back.
"I'm glad that no matter what, we are all safe." My words made K-imoto flinch slightly, and yet soften and lay her head on my chest.
"I'm glad too, son! You're so responsible for saving all the people we met yesterday, and when you beat that Soichiro, you looked just incredibly cool and handsome." Mom slightly burrowed her head into my neck, inhaling my scent. She loved to do this when she became incredibly tender, just like me needing K-imotium from time to time, she also needed the Is-ium that was me. "Such a good boy."
"Enough, Mom, please, he is definitely not a good boy…" K-imoto was definitely not in the mood, as her voice was so unemotional—or rather, it was just calm, without any noticeable emotion.
"Moo, I might actually get offended, K-imoto." I said this in a slightly plaintive voice, trying to make K-imoto feel pity.
"So what? You'll forget about this offense in a few minutes anyway." Her voice was serious, and… she was right, I couldn't stay offended at my loved ones for long.
"Heh, well, I can't be mad at my loved ones for too long, can I?" I pecked her on the cheek, making her blush and look away, and looking at Mom and noticing her gaze, I also pecked her on the cheek, making her smile a radiant, happy smile. "I'll awaken your powers, okay?" They both nodded silently, and I did my thing. First, I used Mom's tickets. She was pressing against me, burying her face in my neck, making her sigh right near my ear.
|Iron Manipulation|
|Rare Ability|
|Allows you to telekinetically control iron and iron-based objects in your perception. The level of control and strength is based on the level of focus and the amount of mana spent.|
|Iron Man|
|Uncommon Trait|
|You are unusually tolerant, you can sleep under horrible conditions, endure strain far better, and push through wounds and exhaustion more easily. Overall, you are very hardy and enduring.|
I looked at what she got in disbelief, and then I smiled, after which I burst into laughter that would make anyone who wasn't close to me think I was crazy.
Iron Manipulation and Iron Man?
A power that allows you to telekinetically control any iron-based metal in your line of sight, and a power that allows you to overcome many difficulties, giving incredible endurance?
These were literally the first powers I got, weakened yes, but damn it, these were just Steel Man and Metallurgy, weakened many times over!
"… Haha!" Mom was also laughing, leaning into my neck, but she thought only one of our powers matched, not knowing about Steel Man.
"W-why are you even laughing?!" K-imoto looked at us with a confused expression, making us stop laughing only for a second, after which we started laughing again like a pair of maniacs.
Our laughter, of course, didn't last long, but it was still hard to stop, and even after we stopped, we were still giggling.
"B-because Mom got two powers that are similar to mine…"
"T-two?! I thought I only got o-one…" We were both slightly trembling, trying not to laugh, while K-imoto looked at both of us with slight offended disgust.
"N-no, I have a t-trait called… Steel Man…"
"And I have… Iron…"
We looked at each other with a trembling smile, after which we started laughing again, hugging each other.
K-imoto, whom I was holding with one arm, sighed tiredly, and I heard her mumble a weary "f*ck," which made Mom and me laugh even harder because we managed to make K-imoto curse.
"A-alright… that's enough, h-hah…" I barely managed to stop laughing happily, just like Mom, who hugged me with a blissful smile, pressing her face against my chest. "Now you, K-imoto… I hope you also get something related to iron…" Saying this, I used her tickets, making her gasp in shock from the warmth that rushed through her body.
|Razor Claws|
|Uncommon Ability|
|Allows you to turn your nails into razor-sharp claws that can tear through flesh and metal with ease, these claws do not dull.|
|Beastkin|
|Rare Trait|
|Race - You are a beastkin of a cat. Granting you enhanced physical stats, night vision as well as unique traits and biological features of a cat.|
"And just like that, my little sister became a cat-girl!" I smiled, watching how K-imoto moaned, pressing against me because of how she was changing. Was I scared? Hell no. The Gacha has never let me down, and although this is the first time I'm seeing a Race Change, that doesn't mean the Gacha will make it painful… at least, that's what I believe.
For a few seconds, she pressed against me, grabbing my shirt with claws that had popped out of her fingers, slightly curved. She moaned, and I saw small ears slowly emerge from her hair, the same sandy-blonde color as her hair, and a tail popped out from under her skirt, the same color.
"W-what is happening to her?" Mom asked me, confused, while we both watched her transformation finish.
"She got all the advantages of a cat, Mom, your daughter is a real cat-girl now." I smirked, but instead of smiling with me, Mom weakly punched me in the stomach, making me gasp sharply. "S-s…"
"Ugh…" K-imoto groaned and finally opened her eyes and looked at us with her now much bluer eyes with elongated, cat-like pupils. "O-oh…!" She stretched her arms out to the sides, her thick eyebrows raised, showing how surprised she was. "Wow… my peripheral vision is so much better now…" She inhaled slightly through her nose and exhaled with pleasure. "Don't take a shower, Ani, you smell just incredible!" K-imoto seemed to have stopped holding a grudge against me, finally smiling at me. Her tail reached out toward me and wrapped around my arm, placing its tip in my palm, starting to stroke my forearm.
"Um-m, take your tail away from your brother's arm, young lady!" Mom weakly slapped K-imoto's tail, making her pupils narrow and hiss at her, causing both of us to recoil from K-imoto.
"…" We both swallowed at K-imoto's hiss, but she calmed down and just smirked, and this time she pressed against both of us, throwing her legs toward Mom and hugging me with her arms, laying her head on my chest. Perhaps this would have been easy, but… she moved so fast that we didn't even notice how she did it.
"Ugh…" Mom sighed, realizing that K-imoto would now become much more mischievous than usual, starting to be lazier, and by the way K-imoto widely yawned, we both realized she was about to fall asleep. By the way, her teeth became sharper, and she had small fangs.
"Alright, K-imoto don't fall asleep, let's go." She sighed tiredly, but still got up from our laps, her movements light and soft, like a cat's. Her tail swayed below her skirt, and her ears were perked up.
"Ugh, you guys are so mean, I'm going to be mad…" These words made Mom and me freeze. The usual K-imoto was a huge problem if she actually got angry, and Cat-Girl K-imoto? That won't just be a problem, but a damn ordeal.
"K-imoto, we'll pet your tummy later and you can sleep on our laps, but right now we need to pack up and get ready to leave." Mom and I stood up from the couch as I said this, and K-imoto still nodded at my words, but immediately pressed against me, starting to rub her entire body on my clothes, making me freeze. "What are you doing?"
"Leaving my scent on you so Saeko knows you are my brother, before being her man, and yes, Saya can wipe her nose too, as can Rei. Their scents are still clinging to you, so I'm overriding them with mine." She started purring after she said this. She hugged me and rubbed her entire body against my clothes for a few more minutes, front, back, on both sides, and only then did she unlatch from me. "Done! Now they'll know you're my Ani!" Mom looked at K-imoto like she was crazy, but I slightly sniffed myself and noticed that I really did smell like K-imoto. I only had one question: how?
"Alright…" I sighed and headed for the exit, noticing K-imoto walking behind me with a smoother gait than most, if not all, people I had ever met, and Mom, who walked behind us, sighing tiredly. Sorry, Mom.
And now, I must go to the backyard and talk to Saeko, whom I haven't seen all the time we've been in this mansion.
Leaving the room, I noticed one thing: damn, how didn't I notice this before? K-imoto cut up my whole shirt, and now my shirt was nothing but a rag that was barely clinging to me. Shit…
I need to get new clothes from Yuriko.
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