Chapter 8: Stats

Don’t feel like it. Maybe later. And besides, it’s not that bad.

I mean, it’s perfectly clean, just untidy is all.

Give me a break, Ai, I just wanna chill and take it easy this week. Probably gonna be pretty busy after New Year’s, so I want to make the most of this idle time while I still can.

<...very well>

Today’s the 24th of December, 2167, Christmas Eve, and I’m a week away from the beginning of my course at the Hunters Academy.

Religions don’t really exist anymore, the appearance of the Monsters and the resulting deaths of billions kinda shattered most people’s beliefs, but Christmas, along with most other religion-based holidays, are still around.

There have been a lot of end-of-year sales with heavy discounts going on, so I ordered a bunch of new clothes and stuff online. My apartment was pretty bare when I first moved in, but it’s looking a lot better now.

Don’t sass me.

That’s not true, I got a few dark gray outfits too.

Huh, not a phrase I’d have expected you to use.

I know that, but I wanted some variety. Making copies of the same few outfits means I’ll just be wearing the same things over and over, and that’s no fun.

Also, what’s wrong with black? I’ve always preferred darker colors when it comes to outfits, I legitimately feel uncomfortable in lighter clothing.

And since my hair is black too, I think black clothes go well with it.

No, I think these purple eyes are pretty dope. And I mean, the whites of my eyes are, well, white, so are my teeth. Not to mention my nails-...no, wait, I guess they’re more of a light, dull pink.

Woah, now, that felt kinda racist.

Yeah, I know, I was just messing with you.

Yeah, people always assumed I’m white, which is understandable, given my complexion.

But I’m actually mixed, my piece of shit father was a white Australian, while my mother was a bit on the darker side, she was from Sri Lanka.

Never been there myself, though. Maybe I should go visit the place in this life...not that anything that existed back then would still be around, though.

Cool, I wonder if there’s anyone alive who’s descended from someone who was related to me on my mother’s side?

I’m currently in Sanctuary Theta, which is located in Australia, where I was born and grew up in in my previous life.

Traveling to the other Sanctuaries is way too expensive for me, I’m not even close to being able to afford a trip like that.

That aside, it’s not like I have any pressing reasons to visit any of the other Sanctuaries at the moment, so yeah.

Hell, no, fuck that guy.

By the way, do you know what happened to him after he sold me off? Please tell me he died a miserable death.

Fair enough.

By the way, to backtrack a bit, you said my Treasury Skill can make unlimited copies of almost anything, right? About the ’almost’ part, what kind of stuff would I not be able to make copies of?

Yeah, guess that makes sense. You know, I’ve really been itching for an opportunity to increase my stats lately.

Based on what you told me, I’ve pretty much maxed out how much stronger I can get through training alone at my current level, right?

And since I don’t have a healing factor or regenerative ability, I’d like to get stronger as soon as possible. It’d suck if I get badly injured while I’m still weak, like if I lose a limb or something.

Seriously? Would’ve been nice to know that...

True, but still. Anything else I should know about my stats? Oh, like what’s the difference between Strength and Vitality?

What do you mean?

Okay, I think I get it.

A two point five percent increase in the gap per every hundred points, which means...if my Agility stat gets to, say, a thousand, my Strength and Vitality would be, uh...

Let’s see, decrease by two point five percent eight more times, which would make it...seventy two point five percent.

Meaning, a max of 725 Strength and Vitality points if my Agility is at a 1000, right?

Cool, I’ll have to keep that in mind going forward.

Yeah, math was one of my stronger subjects in school, and I made it halfway through tenth grade before I had to drop out, so my foundation with education is far from non-existent, at least.

Anyway, is there anything else I need to know about my stats?

Alright, then.

Just seven more days till I start at the Hunters Academy, I’ll finally take my first real step on this path to becoming a Hunter.

But, until then...I’m just going to laze about and take it easy for the rest of the year...