noveldepot Chapter 14 Health +1
Chapter 14 Health +1
"Yuta, wait for me!"
Yuta Shirakawa had just changed his clothes and left the kendo club when Takeshi Kurosaki caught up from behind.
He grabbed his neck and praised him:
"Yuta, when did you become so strong?"
Yuta Shirakawa smiled, but instead of replying, he changed the subject, saying, "Why did you come out too? Did they all disband?"
Kurosaki Tsuyoshi nodded matter-of-factly: "What else? You injured Captain Hoshino, and you also defeated Vice-Captain Inoue. What are we left doing there?"
Yuta Shirakawa touched his nose somewhat sheepishly and argued, "What do you mean I injured her? She twisted her ankle herself, okay?"
"So you admit that you defeated Vice-Commander Inoue?"
"Yes, that's definitely true."
The two stopped at the same time, looked at each other, and burst into laughter.
"Hahahaha, you bastard."
Kurosaki Takeshi chuckled as he punched Shirakawa Yuta in the chest.
"But putting everything else aside, it was really satisfying to hit him like that. Who told him to be so arrogant all the time? It's one thing to teach others but not to speak properly, but to hit them with a bamboo sword. If my swordsmanship wasn't really inferior to his, I would have taught him a lesson long ago."
"Really? Then you'll have to pay me a service fee for playing the game for you."
"screw you……"
The two chatted and joked as they walked to the intersection.
One wanted to go straight, the other wanted to turn right. Just as Shirakawa Yuta was about to say goodbye to Kurosaki Takeshi as usual and leave.
Suddenly, Kurosaki Takeshi said, "Yuta, want to go play some arcade games?"
Yuta Shirakawa hesitated slightly before declining, saying, "No, Tsuyoshi, let's do it another time. I have things to do when I get back."
"Really? That's a shame. Capcom's event is about to start, and I was hoping to ask you to practice together beforehand."
"An event? What event?"
Yuta Shirakawa was taken aback. Capcom? Isn't that what Street Fighter is called in this life? Oh wait, isn't it called Street Corner King?
Street Fighter... uh, what other activities could a boxing champion have?
"you do not know?"
Kurosaki Takeshi looked at Shirakawa Yuta with some surprise, and seeing his blank expression, he had no choice but to explain:
"The Challenger Cup has a very simple format; there's no entry fee, and anyone can register."
"Really? How much is the bonus?"
"The prize money? You get money for each win, it's only 10 yen, but it keeps increasing. Two wins get you 20 yen, three wins get you 40 yen, and so on."
"To put it in perspective, let's say 200,000 people register. That would be a whopping 2 million yen!"
"We've struck it rich!"
Kurosaki Takeshi began to dream of getting rich quick.
"Really? That means you have to win 18 games in a row."
"Only 18? That sounds easy."
Looking at Kurosaki Takeshi, who was daydreaming, Shirakawa Yuta would have been intimidated if he hadn't known his strength.
He rolled his eyes, somewhat exasperated. "Don't end up not even making 10 yen."
"Pshaw, no way! Wait for my good news."
After parting ways with Kurosaki Takeshi, Shirakawa Yuta quickly arrived home.
He was delayed a bit by the kendo club today, and by the time he got home, Chiba Sena was already there.
They weren't really siblings, so they didn't have the habit of going to and from school together, and their club activities didn't end at a fixed time, so they always walked separately.
"I'm back."
As he stepped into his home, he greeted Sena Chiba, who was watching the long-running Japanese music variety show "MUSIC STATION".
There are some things about this world that Shirakawa Yuta finds strange. It is supposed to be a parallel world, but many things are the same as in his previous life.
For example, the same chat software LINE, the same game company Capcom, and the same variety show "Music Station" which started airing in 1986.
But there are some differences, such as the comics he read, the music he listened to, and the games he played in his previous life, all of which have undergone subtle changes.
Chiba Sena waved to indicate that she had seen it, but did not say anything.
Only after the song on TV finished did she turn around and say to Shirakawa Yuta, who was changing his shoes, "Uemura Nozomi took the day off today."
"Uemura... Oh, it's her."
Yuta Shirakawa, remembering the pitiful girl he saw at Yurin-do yesterday, asked again, "Do you know when the surgery is?"
"tomorrow."
"So urgent?"
He glanced at Chiba Hoshina with surprise, not suspicion, but astonishment.
While Japan's medical facilities aren't as extravagant as those in the US, all necessary pre-operative examinations are still required.
He didn't expect that the other party had just received the money yesterday, and now they would be having surgery tomorrow.
"Yes," Chiba Sena said, her head bowed, "Her mother's condition is very bad; she's almost at her breaking point."
Hearing this, Shirakawa Yuta could understand, and sighed helplessly.
Then, as if remembering something, he suddenly asked, "Oh, by the way, how is your grandmother?"
"...It's not good either," the already unhappy girl became even more frustrated, and even her voice became weaker. "I just heard Dad say on the phone that Grandma seems to be showing signs of hemiplegia, and we need to observe her for a while to know the specifics."
Seeing that Chiba Sena was in a bad state, Shirakawa Yuta turned around and went downstairs to the convenience store to buy two bento boxes, and also brought up a small dessert for Chiba Sena.
After finishing their dinner in silence, the two returned to their respective rooms.
Yuta Shirakawa finally had time to examine the equipment he had just acquired.
[An antique-style jade ring (purple)]
[Equipment Effect: 1. Stamina +1, Hidden Attribute Health +1]
2. Strength +1, Intelligence +1
[Introduction: The greatest wish of elders is for their children and grandchildren to grow up healthy and strong.]
Current status: Owned
[Equipped?]
Yuta Shirakawa tapped his finger lightly, and a warm current suddenly appeared in his body, flowing along the meridians from his hands through his body, and finally disappearing into his brain.
The fatigue from the two consecutive battles vanished without a trace as the warm current passed by.
His muscles gradually bulged, and as he exerted a little force in his arms, he felt a surge of power brewing within his body.
He was confident that if he were to fight Inoue Naoki again, he could knock him down with a single blow.
Yuta Shirakawa examined the jade ring more closely; this was the first time he had ever seen equipment that only added attributes and had no other effects.
One of them is a special attribute—health.
He'd heard so many upsetting things today that he wasn't dissatisfied with the equipment's effects; on the contrary, he cherished the attribute even more.
The only regret is that these attributes can only be added to him; otherwise, he would have gotten one for each of his parents to prevent such a tragic thing from happening to them.
However, there is another way—money.
Although money cannot address the root cause like attributes, it is still essential to spend money on every step, including regular checkups, preventative measures, and timely treatment of any problems.
He especially needed the money to get his parents out from under the volcano.
Thinking of this, my initial feeling of being somewhat relaxed and wanting to rest for the night was rekindled.
I got out of bed, sat back down at the table, and officially began my great undertaking of copying (copying comics).