A hallucination?
Feeling the warm water in the shower, and washing his hair, made Sōugo feel that this is the real world. After taking a shower and lying on the bed, Sōugo's heart is itchy. Is it his hallucinations?
Is it a hallucination just now?
Sōugo fell into self-doubt again. He wanna verify whether he can travel to the zombie apocalypse world or if he was just hallucination and has a mental problem.
If he can travel to a zombie apocalypse world, he must be fully prepared. He doesn't want to travel to the zombie apocalypse world in the morning and become a zombies' dish.
"Sōugo-sama, I brought you breakfast. Get up and eat." Youko knocked on the door and shouted.
"I'm coming…,"
Last night, because of Youko's persistent effort Sōugo calmed down. Sōugo was treated and she made him feel safe and comfortable. Who knew he would lose and be the one to be eaten in the end. he didn't expect that he would lose in terms of stamina. Still lose to Youko's.
He traveled to the zombie apocalypse world by himself and traveled back not in a fixed place but a random place. This has uncertainty.
Will, he unknowingly teleported to another world again?
If he is teleported to a pile of zombies, it means that he will die for sure. This is an adventure and opportunity. Although he doesn't know the zombie apocalypse world over there, What era it is?, But, looking at the cars, it is at least the same era as the present. This will be a huge opportunity. Sōugo secretly cheered himself. After eating breakfast, he starts preparing for another teleported incident.
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Sōugo welded a 1.5-meter-long iron spear. Facing unknown zombies, having a long weapon is better than holding a knife. Then he bought clothes that could prevent the liquid from splashing, as well as various small toys. After such a set, he spent more than half of his small deposit.
"Sōugo-sama, what do you buy these things for? Play COSPlay? Zilong? Maki Zenin? If you want to buy, buy some nice one."
Youko picked up the iron pipe spear and played a few times.
"Haha, it's okay, just buy it to play, not COSPlay." Sōugo didn't explain too much. If you go through this kind of thing, you should know it yourself. and he hasn't tried it out, so let's say less Better.
Youko didn't think much, put down his iron spear, squatting in front of hime dan picked up his meat spear,
"How how about we do it again Sōugo-sama?"
Tokiwa Sōugo POV
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After a few rounds of pesticides, the two rested. Sōugo was lying on the bed, defeated again…
"Fuck!"
Frustrated by my powerlessness, I walk in a daze while holding onto the wall. But, at that moment…
The wall rotated, like a secret door in a ninja mansion, and revealed a room I had no idea existed.
"Wh… What the…?"
I'd lived in my grandpa's house for a long time, and I'd never seen a room like this before. I had stumbled into a mysterious hidden room. I was cautious at first, but soon my curiosity won out, and before I knew it, I was already inside.
"This is…"
As it turned out, this was a room where grandpa put many of the things he collected when he flew around the world. My grandpa was always traveling around and coming back with souvenirs, but I didn't know where he put them all. I was stunned to realize all of them had been stored in a secret room. When I was looking in amazement at the goods obtained from all over the world, I suddenly got a strange feeling.
It was a puzzling feeling, one I had never felt before, and it now guided me through the room. I passed by many things, some of which grandpa had shown me in the past, and others that were new to me.
"That mask. It's frightening, and it kind of looks like a Kijin… hmm??"
It was like the Kijin mask and a figure that was bigger than me. There were also some basketball-sized red cubes, and although I didn't know the principle behind them, there were also some strange stones floating around an equally strange pedestal.
Apart from that, there was even a coffin that looked like an Egyptian sarcophagus, the kind that usually contained a mummified pharaoh. As I walked around, looking at the various objects and artifacts around me, I started to get that funny feeling again, like something was calling to me. I continued, like being led by the hand.
Grandpa… collected all of this…
In the past, he had often boasted about his collection, but I didn't realize how great it was. Memories of a casually cheerful grandpa resurfaced, and it was almost enough to make me cry again. It was grandpa's collection of items, but it was full of things I had no idea what the uses were, so it was almost like junk now. If grandpa was still alive, he would have taught me a lot once more…
"What should I do with all this… hmm?"
Even though I felt a bit uneasy, like something scary would happen if I even touched these items, my eyes were drawn to one particular item placed at the very back of the room. It was a door that existed as if it had been pulled out of the wall. A large owl was carved in the middle of the wooden door, and trees were carved on the edge of it.
"Did grandpa bring this back, too?"
This door? If he brought this back, where would this door lead to? Well, it's just a door anyway, so I should only see the wall behind it. If I open it. But the moment I saw the door, the strange feeling that I was having grew stronger.
"Could it be… from this door?"
I couldn't recognize anything about the door in front of me, but it demanded my attention, and my eyes were glued to it. I wonder if this door was the thing calling me this whole time…
"Is there anything on this door?"
With that in mind, I reached for the doorknob and opened it.
"…Huh?"
It was an unfamiliar room. It's decorated similar to a photo studio, with a large wooden table and chairs, and a wooden closet. My eyes were drawn to one particular item placed in the middle of the room. It was a vintage Camera with a wooden folding. The camera is facing various backdrops.
I pick it up and peek through the viewfinder.
"Clik…"
Through the viewfinder, I see camera backdrops switch automatically. I lifted my head, stroking my temples. I realized that the viewfinder swap. Once again, I peek through the viewfinder. I see a completely different world. There is something fishy about this photo studio, this isn't some ordinary photo studio that was just abandoned.
"Huh? Wha-?"
I felt like my head was about to explode upon seeing such an incomprehensible situation. Then, something like a translucent board suddenly appeared.
"Whoa!"
Since it appeared so suddenly, I cried out like a wimp and fell on my ass. However, the translucent board moved with me and remained at the same place in my vision.
"W-What is this…"
Feeling flustered, I focused on the translucent board, and saw the text written on it:
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[Skill: [Appraisal] has been acquired.]
[Skill : [Endurance] has been acquired.
[Title [Master of The Door] has been acquired.]
[Title : [Master of The House] has been acquired.]
[Title: Title [Person Who Visited A Different World] has been acquired.]
"Huh?"
There, something like a message from games was displayed. A-Appraisal? Endurance? More importantly, a different world? For now, I got up and went back to my house and checked around the door again.
"A-As I thought, there's nowhere to go?"
The only thing behind the door was just the wall of my house. Yet through the door was an unfamiliar room like in a Photo studio, extending beyond the other side.
"Seriously, what is this thing…"
What the heck is this Place? The moment I thought that the translucent board that had disappeared suddenly appeared again.
[Hikari Studio :
A Studio that suddenly appeared on Earth and leads to some other world. Even the Gods do not know why these Studios appear, or how. The destination is unknown, and once you cross to a different world, the location becomes fixed. Those who become the Studio's owner can manipulate various functions. The Studio is indestructible.]
How? Suddenly I know all this information about the Studio. No wait, I understand it perfectly well, but it's still absurd! At this point, I finally calmed down and arrived at the answer.
"Perhaps… it's the effect of this [Appraisal] skill?"
No, but wait… I'm in the room at my house right now, not in that Photo studio style room. So… why is that thing still showing up?
"I don't get it, but… is there any way I can check the effect of the skills?"
The board appeared again when I muttered that and displayed the following:
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[Appraisal: Skills to appraise various things.]
[Endurance: You have acquired great resistance to abnormal states, mental interference, or physical stress.]
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"There it is again…"
I understood it now. I was probably able to examine the door a little while ago because of this [Appraisal] skill. Even so… this was too far detached from reality.
"If that's how it is, can I examine the titles, too?" I muttered, roughly accepting my present circumstances, and the message appeared as expected.
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[Master of The House: The new master of the house where the wise man is said to have once lived. You have obtained ownership of this house.]
[A Person Who Visited A Different World: The person who visited another world. You will be given a special boost, allowing you to obtain 2x more experience than normal. It will also be able to learn skills... ]
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"Oh."
For some reason, despite how amazing it all sounded, it didn't affect me that much.
"Menu function? What the heck is that… oh, wow!"
Another message was displayed in front of me.
This is…
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[Hikari Studio]
Owner : Tokiwa Sōugo
Functions : <Money Conversion>, <Transfer>, <Entry Restriction> ,<identity adjustment>
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That was displayed.
"Money Conversion? Can I convert something into money? And what are Transfer, identity adjustment and Entry Restriction…"
As I asked, the message changed to show detailed descriptions.
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[Money Conversion: Everything can be converted into money.]
[Transfer: Hikari Studio door can be summoned to the owner's current location at any time]
[Entry Restriction: Only those specified by the owner can pass through the door.]
[Identity adjustment: You will be given an identity that fits the world, including the background from the day of birth]
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"It's more sophisticated than I expected!"
In other words, even if someone finds this place, they can't go any further.
"I honestly don't know how to use this Money Conversion, but, well, there's no downside from having it, so that's fine for now."
Honestly, everything I've seen until now feels like something you'd see in a game, so there must be something like a status panel, right? I thought about it excitedly, and another message appeared.
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STATUS
[Tokiwa Sōugo] Level: 1 XP: 14/100
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Movement spd :10/100
Physical Attack :10/100
Magic Power :10/100
Physical Defends :10/100
Magical Defends :10/100
HP :10/100
Mana :10/100
Attack Spee :10/100
HP Regen :+4/Hours
Mana Regen :+2/Hours
Basic Attack Crit Rate :0
Ability Crit Rate :0
Cooldown Reduction :2%
Magical PEN :0.1|0%
Physical PEN;5|0%
Shop Points: :0
Skills :[Appraisal] [Endurance]
Titles :[Master of The Door] [Master of The House] [Otherworlder] [Person Who Visited A Different World For The First Time]