Seriously injured

"Rio, I'm back."

Jigoro with his katana wrapped in cloth on his back opened the door.

"Hmm... Where did he go?"

"Is he still training?"

Seeing no one in the hut, Jigoro thought Rio was still training, but he denied that possibility.

"It was already night, and because of the heavy rain earlier, it was impossible to practice."

Jigoro entered the hut, put his katana on the wall, he walked to the fireplace.

When he was about to start the fire, he saw that there was writing from charcoal on the board near the fireplace.

[When Jigoro Sensei reads this message, it means Sensei has gone home. In order to maximize Thunder Breath, I will want to be struck by lightning at the top of the hill.]

[If I still haven't returned, that means my plan worked. It's possible that I'm seriously injured right now, Sensei please pick me up.]

[Signed from your disciple, Rio]

"What is this crazy brat thinking!"

Jigoro who finished reading the message immediately ran out of the hut to the top of the hill.

"What the hell to force Thunder Breathing? How could that damn brat do such a crazy thing!"

Even though he is old and his physical strength has decreased, Jigoro is still a former Hashira (Pillar) who is a high ranking fighter in the Demon Slayer Corps.

Using the First Form of Thunder Breathing, Jigoro's figure climbed the hilltop in less than 5 minutes.

"Huh... Huh... Huh..."

"I'm already so tired of just using the First Form for a while... Growing old is really uncomfortable."

Groaned Jigoro who was breathing heavily.

"Rio! Where are you!!!"

With all his strength, Jigoro shouted the name of his student.

But no one answered...

"Damn it!"

Not receiving a response, Jigoro guessed that Rio was already unconscious.

Because the area of the hilltop is not wide, he ran while looking for Rio's whereabouts.

"Rio!"

Not long after, Jigoro found Rio lying on the ground, his body charred.

Jigoro immediately headed for Rio, he put his hand on the vein of his student's neck.

"There is still a pulse, although weak but Rio is still alive."

"But if it's not treated immediately, I'm afraid Rio will die."

"What a troublesome disciple."

Even though Jigoro seemed to be scolding Rio, he put his disciple on his back and went down the hill to the nearest village looking for a doctor.

[Ding! Congratulations Skill Level <Thunder Breathing> Rank D has reached the maximum level]

[Ding! Congratulations on getting Skill <Lightning Affinity> Rank S]

[Ding! Congratulations on getting Skill <Lightning Resistance> Rank B]

As soon as Rio woke up, the notification sound from the Reincarnation Room system rang in his mind three times in a row.

"Where am I?"

Seeing the unknown wooden roof, Rio was about to get up.

"Ouch, it hurts so bad..."

As soon as he wanted to get up, pain ran through his body. Rio was forced to lie back on the old looking bed.

Rio saw his body wrapped in bandages from head to toe, as well as the smell of herbs wafting in the room.

"Is that so... I'm being treated right now..."

"It seems Jigoro sensei read my message, after that he took me to the doctor for treatment..."

In less than 1 minute, Rio had a speculation of his current situation.

"I survived the lightning strike, the white lightning nearly took my life..."

"The power of nature is terrifying…"

Rio recalled the pain from the previous white lightning strike, it was the most painful pain he had ever experienced in his life.

"Oh right, I got a notification from the Reincarnation Room."

"Let's see, status screen!"

[Character : Rio (Player Number 12)]

[Race : Human]

[Title :-]

[Bloodline :-]

[Rank : F]

[STR : 15→20 (23)]

[VIT : 17→11]

[AGI : 20→(26)]

[INT : 20→(25)]

[System Note: The average value of each adult stat is 10 points]

[System Warehouse :-]

[Active Skill :]

<Reduced Earth>

<Thunder Breath>

[Passive Skills:]

<Danger Detection>

<Apathy>

<Lightning Affinity>

<Lightning Resistance>

"What is this? My VIT points are down? Is it because that white lightning strike damaged my vitality?"

Rio's previous VIT points 17 points are now 11 points, it's a significant decline.

"Forget VIT decreases first, STR, AGI, and INT increase."

"But the three attributes are only up to 20 points and there are brackets that show the actual points."

"Most likely it's because I'm only at Rank F..."

Rio guessed 20 points was the attribute limit of a Rank F Player, if he wanted to raise his attribute points, he needed to become a Rank E.

Then Rio clicked <Thunder Breathing> in the list of active skills.

[Thunder Breath]

﹝Rank : D﹞

﹝Level : 5 MAX﹞

﹝Ability :﹞

✦Six Forms of Attack:

❖Ichi no kata: Hekireki Issen (First Form: Thunderclap and Flash).

❖Ni no kata: Inadama (Second Form: Rice Spirit)

❖San no kata: Shūbun Seirai (Third Form: Thunder Swarm)

❖Shi no kata: Enrai (Fourth Form: Distant Thunder)

❖Go no kata: Netsu Kairai (Fifth Form: Heat Lightning)

❖Roku no kata: Dengō Raigō (Sixth Form: Rumble and Flash)

✦Total Concentration Breathing

﹝Description: This Breathing Style was created by one of Tsugikuni Yoriichi's students who tried to learn Sun Breathing, but because they weren't as strong as Yoriichi, they were taught a personal Breathing Style which eventually developed into Thunder Breathing﹞

"Hmmm… I really have mastered all six forms of Thunder Breathing attacks…"

Rio closed his eyes and he felt he could indeed use all forms of Thunder Breathing attacks.

Before because he was practicing Total Concentration Breathing, his Thunder Breathing attack form training stagnates in the second form. Now Rio doesn't have to worry about the lack of time to complete the Quest.

"Besides that..."

Opening his eyes, Rio stared at the two new passive skills on the status screen and clicked on them.

<Lightning Affinity>

﹝Rank : S﹞

﹝Level : 5 MAX﹞

﹝Ability: The user has a high affinity for the lightning element and the user can learn lightning attribute skills quickly﹞

﹝Description : The Lord of the Reincarnation Room is in awe of your crazy actions, as a reward for your very entertaining actions, the Lord of the Reincarnation Room gave you this Skill﹞

﹝Upgrade : Cannot be upgraded﹞

Reading the caption, Rio narrowed his eyes.

"Sure enough... All of our activities are watched by the existence that created the Reincarnation Room..."

"We are nothing but entertainment..."

Rio wasn't surprised to know this, he had this speculation before, and with the contents of the description in his new Skill, it verified his speculation.

If it was someone else, knowing himself being made a spectacle like a clown, that person would definitely be furious. But Rio didn't care, instead he was grateful to be selected as a Reincarnation Room Player.

Participating in the Reincarnation Room Quest made Rio, who lived like a machine without being able to feel emotions, finally had a glimmer of hope to be able to feel emotions like an ordinary human.

That is to remove the passive skill <Apathy>!

"The Reincarnation Lord is generous enough to give you a Rank S Skill, moreover it is at max level."

"This can save me the expense of raising the skill level."

"With the passive skill <Lightning Affinity>, I will have to train the lightning attribute Skill in the future."

Rio decided to train the Lightning attribute Skill as his main strength.

"Let's see the last passive skill."

<Lightning Resistance>

﹝Rank : B﹞

﹝Level : 5 MAX﹞

﹝Ability : Invulnerable user with Lightning attribute Skill Rank B and below﹞

﹝Description : The Lord of the Reincarnation Room is in awe of your crazy actions, as a reward for your very entertaining actions, the Lord of the Reincarnation Room gave you this Skill﹞

﹝Upgrade : Cannot be upgraded﹞

Rio :😲😲😲