Saiko no Sutoka [#1]

'Jesus take the wheel.'

"Oopsie~." The Demon's expression abruptly brightened and returned to her bubbly attitude as if she physically could not show another emotion except joy for more than 3 seconds. "I'm sorry about that Senpai~." She slowly made her way around the desk, a little skip in her step as she made it behind me and laid her head on my shoulder.

"To make it up to you why don't we play a little game of Tag mn~?" My body tensed feeling her breath on my neck, any other time this might be kinky, but right now I'm about to shit myself. "Senpaaaiii~." She... no Saiko rushed me after I hadn't responded yet.

"Oh-, uh yeah let's play tag. Who's it first?" It was a stupid question, but I REALLY didn't want to play the game.

"Of course me silly~!" Saiko got off my neck and skipped her way into the corner of the room, she covered her eyes with a giggle and began counting. "1...2..."

I was already outside of the office by 1.

Two sets of half-turn stairs led to the first floor in front of the principal's office. I immediately went for them, although I knew almost nothing of what to do against this superhuman Devil I'm locked in with, I at least slightly remember a playthrough of this game. The problem was the lighting and the amount of blood just splattered everywhere, I could barely see in front of me only because of the tiny light I could get from who knows where. So trying to run down the stairs as fast as possible proved to not be helpful as I slipped on the blood on the stairs I could not see.

Rolling down the stairs didn't take longer than a second simply because of how half-turn stairs are constructed and the simple fact that the school wasn't big enough to have large stairs.

The school itself was simply two floors, probably because of the fact the game is a pretty simple one, however, the main problem I have at the moment is that my options are null.

The Saiko that is playing tag with me is not the original, this is all a nightmare by the main character of this game because of his trauma, however, if I die here I won't just wake up breathing heavily, my life is connected to this dream, not the dreamer.

'So I'm stuck in a small ass school with a Demon that can move faster than the eye can see, and manipulate reality... The FUCK am I supposed to do!?'

While in my thoughts I reached my destination, the only place I remember in this game, the room that holds the electricity box. Sprinting up to it I ripped open the box without regard, as she could begin chasing me any second. 

Inside the box were six buttons, a puzzle that could be completed by a toddler. Two of each button would have a color; blue, yellow, and green. All I had to do was press the buttons so that they would match, and then the lights would come on.

It took me no more than 10 seconds to do it simply because there was a delay every time I clicked two buttons that had different colors.

Click!

I heard the sound of the power coming on as my eyes were blinded by the light, but I couldn't care any less, then I heard it as if she was right next to me I heard her speak three words.

"I'm done Senpai~!"

'For fuck sake.' With the new ability to navigate the school that was once pitch black, I immediately sprinted out of the Electrical Room only to see Saiko standing there with a smile on her face.

"I'm gonna getcha~." Saiko covered her mouth and giggled.

[Achievement: Game of Tag Begins]

[Note: Goodluck]

[+10 AP]

[+20 GP]

I couldn't care less about her cutesy act. While she was blocking the stairs, it didn't matter since I didn't even want to go up. Instead, I took a right and sprinted down the hallway where classes were.

Behind me, Saiko skipped after me while humming a strange tune, she was just as fast as me at my full speed while just playing around. It didn't take more than 2 seconds for me to see the end of this short hallway, it wasn't a dead end instead, it was a right turn into stairs that could bring me to the second floor again.

'That won't work.' There was no reason to go upstairs if I wanted to survive, I had to find a way to kill the Devil, and what that needs is time, time for me to plan.

Before I reached the end of the hallway I stopped immediately and swung open the sliding doors of the classroom.

'Class D3.'

Once inside I slammed the door behind me and grabbed the nearest chair from a desk before smashing the window right next to the door, glass shards flying outwards into the hallway, I also used the chair to scrape off the glass that didn't fly off the window.

Saiko stopped right next to the window, looking at the broken window and glass shards on the floor with a confused look. "What are you doing I wonder~?" Saiko tilted her head in confusion.

"Don't worry about it." I stepped away from the window as Saiko climbed through it, cutting herself on whatever excess glass I couldn't get rid of, however, she didn't even the slightest grimace even as her skin was sliced open.

'Durability is pretty human.' I watched her intently.

'!' I noticed her ready to pounce, so I moved first, from the desk I had gotten a chair from, there was a binder inside so I made sure to take it just to have options, and here was a use. I threw the binder at her just as she pounced so that the flying papers would mess with her vision while I ducked under the slash of her machete, allowing her to fly past me and crash into the desks.

Right at the next second as she was trying to get up I tackled her to the ground and locked one of her hands with mine.

"I didn't know you felt that way Senpai~, but... don't expect much from this~." Saiko had never let go of her machete and was just about to hack me into pieces but stopped at the last second.

The reason for this was simple, I showed her our interlocked hands.

"You tagged me, I'm it now."

"...Hehe~ I see now~ UmU, rules are rules. Start counting now Senpai~." Saiko separated herself from me and stood up before skipping out of the classroom and out of sight. "I hope you can catch me Senpai~ You'll get a reward if you do~!" I heard her voice from down the hallway.

Finally being out of harm's way I couldn't help but let out a tired sigh of relief.

'The only thing I can possibly turn to in this situation is my Player Privileges.' I checked my status for the first time in this world.

[Status:]

[Physical Attributes: Athlete](0/100)

[Energy Reserves: Empty(0/10)]

[Talent: Gifted]

[Identity: The Main Character of "Saiko no Sutoka"]

[World Gift: Player Status]

[Retained Skills: [Awareness 3], [Empathy 1], [Calm Mind 2], [OCD 3], [Smooth Talking 1]

[Retained Abilities: None]

[New Skills: None]

[New Abilities: None]

[Game Points: 20]

[Achievement Points: 21]

'Player status? My first world gift, wonder what it is.'

[World Gift Description: The Player "Seth" is given the unique physiology of a game character with an abnormally large health and stamina bar to boot. As long as the Player still has health or stamina in their respective places, the Player can move as if they were in peak condition no matter the injuries]

'I guess that's why I don't feel tired at all even after moving at my best this entire time. What about the store.'

[Store:]

(Skill){Scavenger 1 - 20 GP}

(Skill){Minor Health Regen 1 - 30 GP}

(Skill){Minor Stamina Regen 1 - 30 GP}

(Item){Sturdy Knife - 5 GP}

(Item){Butcher Machete - 10 GP}

(Item{Priest Cross - 50 GP}

(Ability){Freight Train - 80 GP}

'This store is a lot better than the last one, but I can barely-.'

[Achievement: Tag You're It]

[Note: Pretty good kid]

[+40 AP]

[+60 GP]

[Total AP: 61]

[Total GP: 80]

'Thanks, I guess...' It was a very welcomed achievement. 'I've only got an idea of what Freight Train is, while everything else is self-explanatory.'

[Freight Train: Gives the body a severe boost in speed]

[Note: I hope you have good durability]

'Luckily I do, as long as I still have health and stamina I can recover from anything... I hope.' I focused on the top right of my peripheral vision where there were two colored bars, one red and the other orange. The red one hadn't been touched but the orange one was at half of its original capacity.

[Ability: Freight Train, Bought]

[-80 GP]

[New Abilities: Freight Train]

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There might be some retcons cuz I hadn't been writing for a few months but it's whatever

One of the said retcons is the fact that Mc can pick his next world, that will not be happening.

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[Next 3 Worlds]

1st: Silent Voice - Anime Movie/Manga

2nd: School Bus Graveyard - Webtoon

3rd: The Girl from Random Chatting - Manhwa