1.05.2 Lady Fingers

Who these people were, why they were here and what they were after. Luvi cared for none of it.

To him they were the perfect scapegoats and tools.

DreamMachine: Considering everyone has chosen to help me while being aware of the dangers. I can do one thing for you. I will have private DMs with each of you in sequence to your joining. All I need to know is your ability or get a certain idea so that I can choose a perfect practice method for you.

Luvi then told them the reason why he didn't post the other training manuals as well the limitation with talent and material.

Most just chose to stay silent and accept this fact as it is.

It would have been weirder if materials from another world were also present in their world.

But few of them worried about the materials that can already be found in the word. Which gave them enough knowledge that the two worlds might collide anytime now.

Though before Luvi can say goodbye to everyone before entering the DMs. StarHusky said something that ended up causing a headache to Luvi.

StarHusky: Etto! You see… I don't have any ability or talent. I can't use these methods at all. *Shies away in embarrassment*.

DreamMachine: Da fuck!

DreamMachine: I mean…

DreamMachine: Let's continue this conversation in the DMs.

"This fucking furry."

Luvi started to have a headache.

The place he posted was a board dedicated to Awakened individuals. Meaning it was a rare chance for normal people to go there.

What was even odder was that a person with no ability saw his post and then chose to crack his cipher before joining the DMs.

And it just so happens this individual was the genius guy who found a total of 4 answers and became the first to send him emails in each category.

He or she was a genius with no talent.

'God wishes to punish me for all the waifu baiting those virgins.'

Recalling his dark history where he broke the hearts of many boys on messaging apps after larping as a girl. Luvi understood that this was his punishment for those times.

Times that were only four months old.

"Let's begin with this cunt."

But Luvi ignored the pain in his heart and started to work again.

One by one he went through some members while also learning a bit about their personality. Including those that didn't say much in their first meeting.

Take Impala for example, this guy seemed obsessed with making money. The more Luvi talked with him, the more he talked about different methods to monetize the knowledge in Luvi's hand. His power was also pretty simple. He can talk to animals and that's it.

After which was Seeker who never told him his real ability, but only said that it has something to do with sensing the emotions of others.

The personality of the seeker also seemed a lot more mute than he had previous thought.

Though the weirdest one among all of this was still Fix. Because unlike others, he was a middle aged man from his own words and his ability was also communication focused.

"A technomancer."

It's the rarest ability in the world and only few have been discovered by far. Though as it was, the combat potential of this ability was limited to online space or machines. But due to the third world war and superpowers, the progress in science and technology had stagnated to some extent.

Making it so that there hasn't been much changes or upgrades in the technological sector of humanity.

Which is counter to the fact that the biological sector had seen huge progress after the birth of awakened individuals.

'He can communicate with machines… he is dangerous.'

Luvi wondered if keeping this old man in his group was safe or not.

For he didn't know the limit of a technomancer.

Wouldn't it be possible for a technomancer to find his identity?

DreamMachine: You could have lied like some others while defining your ability. But to give it away directly. If it was someone else, they might have kicked you out due to fear of your abilities and their identities being found out. But, I am not someone like those people.

Luvi's eyes were calm and sharp. Before he stopped typing and laughed.

"Ah, I fucked up."

He said, staring at the camera of his PC.

"A technomancer got attracted to my little post. I feel honored." His eyes were directly staring at the camera.

He knew at this point he had messed up. He took the world too lightly and thought a bit of simple protection techniques he used might save him.

What he forgot to take into account was people with various abilities that now exist in the world.

"Hey, how about we talk. I am ready to give away whatever kind of knowledge you need. But please keep my identity a secret. I don't wanna be captured by bad government guys."

And like he expected, Fix started to type again. Though the words he spoke were a lot different than what he expected.

Fix: ?? You just asked and I told you my ability. Also, you don't need to worry about being hacked. I can only communicate with direct machinery. I don't have power over the internet.

DreamMachine: Oh…

Luvi started to rub his head in some frustration. He truly didn't expect it to be like this. But for the sake of his own heart, Luvi put a small chibi anime sticker on his webcam just for safety.

Then he moved on to other members as well.

And it was like this, that his day came to an end.

Though calling it a day would be weird, as it was 4am where he lived.

Choosing this time was also for the same reason as him larping as a girl. It was to make people confused about where he lived.

'I should get some sleep. I need to jog in the morning with Andy.'

Considering both have chosen the Knight path together. They both intend to do exercises together to support each other.

It was their way to get stronger and reach higher heights.

Because exercising alone might get boring sometimes and the support of each other helps one maintain their practice.

So Luvi had a small 2 hour nap, before he was forced to wake up by Andy who slammed on his door again and again.

"Coming."

After some banter, the two left for a job early in the morning around 6:30. Though like before, the state of Luvi's body was not so good. He was struggling to jog.

His heaving and puffing also made him audible to those that ran closer to him. Though no one made fun of him instead they found him endearing for keeping up with practice. Everyone likes people that try to better themselves.

But that is only true for people that have matured with age.

While Luvi was standing on the side with his arms on his knees as he waited to catch his breath. A bunch of other joggers from the college suddenly stopped in front of him and Andy.

"Lady Fingers brought his fat friend today." The young man laughed at Andy and Luvi with scorn in his eyes. After which, the two friends of his also started to smile. Seeing that something interesting might be going on.

"Why don't you focus on exercising instead of bothering us." Andy was used to constant bullying.

Due to his low level of talent and embarrassing ability, he was named many things. From Lady Fingers to hedge cutter. There were even some people that went on to a vulgar territory while naming him.

Though that was his usual life and he didn't wish to include his friend in it.

This friend of his had just got out of his room and had turned to improving himself after a long while. And unlike in the past, there was a potential for growth on both of their parts.

The training methods he found on the internet were proven to be useful. They were capable of growing the strength of an individual if one practices hard enough.

Andy looked forward to the dream he had as a child and also wished to see his friends keep up with him.

So when a guy he obviously didn't like approached him, his mood dropped down a bit. It was already hard for this introverted friend to go out.

"Looks like the Lady here got some balls after learning the training method." But the young man named Adam didn't budge at all.

And why should he?

He was blessed with C grade talent and a combat focused ability. Although he might still be considered low level to some, he was at least not an E4 like the guy he called Lady Fingers.

Mind you, E4 has no potential for growth, there is no way for them to enter White star even if they practice their whole life.

Compared to someone with talent D that at least has hope to reach green star.

So he looked down on these people.

More so people like the "Lady Finger's" that never accepted their reality and still kept working hard.

As for who that fat friend of Lady Finger was? Adam didn't know nor did he care. The only thing he understood is that no one in their right might would actually befriend an E4, unless this individual was on the same rank as Andy.