Chapter 1

▪Chapter 1▪

▪Title: -Idle System-▪

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    –Ichirou POV–

[ Ding! -Idle System- Installation Successful! ]

[ Open | Close ]

"..." I stood there speechless, the smartphone almost fell out of my hand and hit my face. I certainly wasn't expecting a cheat to come my way, considering that this world didn't have anything interesting or dangerous about it, based on Kobayashi Ichirou's memories.

I clicked the [Open] button with my fingers and a simple game introduction was laid out for me to read.

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-Idle ( Pseudo-RPG ) System-

-Introduction: A Game Where You Could Get Stronger and Richer Real-Time Just By Clicking! It's an Idle Clicker Game Mixed In With Some RPG Aspects To Add Some Spice To Your Gameplay!

Click! Gather Coins! Upgrade! And Buy Your Items!

[ Dismiss ]

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Okay...

I think I got the gist of it. So basically, it's like an Idle Clicker game but with some RPG elements sprinkled on top.

I clicked [Dismiss] and another pop-up showed up, this is getting rather annoying... Just bring me to the main game damn it!

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-Enjoy Your Experience!-

[ Dismiss ]

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I certainly wouldn't be able to enjoy the experience if more pop-ups showed up... Once again I clicked the [Dismiss] button. Out of curiosity, I took a look at the smartphone's clock and it was 8:01 A.M. a bit earlier than what I would like.

It was a good thing that today was Sunday, I still needed some time to fully stabilise my emotions and settle down for a bit. Dying wasn't a so-pleasant-experience as others describe it, I get that to some people it would be different but meh.

I got a bit side-tracked so I put my focus back on my smartphone.

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-[ Profile ]-

-[ Clicker ]-

-[ Upgrades ]-

-[ Shop ]-

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Thank God, I was dead ass gonna smash my phone if this had another pop-up. Those shits are annoying, especially the ads, the unskippable ones.

Ah... I'm getting side-tracked again.

This is a bad habit of mine... with that said, I clicked the -[ Profile ]- section to see what it was all about. It seems like the Creator of this -Idle System- was rude enough not to include a manual.

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-[ Profile ]-

- Kobayashi Ichirou -

-Level: 1 (0/100)

-Race: [ Human ( 1% Daemon Prince ) ★★ ]

-Class: [ Jobless ★ ]

-Power: 10

-Vigor: 6

-Speed: 11

-Magic: 0

-Charisma: 50

-Essence: 0

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-Stat Points: 3-

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-[ Powers ]-

-Current: None

-Forms: None

-Pets / Possessions: Smartphone

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-[ Achievements ]-

-Current: None

-Received Reward: None

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[ Dismiss ]

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Well damn...

Forgot about "RPG elements sprinkled on top." This is like the icing on a cake... Although I'm more interested in the Idle part of this. I'm not that much of an RPG guy, I'm more of an FPS and Incremental games kind of guy.

I'm still curious what the 𝐷𝑎𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑛 𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 is about... Don't tell me— This world isn't as normal as I thought?! I mean, this is not normal. And is this the same one from Warhammer 40k?

Hmm, questions, questions.

Also, what's the average stat of an average human? If only I had a manual or tutorial, this would be much easier and my questions would be lessened. Last question, what exactly is Essence? Is it something related to my being?

𝘚𝘪𝘨𝘩

Just don't think about it. I'm sure answers would come my way with time, but still... How do I level up? Something related to the -Idle- part of this System? How do I get a Job? Do I buy it from the shop?

Ok, ok, just stop...

Stopping myself from thinking about the matter, I stood up and sat at the edge of the bed. I roughly fixed my messy black hair and focused my attention back on the smartphone. I clicked [Dismiss] and the four choices appeared again.

This time I clicked on the [Clicker].

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-[ Clicker ]-

- Click Here -

-Coins Per Click: 1 Coin-

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-[ Auto-Clickers ]-

-Current: Level 1 - ( 1 Coin/ Per Hour )

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[ Dismiss ]

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It was brief and simple, unlike the [ Profile ]... I'm starting to think that this is a Pseudo-Idle System instead... I tried clicking on the blue square that had a "Click Here" sign and a simple [ + 1 Coin ] appeared randomly on the screen.

For some weird reason, that somehow intrigued me. I prepared two fingers and went on a 'Clicking Frenzy'. Not more than 10 seconds later a pop-up appeared.

(A/N: 15 CPS)

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-[ Notification ]-

-Coin Inventory Is Full! Upgrade Inventory Or Put Your Coins In The Coin Bank! ( 100 / 100 )

[ Upgrade | Store | Dismiss ]

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I stared at it for a second longer and clicked [Upgrade]. I got a bit distracted with the [Clicker] and derailed from my original intention.

Like earlier, it brought me to another interface. This time it was showing my Coins and what I could upgrade.

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-[ Upgrades ]-

-Coins: 100 / 100 (+) ( 10 Coins )

-Coin Bank: 0 (+)

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-[ Click Upgrade ]-

-Coins Per Click: 1 (+) ( 100 Coins )

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-[ Auto-Click Upgrade ]-

-Level 1 - 1 Coin/ Per Hour (+) ( 100 Coins )

-New Auto-Clicker (+) ( 1,000,000 Coins )

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I see...

I don't. But it's simple enough that I could guess what I need to do. I clicked on the plus next to my coins and another notification appeared telling me I couldn't afford it...

Wait, how do I do this? 

Do I need to transfer it to the 'Bank' first? I clicked on the plus next to the '-Coin Bank: 0' and the plus allowed me to type down a number. I typed 100 and pressed enter: 

[ Ding! ]

It worked!

I now have 100 Coins in the bank, I pressed the plus button on the system inventory again and it reduced my coins to 90. Now it was like this:

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-Coins: 0 / 120 (+) ( 15 Coins )

-Coin Bank: 90

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I still have some coins and earning a hundred wasn't that hard so I opted to upgrade it. I was able to upgrade it up to four times more leaving me with 14 Coins and making my current max limit as 248.

From what I have noticed, it seems that the upgrade cost goes up by 50%, and the Coin Capacity by 20% or so each time.

Still, why is the New Auto-Clicker so darn expensive?

𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘭

I heard my stomach rumbling, I lightly rubbed it and stood up. I can figure this out later. For now, I need food I haven't eaten since yesterday.

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"Uwa~"

I let out a satisfied moan, having just eaten some fried chicken I ordered I patted my stomach. I love fried chicken along with Ice Cream by the way.

Too bad there's no ice cream in the fridge…

Sigh~!

Letting out a disappointed sigh this time I stood up from the chair and headed toward the sofa. I picked up the remote and opened the TV, watching the news.

Not much later, I got bored and remembered that I hadn't explored the [Shop] section of my system. 

Taking out my smartphone from my pocket I opened the Idle System app.

The main menu greeted me and I immediately headed over to the [Shop].

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-[ Shop ]-

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-All Seeing Eyes of God- 

-Price: 1̶0̶0̶,̶0̶0̶0̶ 15,000 Coins (85% Discount)

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-Potion Of Strength-

-Price: 5̶,̶0̶0̶0̶ 750 Coins (85% Discount)

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-Han Daewi Inheritance- ( 1 / 3 )

-Price: 7̶,̶0̶0̶0̶,̶0̶0̶0̶ 1,050,000 Coins (85% Discount)

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-Helm Of Hades-

-Price: 6̶0̶0̶,̶0̶0̶0̶ 90,000 Coins (85% Discount)

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-Steamed Potato-

-Price: 2̶ 0.3 Coins (85% Discount)

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-Ouroboros Egg-

-Price:5̶0̶,̶0̶0̶0̶,̶0̶0̶0̶ 7,500,000 Coins (85% Discount)

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-Cocogoat Milk-

-Price: 2̶0̶ 3 Coins (85% Discount)

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-[ Time: 6 Days, 23 Hours, 58 Minutes, 12 Seconds. ]-

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-[ Sell ]-

-Insert: •••••

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Wow… I guess? I'm not really that surprised anymore. There's a limit on how much one thing could shock me, I ain't an overly enthusiastic guy.

"Still... Isn't this system too unfriendly?"

Not like I'm complaining… The 85% Discount is already a huge help, so asking for it to be free would be too much from my side.

And the time limit, it should be specifically one week. I'm guessing the items would reset after the allotted time ends. Yet again, I completely have no idea.

I'm not that interested in the [All Seeing Eyes Of God], it might be powerful but my cluelessness is what prevents me from buying it.

I wouldn't know what to do if the 'Celestials' were able to use the eyes to gaze into this world. I doubt they are powerful enough to do that but better safe than sorry.

As for the [Potion of Strength] it should temporarily or permanently boost my strength stat, how many times I can use it before it loses its effect is unknown.

It's not a bad choice but I already got my eyes on something, I can probably buy this after I buy it. The price isn't that high after all, I could easily earn 5,000 coins.

Han Daewi Inheritance, however… I'm totally gonna buy that. Even if it's only ⅓ of the original. Like the others, I don't know what it means but I'm pretty thankful it's only that. If not then I bet the price would be higher.

Helm of Hades— I'm pretty sure it would grant me invisibility once worn one way or another. It's either from the Original Myth or from the game God of War, those are the only worlds I can think of where this item originated from.

I'm not gonna buy it. If I can get enough coins then maybe I will? Don't think I can get 600,000 coins in a week though, that's only taking into account that the discount would disappear after buying once.

Steamed Potato and Cocogoat Milk, I'm definitely buying. Not sure what kind of animal a Cocogoat is but it sure sounds interesting, a hybrid of a coconut and a goat perhaps?

Ouroboros Egg is too expensive and vague, I don't think I can buy it even if I wanted to.

Well then, It's settled! I'm gonna be saving up roughly 1 million coins this week. No time to waste! I'll get started now, OUUUUUWOOOOOOHHH!!

I changed the interface to the clicker and started a barrage of clicks. And so I clicked, upgraded, and clicked more the whole day.

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(A/N: Honestly I wanted to make this chapter 2.5k words but I'm still lacking, I was only able to achieve 1.7k words. Damn you, my laziness!)

(Ps. Sorry for the very late chapter. -Author~ Ps. Ps. I need discord members, I'll allow you to pester me to release chaps faster. Deal?)

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