Status Window Chapter 4 : Gacha (Patreon)

4. Gacha

"Next, I'll go complete the other daily quests!"

I'll start with the ones that look easy. Let's see, among these, the one that looks easiest is...

"The 100-meter dash seems like it'll finish the fastest. Okay, I'm heading out."

I ran out of my room and went outside. There were only a few people walking on the street, making it perfect for running.

"Alright, ready... Go!"

Signaling myself, I kicked off the ground with force. Swinging my arms as hard as I could and moving my legs, I ran forward and forward. My breath quickly ran out, and I felt like stopping, but I gritted my teeth and endured.

Anyway, full power until the end. Thinking that, I exerted every bit of my strength. And then—

Piron

That sound rang again. I immediately stopped and checked the Window. The Daily Quest category was blinking red.

When I selected it immediately, the top blank line read: "100-meter Dash, Accomplished! Agility +1."

"Haa, haa, I did it!"

While I was at it, I checked my status, and sure enough, Agility had gone up by one. It seems my stats really do increase when I clear daily quests.

"Okay, let's finish the others at this pace! Next is walking for one hour!"

I continued down the street, progressing the quest. As I walked alone, I saw my school friends ahead of me.

"Oh, it's Rio! Happy Birthday!"

"Mm, thanks! Well, see ya!"

Saying that, I lightly greeted my approaching friends and walked past them.

"Wait, Rio! Why aren't you stopping?"

"Right now, I'm in the middle of clearing a quest linked to my skill."

"Eh? You mean you're using your skill?"

"Well, something like that. That's why I can't stop."

"...You got a weird skill, huh."

"Just like Rio."

"What did you say?!"

When I explained, my friends made wry faces and teased me. I acted angry at their harsh words, and they laughed teasingly.

"Rio's skill seems interesting, just like Rio. Sounds like it'll be fun."

"It's already fun!"

"Just by walking? Weird Rio. Well, we're off then."

"You shouldn't go around telling too many people about your skill. See you at school tomorrow."

"Yeah, I know! Bye!"

Leaving me with those words, my friends walked away. A skill is a special power granted to a person. It's considered good manners not to spread word of it too much, and common sense dictates only mentioning it in important situations.

I still only know a little about the Window. But I understand that, even at this point, it's a very promising skill.

Depending on how I use it, I could probably do some outrageous things, so I should think carefully before using it.

"I'll think about various things while walking."

Since it's just a walking quest, I have time to think. While walking leisurely, I thought about all sorts of things for the future.

***

"Forty-eight... forty-nine... fifty! Whew, I'm tired!"

Piron Piron

When I finished the last daily quest, the mechanical sound rang twice. It usually only rings once, so I wondered what happened.

After catching my breath, I immediately opened the Window. Then, a new window opened, overlaying the normal one.

That window read: "All Daily Quests Accomplished! Achievement Unlocked! Gacha Function Unlocked!"

"Achievement unlocked? Gacha function unlocked? It's just like a game..."

Probably, the achievement was unlocked because I finished all the daily quests. And the reward for that is this Gacha function.

"Oho, now it's gacha. I wonder what it's like?"

First, I checked the cleared daily quests. Yep, Strength properly went up by one.

With that done, it's time to check the main event, the Gacha function. Heart pounding, I pressed the item, and a picture of a blue crystal appeared.

I don't know why a picture of a crystal was displayed. But below the crystal, it said "Count," and next to it was a "1."

"Does this mean I can pull the gacha once? I want to try pulling it, but before that, let's check a few things."

First, how to increase the count. When I placed my finger on the count area, an explanation appeared.

"Let's see... 'Counts can be obtained from daily quest rewards, rewards for completing all daily quests, request quest rewards, temporary quest rewards, achievement unlock rewards, gacha, etc.'"

Here, some terms appeared that hadn't shown up before. Request quests, temporary quests, achievement unlocks. I don't know when they occur, but it's good to know in advance what exists.

Surely, quests will appear at the appropriate times. In that case, what about achievements? Checking the Window again, an Achievement category had been added.

When I displayed it, a sentence was written on the top line, but everything else was question marks.

"It seems the achievement unlocked was for completing all daily quests. The reward for unlocking this achievement is one gacha pull. I see, so that's why the gacha function was unlocked."

Ideally, I'd want it unlocked from the start, but if this is a tutorial, unlocking features like this makes sense. There were games like that too; it feels close to the game systems of my past life.

"I understand how to increase the gacha count. Now, the question is whether to save up before pulling or pull each time... I think it's better to save for when I need it, but trying it once as a test is fine too, right?"

Surely, as I clear quests and unlock achievements from now on, the gacha count will accumulate. In that case, I'll experience it once here.

"Let's see, I wonder what I can pull from the gacha..."

I moved to the Gacha category and investigated in detail. Then, I found a question mark. When I tapped it, a window describing the gacha contents appeared.

"Um, the contents are... Ranked as N (Normal), HN (High Normal), R (Rare), HR (Hyper Rare), SR (Super Rare), SSR (Double Super Rare), and UR (Ultimate Rare). There are a lot of things I can get..."

The things I can get include points, stat values, magic, skills, special talents, and so on.

"Anyway, let's try pulling once. Well, with my normal luck, I probably won't get anything good."

Nothing ventured, nothing gained. I tapped the blue crystal. The blue crystal began to glow, and light born from its tip started to spin around and around. Then, as it came to the front of the screen, the light burst.

When the light converged, a card labeled "N" was displayed.

"Ah, well, that figures."

When the card flipped over to show its face, the text "Points +50" was written there. Then, when the card vanished, a pikon mechanical sound rang out, and the Points category glowed red.

"Let's see... Ah! The 50 points were added, making it 59 points! Well, that's not bad. Since I got five times today's points."

Starting with 50 points is grateful. With this, the number of things I can get has naturally increased.

"So, what should I get with these points..."

The beginning is crucial. I have to think carefully before exchanging.

As I was thinking with my arms crossed, I heard a voice from beyond the door.

"Rio, we're going out to eat!"

"Coming!"

My brother's voice interrupted my thoughts. It can't be helped; I'll save the thinking for later and go eat now.

I left my room and joined my brother.