(Achievement) Defeat Kamen Rider Nyamon once. Based on current strength, gain 15 Points.
(Achievement) Wipe out the DGP Grand Prix's participating Kamen Riders once. Gain 1,000 Points.
A total of 2,595 Points.
"..."
Defeating Riders really did count as a repeatable achievement. Aside from Geats and Buffa, the others were not worth much.
That was normal. It was still the early stage, after all.
Most of them were bound to be eliminated sooner or later. If they had not been chosen by the DGP by chance, they would have been ordinary people. Better than nothing, she supposed.
Jyamato and major achievements still gave the highest rewards.
But she remembered that Jyamato were cultivated gradually. If she cleared them out too quickly, would the Jyamato cultivation fail to keep up?
Still, that was not something Firefly needed to worry about. All she had to do was obtain the Vision Launcher, then destroy the place where the Jyamato were cultivated, along with the DGP Grand Prix.
As for why she needed the Vision Launcher before destroying the Jyamato Garden, it was because she needed the records and location stored there.
"There's no point hoarding Points. Improving myself is what matters."
The girl did not have the habit of stockpiling. If she had something, she used it. Her Stellaron Shards had never exceeded 160 for long.
However, she did not exchange all of them for Power of Destiny. She only exchanged 995 Points for Power of the Destruction Path, then could not resist spending the remaining 1,600 on another ten-pull.
Unfortunately, there was no gold.
Even though there was a pity system like in Star Rail, she was still a little disappointed.
But then Firefly was surprised again, because she had pulled three purples?
That seemed pretty good too, didn't it?
0.o's Gaze
Firefly hurriedly rubbed her cheeks and looked at the items from this ten-pull. They seemed pretty decent.
They were much better than that useless gold-rarity item.
This time, her Points had not been wasted. Very nice.
(Purple) Light Cone: "Two People's Concert"
(Blue) Jingliu's Eyepatch
(Blue) Never-Ending Parchment "Fragment"
(Blue) A small bottle containing Bailu's Saliva
(Blue) One of Silver Wolf's Game Accounts
(Blue) Heisenberg Box "Fragment"
(Purple) Step Onto the Path
(Blue) Seele's Silk Scarf
(Purple) 0.o's Gaze
(Blue) Acheron's Umbrella
"Light Cone, Path, Nihility..."
"And Oddities."
There was a lot included, and they were all quite good things. They just did not seem particularly suitable for her.
That purple Light Cone was more suitable for Robin.
She could use it too, of course. This was not a game, and even in a game, it was not completely unusable—just not especially fitting.
Reality was the same. It simply would not feel as handy.
And the others...
Step Onto the Path
Description: Designate one person to step onto the Path, allowing the target to awaken the Path most compatible with them and become a Path Walker.
Note: Based on the potential awakened when they awaken their Path, they may gain power up to the level of an Emanator.
This felt very useful. Many people possessed resolve and accomplishments no worse than anyone in Star Rail, or even an Aeon, but because this world lacked the rules of Paths, it was all meaningless.
But with this item, things would be different.
If this were Honkai Impact 3rd and she designated Kevin or Elysia, there was no doubt they could step onto their corresponding Paths and directly obtain Emanator-level power.
If this thing were not merely purple-rarity, with Emanator as its upper limit, they might even become the Aeon of their respective Paths in one stroke.
In any case, it was a good item, no worse than the previous gold-rarity item.
Sure enough, rarity alone was not enough when it came to gacha. What mattered was its effects and uses.
Then there was the final purple-rarity item, 0.o's Gaze.
Description: The Nihility Aeon 0.o is watching you. You will inevitably step onto the Nihility Path, travel farther and farther down the road of self-annihilation, and be unable to turn back.
"0.o...?"
"Uh..."
Although those mismatched eyes were cute, this item was a little extreme. Being watched by an Aeon was not necessarily a good thing, especially when it was the Nihility Aeon, IX.
IX was an anomaly even among Aeons. It did not associate with other Aeons and firmly believed that the essence of the multiverse was Nihility, making existence meaningless.
The moment you stepped onto Nihility, perhaps the ending had already been decided.
This item could not be used carelessly either.
Besides those three purple items, the other blue-rarity items also included many useful things. They were no longer so useless.
There were even some strange Oddities among them, though Firefly basically had no use for them.
After organizing her newly obtained items, she put them away. They might come in handy someday, so she had never thrown away any item, regardless of rarity.
They could be stored in the system's built-in storage space anyway, so they did not take up any room.
After dealing with all that, Firefly finally resumed her work. She still had to make money.
She did not know how much time had passed when the door was pushed open and a familiar voice came in.
"I'm back."
It was Nene Arakawa, but she did not sound very happy. She sounded troubled.
"Thanks for the effort, Nene."
Firefly closed the webpage on her computer, stood up, and greeted her. That concerned expression made her look exactly like a little girlfriend waiting at home for someone important.
Noticing that something was wrong with Nene Arakawa's expression, Firefly brought her a glass of water and carefully asked:
"What's wrong, Nene? Did something unpleasant happen?"
"It's nothing."
Nene Arakawa did not want her worries to affect the adorable Firefly, so she shook her head.
She had been happy after finishing today's video and reading her fans' comments. But then there was her mother... who had demanded in the comments that she return immediately.
It was not as though she completely disliked her parents.
It was just... she did not want this kind of love, this kind of happiness.
She often wondered whether her mother would not treat her this way if she were not the daughter of the Kurama Family, but just a girl from an ordinary household.
She could not even remember the last time she had gone shopping with her mother.
When had things become like this?
In any case, she was deeply troubled. She could not bring herself to completely cut ties with her family and stop caring about her parents, but she also did not want to go back to how things had been before.
She had the right to pursue her own happiness too.
"Didn't we say we were going shopping? It's getting late."
Seeing that Nene Arakawa did not want to say more, Firefly thoughtfully did not press her and changed the subject.
And Firefly's gentle tone soothed the sadness in the listener's heart.
"Firefly-chan is right."
"Then let's head out now!"
Nene Arakawa grabbed Firefly's hands at once and stopped thinking about the things troubling her. At least, she should not think about them right now.
Having Firefly-chan by her side was already enough to make her happy. At least Firefly sincerely cared about her.
Firefly was also her only friend—her most genuine friend.
"Okay."
Hearing that, Firefly smiled at her.
The two left the room together and took a nearby train.
In this area, trains were undoubtedly the most convenient and popular means of transportation. The alternatives were either expensive or far slower than the trains.
After so many years of development, the rail network covered every corner.
Especially in this international metropolis, Tokyo.
There were quite a few people on the train. Just as Firefly was about to move, Nene Arakawa pulled her into a corner and sheltered her inside like an older sister.
Firefly did not know what to say!
Still, in this day and age, the sort of "delightful" incidents that happened on trains were practically impossible.
Japan's laws and punishments regarding such matters were exceptionally strict. No one would gamble the rest of their life on it.
"I thought a young lady like you wouldn't take the train, Nene."
Firefly looked over Nene Arakawa. For this outing, she had changed into a very luxurious and fashionable outfit.
It was completely different from Firefly's style.
When Nene Arakawa had changed earlier, Firefly had been a little surprised when she saw her.
Despite being the daughter of a zaibatsu, Nene Arakawa never acted high and mighty. Instead, she was much like an ordinary girl.
Sometimes, Firefly even forgot that she was the young lady of the Arakawa Zaibatsu, a family capable of directly ordering Tokyo's officials around.
Shopping with Nene
Even though the Arakawa Zaibatsu could directly command Tokyo's officials only because its president was a sponsor of the DGP Grand Prix.
When facing the DGP's operators, even Japan's officials did not dare resist in the slightest and could only cooperate unconditionally.
But for that very reason, once the DGP organizers withdrew from this world and other Jyamato continued affecting public security, Tokyo's officials immediately made Kōsei Arakawa, the zaibatsu president, take the fall.
"You really think I'm the kind of flashy rich girl? Besides, Firefly-chan, I've run away from home. Of course I need to save where I can."
Nene Arakawa answered as though it were only natural.
Her mother had already frozen her bank card. She had expected that, so she had prepared plenty of spending money and valuable accessories.
But if she did not restrain herself, she would soon burn through everything. More importantly, she was not someone who could not endure hardship!
"That's not what I meant."
Firefly hurriedly waved her hands. She wanted to say more, but hesitated and gave up, instead asking where they were going.
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