Discharge and New Stage Mission

Although Kakashi agreed to Gu Qi continuing his research on recovery potions, it wasn't for now.

Therefore, Gu Qi would ultimately have to stay in the hospital for another half a year until the doctor approved his discharge.

However, as an exchange, Kakashi allowed Gu Qi one day a week to go out for a walk.

Of course, the condition was that Pakkun and the others had to be with him to watch, in case Gu Qi did anything astonishing.

Time flies, and days turn into years.

On September 10th, Konoha Year 52, Gu Qi, who had been in the hospital for half a year, was finally allowed to be discharged by the doctor.

"Great, I'm finally discharged!"

Back home, Gu Qi immediately took a bath to wash away the bad luck.

For a full half year, unable to train, Gu Qi could only pass the time by studying the textbooks provided by the system.

Thus, in half a year, Gu Qi successfully completed the learning tasks for Elementary Mathematics, Elementary Physics, and Elementary Chemistry.

Correspondingly, the long-silent system finally made an appearance.

[Quest 1 Reward: Railgun Technology Data.]

[Quest 2 Reward: Nonexistent Laboratory.]

[Quest 3 Reward: Air Cannon Technology Data.]

[Ding! New quests released!]

[Quest 1: Complete the study of Intermediate Mathematics.]

[Quest 2: Complete the study of Intermediate Physics.]

[Quest 3: Complete the study of Intermediate Chemistry.]

[Quest 4: Complete the study of Basic Biology.]

[Quest 5: Complete the research on the Railgun.]

[Quest 6: Complete the research on the Air Cannon.]

[Quest Rewards: Completing quests 1, 3, and 5 will grant scientific and technological data. Completing quests 2, 4, and 6 will grant unscientific items.]

[Completing quests 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 will unlock the next stage of quests.]

[Ding! Unscientific Classroom has been unlocked!]

Just like before, after completing a series of quests, the system also released and unlocked the requirements for the next stage of quests.

At the same time, a new section appeared in the system this time: the Unscientific Classroom.

This [Unscientific Classroom] is a type of teaching program that allows the user's consciousness to enter the system to learn knowledge.

The appearance of this program solved Gu Qi's problem.

Gu Qi had already felt some strain when studying the elementary level textbooks before.

And upon glancing at the intermediate textbooks that had just been unlocked, Gu Qi fell asleep.

The dense symbols on them made Gu Qi feel like he was reading a book from the heavens. It was a sense of powerlessness that could not be overcome by effort alone.

But now, with this classroom, the system would provide virtual characters to guide Gu Qi. In simple terms, it was like attending classes.

However, there's no such thing as a free lunch; opening the classroom required conditions.

As the old saying goes, happiness is created with heart, but you can't play XX without money.

The condition for opening this classroom was simple: 5000 Ryo/1 hour.

Honest and fair pricing, no bargaining, no complaints.

When Gu Qi saw this price, his first instinct was to send his most heartfelt and friendly greetings to the system's mother.

The system then very kindly changed the teaching price to 10,000 Ryo/1 hour.

Gu Qi then very obediently knelt on the ground and offered his most sincere blessings and greetings to the system.

Unfortunately, it was too late.

Every time he opened the system and saw the price of the [Unscientific Classroom], Gu Qi understood a truth: a sharp tongue comes with a price.

Unfortunately, the Earth keeps spinning, and life goes on. With things as they are, Gu Qi could only silently accept it.

"System, top up 100,000 Ryo."

After finishing his bath, Gu Qi immediately took out 100,000 Ryo and topped it up.

[Topping up... Topping up complete.]

"Open the classroom, one hour of math class."

[Ding! Detected that this is the user's first time using the Unscientific Classroom. The system will grant the highest discount. Original price: 10,000 Ryo/hour. Current price: 20,000 Ryo/hour.]

"..." Gu Qi had a sentence he didn't know whether to say or not.

Although he was ripped off by the system for 10,000 Ryo, Gu Qi could only grit his teeth and accept it.

Lying on his bed, Gu Qi focused his mind on the system.

Then, Gu Qi felt a powerful suction pull his soul into it.

When Gu Qi regained consciousness, he found himself in a classroom he was once familiar with.

"Students below, don't look around. Class is about to start, focus your attention."

Before Gu Qi could take in his surroundings, a person suddenly appeared out of thin air on the podium and spoke to him.

When Gu Qi saw who it was, he couldn't help but exclaim, "Holy crap, Elder Hua."

"This student, now is not the time for questions. Focus your attention, the teacher is about to start class. Please turn to the first page of your textbook."

Elder Hua reminded him again, then began his lecture.

Gu Qi finally reacted and quickly opened the Intermediate Mathematics textbook in front of him.

For the entire hour, Gu Qi found his mind to be exceptionally clear.

Except for being a little distracted at the beginning, he listened with rapt attention for the rest of the time, completely without any lack of focus.

Gu Qi immediately understood that this was perhaps the unscientific aspect of this Unscientific Classroom.

"This classroom is amazing. It's a shame the teaching is a bit slow and the price is a bit high." When Gu Qi opened his eyes, he couldn't help but sigh.

This one-hour trial lesson made Gu Qi understand the system's power and its formidable ability to drain his wallet.

Although the content he learned during this hour was imprinted in his mind, Gu Qi found that he hadn't learned much in that hour.

If the subsequent teaching continued at this pace, Gu Qi estimated that to complete the entire Intermediate Mathematics textbook, he would need at least 1000 hours.

In other words, Gu Qi would need to prepare at least ten million Ryo.

Thinking of this astronomical sum, Gu Qi once again regretted why he had been so glib-tongued back then.

"I've tested the classroom, now it's time to check out that [Nonexistent Laboratory]," Gu Qi muttered to himself on the bed.

Unlike the [Unscientific Classroom], which was a system item, the [Nonexistent Laboratory] was an external item.

As the name suggests, this [Nonexistent Laboratory] could not be found in this world.

To enter this laboratory, one had to pass through a large gate.

After reading the instruction manual, Gu Qi discovered that, like the [Furnace That Can Make Anything], the laboratory gate was a miniature version of a door.

It could be enlarged simply by inputting Chakra into it.

The more Chakra inputted, the larger the door would become.

Previously, because there were too many people and eyes in the hospital, Gu Qi hadn't had the time to try it.

Now that he was free, Gu Qi decided to give it a go.

So, after Gu Qi retrieved his rewards from the system, a palm-sized miniature door model appeared before him.

After inputting one-fifth of his Chakra into the door, the miniature door immediately grew to the size of an ordinary room door.

Pushing open the door, Gu Qi found himself in another independent space.

This space was about a thousand square meters in size, measuring 20 by 50 meters in length and width, with a height of ten meters.

Although there was no sun in this space, it didn't feel dark at all. On the contrary, the space gave Gu Qi a very bright feeling.

Moreover, even though this space was isolated from the real world, it still had air.

The walls and floor of the space were very smooth and hard, and they felt slightly cool to the touch.

Gu Qi was quite satisfied with this space.

With this space, Gu Qi wouldn't be discovered even if he wanted to do some unspeakable things in the future.

After returning to the real world, Gu Qi immediately went to the basement and put away the furnace, which he had never used.

Then, he opened the door again and moved the furnace and the Secret Brew from the basement into the laboratory.

Finding a corner, Gu Qi inputted Chakra again to place the furnace. After glancing around the laboratory, he prepared to purchase some equipment and supplies to add some life to the empty space.

Fortunately, when the system unlocked this laboratory, it also unlocked many dazzling laboratory equipment in the system store.

The appearance of these devices solved some of Gu Qi's troubles, at least so that no one would know he was setting up a laboratory.

Of course, the prices of these devices were also quite touching, all costing two to three times more than the market price.

Faced with the system's money-grubbing nature, Gu Qi could only grit his teeth and bear it.