Tonight's Sneak Attack-Seele-chan Wins Big!!! (9k, continued)

Therefore, barring any unforeseen circumstances, Satou Kazuma will likely be the last Hero to be chosen, as no more reincarnated individuals will be tricked into this other world by the heartless goddess.

"I have one last question. Are the Stigmata on my back cool?" Satou Kazuma asked after a sigh.

"Uh... it looks like a holy sword, but I don't know which kind of holy sword it is." Aqua glanced at the red Stigmata on Satou Kazuma's back and nodded.

Since the goal is to use a "Wondrous Brush," it's natural to need to draw something, and the smooth surface of the back becomes the optimal solution.

The back of my hand is too small, and the shape of my arm is too narrow, so it can only be my back.

Because Chen Li supports customization, Satou Kazuma wanted Chen Li to draw a cool design for him.

After drawing the Stigmata on his back, he would only be discovered by others when he wanted to show them off, and a virtual panel could be generated simultaneously to view his attributes— Chen Li also added the Friends Circle Terminal into the Occupational System.

Furthermore, it can be switched back to the Adventure Card style.

Therefore, when Satou Kazuma looked at the Adventure Card in his hand that had the "Abusive Hero" class written on it, only one thought popped into his head.

"Can Adventurer Card be counterfeited?" Satou Kazuma asked.

"What a coincidence, I happen to have a skilled forger here." Chen Li snapped his fingers, summoning Pardo's projection.

"Boss, what do you want?" Pardo asked enthusiastically.

"Someone needs to fabricate evidence." Chen Li pointed at Satou Kazuma.

What services do the guests require?

"Come here..." Because he was afraid that Aqua would laugh at him, Satou Kazuma only dared to make his request to Pardo after he walked to a corner.

"By the way, Pardo, after your projection returns to your original body, remember to have your original body go to the other world where Kazuma is to take up a thief job. This job is very suitable for you."

"Thieves? Are there any more prestigious professions like that?"

"Thieves possess treasure-hunting skills and can also sense danger."

"I'll be a thief!" Pardo made up her mind instantly.

This profession is simply made for me!

"Alright, now it's my turn! I need to expose my back, right?" Aqua eagerly sprawled on the sofa.

"Emmm..." Chen Li pondered.

As everyone knows, when using internal energy to heal a male, one can do so through clothing, but when healing a female, the female must take off her clothes. This is the first law of martial arts novels.

But if it's Aqua... if all else fails, just paint the back of her hand and then the palm, then the left hand and then the right hand, right? You'll eventually use up all the paint.

"Haha, I knew it! My Exclusive Profession must be the Goddess of Water!" Aqua proudly showed her Adventurer Card to everyone.

At Aqua's insistence, Aqua designed her own Stigmata. Chen Li then splashed paint on Aqua's arm, eventually creating a lifelike dragon wrapped around Aqua's arm.

Satou Kazuma envious, saying things like, "I really want to have a right hand with the power of a dragon!"

However, upon hearing Chen Li say that he could redraw the Stigmata, but the Adventurer Card would also need to be re-forged, Satou Kazuma chose to give up.

"Okay, stop showing off... Wait, this profession doesn't seem to be the Goddess of Water, it's the Water Wisdom Goddess, right?" Satou Kazuma said after snatching Aqua's card.

"Oh, I know, it must be the goddess of water and wisdom. Since the profession can only have four characters, it became the Water Wisdom Goddess," Aqua said confidently.

"Congratulations, Aqua, the surgery was a success. You have successfully obtained a three-word profession," Chen Li said after washing the [Wondrous Brush].

"Which three terms? It must be water, wisdom, and goddess, right?"

"... almost."

The first one was correct, the third one was correct, as for what wisdom represents... well, that's a matter of opinion.

"Although the Occupational System I created after using the Wondrous Brush to unify the Occupational System turned out to be a Frankenstein's monster, it seems to be working quite well so far. It can be made available to all my Friends Circle members now." Chen Li nodded.

Bad news: A Frankenstein's monster.

Good news: It's all stitched up.

Furthermore, because the skill of the Wondrous Brush has an amplifying effect, the new Occupational System has a very special function, which is... [Entry]

Perhaps because the Wondrous Brush skill was originally used to modify attributes, the specially created Exclusive Profession also possesses attributes similar to those attributes.

Chen Li would never destroy someone's Exclusive Profession just to Extraction some common terms. As a group that shares a common destiny to some extent, Chen Li naturally looks forward to his fellow group members becoming stronger.

The Miraculous Item, the Friends Circle, allows Chen Li to materialize his Friendship and Bonds, increasing his base defense. The more Friendship and Bonds he has, the stronger his Friends Circle becomes, enabling him to provide more benefits to his friends and create even greater Miracle, which in turn strengthens the Friends Circle, creating a mutually reinforcing cycle.

At the same time, Chen Li can also obtain some Starstones by changing the fate of others.

This significant enhancement to the Occupational System is related to Starstones.

"We're all friends, so you don't need to worry that I'll affect your Exclusive Profession for the sake of certain keywords..."

"Please, please, just let it affect my Exclusive Profession," Satou Kazuma cried out.

Satou Kazuma dreams of Chen Li removing his bizarre and absurd entries!

"... Alright, don't be sad. The more attributes Exclusive Profession, the greater Exclusive Profession potential and the more income streams it has. Two attributes are always better than one. Besides, didn't Pardo help you disguise yourself?" Chen Li comforted Satou Kazuma.

"..." Satou Kazuma picked up his Adventurer Card, looking at the glittering gold card with the [Hero] class name on it with great satisfaction. From now on, only Satou Kazuma could see the full name of his class.

Yes, Chen Li makes a good point.

As long as I don't act weird anymore, won't everyone find out the truth?

"Wow, your Adventurer Card is so shiny! Pardo, help me paint it too!" Aqua ran to Pardo, but was pulled back by Chen Li by the back of her collar with his Imaginary Hand.

"I haven't finished yet. Because your Exclusive Profession all have attribute modifiers, you can use Starstones to enhance your professions, which means you have another way to spend money," Chen Li said.

The generation of an entry is related to the origin of an item, as well as the meaning that time, space, and fate give to the item over time. For example, some swords of Hero have the entry for Hero because they are swords of Hero themselves.

However, some swords of Hero bear the inscription "Hero" because a true Hero used the sword... even if it's just a counterfeit sword of Hero.

And coincidentally, the Starstones possesses the attributes of time, space, and destiny.

"Normally, attributes cannot be accelerated with Starstones, but Exclusive Profession can. The brighter your Exclusive Profession is, the less experience is required to level up, and you can also enhance exclusive skills... There are many benefits."

"Although you have a limited number of Starstones, you can focus on strengthening different attributes to develop your Exclusive Profession in the direction you desire. Don't worry if you start with a small number of attributes, because as you achieve great things and experience the test of time, your Exclusive Profession may gain more attributes." Chen Li especially encouraged Satou Kazuma.

In other words, Chen Li successfully turned all the group members into half- Miraculous Item.

The only thing that Chen Li found regrettable was that the members of the "Forging" group didn't give the Miraculous Forger experience!

Damn it! I didn't spend Miracle Crystal, but that doesn't mean I didn't create Miracle!

"I understand this episode. For example, I can focus on strengthening the Wisdom attribute, right?" Aqua said, raising her hand.

"Uh..." Chen Li was speechless for a moment.

"I think as a goddess, you should focus on strengthening your goddess attributes first," Chen Li suggested tactfully.

"But the 'Goddess' title is already bright enough," Aqua hesitantly.

Since each character's Exclusive Profession is generated based on their individual circumstances, the brightness of Exclusive Profession affixes will naturally vary. Even Aqua's dimmest "Wisdom" affix is brighter than Satou Kazuma's "Demon" and "Hero" affixes combined. After all, Kazuma isn't as demonic as he is in the later stages of the game.

People's physical constitutions are different. Some tigers will die after being shot three times because they are too fragile, while some tigers can be hit head-on by a grenade and remain unharmed.

Chen Li once witnessed a tiger shouting something like "Storm Nebula Rift" while chasing and beating up an excavator!

That's terrifying!

"Aqua, you are certainly excellent as the Goddess of Water, but some of the other members in the group also have their own strengths. So the most important thing for you now is to increase your strengths and not worry about that wisdom thing for now," Chen Li said.

"You're right," Aqua nodded.

"I've made up my mind. From now on, I'm going to put all the Starstones I earn into the Hero attribute and become a true Hero!" Satou Kazuma said firmly.

Chen Li held a pessimistic view of Satou Kazuma's ideas.

Because compared to Hero, "ghostly" fits everyone's preconceived notion of Kazuma, which will increase the prominence of the term "ghostly".

Even supernatural powers cannot defy fate, and Chen Li had no good way to deal with it.

Based on Chen Li's understanding of Satou Kazuma, even if Chen Li removes the "Kichiku" (a derogatory term for Satou Kazuma now, it might be regenerated later. Therefore, it's better to go with the Schicksal.

"As payment for your willingness to be Shiro and help me experiment with the Wondrous Brush professional skill, you can keep these Starstones." Chen Li paid 100 Starstones to each of Satou Kazuma and Aqua.

"Hero! Hero! Hero! Hero! Hero!" After obtaining 100 Starstones, Satou Kazuma immediately used half of them on the "Hero" attribute.

[Ghostly/Absurd]? Even a dog wouldn't click on that!

"Hmm, Shiro? What Shiro?" Aqua was taken aback.

"... It's nothing, take it." Chen Li looked at Aqua with gentle eyes.

The child may be a bit slow-witted, but he's obedient.

Looking at the 100 Starstones she had inexplicably acquired, Aqua was caught in a happy dilemma about how to spend them.

Or... how about asking your own "super wisdom"?

But what if you don't have super intelligence?

Aqua's gaze fell on the [Wisdom] entry.

"Ah, I have an idea!"

"Although I don't know what your plan is, you mustn't come up with one, or you'll send it away!"

"But I don't know how to use these Starstones?"

"Lend it to me," said Satou Kazuma.

"Um?"

"We're teammates. If you have some Starstones to spare, why not lend them to me? If you use 100 Starstones to strengthen yourself, you can only increase your power by 1% at most, but if you use those 100 Starstones to strengthen me, I can increase my power by 10%! Isn't that a very profitable deal?"

"That makes sense... You didn't actually think I'd say that, did you? Your Exclusive Profession must be a foolish Hero, right? You see everyone as a fool. You think I'm stupid, but I'm not stupid at all!"

"Hateful!"

Although he knew it was illegal to fool idiots, Satou Kazuma, he never expected that Aqua would become so smart.

Is it because all the usual silliness was absorbed by the blessing of a sudden inspiration?

"Of course there's interest on lending you Starstones! Nine out, thirteen back, how about that?"

"Sure."

"Really? Okay, here you go!" Aqua was delighted and lent all 100 Starstones to Satou Kazuma.

"Alright, we've got the Starstones... Chen Li, I'm reporting Aqua loan sharking!" Satou Kazuma suddenly ran towards Chen Li.

"Well?"

"You idiot goddess, didn't you see the rules on the Miraculous Item Group? It says that the interest rate for Starstones loans between group members can't exceed 20%. If it does, the illegal gains will be confiscated." Satou Kazuma Aqua made a face at Aqua.

"Damn Kazuma!" Aqua was so angry that her body trembled.

"Alright, it's illegal to fool idiots. There's no such rule. You two go play somewhere else... I need to start Stigmata for the group members." Seeing that Pardo had returned home, Chen Li knew that the first person to register Adventurer Card had come back.

It would be such a shame not to draw a Stigmata on Pardo's back.

Chen Li glanced at the group of Miraculous Item and was relieved to see that Yakumo Yukari's Eris exchange business was thriving.

It's clear that Yakumo Yukari really wants to improve!

She always manages to seize every business opportunity.

After Yakumo Yukari loaded the [Loot Module] and learned that killing monsters would grant experience, she requested to be teleported to Aqua's world and began massacring monsters in the beginner village, seemingly eager to upgrade her abilities once again.

After the Wondrous Brush business was launched, since each group member did not have start-up capital, that is, no Eris to register Adventurer Card, and since Yakumo Yukari had killed almost all the monsters in the beginner village and could no longer get gold coins from killing monsters, Yakumo Yukari converted all the gold coins she got from killing monsters into Eris and opened the Starstones: Eris exchange service.

"I really, really want to improve!" Yakumo Yukari said excitedly, holding Chen Li's right hand with both hands.

"I know you really want to improve, but go and wait in line."

"No need to queue, because I bribed them all, so get my Stigmata drawn first!"

"Okay, okay. Where do you want it drawn?"

"Back!"

"Emmm..." Sirin watched as Yakumo Yukari, filled with urgency, pushed Chen Li into the side room, and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Something feels off.

"Alright, alright, get in line. What kind of pattern do you want?" Just as Sirin was lost in thought, Aqua waved her hand in front of Sirin, interrupting Sirin thoughts.

"Huh? Oh, do you have any patterns that... can express emotions?" Sirin asked softly.

"Love?" Aqua, a master painter, frowned slightly.