The Secret of Stat Points

"You feel you cannot just sit and wait for death, so you tell the police you need to use the restroom, then seize the opportunity to slip away."

"No sooner had you run out of the hospital than you ran into that bespectacled elementary school student from yesterday."

"The moment he saw you, he fired a soccer ball without a word. You were struck head-on by the ball once again and lost consciousness."

"When you opened your eyes again, you found yourself back in the hospital, though this time you weren't wearing handcuffs."

"The elementary school student who kicked the ball at you and the girl with horns on her head expressed their apologies."

"Only then did you learn the case had been solved; with the help of the famous detective Mori Kogoro, the police had caught the culprit, and you were free."

"Two days later, you were discharged from the hospital."

"You were walking aimlessly down the street when an old-fashioned Porsche pulled up in front of you."

"Inside the car sat a dim-witted brute and a silver-haired man with a sinister expression."

"'Where did you put the item?' the silver-haired man asked."

"You stared at him, completely bewildered. The silver-haired man frowned, clearly not expecting this reaction from you."

"Just as the silver-haired man was about to ask something else, a motorcycle suddenly shot out from the opposite direction. You dodged instinctively, and the person riding on the back of the motorcycle tossed a bag at you."

"Seeing the bag, the silver-haired man immediately ordered the dim-witted brute to drive."

"Before you could even react, the two were long gone, and you found yourself surrounded by police."

"This time you were taken to the police station. The police questioned you, but you knew nothing."

"Although you truly knew nothing, the police did not believe you."

"Once again, you took the Black Pot for someone else."

"Two months later, you were handed over to the Tribunal and sentenced to 20 years in prison."

"In prison, you were beaten every day, living a life of misery."

"Finally, you could bear it no longer and began to fight back."

"Your retaliation enraged the boss. You were swarmed by a group of inmates; you managed to kill two of them in a desperate last stand, but were ultimately beaten to death for being outnumbered."

"You died."

"Game over."

"During your time taking the blame, you withstood two shots from the Shinigami Elementary School Student capable of downing a satellite, took a heavy punch from the horned girl Mori Ran, and endured months of beatings from inmates. Your Physique has improved, granting you 25 Stat Points."

"Damn it!" Seeing this reward, Uchiha Yuan sat bolt upright in bed that afternoon.

25 points of Physique was just too much! His current Physique was only 36 points, and he only gained one point of Physique for every five days of training. 25 points of Physique was equivalent to 125 days of his training!

Uchiha Yuan hurriedly opened his attribute panel, but the next second, he wore an expression of surprise. He discovered that along with the 25-point increase in Physique, his Vitality and Chakra Amount had both increased by 5 points.

Uchiha Yuan frowned. If he remembered correctly, the previous evolutions of his Sharingan did not increase his Chakra Amount. This time, the increase in Physique had actually boosted his Chakra Amount and Vitality.

In fact, Uchiha Yuan had noticed this before. It was one thing that his right eye evolving into a Double Tomoe didn't increase his Chakra Amount because that evolution was due to adding points, but why did his left eye only gain Eye Power and not Chakra Amount when it evolved into a Double Tomoe?

Logically, the evolution of the Sharingan should definitely increase one's Chakra Amount.

After all, Chakra itself is derived from physical energy plus spiritual energy. Eye Power is a spiritual ability, and Physique is physical energy. With these two attributes enhanced, the Chakra Amount should also increase!

But why did adding points only increase one attribute each time, while the others remained unchanged?

Was it because the Roulette had separated all his attributes, making them independent of each other? Or was there some other reason?

This time, the Text Game rewarded him with 25 points of Physique, causing a sudden surge that unexpectedly triggered growth in his Vitality and Chakra Amount, which left Uchiha Yuan feeling puzzled.

He hesitated for a moment, then took out the Magic Conch.

Uchiha Yuan intended to ask the Magic Conch about the connection between his attribute points.

In truth, Uchiha Yuan had considered asking the Magic Conch how to remove the Caged Bird seal before.

But he was afraid the Magic Conch would simply say that awakening the Tenseigan would remove the Caged Bird, and then that opportunity would have been wasted.

Thinking of this, Uchiha Yuan asked the Magic Conch: "Magic Conch, is there any connection between the various attributes on my panel? Long live the Magic Conch!"

A moment later, a mechanical female voice came from the Magic Conch: "Your Eye Power and Nature Affinity are independent of each other, but the remaining three attributes are interrelated. Through natural training, every 5 points of Physique gained can increase your Chakra Amount by 1 point and your Vitality by 1 point."

"After Vitality increases, the speed of Physique enhancement will also increase, and the natural growth of Chakra Amount will also increase (ps: this refers to natural growth, not adding points)."

"You couldn't see the improvement on your panel before because you only gained one point of Physique every five days of training; the increase to Chakra was too small to be reflected on the panel."

"The same applies to Vitality. Moreover, your initial Vitality was 7 points; your Physique needs to reach a level corresponding to your Vitality before there can be any feedback."

After hearing the Magic Conch's explanation, Uchiha Yuan understood. It wasn't that his attributes were independent of each other, but that the feedback from the natural increase in Physique was too small, which was why there was no movement in his Vitality and Chakra.

This time, his Physique surged by 25 points all at once, which brought about a 5-point increase in Vitality and a 5-point increase in Chakra, proving that an increase in Physique does indeed drive the growth of Chakra Amount and Vitality.

As for why his Vitality hadn't changed before, it was because his starting Vitality was 7; his Physique had to reach 35 points to match his Vitality, and subsequent increases in Physique should then increase his Vitality as well.

To verify the Magic Conch's answer, Uchiha Yuan tried adding 5 more Stat Points to his Physique.

As expected, his Vitality and Chakra Amount increased by one point as well.

Now, Uchiha Yuan had completely figured out the rules for adding points on the Roulette: Physique, Vitality, and Chakra are interrelated, while Eye Power and Nature Affinity are completely independent.

This also explained why the previous Sharingan evolutions did not increase his Chakra Amount.

Before graduation, Uchiha Yuan had tried adding points to Nature Affinity, but since there were no other changes, he figured this was the reason why.

After clarifying these points, Uchiha Yuan looked at his status panel.

Following this massive harvest, Uchiha Yuan's panel had changed to the following:

Chakra Amount: 90

Physique: 66

Eye Power: 100

Vitality: 12

Nature Affinity: 4

Level: lv18 (1/20)

Stat Point: 9

Without realizing it, he had already reached lv18; there would likely be another major reward once he hit lv20.

He was currently short 30 Stat Points. After some thought, Uchiha Yuan decided not to touch these 9 Stat Points, planning instead to wait until he had gathered 39 points to add them all at once, directly leveling up to 20 to obtain the Golden Box.

As for the two white boxes he had received from leveling up from 16 to 18, Uchiha Yuan clicked to claim them and opened them casually.

Both white boxes this time contained Explosive Tags. Uchiha Yuan tucked the Explosive Tags away; he already had far too many of these things.