Side Quest, Complete!

The more he thought about it, the more plausible it seemed, and a chill ran through his heart.

Could it be that the moment she stepped off the ship, Momousagi had been unable to suppress the yuri soul hidden deep within her, and was now using his body to transform into a top-tier predator, preying upon those innocent, unsuspecting girls?

No.

No, no, no, no, no...

Noah shook his head, casting this ridiculous thought out of his mind.

Setting aside the fact that the previous reconnaissance intel was ambiguous and it wasn't even certain if Momousagi was a lesbian, after spending these days together, Noah was certain that Momousagi was absolutely not the type of person to mess around with someone else's body.

A more reliable conjecture would be that when Momousagi was conducting one-on-one, hands-on guidance for these female recruits just like before, the physical contact had been too excessive, triggering the system's preliminary conquest criteria and establishing an ambiguous relationship.

However, to achieve a preliminary conquest, mere excessive physical contact certainly wouldn't be enough.

Otherwise, in these past few days, the physical contact between him and Momousagi would have long since crossed that line, and he should have established an ambiguous relationship and received that 100,000 point reward by now.

More importantly, psychologically speaking, if these girls had no feelings for him at all and wouldn't feel moved or blush during the process of physical contact, then even if they were in "negative distance" contact, it likely wouldn't trigger the system's judgment at all.

Throughout the morning, the number of girls Momousagi had guided was certainly far more than twenty.

The rest of them must not be interested in him, or even if they had a favorable impression, it was far from reaching the level of "admiration."

"Wait, so that means..."

Noah's expression was subtle, "There are actually over twenty girls like Shiya hiding around me?"

If his charm were truly that great, why hadn't he ever received a love letter, chocolate, or a gift in the past year?

Now that they know Momousagi is in his body, they suddenly have the courage to use the excuse of requesting guidance to engage in some physical contact, or rather... take the opportunity to cop a feel?

...Perverted women are terrifying.

Noah didn't realize that when it came to narcissism, he actually had a brain circuit that differed from ordinary people.

"Anyway, I don't have to take any responsibility, I have no psychological burden, and I can break the previous stalemate and gain so many points."

He stroked his chin, summarizing this sudden event: "As expected, no matter how you look at it, I'm the one who profits the most."

Noah glanced at his attribute panel; the points that had only been a little over a thousand were now suddenly over thirteen thousand, making him, in a sense, a "ten-thousand-point owner" for the first time in history.

However, the surprises didn't end there. Just as Noah's mood was beginning to brighten, a new system message appeared in the information bar below.

"Side Quest: Ten-Person Slayer, completed."

"Quest Reward: 100,000 points, S-rank Gift Box x1, has been credited."

"Note: To complete such a difficult first side quest within the time limit is truly an amazing achievement for a novice player!"

The side quest was completed!

Noah felt a boom in his brain; the ten-thousand-point owner status, the preliminary conquests, all of it was thrown to the back of his mind. In his vision, there was only that system message about the quest reward being credited.

One hundred thousand points!

An S-rank quest gift box!

Compared to such a bountiful harvest, the ten thousand or so points he had just earned were simply small potatoes, not even worth mentioning.

He breathed rapidly for a few seconds, and after a brief moment of shock and loss of composure, he quickly adjusted himself, forcing his state of mind back to calm.

"It really is completed, it's not a hallucination..."

Noah blinked and looked at the quest bar on the far right. The "Ten-Person Slayer" side quest was already in a completed state. After flickering for a moment, it dimmed and disappeared directly from the quest bar.

There was such a gift from the heavens?

Recalling carefully, this quest had appeared on the very first day he received the system, which was eleven days ago.

Originally, because the difficulty was too high and the time limit was only fifteen days, Noah had defaulted to giving up on it, long since forgetting about it and focusing on how to find an opportunity to complete the second side quest, "Superior's Confession."

Who would have thought... with only two or three days left in the time limit, he would achieve the goal in this way.

Noah looked at his attribute panel again.

"Current Points: 115,001"

After confirming that it was indeed a six-digit number, Noah began to seriously consider a question.

After a pauper suddenly strikes it rich, how should the money be spent?

He pulled up the shop list and looked at the six random items that had been refreshed this week.

[Swordmaster Ryuma's Insight Notes (Fragmented): 2,000 points]

[Mandatory Megaphone (Consumable): 100 points]

[Senzu Bean (Consumable): 60,000 points]

[Six Styles: Soru Skill Scroll (Intermediate): 1,000 points]

[Gambling Mastery (Master Level): 60,000 points]

[Western Economics (Master Level): 8,000 points]

Items that originally required careful calculation and cautious, selective purchasing could now all be acquired with just a whim.

Even the most expensive item, "Gambling Mastery (Master Level)," was only 60,000 points, which could be purchased at any time.

Of course, having the confidence to afford it was one thing, but actually buying such a thing would be pure brain damage... After a moment of thought, Noah decisively purchased "Swordmaster Ryuma's Insight Notes (Fragmented)" first.

An item immediately appeared in his inventory; judging by the icon, it was a yellowed, old, and tattered scroll.

After clicking on it, a brand-new browsing window appeared on the right side of the system panel.

The text displayed inside was the content from Swordmaster Ryuma's Insight Notes, with the layout perfectly restored one-to-one, looking somewhat like a PDF document.

It wasn't a physical object, which was a bit of a pity, but this seemed pretty good too; not only was it more discreet, but it could also be opened and read anytime, anywhere.

After a quick glance, Noah temporarily returned it to his inventory while looking at the remaining items in the shop.

He had already purchased the Mandatory Volume Regulator long ago, while Western Economics and Gambling Mastery were directly ignored by him. As for the remaining two items, after thinking carefully for a moment, he only bought the skill scroll for Intermediate Soru.

He actually quite wanted the "Senzu Bean," as it was a divine artifact for recovering stamina during battle and also had healing properties.

However, the price was indeed a bit too expensive. Considering he was still under the protection of the Headquarters, Noah decided to wait until he had more points in the future and had the chance to roll this item again before purchasing it.

Currently, he was in the difficult starting phase for a newcomer, so he had to be cautious about everything.

After closing the shop interface, Noah decided to save a little less than half of the hundred thousand-plus points he had gained this time to prepare for the needs of new items refreshing next week.

As for the remaining majority, he used it all in one go—to add points!