"Hey! Put that over there, and this one in there. Mm~ yes, yes, just like that."
A little while later.
Xu An looked at the little shop he had arranged and decorated himself, feeling pretty damn satisfied.
"I finally opened a shop on Sixth Street. Just what you'd expect from me. I'll reward myself with two bowls of noodles tonight." With that, he pushed open the shop door and headed toward General Chop's noodle shop.
"Chef! Two bowls of slightly spicy noodles!"
General Chop looked up at the newcomer. "You look a little unfamiliar, young man. Haven't seen you before."
"I just moved here. I only just finished unpacking and came out for a meal. I've heard about your cooking for ages, General Chop, so I thought I'd give it a try today."
"Actually, make that three bowls, one to go. Just pick three of your more popular flavors, General Chop."
"Coming right up. Give me a moment."
Xu An sat there eating at a leisurely pace. General Chop wasn't in a hurry either, and the two chatted casually.
Around ten that evening, a young man came out of the video store next door, and Xu An glanced at him.
So that's Wise? He really is pretty handsome. No wonder people jokingly call him the succubus of Sixth Street.
Forget it. We don't even know each other yet. I'll just eat my noodles.
"Boss, the bill, please."
After paying, Xu An returned to his shop and continued organizing his things.
Wise watched Xu An leave. Seeing him head toward the newly opened storefront, he asked General Chop about him out of curiosity.
"General Chop, is he our new neighbor?"
"Yep. From what he said, I think he just arrived today. We'll definitely be neighbors from now on. That young man's got quite an appetite. He just finished two big bowls and even took another one home."
"Hahaha, that really is quite an appetite." Wise replied with a smile, then started working on the noodles in front of him.
He wondered whether he should pay a visit during the day tomorrow. After all, they would definitely be neighbors from now on.
Back to Xu An.
"Uh, so what exactly am I going to sell? (¯―¯٥)" It felt like he had already started taking action before he was fully prepared.
[Ding! Congratulations on obtaining the Stat Allocation System. You can obtain attribute points by causing emotional fluctuations in characters from Zenless Zone Zero.]
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Looking at the virtual panel in front of him, Xu An felt a little helpless. Seriously, dude? You didn't show up when I wanted you to, and now you spring this on me? You know you could scare someone to death, right?
"System?"
No one responded.
Only a pale blue screen hovered in front of him. Silently.
"Hello? Hello!"...
Xu An was rather speechless ("＞＜)".
Come on, dude, explain your functions a little more clearly. Do I have to figure everything out myself? Fine. Having a system is better than not having one.
Looking at his panel, Xu An sank into thought.
[Name: Xu An Age: 19+ Constitution: 70+ Spirit: 69+ Charm: 91+ Ether aptitude: 60+ Cooking: 99+ Drawing: 88+ Singing: 81+ German: 19+ Public speaking: 23+ ... Available free attribute points: 10]
What a simple panel. It's just a... stat allocation system?
I knew I had to be handsome. Hehe (.-`ω´-).
Xu An tentatively added one point to constitution.
His whole body seemed to prickle and itch, with a little soreness as well.
A phrase suddenly came to mind. If it hurts, that's right. You're growing muscle.
Adding one point didn't seem to make much difference, so he added a few more, then put a point into spirit too.
Ether aptitude, and cooking-the 99 bothered him, so he raised it to a hundred.
After a round of haphazard point allocation.
Xu An felt that the changes to his body were rather substantial this time.
His formerly rather fleshy belly had been replaced by abs. Not one ab, of course, but four. After all, he'd only had one before.
He tried crushing the apple in his hand and crushed it effortlessly.
"Eugh, it's all sticky. Damn, gotta wash my hands. I really shouldn't have done that." With that, he headed to the bathroom. Only after sacrificing a brand-new faucet and soaking the clothes he was wearing did Xu An finally get his hands clean.
Feeling utterly helpless, Xu An opened the panel again to check.
[Name: Xu An Age: 19+ Constitution: 75+ Spirit: 70+ Charm: 91+ Ether aptitude: 63+ Cooking: 100+ Drawing: 88+ Singing: 81+ German: 19+ Public speaking: 23+ ... Available free attribute points: 0]
It really works, but how do I get free attribute points? Xu An frowned and pondered for a long while.
[Belle has become curious about you. Attribute points +3]
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Belle? I haven't even seen her today. Speaking of which, why is she suddenly curious about me? This feels so random.
After he waited a while, the system showed no further activity, but his free attribute points had gone from zero to three.
"Hey, system, can this thing only allocate points? Can't you give me something like a shop?"
Uh (¯―¯٥), the system gave no response.
Forget it. After casually putting his newly acquired attribute points into spirit, he went back to organizing his shop.
For now, I still don't know how effective this system's point allocation is. Judging by my current attributes, a hundred points should be the level of a normal person.