"Whew! That hit the spot!"
Issho leaned against the wall, rubbing his belly with a satisfied, blissful smile.
"But Master, will it be all right that we ate all the food today?"
Issho had a huge appetite. Although he had done his best to restrain himself, he still wasn't full, yet he had already eaten most of the delicious food.
"It's fine. We can just keep looking tomorrow," Lin Xiaoran said casually.
Fortunately, she had saved a few loaves of bread for tomorrow's breakfast.
"That's good!" Issho made up his mind. Tomorrow, as long as it didn't interfere with helping his Master earn points, he would find as many supply crates as possible!
He was going to eat his fill before leaving this National Fortune Game!
Otherwise, what if he could never come back next time? Then he would never get to eat these delicacies again!
"Master, go get some rest. I'll keep watch tonight."
Issho had already sensed more ferocious beasts emerging in the darkness. Some of their auras were clearly stronger than those he had encountered that afternoon.
But they were still within his ability to handle.
"It's still early. There's no rush to rest."
It was only a little past seven after dinner. She couldn't fall asleep this early.
Since she couldn't sleep, Lin Xiaoran began itching to give something a try.
"Uncle Issho, weren't you wondering earlier why I could sense the beasts' locations too?" Lin Xiaoran suddenly asked.
"Oh? Master, do you have some sort of ability too?" Issho couldn't help growing curious.
"Yes. Actually, my ability comes from you."
"Me? You mean... you can use Observation Haki too?" Lin Xiaoran's words greatly surprised Issho.
If Lin Xiaoran, as his Master, possessed his abilities, how had she obtained them?! Copying?!
Lin Xiaoran nodded and said, "Saying I can use Observation Haki isn't quite accurate. To be precise, my ability is [Sharing]. I can share the abilities possessed by the Heroic Spirits I summon."
Since the livestream was off now, Lin Xiaoran wasn't worried about anyone else finding out.
At the same time, she concealed from Issho the truth that she had a system and could draw his abilities and keep using them indefinitely.
The fact that she had a system was something Lin Xiaoran could never reveal, no matter what!
"So it's Sharing!" Issho understood at once!
He had been wondering about that. The information the National Fortune Game had given him clearly stated that every Master was an ordinary person, yet his Master was rather different.
So that was the reason!
Wait, that wasn't right!
Issho suddenly realized: if Lin Xiaoran was an ordinary person, how could she have the ability [Sharing]?
Issho was even more puzzled.
"So, Uncle Issho, I'm planning to go outside and get some practice, to experience what being an ability user feels like!"
This was Lin Xiaoran's real purpose. Otherwise, why would she explain so much to Issho? It was all to give herself an excuse for using her abilities next.
"Master, can you share all my abilities?"
"No. My ability has limitations. I can only share your Fruit ability and Observation Haki. As for your swordsmanship, Armament Haki, and so on, I can't."
Lin Xiaoran shook her head regretfully.
If she could draw all of Issho's abilities, then when she participated in the National Fortune Survival Game in the future, she might even be able to clear it alone without a Heroic Spirit!
"I see!" Issho nodded.
Before long, Lin Xiaoran and Issho arrived on the street outside the building.
Issho leaned by the entrance, while Lin Xiaoran stood in the middle of the street.
Within her Observation Haki's perception, an E-rank beast was approaching Lin Xiaoran, roughly a dozen meters away.
Without a blade in her hands, Lin Xiaoran tried activating Issho's signature skill-Gravity Blade: Raging Tiger!
Lin Xiaoran loosely curled her right hand, mimicked swinging a blade, and unleashed her ability!
"Raging Tiger!"
Boom!
A deep, dark-purple light appeared and flew into the thick, dark fog.
Thud!
The beast in front of Lin Xiaoran was struck, briefly lifted into the air, then dropped back down.
"It's this weak?!"
Lin Xiaoran was astonished and a little disappointed.
"Master, the development of my abilities is all based on my swordsmanship. Although you can share my Fruit ability, without swordsmanship as a foundation, it will be difficult to achieve the same effects as me."
Issho had noticed the problem too and spoke up to remind her.
"Yes, I know."
Lin Xiaoran sighed. She had already noticed this long ago.
That was why she wanted to practice more while the livestream was off at night, so she wouldn't be thrown into a fluster if she encountered danger in the future.
As things stood, Issho relied on his swordsmanship as a great swordsman, combined with the Press-Press Fruit's ability, to fight both at range and up close.
But when it came to Lin Xiaoran, never mind swordsmanship-she didn't know any Taijutsu or hand-to-hand combat either, so she could give up on close combat.
That left ranged attacks.
Lin Xiaoran planned to first develop her abilities in the direction of a mage, then slowly study close-combat techniques.
"In that case..."
Although Issho unleashed Raging Tiger with a slash of his blade, at its core it was still an application of horizontal gravity. Lin Xiaoran only needed to grasp the essence of the move.
With an idea in mind, Lin Xiaoran activated her ability again, raising her right hand and making a fist as though she were clutching something weighing a thousand pounds. As she shouted "Raging Tiger," she punched her right fist forward!
Boom!
This Raging Tiger attack was clearly much stronger than her first attempt.
After that, Lin Xiaoran kept practicing the move, making the horizontal gravity she unleashed stronger and stronger!
Aside from that, Lin Xiaoran also practiced [Gravity Field], turning the entire area around her into a gravity zone.
[Gravity Command], controlling objects on the ground to send them flying into the sky.
[Hell's Journey], pressing a large crater into the ground.
Gradually, Lin Xiaoran became increasingly familiar with controlling and wielding her abilities.
"It's a bit like telekinesis." Lin Xiaoran found something that felt similar.
Watching from the side, Issho was rather surprised too.
For an ordinary person to develop a new direction within a few hours of sharing his Fruit ability, and gain a decent grasp of it, was already quite remarkable!
Although her power still fell short of his own, that was only because Lin Xiaoran lacked his swordsmanship, tempered through countless trials. With time and persistent training, Lin Xiaoran would certainly catch up to him.
But that was probably impossible. According to Lin Xiaoran, once he left, the shared abilities would disappear as well.
That was rather a pity, because Issho didn't care if someone else shared his abilities. This wasn't the sea, after all.
Besides, Issho quite liked Lin Xiaoran, so he hoped she would have some ability to protect herself in the National Fortune Games to come.
Soon, several hours passed. Lin Xiaoran practiced her abilities until midnight before stopping, and also earned another 100 points by killing ten E-rank beasts.
At six the next morning.
A new day began.
Andrei woke up and walked out the door, yawning. Standing at the entrance and letting the breeze clear his head, he opened the rankings, wanting to see whether any unlucky souls had been eliminated last night.
"Hmm... still 147 people. No one was eliminated."
After a glance, Andrei closed the light screen.
"Huh?!"
Suddenly, Andrei snapped the light screen open again! His gaze fixed firmly on first place in the rankings!
[First place: Country L's Master Lin Xiaoran, 315 points!]