Practical Combat Begins

Tomie had been successfully created by Shen Hui.

Just from her appearance, she was a pure and beautiful young woman.

At any school, she would undoubtedly be the school belle.

She even surpassed Qingxue, the school belle in Shen Hui's class at their school, by a notch.

That was because Tomie had an indescribable quality that attracted members of the opposite sex.

It made even Shen Hui go mad for her.

Of course, Shen Hui knew this was one of Tomie's abilities.

And as her creator, he was naturally immune to it.

Shen Hui immediately checked Tomie's information.

[Tomie]

[Type: Hero]

[Quality: Rare]

[Level: 1]

[Ability 1: Source of Obsession. Tomie's appearance will cause humans to pay positive or negative attention to her. Whether old or young, any man who can feel desire for women will be seduced by Tomie and fall at her feet.]

[Ability 2: Mad Love and Hate. Men who are seduced will feel intense, conflicting emotions of love and hate. As time passes, they will be controlled by Tomie or grow hostile toward her and dismember and kill her.]

[Ability 3: Super Regeneration. Tomie can regenerate from even the smallest piece of living tissue, including hair, skin, and blood. Every living fragment can grow into a complete clone of Tomie, with independent thoughts and shared memories.]

[Ability 4: Tenacious Resistance. Tomie's body has powerful resistance and is immune to various special attacks, such as corrosion and gamma rays.]

[Note: This hero will die in three days.]

Shen Hui looked at Tomie's information. She was another Rare-quality hero.

And Tomie had only four abilities, one fewer than Sadako and the Pig-headed Butcher, who each had five.

But all four of Tomie's abilities worked together perfectly!

The first ability gave Tomie that unique quality.

Anyone with desire would be seduced by Tomie and become her devoted admirer.

And who had no desires?

Could having no desires also count as a desire?

So this ability was terrifying.

Combined with the second ability, it could control those who were seduced.

But some of them would also come to hate Tomie and attack her with lethal intent.

That would trigger Tomie's third ability. She could reproduce herself infinitely from fragments of her body.

This was Tomie's core ability.

The fourth ability made Tomie immune to certain special attacks, including large-scale attacks that could directly wipe out even her cells.

It improved her ability to survive.

Of course, with Tomie's reproductive ability, she could hide a single hair somewhere in advance.

That would make her immortal, with endless backup clones.

However, Tomie also had a weakness: her own combat ability wasn't very strong.

She was at an ordinary person's level, unlike the Pig-headed Butcher and Sadako.

After all, her strength lay in seduction.

Another limitation was that her ability only worked on humans.

But as Tomie's level increased, Shen Hui believed it wouldn't be limited to humans anymore.

He looked at the notice at the bottom of Tomie's information, which said she would die in three days.

Shen Hui immediately gave the order for Tomie to pull out a strand of hair.

Tomie tossed the strand onto the ground. It began to writhe and grow larger.

It turned into a giant, human-shaped mass of flesh.

The mass quickly split open, and a clone identical to Tomie emerged.

When Shen Hui checked her information, it was exactly the same as Tomie's.

And there was no death countdown warning.

Just as Shen Hui had expected, only the Tomie he had created would die.

The clones weren't affected.

Shen Hui checked the remaining World Origin in his possession.

[Death World]

[World Size: 29 kilometers]

[World Level: Level 1]

[Created Units: 3 (Hero Units)]

[World Origin: 40]

[Items: Time Flow Rate Card]

He had spent 110 World Origin and had 40 left.

Shen Hui thought for a moment, then spent the last 40 World Origin.

With a thought, he constructed a Japanese-style single-story house on the grassland.

It had only a few simple pieces of furniture. He didn't have enough World Origin left to make it more elaborate.

He would make this Tomie's home.

Once he was done, Shen Hui felt exhausted both mentally and physically.

Constructing things took a great deal of mental energy.

Shen Hui left his world, made himself something to eat, and then went to bed.

Three days passed in a flash.

The day of the practical test arrived.

That morning, Qingxue called Shen Hui.

"Shen Hui, the practical test is today. Let's go together."

They could take the bus to school along the same route.

After breakfast, he headed out and brought Qingxue a cup of freshly squeezed soy milk.

The two of them took the bus to school together.

There were already a lot of people at school.

But everyone was gathered in the plaza in front of the school.

Many buses were parked all around them as well.

The practical training wouldn't take place at school.

The school didn't have the necessary facilities, and the practical training was also a competition between the various middle schools.

Every year, all the World Awakeners from the schools in Shen Hui's region were gathered to complete the practical training.

How far they made it in the practical training represented the relative strength of their respective schools.

It would also affect the allocation of resources the following year.

In previous years, Shen Hui's Qingshui Middle School had always ranked in the lower middle.

Everyone gathered in the plaza, and Shen Hui and Qingxue returned to their class.

When someone who knew Shen Hui well saw him arrive at the same time as Qingxue, he immediately asked,

"Shen Hui, you sly dog. You've got the school belle now? You two even came together?"

Shen Hui glanced at him. "What nonsense are you talking about? Cut it out. She's the school belle of the whole school, not my school belle. Are you trying to make me the enemy of every guy in school? Besides, haven't we taken the same route before?"

"Got it, got it. I was just messing with you. But you and Qingxue tied for first in this year's test, so we'll be counting on you two in the practical test!"

If their school got a good ranking, they would naturally feel proud as students.

"We'll see how it goes. We'll just do our best."

Soon, the principal appeared on the platform up front, holding a microphone as he spoke:

"Everyone, we'll be heading to the practical training grounds next. I hope you'll all give it everything you've got!"

"Let me see what you've accomplished over these three days, and get Qingshui Middle School a good ranking!"

The students below cheered, "We won't let you down, Principal! We'll get Qingshui Middle School a good ranking!"

"We won't let you down, Principal! We'll get Qingshui Middle School a good ranking!"

"Good! All students, board the buses in class order. We're heading to the practical training grounds!"

Everyone boarded the buses, excited and ready to set off!