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Chapter 48: The next morning

✓The Next Morning

The next day, I came to the Rifreya inn early in the morning.

What happened last night felt like a dream or something.

But it wasn't a dream.

That was because on the Status Board, there was a capital letter that read 'The Audience Number Race is underway!'.

(Rifreya must have remembered what happened last night.) (Hikaru).

That's one of my worries.

There was no way to tell if he was really drunk or not there.

There was a chance that he had forgotten everything.

Last night, after I returned to my inn, I investigated the details of the Total Audience Race.

Because despite saying the number of spectators, there are many patterns in it. Is it based on the highest number of realtime viewers? Or will they measure it strictly by the total number of views?

Or they can even go with the average number of viewers.

It seemed like the gods understood that there was a question in that area, the rules of the race were clearly defined.

- In the Race Period Number of Viewers, the total viewing time will be measured.

For example; if one person watches 8 hours, 8 hours will count. The total of all viewers will be added, and the one with the highest number will be the winner. You could say it is a simple but definite method of measurement.

- Collaborate between Selected and exchange information with message system is ok.

This one has nothing to do with me, but it might be easier to get viewers time by being in a group to bring together a Chosen audience.

- An amazing gift has been prepared until the 10th position! Try and participate!

Looking at the list of gifts, it is true that they are all great.

But I have no eyes for anything other than the Resurrection Jewel of the first place.

- Those who use the Point Loan system are not eligible to participate in this event.

Now that I think about it, there was an announcement about the existence of a point loan system some time ago.

Well, it's true that you can earn Points in advance in exchange for items or such to get a profitable start, so that might not be fair. So god is strict with justice, huh.

After I researched about it from start to finish, I confirmed my own situation from the top of my bed.

“My number of real-time viewers: 192,30,000 people.”

“Total views: 7.630.000.000.”

“Like: 1,510,000,000.”

“Total Crystals obtained: 78.”

“Total Points earned: 6.”

“Total Selected: 709/1000.”

“Crystals owned: 39.”

“Poin owned: 5.”

Real-time audiences are increasing all of a sudden. It must be because there was that night with Rifreya.

Even when I saw it for myself, it didn't feel real as if it was a story from someone else. But its warmth still remained like embers of fire…

Arguably nothing happened, but thinking about how my parents might have looked at it, I found it rather difficult to stay sane.

(Whatever the case may be, I have Points.) (Mari)

The points I earned when I studied Summon Undead and obtained the glowing flowers.

I can use these Points that I earned when I came to this world.

There were obviously items, but there were also Physical Abilities and Resistance. Merely, it seems like Special Ability is a special category, I cannot accept it.

I have 39 Crystals. I can trade 30 for 1 Point, but Crystals have their respective uses. It would be better not to change it here.

(5 Points, yes.) (Hikaru).

This is an alarming number.I can go for Level 1 Physical Strength Rise and Level 1 Vitality Rise.

I can also take this kind of natural recovery, but I can only rely on potions for it.

If my Level is raised by defeating monsters, the ability of the body seems to be increasing in all statuses, but thinking about my current situation, it must be Physical Strength or Vitality.

As for resistance, I already have resistance to poison, disease, and aging, so there is no need to point to that.

I can only have 1 Spirit Ability, so it is impossible to take more.

But making use of these 5 Points here is a gamble in itself.

I managed to survive in the forest because I had Points left. There is no guarantee I will not fall into the same situation.I still have 1 Barrier Stone left, but once I use it, it will be the end. I'm gonna lose my safety net for those moments when something happens.

(But adventuring while leaving the safety net will not be pleasant for the viewers.) (Hikaru).

Then, the only option here is to use Points.

(i want to increase my audience number as much as possible. I will use it when the Audience Count Race has started.) (Mari)

After I decided that, I went to bed last night.

…Honestly, I remembered the incident with Rifreya and had trouble sleeping.

So, while waiting for Rifreya, I decided to use Points.

After confirming my surroundings, I began to speak with an empty space.

“Halo, I'm Kurose Hikaru. Start today..” (Hikaru).

I stopped in the middle of the sentence.

I don't know if I can announce that I'm aiming for first place in the Total Audience Race.

I was considered the one who killed Nanami and went to a parallel world.

If I were to declare that I was aiming for first place, they might do their best not to keep an eye on me so that I could not get first place. Even if I tell them that I want the Resurrection Jewel to revive Nanami, who will believe me?

I could use it for something else, or think that I wanted to sell gems to earn a huge income. That's how they ended up taking it.

No. It could have been taken in a worse way.

If I take the first place, 'no one else can revive Nanami, so the truth will remain in darkness'. In other words, I took the first place to seal Nanami's lips…

That is the way that bad people can take.

Even more so when the gem can only revive the person who is important to you.

All the Japanese Chosen have met Nanami. Maybe someone is right for him.

...Well, of course, if they wanted to revive Nanami, I wouldn't have a problem with that, but if they would just be a hindrance and end up with the result no one could take the first place to be revived. Nanami, it would just be sad.

That's why I won't say it.

If this was the usual one, I would be grateful if they did not watch, but only this time ... just for this short period, I want them to watch.

“...Starting today, I will party with Rifreya and explore dungeon.” (Mari)

I just gave them a simple explanation of my plan.

I did decide to take first place, but I didn't know the best method to get there.I wasn't an influencer, or an entertainer; I was just an average high school student. There's no way I know how to get viewers.

All I know is that if I'm with Rifreya, my viewer will increase with her beauty.

And then, the talk of me using him would spread, and the viewers on Earth would burn even more.

What matters is the action and the results.

Telling viewers that I want to occupy first place here at this time will be a disadvantage, and will not be of much benefit.

…Just that, I felt sorry for Rifreya who would be faced with millions of curious gazes without him noticing.

I tried to use his good intentions and tricked him anyway.

But if I don't do this, there's no way I can take first place.

“Before diving into the dungeon, I will use the rest of my 5 points and take the Physical Strength level 1.” (Mari)

It's embarrassing to talk to an empty space, but there's a need to acknowledge viewers. It's not that there's no mental damage and discomfort from this, but I have to push myself here and put it aside.

I operated the Status Board and increased Physical Strength 1.

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I pushed Yes.

At the same time as I did this, I felt my body become hot.

I don't think my body has changed.

If I had to say it with words, it was more like the Spirit Energy in my body had been activated.

Maybe it's similar to when I defeated a monster.

With this, my physical strength doubled, which was surprising.

Right now I don't feel the difference, but I must be aware of when I was in the Dungeon.

I explained this feeling to an empty space.

It's very silly, but the viewers do exist.

Doing little things like this to acknowledge the audience should not be a waste. After all, there was a possibility of losing by a single spectator.

“At the moment I'm waiting for Rifreya. I met him last night for a while, so..seeing him honestly was a bit embarrassing, and we drank earlier, so maybe he doesn't remember—” (Hikaru)

“Hikaru? Is anyone there?”

“Hiaaa! It scares me! So you're here, Rifreya.” (Mari)