Chapter 17

With a breathing mask that made it harder for him to breathe, Tsukasa started to jog around the school.

Hagun Academy was massive since it spaned ten times that of Tokyo Dome, so it could be a good place for jogging.

Tsukasa started to run with different types of rhythm to make his jogging even harder.

Tsukasa kept running without stopping, even if his lungs felt painful, but he had gotten used to the pain, so his expression didn’t change much.

While running, Tsukasa thought about the second ability of his Device.

Tsukasa might be able to use the second ability of his Device to become the richest man on earth by copying and improving many things in this life. After all, even if his Device couldn’t copy a hot weapon, it didn’t mean that it couldn’t identify the material and the method to create it.

This also included electrical devices too, so as long as he wanted to, he could become the greatest inventor in this world.

However, while money and status as the greatest inventor were nice and powerful, it wasn’t omnipotent.

In a world where the power of Blazers was everything, Tsukasa could imagine that he might die by assassination by many of his enemies (or by women, of course) in the future if he really became the richest man on earth or the greatest inventor (or a scumbag), so instead of money or status, it was better to use this ability to strengthen himself.

However, Tsukasa also knew that money was necessary, so he entered the medical industry with Kiriko’s help and other women’s help since he didn’t want to waste his time on a useless thing when he could use that time to strengthen himself and spend his time with women.

His second ability was also his key to increasing his magic.

Tsukasa could create a door with his Device, and by using his breathing technique, breaking his survival instinct, increasing his magic for a short time, he could connect that door with a different world.

While Tsukasa wasn’t sure where that door would lead him, there might be a way for him to increase his magic in another world.

However, the problem was that Tsukasa wouldn’t be able to do anything after using his breathing technique. His body was in a weak state since he forcefully broke his survival instinct. If he was teleported into a dangerous world so suddenly, then what could he do?

While there wasn’t any safe way to increase his magic, Tsukasa felt that the second choice was better. After all, even if he didn’t find a way to increase his magic in another world, there might be a way to strengthen his ability or body, or he could learn an interesting technique.

There were many things that could be done.

However, Tsukasa knew that he needed to make his preparation.

Still, Tsukasa knew that everything might be related to his previous life’s works that he had watched or read.

That’s why he regretted he couldn’t remember those works since everything had become a vague memory in this life, except for his memories with many of his girlfriends in his previous life.

High risk, high return.

Tsukasa understood that concept, and if he wanted to become stronger, there was no shortcut.

Tsukasa needed to venture, walk out of his comfort zone, even if he might die in the process.

Tsukasa wanted to go to another world to become stronger, and he had made his preparation for the past 15 years.

While Tsukasa wouldn’t do it now, he would do it shortly.

Tsukasa had explained his first and second abilities, and now, he was going to explain his last ability. While he might have used his fist and second ability several times, he had only used his third ability once since this ability was dangerous, and if someone knew about this power, he might have been killed directly since it was so dangerous.

His third ability was to rob a weapon of someone else.

As long as Tsukasa touched that weapon, he could make that weapon his. Of course, it also included the Device, a manifestation of a Blazer. He could rob it as long as he wanted to.

The only time that Tsukasa had used this power was when he met a Blazer in critical condition at Kiriko’s hospital. He tried to use this power once, and he could rob the patient’s Device, but he didn’t do it since it was useless.

Why?

Everything was because of the amount of his magic!

While his ability was powerful, the amount of his magic was only pitiful F-rank!

With a limited amount of magic, there weren’t many things that he could do when he had robbed the Device of someone else since even if he robbed it, he couldn’t use it since his magic was limited.

However, even if his magic was only F-rank, Tsukasa gained two talents on his body.

The first was the regenerative healing factor that helped him to heal his body naturally, no matter how reckless he was with his body.

The second was his ability to instantly learn anything.

As long as he wanted to, Tsukasa could learn everything instantly. Whether it was medicine, martial arts, programming, cooking, or anything else, he could understand them in an instant.

It was also the reason why even though his magic was only F-rank, his control over his magic was A-rank.

If A-rank wasn’t the limit, Tsukasa was sure that his ability to control over magic on his body might reach S-rank, showing how powerful his control over his magic was.

His luck and sense of smell might also be part of his talents too, but he wasn’t sure whether he could include them since those two had always worked weirdly.

While he was in the middle of a thought, Tsukasa suddenly noticed someone approaching him. Even if he didn’t turn his head, he could tell that this person was also doing physical training like him.

Tsukasa was quite curious since no other people were running in this academy other than him, so when this person was right next to him, he turned his head slightly. He saw a young man there.

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While the young man might be quite handsome, there was no one in this world that was more handsome or beautiful than him, so he didn’t think too much, but he noticed that the body of this young man wasn’t lost to him.

Instead, the body of this young man might match him, and this surprised him.

Instantly, Tsukasa understood that this person was the main protagonist.

Ikki Kurogane.

Their eyes met each other, and they understood instantly.

It was like when a racer driving Bugatti Veyron suddenly met a seasoned taxi driver with a modified taxi car on the street, and there was only one thing they would do.

They might not say anything and only met their eyes against each other, but instantly, they started to run faster, and neither wanted to lose against each other!

Still, Tsukasa was wearing a handicap during the run, but how could he lose even so?

Tsukasa kept running even with his burning lungs, and somehow, he felt that he became stronger faster. He glanced at the young man beside him thoughtfully and nodded, thinking that every main protagonist needed a rival to become stronger.

While Tsukasa wasn’t sure whether he could call Ikki Kurogane his rival, he didn’t think too much and just didn’t want to lose right now.