The following week.
Tanaka Masao's life returned to a normal rhythm: going to school every day and losing weight.
If there was one difference, it was that Jahy often came to school.
Tanaka Masao was utterly helpless about Jahy freeloading food and drinks at school.
He really wanted to ask her: Aren't you supposed to be collecting magic stones and reviving the Demon Realm?
Why are you just thinking about eating good food and slacking off every single day now?
Still, he didn't feel like pushing Jahy.
After all, the revival of the Demon Realm had very little to do with him.
This week wasn't entirely uneventful either.
The doujinshi Tanaka Masao had previously commissioned Sawamura "Little Deng" to draw had, after a week of word-of-mouth, become a massive hit.
The exquisite art style and stimulating plot quickly won over readers.
They even promoted it through their own circles.
As a result, more and more people bought it.
Especially on Saturday and Sunday.
The system's Corruption Value increased at an astonishing rate.
…
By Sunday night, Tanaka Masao sat in front of his computer, staring at the system interface on the screen with excitement.
Compared to having the interface appear directly in his mind, he preferred controlling the system through his computer.
The first print run of his doujinshi had been ten thousand copies.
Because the quality was so high, the bookstore—which had already prepared for reprints—saw that the reputation matched expectations and immediately increased the print run to fifty thousand copies.
He heard that those fifty thousand copies were almost sold out as well, and the bookstore planned to continue printing up to one hundred thousand copies.
This level of sales would be outstanding even for manga published by a proper publishing house.
Let alone a doujinshi.
Of course, the sales pace wouldn't stay this exaggerated forever.
Many people rushed to buy it as soon as they got the news, which was why the short-term numbers were so shocking.
But according to the store's estimates, a doujinshi of such high quality would remain popular even years later.
A final sales figure in the hundreds of thousands was basically guaranteed—there was even a chance to challenge the one-million mark.
The benefits this brought to Tanaka Masao were obvious.
Not to mention that after the first ten thousand copies sold out, he already received two million in manuscript fees.
A week later, he would receive another eight million.
At this point, Tanaka Masao could proudly say that he had achieved financial freedom.
Besides the money, the system's Corruption Value was also piling up.
The once-empty Corruption Value had broken past one hundred thousand, reaching 123,456.
Tanaka Masao could finally purchase items from the system shop.
Looking at the shop, there were only two items available:
[Random Talent ×1 — Price: 100,000 Corruption Value]
[Random Item ×1 — Price: 10,000 Corruption Value]
Tanaka Masao decisively chose one [Random Talent] and two [Random Items].
The [Random Talent] was for improving himself, while the [Random Items] were for sustainable development.
[Ding! Obtained: Random Talent ×1]
[Ding! Obtained: Random Item ×2]
Tanaka Masao, full of anticipation, used the mouse to open the [Random Talent].
This feeling was just like pulling gacha.
"Come on, gold! Give me an SSR!"
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining: Free Attribute Point ×1]
Tanaka Masao: ?
Free Attribute Point—what the hell was that?
Staring at the reward from the system, Tanaka Masao froze for a long while before snapping back.
"System, can you explain what this Free Attribute Point is?"
[Free Attribute Point: an attribute point that the host may freely allocate.]
Tanaka Masao: ...
"Hey, system, I asked you to explain it, not to rephrase it."
[Does the host wish to open the Attribute Panel function?]
"Attribute Panel function? Since when did that exist?"
[It has already been unlocked the moment the host obtained their first attribute point.]
"What do you mean 'already'? You're talking like it's been unlocked for ages—it literally just unlocked!"
Tanaka Masao complained while searching through the system interface.
In the blink of an eye, a new option labeled Personal Attributes appeared.
"So the system just does things like this? That's way too sloppy. At least give me a system update notice or something."
Cursing under his breath, he opened his own attribute panel.
[Name: Tanaka Masao
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Strength: 7
Agility: 3
Constitution: 7
Spirit: 8
Luck: 6
Charm: 2.5
Talent: [Life Unending, Energy Everlasting]
(As long as you are alive, you will have unlimited stamina.)
Free Attribute Points: 1]
Silence filled Tanaka Masao's room.
An Agility of 3—fine, being clumsy, he could accept that.
But what the hell was that 2.5 Charm?
This wasn't just a matter of being low—Tanaka Masao seriously suspected the system was deliberately controlling the score.
After quietly complaining about the system, he didn't feel like arguing with it.
Because that 2.5 would disappear soon enough.
Without hesitation, he put the free attribute point into Charm.
[Ding! Allocation failed. Please choose again.]
Tanaka Masao: ?
Gritting his teeth, he asked:
"System, why did the allocation fail? I need a reasonable explanation."
[Ding! Increasing Charm involves making minor adjustments to the host's appearance to achieve an optimal state.
However, the system has detected that the host is currently losing weight. During this period, the host's Charm will continuously increase naturally.
Increasing Charm at this time would cause a drastic drop in the host's body weight.
This would not only damage the body, but also negatively affect Strength and Constitution.
Therefore, for the host's well-being, the system will resume allowing Charm allocation after the host's weight stabilizes.]
Tanaka Masao understood.
Right now, the main factor affecting his Charm was his weight.
If he boosted Charm through the system, his weight would drop sharply in an instant.
Not only would that raise suspicion, it would definitely leave him weakened.
"System, you're surprisingly considerate."
Tanaka Masao gave up on allocating Charm.
2.5 it is—health comes before everything.
At the same time, another question came to mind.
"System, roughly what weight do I need to reach before I can allocate points again?"
[Ding! According to system calculations, the optimal weight for the host is 70 ± 2 kilograms.
The closer the host is to this range, the less harm Charm allocation will cause.]
"That means I need to lose at least fifty jin…"
So that was out of the question for now.
Still, there was something he was curious about.
After losing weight, would his Charm suddenly become very high?
Maybe he was a hidden handsome guy after all.
"System, once my weight reaches the standard range, what will my Charm be?"
[Ding! Calculating…]
[According to system calculations, under ideal conditions, when the host's weight reaches 70 kilograms:
Charm will be: 5]