When the evil spirit turned around, with its decayed, twisted, and stinking face—
Even Haruno, with her strong mental fortitude, was stunned.
The slight drunkenness from earlier vanished immediately.
Behind her—
The Rolls-Royce that had dropped her off was already parked in the garage. She had no idea how to react. Fortunately...
The evil spirit hadn't noticed her yet.
"It should..."
"It should be fine... right?"
Haruno glanced at the street behind her. There were clearly more evil spirits roaming about. She had no intention of turning back—she had to steel herself.
Home was the safest place.
She walked toward her villa. Every time she passed a spirit, her nerves tightened to the max. And then—she noticed something strange.
One evil spirit suddenly turned its head.
"You..."
"You can see me?"
"..."
Even after growing up with elite education, Haruno had a high mental threshold. But when the evil spirit spoke to her directly, she had to force herself not to panic—
And left right away.
She opened the door with the fingerprint lock and shut it. Only after confirming that the spirit didn't rush in—
Could she finally breathe again.
That tight tension in her chest slowly eased.
Ignoring the housekeeper's questions, Haruno locked herself in her bedroom. She tried to calm herself down...
But it wasn't working.
She grabbed a bottle of red wine from the cabinet—and poured herself a full glass.
Trying to drown the memory of what just happened in alcohol.
But no matter what she did, the horrifying image replayed in her mind again and again.
She couldn't make sense of it.
"What the hell..."
"Why can't I even get drunk at a time like this!?"
---
"Choose a class."
Shirakawa gave a simple explanation of the class system, naturally using the framework of the Konusoba World system. As for what class Izumi Miori would awaken to—
He wasn't particularly curious.
He had already obtained a god-like profession, especially after opening a subspace. In a sense, that had already disrupted his original plans regarding his blank profession panel.
It could now provide attribute stats and new skills.
As a golden-finger mechanic, it was something that definitely had to be utilized. When it came to choosing a profession, it would be better to consider something more powerful—something that used psionic energy to activate magic-powered devices.
This incredibly precise "globe."
Glowing light swept across Izumi Miori's palm. Eventually, a blue glow etched itself onto the adventurer's card, recording all her detailed attributes.
For now, Shirakawa didn't immediately go to find Sagiri to help her become a Chosen of Pleasure.
Instead, he chose to head to the Apocalypse World.
To face Esdeath's challenge.
Was he nervous? Not really. It was one of the modern worlds suitable for assimilation. Whether it could expand his subspace—
That was the more important question.
Izumi Miori
Profession: Unassigned
Current Status: Chosen of Pleasure
Level: 1
Constitution: 2.1
Agility: 1.7
Strength: 1.5
Stamina: 2
Magic: 40
Skills: None
Since she hadn't yet officially changed classes, her skill set was still a blank slate. As for her physical condition… it was likely due to the infusion of subspace energy. For someone like her who stayed up all night drawing, this was already quite an improvement.
Shirakawa casually glanced over her adventurer card and spotted a profession he had considered a while back.
Adventurer.
It definitely had its advantages.
The profession allowed one to learn any skill from any class without restriction. The downside was that it required a large amount of SP points. Even if he used the Konusoba World's panel to change class, he would likely still have to follow that world's system.
But with his golden-finger Profession Panel, that problem could be ignored. The only issue was that Aqua hadn't found anyone qualified for the Adventurer profession.
Shirakawa cleared his thoughts and turned to Izumi Mio, asking in a relaxed tone, "With the Chosen of Pleasure status boosting you, you've got access to a lot of Class. What would you like to pick?"
"Is there... manga artist?"
When it came to adventuring in another world, Izumi Miori wasn't particularly interested. Her current career was her passion, and more importantly—
She had a daughter, Sagiri, who still needed her in the real world.
"...There's no such thing."
Shirakawa quickly glanced through the adventurer card. Of course, there wasn't any profession like that. Most were either combat-oriented or utility-based.
He was about to recommend something when Mio handed the decision-making back to him without hesitation. "Then… Shirakawa-kun, I'll leave it to you. Please choose the profession you think will help you the most."
"..."
He hadn't expected Mio to be so thoughtful. Like handing a pillow to someone right when they're sleepy—Shirakawa was pleasantly surprised and smiled.
"Alright then, let's go with Adventurer."
"Okay."
"I just swipe to confirm, right?"
Once the profession was selected, Mio didn't feel any particular change. She curiously looked at Shirakawa. It seemed like a pretty basic class to her.
Still—
The boost to her body alone already felt like a huge blessing.
[Detected Profession: Adventurer. Would you like to proceed with the class change?]
As Izumi Mio successfully changed professions, a notification appeared in Shirakawa's golden-finger panel. This was a powerful profession to enhance combat capability—no reason not to choose it.
He immediately activated the blank profession panel.
Once the class info was entered, a detailed status panel appeared before his eyes:
Profession 6: Adventurer Lv. 1 (0/10,000)
Core Skill: Unlimited Learning (Max)
Base Skills: None
The base skill list was still empty.
But what really mattered was the core skill: Unlimited Learning. Just with this alone, the potential power of the profession was practically limitless!
"Finally…"
"…I've got another way to boost my combat capabilities."
As it stood, his combat options were mostly limited to Explosion Magic and the holy energy projection from his Holy Sword Wielder Profession. Not much else.
As for the Subspace Storm—
That world-altering corruption hadn't yet been tested in practice.
But now…
Skills like Misaka Mikoto's electricity or Aqua's array of divine magic could all be learned via the Adventurer class's Unlimited Learning ability.
"…"
Just then—
The sound of the front door opening.
Wearing her JK school uniform, Miura Yumiko returned home looking exhausted. As she turned on the lights—
She was greeted by the sight of Shirakawa and Izumi Mio, the latter dressed a little too scantily.
Even though she had mentally prepared for this kind of scene, the corner of Yumiko's mouth still twitched as she asked:
"…I'm not interrupting your playtime, am I?"