There's nothing more satisfying than, after a long day of work, sitting in a small space that belongs to you, eating something, drinking a bit of tea, and comfortably checking the results of your labor.
"If there were some music too, it'd probably be even better?"
Thinking that, Ryosuke casually opened the system interface and checked the gains from this battle.
Whoosh!
A long string of system notifications poured out like a waterfall.
At the very front were the soul fragments obtained from defeating and killing various powerful enemies.
'Isshiki 5300, Momoshiki 4500, Kinshiki 4000, Obito 3300… Kaguya has 5000?'
The earlier ones were easy for Ryosuke to understand. From his actual combat experience, Isshiki, Momoshiki, Kinshiki, and Obito, these four had combat power levels that basically matched their corresponding soul fragment values.
But Kaguya having a combat value of 5000?
Ryosuke tilted his head slightly.
He genuinely hadn't felt how strong Kaguya was.
Especially Momoshiki after absorbing Kinshiki's corpse and refining it into pills, when enraged, he entered a rabid-dog-style energy bombardment mode. In terms of the oppressive feeling during battle, he was far above Kaguya.
Of course, Ryosuke knew his impression was largely subjective.
"Kaguya wanted to run from the very beginning. A lot of her strength never really came out. If she had Isshiki Otsutsuki's level of combat awareness…"
Ryosuke thought of the All-Killing Ash Bones that could instantly kill Momoshiki with a single hit, and once again affirmed his judgment, "Then she really would've been hard to deal with."
The total soul fragment income was 22,100 points. It could be said to be the largest single-battle gain Ryosuke had obtained since coming to this world.
However, compared to soul fragments, what Ryosuke cared more about were the precious items that followed.
"First, one drop of Fate Ink… this was given after sealing Kaguya."
One drop from Black Zetsu, one from Kaguya. Following this pattern, did that mean Kaguya and her direct bloodline could all drop Fate Ink?
"Why didn't she have more kids?"
After saying that, Ryosuke laughed at himself.
So what if she had more?
First, both the Ten-Tails and Kaguya were left behind in the old world. Without the "Pen," Fate Ink couldn't be used.
Second, and more importantly, Ryosuke didn't know what the price of Fate Ink was, but he was certain it was extremely severe.
During the intense battle earlier, he hadn't noticed it much. Now that he had calmed down, he just felt an inexplicable sense of unease in his chest.
It was like when you were a kid, saw that the next class was PE, ran out excitedly, and only after the bell had been ringing for a long time did you realize the entire playground was empty, leaving only your own panic.
Thinking of this, Ryosuke summoned Dragon of Dreams, planning to use it to test his fortune and misfortune.
Dragon of Dreams was still in its lazy, chatty state. As soon as it appeared, it started babbling, but halfway through, it suddenly stared fixedly at Ryosuke.
As if it had seen a ghost, the Dragon of Dreams rolled its eyes back, foamed at the mouth, and with a crack, passed out.
This was the first time Ryosuke had ever seen a Stand faint.
After repeatedly summoning and dismissing it several times, the old dragon finally woke up again.
It didn't dare look at Ryosuke, covering its eyes with its short little hands, and asked in a voice full of terror, "What on earth did you do?!"
Ryosuke asked, "What did you see?"
"Don't answer a question with another question!"
The old dragon complained verbally, but still obediently answered, "All the 'ominousness' under heaven is covering your body. It's ominous as in good-and-bad fortune, not..."
"I know."
Ryosuke raised a hand to stop its explanation, signaling it to continue.
The old dragon went on, "There are three omens of disaster you're about to face. Two of them are 'world-level calamities,' and the other one… is 'truck-level.'"
"What do you mean by truck-level?"
"It means getting hit by a large freight truck on the highway, ending up bruised here, purple there, pieces flying east and west."
Ryosuke nodded and let out a sigh of relief.
"Then that's fine."
Even if he ended up in pieces all over the place, with Ryosuke's self-healing ability, he'd recover in no time.
Ryosuke thought it over.
The truck-level misfortune was probably the price for the first time he asked Ame-no-Tamami no Mikoto, "Is the Pen in the ninja world?"
That was a closed-ended question. Ame-no-Tamami no Mikoto only had to answer yes or no, so the impact was relatively small.
As for the two world-level calamities, one was likely the question about the Pen's exact location, and the other was the cost of using Fate Ink.
Ryosuke replayed the situation in his mind.
"What if I hadn't asked 'where is the Pen'?"
He pondered for a while.
Hard to say.
Ame-no-Tamami no Mikoto was questioned within consciousness, and the answer also appeared in consciousness, there was truly zero delay.
But system notifications had a process of "ding, blah blah blah" being read out.
At that time, the battle tempo was refined down to the second. Every second contained several, even dozens, of exchanges.
Ryosuke was racing to seize the God Tree so the enemy wouldn't get it.
After seizing it, his instinct was to destroy it.
"If it weren't for Ame-no-Tamami no Mikoto's answer, I might have snapped it in half before the system even finished reading."
Of course, that was uncertain.
It was a probability issue.
It might have been destroyed, or it might not have.
To win with absolute certainty… Ryosuke figured he probably would still have asked that question.
Rip!
Ryosuke opened another pack of bear-shaped biscuits and asked, "Is there any auspicious position that can reduce the impact of these three calamities?"
The old dragon lowered its head and clasped its hands.
"No. Farewell. Wait for death."
Ryosuke rolled his eyes. "Many thanks."
Dispelling Dragon of Dreams, Ryosuke looked at the Fate Ink in his palm.
"This is good stuff, but without the Pen, I can't use it for now, and it's not convenient anyway, I already owe enough debts, let's wait for a suitable opportunity later."
Ryosuke put the Fate Ink back into the system space and continued looking at the remaining loot.
"One Ascension Star Core."
"One Resonance Speaker."
These were items he had already seen before, so there was no need for further explanation.
Ryosuke then looked at the final item, one he had never seen before, Lucky Roulette.
Effect, Can convert Stands or items into marbles and place them into the Lucky Roulette.
After activating the roulette, there is a very high chance of no change, with the original Stand or item being returned.
There is a small chance it will be replaced with another Stand or item of the same star level.
There is an extremely small chance it will be upgraded into a higher-level Stand or item.
Cost: 1,000 soul fragments per use.
Note: "You've got a new Stand, congratulations! So what about the old one?"
Ryosuke, "..."
He hated gambling the most.
Especially this kind of pure luck-based gambling.
Although things like gacha pulls were actually pretty similar, especially the black hole draws and white hole slot machine after using the Ascension Star Core.
But…
Fate Ink couldn't be used.
He wanted to keep the Ascension Star Core and Resonance Speaker for now, wait and see what calamities would descend later, and then decide.
His gaze fell on the Lucky Roulette.
"How about…"
"Giving it a spin?"