Chapter 343: Skill — "A Thousand Cups Without Getting Drunk"
In the corner of the room, there was a futon, and next to it sat a handsome young man on the floor, with a low white table in front of him.
On the table was a DVD player, and in the right corner, several cardboard boxes were stacked.
Aside from that, there was nothing else.
It was worth mentioning that on the wall of the room hung a large whiteboard, still bearing scattered, incomprehensible words.
They were probably leftovers from the Diving Club's previous activities.
"Iori!"
"Huh?"
Kitahara Iori heard someone call out to him, looked up, and said, "Oh! Tokita Shinji, is there another party today?"
"As expected of Iori—you guessed it."
"Who is this?"
Kitahara Iori glanced at the handsome young man beside Tokita Shinji and froze for a moment.
This guy is pretty handsome… not inferior to me at all.
Tokita Shinji chuckled and said, "I was just about to introduce him.
"This is Uchida Yuma, a new member who joined our club today.
"He's a freshman just like you, majoring in Electronic Information.
"You two should get to know each other.
"By the way, Iori, could you introduce the club to Yuma? I'll head out first—I still need to go to the convenience store."
"Oh!"
Kitahara Iori said warmly, "Hello, my name is Kitahara Iori. Nice to meet you."
Fu Yue smiled lightly. "Hello, I'm Uchida Yuma."
"Come, come, have a seat."
Kitahara Iori patted the space beside him. After Fu Yue sat down, Iori asked curiously, "Are you interested in diving?"
Fu Yue replied casually, "Somewhat."
At that moment, a system notification sound rang out—most likely a task completion alert.
He opened the panel, and sure enough, the task "Talk to Kitahara Iori" had been completed.
Reward: 100 Anime Points + 1 Draw Chance.
It appeared that the draw came from a Skill Pool.
Fu Yue found this quite interesting.
Kitahara Iori continued, "Can you swim?"
"No."
Fu Yue was telling the truth—he genuinely couldn't swim.
In his previous life, he was a landlubber, and even in the Naruto world, he had never learned to swim.
Kitahara Iori laughed. "Then you're just like me. I can't swim either."
Then he asked suspiciously, "Then why did you join the Diving Club?"
Lowering his voice mysteriously, he added, "Let me tell you—our Diving Club is a little different from what you might imagine. You'd better be mentally prepared."
Fu Yue knew exactly what he meant.
"I will," Fu Yue replied calmly.
His attention, however, was focused on the system panel visible only to him as he initiated the draw.
The interface resembled a gashapon machine, similar to the one from the Rock Kingdom game in his previous life.
Start draw.
The machine rattled, and an egg dropped out.
The egg cracked open, emitting a green glow.
Congratulations! You have obtained the skill:
[A Thousand Cups Without Getting Drunk]
Fu Yue's heart stirred.
This skill came at the perfect time.
The Diving Club revolved around gatherings and drinking, yet Uchida Yuma's body had an extremely low alcohol tolerance. According to his memories, the original owner had never touched alcohol.
Even if Fu Yue could drink in his previous life, this body was different.
With this skill, drinking would no longer be an issue.
No matter how much he drank, he would not get drunk.
Fu Yue immediately equipped the skill.
The character panel showed 6 skill slots, but only 1 was currently unlocked. The remaining 5 were dimmed and required Anime Points to open.
The second skill slot required 100 Anime Points—exactly the amount he had just earned.
After a moment of thought, Fu Yue chose not to unlock it yet.
He didn't have any spare skills for now, so there was no need to rush.
"Don't worry," Kitahara Iori said, noticing Fu Yue seemed distracted.
"The seniors in the Diving Club are all good people. You'll come to like it here."
"Alright."
Fu Yue closed the panel and smiled faintly.
"Have you seen this movie?"
Kitahara Iori pointed at the screen.
"Tokyo Miracle. It's an action movie starring Morikawa Maki. It's insanely good."
"No, I haven't."
Fu Yue watched for a bit and had to admit—the special effects were impressive, and the production quality was excellent.
It felt like something TV stations could study as a benchmark.
Unfortunately, only he could come to this world.
Unlike the Goblin Slayer world, which he could access through that mysterious door.
But the Goblin Slayer world lacked modern technology.
If that door could connect to multiple anime worlds, that would be incredible.
He hadn't had the time to study it yet.
After finishing things here in Grand Blue, he planned to bring Orochimaru to the Land of Hot Springs to investigate it properly.
"Ah—would you like something to drink? Water or a beverage?"
Kitahara Iori suddenly realized he hadn't prepared anything and hurried toward the door.
"No need, I'm not thirsty."
"Then I'll still get you something. Just wait a moment."
With that, Kitahara Iori closed the door and ran off.
Fu Yue opened the system panel again.
A new side quest had appeared:
[Side Quest: Increase Kitahara Iori's Favorability to 80]
Current Favorability: 70
Unlike Kotesegawa Chisa, whose favorability started at 20, Kitahara Iori's favorability began at 70.
Thankfully, Fu Yue knew Iori wasn't gay—otherwise, this would have been awkward.
Of course, that was just a joke.
Kitahara Iori was simply a genuinely good person.
The reward for this side quest was the same as Chisa's:
50 Anime Points.
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