When Shinra returned to Mai's apartment, it was already 9 PM.
Just pushing open the door, he found Futaba Rio and Sakurajima Mai sitting on the sofa in the living room watching an idol variety show. At this time, the camera was focused on a blonde beautiful girl. The host asked who she admired most, and she said Mai's name without thinking.
And Mai, as the person involved, didn't seem to care about this?
In addition, it was worth noting that Futaba, although wearing glasses, didn't have long hair draped over her shoulders like Surface Futaba, but wore Inner Futaba's classic high ponytail.
After hearing Shinra pushing open the door, the two girls turned to look at him, but neither spoke first.
"So now there is only one Futaba?" Shinra broke the silence first.
Futaba Rio glanced at Mai, and Mai took over the conversation: "Barring any accidents, it should be like this."
"When did she arrive?" Shinra looked at Futaba.
"Mm, about before you called me."
That means when he was 'self-exposing', both Surface and Inner Futabas were actually present the whole time?
Even when Mai asked Surface Futaba who sent the photos, Inner Futaba was listening the whole time.
Hiss... just thinking about that scene, Shinra felt his scalp tingling. He dared not imagine how awkward the atmosphere between the two was at that time.
But currently, Mai and Futaba seem to get along quite well?
Also, after all, Mai made it very clear on the phone before. She doesn't mind sharing Shinra with Futaba, provided that no one eats alone (monopolizes).
Perhaps when Mai learned Futaba Rio had Adolescence Syndrome, she already had similar preparations.
Mainly because Futaba Rio was too easy to understand. Clues could be seen in many places. Mai just didn't want to expose her before, not that she really knew nothing.
"By the way, Rio is still sleeping at my place today."
Mai noticed Shinra was vaguely excited, and her pretty face turned red. Obviously, she thought of Futaba staying overnight at home before, and she softened her heart and let this guy into the room...
However, this time probably won't let Shinra have his way. She coughed lightly and added: "Rio sleeps in the same room with me. You go tidy up the guest room yourself."
Shinra slowly typed a question mark.
Th-This isn't right?
Shouldn't Futaba sleep in the guest room, and I sleep in the living room? Visiting the master bedroom in the first half of the night, and sneaking into the guest bedroom in the second half?
Both sleeping in the master bedroom, letting me sleep in the guest bedroom, how can I sneak attack?
"You... sleep in one room?"
"Mm, any problem?"
Mai didn't think there was any problem. Although she agreed to the boyfriend sharing plan, this didn't mean she wasn't angry inside. Moreover, she just learned about a heavyweight potential rival from Futaba.
Mai: Yukinoshita... comes with ill intent.
Futaba: You are the comer.
"Not crowded?" Shinra asked dryly.
Mai said meaningfully: "Definitely not as crowded as last time."
Last time not just crowded; kneading started.
Shinra knew Mai had made up her mind, plus he indeed gained enough tonight, so he didn't push his luck.
In fact, he indeed didn't have those thoughts now because the wish-power commission regarding Futaba Rio had been settled.
After nearly a month, Shinra finally had a large wave of wish-power points credited to his account again, and unsurprisingly obtained a brand new ability.
Its name was "Quantum Clone".
After washing up, Shinra informed the two still watching TV in the living room, then drilled into the guest room to count tonight's harvest.
[Futaba Rio's 'Quantum' Paradox] (Color)
Commission Content: ... (Click to expand)
Commission Status: Completed
Commission Reward (Distributed): Quantum Clone (Ability), Maiden's Heart, Wish-Power Points × 7
Mm, compared to the reward given by Mai's commission before, there were two fewer wish-power points. The rest was pretty much the same as Shinra predicted before.
Shinra didn't check the newly acquired 'Quantum Clone' ability immediately but chose to use wish-power points to pray first.
Currently, both his spirit and constitution values were stuck at 19 points. Shinra hadn't found a way to improve his spirit by himself yet, purely relying on the wish-power system to add points.
As for constitution, Shinra adopted electrotherapy, which had a significant effect, adding a full two points of constitution without using wish-power points, but finally got stuck at the number 19. Even with the blessing of the 'Heaven Rewards the Diligent' talent, the constitution column still failed to break through to 20 points.
Shinra could clearly perceive that the difficulty of training constitution from 18 to 19 and from 19 to 20 was completely on different dimensions. Therefore, he had reason to infer that 20 points was a watershed.
A watershed between mortal and transcendent.
Under normal circumstances, 19 points of constitution should be the limit humans can reach theoretically, belonging to species limitation. To break this limit, either rely on mutation or technology.
But for Shinra who possessed the wish-power system, he had a simpler third choice.
Add points!
The 7 wish-power points just obtained hadn't even warmed up yet before Shinra went all in (show hand) into the pool.
The long-lost lottery screen flashed by, and Shinra got a brand new personal data panel.
Constitution: 21
Spirit: 23
Abilities: Emotion Perception, Photographic Memory, One Leaf Blocks Eyes (Cognitive Disruption), Heaven Rewards the Diligent, Control Current, Quantum Clone
Wish-Power Points: 0
Ability Points: 1
7 prayers, Shinra gained 2 points of constitution, 4 points of spirit, and a universal ability point.
Although no new ability was obtained, Shinra got an ability point that could upgrade abilities.
He had obtained one before and finally got the BUG-level ability 'Heaven Rewards the Diligent'.
Now he obtained an ability point again. Shinra already had a plan in mind for which ability to upgrade.
But before that, Shinra decided to try the newly acquired ability first. What if it was an ability more perverted than controlling current?
After all, this was a clone.
With this ability, would he still worry about being discovered two-timing?
Actually have to worry.
After trying, Shinra found this ability named 'Quantum Clone' wasn't as easy to use as imagined.
He could indeed create a clone, but this clone had a fatal weakness: it couldn't be observed.
Shinra's clone existed subjectively, but objectively might exist.
In human terms, when Shinra was alone, the clone existed and could affect reality, but if there were observers around, although the clone existed, it couldn't affect reality.
Of course, the observer here didn't refer to people or intelligent life, but a kind of information. That is, people who clearly knew Shinra himself couldn't appear in this place, or knew the location of Shinra's main body, people who could open 'Schrödinger's box', could be counted as observers.
That is to say, Shinra's clone objectively existed for those who didn't know Shinra, but for those who knew Shinra and had close relationships, it belonged to objectively might exist.
Whether it existed or not depended on whether he revealed relevant information...
Quite quantum mechanics, so to speak.
In addition, Shinra's Quantum Clone didn't become two independent individuals like Futaba, but he controlled two bodies alone. The control perspective was very special, not a split-screen picture like 'It Takes Two', but a higher-dimensional perspective.
Under this perspective, even if Shinra had one mind and two bodies, it was no different from usual, even more handy than usual, but the cost was terrifying mental consumption.
How to say... a bit useless (chicken ribs - tasteless but pity to discard).
Daily energy consumption was too large, unlike Emotion Perception which could be turned on all weather.
And wanting to use it for time management, the possibility of being exposed was too high. Once exposed, the Quantum Clone would return to the main body directly and enter a cooling-off period, unable to be activated in a short time.
Moreover, Shinra didn't want to use the clone to deceive Mai and the others. Although this clone was no different from his main body as long as not exposed, it would eventually create a knot in their hearts.
Therefore, its best usage should be summoning another self to help work overtime when work couldn't be handled.
What double beast of burden power?
Besides, there was actually a very punishable (criminal) use. Although the Quantum Clone couldn't use other abilities of the main body, the constitution was inherited very well, and the damage received by the clone wouldn't affect the main body. This meant Shinra could use the clone as a desperate Assassin.
The ultimate move that Biden needs to plan carefully can be used by Shinra as a normal attack.
The key was that with Shinra's current constitution, he could basically be regarded as a superpowered person in terms of physical body.
Although he hadn't tried it yet, Shinra, whose constitution broke through to 21 points, could already feel his physical strength reached a new height. Tearing tigers and leopards alive was completely effortless.
Being bolder, resisting small-caliber weapons seemed not impossible?
More importantly, constitution not only improved physical strength but also improved his five senses and speed. Even if someone stood in front of him with a gun, it would probably be difficult to hit him.
Although the weapon power was great, you had to hit first.
What is hacking? Never turned off!
Find a shooting range to try later.
Although Japan also controls firearms, it's not as strict as China. The security company under the Lin Consortium had relevant facilities. Not to mention small-caliber firearms, even some non-compliant large-caliber weapons were available in the company.
After all, the international situation has always been turbulent. Just having money is not enough; one must have virtues matching this asset.
What virtue?
—Martial virtue.
After simply figuring out the ability of Quantum Clone, Shinra waved his hand to cancel the clone, then hesitated no more and added the drawn ability point directly to Control Current.
Are you kidding? Constitution points high, can it be stronger than superpowers?
He isn't a certain bald guy.
And in modern society, everyone focuses on high attack and low defense. No matter how much constitution is stacked, as long as one can't walk out of a nuclear explosion, everything is void.
But superpowers are different. Leaving aside other things, as long as Shinra can paralyze a city single-handedly, in a sense, he is no different from a nuclear bomb.
Even stronger than a nuclear bomb, because he can run.
However, to reach this level, relying solely on Control Current definitely wouldn't work.
Currently, Shinra's application of Control Current had reached a bottleneck. Although he could still break through upwards with 'Heaven Rewards the Diligent', limited by the ability framework itself, lifting it further would only be quantitative change, unable to achieve qualitative change at all.
Simply put, Shinra can only increase the total amount now, but the coefficient is fixed. Using ability points to 'upgrade' current control is equivalent to adding points to the coefficient.
In game terms, it's the noble independent multiplier area.
No special effects. After Shinra added the ability point to 'Control Current', his panel changed.
Control Current → Electric Current Push
Mm, although Shinra predicted the upgraded ability before adding points, seeing it was really 'Electric Current Push', he still found it hard to hold back.
Really magnetic field rotation?
Then what level is he at now?
100,000 volts?
He isn't a yellow rat.
Mm, he is far inferior to the yellow rat now.
During Control Current, Shinra could release thousands of volts of current. Now Control Current upgraded to Electric Current Push, the voltage he could release also improved correspondingly. The value should be about ten times.
So simply converting, Shinra = one-tenth of a Pikachu.
According to the standards of the power industry, high voltage usually refers to AC voltage above 10kV. That is to say, Shinra with one-tenth of the yellow rat's power could barely become a high-voltage level powerhouse.
It might sound a bit reluctant, but actually, high voltage above 10,000 volts only takes a few seconds to burn a person to ashes.
True · Turning you to ashes in minutes.
In addition, the magnetic field environment that Shinra could only barely create during the previous Control Current period became much simpler after the upgrade.
Before, Shinra could only use electricity to create a magnetic field, struggling to lift a stainless steel cup. Now, Shinra could completely use a stainless steel cup to achieve the effect of a weakened railgun.
The power even exceeded small-caliber firearms.
It could be said that after the upgrade, Shinra had enough confidence not to eat beef (be invincible). Barring any accidents, it wouldn't be an exaggeration for Shinra to call himself the strongest carbon-based creature in human history.
The most critical thing was that Shinra still had a lot of room for improvement. Currently, Shinra could only reach a voltage barely exceeding 10,000 volts, still a long distance from the upper limit of 500,000 volts.
Not to mention that Electric Current Push could be upgraded to Magnetic Field Rotation later. At that time, the Earth might really be 'My Earth'...