Chapter 44: Chapter 44
[Anon]: So what's the deal with that anime? Do you know magic?
Just as Kamijo Mutsumi and the girls had settled their plans for tomorrow and he was about to turn off his phone, he received a private message from Miss Ano.
[Big Capitalist]: No.
He wasn't surprised by her question, but rather by the fact that she had waited until now to ask.
[Anon]: Eh? Don't lie to me. That sticker of yours was clearly not normal, right? And you're telling me you don't know magic?
Having experienced the sticker's miraculous effects, Anon obviously wouldn't believe his answer.
[Big Capitalist]: Magic is a miracle, but a miracle is not necessarily magic.
Faced with this riddle-like response, Anon had to think for a good while before she understood its meaning.
[Anon]: Isn't that the same thing?
The girl expressed her sentiment: Riddle-man, get out of the BanG Dream! universe.
[Anon]: So you're saying you have an ability that isn't magic but has a similar effect.
[Anon]: Are you able to use this ability to monitor us at any time?
Miss Ano asked the question she was most concerned about.
Although she considered this scumbag a friend, she could not accept living under someone else's surveillance every moment of the day.
[Big Capitalist]: No.
He couldn't just take the blame for something like that.
[Anon]: Then how do you know so much about what happened between me and Tomori?
After receiving a negative reply, Miss Ano let out a small sigh of relief.
[Big Capitalist]: Everything this land has experienced may just be a magnificent play on the other side of the stars.
[Big Capitalist]: And I just so happened to have watched this wonderful performance.
Wait, did Arknights just invade?
Faced with Kamijo Mutsumi, who seemed to have been possessed by a certain lynx, Anon was utterly speechless.
What is he even talking about?
Can you speak normally?
[Anon]: If you don't want to answer, then fine. But that means fantastical things like magic and superpowers exist in this world, right?
As Anon sent the message, little stars began to sparkle in her eyes.
At this age, regardless of gender, who hadn't had fantasies about such things?
[Big Capitalist]: Miracles and magic all come at a price.
Then, to Miss Ano's surprise, his attitude towards her question suddenly became serious.
[Big Capitalist]: If you deliberately chase after them, it will only bring misfortune.
[Anon]: Why are you making it sound so scary? I get it, I won't ask anymore.
The flame of curiosity that had just been ignited in Miss Ano's heart was instantly extinguished by a bucket of cold water.
[Big Capitalist]: In any case, if a strange white creature ever wants you to sign a contract to become a magical girl or something, no matter what it says, absolutely do not agree. Call me immediately.
[Anon]: Huh? Why?
[Big Capitalist]: People will die.
His one sentence made Anon swallow all her remaining questions.
[Anon]: That sounds a little scary.
After that, the two of them fell into silence.
After hesitating for a moment, Anon finally asked the question that had been bothering her from the beginning.
[Anon]: Um, are you and Mutsumi-chan... living together now?
Seeing her message, he couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, seemingly not expecting her to ask such a question.
[Big Capitalist]: What do you think?
[Anon]: Don't answer a question with a question!
Miss Ano seemed a little dissatisfied.
[Anon]: Forget it. By the way, about your superpower, does anyone else know?
[Big Capitalist]: For now, only you.
After all, only Miss Ano was so bad that she required him to use an item-assisted strategy.
[Anon]: I see. Then good night.
However, Miss Ano seemed to have misunderstood this in a different way. She replied cheerfully and then logged off LINE.
Seeing this, Kamijo Mutsumi also turned off his phone.
He looked at the night scenery outside the window and yawned slightly.
The diligent Miss Mutsumi had already gone to do the dishes, and he, in turn, opened the system panel that had been almost completely non-existent until now.
Although it had been mostly hidden, his system was quite capable compared to most of the other "cat-type" systems that could only whimper and act cute.
In his system, there were currently two types of currency.
One was Money Value, representing all the profits from the anime he produced.
And it wasn't cash, but a conceptual profit.
That is, when he spent Money Value in the system, the real money he earned from the anime would not be affected, and vice versa.
At the same time, the system calculated the total profit of the anime, not just the portion he received.
For example, the shares that would later be given to the band girls would also be counted towards the Money Value.
The purpose of Money Value was to purchase anime scripts from the system.
Furthermore, his system wasn't buggy like some others. Only anime produced from scripts purchased from within the system would generate profit. The system did not recognize anime he replicated from his memories of his past life.
The second currency in the system was called Houbun Value, which was formed from the mental energy generated by the audience watching the anime, similar to the concept of emotional value.
Houbun Value could be used to redeem magical items and skills from the system, which was divided into a Normal Pool and a Limited Pool.
The Normal Pool was the system's built-in exchange shop, which changed daily.
Although extraordinary abilities and items would occasionally appear, it mainly consisted of ordinary items that existed in the real world.
From gold and silver down to nuclear bombs, these items appeared with relatively high frequency.
The Limited Pool, on the other hand, allowed him to redeem items and skills from the anime he was currently producing.
For example, his only Limited Pool at the moment was full of exchangeable items like 「Soyo's 'Chest-Puffing-Out-ness'」, 「Taki's EQ」, and 「Wakaba Mutsumi's 'Art of Conversation'」.
The sticker he had used on Anon earlier came from this Limited Pool.
Furthermore, although he had only produced MyGO!!!!!, the system had judged it as having unlocked the entire BanG Dream! Pool.
Therefore, he could also redeem the abilities of the senior band members.
Of course, for him, none of this was really of any use.
Because...
Name: Kamijo Mutsumi Innate Skill: Omnipotent Melody (Purple)
That's right. Most of the BanG Dream! girls probably didn't have skills with a level as high as his.
To put it in perspective, even a genius like Raana only possessed a lower-tier blue skill.
A purple skill was the pinnacle for a mortal. Its appearance almost always signified the peak of an era.
It was similar to the "Holy Bodies" in some cultivation novels—its appearance was enough to suppress an entire generation.
Of course, with his current physical condition, even the strongest skill was useless. He had basically said goodbye to musical instruments.
It wasn't that there were no helpful skills for him in the BanG Dream! Pool, but what he needed most right now were items and abilities that could repair his body.
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