26. Transfer Vouchers, Employment Vouchers, and Auditing Vouchers!
After several days of hard work, he was back to square one.
Seeing only 11 wisps of Source Power left on his personal panel, Aragaki Shun couldn't help but sigh again.
No matter how much Source Power he accumulated, it was never enough.
With just a slight flick of his finger, casually solidifying or enhancing one or two skills, the Source Power he had laboriously acquired over several days, or even dozens of days, would return to its original point within seconds.
Fortunately, every enhancement on the panel was beneficial.
This consumed Source Power was not wasted in vain, but truly transformed into the foundation of his growth.
Thinking this, Aragaki Shun invested another wisp of Source Power into [Erudition].
After all, it had cost 10 wisps of Source Power to solidify it; he had to at least experience the effect of this skill, right?
And so—
[Erudition lv.3 (0/4)→Erudition lv.3 (1/4)]
Reality was not a game; it wasn't necessary to level up to manifest a skill's growth.
At least for Aragaki Shun, even within the same level, a simple increase in experience points would also bring a considerable improvement to skill strength.
At most, the quantitative change wasn't as significant as a qualitative change.
Just like that, as the Source Power took effect, a cool sensation flashed through Aragaki Shun's mind.
He could feel his brain becoming much lighter, and his whole person felt exceptionally refreshed, without a trace of sleepiness.
He pulled out a book from the pile on his desk and began to read slowly in his usual style.
He read very carefully, because these books he had borrowed from the library were specifically chosen to enrich himself.
In his previous life, he couldn't say he liked reading.
But in this life, after awakening Source Power Manipulation, every piece of knowledge he fully understood could become his strength for growth, so reading also became his greatest hobby in his leisure time.
Turning the pages one by one, until half an hour later, Aragaki Shun put down the medical book he had already partially read, made a mark, and then placed it back on the desk.
Recalling yesterday's reading effect, Aragaki Shun roughly estimated that this time his reading efficiency should have improved by about one-tenth.
This was the result brought by [Erudition].
It allowed Aragaki Shun to memorize new knowledge in a more suitable way, and by organizing existing knowledge, to draw inferences about other cases from one instance, and better integrate new knowledge.
After experiencing the obvious changes brought by this skill, Aragaki Shun somewhat regretted not having more Source Power.
Otherwise, he would definitely upgrade this skill to lv.4, lv.5, or even higher immediately.
Skills fixed on the personal panel had no level cap, at least for now, Aragaki Shun still couldn't touch the limit of Source Power.
According to his past experience, if a lv.1 skill was equivalent to an apprentice who had just started, and lv.3 was professional level, then a lv.4 skill, like a basic attribute of 10, belonged to the limit that a normal person could achieve through effort.
And lv.5 was a domain that only exceptionally talented individuals could reach.
Any profession that could reach this step was enough to establish a new school and become a master renowned in history.
As for lv.6 and above, he had neither possessed it nor encountered it in this world.
If there were no accidents, it should be that the skill had advanced to the point of Dao, and was beginning to step into the extraordinary.
Otherwise, it wouldn't explain why the Source Power needed to upgrade from lv.5 to lv.6 suddenly doubled.
So, indeed, he still had to continue saving Source Power!
Aragaki Shun sighed helplessly, took out his phone, and opened the app for the personal points interface.
A number that was too large for a new student, and even most seniors didn't possess, appeared—11 million personal points.
At the beginning of school, the school issued 100,000 points.
On the first day, he earned 700,000 from challenging various clubs.
Then, he won 500,000 from the match with Sakayanagi Arisu.
Ichinose Honami called on the whole class to share 300,000 for information fees.
Later, he won 6.5 million from challenging various clubs.
Finally, the blond senior kindly gifted him 3 million.
After deducting daily expenses and rounding off these past few days, what remained was the 11 million personal points mentioned above.
Senior students seemed to have a habit of saving personal points.
At least students from Class A and Class B in the senior years could easily take out 100,000 or 200,000 points.
That blond senior, who seemed a bit too... friendly, had given him three million right off the bat, not feeling the pinch at all, and even made an appointment with him to compete again if there was a chance in the future.
In Aragaki Shun's eyes, this senior was truly a once-in-a-century great person.
He'd see if he could get some more points from him later.
Looking at the 11 million personal points on his phone, if Aragaki Shun were to go solo, he would have already gathered more than half of the twenty million needed for a class transfer.
Unfortunately, going to Class A alone and starting over didn't align with his expectations.
Moreover, just like Source Power wasn't inexhaustible, these 11 million personal points, though seemingly a lot, would also be depleted in tens of seconds if truly used.
Recalling the two compensations Director Kanda had promised him and Kanzaki, Aragaki Shun no longer hesitated.
With a few swipes of his finger on the phone interface, a whopping 10 million personal points evaporated just like that.
From 11 million down to a pitiful 1 million, it could also be said that his savings had dropped from eight digits to seven digits in an instant.
It was simply unbearable to look at.
But since so many personal points were spent, Aragaki Shun naturally wanted them to be effective.
Because it had already been discussed, the school's reaction was also very fast.
Only a few minutes passed, and the items Aragaki Shun had ordered for ten million had already been sent over via email:
[Transfer Voucher (One Month Limited)]
—A special item that allows the user to temporarily join another class for one month. The user enjoys all the benefits of the new class, including class points. However, using this item to graduate from Class A in the final month is invalid.
Because it was the school's first transaction, the initial discount was 1 million personal points per voucher.
Aragaki Shun bought nine at once.
[Employment Voucher (One Week Limited)]
—A special item that allows the temporary hiring of a student from another class to serve the user's class for one week. The benefits the hired student receives should be determined through negotiation with the user.
Because it was the school's first transaction, the initial discount was 100,000 personal points per voucher.
Aragaki Shun also bought nine at once.
[Auditing Voucher (One Day Limited)]
—A special item that allows temporary attendance in another class for one day. The user still belongs to their original class and does not receive any benefits of the class they are auditing.
Because it was the school's first transaction, the initial discount was 10,000 personal points per voucher.
Aragaki Shun bought 10 at once.
Ten million personal points, just enough to buy these twenty-eight vouchers.
As for whether it was worth it, that could only be seen from the future usage effect.
He had already decided; tomorrow he would go to Class D to attend classes for a day.
He wanted to see what kind of class it was that even Kouenji Rokusuke found utterly disgusting.
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