Chapter 5: just a train ride

On the street, Takumi just left the dojo. With the sun still shining high in the sky through the clouds, he still had a long time before the end of the day to finish his new quest. [Quest started: Exorcised curse spirits 0/1] [Reward: 1 gacha pull] Walking in the middle of the busy crowd, Takumi was trying his best to ignore the world around him while heading toward the train station. He could feel the stare of women aiming at his neck, collarbone line, and some even at his heel. They're especially focused on his crotch. Takumi doesn't like to attract attention, contrary to many main characters who are in a world like this. But that is not what had bothered him the most. While the people around were also going to the train station, just like him. It's the clothing these people are wearing that is bothering him. A lot of the adult women were walking in uniform clothing, office work suits, vests with ties, and long skirts, which seemed normal, after all. It would make sense since they're the majority working class in this world. The man, on the other hand, was wearing clothes that were much more "open" to say the least. A Cropped shirts that only covered the top half of their body, leaving their belly wide open for the view and gaze of lustful women. Short pants showing their legs, and some of them intentionally wore pants that hug tightly around the crotch, showing a bulge in it. In his old world, this would be something like a woman showing off her cleavage to get the attention of the boys. Takumi had a really hard time processing this situation, even after months. He can't get over it. 'I swear I'm not gay, I'm not gay, I'm not gay, nope nope, not even a bit. No way, nuh uh.' He kept repeating this throughout while keeping a straight face as he walked passed a boy dressed like a femboy. 'That's like the 18th femboy walked past.' I commented on the fashion style of this world. Similar to how a woman can wear both a skirt and pants in his old world. Here is the reverse, with men can wear both pants and a skirt as well. No way Takumi would wear something like this. The number of men wearing a short skirt is outstanding, which adds to Takumi's charm to a woman staring at him, seeing as he's the most notable male in sight wearing pants. This is why he tries to have his clothes like his old wardrobe. Not too revealing but loose enough to be comfortable and still be easy to move in. Clothing like this is hard to find, harder since not much was made for men. As soon as he bought the ticket, Takumi got into the train car and found a seat. Fortunately for him, there were many open seats. Takumi takes one seat in the far back, obscuring him in the coming crowd. 'System, show me my status.' ------- [User status] Name: Takumi Nejima Level 1 (22 points) Strength: 18.2 Perception: 22.2 Agility: 13.0 Endurance: 18.4 Energy: 23.0 Luck: 11 (+10 ) The blessing of the gacha goddess. ------- Takumi pondered in his seat about his stats point he gained in this past time. His physical stats can be gained when he trains, strength is how much power his body can exert. [Endurance] made his body more resilient and also affected how much stamina he has; he can gain it just from running. 'System, how come my physical point is gaining so slowly?' [User points argued according to the assigned body; male physiology in this world is weaker Of a female. As the user is a male, the system's stats point rewards are calculated so that the user's body can adapt as it continues to progress.] 'Are you saying it gets low points because I'm a guy ?' [.....] 'What are the normal stats for a woman in this world, then?' [Female of this universe, share the low 20 points in both [Strength] and [Endurance] on average, non-sorcerer. And on a high end have 30 points on botstatsat, soccerplayersarecommonlymon known to have these stats at their peak human condition, and also many cases of grade 4 soccer players.] It made sense, women are the ones to work in harsh conditions instead of men. It is only reasonable that they have better physical more than males. 'Hm....then what about my other stats?' [The male physiology in this world is oriented to working a less stressful job; the point user can gain is higher in those specific stats] 'So my that's why my other stats can be gained so easily' [Perception] is his reaction to his surroundings, and also affects the range and clarity he can see objects. To gain points from it, he just needs to practice something like throwing a dart or.....even sewing. Yes, Takumi has found that doing things women do in his old world gives him points. Like how he can gain points in [Agility] just from doing simple yoga. [Agility] is how well he can move his body. And it gives him more points, too. Different from the physical po in which works hard as hell every single day just to gather a 0.1 or 0.2, [Perception] and [Agility] give him almost a full 1.0 point. WexplainsplaiTakumi'sTakumi stats are balanced overall. Next is his [Energy] stat, which in this case is his curse energy. Starting at a measly 2, now his curse energy has increased 20 times over. This not only changes how much curse energy his body can hold but also how much he can discharge. For most of his stats, Takumi knows how to gainstrengthht, and endurance already in his daily training. Perception and agility do require a bit more focus, but still doable. It's only the [Luck] stats that Takumi can't figure out. 'Hey system, help me out ?' [....] 'Leaving me hanging again. Fine, I'll figure this out by myself.' He could only sigh inwardly. As a matter, he still needs to get stronger to be ready for future events. Being this far back in the past before any of the story takes place gives him some sense of safety.