NEET Receives a Dating Sim Game Leveling System

- Chapter 63

A crimson full moon hung overhead while a young man in extravagant white clothing rested on the edge of a skyscraper's roof. He clutched a broken sword in as he gazed thoughtfully at the night sky...

Seiji's right hand started writing at a furious pace; it almost seemed as if he wasn't the one controlling it.

Every stroke was swift and precise—his writing speed was top-notch, and each word flowed smoothly out of him onto the page!

Seiji continued working his imagination. A girl in a red gothic dress appeared on the roof of the skyscraper directly opposite the boy and slowly unsheathed a pair of twisted longswords—seemingly carved out of bone—from her dress...

Words unceasingly appeared on the page as Seiji wrote in his preferred style, breathing life into the concept in his mind.

Writing swiftly... Finished!

Seiji flicked the pen exaggeratedly as he finished writing the final word.

'That was... wonderful!'

He inwardly praised his newfound ability as he reread his own words.

Amazing...

The words he had written in his notebook perfectly described the image in his mind in just the right style he desired—mysterious yet romantic in addition to containing a hot-blooded yet cruel fight scene.

This [writing] ability that he'd activated was too powerful!

If a normal person had tried to write this scene, it would probably turn out to be at only the embarrassing level of a middle schooler's fantasy.

But after Seiji gained the [writing] ability from his system, this scene would make a reader feel passionate as if their blood was boiling; it was like the words on the paper could come to life, assisting the reader in visualizing such a moving, interesting story!

Thanks to his otaku experience from his past life, Seiji was certain that his current writing level already reached that of a story like "5 Centimeters per Second" from his previous life. Even a normal slice-of-life story would give readers the feeling of that type of moving story!

*Cough cough.* Perhaps he was exaggerating a little too much?

But ever since he activated the [fighting] card, he'd obtained martial arts capabilities which seemed to be at the peak of what a human body could achieve, so it only seemed natural that activating the [writing] card would give him such amazing writing skills... right?

After all, Seiji's [academics] stat had already surpassed 50 points thanks to his incessant grinding in school!

In summation, his current writing level was more than adequate to write something like a light novel.

The only obstacle that remained was the limits of Seiji's own imagination.

Since [writing] only improved his writing ability and not his imagination... To clarify, it only helped him write down whatever was in his mind, but it didn't have the power to create the entire story and its characters for him.

He would need to come up with his own story, world-building, character settings, background, and so on. Only after organizing his thoughts was he able to write them down and create a final product.

That was how it worked.

Seiji could feel his blood beginning to boil already. In fact, he could barely restrain the urge to begin writing his own original story; but first, he still needed to check his system.

As he expected, new options appeared in his system, just like when he'd previously activated the [fighting] card.

The [writing] subsection was a new addition to his [academics] menu, and it contained options such as [self-creation], [imitate another author], [studying writing techniques]... and so on.

His [actions] now included [write an essay], [write a poem], [write a story], [write a song]... and so on, with various prerequisite stats.

New [items] appeared as well, including [speed writing card—writing with a pen in each hand], [cryptography—encryption techniques], [writing on the computer—typing]... and so on.

Seiji browsed his new options.

'[Writing on the computer—typing] is the next one I need to aim for, or it's going to be inconvenient if I can only write on a notebook.'

Although his newly acquired writing skills were undisputedly amazing, there was still something strange about it—he had to put pen to paper in order to utilize his newfound skill.

System, why were you so inflexible?

In this day and age, leaving aside other types of stories, light novels would always be typed on a computer, and publishers also used digital editions.

Of course, the most popular method right now was to post your story on the internet, hoping to get published after gaining popularity and being chosen by a publisher.

Even though using a pen to write seemed romantic as well as unique, Seiji would prefer to directly type out his story as it seemed like a waste of time to write a story on paper then type it out again.

However, the [writing on the computer—typing] card required 55 points.

Hey, wasn't this was more expensive than the ability cards under the [fighting] tree!?

Seiji subtly felt as if he'd fallen into his own system's ploy...

55 points seemed like a lot, but with his [gifts] and additional [actions] now available to him, it should be easier to grind than before, right?

So let's test out the new [actions]!

Seiji mulled it over before he ultimately decided to pick [write a story] from his actions menu, which had a prerequisite of 40 academics and 25 communication, and began writing the story in his mind.

'Yep, let's make the story's title "I'll die if I don't become handsome!"'