The Emperor Engine's God-like Skill System

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After lying down on the bed, Tornado stretched out her body in a very casual sleeping position, completely different from her somewhat arrogant appearance during the day. Instead, she looked no different from a small child.

After seeing Tornado's breathing gradually become steady and slow, King turned around and prepared to leave.

Just as King placed his hand on the doorknob, Tornado murmured softly.

"King... I didn't lose to you..."

"Really."

King shook his head helplessly. He hadn't expected that so-called heroes would be like this in private, especially Tatsumaki, who was hailed as the Hero Association's ultimate weapon, who acted like a complete child.

He also couldn't understand why the Hero Association would let a child become a hero.

"I can't just leave a drunk little girl alone."

King hesitated for a few seconds before pulling his hand back from the doorknob.

King mistook Tornado for a little girl with superpowers, and seeing that she had drunk so much, he ultimately decided to stay and take care of her.

He poured himself a glass of water and placed it on the bedside table, then took out a chair and sat down on the other side of the room.

Bored out of his mind, King opened the system menu.

Reputation value: 11034031

His reputation has now returned to the ten million mark.

Yesterday, King gained over eight million reputation points. After tentatively spending reputation to draw a few useless skills, he still had close to seven million. So today, King has accumulated about four million points.

Compared to yesterday, the increase in reputation points seems to be a little smaller.

"Is it because joining the Hero Association doesn't have as much of a shock effect on others as defeating Vaccine Man?"

King reached out and gently stroked his chin, lost in thought.

Although his daily reputation points are increasing quite a bit at the moment, it will still take some time to get back to 100 million reputation points.

King plans to accumulate at least 100 million points, the same as before, before drawing a skill, in order to ensure that he can obtain a very powerful skill, rather than a useless one.

"Looks like I need to actively earn points. Is there anything I can do to significantly increase my reputation?"

King closed his system interface and muttered to himself.

However, he was already feeling quite tired, so he crossed his arms over his chest, leaned back in his chair, and fell asleep.

.....

The next morning, Tornado woke up very early because she was drunk the day before.

She opened her slightly blurry eyes, stretched out her hand, put her slender fingers, as delicate as jade hairpins, to her lips, and yawned.

At the same time, she looked around and found herself back in her room.

"Strange? How did I get back here?"

Tornado desperately tried to recall what had happened the night before. She remembered that the Hero Association had held a welcome ceremony for King, and she had participated in it.

Then what......

I can't quite remember the tornado.

However, it was only from the bitter taste in her mouth and the faint headache in her head that she remembered that she seemed to have drunk alcohol yesterday.

Moreover, he only drank because he saw King drinking and wanted to surpass King.

The next day, Tornado realized that her idea was somewhat naive, and that it wasn't worth making herself suffer all night for such a reason.

However, that's all the things Tornado remembers; she can't remember anything else.

Tornado had no idea how she got back to her room.

She was even a little worried that she might have done something terrible while drunk.

Tornado turned her head slightly and saw a glass of water on the bedside table. Her lips and throat were dry, so she didn't think much of it and gulped it all down.

The water was warm; someone had poured it out not long ago.

"You're finally awake."

King's sudden deep voice startled Tatsumaki, causing her to drop the cup in her hand. Luckily, Tatsumaki activated her superpower at the last second, freezing the cup in mid-air; otherwise, the entire bed would have been soaked.

"You, you, what are you doing here?"

Tornado was stunned to see King in her room. She tried desperately to recall what had happened, but only had vague memories and couldn't remember the specific details.

"Who, who gave you permission to barge into my room! I'll kill you!"

The tornado controlled the water splashing from the cup, condensing it in the air into sharp spikes that aimed at King.

Why is this guy here?

He won't stay forever, will he?

Could it be that he poured this glass of water for me?

Tornado's brain was working at lightning speed, but at the same time her face was slightly flushed.

At this moment, King paid no attention to Tornado's every move and stood up from his seat.

"Since you're awake, what business is it of mine here?"

It's now around 8 or 9 in the morning, and Escanor's template ability is starting to take effect. King has gradually lost the fear and awe he felt towards Tatsumaki before; now, she's just a troublesome little girl in his eyes.

"Children shouldn't study. Adults drinking alcohol only causes trouble for others."

King turned around, opened the door, and walked out after saying his last words without lingering for a moment.

"You bastard, who told you to leave! Stop right there!"

"And I'm not a child!"

"You arrogant and rude bastard!"

Inside the room, Tornado's hysterical roar could be heard.

Chapter Nineteen: The Sudden Earthquake

Tornado stared at the closed door, gritting her teeth in anger. She had just tried to use her superpowers to stop King from leaving, but remembering her failed attempt yesterday, she gave up on the idea.

She controlled the water arrows spinning around her body and returned them to the blankets, while she herself floated off the bed.

"Really, they just left without saying a word."

"What a strange guy!"

"At least explain it clearly!"

Tornado pouted, looking like an angry pufferfish.

That King... he wouldn't be in his room the whole time while I'm sleeping, would he?

Does that mean he saw me sleeping?

No, no, I have to find out and get to the bottom of this!

She reached out her hand, and the door in front of her opened automatically, while Tornado herself floated out like a balloon.

Good morning, little tornado.

As soon as Tornado stepped out of her room, she saw Bang and Atomic Samurai chatting as they walked past her door.

Have you guys seen King?

"Tornado asked."

"Mr. King seemed to have something to do and left in a hurry. He must have gone to deal with the weirdo."

Bang, standing to the side, spoke slowly.

"By the way, Little Tornado, you should thank Mr. King properly."

Why should I thank that strange guy?

Tornado felt increasingly annoyed by King's cold and arrogant demeanor, and her pout deepened.

“Yesterday, Tornado, you got drunk, but Mr. King stopped you and carried you back to your room, taking care of you all night.”

Atomic Samurai, standing to the side, said with a smile.

"I...I'm drunk?"

Although Tornado had vague memories, she still found it hard to believe.

"I... I haven't done anything dangerous...."

"Aside from levitating the dining table and controlling the plates and glasses to fly around, there's nothing else to do—Mr. King successfully stopped you from doing anything more dangerous in the tornado."

Upon hearing Bang's words, Tatsumaki's face instantly turned bright red.

Even just imagining it, she knew how humiliating yesterday's scene must have been.

Were all people present at the time?

Tornado asked, clinging to a sliver of hope.

"Most of them are still here."

"Atomic Samurai replied."

"You all have to forget about it! I'll kill anyone who brings it up again!"

Tornado spoke immediately, but a hint of panic flickered in her eyes.

"Don't worry, Little Tornado. Yesterday was just a dinner party. Everyone was happy, and many heroes drank too much. Nobody will take it to heart."

Bangu, hunched over, smiled as he spoke, looking like a gossipy old man.

Tornado didn't say anything, but silently activated her telekinesis and fled from the place as if she were escaping.

Right now, she just wishes nothing had happened yesterday.