In fact, I can add unlimited points

Having guessed this, Shun Aragaki chuckled and teased the acting chairman in front of him, "It seems that the Koenji Zaibatsu is indeed behaving quite lavishly."

"After all, it concerns the reputation of our heir, so we certainly can't let it be ruined by such a trivial matter." Director Kanda interlaced his fingers, leaned back in his leather chair, and wore the same pleasant expression on his face.

We all mingle in high society circles, so we can't afford to lose our credibility easily.

After all, such disposable items are quite valuable, and even if they are to be discarded, they should wait for a more suitable time to maximize their profits.

Moreover, for behemoths like chaebols, problems that can be solved with money are not considered major problems.

It's just a little blood loss; there's absolutely no need to make a fool of yourself over it.

"Hehe~ In that case, this incident is, in a way, a win-win situation for everyone?"

A strange glint flashed in Shun Aragaki's eyes, and a playful smile appeared on his lips—

Koenji Rokusuke's Class 1-B earned millions of personal points through buying low and selling high, enough to alleviate the class's financial situation; shops that were being held accountable by the school thus gained access to the Koenji conglomerate's connections; Advanced Education used this opportunity to make a quick buck; Aragaki Shun received the compensation he wanted; even current students managed to buy inexpensive holiday items...

Everyone benefits from this process, so who actually loses out?

It couldn't possibly be the Koenji Zaibatsu, could it? At most, they just donated blood to fund their heir's gaming expenses!

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"...Don't worry, this time it was because someone exploited a loophole. The school has now issued new school rules. If it happens again, even heirs of conglomerates will have to leave Advanced Education."

Seeing the strange look on Aragaki Shun's face, Kanda, that old fox, naturally understood what he was thinking, and immediately made a guarantee.

To be honest, the goal of Advanced Education is not to create some kind of paradise on earth. It is only natural that this school will be influenced by external powers.

Ultimately, everyone has selfish desires, and with so many faculty, business people, and even school executives here, each with their own ideas, it's inevitable that some personal relationships and interests will arise.

On the other hand, the high level of education itself only means that it pays more attention to the children of the powerful and wealthy; it doesn't mean that it actually needs to deliberately flatter and fawn over them.

Even Nanono Masa, the vice president with no special background, was able to use the student council's authority to stop Koenji Rokusuke from exchanging personal points from second and third-year students after discovering that he was doing so, which was equivalent to directly slapping the other party in the face.

The school didn't say much about it, calmly accepting Nan Yunya's application and revising the school rules to cut off Meili Ge's source of income.

Add to that the way the interviewer threw Aragaki Shun and Kanzaki into the original Class B and Koenji into Class D at the beginning of the semester... It just goes to show that in this country, with the backing of the ruling party, the High Education Institute really doesn't need to worry about any student's background.

At least when dealing with the students themselves, the council members usually only need to give them face depending on the situation. After all, the second generation is just the second generation, not their parents who hold great power behind them.

Now, Class A and Class B of Grade 1 are competing against each other. The leaders of both sides are people with powerful backgrounds. The school's position is naturally to handle things officially and do what needs to be done.

In short, everything was done according to the rules. Whether it was Koenji, Ayanokoji, Shun Aragaki, Kanzaki, or Sakayanagi who were expelled, the board of directors did not want to get too involved, lest they end up pleasing neither side.

"Ahem~ Finally, I'd like to mention something," Chairman Kanda coughed deliberately, his expression resembling that of a weasel that had just stolen a chicken.

"It's best to save this [Special Examination Rule Modification Authority (One-Time)] in your hand until the end of next semester, after that guy from the white room has arrived and taken over as acting chairman."

Upon hearing this suggestion, Shun Aragaki raised an eyebrow, quickly understanding Kanda's reasoning—

Obviously, the other party doesn't want the boy to cause any trouble during their term, but if it were an acting chairman transferred from the rival White Room... then it would be best to deal with him ruthlessly, the ruthless the better.

If nothing unexpected happens, and if Shun Aragaki caused trouble during that period, most of the council members would definitely relax the restrictions on this authority, and might even actively fuel the flames, making the person involved in the White Room lose face.

Of course, if advanced breeding results in significant losses, then all consequences must be borne by the derelict acting chairman and the Ayanokoji councilor behind him.

Thinking of this, Aragaki Shun's lips twitched. No wonder the school was so quick to offer compensation this time; it turned out they had been preparing to dig a pit for the unlucky guy who was about to be caught, just waiting for him to stupidly jump in.

Shun Aragaki would naturally not refuse such a request.

"That was exactly what I planned!"

In any case, Chairman Kanda was one of his own, and he had taken good care of him on a regular basis, so Shun Aragaki had no reason to deliberately sabotage him.

Since his last meeting with Atsuomi Ayanokouji, he had a premonition that the subordinates sent by Ayanokouji might cause a great uproar at the school, which is why he took the opportunity to apply for such authority from the school.

"Since we share the same goal, can't the council be a little more generous?"

One-time use permission is far too few; it would be better to offer more, like three times seven equals twenty-one!

Faced with Shun Aragaki's blatant hint, Chairman Kanda was speechless, a thick black line appearing on his forehead.

"No! Don't even think about it! It's already quite an achievement that we were able to give you this in a reasonable way!"

Ultimately, it was just a minor matter of exploiting a loophole. If it weren't for the involvement of the Koenji Zaibatsu, which brought considerable benefits to the school, the board of directors would have had no reason to delegate this authority under the guise of compensation or reward.

“Member Ayanokouji has been keeping a close eye on this place. I don’t know what deal he made with Prime Minister Onishima, but for the next period of time, we will have to cooperate as much as possible with the acting chairman he sent.”

"At the very least, openly contradicting others is absolutely unacceptable..."

In other words, it's okay as long as you do it secretly, right?

Shun Aragaki nodded, indicating that he understood.

309. Returning home to research extraordinary items; the system of magical artifacts and talismans.

After finishing all the matters at school, Shun Aragaki followed the procedure and had the editor come to pick him up. Then, he made up a random excuse to leave Advanced Education and embarked on his journey home with great anticipation.

Because it was already winter break and there were only a few days left until the Lunar New Year, his younger sister Ayase and adoptive parents were at home. They immediately pulled Aragaki Shun over to greet him warmly, which made the boy's schedule completely packed, leaving him no free time at all.

It wasn't until the New Year ended and the joy of reunion slowly faded that Shun Aragaki had a chance to escape the warmth of his family and head to the laboratory his adoptive father had prepared to get down to business.

[Due to prolonged impact, the amount of Source Energy automatically acquired in January was 8.]

[Achievement Completed: Community of Fate (Hasebe Haruka)] Your connection to this world has increased, Source Power +1.

[Achievement Completed: Benefiting the Campus by organizing activities that connect students with external welfare initiatives, thereby gaining significant Reputation and +4 Source Power.]

[Achievement Completed: Secretly negotiated a deal to help the school profit from the shop incident and obtained special exam rule modification authority; Source Power +5.]

[Achievement Completed: Possessing absolute power, forcibly amending a nation's marriage law due to personal will (Progress 2/3), Source Power +12.]

[Source Energy: 10 → 40 (Current efficiency: 8 items per month)]

Naturally, for Shun Aragaki, who was using cheat codes, the most important thing was to replenish his source energy, which had become relatively abundant during this period.

Because of his transformation into a superhuman, his influence in this world has increased dramatically, and he can automatically draw eight streams of source energy from heaven and earth every month.

The first three achievements need no further explanation; they were all things he did during the winter break. Finally, he also made progress on amending the Marriage Law.

Even with the power of the Aragaki family, amending the Sakurajima laws wouldn't be an easy task that could be accomplished in a short time. From the initial proposal and the exchange of benefits to the final decision to implement it, the entire process can be roughly divided into three steps.

At this stage, the second step should have been completed—the exchange of benefits was finalized, and the regulations were approved after discussion at the higher levels. The next step is to find a suitable opportunity to officially implement the newly issued regulations across the country.

At that time, Shun Aragaki will also receive one more Source Power from this achievement, which will be the final settlement.

Of course, that's a topic for later. What's more important now is to transform the reserves of source energy into real power.

Otherwise, simply accumulating resources without spending them is completely meaningless.

And then the next moment—

【格斗lv.5（0/10）→神兵百炼lv.6（0/20）】

【写作lv.5（0/10）→文以载力lv.6（0/20）】

【暴食lv.5（0/10）→暴食大罪lv.6（0/20）】

[Source Energy: 40 → 10 (Current efficiency: 8 items per month)]

As his reserve energy dissipated like flowing water, Shun Aragaki was left with three skills and talents at level 5, which naturally transformed into extraordinary abilities.

At the same time, the "Miscellaneous" skill bar flashed several times during this enhancement before finally disappearing completely.

Based on the experience gained from the last time they stepped into the extraordinary realm, it is known that certain skills with diverse development possibilities and enormous potential can, after evolving into extraordinary traits, merge with similar skills to further enhance their foundation.

It is obvious that the reason why the "Miscellaneous" category disappeared is because all the numerous skills within it were covered and integrated by the three newly born extraordinary abilities.

After all, this can be considered a legacy issue.

When he first created his personal panel, Shun Aragaki tried to fix many useful but not very useful skills to test its effects, such as calligraphy, painting, kendo, archery, and forging.

Later, due to a shortage of source energy, he did not invest more resources in these skills, but simply included them in the [Miscellaneous] category and let them grow naturally.

Once Shun Aragaki's four basic attributes were raised to near the extraordinary level, these skills that had been neglected were also subtly upgraded to level 4 or even level 5 due to his strong foundation.

Of course, even so, the boy still didn't intend to invest more time and energy in these abilities, so he took advantage of this opportunity to strengthen himself and merged all the abilities in the [Miscellaneous] category with the three newly upgraded extraordinary skills.

In this way, not only is unnecessary space cleared from the personal panel, but the foundation and development potential of the three extraordinary skills can also be strengthened.

And the final result... Aragaki Shun closed his eyes, carefully sensing the skill information flowing into his mind, and when he opened them again, his face was full of surprise.

This is because these three extraordinary skills are quite practical and perfectly suited to the boy's current situation.

For example, the effect of [Divine Weapon Refinement] is that when you master the eighteen kinds of weapons such as swords, spears, halberds, etc., you will be proficient in them as soon as you get them; you can consume star power to temporarily shape various weapon forms to fight enemies; you can also use star power to strengthen objects in normal times, so that they can bear a part of the extraordinary power, which is to try "refining".

The "Wen Yi Zai Li" skill, which takes writing as its core and incorporates similar skills such as painting and calligraphy, can carry star power in the form of words, pictures, runes, etc., giving it corresponding effects.

With this skill, if Aragaki Shun were in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, he could easily replace Zhang Jiao as the Great Teacher of Virtue. If he were to go to a Taoist priest of the talismanic school now, he could make the priest kneel down on the spot and beg to become his disciple.

Talismans, magic books, contracts, and hidden realms within paintings... With just a little thought, he could come up with dozens of ways to use this skill. Although his level was too low at the moment and most of them were just wishful thinking, the future was promising.

As for the final [Gluttony Sin], its effect is even simpler and purer—this talent can increase the efficiency with which Shun Aragaki absorbs solar energy and converts it into star power.

If when he first became a transcendent being, solar energy within a one-kilometer radius would converge on him, then now that radius could easily be tripled, fivefold, or even tenfold with his full effort.

In this way, Shun Aragaki will no longer have to worry about the recovery efficiency after his star power is depleted.

More importantly, with this talent, his mana bar can slowly increase over time. Later, when his star power grows to a certain level, it can also temper his essence, energy, and spirit, thereby improving his four basic qualities. Although his talent level is too low and the improvement speed is too slow, it is certainly not as efficient as using source power directly, but it can still be said that his future is promising.

Imagine if one day he had the power to fly into the sun and survive, then the [Gluttony Sin] at its peak could be used to devour everything in sight.

At that time, the entire universe will become his dining table. Even without using source power to upgrade, he can become a cosmic giant who feeds on stars.

Of course, this future is still somewhat far away. At this stage, Shinjuku Shun can only regard it as an "advanced technique," since its effect is to increase the efficiency of star power conversion.

As for what else this talent can be used for... [Gluttony] can indeed devour the flesh and blood of living beings and convert it into star power, but let's forget about cannibalism.

There is no one extraordinary in this world except him. Ordinary objects only have a little bit of biochemical energy, which is far less than the omnipresent solar energy. Even if he swallowed a blue whale, he could not convert much star power into it. Considering the time for digestion and absorption, it would be a completely thankless task.

In addition, the [Gluttony Sin] can also be used to destroy evidence, but for ordinary people who can be easily taken down with just one bullet, it is more cost-effective to use the light and heat properties inherent in Star Power to burn them into ashes.

Thinking of this, the boy's eyes flickered slightly, and the star power gathered at his fingertips quietly evolved into a pitch-black vortex, where light and heat reversed at this moment.

He aimed it at the table in front of him, and with a powerful attraction, pieces of expensive metal on the table immediately flew into the vortex, where they were then crushed into dust and devoured by his talent operating at maximum power.

Feeling the depletion within his body, Shun Aragaki shook his head with some regret—

In terms of destructive power alone, the dark vortex transformed from the [Great Sin of Gluttony] is no stronger than pure light and heat, because there is an extra process involved, and the consumption is actually three or four times higher.

The key point is that with a talent level of only lv.6, it is not yet possible to absorb the properties of metal and then melt them into the human body.

All I can say is that we still need to continue upgrading.

Setting aside this somewhat simplistic and straightforward talent that only requires normal sun exposure, Shun Aragaki turned his attention to [Divine Weapon Refinement] and [Literature as a Vehicle for Strength].

Comparatively speaking, the variety of ways these two extraordinary skills can be used is simply countless.

It should be said that each of them, taken individually, can be extended into a weapon-refining system and a talisman system. They are quite important and common skills in the extraordinary world. Only alchemy can rival or even surpass them.

However, in this magic-free world where resources are so scarce that even extraordinary energy doesn't exist, let's save alchemy for when we're asleep and think about it in our dreams.

Rather than hoping to refine pills, the young man felt it was more realistic to let the star power extend into more qualities and then find a way to inscribe them into talismans.

With these thoughts running through his mind, Shun Aragaki let out a soft breath, stretched his limbs, and then walked out of the laboratory with a pleased expression.

If you want to try out some new extraordinary skills, whether it's weapon crafting or talisman drawing, you need to prepare some valuable materials in advance.

It's definitely easier to have your family prepare things like various metals, special talisman paper, and even qualified cinnabar ink.

After all, he was quite wealthy, and the problems that could be solved with money were the simplest.

.........

Time flies, and it's January 3rd. Tomorrow is the end of the winter vacation and the start of the third semester of Advanced Education.

In the past few days, apart from entertaining Ruri Gokou, Elf Yamada, and others who had invited him to visit and providing them with some protection, Shun Aragaki spent the rest of his time researching two extraordinary skills in the laboratory he had specially modified at home.

Skills enhanced by source energy are essentially superior to the practice and mastery of ordinary people, so there is no problem of insufficient proficiency leading to difficulty in use.

Based on this, he quickly created some relatively simple supernatural gadgets.

"Well then, let's stop here for now."

With a clap of his hands, Shun Aragaki looked at the various materials remaining on the table, including titanium alloy plates, nickel-chromium wire, yellow paper, mica paper, and gold foil paper. He snapped his fingers and conjured them into flames, burning them to ashes.

After cleaning up the remaining materials, the boy picked up a pile of talismans and a dozen mirror-like props from the workbench next to him, then turned and walked out of the laboratory.

As he walked towards the living room, looking at his newly revamped personal panel, Shun Aragaki was somewhat satisfied with his current situation.

Name: Shun Aragaki

Power: 21

Physical condition: 21

Agility: 21