Hestia took Bell into the room, while Takatsuki remained to face the other four.
Looking at the four people with varying expressions, Takatsuki could roughly guess who had exposed his whereabouts. Neither Hestia, Kiana, nor Mei would have exposed or rushed out to stop them if they had seen him and Bell enter the Entertainment District.
The only ones suitable for tracking were Fu Hua and Bronya.
Seeing Takatsuki's gaze fall on her, Fu Hua voluntarily admitted, "I tracked you. It was Hestia's request."
Oh, good! It was you, you seemingly honest one, who betrayed us!
"Takatsuki-kun… more importantly, shouldn't you explain yourself?"
Mei's resentment was so strong it formed black aura. Even her address for Takatsuki changed.
"Mei… it's not what you think."
Takatsuki looked at Mei, who seemed to be thinking, "You're finished today," and sighed helplessly: "I just took Bell to meet someone. I went only to protect him, after all, he's only Level 1. If he went alone, he would definitely be eaten alive by those guys from Ishtar Familia."
"Oh~? So Bell wanted to go?"
Mei clearly didn't believe Takatsuki's words.
"No, I took him. You'll know when Hestia comes out later. Anyway, I didn't do anything; I just guarded his door for a few hours."
After hearing Takatsuki's words, although Mei was still angry, at least she no longer had that aggressive aura from before.
"Then I'll wait for Hestia to come out and see, but if…"
Before Mei could finish her sentence, Hestia's startled cry came from inside the room: "A skill appeared!!!"
The few people outside froze and all looked at Takatsuki. Takatsuki also timely crossed his arms, standing in the middle of the room as if vindicated.
Soon, Hestia came out, holding a white paper with the Falna stats printed on it.
In terms of ability values, Bell had no growth, but in the skill section below, two new skills appeared.
"Skills"
[Hero's Path]
The crystallization of aspiration and dream.
Activates when doing what one believes is right.
Growth correction towards the ideal hero, other skills gain additional correction.
[Someone's Hero]
The crystallization of thoughts.
Immune to charm status.
Maintains effect when Hero's Path is active, increases own ability values.
The firmer the conviction in one's heart, the stronger the effect.
"Ahhh!!!! Unique skills! And two of them!"
Hestia's excitement was second only to when she saw Fu Hua's unique skill. She immediately approached Takatsuki with shining eyes.
"Takatsuki-kun, I was wrong to blame you, but how did you do it?"
Looking at Hestia's expression, Takatsuki knew she wanted to ask if this method could be replicated.
"This is a special individual circumstance. I was actually planning to tell you all tomorrow. Starting tomorrow, Bell will be adventuring in the Dungeon alone. As for the reason…"
Takatsuki looked at Bell: "Let Bell decide if he wants to tell you. I won't overstep."
The others' gazes also turned to Bell, and the pressure instantly fell on him.
"Ahaha… well, I need some money, so…"
Bell stopped halfway, his face flushed, then looked at Takatsuki: "Takatsuki-nii, you tell them…"
He wished he could run away on the spot, but where could he run to?
"Forget it, I'll tell them. Bell wants to help a young girl who was sold to Ishtar Familia in the Entertainment District to redeem herself, so he wants to earn money. However, he wants to help her with his own strength, so he wants to adventure alone to raise the money for her redemption."
After hearing this, the others all nodded. If they had heard this explanation originally, they might have suspected Bell was being tricked, but on one hand, Takatsuki knew about this matter, and Bell even gained two unique skills because of it. Even if he was tricked, it was worth it.
"A young man's growth always involves many hardships. I support you."
Fu Hua nodded in agreement with Bell's idea: "If you need to practice combat, you can always find me."
"Thank you, Fu Hua!"
The others also expressed their approval of Bell's conviction. For a person's dream, what is most needed is recognition from others. Only after being recognized will they have greater motivation.
Even after everyone went back to rest, Bell was still too excited to sleep.
Looking at Bell, who was too excited to sleep on the opposite sofa, Takatsuki also recalled Mei finally being willing to believe him after Bell proved himself, and breathed a sigh of relief.
Bell did not disappoint him. Not only did he avert a crisis that was almost born, but he also completed his mission.
Looking at the special mission in the system, Takatsuki mused that the evaluation should be quite high now.
[Mission Complete]
[Reward Obtained: Item Disassembler]
[Description: A special branch function that can disassemble character cards and items drawn within the system. It has no physical form.]
This mission's reward was only this one item; there were no crystals or experience points. Looking at the description displayed on the system, Takatsuki knew that his backpack full of junk finally had a place to be used.
As the number of gacha draws increased, so did the number of useless items drawn. Previously, he would sell some of the gems and gold he drew for money, but now there was absolutely no need. Fortunately, the backpack bug was there; he could use one bag to put a bunch of small, fragmented items together and throw them into the backpack to save space.
Otherwise, the 500 backpack slots he once thought were plenty would not be enough at all.
However, for the first test, Takatsuki did not choose those items, but looked at the character card interface.
Items could still be given to others, but for character cards to disappear, they could only be turned into Stigmata.
But Takatsuki wasn't that extravagant. Now that he had the disassembler…
He threw a B-rank Gardener character card into the disassembler.
Like other system panels, the disassembler panel had no physical form; instead, it was a panel that could be operated directly within one's consciousness.
With a flash of special effects, a scroll dropped out of the disassembler.
[Skill: Gardening LV1]
[Description: Grants gardening skill upon use.]
Looking at the item that appeared in his inventory, Takatsuki silently threw his old friend, Ezio's Florence Eagle, into it. After the disassembler finished running, Takatsuki looked at the single scroll in front of him and roughly understood the principle of the disassembler.
"So disassembling character cards turns their skills into skill books, but even if they have multiple skills, it doesn't create multiple skill books. Is it random? No, is it the most useful one?"
Looking at the scroll in front of him, Takatsuki fell into contemplation.
[Talent Skill: Eagle Eye (Non-upgradable)]
[Description: A special sixth sense.]
Ezio had many skills, but only this one most useful skill book appeared. Takatsuki's gaze towards the disassembler grew ardent.