Chapter 3

After explaining the things about the land of Dark Souls to the Hokage, the Hokage decided to give him refuge in the village. He didn't tell them the reason why he was here though, he just told them that he fell unconscious for some reason and the next thing he knew, he was here.

Fortunately, the Hokage didn't ask for his personal information, maybe because he is a child?

The Hokage also told him if he wanted to join the Academy and he said he will think about it. After Kakashi brought him to his small flat, he gave him 3000 Ryo for him to live a few weeks on it. By the estimation he did, 1 Ryo equals to 10 yen in modern Japan, this would mean he has around 30,000 yen in his hands. He has to make this money last for a few weeks and find a job because Kakashi told him they wouldn't give him money anymore.

Fortunately for him, he doesn't need to eat because he is undead.

Now, he just needs to figure out how the Dark Souls System works, it still hasn't activated yet for some reason.

Hikaru sat on his tatami floor near his small table as he thinks about what to do.

The Dark Souls System hasn't activated yet, and he has to figure out how to. Because this would be his only hope of surviving in this world.

As he thought about the Dark Souls System, a transparent screen appeared in front of him.

It said: [I apologize for the delay, some technical difficulties happened but don't worry, it has been solved. Now, I won't explain the functions because I really don't have time, but to call out the Dark Souls System, thee will have to say "Praise the sun" for it to show up. Okay, goodbye]

The message ended there and Hikaru was left bamboozled by this message.

He did as the message told him and said enthusiastically, "Praise the sun, " while also doing the 'V' pose that Solaire did after being summoned.

A blue transparent screen appeared in front of him after he said that.

[Functions:

-Level Up-

-Stats-

-Challenge-

-Souls Shop-

-Upgrade Equipment-

-Repair Equipment-

-Kindle-

-Reverse Hollowing-

Estus Flask - 10

Souls - 0

!Starter Gift!]

The only thing Hikaru doesn't recognize there is the -Challenge Option- and the -Souls Shop-, maybe they are new functions?

"Let's see, ooh! A starter gift, wonder what's inside it, " Hikaru said while looking at the screen.

He pressed the !Starter Gift! and one small gift box appeared in the ground with a puff of smoke.

Hikaru knelt down on one knee to open the box. Once he opened the gift box, he saw three items inside it.

A dagger, 5 golden pine resins, and 10 Humanity.

"Wow, that's some starting items, " Hikaru said amazed. I mean, 10 humanities at the start? How awesome is that? And 5 golden pine resins? He could use it to increase his weapon's attack for a few minutes. But the dagger... meh.

He picks up the three items but he wondered where he would put them because, from the functions of the system, he doesn't have an inventory.

As he thought about it, he suddenly got an idea. What if he could sell stuff in the Souls Shop?

He pressed the Souls Shop on the screen and it showed him another screen just on the left of the main screen.

[Buy - Sell]

He was overjoyed when he saw that he could sell his items, because, from the game, humanities cost around 5000 souls and if his calculations are right, he could sell 1 humanity for 500 - 2500 souls.

He immediately pressed sell, and his items showed from the screen, even though they were in his hands.

And he was right, humanities could be sold for 2000 souls. He decided to sell 5 of them and kept the rest for rainy days. Once he pressed -Sell-, 5 humanities on his hand were gone and only the other five remained.

And on the main screen, his soul bar rose up and his souls are now 10,000. This means he could finally level up a few times and buy something good in the store.

First, he leveled up 8 times and it all cost 5869 souls. He put all his stat points in strength before he bought the Drake Sword for 4000 souls in the shop for a good starter weapon. He now only has 131 souls. He became rich for just a few moments and lost it all just seconds ago.

This is now his Stats:

[Stats:

Endurance - 10

Attunement - 10

Strength - 18

Dex - 10

Int - 10

Faith - 10

Resistance - (Pfft, yeah right)