After getting slapped for calling people names like Beetle Juice and Kermit the Frog, he finally realised that...
'This is harder than I thought.' Astrid sighed. 'All right...I can do this. Let's go again.'
He scanned the horizon, discovering an intriguing girl with bright pink hair in the distance. She was standing next to a flower garden, laughing at something on her phone.
Astrid thought, 'Silver Hair? That's too easy. I'll ask her if she's the stripper from that movie.'
'No damn it! That's offensive! Something else...'
Astrid pondered for a while but no one else sprang to mind. Then he thought of something. 'Wait…would that work? Pervy Sage said famous person…I don't know if characters would qualify?'
His idea was strange. He wasn't sure if it would fly. In fact, he expected it to probably crash and burn. 'Would she even know who that is?' After considering it for a few seconds, he sighed. 'Whatever, I'll just try it. I'm not getting any better ideas anyway.'
Ben went over to the girl. As he got closer, he noticed two things. First, on her pale skin, she had an almost star-shaped birthmark under her left eye. Rather than making her unattractive, it added a unique charm. Second, she was super s.e.xy!
Her long white hair stretched down to her waist, curving around her large E cup breasts, which popped out even more when contrasting with her narrow waist. A skin-tight black top displayed her smooth stomach, accented with a butterfly piercing at her belly.
Astrid gulped. 'This is a long shot, but I'll never know until I try!' He walked up to the girl and launched the stupid line he was sure would bomb.
"Hey, are you Elizabeth Lion from 7 Sin's?"
He delivered the line with the proper playful tone but was still pessimistic. Astrid predicted she would glance at him like he was crazy or say no and walk away. At best, she wouldn't understand who Elizabeth was and ask for clarification. The prognosis wasn't good, but this world had no shortage of medical miracles.
*Pffftt!*
Astrid's face froze. 'Did she just burst into laughter?'
"Haha. I wish I was!" The girl said.
[Target's current attraction level: interested]
[Congratulations! You've unlocked the Achievement: The shit real life anime remake(common) - Make one woman interested in you because you called her a fucking anime character]
[Distributing reward: 10 SP]
'Another 10 points!' The achievement shocked Astrid but he tried to keep a straight face. It seemed this girl not only didn't walk away, but her attraction level jumped right to interested! Was she an anime fan?
Astrid realized, 'This must be what Pervy Sage meant by type. If this girl is an anime fan, then me using such an unusual opener about a subject she likes must've created this amazing result!'
It made sense that some openers could lead to leaping attraction levels. Not long ago, he cliff dived from indifferent to mortal enemy on a raccoon-head.
The girl interrupted Astrid's thoughts. "Do you like anime?"
Astrid hesitated. It was an unwritten rule among Otakus and superheroes that you never reveal your true identity, especially to a cute girl. 'No. I can't play this one by the book...I need to take a chance!'
"…That's right." He risked it all!
The girl stared at him. After a long time, she smiled and extended her hand. "I'm Elzi, please ta' meetcha!"
'Yes!' Astrid tossed the Otaku bible in the garbage and it worked! He wouldn't be bound by mortal rules anymore!
Astrid shook her hand and offered his name. 'Now what?' He was lucky that he didn't have to decide.
After he admitted to liking anime, Elzi began an endless rant. She talked about the recent animes she's watched, her favorite characters, and scenes. She didn't even give Astrid a chance to speak. The dark side offered many benefits!
Astrid only nodded the entire time. After a while, when Elzi was out of breath, Astrid's instincts told him the moment had arrived and he took a stab with his devil-forked tongue. "Elzi, I have to go, but can we exchange numbers and talk later?" Astrid's tone was relaxed but his heart was thumping!
She was silent for a few seconds, considering it…
"Alright. Give me your number," Elzi said.
'Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, I'll die in 7 weeks!' Ben knew better than to give his number to a girl. He was thankful that Pervy Sage already gave him the perfect line for this occasion.
"I don't pick up calls from unknown numbers, so put your contact in first." Astrid took out his phone and put it in her hand to input her number. To Astrid, the line sounded like something a drug dealer would say, but according to Pervy Sage, women liked that!
After he said it, Elzi's eyes flashed. Then, she put her number in the phone without further hesitation!
'It worked!' Astrid was dancing in his mind! Pervy Sage was right! He began to see the holy pussy!
There was one last step left. He still remembered what Pervy Sage said: 'These females are sneaky. Sometimes they give fake numbers. Be sure to call it and see her phone ring before you leave…' It's not weird. This is called double-checking, ok! Even NASA does it!
Even though something sounded off, Astrid couldn't afford to care about it. He pressed call on her contact...When her phone lit up, Astrid knew he succeeded!
[Congratulations! You've unlocked the Achievement: If you get slapped 100 times, it will become numb, and soon enough, you will find the women who touch will be soft, but in reality, she is another women who will still slap you, and once she finds out you are numb to slapping, she will kick you in the balls. (rare) - Acquire a phone number from 1 woman who is interested in you]
[Distributing reward: 50 SP]
If he kept going at this rate, maybe he could really complete War of the 7…No! He'd already given up his Otaku religion! He'd do it no matter what!