[The player has died.]
[Simulation ended.]
Toru climbed out of bed.
He lowered his head and glanced at the time on his phone.
This simulation had lasted even longer than he had anticipated.
"The development halfway through went a bit beyond the plan…"
Toru's original plan had been to first push through a polygamy bill in Japan, then proceed along the harem route.
In the end, because of great luck, it turned into a situation of getting on the bus first and buying the ticket later.
"So boring."
The current simulations.
Toru felt they were becoming easier and easier.
No matter what it was, as long as it was an ordinary profession, he could rely on talent far beyond human limits to overcome it with ease…
It was satisfying, sure, but it gradually turned into the invincible protagonist formula, nothing could stump him anymore.
"The happiest time of my life was probably when I had just transmigrated to Japan, unfamiliar with everything, picking up trash on the streets to survive."
Back then, just eating a single expired supermarket bento was enough to make him happy for a long time.
Forget it.
"Simulator, help me broadcast the world's subsequent development."
[Retrieving data…]
[Ten years after your death.]
[Controlled nuclear fusion technology matured, and productivity increased dramatically.]
[Humanity constructed a space elevator.]
[The cost of space travel dropped sharply.]
[Twenty years after your death.]
[Intelligent machines replaced most job positions.]
[Working hours were reduced from eight hours to four hours per day.]
[Twenty five years after your death.]
[Because the four hour work system triggered opposition from the majority, mass unrest broke out, and sovereign nations successively shortened daily working hours to two hours.]
"…" Toru.
Damn it, a bunch of unruly masses.
[The virtual second world developed by Kitahara Rin was born. Large numbers of humans became immersed in it, and the spiritual lives of the general populace were satisfied.]
[Because you had set restrictions in advance, humans could only live in the virtual world for twelve hours per day.]
"That should prevent repeating history and going down the Matrix route."
Toru rubbed his chin.
This time, he had prepared thoroughly.
[Thirty years after your death.]
[Human lifespan increased dramatically, reaching the theoretical lifespan of one hundred and forty years.]
[Fifty years after your death.]
[Humanity began exploring the universe. Elon Musk boarded Mars shortly before his death.]
[Seventy years after your death.]
[Kitahara Rei began researching time machines.]
[One hundred years after your death.]
[Your daughters passed away one after another.]
[Localized wars began on Earth.]
[One hundred and fifty years after your death…]
[Because of the Third World War, Earth entered a nuclear winter.]
[Human civilization was annihilated.]
[One hundred years later.]
[The surviving new humans fought on the wasteland using stones and wooden clubs.]
[Playback ended.]
The ending took a sudden sharp turn and nearly threw Toru's back out.
The only lesson humanity ever learned from history was that humanity never learned any lessons from history.
Wasn't exploring the universe appealing?
Yet they insisted on fighting wars.
"This ending is worse than the Matrix."
Toru felt fortunate that he had not used life extension medicine, otherwise he would probably be fighting mutated creatures with a wooden club on a wasteland hundreds of years later…
[You have achieved an additional achievement, Civilization Destroyer. Settlement rating increased by an additional 100 percent.]
Alright, alright, it's all my fault.
Completely my fault.
Toru was speechless.
I devoted myself wholeheartedly to humanity's development, and I still ended up taking the blame?
[You have triggered a special achievement, Twin Blossoms Bloom] (additional rating increase of 100 percent, can be completed multiple times)
The twin sisters achievement.
As expected.
[You have triggered a special achievement, Blood Is Thicker Than Water] (additional rating increase of 50 percent, can be completed multiple times)
Blood is thicker than water?
This… that's not right, is it?
Could it be.
Toru thought of a possibility.
Well, getting involved with his aunt and younger aunt, if you put it that way, it really was blood mixed with water.
[You have triggered a special achievement, Harem King] (additional rating increase of 200 percent, can be completed multiple times)
This Harem King achievement gave a huge rating boost.
It was practically encouraging him to open a harem.
Every night rolling around in bed with five girls, having parties, it was honestly hard to take…
It was not that his waist hurt, it was mainly a waste of time.
Taking turns serving was comfortable, but half the night would be gone just like that.
"I really miss the days from the first simulation, the time I spent dating Hitori…"
This pure love warrior persona was becoming harder and harder to maintain.
[Simulation ended.]
[Your life was filled with legendary color.]
[Known by all, unknown by none.]
[Compared to your later perfect achievements, your experience of leading an independent band to become a top tier band in your youth was insignificant and could not even enter your dazzling résumé.]
[Romance is idle by nature, turmoil comes from excess.]
[Unmoved by fame or profit, calm and steadfast in ambition, your state of mind remains frighteningly profound.]
[Final simulation evaluation, MAX (after 850 percent bonus, base evaluation: EX+++)]
Wait.
There were evaluations above EX?
This was the first time Toru had encountered it. He had originally thought EX was the ceiling.
MAX, maximum value… yeah, that should be the final tier?
"You really know how to come up with new tricks."
Just when he felt the simulation had become boring and lacked challenge, the simulator suddenly said to him—
[This is the player's limit, not my limit.]
[In view of the player's perfect performance, you may choose eight out of the following ten options as rewards—]
[1. Chopper Shield (with this, mom will never worry about me getting slashed by girls again.)]
[2. Stress limit increased by 20 points.]
[3. Soul Rank plus one (your soul will become even more radiant. This reward only has a very small chance to appear when the evaluation is MAX.)]
[4. Time Machine Prototype (developed by Kitahara Rei, a gift for dad. Appears as a mobile phone and can send text messages to your past self to change the timeline. Note: the unlock password is your daughter's birthday.)]
[5. A group photo of you and your six daughters (a happy family, a collectible with no practical use.)]
[6. Mental power doubled (a powerful will that can pierce stubborn stone.)]
[7. Talent enhancement card (can raise a talent one level above its current rank.)]
[8. Physical fitness doubled (the capital of revolution.)]
[9. Learning speed permanently plus 100 percent]
[10. New simulation function (because this is the first time the player has reached a MAX evaluation, it is specially unlocked for you. Say it, quickly: thank you, Simulator-chan.)]
Worthy of being the reward for reaching MAX evaluation for the first time…
So luxurious that Toru almost thought he was seeing things.
Chopper Shield, first one, pass.
If dating ever reached the point of making a girl heartbroken, Toru would willingly take the stab.
The second one, stress value, was useful early on, but later he realized its effect was not as great as imagined. After all, extreme stress training had long since stopped affecting him, so this option lost its meaning.
Soul rank, he did not know what it was for, but since it was a rare reward, he would take it.
Time machine?
Not particularly useful, but since it was his daughter's gift, he must choose it.
The same went for the group photo of his precious daughters.
He looked over the remaining rewards and realized he could take all of them.
Whether it was doubled mental power, physical fitness, or talent enhancement, they were all rare and valuable.
The last one.
The simulator's new function was something Toru had been looking forward to for a long time.
So…
"Choose 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10."
There should not be any problem, right?
Let's go with that.
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