Breaking free from my role as a side character

Chapter 12: Mission one: Save the children (1)



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NAME: basic cooking 

RANK: C

SOURCE: Shokugeki No Soma

Current level: 2

Description: Congratulations, you have earned the skill of cooking. While you are nowhere near any of the godly chefs from the universe of origin. This skill still allows you to have above average cooking skills and as you use it more and more your cooking skills will increase to the level of the best chef from Shokugeki no soma.

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NAME: Stealth

RANK: A

SOURCE: Saekano: How to raise a boring girlfriend

Current level: 1

Description: Unnoticed, unbothered, unwanted. This skill makes it so that people can't notice your presence. However it is not all powerful you still exist it's just that people find it hard to notice you. Skill works better when you make no noise.

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Kenichi read through his first skills and as he read through them Kato Megumi stirred in her sleep. She wrapped her hands around Kenichi's waist and brought herself closer to him. 

"Great, how do I get out of this situation?" Kenichi wondered while Kato slept soundly, unaware of the frustrations she was causing him.

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"Great, two hours later and I'm free…Is what I would like to say but I'm still here. I never expected this girl to have the grip of a gorilla." He mumbled while Kato slept. 

"Man, you're really stuck." Lilith said as she floated out of swatting range.

"What do you want Lilith?" Kenichi asked annoyed at the reminder of her existence

"Well if you're going to be so rude I guess I won't help you." She shrugged her shoulders and floated farther away.

"Wait please, I'll do anything to get out of this situation." Kenichi pleaded not realising his grave mistake until it was too late.

"Anything?" She turned around her smile so sinister it sent shivers down Kenichi's spine.

"Y-yes," He gulped down his protests and allowed Lilith to give him a choice.

"So My dear, sweet, ugly, stupid, not the greatest disciple Kenichi. I will give you two choices, One you stay here in a situation where you're bound to be mistaken for a pervert or option Two you accept the mission I give you, and I get you out of here."

"Mission? What Mission?" 

"Hehe, So glad you asked shit stain. I was recently given executive privileges by my boss for your system which means I can do this." She snapped her fingers and a system notification appeared in front of Kenichi.

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Save the children.

MISSION DESCRIPTION: You are a chef at a very famous pizzeria where a handful of children are going to be killed. You must save all of them and stop the killer from killing any more children.

RANK: S

REWARDS: The Pizzeria becomes yours upon completion, and you are able to visit whenever you fancy you can also bring guests from your world into the Pizzeria. You will also get two random items or skills from the system.

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"What is this?" Kenichi asked the floating fairy

"Your ultimatum." She smiled as she rested her hands behind her back and stuck out her tongue while leisurely floating in the air, like she was sleeping.

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Will you accept this mission?

YES / NO

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Seeing no other choice he clicked the yes button on the system screen and the sight before his eyes instantly shifted.

No longer was he in the house of Kato Megumi in Japan He was now in,

Hurricane, Utah

September 1983

*MISSION START*

*LEVEL 1*

"So you ready for today?" A young man, styled well, asked the group of employees. He appeared to be in his late twenties or maybe early thirties. He had brown hair slicked back and he wore a snazzy purple suit that fit him well. Despite never having met this man before Kenichi knew his name, William Afton the owner of the Pizzeria he was working at. 

"Yes sir," Most of the employee's enthusiastically said. I mean who wouldn't be happy to work at the newly opened Pizzeria from the Fazbear chain, Circus baby's pizza world. 

"Ness, come on." One of the workers said as he walked into the kitchen of the establishment. The checkered floor reflected the swinging door to the kitchen and Kenichi thought a bit as he slowly walked toward the Kitchen.

'This body's name is Ness, he worked at a local diner but William Afton offered him a better opportunity here so he took up the job. Apparently he liked the food Ness made.' 

"Ness, I need you to Knead the dough!" One of the employees yelled. 

"On it, sir." Ness walked over to the counter and whether it was the subconscious mind of Ness or because of his recently acquired Cooking skill Kenichi knew what to do. 

He sprinkled flour onto the counter top, and put some on his hands and then began to knead the dough, until it became flat in the shape of a pizza. 

"Good, you can do the rest. I have to start on the next batch," The employee ran around the kitchen making another batch of dough, and then tossing it Kenichi's way.

Within the hour they had made enough pizzas to feed as many children that came in that day, or at least they thought. They had severely underestimated the amount of children that would be coming to this new lactation. The children seemed to be entranced by the animatronics on stage, especially the main star of the show, Circus baby. She was shiny and bright underneath the stage show lights. She sang and danced as a balloon popped out of her fingertips and she handed them to children. She wasn't the only object of attention though, the other animatronics were also getting the kids attention and also the parents. The parents in particular were looking at the animatronic Ballora. While they could get the ballerina design did she have to look so…mature?

Kenichi was so focused on making the pizzas for the customers that he hadn't noticed the time tick by. When the pizzeria finally began to calm down and the numbers had gone from triple digits to double digits they could finally relax and do some of the other duties they were assigned. 

Kenichi went out to the main floor to clean up after some of the guests and as he did he overheard a conversation between two children.

"Isn't she so pretty, Charlie?" A young redheaded girl asked her friend who smiled as she looked up at the animatronics

"Yeah, Your dad did a really good job on it." She admired the glossy look to the animatronics, it was like they were made to attract kids.

"I know, he made her just for me, he called me his 'muse' for her, whatever that means." She looked up at Circus baby and there were definitely similarities between the two, red hair and colorful personalities. But the animatronic had blue eyes and the girl had green. The similarities stopped after two, 

'I guess you can't get much from a robot even if you do base them on someone.' Thought Kenichi not knowing how many more similarities there would be as time moved forward.

"Charlotte, it's time to get you home." A man wearing overalls and a plaid Yellow Shirt said as he finished talking to William about something.

"Okay dad, bye Elizabeth see you tomorrow." Charlie/Charlotte walked over to her dad and they both left the store. 

"How long have I been here for?" Kenichi wondered and looked up at the Fazbear themed clock that read, 7:00.

"Already? Didn't feel that long." Kenichi then walked over to the Kitchen and saw that he was alone. His co-worker was nowhere in sight. "Great, he left me to do the cleanup in here." He grabbed a trash bag and shoved the items he had found on tables and threw them in. The cheap plastic cups and paper plates were in the trash bag but the better made plastic cups and glass plates that customers had to pay for that they already somehow forgot were placed in the dishwasher so they could resell them to customers tomorrow. 

"Save the children, huh?" Kenichi recalled the mission title and then thought to himself 'No ones died yet, and I have no clue who the murder could be. What's going to happen if I fail it? Also that Level one still bothers me, is there more to this after this?' His thoughts were cut short by the sound of the doors opening.

"You're still here?" The distinct British accent of William Afton entered Kenichi's mind as he turned to see the man who had hired "him". 

"Yeah, I was just finishing up cleaning." 

"I see, well you can head on home, There's only three kids left here and one of thems mine so I can take care of them. Head on home, Ness, we'll be busy again tomorrow." He smiled and laughed a little and dramatically gestured toward the door.

"Heh, Okay." As Kenichi approached the door a loud thud sound echoed through the pizzeria, it sounded like metal clashing or closing suddenly. "What was that?"

"It was most likely the door, which must have been closed by the wind." William said fast, like he knew what to say before being asked. 

"Hmm, Okay." Kenichi readily accepted that answer and walked out of the Pizzaria. As he walked out he looked at the screen that had popped up when he heard the cleaning noise.

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You have failed

You have two hours to investigate before you restart.

Catch the killer

Lives X5

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"Seems this is more urgent than I thought." Kenichi smiled as he stopped outside the Pizzeria and ducked into an alley.

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