Inside the luxurious confines of Villa #52 at the Phoenix Academy, the air was heavy with a localized energy concentration that would have made a standard metahuman lightheaded. Leo Shaw lay sprawled across the plush velvet sofa, his Spirit-Forged Body pulsing with a rhythmic, low-frequency heat. Externally, he appeared to be merely napping, a "slacker" taking advantage of his new high-tier housing. Internally, however, his consciousness was fully submerged in the sapphire-blue interface of the Goddess Affection System.
The chaotic, rainbow-colored storm of the Gacha wheel had finally subsided. In its place, ten distinct orbs of light hovered in the digital void of his mind, each representing a fragment of destiny he had just gambled for. Leo felt a surge of predatory anticipation. He had
