Hei,
I'm sorry, for leaving without saying goodbye, but I can't stay with you. Thank you for doing all that you have and trying to teach me how to survive in this world. I hope you find happiness and stay safe forever!
-Yin
That's it.
All she wrote.
Shaking my head, I go to the window and stare out into the town. I can see some footprints, but it hasn't rained recently and they're too faint.
Should I try to track her?
"She's too low level..." I murmur to myself. It's true. Yin might have some knowledge, and I even forced to her finish just about every zombie I could, so she's pretty close to Lvl. 4 at this point, but there's no way the shy girl will be able to survive on her own. Even if she unlocked the major stat boost at Lvl. 5, without my knowledge or a party to support her this world is too deadly for a solo Hunter.
Stepping out the window, I stay low to the ground, and stride through the town, following the tracks. The townspeople give me odd looks, but seeing as I'm leaving them alone, they don't bother me. Hopefully they don't make any bad assumptions about the two bodies in the abandoned house, but it should be a while before anyone goes to check. I'm able to accurately track Yin's trail all the way to the edge of town. It seems like she's still following the original plan and heading for the city. However, as I'm bending over to check the dirt, the worst-case scenario happens.
*Tap Tap Tap*
*Shua! *
Little raindrops land on my head and quickly blossom into a fine downpour. Depending on how long Yin waited for me to fall asleep before leaving, it could have been several hours since she left. In a few minutes, all but the most obvious tracks will be erased in the rain. After spending so long as a top Hunter, I'm no slouch when it comes to finding people, but it'd be risky with just my base skills.
"DAMNIT!" I curse to myself and hustle into the woods. "That girl doesn't even know that sword's a replica. If she tries to fight without sharpening it...!"
How am I going to find her if the rain washes away her footprints?
I wrack my brain. Suddenly, an idea comes to me. There is a way to find Yin, even if the rain washes away her footprints!
Running full throttle through the path, I temporarily give up on following Yin's path and start searching for undead. See the thing is, once you hit Lvl. 5, you get a massive stat increase to all your base attributes and can choose where to allocate points afterwards. However, there's something else. You'll unlock the ability to learn System Skills. In my past life people were throwing anything from fireballs to straight up blasting enemies with lightning. Those overpowered skills were something you had to gain through hard battles with zombie bosses.
At Lvl. 5, I won't have access to anything like that. But there's one thing I will be able to gain. If you're sufficiently proficient at a real-life skill, there are many Passive System Skills which can activate to boost your natural abilities to superhuman levels. In this case, I should be able to immediately gain the Advanced Tracking System Skill Passive. Rain or not, I should be able to easily track someone like Yin who has no idea how to hide her trail then.
"Wait..." As I'm running, looking for things to kill, a thought occurs to me. It didn't rain last time. I'm out a little bit earlier, maybe I just slept through it? But I don't remember it being wet when we went out. Is it possible that somehow this world is different than the last? This doesn't make sense. "Ugh, I don't have time to worry about this. Yin comes first!"
