After the data transmission was completed, the system gave feedback shortly.

[Information received, entered into the backend. Please come back in three days to get the recipe for custom cards.]

[The next stage of tasks will be issued soon, please accept them. 】

[New task released: Please achieve the achievement of 'Card Pool Influence Index 10,000 points' within three months. Current influence: 712 points.]

"Influence?" Ke Jin was stunned. "What is this?"

[It is the influence of the card pool. ]

…It’s the same whether I said it or not! I still don’t understand!

Unfortunately, no matter how much Ke Jin asked, the system just repeated the same explanation, leaving him completely confused.

Influence… literally, it seems to be the influence on other people’s thoughts or behaviors, but how to measure it with specific indicators? Should we look at word of mouth, popularity, ranking, or something else?

Ke Jin pondered for a long time but could not come to a conclusion. Fortunately, the mission deadline this time was three months, so he had enough time to verify it slowly.

But compared to the previous tasks, the time given by the system this time was exceptionally long, which seemed to indicate that this would definitely not be an easy task to complete...

***

Time flies and it is Monday, the day when Ke Jin sends Ounuo to school.

Ever since he made the bet with Qi, Oloy had never raised any objection to going to school. But even though he had prepared himself mentally, on the morning of the first day of school, when Ke Jin handed him the small schoolbag, the Fourth Prince still had the urge to turn around and run.

…Aaaah, I feel so stupid! Can I just pretend to be sick and not go? !

"What's wrong, little one?" Qi asked with a smile, "Want to skip school on the first day of school?"

Oloy: “…”

Just wait, I'll make you leave sooner or later!

Although there was a school bus, since it was the first day, Ke Jin thought it would be better to send Ounuo there personally. After the two of them packed up, they took the first morning bus to the city. When Ke Jin held Ounuo's hand and walked into the gate of the primary school of Xingchen International School, there were already many parents and primary school students with schoolbags on their backs on the campus.

The class division list for each grade has been posted on the bulletin board at the school gate. Ke Jin squeezed outside the crowd and stood on tiptoe to look for a long time before he found Ou Nuo's name.

"Well, you are in Class 2, Grade 3." Ke Jin lowered his head and asked the boy, "Do you want me to take you to the classroom?"

"No need." Oloy said unhappily, "I'm not directionally challenged."

"When you're in school, remember to control your temper." Ke Jin warned, "Don't quarrel with the kids, and don't fight... and of course, don't use those cards, you understand, right?"

...Please, do you really think I'm an ignorant child?

"I know, I know." Oloy waved his hand impatiently and turned around quickly. "I'm leaving first."

Ke Jin was relieved to see Ou Nuo, who was reluctant but still walked towards the teaching building with his schoolbag on his back. He was about to go home when he heard a hesitant voice from the side.

"Hey, are you the card user from the 'Xiao Ke Snacks Card Pool'?"

Um?

Ke Jin turned around and saw a strange middle-aged woman in front of him. She looked like a parent who was here to send her child to school.

"Who are you?"

"Oh, it's really you." The lightly made-up woman smiled kindly, "My family and I went to your card pool last Saturday and met you. The snacks in your card pool are really delicious. Our whole family likes them very much."

"Ah... Thank you, thank you." It was the first time that a stranger praised me so directly. Ke Jin smiled a little shyly, "Welcome to visit us often in the future."

A little boy skipped over to the woman, grabbed her clothes and looked up at Ke Jin curiously.

"Xiao Nan." The woman gently patted the boy who was holding her clothes. It was obvious that the boy was her child. "Do you still remember this big brother? You should have seen him on Saturday."

The boy looked younger than Ou Nuo, probably a first-grade student. He originally felt that Ke Jin looked familiar, and when his mother reminded him of this, he suddenly realized what was going on and excitedly pointed at Ke Jin.

"Ah! It's that delicious brother!"

Ke Jin: “…”

What the hell is delicious!

"Speak nicely." The woman patted her son's head with a slight frown, and the boy immediately started to giggle, his eyes curved with laughter.

"Well... it's the brother who lets us eat delicious candy."

It was obvious that this child was more fond of the candy cards produced by the card pool. Ke Jin happened to have an R card of original milk candy, so he took it out and gave it to him.

"This is for you." Ke Jin said with a smile.

"Ah, thank you, Brother Kashi!"

Ke Jin thought the boy's happy look with his eyes shining was so adorable. Then he thought about his own family member with a bad temper - well, there was no comparison - and he felt that the child in front of him was even more likable.

The boy's mother happily thanked Ke Jin on behalf of her child. The two exchanged a few more words and then Ke Jin said goodbye and left.

Children are the most impatient. After waving goodbye to Ke Jin, they immediately handed the card to their mother impatiently.

"Mom, help me brush it away, I want to eat some candy!"

"No, you ate a lot yesterday."

"Just eat one... Just one! I'll go to school after I finish eating~!"

The woman pinched the boy's cheek, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, took the card, and swiped it with the built-in card reader - a small red-wrapped candy gift box fell into her palm. She opened the lid, took out a candy and handed it to the boy, when she felt a light pat on the shoulder.

"Ayao, why don't you take Xiaonan to the classroom?"

The woman turned around and smiled, "Hey, Aya, you actually came to send Huahua to school in person? I thought you would entrust it to the nanny at home."

Standing in front of the woman was a middle-aged woman of the same age as her. She was dressed in a neat and capable business suit. Even when she was smiling, she had a solemn and valiant temperament, much like a senior executive. Next to her was a little girl in a red dress who looked very similar to her. When Xiaonan saw the little girl, she immediately smiled with joy and ran over quickly.

"Huahua, look at this!" He handed over the freshly-wrapped white candy like a treasure. "This is the delicious candy I told you about before, drawn from the card pool! Try it!"

The little girl took it a little shyly, put it in her mouth and sipped it for a while, and soon a very happy expression appeared on her face.

"It's so delicious." She looked at the boy enviously, then at the freshly opened box of candy in Aunt A Yao's hand, turned around and tugged at the corner of her mother's clothes.

"Mom, can you take me to the card pool that Xiaonan mentioned next week?"

Aya frowned slightly, "Which card pool?"

Xiaonan's mother was familiar with the other party, and she smiled and continued, "It's the snack card pool in Dadas Town that I mentioned to you before."

"Oh, that's it." Aya thought for a while before remembering, "Will there be a good card pool in that kind of place?"

"We just went there last Saturday. Although it's a bit remote, the snacks produced there are of good quality." A Yao smiled, peeled off a candy, and handed it directly to his friend, "Would you like to try it?"

Aya took the candy with a faint milky aroma with some doubt, put it in her mouth and savored it carefully. Although she never liked sweets, she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows.

"Eh? It tastes good." She glanced at the candy box in A Yao's hand. "Actually, I've heard from colleagues that the card pool is good, but I thought it was just a boast by the card master. I didn't expect that Qixing City really has a good card pool?"

"Of course, this is the first draw SSR card pool. We saw the first draw card when we went there. It's genuine."

"It seems that I am too prejudiced against the local card pool." Aya shook her head with a wry smile, then patted her daughter's head.

"Mom happens to have a day off this Saturday. How about I take you and Xiaonan with me then?"

"Okay, okay!" The two children immediately smiled happily.

***

Ke Jin was sitting on the bus on the way back. Being bored on the journey, he checked the card pool values ​​in his brain system.

……Um?

He was suddenly startled and frowned slightly.

If I remember correctly, when I checked it in the morning, the card pool influence index was only "712 points". How come it suddenly increased by 2 points to "714 points"? Did something happen to increase the value?

What are the conditions for this numerical increase?