Making Plans

{User: Mako Grey}

{Current Balance: 167,450 Credits}

"WHAT IN THE WORLD?!!!" Mako shouted as he blinked several times to confirm the data in front of him was true and not a misread, but no matter how many times he rubbed his eyeballs; the number never changed.

"How is this even possible?" Mako asked himself while also frantically prancing and circling around in the small room that was where the ATM was.

Multiple thoughts came and went in Mako's mind as it was simply too much for him to handle. It was as if his brain had overloaded and just turned into a boiled vegetable.

He just quietly retrieved his money card and after a short walk, he finally arrived home.

Mako was dead-tired from all the training he did with his phantom moves, to working in the bakery, to then completing his daily quest, and finally fighting Bill with just barely coming out on top, plus the amount of adrenaline that was pumped into his body from the shocking truth that Mako had discovered at the ATM.

So it was safe to assume that as soon as Mako arrived at the front door of his family house, he was so tired that he could hardly move a muscle.

Mako dropped all his things on the counter, dragged his feet to the couch, and instantly fell asleep.

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It was early in the morning when Mako finally woke up from his slumber. After checking his clock he confirmed that the time was already close to sunrise.

[5:09 AM]

Mako rubbed his eyes and cleaned his drool before he finally came back to his senses but not after staring at the wall for about ten minutes straight.

After taking a shower, and putting on a fresh pair of clothes; Mako came back to his living room to stare at his backpack where his money card was, and Mako had already figured out where the money had come from.

Mako couldn't afford any kind of technological device, but the one that he did have was a money transfer device that was used to make transactions that were under 50 credits. This device also had a secondary function to display the amount of money stored on the card.

Mako had already figured out where the money had come from. The 5000 credits he made on himself had made him around 165900 credits! It was totally mind-boggling as never in a million years did Mako think that he would be in possession of so much money.

With access to all this money, Mako's rate of advancement could skyrocket if he made the correct choices.

'Put 3 Attribute Points to intelligence.' Mako instructed the system.

[3 attribute Points have been added to Intelligence]

[Attribute Points Remaining: 0 Points]

A soothing and cool feeling washed over Mako as he spent all his available attribute points on intelligence as paired with perception, they were the two most important attributes that Mako wanted to focus on as they would help him all the time not only in fighting but in all aspects of Mako's life.

After completing his daily tasks for the day, Mako gained 2 more Attribute Points which he also added to his intelligence, bringing up to 10.

Since it was a Saturday, Mako had no school, and seeing his bruised body; Sir Derek had given him the weekend off after completing all his other chores and training, Mako finally sat down on his couch to decide what was the best way to spend his winnings.

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{Someplace in Emerald City}

A shadowy figure was seen standing in front of a person who looked very young but was decently buffed. This person was currently getting a Bone-chilling beating from two very buff goons who were not showing him any mercy.

At the snap of the man's fingers, the two goons stopped the beating immediately and held the person upright so he could be face-to-face with their boss.

"This is your last chance, give me back my money that you promised, and all will be peachy, or else there was more where that came from." The man threatened as he took out a giant whip from a bag near him that was on a pedestal.

"Please, I beg of you; just give me some time and I will figure all this out. I was indeed bested, but it was not from my doing; there was definitely some kind of trickery involved." The person tied with rope was budging the boss, but the boss person wasn't budging a bit.

"I don't care if he cheated or not, the deal was that you will triple my investment on you, and considering your reputation I bet a lot on you. I want my MONEY!" The man said as he personally used the whip repeatedly on the person who was screaming for his life.

"Boy's send him to the warehouse!" The Boss person ordered.

"Huh? NO! NO! Please NO! ANYTHING BUT THAT! I'LL DO ANYTHING YOU ASK! NOOOOO!" The man shouted, cried, and pleaded for his life as the two goons dragged him back.

Unaffected by all the screaming the boss man said," You'll learn to never cross El Diablo again."

"NOOO! PLEASE! NOOO...."

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Mako had made his way back to Bird's Eye Street, but this time he went to the small local library that was also on this street which Mako visited regularly.

This was the place where Mako would come to do his school work, projects, assignments, and his own research, but this time Mako was using one of the public computers for an entirely different purpose.

Mako was on the official website from where regular citizens could buy ability books, skill books, and various other items up to level 3 which was the regulated level. Anything above level 4 could be labeled as '"too destructive for a society" so they were prohibited.

Technically speaking a person could naturally evolve his ability to the max level of 10, even if he started with a level 1 ability book because it all depended on the person's talent. The only thing that the higher-level books did was that they give a better starting point to the person and come with more already pre-learned skills.

It was the same concept for skills as a level 1 skill could be perfected to their respective maximum level. However, there are a few things that couldn't be learned at the basic level, and that required specific conditions to progress further.

Mako had just finished his browsing and clicked on the checkout button to finish his purchase.

Mako had chosen various items that would be extremely helpful to him through careful consideration.

Firstly Mako had purchased 5 high tier Healing pills, 5 high tier Rejuvenating, and 5 high tier Boost pills so he could keep them on him in case of an emergency.

Healing pills as the name implies can be used to heal quickly. Rejuvenating pills help the person regain their lost stamina and energy quickly, while Boost pills temporarily increase all stats of the consumer for a limited time. Boost pills could be considered as the old-school performance-enhancing drugs that humans used to use, but these are not harmful in any way and don't affect people with strong power levels so that is why they are not that high on demand or expensive.

Everything nowadays was graded as each grade could be compared to how levels work for abilities. It starts from Low to Medium to High to Advanced to Epic to King to Legendary to Mystic to Demon to finally God-like tier.

Similar to how level 3 abilities and skills are the most that are commercially available, the highest tier that a person can purchase is high-tier items.

Along with the medicinal pills, Mako also purchased his very first power weapon. Power weapons were totally unique weapons that had no similarity to the old weaponry that humans had access to, however; the exact process of how they were forged is still a myth with many people having their opinions about the process. Mako had purchased a High tier 9-inch blade that he wanted as a form of self-defense.

Not wanting to waste money, Mako spent hours scrolling through numerous websites and providers so that he could buy the best ability book that he could afford, and finally; he found it.

It was from the website of the famous official city-wide provider, Dr. Timothy. His website provided a bundle pack at a discounted price for first-time buyers, which contained a level 3 ability book of the customer's choosing and three random skill books varying from level 1 to 3 related to that skill.

After hitting checkout on the screen in front of Mako displayed the total bill.

{1x Premium first-time ability bundle}

{1x High-tier Blue Horn Mammoth's Combat Knife}

{5x High Tier Healing Pills}

{5x High Tier Rejuvenating Pills}

{5x High Tier Boost Pills}

{Total Amount: 134,500 Credits}

{Delivery ETA: 1-2 Hours}

{Do you wish to proceed?}

Mako clicked on yes and the transaction was successful, but before Mako could finish up his business a notification appeared on the computer screen. It was from the same website as it said,

{Congratulations! Since you spent more than a hundred thousand credits for your first purchase, TIM'S Laboratories have awarded you with a free skill book included in your order.}

"Well that was unexpected, but I am not going to complain," Mako said as he accepted the generous offer.

Mako was on his way back to his home, and by the time he would arrive there; his package would already have been delivered.