Don't fix it?

After chatting with Kent for a while, Alma said his goodbyes to the old doctor.

"Bye doc, see you next time at the next appointment."

"You know you can come to visit regardless right? Anyways, see you around. Say goodbye to little Lily too when you leave. By the way, where is she?"

Looking around for Kent's granddaughter, he finally found her at the corner of the room holding a small grocery bag. Alma's eyes widened as he noticed that the bag is where he stored his favourite candy and snacks that he just purchased.

"Hey, you! Bad Lily! You shouldn't try to snatch someone's snacks without permission." said Alma hurriedly as he tried to take back the bag from the little girl. The little girl quickly hugged to bag to her chest before dodging by rolling away with a surprising amount of agility.

Hence, his leave was postponed as Alma tried to prevent the little princess from snatching any more of the snacks. The keyword being 'try' as he very obviously failed as the little girl pulled out her ultimate weapon. She stared at Alma with puppy dog eyes while pouting as though she was going to cry if he were to take the bag of sweets from her.

Looking into her pleading eyes, her cuteness is rapidly testing his willpower. 'To take, or not to take. That is the question.' thought Alma, as his will is obviously wavering as the hand that is holding the bag of snacks, is losing its grip.

*Sigh*

"Fine, you can have the sweets." said Alma as he gave up trying to get back the bag of sweets for the little girl. "But you can't eat it all in one go ok? If not, next time you won't be getting any more candy." said Alma sternly towards the little girl.

"You pamper her too much Alma." said Kent towards Alma as he looked at his granddaughter Lily with obvious affection.

*Snort*

"Like you are one to talk, old man." retorted Alma with a snort.

Unbeknownst to the two bickering adult, a little girl could be seen pumping her fist triumphantly in victory with a smug face behind their backs.

---

Eventually, Alma finally left the hospital. While walking on the street back home, Alma wondered what else is there to be done today.

'I've bought the groceries, should last a while. Already cleaned the house yesterday, I think?. Should I continue with my job? Could never have enough money. I guess I should make some improvement, after all, I want to make sure my sister will be able to live comfortably. Alright, I guess I have determined my goal." thought Alma silently in his mind as he walked down the street.

While Alma daydreaming, a small notification woke him up from his thoughts.

[You have encountered a troubling event.]

'Huh?'

"Somebody help! Stop those thieves!"

"Be careful! He has a knife!"

"The young man over there, watch out!"

Time seemed to slow down as he listened to the shoutings from the surrounding. Alma noticed a group of five masked men running away while carrying large bags. Their direction seems to be heading to an alley that could maybe hold their escape route. An alley, that Alma is, unfortunately, standing in front of.

Listening to the shouts of a few police officers that are chasing them, Alma noted that the thieves are armed with guns. Luckily, they seem to be unable to hold onto a big gun while carrying their bags. Though that does not stop them from using a knife and other small guns.

Observing the face of the robber A that is the closest to reaching him, Alma noticed the malevolent look of the robber A and his intention from the intense looks in his eyes. 'It seems that he intends to take me as a hostage to coax the police huh...' thought Alma calmly.

'Well, no matter what, at least I can always count on myself in getting out of any situation.' Alma thought as he closed his eyes and directed his focus towards his inner mind where some fragments started to shine.

'No matter how bad the situation is, at least I can always count on you(myself). With a little imagination, you can be whatever you want to be.'

Alma took a deep breath before he opened his eyes. His eyes lost their focus while his whole aura started to change.

[A strong will is being focused. The effects of some stories are enhanced.

Story: Self-made genius, the jack-of-all-trades.

You, who has been affected by a tragedy. In order to make the best of your situation, you have learned to overcome your limitations. You have learned to direct all your scattered focus onto a single subject in order to increase learning efficiency while disregarding everything else. You eventually managed to claw out a better future for your family by learning everything to pave the way, one subject at a time. Your accomplishment, in and of itself, is worthy of praise.

Effect: Enhanced memory. Enhanced learning efficiency and focus on the selected subject. Reduced awareness beyond the selected subject. Increased mental strength.

Enhanced effect: <Street Fighting Mastery - Lethal Arts>

Story: Anything-goes! Who cares about pride as long as I can protect my family!

Fighting to protect your younger sister during the younger years when your heartless relatives have abandoned you and your sister after your parents' death. In order to overcome your physical limitation as a kid, you learned to use everything available to you. Bringing a gun to a knife fight? Who cares! Fight dirty! For survival and to prevent your younger sister from encountering another tragedy, anything goes!

Effect: Reduced mental inhibitions. Enhanced instincts. Remove body limiters. Increased chances of mental instability.

Enhanced effect: <Sixth Sense - Animal instincts>

... ]

---

As robber A reached Alma, he stretched out his left his arm, wanting to grab Alma by the neck. Taking a small step to his right, Alma dodged the grab before spitting into the robber's eyes.

Lifting his feet, Alma kicked towards the side of the robber's knee. Unable to see, Robber A was shocked and stunned. Temporarily blinded by the spit, he did not notice Alma's kick. Kicking with great force, Alma broke the robber's knee.

*Crack*

"Argh!" screamed the robber in pain as he fell, unable to keep his balance. Alma grabbed the robber's head midfall below slamming it down on his knee, breaking the robber's nose in the process before Alma let the robber fall down onto the floor.

Alma managed to grab the robber's knife while the robber was falling. After the robber has fallen onto the ground, Alma stomped on the robber's groin and broke the other knee for good measure.

*muffled screaming*

Readying the knife in his left hand, Alma gazed at the shocked robbers before rushing forward.

Rushing left towards robber B, Alma dodged the punch of robber by ducking and doing a sidewards roll towards robber C that is standing beside robber B. Slicing the back of robber B's knee while ducking, Alma side-rolled into a tackle towards the legs of robber C, knocking him onto the floor.

Having his muscle cut, robber B was unable to stand and fell on one knee. Releasing his bag, robber C raised his arms and punched Alma's head.

"You bastard!" robber C shouted furiously towards Alma.

Dodging a left hook by a hair, Alma moved his body to the left towards the exposed side of robber C. Stabbing the knife in between the armpit of robber C, Alma applied enough force to dislocated the robber's left arm. Quickly jumping to his feet, Alma silenced the screaming robber C by giving him a hard kick to the head, knocking him out.

"Argh!-"

*Bang*

Alma rolled into a crouch in the direction of robber B, barely dodging a bullet shot by robber C and robber D. Alma managed to dodge behind robber C before getting into a crouch as he used his left arm to execute a chokehold. Choking robber C, he grabbed the robbers right arm that is holding the gun with his right hand. Holding onto it, he made use of robber C's gun to shoot robber E who was trying to grab a pedestrian from the side to use as a hostage shield.

Aiming at both of robber E's legs, Alma managed to shoot the knee and the ankle of the robber before the gun got knocked away by robber C's struggle. Alma then used both of his hand and twisted robber C's neck.

*Crack*

He threw robber C's body towards robber D. Robber D did not manage to react fast enough and got knocked down onto the floor. Alma dove towards the gun dropped from robber C and shot a few more shots towards the shoulders of robber E to prevent him from making any movements.

*Bang Bang*

Alma managed to shoot twice before the handgun ran out of ammo. Alma managed to land the two shots due to the small distance between him and robber E. Throwing the gun which ran out of ammo towards the robber D. Alma manage to hit robber D just as he managed to toss robber C's body aside to take aim at Alma.

Looking at the dangerous person who managed to severely injure and incapacitate his fellow robbers in a short amount of time, robber D is terrified yet filled with anger. "Die you bastard!-" shouted robber D as he tried to take aim and shoot at Alma.

*Bang*

Noticing robber D that is taking aim, Alma twists his waist and fell forward while bending his head to the side, barely avoiding the bullet which scraped past his face. With the forward momentum of twisted his body and dodging forward, Alma tossed the empty gun towards robber D with enough power to knock the robber out immediately.

Alma then walked towards the robbers that are lying on the ground before proceeding to break their limbs. Taking his own approach, Alma made sure there will not be any hidden dangers that could happen in the future.

*Gasp*

The two police officers that were chasing the robbers finally managed to catch up in time to witness the actions of Alma towards the robbers. They had called for reinforcements to catch the robbers but did not expect the current situation to happen.

"This is the police! Stop what you are doing and put your hands up in the air!" shouted a police officer with a wavering voice. The police officer was so scared by the brutality shown by Alma that the hand that was pointing the pistol towards Alma was shaking.

Alma turned his head and looked into the police officers eyes. His blank expression and the empty look in his eyes, as well as the fierce aura he emitted due to his instincts, scared the two officers. Alma the turned around and quickly left the scene as his instinct told him the situation will be troublesome if he stayed.

The police officers were too stunned by Alma's glare that by the time they came to, Alma was already gone. They quickly shook their head to clear their thoughts before quickly reporting the situation to their superiors. They then quickly chased after Alma who went towards the alley. Upon running in the alley, the police officers realized they came upon a dead-end, but Alma was nowhere in sight. After searching for a while, they could only give up and return without any results.

---

"Hey brother, what happened to you today? Are you injured? What happened" asked Alma's sister, Amelia, worriedly as she looks at her brothers face. She was worried as she was able to see a bandage covering the side of his cheek.

"I kinda lost focus while I was shaving today. Accidently managed to cut myself. Don't worry it's just a small cut." replied Alma offhandedly.

"Well, if you say so. But promise me, next time you will be more careful. You could at least ask me to help you know?" said Amelia with dissatisfaction.

"Ok, ok. I'll try to remember that next time. You do realise I am a full-grown adult right? I can take care of myself." said Alma as he scratched his cheek, not making eye contact with his sister.

*Humph*

"You better promise me alright?" reasserted Amelia with a huff.

"Alright, I'll promise. But more importantly, did you check out the groceries? I work really hard to get them you know. I also got some seafood today!" said Alma, flustered, as he tried to change the topic in a hurry.

"Alright, I'll let you go this time. Now let's check out what you managed to get." said Amelia cheerfully upon receiving his promise. She skipped happily to the kitchen wondering what she should make for dinner after getting a look at what they have.

Looking at this sight, Alma smiled before he also went towards the kitchen to help out. He hoped that he could keep seeing this happy scene for a long time to come.

---

[You have experienced a certain amount of events in a certain amount of time. It is a story worth remembering. A new story is created.

Story: Trouble magnet, are you considered lucky or unlucky?

You seem to always encounter various event wherever you go. Whether the events be good or bad, it does not matter. Whether they are coincidence or not, Is does not matter as you seem to encounter them anyway. At least your life won't be boring anymore. Just try not to trigger any death flags and you'll be fine! Good luck!

Effect: Increased chances of encountering an event. A fixed probability of knowing when an event is going to happen in advance. ]

---

Meanwhile, in the depths of Alma's mind, unknown to him, the 'something' seemed to glow a little as another fragment started to form around it, as though the 'something' itself is trying to form something. Unfortunately, the glow of the 'something' quickly faded away when the fragment has successfully formed. The new fragment then joined the other fragments in slowly floating around the 'something'.