Chapter 10: The Effects of the Pills
The next 1 hour or so was spent with me doing the weird horse stance movement and doing my best to sense the energy. The heat that the system talked about was there, it was faint, but it was definitely there.
It was weird, without the stance, I couldn't sense the heat, well, I couldn't really sense anything except my aching muscles that were seemingly begging me to stop with the weird stance that shouldn't be doing anything good, but while in the stance and focusing, I was able to sense the heat, the energy.
[ Good, it may have taken you one hour, but now you can finally utilize your spiritual sense, albeit you are only able to utilize the most basic functions, and only during the stance. ]
[ Before doing anything else, you need to continue practicing it, you will probably need a couple of days before being able to learn how to use the spiritual sense without the stance, which will mark the first real checkpoint in your training. ]
"So, after I learn to utilize the spiritual energy, I won't need the horse stance anymore?"
[ Wrong. ]
[ The stance is one of the basics of the manual, it is what will help you learn the rest faster and with fewer hardships, even though it may seem like you are spending a bit too much time with the stance, it will help you out in the beginning immensely, only later on will you be able to continue with learning the rest without the stance. ]
'I see, so it's like a helper, like you, just more useful.'
[ It is a crutch, one that weaklings like you need to use in order to have any chances of doing anything, before taking the pills, you were physically in a worse state than an average human, truly, why did I have to be stuck with such a host? ]
'Irritating ass.'
[ Moronic host. ]
My first impressions of the system were pretty alright, and our relationship thus started and was blooming from the very beginning.
I wouldn't know this until much later, but gaining a being like a system, one that can peek inside my very soul and knows everything about me will be one of the things that will help me out the most, of course, I will understand that much later, leading to me and the system clashing many times and constantly bickering.
Since I had already trained quite a bit, I decided to finally take a shower before putting on my boxers and going to sleep. I disliked wearing anything else when sleeping, pajamas made it too hot for me, and it was much more comfortable when I was barely wearing any clothes in bed.
I had a good night's sleep, well, except for the one time I opened my eyes abruptly and stared at the ceiling as the face of the hero that I despised more than anyone else in this world appeared to me in my dream.
Previously, I had been unable to do anything about it, I was destined to forever see him on the television whenever an ad appeared. I could only pray and hope that he will meet misfortune and will be killed by some villains, or that his girl will cheat on him and break his heart into many … many pieces.
But now, that was no longer the case.
I had a system, just like the protagonists of many novels I had read in the past. With the system's help, I was certain that in the future, I would be able to grow powerful enough to take revenge with my own two hands.
Instead of hoping the bastard died, I was now doing the opposite, hoping that his health was good and that no misfortune would come his way until I was finally powerful enough to end him myself.
With those thoughts in my head, I fell asleep with a wide smile on my face and had a very nice dream, one where I was hitting and breaking the bones of the bastard without him being able to do anything else but beg for forgiveness and mercy.
After waking up, I did my usual routine.
I went to the bathroom and applied the creams on my face before sitting down to have breakfast. I always made sure to stock up and have enough supplies at home so that I could eat whenever I needed to.
Upon having breakfast, I put the dishes in the dishwasher, one of the rare things that I had bought for the apartment, before opening my closet and grabbing some clothes.
As I put my shirt on, I could feel that it was different. Even when putting on my pants, they were tighter than before, and even the stretch fibers in them couldn't allow me to comfortably move.
'System?'
[ Yes, host? ]
'Did my body perhaps change from the outside as well as inside after taking the pills, like … did my muscles perhaps get bigger, bones as well?'
[ Your bones did get sturdier, and slightly bigger, nothing to be worried about as you only gained an inch in height, while your muscles did in fact grow by a bit. ]
Upon going back to the bathroom and using the small mirror to inspect my body fully, I was able to see that I now had more muscle mass compared to before. Upon standing on the weight scale, I was able to see that I was now 92 ( 194 lbs ) heavy, while previously I was always at about 84 – 85kg.
'I seem to have gained 8 to 9 kg from last night.'
[ Yes, and it is all muscle babyy. ]
'You know, you could have told me sooner, now my clothes no longer fit me.'
I had always been quite lean, and even though one wouldn't think that a person that had 84kg was lean, I was 184cm tall, so the weight was evenly distributed and made me look a bit slimmer than I really was.
In one night, I not only gained an inch in height, which means that I now was 186.5cm tall, but I also gained 8 – 9 kg of muscle, which meant that none of my clothes fit me anymore.
"Dammit, I have to go shopping now, and I have to be at work in less than 2 hours!"
I had to quickly put on a T-shirt, that although was tighter than before, still fit me well as it was a wider one. I put on some sweatpants and bolted out of my apartment before entering my car and driving toward the mall, which was the only place I could buy some clothes and get to work on time.
The mall was about half an hour away from my house, and it was in the opposite direction of my workplace, so I would need to travel slightly longer than 50 minutes to get to my workplace, which leaves me with 40 minutes free to shop around.
Thanks to the fact that I grew and gained weight, I needed to buy everything, I needed boxers, I needed new socks, shoes, pants, jeans, T-Shirts, Shirts, jackets…
The 50 minutes passed by faster than I realized as I was nearly finished with purchasing the last items I needed when I saw the time. I had 50 minutes exactly before work, but still, I needed these clothes, so if I was late, so be it.
Upon entering my car, I could see that I had 45 minutes remaining, so I pressed down on the gas pedal and made my way to my work. The car zoomed past the streets as I was taking smaller, less used streets that would actually take me longer to arrive at my workplace.
Even though the distance was greater this way, my speed was higher as well, so in the end, I made it with about 5 minutes to spare. Still, the fast drive didn't make me feel good as I was panting in my car before glancing next to me. I had placed a bag next to the driver's seat, and now that I had some time, I quickly started changing in the car.
Of course, thanks to the speed, the bag had been fumbling around the car, and some of the clothes got a bit wrinkled, but hey, beggars can't be choosers. I didn't have time to put on anything else, so I entered the building and quickly made my way to the office while greeting some of my colleagues, with some glancing at me weirdly as they saw that something was different.
"Hello, Nacht." I looked at the face of Nacht whose face was beaming during the video call.
"I have to admit, Carl, you did good, you did quite freaking good, I love the place."
"Nice to hear that, did you have any problems, any strangers trying to get in?"
"I wish," Nacht said with a chuckle as he calmly looked at me.
"I've placed traps throughout the entire base, if anyone tries to break in, then they're gonna be dead faster than they could even comprehend it."
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