My Atomic System

Chapter 12: I Can Grow Stronger!

As Haruto walked through the dimly lit hallway, he pondered about everything he'd learnt. It was a whole new set of revelations, never in his life did he dream he would be part of something so big. And 5 million yen?!. His got light headed from thinking about it.

But, there was something bugging him, the captain, he was sure he didn't make a mistake. The grey eyes — albeit almost unnoticeable, and most of all, the empty gaze and slight displacement sometimes when he was aiming for a particular spot.

The captain was blind!.

It seemed the enchantment gave one abilities beyond comparison as well as a reverse of it to complement, was it…a flaw? Perhaps. It wasn't just the captain. The blonde also!. He had the power to compel one to say the truth when he was the king of lies himself! Ordinarily, his name already implied so. For now though, it was just an assumption, he had not yet confirmed it. After all, some theories all just remained what they were — theories. They never really had a chance to be made into theorems — so he read in a calculations textbook. All in the name of not being proved yet. So, he was planning to follow the rule. Although he didn't like abiding by rules, this one was especially essential, perhaps, it was a rule of life.

Sighing, he stopped in front of a door, a room rather. It was the fifth room on the left just immediately you exited the fleet of stairs. The captain had especially told him that he could chose from any of the 5 on the left from the stairs. The other rooms were either occupied, used to store something extremely dangerous or harmful, or vacant. Perhaps to remember those of utmost importance who were lost to the enchantment one way or the other.

Haruto, on the other hand, wasn't really at liberty to choose at the moment. He didn't have the strength to. After all that had transpired within the span of one day, he just needed one thing— Rest. Though, he had read from a sacred book used by the followers of Christ about one idiot. What was his name again? Was it not Esau?...And Jacob. Yes, they were two, but, the latter wasn't the idiot, he was the smarter one. The former had sold his future, his birthright for a pot of sweet pottage! How sweet the pottage must have been!.

Haruto however, at least for now, was willing to jeopardize his future living condition for one night of rest.

‘But uhh, I'm not an idiot, right?’

Grimacing and refusing to think about any other stupid thing, Haruto fastened the box to his left waist with his left arm, and used his right hand to pull the door knob. Then, he went in and closed it behind him.

He wasn't really sure, what did the room look like? Who cares? I just need sleep. He was on the verge of breaking down. His vision was heavily blurred. But, it was just enough to spot the fluffy bed just ahead of him. He crashed into it heavily, unsure of his surroundings anymore. Grades, The enchantment, Money, Lily. Soon, everything was bundled up and cast into the pit of nothingness. He slowly gave into unconsciousness. In no time at all, he was in the beautiful embrace of mother dream land.

***

Haruto woke up rather energetic. He felt rejuvenated, and free of worries at the moment. Standing up, he stretched his limbs as much as he could. Letting loud crack sounds escape from them. He had slept well.

Unfortunately, there were no birds to chirp. So, he woke up rather late. He had to admit, he missed those vile creatures.

Sighing, he took a good look around his current room. He was so tired the previous day, he had forgotten when or how he slept. He only remembered something about him…regretting his choice? If that was it, then he was wrong. A smirk was etched on his lips.

‘I made the right choice after all!’

Haruto liked the room more than anything. It was very stuffy. And the bed was so fluffy and big. The wardrobe, dressing table, and shoe rack as well as a small book shelf took up just a little space. The fluffy bed almost took all of it, and there was just enough space for him to move around freely without ramming into anything or having trouble going out the door. The most giving one was the scent, it smelled somewhat, breathtaking?. He couldn't fathom it but he just liked it.

‘A guy definitely lived here! It looked so….boyish’

After staring at his dream room and admiring it for a few more moments, he decided to get to his business for today. It was a rather short but ardous list. He reckoned he'd not be able to finish it within 24 hours. Nevertheless, you can't achieve anything If you do nothing, right?.

Sighing, he went through the list again. The one and most important was that he had to inspect the system!. After all, how could he use it to its full potential if he didn't understand how it worked?. Next up and the second most important for today was, he had to complete his daily quests. He never wanted to go into the penalty zone again!....at least for now. Next up, he had to go shopping. Yes! He needed a lot of things to fit in as well as food and groceries, he was going to enjoy whatever time he had left on earth to its full potential. And then he had to visit the man in the basement as well as collect his salary.

‘Ugh! So much to do’

After a second of thoughts, he decided to inspect the system first. With the way things were currently, another chance to understand it might not show up again.

Then, he called It up. With a thought, it appeared before him.

[Name: Gensei Haruto

Age: 19

Level: 1

EXP: 30/100

Strength: 10

Intelligence: 10

Agility: 10

Health: 10

Endurance: 10

Spiritual Level: 10

Stamina: 10

Title: —

Points: 5

]

Haruto stared at his status panel in awe. He had clearly missed out on a lot!. Not exactly though, he'd only been reincarnated 2 or 3 days ago. But still, he looked at all the attributes he could find there. He could bet that increasing all of them would make him really strong. Probably as strong as the captain himself.

He choked.

‘Uhh…Scratch that’

Anyway, He could grow stronger!.

But….just…just what is this thing?...