Having finally made his decision on the most important thing, Christian, with nothing better to do for now, reviewed the latest batch of knowledge he had acquired about Trading.
But as he browsed through the recent Trading knowledge, he felt like something was missing, as if the information was incomplete.
Thinking a bit more, he suddenly remembered where the system would get its information. Now that his Trading skill was at the intermediate tier, there was likely less material available for learning.
Meanwhile, his Hacking skill was still at the basic level and would probably take about five days to reach the intermediate tier.
Should he risk it and hack into some paid site, or should he play it safe for now and just pay for it normally?
It didn't take long for Christian to make a decision though; paying for it was simply out of the question.
If he wasn't learning program hacking, it might have been a different story. But now that he was, the idea of paying for something he could potentially get for free after waiting a bit longer felt wrong to him. Besides, he wouldn't even be reading the material himself, it was just for the system to access. There was a chance he wouldn't even use a large portion of it.
But then, thinking about the Idle Practice, he couldn't bear the thought of letting it keep running without maximizing its efficiency.
After reconsidering his situation and thinking about his sister, Christian decided to assign the high school subjects to the first slot for now. With his current comprehension points and Passion Reader skill, mastering them would be much easier than program hacking or trading. He estimated that it would take no more than a week to achieve perfection in them.
So, by the time he mastered all the high school subjects, he would have likely advanced to the intermediate level in program hacking as well.
[First Slot - Trading - 00:12:10/24:00:00]
Seeing the timer on the first slot, Christian thought things through once more and confirmed his decision.
[You have received 2 Experience]
[The skill Intermediate Trading had become Lv.6(25%)]
[The Idle Practice at the second slot, High School Subjects has started]
[The skill High School Knowledge has been created.]
[Currently the skill High School Knowledge is Lv.7(60%)]
Looking at the name of the new skill, he wasn't surprised, but seeing that, for the first time, it didn't have the basic or intermediate tier was a bit surprising.
Then, seeing its level, he felt disappointed. He had thought he was better than this, especially considering that lately, even without actively listening to the teacher, he would remember and understand everything by the time he finished.
The skill Passion Reader, combined with his high comprehension, almost forcibly made him understand the subjects. Then noticing that it was currently his highest-level skill gave him a mix of complex emotions.
Seeing that there was truly nothing left to do, Christian opened his status window.
Host: Christian White
Level: 10 (EXP: 80/2500)
Skills: Intermediate Trading Lv.6(25%) , Passion Reader Lv.- , Basic Program Hacking Lv.6(80%) , Basic Kinetix Body Building Lv.0(0%) , High School Knowledge Lv.7(60%)
Idle practicing slots:(0/3)
Looking at the status window in front of him, Christian really felt the difference. Before, he didn't have any skills, but now he had five. He couldn't help but feel a surge of happiness. Then, noticing the unassigned points, he decided to allocate them all to Comprehension.
Heading toward the bed and lying down, Christian decided to open his phone and check his Trading account, reviewing his recent transactions.
Seeing the number $7,000 at the balance really lifted his spirits, but he couldn't help but feel a touch of irony, remembering how it took over two years to accumulate the first two and half thousand.
Setting aside his sentimental thoughts, Christian glanced through his recent deals and then continued his day normally, relaxing and taking it easy.
Waking up a little earlier than usual the next day and freshening up, Christian was ready for receiving his first accumulation of body building. Until now, it had always been just learning new thing, but today things would change. Like for the information, it will just get drilled and become something very familiar to him, but what about the physical changes?
He knew from reading many novels how some described it as waste being expelled, some kind of warm energy strengthening. Or it could even be a sudden power-up, where he would feel like he could do anything, from punching through the earth to jumping to the moon and coming back.
Christian was unsure how the process with his Idle System would unfold, but he hoped it wouldn't follow the dramatic "Chinese protagonist" route, where physical changes came with immense pain. He was okay with many possibilities, but that was one he definitely wanted to avoid.
[First Slot - High School Subjects - 15:18:01/24:00:00]
[Second Slot - Program Hacking - 15:30:10/24:00:00]
[Third Slot - Perfect Body - 15:25:20/24:00:00]
Looking at the Practicing Slot window in front of him, Christian hardened his resolve and willed his system to receive the accumulation of the third slot.
[You have received 160 Experience]
[The skill Basic Kinetix Body Building had become Lv.0(40%)]
Christian, closing his eyes tightly and clenching his fists, suddenly felt his body heat up and started to sweat slightly. He was flooded with information on some kind of basic exercises, about muscles and which to use and which not, then how to stimulate them.
Though there were a lot of incomplete general knowledge, so he just brushed them aside for now knowing that eventually he would fill everything up.
As Christian tried feeling his body carefully, he noticed his muscles tensing and relaxing rapidly, almost feeling as though they were melting, but fortunately, without any pain. The process even felt oddly pleasant, as if he were receiving a high-level message, even though he hadn't attempted one.