When Chris woke up, the heavy smell of medecine assaulted his nose.
"I'm in a hospital?" he mused, staring at his bandaged arms and the drip connected to his wrist. Suddenly, he felt a sting in his chest, causing him to release a yelp. Few seconds later, a nurse barged in. "You're awake?" the nurse smiled. "What happened to me?" Chris felt like his brain was fuzzy. "Just relax, let me go call the doctor" the nurse rushed out. Chris sighed. He felt his limbs go so heavy that he could barely move them. At that moment, he saw a string of words floating in the air in front of him.-[CONGRATULATIONS ON ASSIMILATING WITH THE OWL CORE. DO YOU WISH TO AWAKEN THE SYSTEM NOW?] Chris rubbed his eyes, trying to check if they were playing tricks on him. But even after he did, he still found those words floating in the air. "Heh. To think that this injury would make me start hallucinating" he laughed self mockingly.-[PASSIVE COMMAND ACCEPTED. YOU HAVE AWAKENED THE AMAZING MAN SYSTEM]"Wait, when did i agree to that?" At that moment, he heard a robotic sound in his head.-[PING! HOST HAS SUCCESSFULLY AWAKENED THE AMAZING MAN SYSTEM. HOST WILL RECEIVE A STARTERS PACK]-[DOES HOST WISH TO ACCEPT STARTER PACK?] "Geez, am i friggin hearing voices in my head" Chris began to panic.-[PASSIVE COMMAND ACCEPTED. HOST HAS CLAIMED STARTER PACK] Wtf!-[Host has unlocked healing serum: Brilliant bones]-[Host has received +5 exp]-[Host has received Daily Quest; Body fitness] "What in the hell" Chris felt the constant buzzing in his head as notifications flashed in his eyes. Just at that moment, Dr. Connor walked in, holding a report book. "Oh, Mr. Chris you finally woke up" he smiled. "Doc, i'm grateful you are here. I think i'm going crazy. I keep on hearing voices in my head. I.." "Calm down Mr. Chris" Dr. Connor adjusted his spec and sat besides Chris. "How is your body feeling?" "I can barely move doc" Chris laughed wryly."You are in critical condition i'm afraid. You were out cold for a month, in coma. I ran a scan on your internal structure and the results.." Dr. Connor took a deep breath. "In the human body, the cerebrum is a part of the brain that issues out body commands. Underneath it is the cerebellum and they are connected to the spinal cord by the brain stem. Your injuries were so severe that they affected and damaged your brain stem" "Use simple english doc" Chris had a bad premonition. "In simple sense, you are a cripple" Dr. Connor broke the news. Chris heart skipped a beat. No wonder he couldn't move his body apart from his lips. So he was paralyzed. "However, i am curious about something. Just who were so cruel to leave you in such a state?" Dr. Connor asked. "I don't know too doc. Honestly they just attacked, robbed me of my money and beat me almost to death" "Such cruel people" Dr. Connor shook his head and left.The room fell silent. Suddenly, Chris remembered something, prompting his sunken heart to regain some spark. "Uhm. System? are you there?" he asked aloud.-[WHAT ARE HOST REQUESTS?] "I want to take that healing serum. How do i go about it?" Curtis asked.-[Processing demand.. 5%.. 15%.. 30%.. 50%.. 80%.. 99%.. 100%.. successful] At that moment, a small medicine bottle materialized on Chris lap. It was the size of his thumb and it's content was green. "Damn, how can i drink this stuff if i can't move my limbs" he recalled a crucial problem. Maybe the heavens took pity on him because coincidentally, the nurse walked in, holding a tray of fruits. "Dr. Connor said to eat fruits" the nurse shyly squatted before Chris. "Wait, are you going to feed me?" realization dawned on Chris. "Uhm.. i.." the nurse cheeks went beet red as she nervously bit her lower lips. "Don't bother okay? just put this in a cup and bring a straw too" Curtis nudged at the medicine bottle on his lap.The nurse breathed a sigh of relief and left. She returned back with a styrofoam cup and straw. After pouring the contents of the Brilliant bones healing serum, she placed it in front of Chris who sipped everything. "Anything else?" the nurse nervously asked. "No. You may leave. I want to take a nap now" Chris yawned. Perhaps it was due to the brilliant bones serum but he was starting to feel sleepy.* * * THE CORTEZ FAMILY MAIN MANSION. . . The whole family were all gathered together having lunch at a huge dining banquet table that was able to accommodate the fifty Cortez family members. "Cindy dear, what are your plans for the future?" an old man in english suit who sat at the head of the table said to Cindy. He was Patrick, the family head and Cindy's grand uncle. "Grand pa, i don't quite understand?" Cindy tried feigning ignorance. "This past month, i have been receiving a lot of promising suitors. And they all share something in common.. you""Your grandpa is right. Many of our neighbouring young scions have been frequenting your grandfather, asking for your hand in marriage" an old lady who sat besides Patrick at the head of the table, chirped in. She was Maria, Patrick's wife. "Infact, just last week, the Chapman family has agreed to come into a partnership with us, on the basis that we strike up a marriage" Patrick stopped beating around the bush. "But grandpa, i am married" Cindy tried to protest. "Married? to who? that cripple?" Patrick snorted. Naturally, he was referring to Curtis. "That brat got married into the family because he once saved the life of your deceased father. He got married into this family on the basis of merit. Not counting the later demise of your father, just the fact that he has become a cripple is enough to kick him out of the family" Patrick's nose flared. "What do you expect the public to think of the Cortez family? that we are harbouring a useless cripple?""Look, you are going to get that bastard to sign a divorce. The papers are ready, what remains is you both signatures" Patrick tone held a hint of no refuting. "Yes grandpa" Cindy's shoulder slumped a bit as she helplessly stabbed her fork on her plate of roast beef. As for the other family members, they all pretended to be deaf as they silently ate their food.* * * When Chris woke up, he noticed it was evening already. "It worked!" he tried moving his arm and it moved. "Brilliant bones serum? what a miraculous drug" he was awestruck en.-[Ping! Host has received +1 strength stat] He suddenly received a notification from the system. 'System interface' he gave a mental command.-[SYSTEM INTERFACE]-[Host Attributes] [WEAPONRY] [A.I] [INVENTORY] [QUEST] [SYSTEM] Curious about the origin of the system, he clicked on the last tab.-[SYSTEM]»INFO»LOCKED FEATURE»LOCKED FEATURE He clicked on the info tab, an audio began to play as a robotic voice began speaking.-[The Owl core is an alien biotechnological artifact if when bonded, grants the host access to a wide and vast arsenal of endless possibilities called the Amazing Man System. Crafted by the genius inventor Luixeldnanhbe, it was meant to serve as the core upon which the champion of planet Exodus would be chosen. Unfortunately, the planet suffered from a catastrophic event, causing the owl core to crash land on Planet Earth]-[There are many features both locked and unlocked. Host progress depends on the accumulation of exp points and can be used to buy feature points that unlocks new features]-[After integrating with the Owl core, host physiology was rewritten. Host bones, tendons, flesh and organs are now made up of a biotechnological component called ornite. Host body can morph into a battle suit that operates on nano technology and mental technology]-[A new evolution!] The audio stopped playing. However, Chris was finding it difficult to breath properly.Nano technology? his physiology rewritten? he felt like he was in a movie. 'Host Attributes' he gave the mental command, causing a new screen to pop up.-[HOST ATTRIBUTES]-Name: Chris-Level: 1»[ARMOR]-Name: Primitive Owl suit-Strength: 3-Agility: 1-Speed: 2-Physique: 4-DMG: 9[ARSENAL]- You have no purchased weaponry "Fuckin' cool!" he quickly checked on the weaponry tab.-[WEAPONRY]»SHOP-Two available items1. Owl grappling hook; a grappling hook that extends up to ten metres. PRICE: 50 feature points.2. Owl lense; makes you see in the dark. PRICE: 80 feature points. "So expensive, ah" Chris laughed bitterly and checked A.I tab, unfortunately it was locked. This left only the Quest tab.-[QUEST]-Daily (1)-Weekly-Monthly-Yearly-Emergency-Hidden Chris checked the daily quest tab. A new screen popped up.-DAILY QUEST1. Daily Fitness: Do Squats (10), Push ups (20), Skipping (100)»Reward: +3 exp. +1 feauture points. $100.Pant! Pant! Pant! Chris collasped on the bed, sweating profusely as his chest heaved. Although it had been difficult, he was able to sucessfully finish the daily quest.-[Host has completed daily quest; Daily Fitness]-[Host has recieved quest rewards; +3 exp. +1 feauture points. $100] Chris was dumbfounded when he recieved these notifications from the system. A hundred bucks! for just a mere excersise? He couldn't help but envisione the scene of earning seven hundred bucks a week and two thousand eight hundred a month! Back when he lived with the Cortez, his personal savings weren't even up to five hundred bucks. Most of the money he transacted with, belonged to Cindy. Speaking of the Cortez.. "Why hasn't any of them come to visit me? surely the doctor must have informed them of my wake up from coma?" Theo wondered. How could he know that the Cortez family has literally given up on him? Glancing at the bed side clock that read '6:40pm' he yawned, allowing sleep to wash him
The next day, Chris Luther successfully opened a bank account. Just as he anticipated, he got credited by an unknown source. Withdrawing the money, he rented a basement at a slum area paying the weekly price of two hundred dollars. After completing the daily body fitness task, he began to think about his future. He knew that with the help of the system, rising to the top was guranteed. But sincerely speaking, he felt that his progress was slow. A hundred bucks per day although was a large sum, he still wasn't content with it. He had high expectations for the system afterall. At that moment, his stomach rumbled like the sound of thunder. "That reminds me. I haven't even eaten breakfast" he gasped slightly. It was already approaching noon and yet he didn't feel that unbearable pang of hunger he usually felt in the past when the Cortez would overwork him and make him skip meals. "Prehaps the system fitness quest is at play?" apart from that, he couldn't find another plausable rea
At a quiet alley way. The sky was dark, painted with gleaming shiny stars surrounding a crescent moon. Foot steps echoed as a lady clad in a puffy jackets walked down the alley way. Her head was down and she wore a headphone. At that moment, a vehicle suddenly pulled over besides her. The door swung open revealing three hefty men with tatoos wearing armless vests. The three hefty men grabbed the lady, with one of them landing a karate chop on the back of her neck, causing her to lose consciousness. The men shoved her into the vehicle and swiftly drove off.* * * The next day.. Chris walked out from the bathroom, a towel wrapped around his waist. Taking a glance at the mirror on the wall, a smirk appeared on his lips. Thanks to the body fitness exams, he was starting to notice the developing abs and biceps. At that moment, he recieved a notification from the system.-[New Weekly Quest; Join the Police] "Join the police?" Chris wondered.He wasn't against joining the police. A
The next day, Chris was surprised to see a cop at the door early in the morning. The young cop was holding onto a package. "Yes?" Chris arched his brows. "Detective Warren asked that i deliver this to you" the cop handed the package he was holding, over to Chris. "Oh. It must be my uniform. It came quite quick huh?" Chris instantly knew what was within the package. "Thank you" he nodded at the cop then closed the door. He started doing his daily fitness. He rounded it up quickly, had a swift breakfast and hurried to open the package. Just as he anticipated, it was his police uniform. Donning it on, he checked himself out through the standing mirror. "I look less bony than before and my eyes are sterner, compared to my dull eyes in the past" he mumbled to himself. Although these were minute changes, he knew his body quite well. Ever since he got the system, a lot of things changed. He finally became independent. Became braver. Now he's gotten a new job!-[Ding! Host has compl
"You.." the female cop stared at the duo, unable to speak. Wasn't this old man's audacity a little bit too much? wanting the director to come see him in person.. "Why are you staring like me like a movie. Do what i said!" Detective Warren snapped. "Sir.." the female cop wanted to protest but the sharp glare Detective Warren sent her way made her shut up. She reluctantly picked up the landline and put a call across. "Sir, are you sure about this?" Chris palm were starting to get sweaty. He hadn't even registered yet and this old man was already offending the director of the training center. In his mind, he was planning how to deny ever knowing Detective Warren. "Don't worry boy" Detective Warren dismissed his worries. He had a relaxed expression on his face, like he got the situation all under control. At that moment, the sound of heavy hurried foot steps was heard as a man approached them from the inner part of the training facility.The man was rotund. His head was like the
The Next day.. Theo fixed himself a fast meal. The previous night after he apprehended those robbers, he recieved some pretty good rewards.-[HOST ATTRIBUTES]-Name: Luther Chris.-Level: 1-[CONSTITUTION]-Name: Primitive Owl suit-Strength: 10(okay) +-Agility: 1(pathetic) +-Speed: 2(pathetic) +-Phy: 4(low) +-DMG: 17-FEAUTURE POINTS: 32-CASH: $8880 "Apart from my strength stat, my other stats are lacking. Especially agility and speed" Chris frowned. What was the point in being powerful when in exchange for dealing one punch, the opponent deals ten. He tapped on the '+' sign for Agility.[Do you wish to add +1 agility stat? it costs 2 feauture points] 'Yes' A few moments later, the Agility stat increased by +1 while his feauture point decreased by -2. Not satisfied, he squandered all the feauture points into the Agility, Speed and Physique stats respectively.-[Your Agility has increased to 7]-[Your speed has increased to 7]-[Your physique has increased to 9]"That solv
The briefing ended in a weird kind of way. The outburst of powerful aura Star released was scary. After arriving at the hall, they began to read their roaster list. Theo was part of a crime investigation squad while Larry was part of a K9 squad. After that, the newbies were shown their desks. It might be a coincedence, but Star's desk just happened to be besides Theo's. The whole morning was quite uneventful since Theo didn't recieve a call from his squad. When it was lunch time, the officers began to hurry out to grab a snack or two at a nearby cafeteria. "Sup buddy?" Larry wrapped his arms around Theo's shoulder. "Boring" Theo sighed. "You'll get used to it. Especially since you are part of the crime investigation unit. Honestly, you should join me in the K9 unit" "No thanks" Theo quickly rejected. Seriously? if he joined the K9 unit, how would he earn cash and feauture points? "Suite yourself" Larry shrugged. They arrived at the resturant but just as Theo wanted to enter,
Detective Warren flipped the document on his office desk, onto the next page. He began scribbling something down with the bic pen. Apart from the sound of the bic and whooshing of the AC, the office was dead silent. At that moment, the door opened up a bit and a head popped out through the crack. It was Chris. "Oh, it's you young man" Detective Warren glanced at his wrist watch. It was ten minutes past lunch time. Just what was this guy doing here? "Can i come in?" Chris enquired. "Sure. Sure" Chris walked in. The police uniform on his body added a certain miniscule change in his aura. He took the seat opposite the desk. Detective Warren smiled. "So?" "I don't want to join that team" Chris laid his complaint. "Oh?" Detective Warren grew curious. "And why is that? You must now that since you were appointed to a team, you must stick to it. If i change you carelessly, my subordinates will start harbouring thoughts that i am impartial"Chris sighed. He knew from the start that
A taxi pulled over at Chicken Villa. Chris alighted down and paid the taxi man. He currently looked like a different person entirely. His hair was styled to resemble those male models on fashion magazines. His designers suit didn't help matters at all. From afar, one would mistake him as a rich scion. "Let's do this" Chris adjusted the shades he wore and took brisk steps towards the resturant. Cling! Upon opening the door, he instantly became the center of attraction. "Hm?" "Who's this big shot?" "Damn. I love the scent of his perfume. It must cost a lot" Chris rolled his eyes from underneath the shades he wore. I'm handsome now? how come i wasn't when i came here as a cop? A male waiter hurriedly rushed towards Chris, beaming amicably. "Respected sir shouldn't sully himself sitting in such an enviroment. Permit me to lead you to the VIP section" Chris was surprised. 'There's a VIP? These people hid it quite well'However, Chris concealed his ignorance. "At Least you ar
Just as Chris was mulling over his next course of action, he recieved yet another notification.-[You have met the criteria to unlock bronze quest; king of kicthen] Chris face went sour when he saw the name of the new quest. 'King of kitchen? Is this system messing with me?' Although taken aback by the name of the quest, he decided to read it's full content.-[QUEST INFO]- For years, a certain phrase has existed: without women, food and drink, what is the essence of life? Open a food truck and rule the food niche!-REWARDS: 1000 luxury points.-RATINGS: 0/1000-RECQUIRED SKILLS NECESSARY TO COMPLETE QUEST: AMAZING COOK. AMAZING CHARISMA. Checking the shop, his jaws slackened. The Amazing cook skill cost twenty luxury points, while the Amazing charisma skill cost a whooping fifty. This was robbery! Somehow, the reward for completing the quest became too little. Just as he was thinking of ignoring the quest, he received yet another notification from the system.-[FAILURE TO COM
When Chris arrived at work the next day, he went straight to Detective Warren's office. The veteran Detective was having an early morning coffee when he walked. "Why didn't you come with your partner? i thought you both were inseparable huh?" Detective Warren crackled. "I came to turn over my investigation on that case involving Chicken Villa" Chris replied. "Apparently, that restaurant also acts as a night club" "Was there any suspicious activities?" Detective Warren dropped the mug of coffee. Chris sensed the gravity of the situation. He couldn't help but reconsider his decision to stop investigating the Chicken Villa case. Was there really something going on in there? Just as Chris made to reply, Detective Warren's phone rang. "A minute please" he apologized before taking the call. "You found a lead to that case?.. no.. Impossible!.. you know what, i'm coming there immediately" Hanging up, Detective Warren grabbed his coat and turned towards the waiting Detective."Sorry
Chris got home quite early. He ordered a medium sized box of pizza and downed it with a bottle of Dr. Peppers. Today dealt him a really huge surprise. Not only did he get alot of feature points, he also got two new skills. Pistol Efficiency Analysis The latter was so amazing that Chris was having a hard time believing it worked. According to it's info, he could scan anything and glean out information from them. The context was he could scan anything! Chris wore a ski mask, gloves and a hoodie. Then he left the house. Like a badass vigilantee, he moved stealthily through the streets. Finally, he arrived at his destination. Chicken Villa. However the scene Chris saw left his jaw dropping. Although the door was shut, he could hear the loud electro dance music and multi colored lights from within the building. He brought out his phone and took a picture. Walking over to the door, he knocked twice. The door swung open, revealing a burly bouncer with multiple piercings on his f
When Chris exited the mall, he saw Sky gaping at him. Her mouth wide open that ten flies could perfectly fit in. "Good show right?" he didn't bother feigning ignorance. The facts were clear as day. He wasn't normal. Like how could a normal human defeat a bunch of super powered freaks. "So you are a Deviant huh? i never thought of that" Sky no longer stared at Chris like he was trash. She raised her hand. A packet of chips flew out of the mall and began floating mid air. "You are a Deviant too? but wait, i don't even know what a deviant is" Chris gwaked. When he recieved the system, he believed himself to be the only one with super powers. At that time, he would stand at the peak of the world. But after seeing Sky, those thoughts vanished. There were others like him. "This isn't the best place to talk" Sky fished out a phone from her pocket. She put a call across to Detective Warren. After a while, she hung up."A squad of patrol officers are on their way. Our job ends now" Sky
"Thank you for showing up detectives. I am sincerely grateful" a male voice laughed as soon as Sky parked their car at the spacious parking lot. They both alighted and saw a middle aged man in butler suits, pushing a man in wheel chair towards them. The man in wheel chair seemed to be in his early thirties. He had a warm smile on his face. "He must be the friendly sort" that was Chris first impression of him. "My name is Fred Bush" the man in wheel chair introduced himself. "You are the adopted son of Liam Bush? plus you were the one who filed the report at the police station?" Sky shook his hands. "Hah. I don't like being.." Fred smiled wierdly. "Introduced like that? sorry" Sky apologized. "Alright. Why don't i show you both around?" Fred volunteered. "We are not tourists. We came here for investigations" Sky was quite blunt in her proffessionalism. "Ohkay. I'd lead you both to the garden then. We'll discuss over a cup of tea"Sky nodded in agreement. "Why couldn't you be
The next day, Chris jogged straight to the precinct building. The previous night, the system issued him a new daily task. As for the previous one, it no longer gave any rewards. [DAILY QUEST]- FITNESS PROGRAM1. Jog up to hundred yards2. Do Jumping jacks for 05:303. Do incline push ups x304. Do cobra stretch for 09:20 [REWARD]- +5 feature points. $300 Currently, Chris had zero feauture points. He neede to raise his stats. But to do that wasn't easy. He had to do meritouous deeds and complete missims issued to him by the system. When he arrived at the precinct building, he recieved a notification-[You have completed Daily Mission: Fitness Program. You have recieved the below rewards]-[+5 feauture points]-[+ $300] Ping! Theo brought out his phone and checked the message on the homescreen. It was a credit alert of $300. Now his total amount of money totaled a whooping sum of ten thousand bucks! Never in his life would he have imagined he'd get such an amount of cash.Wit
When Chris and Sky got to their desk, the latter brought out the case file, tossing it at the former. "Huh? isn't this too big of a major case for the both of us?" Chris complained. "Unlike you, i'm a veteran" Sky grumbled. The case was actually simple. A chicken resturant was suspected to be illegally smuggling drugs to customers. Their jobs was to gather enough clues to warrant an arrest. "What do you think of the case. I'm giving you the chance to air your views" Sky snorted. "I think we should pose as employees and monitor the business from within. That would be pretty feasible right?" Chris recalled a cliche tactic used in almost every mystery thriller movies. "Idiot. We are police detectives, not private ones" Sky rolled her eyes. Chris wrinkled his brows. Private? police? weren't all detectives the same? "Fine. You are just naturally stupid" Sky sighed, rubbing her temples. "We are going to give that restaurant a swift look". Chicken Villa was a renowned local food j
Detective Warren flipped the document on his office desk, onto the next page. He began scribbling something down with the bic pen. Apart from the sound of the bic and whooshing of the AC, the office was dead silent. At that moment, the door opened up a bit and a head popped out through the crack. It was Chris. "Oh, it's you young man" Detective Warren glanced at his wrist watch. It was ten minutes past lunch time. Just what was this guy doing here? "Can i come in?" Chris enquired. "Sure. Sure" Chris walked in. The police uniform on his body added a certain miniscule change in his aura. He took the seat opposite the desk. Detective Warren smiled. "So?" "I don't want to join that team" Chris laid his complaint. "Oh?" Detective Warren grew curious. "And why is that? You must now that since you were appointed to a team, you must stick to it. If i change you carelessly, my subordinates will start harbouring thoughts that i am impartial"Chris sighed. He knew from the start that