The weapon dealer's son

Chapter 17: Long due meeting.

Adam was running at his maximum speed for 5 minutes, he didn't feel tired nor fatigued, but he used 7 energy points of the 13 he had when he finished the upgrade, he wondered if this is normal. 

'is this the normal energy consumption while running?!' he asked. before getting the symbiote he would eat so little and digest the normal way, which had many waste. However, he never needed to eat this much, he is now burning energy so fast by just moving around. 

[energy consumption rate is natural, 7 energy points were used to run a distance of 5.8 kilometers in 5.12 minutes.]

Adam looked at the information at the screens in front of him, he confirmed that what the symbiote said was quite accurate. 

The normal human would not be able to maintain a sprint for 5 minutes, and the trained athletes would not be able to run at 76 kph, unless modified of course. 

'ok then, enough playing around.' He said as he headed back to his room. 'what about that fighting technique?! How am I going to learn it! Don't tell me its thoughts projection!' remembering the pain when he projected Birdy's comic, he shuddered. 'I never want to experience that again, especially not after 12 hours of pain.'

[searching for more convenient method… 

Motor memory imprint, can mimic visualized actions to produce a similar motor memory. time needed to full Mastery estimated to 30 full days. 

Dream learning, derived from virtual world technology, use the natural dreaming time acceleration to project the targeted memory. Time needed to full Mastery estimated to 70 hours of sleep.

Scanning masters of the targeted fighting techniques to produce accurate motor memory map. Highest efficiency, Unable to estimate time duration. 

Brain and neural system modification, projects the modified memory created from the different techniques and creates associated motor memory. Includes technique full comprehension and increased reflexes and neural stabilization. May cause a severe headache lasting for 10 minutes, may cause mental fatigue, may cause temporal symptoms of dementia.]

'I feel tired just thinking about that, I'm going to sleep first and think about it later.' As his body cooled down from the previous running, he felt his mind unable to even take a decision, so he went to sleep. 

… 

In the central tower, in one of the monitoring rooms, Johnny Slowind was disconnecting himself from the tower, the cables connecting him to the walls retracted to his body one by one leaving a hole that instantly healed on the wall, and leaving no mark or scar or any thing that can reveal his modification on his body. 

His black eye turned green as he grabbed his shirt holding it in his hand, he opened the door of the dark room and the blinding light assaulted his right eye making it half closed, his left eye that was previously black not effected. 

He walked in a long curved corridor, half naked, his neatly sculpted muscles contracting and relaxing with each movement in a coordinated dance. 

"Johnny! Did Elma invite you to that dinner?!" said a man in exited while closing a door similar to the one Johnny got out from. 

"yeah, but I have things to do, sorry!" Johnny replied in an apologetic tone. 'thank god that break out didn't happen in my shift, and now I have a day off! I won't have to deal with it.' He happily thought. 

…

"Adam!!" Sydni yelled in high pitch voice. "did you call your father yet?!" 

"Excuse me ma'am." A figure suddenly risen from the ground, which startled Sydni and made her fall down from the massaging sofa she was reclining on.

"The owner is currently asleep, if it's an urgent matter I shall awake him, is it an urgent matter?!" he said in formal manner, he looked like an old respectful white skinned man, attired in a formal black suit, with gloves on both hands, he had a well groomed white beard, and smooth white short hair swept back. 

"are you the house system?!" Sydni's eyes widened, she never saw a house system before, seeing the cluster fabric walls before she knew that a system must be installed, but a house system is not just any system. 

A house system can manage and preserve the house even if the owner is away for years, it can also buy and store the daily necessities according to the settings and preferences of the owner.

Every different model had its perks and specialties, Sydni knew these things because she dreamed about having one, a house system is like a loving mother and a caring made. unlike a car system or a device or robot system, a house system can be allowed to have a certain amount of intelligence, to actively learn its owner's preferences and adjust to them. 

Although a system may appear sentient, it's not. it's only acting according to previous programming. even a house system is not sentient, it is the closest to it though. 

"What model are you!" she asked with her eyes shining while she was circling the man figure in front of her. 

"pardon me, the owner prefers to keep any information about the house a secret." He respectfully lowered his head while speaking, if Sydni didn't just watch it appear from the ground, she wouldn't even know it's not a real man. 

"then don't wake him up!! I just wanted to check on him." Sydni sighed and stepped away from the system's robot, she knew that a machine doesn't change its mind. "remind him to call his father when he wakes up, and tell him that I'll be back at 4 pm."

"affirmative. What would you like for dinner ma'am?" Sydni's eyes shone, she had a golden chance at her hand. 

If the house system asks her about her preferences, it means that the owner considers her a trusted guest. The difference between normal guests and trusted guests is that a trusted guest can come and go as they please.

Sydni had a very vicious idea in her head, but she quickly shacked it of. She wouldn't do that to any one, not to mention a little kid. 

She ordered a very long list of preferences though, Adam will have to approve of them first any way. 

When she finished, she opened the door, which opened normally, the cluster fabric would not react to any one other than the owner. 

Her car came to her as she exited the building, she entered the car and gave it the coordinates. "143-29 2nd street. Blue" 

Arriving at her destination, Sydni instructed the car to stop at a rooftop café, she go t out of the car and sat on one of the tables, she was nervous to do this, she was going to meet with someone she didn't see for so long.