BXBX NOVEL Chapter 105 - 105: Shopping!
He didn't rest for long, as he only slept for 2 or 3 hours before he could feel that someone was approaching his private box, it was Old Na.
He and the staff had gathered and were proceeding with the cleaning of the place, and preparing to open the place for business.
The world didn't care what had happened the previous night at the place, they might be curious to know about it, but they didn't really care.
All they cared about was their daily lives and their own lives. But that was what kept this world moving, and humanity prospering.
Eric didn't care much about it either, he was happy and satisfied with the results of the night before, but now he had to start moving too.
Of course, he would have to wait for the government and the secret agencies to propose their contract and relationship rules, but that was already in his view.
At the moment the most important thing to him was to have a check on his system, as soon as he took a look, a big notification attracted his attention, as it was written in big letters.
"The System has noticed that the host has a considerable amount of Exp points available. Would the Host like to use 10.000 Exp points to upgrade the system!?" YES/NO
And below that big notification was written what the upgrade entitled.
"The upgrade in the system entails better rewards, purchasable items, more profound manuals, and skills.
The upgrade in the system would also make the connection between the Host and the system even deeper, and the system will be able to better shape the missions according to Host's wishes."
All this seemed like dreamy and perfect conditions, any normal person would think that this was the best thing they could wish for.
But not for Eric, he had been betrayed too much, and he didn't believe that there was any impartial goodness in this world.
Not to mention that he had some kind of a bad premonition from his system. He felt like there was a dormant wild beast in the system's depth, one which spelled destruction for him.
So while most of them would look at this as the opportunity of a lifetime, he looked at it like it would spell doom at the moment.
The part which gave him the chills was the one where it was said that the connection between his soul and the system would enter a deeper connection.
While it didn't sound really weird, what would happen when that connection became indistinct, wouldn't the system and his soul become one? Or worse, the system could override his soul.
The thoughts of a betrayed and non-trusting person are truly scary, but this was a possible occurrence to him, so without finding a way to deal with this, he wouldn't upgrade his system.
With these thoughts in mind, he just pretended to not see that notification as he opened the shop to look for the things he was after.
First things first, he needed to find the manuals he promised to that Old Ghost, they were really important for the deal to go through.
Looking through the shop he finally found 4 cheap and practical level 2 manuals, that the outside people would probably call profound manuals.
In his previous life everything was measured in levels, due to the systems, but according to the information he had, most probably now they were defined as yellow, profound, earth, and heaven.
This meant, that at the moment, the strongest manuals on this planet were at best level 4. But even then, manuals of level 3 were rare, and level 4 was almost inexistent.
The only organizations to have a manual of level 4 were the true rulers of the planet, but only 8 small families had the right to practice those manuals.
So it could be seen clearly that while the 2nd level manuals weren't the best, they were the most practical and needed.
Furthermore, if he took out a more precious manual, then he would attract too much unwanted attention.
For that reason the 2nd level manuals were the golden medium he found, not to mention that he would also have the pills and potions that he could negotiate with.
But damn those things weren't cheap in the least, only for the 4 manuals that he bought he had to spend 25.000 SP points. He felt like this was daylight robbery.
So many points for something that he wouldn't even use himself. But there was nothing he could do about it as those were really needed at the moment.
After the manuals, it was time to start shopping about his pills, and potions. Firstly he bought first level Alchemic skills, and the recipes for the three most important potions, which made 4.000 SP points disappear.
After that, he started scrolling, and surfing through the other recipes he could buy from the system. And he chose two more.
The first was a sleeping potion that would make anyone below level 50 loose consciousness for at least an hour. It was called the sleeping beauty potion, and its best quality was that it was an odorless potion.
The second was a poison of sorts, it was called the 'chaotic mind' and made the victim lose his sanity over a period of time.
The problem with this poison was that it had to be given daily, but in the end, it was a sure fire method to drive someone crazy, or with multiple personalities.
He took this thing so he could deal better with the Takeshiba family while he was there. This way they would be easier to handle in the public eyes.
These two recipes cost him another 1.500 SP points and he could swear he could feel himself bleeding while he spent all these points.
Before he bought these things he had 37.840 SP points, including even the ones he had before, and Kirigaya's contribution, who had truly worked hard the previous day.
After spending 30.500 SP points on all this stuff he was left with only 7.340 SP points. Which seemed so little, seeing the prices of the things he might want to buy.
Still, he was going through the shop to find some things he might need to buy in the future, and make a buying plan for them.
The thing that attracted his attention the most, was a new product called the 'Escaping Talisman'. This thing had a cost of 700 SP points apiece.
It was basically instantaneous teleportation to a random spot in a 50 km range, as it also provided stealth for 5 minutes.
It was a really good escaping method but it was too expensive. Thinking on the other hand though, his life was even more precious than 700 SP points.
So he immediately bought 4 of them, just in case of emergency, and now he was wondering about what was in front of his eyes.
It was a technique or a skill to be more precise, it was called the 'Blood Clone Technique'. Just like the name suggested someone could create a clone using his own blood.
The main problem was that the clone wouldn't have a soul, and would be more of a blood puppet controlled by the main body, unable to think or do anything by itself.
If provided with a soul the blood puppet would become a true clone that would obey Eric with all her being. The best quality was that this clone would last as long as Eric was alive.
Another problem with the technique was that it needed a really large amount of blood to be created, and the best estimate was that even if Eric gave blood for a month, he would only start as a newborn baby.
He would slowly grow like a human being, but without a soul, it would be useless. What Eric was thinking right now though, was behind this technique's scope.
But he needed a soul splitting technique to even try and do that, and even then the success was not guaranteed.
But there was no soul splitting technique on the system, it was like a forbidden topic, nowhere to be found, and no information on soul either.
These two just made Eric even more determined that the system had no good intentions whatsoever in his body, mind, and soul. And that he had to find a way to get rid of it before it waked up.
Nonetheless, he immediately bought the technique, and closed the system, as a big cloud of information was about to hit his body.
Instructing Old Na to not let anyone approach his private box, and take care of everything outside for him, he accepted the information and once again fell asleep, and unconscious.
While Eric was doing all this in his private box there were two places that couldn't sleep without coming to a decision.
The first place was a dark study room illuminated by really low light, where two people were seating in front of each other and discussing.
It was Young Master Takeshiba Yuto, and his father Master Takeshiba. They looked like the perfect copy of the other, just that one was older of course.
As soon as he arrived at the Takeshiba Mansion, Young Master Takeshiba Yuto had entered the study room of his father and told him everything with only the two of them.
They had been staying up until now discussing the information he had brought, and the possibility of it being true or fake.
At the same time, they had to think about their next steps, what they should do from now on. They didn't have the best of starts with Eric, but they weren't enemies either.
Looking at his son, seated in front of him with his eyebrows furrowed in deep thought, Master Takeshiba asked lightly,
"What do you think we should do Yuto-kun!?"
Young Master Takeshiba Yuto was a bit startled, but then releasing a sigh he said…