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Chapter 33: Checking Progress

His meeting with Mr Brandon reminded him of something important; he needs a lawyer.

\'Where do I get a good lawyer?\'

Silas was still thinking of his legal problems when he heard his phone ringing.

He reached into his pocket and brought it out to check the caller\'s id and he saw a very familiar name, Chloe.

"She did say she would call but now isn\'t really the time," Silas muttered to himself, as he picked the call.

"Hey..."

"What\'s hey? You don\'t sound too happy to hear my voice," Chloe said, with a slightly irritated voice.

"No, it\'s nothing and also, I\'m very happy to hear your voice."

"You saying it like that makes it all the more unbelievable. Tell me, what have you been up to?," Chloe asked.

"Me? Nothing actually, just the same thing everyday, wake up, eat, sleep, some miscellaneous activities in between. Nothing exciting, just lazing around the house everyday."

"Yeah right. You have all that money and everything, and you say that there\'s nothing exciting about your life. Tsk. It\'s true when they say money changes people," Chloe said, and Silas laughed.

"Whatever you think I\'m doing, I\'m not doing it. My life is as boring as hell."

"Eh?.... You have such an amount of money and you\'re still bored? I wish I had even ten percent of it, I would show you how beautiful and interesting the world is."

"It will be possible very soon and I hope you will show me the beautiful side of the world," Silas said with a smile.

"It will happen very soon, you wish. I\'m looking for a job and I\'m yet to get one, so that dream will have to wait." Chloe said with a sigh.

"A job? I would have employed you if you were a lawyer."

"You need a lawyer?" Chloe asked in surprise.

"Yeah."

"Is it something serious? What do you need a lawyer for?" She asked curiously.

"It\'s nothing serious. I just have some paperwork that I need legal assistance with."

"I see. If you actually need a lawyer, my sister is one but I don\'t know what you need help with, so I\'m not sure if it\'s in her field of specialization."

"You have a sister?"

This time Silas was actually very surprised. He never for once thought Chloe has a sister, even a sibling. It never even crossed his mind.

The reason is because Chloe is the type of girl who acts like a princess and gives out that \'an only child\' vibe.

"Of course, I have a sister. Is it wrong for me to have one?," Chloe asked.

"No... It\'s just that.... I never saw you as someone that has a sibling. You gave out that princess and only child vibe in school."

"What do you mean by \'only child vibe\'? I have two older sisters. And what\'s that about me being a princess? Am I from Disney?" Chloe asked with feigned anger.

"It was the perception I had of you.." Silas replied.

"Your perception is distorted." Chloe said.

"It might seem so."

"Tsk. If you really do need a lawyer, I can talk to my sister and I will let you know what she says."

"Thank you, I will be expecting your call, then."

"Yeah. Bye Ogre," Chloe said and hung up.

"This girl...." Silas muttered to himself, while shaking his head.

Silas and Chloe could barely be considered as acquaintances but Silas felt closer to her, as she was the only one who treated him like a human when he was in high school.

Thinking of the days in high school when he was pushed around by Daniel and his group, Silas shook his head in embarrassment and decided to turn his attention to something else.

"She didn\'t even ask what I needed help with before hanging up. I better start looking for a lawyer myself, I don\'t know if her sister will be of any help," He said, as he stood up and started searching for real estate attorneys online.

Few hours later, Silas was done with what he was doing as he finally got the contact of a real estate attorney from a certified website.

After getting the number, he decided not to call immediately but until after he speaks to Chloe\'s sister.

"All I need to do now is wait."

\'I haven\'t checked my status screen since the breakthrough, time to check it then.\'

\'Status.\'

[Name: Silas Kurt]

[Age:20]

[Race: Human]

[System Level: Max]

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[Strength: 10]

[Agility: 10]

[Stamina: 10]

[Intelligence: 11]

[Charisma: 10]

[Stats Point(s): 0(+)]

[Superpower: Matter Manipulation (Rank F).]

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[Lottery Ticket(s): 0]

[System Point(s): 0(+)]

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[Chained Mission (I): Start up a business and get an evaluation of $1 billion in a year.]

[Reward: Reward will depend on host level of performance.]

[Mission Progress: 0% (Evaluation: $0)]

[Time Limit: 363 Days 8 Hour.]

\'My superpower is now Rank F..\'

"System, what was the rank of my superpower before it broke through to its current rank."

[Your superpower was unranked.]

"Unranked?... How are superpowers ranked?."

[Host, you will find out about this as your superpower progresses in ranks.]

"...."

"I guess I will use the normal standard... System, did I gain new abilities when I broke through?," Silas asked excitedly.

[Host, you will have to find out by yourself.]

Silas couldn\'t help but roll his eyes at the system\'s response.

He decided to check his progress the only way he possibly can; by controlling the basics of matter just like he did before with the water in the kitchen sink.

It was still noon, and Serah and Emma were still around, which means Silas can\'t use the kitchen sink for his.... experiment, nor can he go outside to the beach, and that leaves him with one only possible option; the bathroom.

Silas stood up from the bed and walked to the bathroom, and when he got inside, he walked towards the bathtub and pressed the faucet bottom, allowing water to fill up the tub.

"System, does any of my stats affect the usage of my superpower? Let\'s say, Intelligence?," Silas asked, as he waited for the bathtub to fill up with water.

[Yes, your Intelligence stat affects how you can use your superpower.]

"I guessed as much."

"System, about my stat? Is there any other way for me to increase it without doing it the conventional way or by exchanging system points for stats points," Silas asked one of the questions that has been on his mind.

[No.]

Silas sighed in disappointment when he heard this.

"What about the system points, are there any other ways to earn them without exchanging money for it?"

[You can get system points from the Lottery but the amount varies from 1000 system points and above.]

"I can get system points from the Lottery?!"

[Yes.]

"Is 1000 system points the minimum amount I can get?"

[Yes.]

"If I want to exchange for 1000 system points, I would have to spend $10 million but now, with the Lottery function, I might not longer need to worry about system points.. Hopefully..."

"System, what are other ways to earn system points?"

[You can earn system points when you recreate an item bought from the system store. You can earn system points when you use knowledge purchased from the system store to create something. You can also earn system points when people buy or use the product made with knowledge purchased from the system or the recreated items.]

"Good," Silas said with a smile..

The issue of finding alternative ways of getting system points is one of Silas\' biggest concerns and now he has found a way to solve it.

But he was still not happy. Thinking of the [Teleportation] knowledge that costs 1 billion system points, Silas felt that he might never get enough to buy that knowledge when he needs or wants to.

"You said I can earn system points by recreating things bought from the system store, but I don\'t have the manufacturing know-how and they are not sold in the system store. How do I recreate these things?," Silas asked.

[You can get the item manufacturing know-how from the Lottery.]

"The Lottery again?"

"System, can you tell me things that I can get from the Lottery?," Silas asked curiously.

The system has been mentioning the Lottery a lot and from what it said, a lot of good things can be gotten from the Lottery and that made him curious on what other good things he can get from the Lottery.

[Rewards that can be obtained from the Lottery varies and so does their probability. You can get system points, system store knowledge and items, items manufacturing know-how and you can also get nothing.]

"Hehe... Getting nothing isn\'t bad, as long as you give me enough system points to compensate," Silas said with a grin.

"The bathtub is full, let\'s see how much progress I gained after the breakthrough."