As he sat down on the train, he did something that he didn't do in these last weeks.
Status open.
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´As I expected, my stats did change quite a lot. Others would probably think these meager changes are not worth the effort and pain, that's why I didn't lock at my stat all these weeks. If the increase of stats was easy, then everybody would have done it. In truth, only pros trained hard to improve their physics. Nobody trained their intelligence, because it didn't matter in a fight. Only when the system came onto the market, did intelligence start to matter. Without intelligence, you could not learn fastly new skills. If you created too many skills despite having low intelligence, then you would have problems using these skills. There where even people, who died because of underestimating the consequences. A study in 2020 found out, that Intelligence is genetically predetermined by 40%.
The older somebody gets, the more difficult it is to raise Intelligence. That's why my focus, for now, is on my intelligence, my body can slowly improve in that time.
It is said, that you shouldn't create more skills than the quotient of Intelligence stat divided by 2,25.
So right now, I can create up to 6 skills. I plan to create tonight skills about Biology, Chemistry,
Physics, Mathematics, and Parkour. In the next years, I plan to create skills in Computer Science, Linguistics, and maybe Engineering. For now, I don't plan to create the skill of Computer Science, because I should accumulate experience and knowledge about it before creating the skill. The linguistics skill will become very important in 2036, as long as I train the skill well, I will be able to understand the basic structure of languages, figure out words and phrases from similarly familiar languages. If I want humans to interact peacefully with other intelligent races, then I will have to make communication possible by learning their language. Engineering is a good skill to have in an advanced civilization, but I hesitate for the simple reason that I should use that spot for a fighting oriented skill. Maybe, I should choose... This is my station, time to walk home.´
Arriving at home, Ben realized that he still had time. So he went into his room and began training. His training for today consisted of (100 pullups,) 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats, and 10 kilometer runs. (One Punch Man) After that, he continued with a frog stand, chin-ups and finally he stretched his muscle. He began to see that his training session became longer and longer. He decided that from now on he will train with pistol squats, single-arm push-ups, single-arm chin-ups, and frog planche. He will also augment his jogging speed from 12 to 14 km per hour and also slowly increase the distance.
After finally having finished his training, he took a shower and puts on his pyjamas. Dinning again with his family, nothing seemed particular.
Mom: „Ben, you became so muscular these days, you should eat a lot of meat to maintain your muscles and grow even larger. Girls love strong and reliable men."
Me: „Mom, please. These days, women like more a partner with a good income."
Dad: „Your mother is right, you should begin to look out for your future woman. As long as you have a job that brings you happiness, women will naturally flock to you."
Me: „I wouldn't like such simple women, I will find myself a strong and beautiful woman in the future."
Sister: „Shouldn't you find yourself a girlfriend first? If I remember correctly, you rarely even talk to girls."
Me: „You are right, as you don't see yourself as a girl, I only have Mom with, whom I talk regularly."
The dinner passed fastly and the news began shortly. This time the whole family regarded the news together. The news began with a report about the damage from natural disasters, followed by politics and ending with the big news. China halted the growth in its greenhouse gas pollution, but even so the air in China was already mostly polluted, most Chinese walked with a masc on their face.
´Europe had still a relatively good air, but they didn't turn off their coal-fired power station. America did economically best, but their situation was the most chaotic. Due to the megadrought and other natural disasters in most places, the food became expensive and the lower and higher class suffered financially. The United States tried to take measures about climate change, but many Americans protested against it because they would lose their jobs. America should have already taken measures in 2020, but their ego or their stupidity made them underestimate the climate changes. They even suffered the most in 2020 at the hands of the COVID-19-pandemic. To sum up, I can say that all over the world there is a certain instability and a fear about the future. What nobody knew, except me, is that the invention that would help us would be firstly publicly experimented in 3 years.
After the news, the live draw of EuroNews would be showcased.
Mother/Sister: "We will be going then!!!"
Mother: „Tilo, please tidy up the table and put the dishes in the dishwasher."
Dad: „Sure. After the draw, there will be a match between FC Bayern and Liverpool. Are you staying with me, Son?"
Me: „Yeah, but only half of the game."
EM: „No-one won the top prize in Wednesday's Lotto draw, with Friday's estimated jackpot rising to 112 million €.
We will now begin the draw of the numbers. First is 35. 50, 15, 10, and finally 44.
We continue with the drawing of the lucky stars. We have 4 and 12.
One extraordinarily lucky ticket-holder won our jackpot of 112 million €.
Two lucky ticket-holders scooped 156.509,10 € apiece for matching five numbers and one star.
Some 12 players matched 5 numbers to win 24,385€, while 1,696 people scooped 47€ for matching only four balls.
The winning Lotto numbers are 10, 15, 35, 44, 50, and the stars 4 and 12.
As we have a top prize winner, the jackpot is reset to 10 million for the next draw on Wednesday.
I congratulate all the winners and wish a good night. See you next Wednesday!"
´Everything worked as planned. EuroMillions probably is transferring the 112 million right now. I can't stop being excited. If I invest these 112 million in stock exchanges, then It won't take long before becoming a billionaire. Settle down, your father is looking at you.´
Father: „Are you all right, son? You seem happy about something."
Me: „Just happy about the football game that will begin shortly. I can't remember the last time that I watched a game."
Father: „You worked hard for the exams, just relax and enjoy the game."
In the end, Ben watched the entire game with his father. He wasn't a football fan, but to spend time with his father like this was the best reward for his diligence. After the match finished, Ben directly went to his bed and his father cleaned the table.
Before sleeping, Ben thought:
´F*ck, I completely lost control of myself. Thanks to that, I can't create my skills as I planned before. It is already to late to create them, my parents would be conspicuous, if I don't wake up tomorrow morning, I also would become hungry in the middle of the night. Maybe It is for the best, tomorrow is Saturday, so I also can sleep longer the next night. So tomorrow, I will do my best to invest in stock exchanges with my 112 million €.´