I was frozen thinking of my next action, it is important to plan my next move in order to minimize the amount of suspicion of anyone living on the same floor as me. First I know for a fact that I can not use my voice to say that I am ok since no matter how much I try I can only make sounds that are similar to an injured animal or a kidnapped person and that is definitely not enough since if they think I am kidnapped they will probably try to become a hero and save me which is the worst possible outcome for my situation. I mean I don't want them to see me since I do not know what will become of my fate if humans successfully capture me. Maybe I'll become a lab rat or maybe they will try to kill me instantly and I DO NOT want to find out what will happen to my new body if a bullet hits me.
Next possible solution is to wear some kind of cover or clothes and show myself but then there are two main problems, first I can not talk meaning I can only do a thumps up and that is definitely suspicion, and the other problem is that NONE of my clothes fit me since I went from a 1.7 meters human to something that is 2.2 meters tall.
As I try to search for answers to my problem, I realize that there is no perfect solution for this situation since I can neither talk or show myself even with clothes. That leaves me with the most weird solution which has a fifty percent chance of success unlike the others. I can write that I am ok but unable to talk since I am tired? sick? have a hangover? hmmm lets just say I am sick and my throat is killing me and then cough since I am capable of that. In addition I can write that I am not going to open the door because I don't want them to get sick. Ye that'll work because humans are selfish and they are probably more curious than worried meaning this should work perfectly.
I carry my plan perfectly the way I planned it and add a detail about the reason behind my screaming which I stated to be a centipede that fell on my hand from the ceiling and I know this is believable because my fear of centipedes is known throughout this floor of the dorm because of a centipede that appeared in the public kitchen of the dorm.
"I hope you get better soon" says Matt in a low and disappointed voice which shows that they are not happy that nothing excited happened which is something I am already used to since the bullying in my middle school.
Right after I am sure that nothing more needs to be done regarding my dorm neighbors, I go back to inspecting myself and my capabilities. I've read many novels in the past since I did not really have a real friend to hangout with and my family was far from functional enough to spend time together. In many novels I have read about a protagonist with a system but in most they were reborn whereas I have not, at least I do not think I have died and been reborn since everything is the same as usual. Nonetheless I want to give it a try because why would the concept of a OP system be weird when my body has already changed to something fictional.
I begin trying different terms to get this system to work or come to existence.
System. System Open. Leigh's System. Start System. System page. Stats. Stats Page.....
After saying a couple of random terms in my mind in hopes of getting a voice to acknowledge my order and respond back, I finally give up since nothing occurs. So some concepts are truly impossible or at least super rare since I do not have anything similar to a system which makes me disappointed and worried. How am I supposed to comprehend this situation? How am I supposed to manage my new life? How can I do anything if this body only brings misfortune to me?
I decide to test my strength before calling this body useless because I might still have abilities or something even if no system exists to guide me through it all. I find a can of soda and decide to text my strength on that since punching a wall or something similar is not an option because it might cause someone to show up at my door again. I take the can and try to crush it in my palm with all the force I can gather and in a matter of seconds the middle part of the can is crushed into something so thin that it shatters because of how much aluminum is condensed in one location. I am truly surprised at my own strength which is why I decide to try the same exact thing with the metal trashcan in the washroom.
I start putting in all my strength into crushing the middle part of the trashcan.
"doooommmm"
The sudden deafening sound makes me jump in my place and I drop the trashcan all of a sudden. The fate of the trashcan was very similar to that of the soda can since the middle part has been crushed into a super thin metal but it does not shatter no matter how long I wait for it to shatter. This shows me that I am definitely strong but how strong?, can I possibly crush a car? I do not know and I am not going to find out since it might attract too much attention.
As I start eyeing the room to find more things to crush, my sight falls upon my mini fridge and I remember that I have not eaten anything from last night. The second I start thinking about food, a hidden desire and hunger arises within me and I feel an excruciating hunger which makes me stumble towards the mini fridge and the portable cabinet next to it.
When I arrive I open the door of the mini fridge and take the first thing that I see which is a dish of cooked steak from last night and I decide to eat it but realize that I have no mouth. I sit there confused for a couple of seconds and then realize my dire situation which causes me to have a mental break down hence dropping the meat next to my feet. As I am going through the possibility of starving to death I realize that the outline of my body near my feet is moving and shaking uncontrollably. I try to look at it but then notice the meat next to it and my first guess is that the meat is the cause of this. Due to this I take the meat away and my thoughts are confirmed when the abnormal movement of the outline of my feet returns to normal. I once again repeat the same action and even bring it close enough for contact but then all of a sudden the grains of my body start escaping the outline and creating a bridge that connects my body to the meat and then the grains start devouring the meat. After the steak is fully gone, my body returns to its normal state with all the weird grains going back into my body.
After that I feel as if my hunger has been sated by a little bit but not enough to make the desire for more food to go away. In order to sate my hunger, I start consuming everything in sight and then move on to the cabinet and preform the same unbelievable action there and at the end I have consumed the food that was for one to two weeks in under 15 minutes.
I am still hungry and want to consume more but I have nothing more to eat and the only other source of food is in the kitchen and I should avoid the public kitchen. As I am trying to regain control over my hunger, I realize that there are a lot more grains in my body than previously. This feeling was more like an instinctual knowledge. After examining my body I notice that I am still the same height but my body feels more condensed meaning there is definitely an increase in the amount of the grains that create my whole body. This means one thing, an increase in strength.
I grab another can of soda since I did not have the desire to consume any of the contents within them and try to crush it once again but this time instead of the middle of the can getting crushed into very thin aluminum and then shattering, at least 60 percent of the can is crushed into the thin state and begins shattering after a couple of seconds which proves to me that food is the key to an increase in strength meaning I too have my own type of OP cheat power.