It is Wednesday, he needs to wait until tomorrow to check out the new features, items, and so on in tier 2.
Although excited, he had trouble making a decision. So he takes a day off from the clinic. The sign on the clinic says "Closed until further notice".
His action causes some reaction from his close friend, and acquaintances. Lana and Nina are glad that Kai is resting. They have been worried that Kai is gonna work himself to death.
"It's a good thing for you. Go out and enjoy life more. Try to find a girl for yourself." Nina nagged at him again.
Domingo calls up Kai to the bar he frequents, for a drink,but he declines. Skye is still at school so she doesn't react much. She does check if Kai is sick before going to school as he never takes an impromptu leave.
In Shield, the monitoring team is confused by the sudden action."Didn't he never take a break? Why now?"
They are in a chaos trying to read back Kai's previous record to see if there's a reason for it. And they did find something.
"It's gonna be the anniversary of his family's death tomorrow," said an agent to Barbara, who is healing nicely and always interferes with Kai's monitoring even though it's not her responsibility.
Barbara became solemn. " It must be a personal day. Should we really monitors him like this? "
Even Kai doesn't know that his action coincides with the details that he used to create 'Kai Vera'.
"If this is my last day, what should I do?" a question he couldn't answer even in his previous life. He spent the day normally, watching TV, going to the mall, visiting the hangover Domingo, and waiting for Skye to come home.
Other than cooking for Skye, he didn't do much that day. He kept thinking about "How is Skye gonna live if he's not there? And what about Lana and Nina, are they gonna find new work? *sighs * It was supposed to be an easy quest. Why does it turn into this? "
After cursing the doctor for a while, he sat at the piano. He plays a couple songs, classical music and others as it helps him think.
Because of his [elementary proficiency in musical instrument] , his song is like a performance that the agents of Shield who are monitoring him greatly enjoy.
Don't underestimate the elementary prefix on the skill, in the trading system. A skill that can make you top in the world may be just a basic skill in the omniverse.
Kai lost himself in playing the piano, when Skye came back home from school. "What are you doing Kai"
"Thinking"
"Can you think while we eat? I'm hungry"
"I already cook lunch for you"
"You know today at school...."
Skye shared about her school life while he listened attentively. Kai looks back to when he started doing doctor jobs here in hell's kitchen.
Before he started, he always feels like this is not his world, he feels detached from it. Even when he got to know Gwen, he didn't take the initiative to ask her out, nor did he know what he's feeling.
He accepted the quest just for the sake of the quest. He didn't think much about it.
Not realising that this is the way for him to integrate into this world, a method by TheDoctor.
TheDoctor has an ulterior motive making the quest so difficult. "If you wake up and get everything you ever wanted, you might forget where you used to be."
Even the invention quest he persuaded RetiredMechanic gives is to make Ryan realise that he is more than just the system.
"Sure, the trading site has many things, but don't forget, it comes from other people's work! There's never an item on the site that was on the site originally, without anyone else listing it."
By making him come out with his own invention, Ryan potential shoots up. Ideas pour out from his head, and he learns more about himself.
The Doctor, RetiredMechanic, Mythic, are worried about him, and are looking out for him in their own way. He always talks about his world like a story he read, instead of the life he lives.
That's why they want him to form attachment to it, to his world. At least he'll not fall into depravity.
"There's beauty in life's struggle." And like the doctor thought, Ryan did open up to the world. He even got a girlfriend.
If he didn't take the quest, never would he have done the prosthetic that may bring attention and trouble to him. As a doctor, he sees many people from different walks of life, and disabled people are one of them.
"Don't you ever have this feeling? You want something to change, life to get better, struggle to become easier. But it won't work until you decide to start the change."
He feared to stand out in this world, as the Marvel Universe is really dangerous. But it's the same for other people, not only him. If he just hid the entire time, would that really be living?
Kai listened attentively, and when she finished, he said, "Hey Skye…"
"What?"
"I'm glad to meet you".
Skye looks at Kai weirdly. "Are you drunk?"
He laughs out loud when she reacts like that. He didn't hesitate anymore. He'll stay, at the very least until Skye grows up and be able to take care of herself.
"Tomorrow I have a day off, let's go out to have some fun"
"You have a day off but I have school tomorrow" Skye said with her eyes rolling. She thought he was teasing her again.
Under no circumstances can she want only to take days off from school. That's Kai's rule for her. She can't even fake sickness as her guardian is a doctor.
"I'll permit you for a day off tomorrow, let's go out". Kai does want to go have fun. He's been working hard to finish the quest. He needed to blow off some steam.
"Really, wait no, I'll go, no take backs!!!" Skye said excitedly. She'll do anything for a chance to skip school. Kai looks at Skye with a fathers smile.
"If it's my last day, I want to spend the rest of the time I have with the people I love", Kai/Ryan finally gets his answer.
He sleeps early tonight, at 10 pm ,compared to when he works at 4-5 am. But his biological clock was in disarray, so he woke up at 3.00 am. He went to drink a glass of milk, and because he couldn't fall asleep, he decided to stay up reading.
"I think that I project myself more with Kai than with Ryan Knight." He realises it now, his friend's intention in giving him the quest.
The unreal feeling of transmigration has finally been shook off. Now he's truly a part of the world, not just someone who finds themselves suddenly in it.
After Skye wakes up, Kai drives them to an amusement park. "This is my resting day. I'm going to play all day! "
The time comes for trading sessions, Ryan is excited to see the upgrades!
In the chat group
Mythic :Congrats Hydra you're now tier 2!
The doctor, VampireKid, Queenelf, Greenwitch, the Mechanic, Mephisto, Baal'sAss and other :applause.gif
Hydra: Mythic I miss you!!
Mythic :Don't get all cringey on me. (shudder.gif)
Mythic : When I'm gone, you didn't do anything stupid like swinging around the city in a spandex right?
Ryan loves the feeling that he can meet his close friend again. This is more important to him than the upgraded authority. He chats with Mythic first before he checks out his notification.
[You've accumulated 10 types of achievement and completed 3 quests. You have unlocked tier 2 membership of the interdimensional trading system. {ITS}. Your increased authority will bring you more benefit from now on. We hope you're happy here at ITS]
[You can now trade for 9 hours every session, twice a week. Your trading time is on Monday and Thursday starting at 3.00 pm. Makes sure to get more benefit from ITS- management]
"Sweet, I have another day of trading. Even the time is increased" He checks out the new features of Tier 2.
Pre-order - Tired of waiting for an impossible item to get? Enter the queue today and get the item when your turn comes. Every Pre-order will cost 10% more than the original price.
Rent - Rent an item of your choosing from a higher tier market. You can only use the item for a day before it's returned to the system. Rent features for an item are only possible once a month. If you need to rent the item again, you need to wait another month. A penalty will be imposed if the item is broken.
Quest- You can post a public or private quest to other members of ITS. You can increase your authority with more quests that you give.
That's it. He can now get higher tier items, skill, knowledge and all with increased authority. He then checks out the price and queue number for the magic circuit skill that he's been searching for almost a year now.
Magic circuit skill : 50,000 tc (55,000 tc for Pre-order)
Queue number :30 > 31
Ryan doesn't hesitate to enter the queue as he sees himself as the number of the queue increases while he is reading. He got a notification after he settled his payment.
(Thank you for trading at ArchmagePath! Your estimated time for it to be completed is 2 weeks!)
"The system is more and more like an online shopping platform in my previous life ".
Excited, he checks out the thing he can rent from a higher tier market. "This is like a preview of the upper tier marketplace"
Spaceship - 10,000 tc/day
Intergalactic Army AI : 15,000 tc/day
Orbital cannon - 2000 tc/day
Small space station - 100,000 tc/day
Soul sword - 7,000 tc/day
…
Most items are for interstellar civilization and higher tier combat power. Like for spaceships, there's more than 1000 variations of spaceships in it.
The cheapest from 1,000 tc per day to a planetary fortress pricing at 100,000,000 tc per day. The price jumps exponentially the more advanced it is.
Ryan checks his remaining notification on the system. Surprisingly, he got an achievement already.
Achievement - Top 5%. You're among the top 5% traders in the ITS to climb the rank quickly. All items that are bought in this tier have a permanent 5% discount.
It's a surprise that he's happy to get. Curious, he took some time to ask the chat group about the time it took them to climb up the tier.
Mythic : it took 2 years for me.
Vampirekid : A few months.
Themechanic : 3 years.
Queenelf: almost a year
Baal'sAss: 13 years. But to be fair my world is currently at war with demons.
Mephisto : 1 year for me.
Different people have different circumstances. To be honest, if he didn't transmigrate into a wealthy family, he doesn't think that he could climb the authority so quickly.
Familiarising himself with the upgraded interface, he spends the rest of the session to trade.
"Today still follows the rule of the first tier, which is 3 hours. 9 hours will start the next trade. I should get compensation for this"
Even if he wanted to sue the system, no one knows who the management is, or how to contact one.
Gwen walks into the room after he finishes his session.She stayed late at the company to help Ryan finalise his invention. "Although he could do it on his own!"
She does it anyway because she knows that guy will push the credit away if he's in charge. The artificial limbs have already entered the market and caused a positive reaction from the public.
She's surprised to see him in a special state. "Why do you look so profound?"
Today has been a special day in his life that he'll remember forever. He doesn't answer, grabs Gwen's hand, and pulls her to bed. " I'm thinking about the people I love"
"Sure-sure, but can I take a shower first?"