The elevator dings, and Jihuun walks out of the elevator making sure his face is covered. After a short walk in the city, Jihuun arrives at his destination. The plant store.
Walking into the store, he instantly feels at home. "Why does this place feel so familiar?" Jihuun wonders.
"Attention! Power: Chlorokenisis is surging! Extreme conditions have caused the power to grow exponentially! All experience gained in this area for Chlorokenisis is tripled!"
"What a great opportunity!" Jihuun exclaims. "I guess I'll polish off this new ability of mine."
Jihuun focuses on controlling the plants around him. This task is severely straining on his mind, and he begins to struggle.
"There are too many plants, I can't focus on a single one! Maybe this wasn't such a good idea." Jihuun perks up when he feels as he feels an ominous aura approaching him.
He turns to look and comes face to face with the shop owner.
"What brings you to my shop young man." The old store owner asks.
"I-I'm looking for some aloe sir!" Jihuun responds bashfully.
"Aloe huh? You thief! It's you who has been stealing my plants, hasn't it! With that strange get-up!" The owner yells.
"W-What! I don't know what you're talking about old man!" Jihuun states rather rudely.
"New side mission: Deal with the store owner. This mission has 3 possible routes! 1. Aggressive route: Attack the store owner. 2. Calm the store owner down and talk. 3. Hidden route (grants extra rewards.)
"Hidden route, I wonder what it is. Well, I obviously can't do the first one, the second one may happen either way. I'm intrigued by the third one though…" Jihuun ponders. "Say old man, do you know what these thieves look like?" Jihuun asks.
"Of course, how could I not! There's usually one or two of em' at a time. They dress in black hoodies and wear a face mask just like you!"
"Don't worry old dude, I'm going to help you catch these guys." Jihuun states triumphantly.
"Attention: Hidden route revealed! Help store owner catch the thieves. Reward: 3 Bronze tickets."
"Wow, 3 tickets at a time? I've only gotten 1 so far. Wait a minute, didn't I get another ticket for that bus mission?" Jihuun exclaims.
Jihuun opens his inventory and sees a silver ticket. "I knew it!" Jihuun smirks. Jihuun holds out the ticket and says, "Activate." A light bright light flashes from the ticket just like before. "W-What?! Isn't this ability too overpowered?!" Jihuun exclaims.
"Congratulations! You found a rare power! Telekinesis: F 1/50."
"Let me check just to be sure…" Jihuun mutters. "Telekinesis."
"Telekinesis/Psychokinesis: Move, manipulate or otherwise interact with objects and or matter without physical means. Current weight limit: 50 pounds. Increases with level and rank."
"That's definitely a great skill… Even if it's only 50 pounds, think of what I could do with that!" Jihuun remarks. "No time like the present, let's get started on this mission. Not before I treat these burns though…" Jihuun mutters.
"Say old man, I really need some aloe, you see I've got a pretty bad… Rash." Jihuun lies.
"Yeah, I've got some in the back. I've been keeping it hidden from the thieves. But, since you're going to help me catch those no-good scumbags, I guess I could give you one." The old store owner replies.
"Thanks, old dude! You don't know how much this will help me, seriously." Jihuun exclaims.
The old store owner leads Jihuun to the back of his store to a closed-off room. He opens the door, and to his surprise, the room is filled to the brim with aloe vera plants.
"Wow, you sure do have a lot, you don't mind if I buy one right?" Jihuun asks.
"If you're buyin', there's no problem! I could really use the money." The store owner remarks.
"Alright!" Jihuun chirps. Jihuun remembers his new ability that he got and decides to try it out. "Telekinesis." He thinks. He outreaches his hand in the direction of the pot. To his surprise, it really does start to float. "Woah, and I didn't even get a nosebleed like in that one show!" He thinks.
"W-huh? How is that plant floating, are you doing that, son?" The store owner exclaims, holding onto his hat.
"Let's call it our secret, alright old dude?" Jihuun smirks. The store owner becomes visibly distraught and leads Jihuun to the front counter to pay. Just as Jihuun was leaving the store, the old man speaks once more,
"You shouldn't reveal your abilities to just anyone, young man. Just warnin' ya'. The world of the supernatural is a scary place."
"Huh? You know about this kind of thing?" Jihuun responds.
"I was once had powers just like you young man, but they were taken away a long time ago." The store owner pauses.
"W-Who took your powers away?" Jihuun asks.
"It was some big time mafia fella'. That's really all I can tell you. He has eyes and ears everywhere. It's too bad he doesn't contribute any good to the world…" The store owner rants, "I almost hope they heard that last part."
"Do you know where I can find this man?" Jihuun asks.
"This was no man, that thing was alien. He had powers just like you, but tenfold, maybe even one hundred fold! He also had a secret ability, or so I think." The old man explains. "He could absorb people's abilities."
"R-Really?! That's awful!" Jihuun snarls. "I swear to you old dude, I will defeat this person for you, and I'll give you your powers back somehow." Jihuun says heroically.
"What am I thinking! I barely even know what's going on, how could I take down a mafia boss!" Jihuun thinks frantically. Jihuun exits the store shakily holding his aloe vera plant.
****
"Ah, at home at last." Jihuun sighs, "Now, let's slather some of this stuff on my body. I really hope it works."
Jihuun uses telekinesis to bring the plant towards him while sitting on his sofa. "Oh that's right, maybe my chlorokinesis can make this thing bigger." Jihuun thinks.
"Attention: Chlorokinesis has ranked up due to repeated use. Chlorokinesis E 1/100." "Nice! It leveled up, probably because of the effects of the plant store." Jihuun thinks.
He sets the plant down on his coffee table and focuses on it. "Chlorokinesis." He stares at the plant, forcing his will upon it.
Suddenly, the plant began to grow in size. "Yes, it's working!" Jihuun exclaims,
"Uh-oh, maybe that worked a bit too well." The plant didn't stop growing. Things started to get serious once the aloe plant got bigger than his coffee table. "Alright! Stop!" Jihuun screams.
Just as soon as it started, the plant stopped growing. "Wow, it got pretty huge." Jihuun says. He uses telekinesis to grab a knife and slice the end of one blade off. The piece floats towards Jihuun. "Wow, it must be as big as my head!" Jihuun exclaims.
He doesn't hesitate to start peeling the skin off of the plant and begin applying it to his wounded body.
He quickly realizes that every ounce of the aloe juice is causing immense pain all across his body. Jihuun clenches his jaw and winces.
He endures the pain, knowing the result will surely be rewarding. "Attention, telekinesis has ranked up! Telekinesis F+ 1/75." "Alright, not bad." He thinks.
After roughly 10 minutes of essentially soaking his body in the juices of the aloe vera plant, a system notification scares him.
"Attention, due to repeated exposure to healing sources, you have developed a new passive ability! Minor regeneration F 1/50" "Heck yeah! I was hoping something like this might happen." Jihuun remarks.
"Hold on, if exposure to a certain element gives me an ability, I wonder what kinds of stuff it will work with…" "Looks like I have a lot of experimenting to do…"