Edward followed both mike and Marcel to a table off to the side that held all manner of equipment. To the side of all the equipment there was a door that led to a room. When the room was opened, Edward could see three set of shelves. One shelf in front of him and one to both his left and right.
On the shelf in front of him, there were spare parts of cars and vehicles. On the left shelf there were mechanical equipment used for the fixing of the vehicles. To the shelf on the right, there were cleaning materials.
Mike then gestured to the cleaning tools and materials and said to Edward,"You better start picking the thing you are going to need and move to the area where we were just working and clean up the place.
After speaking, Mike and Marcel left Edward all alone in the room. Edward looked around the room more carefully and studied all the equipment present. Most of them were old looking and some were in a really bad shape with only a few looking new.
He then turned to his right and saw a mop bucket and picked it up. He then located a mop and some cleaning agents and made a mixture. He was lacking one thing though and that was water. He carried all the things he had picked and headed on out to the working area.
He then walked to Mike and Marcel who stopped what they were doing after they saw him coming and looked at him intensely. They were probably thinking of ways to crush him.
They then heard Edward speak,"Please where can I find some water". Edward was met with no response. The two got back to work pretending as if they had not heard him ask a question.
Edward sighed and started to look around the place. It was then that he saw a tap at the back of the room. He swiftly moved to the back of the room and turned the tap to allow water to flow. He watched the water gently flow into the bucket containing the cleaning agents. He silently appreciated the beauty of the whole process.
After he was done fetching the water to his satisfied quantity, he carried the bucket to where the two were working. They seemed to be almost done. He then started to mop the place dry as soon as he got there.
After a few hard and grueling hours he was finally done and the place was sparkling. Of course the two boys couldn't make it that easy for him. As Edward turned around to go and clean the mop and dispose off the water, he heard something like a liquid splash on the floor.
The floor he had painstakingly cleaned now had grease on it. He could see the viscous liquid slowly move across the floor to his leg. Behind him, even without looking back he could hear snickering.
He turned around to see the two boys trying to suppress a stifled laughter but failed miserably at doing that. They were whispering to each other and had large smiles on their faces.
What was really surprising was that Edward didn't have the edge to retaliate or even a flicker of anger within. He was just calm. Maybe it was because of what had transpired between Frank and himself but now he wasn't quick to get angry.
As the two were laughing, a sound was heard behind them and they all looked at the sound to find Mr. Lee standing at the door that led to his office. He had come to see what all the noise was about.
"What happened here?", he asked. Mike was quick to answer,"We were done with the car just now and were going to put the things away when my leg hit the container with the grease and it spilled all over".
Mike then turned to Edward and said,"Joel, I am really sorry. I know it was really hard for you to clean the floor and my one mistake had cost your had work."
Mr. Lee then turned to head back to his office but not before telling Edward to see him in the office after he was done cleaning. He also told the boys to pack up and take the car to the owner since they were done with the repairs.
After that no more 'accidents' occurred and everything went smoothly. Edward cleaned up the mess and by the time he was done, it was almost evening time. The boys had driven the car away after telling Edward to pack up.
Edward looked at the time on his wrist and wondered if Kleo had gotten back already. After he had finished with everything, he headed over to Mr. Lee's office. As he turned the door nob he heard the sound of a car pull up into the garage.
A handsome looking man got out of the car and walked toward Edward. He stopped in front of him and asked,"Where is Lee? Tell him Jim is here to see him". Edward didn't need to call Lee since he had already come out due to the noise the car made.
"Hey, Jim you are here again ain't ya",Lee said as he moved to greet Jim and pull him into his office to discuss business. It looked like Jim and Lee had some business relationship or something of that sort.
Edward had to see Lee and since Lee was now occupied he decided to sit down and took out the book he was given by Lee. He opened the book and started to read it. He tried his best to visualize everything he read and understand it.
It took some time but after a few hours, He had read quite a part of the book. He decided to put the book down for a while then he saw it. The game like screen that he saw in front of the garage early that morning appeared again displaying new text this time.
[Requirement - Prolonged reading]
[Due to prolonged reading and the need and desire to understand what was being read, a new skill has been unlocked]
[Skill - Learner: Unlocked]
[Skill - Learner: This skill has both a passive and an active side. The passive side allows the user to quickly read through a book in seconds just by holding it. The time it takes to understand the books contents depends on the level of the skill. The active skill allows the user to practice whatever he has learned when activated. This includes Analysis, processing, vivid picture and many more nut most of the functions are locked due to the current level.]
[Skill - Learner;
Level - 1
Class - Basic
Passive Skills{Instant read}
Active Skills{Analysis...}]
The rush of information was too much but his saving grace was that he didn't need to read all of it. He just new what it was and how to use it. He then looked at the car of the man named Jim and activated the Active Skill[Analysis].