While contemplating what to tell his sister, Christian suddenly remembered his first day at school when he went for the exams. He recalled how, having taken proper care of himself, the reactions he received from the other students, especially the girls, were filled with admiration for his now attractive face and perfect body.
Christian was confident that his overall appearance was truly captivating and could be a significant strength. This meant that if he were to pursue someone, he could realistically expect a positive reaction.
It's not as if others' opinions of him were that negative in high school; in fact, even before that, he had received some positive attention.
'Well, aside from when his innocent smile was called stupid.'
However, due to the atmosphere around him, no one approach him, and their interest gradually faded over time.
Anyway, after the hacking incident and his recent transformation, Christian could confidently say that he was somewhat popular now. So, should he just try to get a girlfriend, perhaps for the sake of his sister?
While the thought briefly crossed Christian's mind, he ultimately rejected it. It felt somewhat morally wrong, and he didn't want to deceive his sister. Besides, he couldn't imagine himself being all lovey-dovey with someone, especially since he didn't have much time for that right now.
Anyway, at the moment, he couldn't think of anyone other than Eva, so he just try to salvage the situation with his sister.
Christian had a long conversation with his sister, skillfully steering the discussion away from the subject of girlfriends from the start, before finally heading back to his room.
Now back in his room, and ALONE, Christian finally felt he could breathe. His sister's presence, while somewhat comforting and healing, made it hard to deal with the situation at hand after all.
Christian could at least feel a sense of relief that he had become accustomed to all the clinging from his sister and was no longer bothered by it at all.
Anyway, now that he was alone, Christian decided to take a moment to think things through again.
He felt that a lot had happened in the last ten days, so he opened his status window.
Host: Christian White
Level: 19 (EXP: 4.800/30.000)
Skills: Advanced Trading Lv.2(8%) , Passion Reader Lv.- , Advanced Program Hacking Lv.1(89%) , Intermediate Kinetix Body Building Lv.1(2%) , High School Knowledge Lv.10(Max) , Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Lv.3(87%) , Basic AI Creation Lv.8(20%)
Idle practicing slots:(0/3)
Looking at his status window, and seeing his constitution still remaining at nine, then his bodybuilding skill that had reached the intermediate tier. Instead of feeling happy about this progress, he felt a bit troubled.
Christian believed his body was already strong enough, and his constitution should have improved by now. However, that was not the case, as no changes had occurred.
The bigger problem was that his bodybuilding skill, which had previously allowed him to study mainly body exercises, slightly about human biology, and other miscellaneous topics. Now that it had reached intermediate level, things had changed. Not only was the skill level progressing very slowly, but what he was learning had also shifted.
Now, the focus had shifted primarily to human biology and related topics. As for body exercises, it was all about creating new ones, which was taking too much time, and Christian didn't current deadlock situation at all.
So, while looking at his status window, Christian made a decision: once his constitution, which should really increase to ten very soon, reached that point, he would pause his Idle Practicing of his body building skill for a while.
He planned to first max out his Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu skill, then focus solely on studying human biology, and finally return to his body building skill. He believed this would be the most efficient approach.
As for developing a better hand-to-hand combat art, that was out of the question for now. He needed to be realistic about his priorities and didn't want to waste time on that at the moment.
Christian had also discovered something new through his AI Creation skill: that everything had a prerequisite.
While it wasn't strictly a condition, he realized that if he focused solely on learning human biology first, returning to his body building skill later would make his research much easier and more convenient. This also meant that for developing the best hand-to-hand combat style, learning Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu would be beneficial as well.
Most importantly, Christian believed that studying human biology was essential and could be beneficial in the future. Therefore, approaching it more systematically would be a much better strategy for him.
Then, lowering his gaze sill at his status window and seeing the unassigned points, Christian couldn't shake the feeling that it was such a waste to leave them unused.
However, knowing he had set them aside for future situations, he resisted the urge to allocate them now. Despite being aware that using them would accelerate his progress, he chose to hold off for the time being.
Anyway, his level had actually risen to nineteen, and he was now just inches away from the next level.
Well, not inches, but definitely close.
All of Christian's hopes were pinned on this advancement; after all, if he gained another idle slot, his learning speed, something he had been concerned about, would not only remain unaffected because of the unassigned points but would actually accelerate.
This prospect lifted his spirits and alleviated his troubled thoughts.
Actually Christian had a theory, which was about the experience amount, because when he saw how the difference between from eighteen and nineteen, to nineteen and twenty, was actually nearly the double, Christian actually didn't feel sad or discouraged, but more glad and hopeful, as he considered the raise a sign for his fourth slot.
Thinking about his level, Christian actually had a theory regarding the experience required for leveling up.
He first noticed that the difference in experience needed to advance from level nineteen to twenty was nearly double that required to progress from eighteen to nineteen, and instead of feeling sad or discouraged, he felt a sense of gladness and hope, seeing the increase as a sign that he might soon unlock his fourth slot.
Then, reflecting on his hacking skill and its abysmal rate of advancement, Christian remembered discovering that it could actually reach level four after acquiring the various knowledge from those companies; however, he still had nothing to say about it.
Finally, regarding his AI Creation skill, Christian felt genuinely hopeful for the future. As aside from its level, which he still considered low, he discovered that after starting to work more diligently on developing the AI, Iris, he was progressing at a speed much faster than his previous assessment.
Christian estimated that it would take about one month for I.R.I.S. to become a fully functioning AI. And upon analyzing the data he had acquired, he realized that this time frame was actually a record-breaking achievement.
If it had been the old him, Christian would still have considered one month a long time. However, now that his skills were becoming more advanced, he understood that some things simply required time. No matter how impressive his comprehension and Idle System were, he had learned to be a little more relaxed about the situation.
Anyway, aside from the changes to his Idle System, Christian suddenly turned his thoughts to more pressing matters: trading, money, and his sister.
Why did he group them together? Because after everything that had happened when they took care of the legal things for taxes, paid the necessary fees, and handled other financial matters, it all felt interconnected.
He had come to a realization: this situation couldn't continue. And no, it wasn't just about his sister hanging out in his room; it was also about the fact that it wasn't conducive, even for his sister.
He couldn't quite put his emotions into words, but one thing was clear. When Christian thought about his current bank account, which held no more than $100,000, and his trading accounts, which boasted over $500,000 of course after paying the taxes, he felt a mix of frustration and concern. He had even contemplated finding a way to evade paying taxes, but ultimately decided against it.
The amount still felt insufficient compared to his aspirations, and he didn't want his sister to think poorly of him, or more accurately, he was uncertain about how she would view these kinds of subjects in general.
Anyway Christian knew he couldn't continue . And now, after nearly two months of hard work and with his trading skill now advanced, he had developed his own ideas about trading.
In his opinion, it was all about timing, knowing when to invest and when to withdraw. This, in turn, meant having a keen eye for the market, business trends, and various factors to analyze situations properly.