'For now let's check out the rest of my parameters I guess.' Adam thought while looking again to the status page. Looking closely at his HP value, he was startled when it all of a sudden expanded.

  Seeing this explanation, Adam nodded, thinking 'Just like a normal JRPG.'

  Then he looked at the other values.

  From the information he gained by looking at these two values, he came to two conclusions.

  One

  Magic and aura which he assumed warriors use exists

  Two

  It is possible to learn it( from the fact that his MP value and SP value is non-zero )

  " This is so freaking awesome." Adam whispered to himself.

  "Now that that's done, let's look at skills."

  ...Hmm

  Then what's up with Gamer's Mind and Body ? How are they already at max level?"

  "Oh is that so ? I wonder how they work?"

  'Time to experiment I guess'

  Thinking so to himself, Adam decided to test out the two skills.

  "Guess it's time to bring out the tear jerkers"

  He then proceeded to Y**T*be, searched "Top 10 Saddest Movie Scenes" ,and watched the whole thing without so much as a sniffle.

  ..."I guess it works.Now to test out Gamer's Body."

  Taking a small knife from the Kitchen, he held it to his pinkie

  'Please don't hurt like a b**ch.'

  Thinking so he slashed the knife quick and clean over his pinkie.

  "F*ck that hurt like a b**ch !", Adam yelled, like a little bi**ch.

  After yelling out from the pain, he looked again to the wound,or rather where the wound should have been.

  "It's gone"

  Inspecting his pinkie well, he observed that wound had totally disappeared. After checking his HP, he noticed it had gone down to 154/155

  "Now that, is awesome"

  "So I guess that's that for skills"

  "Perks?"

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  "Awakened?, the Abyss?, what are those?"

  'Hmm? that's sorta odd.So what level do I need to be before I can know this? ' Adam thought.

  However all he got in return was silence.

  'This is strange. Could it be that there are other people with game-like abilities like me?And if so why haven't they shown themselves yet ?Could there be some restriction that prevents "awakened people" as the system refers them as from showing themselves or their abilities ?'

  .....Hmm

  'It's been confirmed by the system. That must mean it must be something serious if it's able to keep super powered people quiet. So for now I think I'll keep my mysterious new circumstances to myself.'

  'I guess that was the right choice to make.' Adam thought

  Putting the knife down and turning to leave the kitchen , Adam said, "Alright then, I guess I should go experiment on how my other stats work."

  "Kweeekuuuuuu" .Someone yelled

  "Or not."

  "Coming mum." Adam yelled back, as he raced to reach his mother's presence, since the only times she ever called him by his African name, or " Fie Din", is when she was severely pissed.

  "Oh f*ck you.", he softly whispered as he ran to receive retribution for whatever wrongs he might have done.

  The first thing Adam noticed when he found his mother was the translucent blue screen floating on top of her head.

  The second thing he noticed was that she was standing inside his room. A room he'd been holed up in and dirtied for a whole week with no care whatsoever.

  The third thing he noticed was that she was mad, very, very mad.

  A stern disciplinarian, Hannah Greene was a woman who had toughened up and held her family together in their lowest moments.A strong woman,who albeit was very sweet and caring to her children and close friends, also had a fierce temper and a strong will. This was shown by her very high level despite being a normal person.Normally she wouldn't be so mad at him, but seeing all the filth and disorderliness of Adam's room, all which served as evidence of him not leaving his room for the whole week she'd been working,set her off.

  What followed was the worst 30 mins of scolding Adam had ever received in his life.This was then followed by him being somehow reverse grounded, And he had to stay outside the house for 3 hours everyday and some fresh air and exercise.Then his official punishment followed, which was cleaning not just his room, but the kitchen and toilet as well as taking out the trash. There was a silver lining in all this trouble though,two in fact.

  The first silver lining was he now had a legitimate excuse to go outside for long periods of time and experiment with his abilities.And the second silver lining

  'My question about Quests has been answered I guess.' Adam said

  he then quickly got to work, putting in all the effort he could to get those extra 10 Exp and of course his mum's favour again.And then.....

  Looking at the messages that had popped up as he was cleaning as well as he could, Adam went to his status page and observed the skill.

  .... ' Well it seems like a useful skill at least. And yet ,somehow, why does this feel so bittersweet ?'

  With these thoughts, the first day of the Gamer's life ended with him cleaning the kitchen and toilet.