After club activities had ended, the members of the Rugby team were praising Gary for his skills on the field. The majority of them had been worried about Mr Root choosing him. After all, Gary had been a member of the club ever since last year but he had never shown any real talent.
Somebody getting better overnight should only be possible in mangas, novels or on TV, but in reality it would take a lot of effort… and yet somehow Gary seemed to have gone through some sort of growth spurt since the start of the week. He hadn't grown in height, yet he had still vastly improved in terms of speed and strength.
Receiving so much praise was a new experience for Gary. He hadn't really been unpopular in class, in fact there was nobody in his class who really hated him. If one were to ask his classmates to describe him, most would have probably used 'class clown' or 'a bit of a weirdo' ever since he came back with his new hair style. However, his relationship with anyone but Tom had never really progressed past the level of an acquaintance.
'This feels amazing.' Gary thought with a slightly smug smile on his face. Before the system he had never been particularly good at anything except perhaps for Altered trivia, so getting some recognition from his fellow peers, the high schooler discovered that he quite enjoyed the feeling.
Walking away from his teammates who had patted him, some playfully, others more seriously, Gary checked over his stats, hoping that one of them might have improved. As expected, he had no such luck. The only change was his Energy that was now at 58 points since he had used Charging Heart a couple of times during their practice. Fortunately, his earlier sleep session had been deemed as enough rest for the system to revert his Energy bar back to 100%.
'Huh, what's this?' Gary wondered as he noticed that he had a new notification which hadn't popped up on its own. 'When did I get it? Was it at night when I finally fell asleep, or was it during my nap?'
Clicking on it, it opened up before him. The notification time indicated that it had appeared at 4 AM in the morning, which was around the time his desire for sleep had overwhelmed him. Unfortunately, even after reading the message, Gary didn't understand exactly what it was trying to tell him.
[An Omega has been created]
“What the hell is an Omega?” Mumbling this question, Gary had been hoping for his system to shed some light on that topic. Alas, it wasn't that type of system. So far it had only provided him with insight whenever it chose to. Realising that he had slept through something important, he quickly checked the Quest tab and indeed it had the red dot to show that something had been added to it.
With Gary having his own plans again, at one point he had parted ways with Tom. Unbeknownst to the both of them, this turned out to be a mistake. Tom had been lost in his own thoughts, walking pretty much on auto pilot, until he hit a meaty wall. Looking up, he saw a familiar face and when he took a few steps back, he bumped into someone else.
“Gil…Barry…err how 'nice' to see you. If you don't mind, I kinda need to get home.” Tom said nervously, already aware that that wasn't happening. Neither one of them should be living in this direction, and judging by the sneaky manner that they had appeared, they weren't just there to have a friendly chat with him.
Chapter end
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