[DING!]
[Congratulations! You have drawn Enhanced Healing.]
[Enhanced Healing: Host can now heal faster than normal. Host's healing factor 5x faster than normal.]
Two panels popped up right after one another. Nathan read the two and shrugged. It definitely had to be a fluke or something. The pains in his body was still there tp bring him back to reality and just as he dismissed the panels and took another step, he received yet another notification.
Ding!
"I'm tired of your bullshit!" Nathan yeller to no one in particular. He'd received more notifications in the last ten minutes than he'd ever received for a full day.
However, the vibration that came with the bell sound told him that this notification wasn't one of the previous ones that looked like hallucinations.
"Oh!" He quickly located his phone which was dangling in his front pocket. It would've fallen off if it wasn't for the strands of thread from the trousers that held on to it, never letting go.
He took out the phone, revealing the cracked screen. The phone itself was slightly bent which caused Nathan to frown. The phone was already looking like something beyond repair
Regardless, he'd received a notification from it so he knew at the very least, it was still working.
He pressed the power button, switching on the phone and fortunately for him, it responded.
"Thank God!" He said with a sigh of relief, his eyes momentarily meeting with the sky.
He quickly tapped the screen and when it responded, another sigh escaped his mouth.
He opened the ruined device and saw a notification. When he opened it, he discovered it was a credit alert showing a balance that was $350 more than it had initially been.
Nathan paused for a moment, considering the fact that the system he'd been believing to be an hallucination at first, had indeed sent him $350.
He shook his head at the thought. He was close to the city already. He would have to purchase new clothes since the current ones were ruined. He'd check his balance while doing so to truly confirm if he'd received $350.
"Last I checked, I had $600 on there and now it's $950. Must have been a hug." With those words, Nathan shoved the phone right back into his pocket but then he remembered. The pocket was damaged. The phone could fall out.
Since he was a stone's throw away, he chose to hold the phone in his hand. He would have to make payment with it afterward.
Having settled his plans, Nathan took his first step and then a second. The third brought him to the first building in his path. A three story building with glass see through glasses and than was when Nathan noticed.
"Huh?" He questioned himself more out of confusion than curiosity.
His injuries, although still aching, was in way better form than when he'd first received them. The bruises were healing and Nathan himself could feel it. His whole body was getting better.
"That's crazy!" He screamed internally.
He could slowly feel the pain going away. If this was real, if he'd indeed gotten a skill from a system he thought to be a halluci, then wasn't it also true that the momey he'd received was real?
"Curiosity and Patience do not go hand in hand." His words had barely been completed when he arrived in front of a small shopping centre. His eyes scanned the building as he searched for the single most important thing he needed right now. A new pair of clothes.
"Let's test it out then." Without further ado, Nathan made his way into the centre.
His way of dressing, the tattered blood stained clothes, gave onlookers the wrong impression as most of them immediately branded him a mad man. He did look the path after all.
Not until he arrived at a small boutique and greeted politely did the others confirm that he was sane.
"Good day. I'd like to purchase a new set of clothes. I got into an accident and these ones ended up being ruined." Nathan said with mixed facial expression. He wasn't telling the exact truth but he also wasn't lying.
The man who owned the place looked at him from up to down and then up once more before asking. "What kind of wears are you looking at getting?" The was a look of contempt on the man's face but Nathan didn't mind.
"Something free and casual. Just a shirt, a pair of pants, a new underwear and," Nathan looked at his legs before answering. "A pair of shoes as well."
The man took another look at Nathan and shrugged. "Follow me." As much as the man wanted to judge this book by its cover, he didn't.
Nathan obediently followed the man into the boutique without a word.
Inside, there well all sorts of clothes from casual to luxury. Their price tags were boldly attached to inform buyers of what they were getting into.
Those who wanted to try out luxury wears would back away after seeing such a huge price tag.
"Pick your choice. Or should I?" The man asked.
Nathan simply nodded at the man's question which led the man to ask another question. "What's your budget for everything?"
Nathan thought for a second and then responded with a strange look. "$300 for everything. Including a belt and a shade."
The man looked at the figure in front of him once more. Nathan surebdidn't look like a person with $100 to his name. Although the man was trying his best not to judge Nathan, it was becoming harder not to judge him with each extra look.
He shook his head and walked away to get the clothes for Nathan as he'd requested.
Minutes later, the man returned. "A bit over $300 but I'll settle for $300 since that's your budget." He handed Nathan a few hangers and showed him to the dressroom.
He'd provided a pair of brown Chinos, a cream button down shirt, a brown leather belt, new underwear, Converse white Sneakers, and aviator sunglasses.
When Nathan re-emerged from the dress room after cleaning up in the provided bathroom, he was looking different.
Nathan quickly paid the bills which amounted to $330 and thanked the man for the service.
Just as he stepped foot outside the boutique, he heard the familiar sound from the system and then the familiar panel appeared.
[You have spent $330. 2x Hit! Received $660 as payback. Money has been sent to account XXX-XXXX-XXX]
Ding!
He received another alert but this time, it was on his phone. An alert that confirmed that he'd really received $660.
"What the fuck?!" Nathan almost screamed but he held his tongue back. He remembered one of the panels had said something about him receiving double his spending but he disregarded it as crap. Now, he couldn't do such.
With $1,280 now in his account, decided to give it another go. He looked at the ruined phone in his hand and smiled. He definitely needed a new phone. Luckily, there was a phone mall across.