"Eh? Why is this beggar attempting to enter?" A 6'5" (195.5 cm) man wearing a full black uniform thought to himself when he saw Jason.
As Jason stepped forward, a massive hand appeared, raising it strongly in the air inches from Jason's chest.
"Hold it." The guard rumbled with his deep, rough voice. "You are not allowed to go in dressed like that."
"Huh!!??" Jason was confused. He looked down and saw his outfit. "Understandable." Jason nodded as he was wearing a stained white t-shirt and discolored black shorts with sandals.
"Look, man, I can pay. I can afford the food." Jason said and wanted to push security's hand aside.
"No can do, sir. Even if you have a million dollars in your pocket. Policy is policy." The security guard shook his head and said with a polite tone.
"Another rigged system. Assholes." Jason knew it was not the security guard's fault for stopping him. It was the upper man who made these shitty rules.
Jason didn't argue with that security guard. He turned around and walked away from that restaurant.
Damn it. I got so excited about the golden finger that I didn't even change my outfit. Anyway, fuck this restaurant shit.
As he was walking past some food vendors, his eye caught a certain food vendor, and he stopped.
This thing looks delicious. Let's try it.
He went to the food vendor. It was a cheesesteak food cart and was operated by one person.
"Hey, do you accept card?" Jason asked the chef who was grilling meat, as he wanted to test the card to see if it works or not.
"Yes, sir. What can I get you?" The chef nodded and asked politely.
"Give me two supreme cheesesteaks right now and two for takeaway.
"Okay, sir. That will be $51.96." Chef said, calculating the price on the calculator.
"Okay, Take $60. Keep the change. Just make them delicious." Jason said and pulled out his card.
"Thank you so much, sir." The chef pressed some button in his payment terminal machine and gestured for Jason to tap the card.
*Tap*
*Beep*
"Done, sir. Please wait a little moment while I prepare your order." Chef said and started to prepare the order.
It worked. Finally I will be rich. System
[Pulse Card Balance: $61]
[Complete Main Quest to level up the system.]
[Quest Log:]
[Pushups (100/0)]
[Sit-ups (100/0)]
[Squats (100/0)]
[Running (10/0 km)]
[Spends ($1000/60)]
Great, it counted!! Close
The system vanished into nothingness as Jason put the card in his pocket and stood by the vendor. As the chef was preparing his order, the aroma of smoky flavor and cheese made Jason even hungrier.
After a few moments
"Here, your order is ready." Chef said and handed over the plate to Jason.
It's been nearly 4 years since I have eaten meat.
Jason chugged two cheesesteaks within a few moments.
Wow, It feels like heaven. It's so delicious. Worth it every penny.
"Thanks, chef. It was super delicious." Jason said as he was satisfied.
"Please come again." The chef said and handed over the order in a paper bag.
Jason took the paper bag and walked away.
I should buy some grocery items. I am fed up with the instant noodles.
Jason headed for hallmart. After a dozen minutes he arrived at the grocery store.
Let's see, I need breakfast items. I can't cook except for instant noodles, so there's no need to buy anything that needs to be cooked.
Jason took a cart and took sliced white sandwich bread, salted butter sticks, strawberry jam, cereal, a gallon of milk, and a pack of fresh strawberries and blackberries.
"Jason!!??"
As he was heading for checkout, a soothing voice came from behind. He turned his head in the direction of the voice and saw a familiar face he had always admired secretly in the past.
She had her black hair pulled back into a ponytail. Her forehead was covered in sunglasses. She was attractive despite being small and slender. She was wearing a black turtleneck and blue jeans and was holding a cart full of grocery items.
"Hey!" Jason saw a familiar face, but he was unable to remember her name or where he saw her, so he simply greeted her.
"Wow, it's been like what? Five years?" She came closer to Jason as she was dragging a shopping cart with her.
Five years? Oh yeah, now I remember. She used to be my classmate in high school. But I still couldn't remember her name.
"Yeah. How have you been?" Jason didn't know what to talk to her about, so he asked what came to his mind first.
"I am good! Just finished work; had to grab some things. What about you? How's life treating you?"
"I'm…doing okay, I think."
"That's good to hear. We should catch up properly. Let's connect on ChatApp." She said and pulled out her phone from her purse, opened the ChatApp QR code, and held it in front of Jason.
"Uh, yeah. Sure." Jason pulled out his cracked android phone and scanned the QR code.
"I wish I knew you were living in the same city sooner. Anyway, I gotta run, but text me, okay? It was really good to see you, Jason." She said with a smile on her face, gave him a little wave, and headed to the register.
Jason looked at his phone. It was displaying her number and name.
Kaitlyn… She is as friendly as always. She didn't even judge my outfit for a second and added me on ChatApp. I remembered that she had a lot of friends in high school. Extrovert as always. And I was the opposite of her; still, she remembered me.
Jason saved her contact and put the phone inside his pocket and headed for the register.
"Sir, It will be a total of $40." The cashier scanned all the products and said to Jason with a smile.
"Okay. I will pay with Epay." Jason pulled out his phone, opened the Heart Financial Bank App, scanned the Epay QR code from the counter, and paid $40. "Transaction ID last four digit is 8888"
"Received. Thank you, sir." " The cashier said and handed over the bags.
Taking the groceries and his takeout food, Jason was struggling to hold too many bags in his hands as he was walking beside the street.
Let's check the balance. System.
[Pulse Card Balance: $69]
[Complete Main Quest to level up the system.]
[Quest Log:]
[Pushups (100/0)]
[Sit-ups (100/0)]
[Squats (100/0)]
[Running (10/0 km)]
[Spends ($1000/100)]
I have spent my starter reward money. $69 is earned by my heartbeat. This system is insane. Close.
*Screech!*
As he was laughing and dancing internally. A black Honta Civix braked and stopped beside Jason.