Chapter 12: Reckless or Genius?

There is a game, or rather a genre of games that are famous for their difficulty and their method of leveling. That method is focused on how one uses the Exp. to level up a stat instead of just the character. Jason decided he would follow that method to not focus on his level but rather the stats he could increase with that level up by dumping all the 10 per level stat points, into one or multiple stats. As such he leveled up one at a time dumping the point before moving to the next level, although with a few alterations.

[Level 2]

[Int. 40 + 10 = 50]

[Level 3]

[Con. 41 + 9 = 50]

[Level 4]

[Str. 41 + 9 = 50]

[Level 5]

[Dex. 41 + 9 = 50]

[Level 6]

[Stat points left = 13]

[Name: Jason Miller

Age: 15

Race: Human-Virus

Level: 6 Next Level: 2,370/3,200 Exp.

Hp. 550/550

Sp. 550/550

Qi: 40/40

Psi: 40/40

Mp: 40/40]

[Stat. Window:

Stat points: 13

Con. 50

Str. 50

Dex. 50

Int. 50

Energy 40

VS. 60]

[A&S points: 1,870]

Jason kept the 13 points in case of an emergency as with what happened with Dylan, a few points could be the difference between victory or defeat. Even if they weren't a lot of points, Jason could feel the effect on his body so he knew those points would improve his physical and mental condition. It was like something was being used inside him to cause this effect, and it felt like it was energy mixed with something else, something Jason couldn't really understand or identify even when he used his cells to look inside and see what was going on. What he saw was like his cells were getting drunk on something like a type of energy he couldn't see or feel before those cells went inside his muscles, bones, and every bit of his body changing them, making them stronger. He couldn't understand it until the system explained what was going on.

[Your Int. is sufficient to understand the system a bit better but some parts are still inaccessible]

[Exp. is part of a type of energy that also comes from the leylines. This energy is accumulated by the body with time, effort, and battle. Humans grow faster in the midst of conflict, which is why they absorb this energy and use it to grow. You, however, have control over your body because the system gives you control over it as it works as an intermediary between your mind and body. Unlike other humans, you have the ability to take the energy you accumulated and then strengthen different aspects of your body and mind, while normal humans will only have that energy improve their aspects all in one without control, and thus their growth is somewhat slower than yours as they can't control the energy and the assimilation is slower as the distribution is spread out too thin. Yours is aimed like a snipper, their's is unaimed like a wide burst shotgun or an uncontrolled explosion.]

[Information about the energy, the nature of it, how it affects your body further, is inaccessible.]

[Information about the leylines and the energies inside them is incomplete and I'm unable to access more information from the TDCS.]

[Higher Int. necessary for this information to be retrieved]

[Int. Has reached 50]

[A message has been revealed from your ancestor.]

[The message is a voice message and there seems to be something else in it, but I am unable to access it. It seems to be blocked by the voice message.]

'Sounds like an ad you have to watch before you can see your video or get a reward from an online videogame.' Jason thought a bit annoyed.

[Your assumption seems to be correct. Do you wish to listen to the message?]

'Let me eat first. Then I'll listen to it.' Jason said as he sat down to eat his breakfast. He wanted some time to adjust to how his mind was reacting to the change it was going through. He could feel the speed at which his mind was acting, reacting, thinking, processing, organizing, remembering, and going through thousands, millions maybe, of thoughts per minute. His Scan function was also having a grand improvement as it was analyzing objects that he focused on like it was seeing all the details on the outside and feeding him information about the descriptions and even going so far as to make assumptions on the history of the objects. When he looked at his food, it even started to analyze it, and with a freaking zoom function, trying to determine the ingredients, the effect on the body, and even assuming information about the health rating. The zoom function surprised Jason and he asked how that was possible and the system informed him it was a combination of the Dex. and Int. stats. Both stats had an effect on his vision and his evolved eyes had more functions that would unlock as he grew. It felt like the Scan function was more of an ability than a function, and then Jason realized something. His system, the functions it possessed, the ability itself was not a separate ability like the rest. It was a part of him that grew with him completely, not with the constant use of it. The Scan system grew with his levels as he used his stat points, and his stat grew through the effort he put into his physical training and mental training, so it was proof that the system only grew, if HE, physically grew. That meant, that he could potentially add more functions to his system in the future. The possibilities were near endless if he found out how to do so, but he couldn't figure out how right now because of his current Int. stat. However, it helped to fuel his desire to train and learn as much as he could, and right after breakfast he ran up to his room and sat down to hear the message, after telling Maria to give me a moment before starting the lessons again.

[Hey little virus!! Congratulations on leveling up and you expanded your mind's capacity high enough for this message!]

The voice was that of a grown man excited but gentle, like that of a doctor.

[I'm glad you made it this far. Believe me, I know how hard it is to get to the peak of the human condition and going past it. However, you are probably a bit mad that you found out your growth is somewhat slower than a normal human, but don't fret!! You also know you are stronger than a human because you have in fact evolved, AND you will evolve again soon. Well. Hopefully. But I'm sure you'll make it, so keep at it!! Anyway, since you made it this far, I figured you deserved a reward so I will give you all that I know about diseases and medical knowledge. I don't quite know how good it will be depending on what advances the future generation has gotten, but I'm sure it will be of some use. After all, knowledge is power, and while mine might be outdated, I'm sure it will make the learning curve a bit easier. Aside from my knowledge, I figure you also need a bit of help protecting yourself and maybe some help to make your life a bit easier, so~ I'll also give you three little gifts you are probably gonna love, and another challenge. I'm not sure at what level you are, and in your time it might be difficult to know without the proper tools but that's unimportant. Especially since I don't know if our method of gauging the power level of my time is different than yours but again that doesn't matter. I'm sure your evolve eyes can gauge your strength just fine if you look in a mirror. Agh sorry I'm getting sidetrack. No matter, what's important is that you grow enough. Oh! Before I forget, please don't abuse one of the gifts I'm about to give you. I expect you to act with respect so don't disappoint me, please. Now on to the challenge, get to level 15, and I'll give you a little surprise, ok? Oh!! and if you get to level 25 I'll let you know who I am if you have sufficient mental capacity, so if you're curious you better grow fast! Anyway, I believe that's all. If I'm forgetting something I'll just leave you another message after you expand your mind further. Good luck little virus! Make your ancestors proud and may the Gods be on your side. Goodbye.]

[Quests received]

[Get to level 15:

Reach level 15

Rewards: ???]

[Get to level 25:

Increase your Int. to 100 and reach level 25

Reward: The name and information of your ancestor]

[Rewards accessible]

[First Reward]

[Medical Knowledge]

[Download initiated]

[Full download will take approximately 72 hours]

'Wow. Is it that much knowledge' Jason asked.

[Yes. Knowledge seems to be compiled from centuries or perhaps eons of collection.]

'Wait wait wait. Hold on a fucking minute! Eons?! Are you telling me my ancestor lived longer than any normal human being?!!' Jason asked surprised and wide-eyed.

[It would appear so. Unable to verify. However, it is a very strong possibility.]

[Once the full download is complete you will the Codex function which will allow you to catalog medical information for the moment. Further upgrades will be added in the future.]

'Codex? Wait, like one of those encyclopedias?! How come I didn't have that before?!?' Jason asked a bit annoyed.

[Your Int. wasn't high enough and the sum of your accumulated knowledge wasn't enough to create an encyclopedia detailing all of your knowledge.]

'Why does it feel like you are calling me dumb?' Jason asked narrowing his eyes.

[I'm not]

Jason made the 'Mhmmm' sound.

[You are calling yourself dumb, which is incorrect. You are just young and you have much to learn.]

'. . . You just couldn't resist insulting me and hiding it as an excuse didn't you.' Jason asked looking annoyed.

[My responses will always be the same as the responses you would make.]

'So basically you have my sarcasm and a bunch of my naughty mannerisms.' Jason said.

[Correct. Except I'm more polite.]

'Wow. Ok, that bragging is defiantly not me.' Jason said.

[Yes it is.]

Jason narrowed his eyes annoyed and a bit angry before saying, 'Can we get back to the rewards?'

[Yes.]

[Second Reward]

[Scan features unlocked]

[Increase Vision Zoom]

[New vision modes available for use]

[Vision Mode:

X-ray

Infrared

Night vision

Ultraviolet

etc.]

[Enhanced Senses have leveled up due to the improvements to your vision]

[Enhanced Senses Lv.7 -> 12]

[Third Reward]

[Energy Suppression and Energy Cloaking features have begun installation]

[Error]

[Energy Cloaking is unable to be used due to low control of energy control]

[You'll need to reach Energy Control level 50 to use energy Cloaking

[Warning: When the Energy Suppression feature is activated you'll be unable to use any energy as you still don't have enough control of your energy to use them when suppressed.]

'Hu. . . I'm both happy and a bit bummed, but I'm not about to complain after getting such a good reward.' Jason thought shrugging.

[Final Reward]

[Storage feature added]

[Ability to store items in a small dimensional pocket.]

[Current size of the pocket 12x12x12 cube]

[Warning: This feature is like an ability, and will only grow if you learn how to expand it and work to expand it.]

[As such the current level of Dimensional Storage will be Lv.1]

'. . .' Jason was wide-eyed and shocked as he turned to Maria, who was in his room picking up the books as she had prepared the dining room for today's lessons. Jason then asked her to leave for a moment because he wanted to try something, but Maria asked "Why?", and refused to leave because she thought Jason just wanted to escape through the window and avoid today's lessons. So Jason with a very shocked face stood up from his bed, walked over to the desk, picked up one of his notebooks, opened his storage, which looked like a holographic box, and put the notebook in as a small void with a dark red rim opened up and sucked it inside in an instant. There was a deep silence in the room for exactly five minutes. . . If you've seen the Patrik surprised meme, that was pretty much the face Maria was making the entire time while Jason had his eyes wide and with a smile. In other words, he was shocked speechless, and happy enough to smile from ear to ear. (I shall post a pic in the comments in case ya'll need an example) After the 5 minutes of utter silence and shock, Maria finally let out her shock through her words as she yelled out, "WHAT?!?!?!" At this point, the neighbors had gotten fed up with the screaming and had called the cops. Not that you can blame them, the screaming had been going on for roughly 4 days now. Well technically 5 if you count the roar, but that was awfully close to midnight, but I digress. Jason had to explain that he got it thanks to his ancestor who apparently had left behind many messages, and rewards for certain milestones, sealed off in his TDCS and genes. Which made Maria incredibly jealous, intrigued, and frustrated. She was a very proud mage and to hear that someone had managed to seal off messages, abilities, information, and who knows what else, in the genes and TDCS of his progeny really send her for a loop. The mere thought of powers and spells like that far behind in the past, really made her question if she really knew anything about magic. Sure she knew magic was all about intent and commands, but she never heard or thought of going so far with that kind of concept. That made her realize that she had been neglecting her abilities and her duty as a sorcerer in the pursuit of knowledge and new spells. With that realization, she decided to also begin the climb to the peak like she had done in her youth before she became indebted to the Miller family. Maria resolved herself that she would find time to continue her pursuit of knowledge and power. However, for now, it was time to continue Jason's education and training, although Jason's training could provide her with some refresh on her skills and maybe some training.

The lessons continued through the day and Jason actually managed to continue his training or his shapeshifting ability while studying. By the end of the day, he had covered a lot of the material thanks to how fast he was reading and memorizing everything. Even Maria was impressed and they managed to cover new material as well. They managed to finish by 3 and Jason even managed to train his Qi some more. Before he wanted to bring all his energy manipulation abilities up to 10, however, Jason realized that if his Qi was high enough, he could raise his physical stats faster. Then with a sturdy body, he could even increase his Energy amount and subsequently increase how long he could train with the different energies. Although Jason couldn't train for long before dinner came around he did manage to clear up some more of his passageways. However, this time he wanted to make another circulation except with his left thumb. Having only one arm and hand capable of having a full circulation wasn't exactly helping his combat efficiency, so his goal was to make a full circulation with all his thumbs, including the toes, then move to each finger one by one. Or perhaps two by two. One more goal, Jason had made yesterday, remained and that was learning at least the spell Cleanse since he dreaded the increasing number of impurities he was clearing from his passageways. So he once more asked Maria how to cast a spell, and how to cast 'that' particular spell. After all, at the rate of his training, the time to expel the impurities was growing near. With Jason's request in mind, Maria decided that tomorrow, the lesson will also include a basic course on the 3 energies and how to use Mana specifically, since it was her forte. As for the rest of the night, Jason spent the remaining time, before going to bed, testing out his new Vision mode, the storage, and training his shapeshifting.

After taking a shower, he went to sleep and a new day came, and this one with a bit of a different set of events in the otherwise planned day. At the very start of breakfast, with the plates barely set, Bry had asked Jason if he was willing to do some experiments after his lessons. Jason didn't see a problem with it, in fact, he saw it as an opportunity to test out his viral skills further, and maybe even get experience for them. However, that wasn't the only event of the day. Right in the middle of breakfast, there was a knock on the door, and when Luis answered it, the cops were on the other side. They came for two reasons, the noise complaint from all the yelling, and to take Jason downtown to file a report of the alleged assault where he lost his arm. The noise complaint was easily explained with simple lies sprinkled with truth, but as for the case about his assault, they were escorted to the nearest police station. Jason wasn't the least bit worried about the situation, not even when they put him in an interrogation room, and he definitely wasn't scared about anyone detecting his energy with the new suppression feature. However, being too calm would seem too unnatural, so he decided to add a bit of sadness mixed with nervousness. Two officers came in a man and a woman, not in uniform. The man wore a suit and tie, while the woman looked more like casual wear. It was an odd thing to see a cop looking like they were dressed for a normal day, but Jason didn't pay it much mind, as they sat down in front of him. Jason immediately used his Scan to get a measure of them and hold an upper hand over them, even went so far as to try and check their abilities and skills but it wasn't very helpful since it could only read that the man was a mage, while the woman was psionic. The man was of normal build, a bit old looking like he was in her 40's when in truth he was actually in his 60's. Since humans started getting abilities and new knowledge as well as scientific advancement, both from the many years before the TGR and after the discovery of powers, human lifespan had grown exponentially. Some humans have even been able to halt aging altogether through different means. The woman looked young in her early 30's and she was, but to Jason's surprised she had a higher level than the man. The man had greenish hair and yellow, while the woman had blue eyes and red hair. It a byproduct of the energies and abilities that coursed through people's bodies, one that sometimes gave people unusual coloration of hair and eyes. It was a clear telltale sign that someone had an ability, however, it didn't happen to everyone but it wasn't exactly uncommon. At first, sure it was rather unusual seeing as someone would only have different colored hair by getting it artificially, but in this day and age, it was rather both unusual and yet common at the same time. Then again the number of people exhibiting such strange coloration continues to grow as more and more people gain abilities, but it only occurs after a few years of using abilities. In any event, the detectives started by introducing themselves, but only their last names, the man as detective Nollan, and the woman as Gran. After introductions, they began to ask questions and it was pretty standard, but Jason began to feel uncomfortable, and with good reason.

[Warnig!!!]

[Ability detected being used on you.]

Jason, did his very best to maintain his poker face when he heard the announcement as he asked, 'What kind of ability?'

[Someone is trying to read your mind.]

'Ah shit.' Jason thought as he believed he was caught.

[The ability has been blocked. They cannot hear our conversation unless you want them to.]

'Hu?! How?!' Jason asked while slightly distracting himself by answering the questions the detectives asked as best he could.

[Your subconscious cannot be read, and your mind is directly connected to it, thus the system prevents your mind from being read. In addition, your viral nature adds an extra layer of security, as it is impossible to read the mind of billions of cells at the same time, not to mention your evolution and your higher Int. makes it so that whoever tries to read your mind will only be met with a lot of static.]

'Ohhhh!~ That's so cool!! But wouldn't it be weird to have whoever is trying to read my mind be met with resistance? Especially since I'm "Powerless"?' Jason asked getting a bit concerned.

[Pretend you have a headache and only let slip a few thoughts of your choosing.]

Jason did as the system suggested as he started to rub his head with his hand wincing.

[Slowly escalate it using your thoughts to say you have a headache, but make them blurry and like their cutting off at sections.]

'Go-mmit wh- &@( fe-l _*(ke someone AGH!! It b-rns!! AHHHHH!!' Jason let slip and held his head with both hands before standing up and cursing, "FUCK!!! What the hell is happening?!?!" Then Jason took it a step further as he dropped to his knees, curling up and screamed. The detectives were clearly concerned and went to his aid, but to add to their regret for trying to read Jason's mind, Jason and the system added a little cherry on top. The system told Jason he could cause a nosebleed as he had better control of his cells and all it took was a little pressure build-up and a tiny push from the inside. When the detectives saw the blood coming out of his nose they got scared and detective Nollan yelled out, "For god's sake Gran, stop trying to read his mind!! You're killing him!!!" Nollan pushed the woman away from Jason then knelt next to Jason and held his shoulders trying to get him to the chair once more.

[The ability is no longer detected.]

"Get a healer quick!!!" yelled Nollan towards his partner, making her run out from the room. Nollan got Jason to the seat as Jason started to breathe slowly through his mouth, while blood still ran down his nose, chin and finally dropping to his shirt. Of course, Jason had made it so the blood wasn't infectious and even went so far as to make the blood cells die so even if they tested the blood with Bloodshine, it wouldn't reveal anything. "What the hell is happening to me?" Jason asked acting like he was weak and slowly losing consciousness with heavy eyes covering his nose, now stopping the bleeding and making the self induce wound to heal. "I am so sorry for what happened. My partner had no right to attempt to read your mind, even less to do is so forcefully! She's reckless and impatient! I've told her time and aga-" Nollan tried to explain but Jason felt like he needed to stir the pot a bit as he interrupted him and weakly said, "She did what?" Jason leered at Nollan and added, "Oh you are so fucking screwed. You had no right to invade my privacy! Wait till my dad hears about this. He's gonna eat you alive." Jason tried to stand but acted like he was lightheaded and sat back down. Nollan had a grimaced expression and tried to talk Jason down, but Jason had already called Luis through his Odin and told him what happened. . . The police were lucky Luis only decided to press charges and declared he was gonna sued the police for their conduct and wounding his son. He even took pictures of the event, and with that, the police precinct had no option to take the simple lie that Jason told them about the "assault" and were forced to let them leave. On the ride home, Luis was livid and had already called his grandson to begin preparations for a sue. Of course, Jason told them the truth, but Luis was still mad they would attempt to invade a person's privacy. It wasn't exactly illegal to read people's minds, there were ways to prevent such things, but if forced they could cause damage to the person being read. They could just say that Jason had protection in place by an external party because of his relation to the Miller family. With that lie it was easy to get away with it, however, it did not help appease Luis. Even if Jason wasn't really harmed, the notion of someone forcing their way into someone else's mind brought sour memories as to an event that happened to someone close to him. See, forcefully invading a mind could cause very serious damage, including, catatonia, mental disorders, stroke, and even death. In the case of Luis's friend, they ended up catatonic after a stroke. Ever since he hated people who used mind-reading abilities to force their way into minds, and while Jason did something similar, it was more like an empathic ability rather than actual mind-reading. While he was willing to be lenient with Jason, since so far he hadn't abused it and he got it a bit unwillingly, he did express how he wasn't exactly pleased with Jason's ability. Then again that same ability had helped Jason open up to his new family, so Luis was a bit conflicted on the subject. Humans are very complicated creatures full of contradictions.

Once home, Luis was still fuming so he quickly got ready for another hunt and went out. It is natural to feel a bit of pity for whatever poor beast meets the full brunt of Luis's venting anger. Jason, however, went upstairs to change his shirt and head back into the dining room for his lessons. Even if he could just make the blood disappear, he was thinking much faster than normal, which made him look at things from many new angles he hadn't considered, so he wanted to keep his bloodied shirt as evidence for the sole purpose of the legal sue. Jason felt a bit scared at how fast his mind was already picking the best path, the best strategy, the best move, the best attack, everything, and it somewhat was. Int. is a stat that is more complex than people think. In video games or old role-playing games, Int. was mostly used by sorcerer classes for many reasons, mostly just for mana increase or stuff like that, however, in real life it does not affects mana alone. Heck, it doesn't even affect mana amount, it only affects the brain's natural ability. The higher the stat gets the higher the boost the brain gets. Of course, the brain affects the mind but that is natural considering both are connected, and yet the mind itself is ever such a complex thing that the brain can't explain its complexity. In any case, a word to the wise, if ever you get a chance to have a game system invest in Int. or whatever stat can improve your mental capacity and thought process. Anyway, when Jason's lesson started Maria had made a change in the curriculum after Luis had asked Maria to put her strongest mind protection spell on Jason's mind. However, Maria had thought it better to use that as a means to teach Jason how magic works.

"All energy works by intent, Mana even more so." Maria started, "A spell can only be formed if you pour your intent into the spell matrix when you begin to form it. Without intent, any matrix formed won't be able to release the mana that builds up into it until it explodes, and mana builds up fast and in great quantities, if the one casting doesn't know how much to put into it or how to control the output. Mana is very unstable without a matrix so the explosion will always be very violent and the size is very unpredictable. In the best-case scenario, you lose an arm and burn most of your body, but in the worst-case, you could pretty much destroy the entire house." Then Maria thought about it for a moment, "Then again, with your affinity to energy and how much you have, you probably could've destroyed the entire block." That made Jason regret his reckless attempt and made him feel like a fool. 'Jesus. I was so close of blowing myself up and I didn't even realize. How come they don't teach this stuff at school?' Jason thought but didn't really care too much about the last bit of his thought. Dewling in the past or about something he doesn't have control of didn't really help anyone. Jason focused entirely on his lesson, which involved only doing basic circles with mana until he had better control of the output and the formation. Making simple geometric shapes was fine so long as they didn't come together or touch each other, but for now, Maria wanted Jason to only focus on making circles since they were the most important shape. Jason wanted to push himself so even if Maria objected he tried doing 3 things at the same time. On his right hand, he was making a blood-red mana circle while on his left hand he was making a square and he kept changing the color of his eyes. Maria objected telling him he should put all his focus on controlling his mana but Jason had gone into a lotus position on his chair and closed his eyes to focus on all 3 actions completely. He managed to ignore Maria's objections completely as he kept pushing holding his mana circle and square in place while it ate away at his Mp. and he changing the color of his eyes. His work paid off greatly as he got the following messages.

[Multitasking Lv.1 -> 2]

[Mana manipulation Lv.1 -> 3]

As if it wasn't enough, Jason took on a 4th task when he also focused on absorbing the ambient mana. He was pulling at it like a small vacuum barely taking in any, but then he got greedy and came up with an idea. Qi needed to be used to clear up passageways, mana needed to be used for spells but also to circulate over his skin to strengthen the aura that protected him from being harm by mana, and Psi also had its own passageways that needed to be cleared. So he started using each for such things, while also absorbing, but only one by one starting with Qi which was the easiest for him to control. Maria tried to stop Jason but then she felt a sudden surge coming from him as a smile started to appear on his face and he said, "Cloak the house if you can." Maria didn't understand why but feeling the surge coming from him she did as he asked and made sure no energy could escape from the room.

[Multitasking Lv.3 -> 4]

[Qi Manipulation Lv.11 -> 12]

[Energy 40 -> 45]

This is when Jason added Psi, but slowing his use of Qi and focusing more on Psi.

[Multitasking Lv.4 -> 5]

[Psi Manipulation Lv.1 ->2]

[Energy 45 -> 46]

[Multitasking Lv.5 -> 6]

[Psi Manipulation Lv.2 ->3->4->5->6 ->7->8->9 ->10!!]

[Warning: Impurities have been detected]

To this Jason didn't waste any time in also using his energy to expel it from his body regardless of the stink.

[Multitasking Lv.6 -> 7]

[Expel Harmful Matter Lv.1 ->2->3->4->5!!!]

It was really stinky but Jason just smiled wider as he started to also circulate mana while still holding the shapes over his hands, and still!! changing the color of his eyes even if they were closed.

[Multitasking Lv.6 -> 8]

[Mana Manipulation Lv.1 ->2->3->4->5->6 ->7->8->9 ->10!!]

[Energy absorption Lv. 11 ->12->13->14->15->16->17->18->19->20!!!!!]

[Energy 40 -> 60!!]

[Using all three energies at the same time has allowed your mind to mix the control over them]

[Energy Manipulation Lv.15: You are able to use all three energies at the same time or independently.]

Why was Jason willing to take this very risk gamble? His mind had already calculated the real effect his body had gone through after leveling up and increasing his stats. This made him realize that while his curve for increasing them further was harder, his body could handle the strain of the energy he was using. Not to mention he also realized a key factor. His stats would be a bitch to increase with just training alone, but no one ever said anything about his skills suffering from that as well.

[Int. 50 -> 51]

[The clearing of your passageways, both of Qi and Psi, and the strengthening of your skin, have all improved your body]

[Con. 50 -> 55]

[Str. 50 -> 55]

[Dex. 50 -> 55]

[Int. 51 -> 56]

[Energy 60 -> 70]

[VS. 60 -> 100!!!]

[Your Viral Strength has reached 100]

[Your Viral abilities will be affected when used]

[All energy-sensing have reached level 30 and have mixed together]

[Energy Sensing Lv.30]

[Warning: Maximum amount of energy your body can handle has been reached!!!]

This was when Maria had felt the surge that surprised her and made her cloak the house. It even made Bry run into the room when even he felt the surge. However, Jason wasn't done with his surprises. Seeing as he couldn't increase his energy amount further, he decided to shift his focus, especially now that he had enough. He used his Qi, to strengthen his bones, muscles, blood vessels, and cells, while also using his Psi for the same purpose, but to add insult to injury at everyone's shock, Jaso also started to make more geometric shapes around him making sure to keep them apart from each other.

[Energy Manipulation Lv.15 -> 20]

[Strengething Lv.1 has been gained: You will be able to strengthen your whole body or certain parts of your body for as long as you have energy. Different levels of strengthening will consume different amounts of energy.]

[Strengthening has been tied with Cell Strengthening. Both will level up together.]

[Strengthening Lv.1 -> 7]

The amount of energy inside Jason, and the amount he was using was so much, that it was showing around him like an aura because of the amount and intensity that it was visible to the naked eye. He was cloaked by a blood-red aura that looked like flames coming off his body. At this point, Bry and Maria were standing up taking a few steps back at the sight, and wide-eyed as they couldn't believe what they were looking at. They wouldn't have believed it possible if they hadn't witnessed it themselves. Jason just sat there maintaining his focus on only using his energies in different ways adding new skills to his arsenal and adding more tasks he was practicing all at once. By the time he had run out of energy and had to take a break, it was well past noon and halfway to dinner time, at 3 pm! By that time Luis had already come home and when he witnessed what was occurring he just couldn't believe it either. Jason was growing faster than anyone they had met and it was just too hard to process. They weren't even distracted by the smell because of how shocked they were. When Jason opened his eyes there was still some residual energy around him that even made his eyes glow red, but it was soon gone as well as the rest of his energy and the geometric shapes he had made. He had a devilish smile on but it didn't last very long when he was no longer focused and his very enhanced and sensitive nose picked up how strong the stank coming off him was. "HOLY FUCK I STINK!!! YUCK!!" He yelled out as he stood with his face contorted in disgust as he pinched his nose and even had what you would cold an 'I don't even wanna touch myself' pose. When he said that, they all notice the ridiculous amount of impurities covering his body and the godawful stank coming from Jason. They all covered their nose and mouth turning away trying not to puke. "Maria!! Please use the Cleansing spell!! There isn't enough soap in the world to help me!!" Jason yelled out. Maria held her breath as she used both hands to cast the spell at its highest capacity just to make sure. There was a big flash and in seconds Jason was squeaky clean and no longer sticky all over. Jason looked himself over and touched his now very soft skin as he sighed content and said, "Oh thank God. Thanks. Oh~ My skin feels so soft now~ Thank you even more!" Jason finished smiling at Maria and she smiled back as she said, "You're very welcome." Then WHAM!! a big metal ruler whack to Jason's head followed by, "Are you fucking mental!?!? How could you be so reckless?!?! You could've seriously hurt yourself!!! Or even killed yourself!!!" Jason was now curled up on the ground holding his head as he said, "I already knew I could do it. I had calculated it all in my head, and my body was more than strong enough to handle it." He then stood up rubbing his head as he added, "I guess I should've told you I had leveled up a lot and got to level 6. Plus I dumped most of my stat points into my physical stats." Maria narrowed her eyes and said, "I have no idea what that means." Bry stepped in and said, "He basically made his body stronger by using something inside him to strengthen his body." Bry had played video games before so he knew a bit of what Jason was talking about, even though he had no idea how he could actually use stat points to grow so fast. Maria responded with, "That doesn't make any sense. What the hell are stat points?" Jason smiled from ear to ear as he told Maria, "Sit down, class is in session." However, before Maria could sit down Jason's stomach growled pretty loudly. Jason looked down grabbing his belly before looking at Maria and saying, "After lunch though. Oh wait is already 3. . . Can we order pizza?"