Convenience Store

After we finished our visit to the hospitals, we called a taxi to take us back home. When we arrived home, I immediately went to my bedroom and began to fall asleep quickly.

On the next day, the sound of my favourite music gently woke me up in the morning. Recently, I found a great metal band and I instantly got hooked by their guitar play.

The sun had barely risen in the sky. It was cold. I went downstairs and I saw my mother in the kitchen preparing today's breakfast. I approached her and tried to help her by chopping some vegetables for a soup.

After we finished preparing breakfast, we took our food to the dining table. we had vegetable soup, fried egg, and rice. We sat on our chairs and had our breakfast. My mother sat right in front of me.

"When will you start your work?"

"He said to come before 09:00. I'll probably gonna head there at around 08:30."

"Don't push yourself too hard okay? You don't need to worry about me. I will also be working at a factory nearby."

"Yeah."

"Good luck," she smiled.

I finished my breakfast. I took my empty plate to the kitchen and cleaned it. Then, I head to the bathroom.

I took a shower, and then I tried to clean my messy facial hair. I looked at my reflection in the mirror. It's been a while since I saw my cleanly shaven face.

I tried to encourage myself. I slapped my cheeks. Inside my mind, I thought to myself. I can not mess this up. I can not let my fear ruined my life again. This is the time for me to pay back my father kindness. This is the time for me to change my life.

I took my bicycle and headed to the address that Jacob had given me. He was the guy I called yesterday.

I drove myself to a somewhat busy area. In front of me, I saw a two stories building. It was quite small, especially when you compared it to the skyscrapers surrounding it. The building itself looked like your typical small convenience store. It was quite an old building.

In front of the store, a man waved his hairy hand at me. I moved toward him.

"Hi! Are you the one who will be working with me today?"

"Yeah."

The man who just waved at me was Jacob. From his heavy voice, I thought that he will look like a fat hairy old man. But he looked quite young even though he is as old as my father. He was quite thin. Though, I was not wrong with the fact that he has a thick beard and hairy arms. He is the owner and also acting as the manager of the store.

"Let's come inside and let me introduce you to your coworkers."

I followed him. Inside, a tall man was standing at the cashier. He looked like he was in his twenties. he had an afro and he wore glasses. There was also a young girl with short hair who is stocking up products on the shelves.

"Today you'll be working with Thomas and Sarah."

"Yo!"

"Sup!"

They greeted me and I nodded at them. Thomas was a full-time worker and Sarah was a part-timer like me. She was a college student who wants to get extra pocket money.

Jacob then gave me my uniform. For my first job, he asked me to collect the trash and put it in the trash bin in the back alley.

I collected the trash and went to the back alley through the back door. Before I get to put the trash in the bin, I saw a man with a tattered suit with a bottle of alcohol in his right arm. The smell of the trash was suddenly overpowered by the smell of alcohol.

"It's still early in the morning. Did he just got fired or something?" I whispered to myself.

"HEY!!!" he tried to approach me.

|Are You Ready to Battle?|

|HP 98| |HP 100|

"I...I'm sorry. I didn't mean to offend you. Please stop!"

|FIGHT! FIGHT!! FIGHT!!!|

|HP 98| |HP 100|

He ran to me and tried to hit me with his bottle. It hit my right shoulder.

|HP 98| |HP 96|

He then punched my face with his left hand. I managed to block it with both of my arms.

|HP 98| |HP 94|

He tried to kick me and I managed to dodge with my teleportation ability. I teleported right next to him.

he turned toward me and he kept throwing punches at me.

Even though I wasn't a professional fighter, I could tell that his movement started to get sloppy. His punches were wide and quite slow and predictable. With the help of my teleportation, I managed to dodge all of his punches.

"Sir... I'm sorry. Can we please stop the fight?" I tried to communicate with the drunkard again. He did not listen to me.

The thing about this kind of fight is that the fight can not end until both fighters agree to end the fight. If one of the fighters decided to surrender but the other fighter still wants to continue to fight, then the prompt will not disappear and the fight will not end.

Luckily, a policeman was nearby and he saw the fight.

"Hey! Stop fighting!"

"SHUT UP!" the drunkard had lost his ability to think clearly. He threw his bottle to the policeman.

The policeman managed to dodge it. Then, he ran towards the drunk guy and he was able to pin the drunkard to the ground. the drunk man fainted.

|FIGHT ENDED!|

|HP 0| |HP 94|

A different prompt suddenly appeared in front of me.

|Congratulations!|

|Your teleportation distance has increased|

|10 cm >> 30 cm|

I was surprised. I have never seen this kind of prompt before. I was in awe for a moment.

"Can you explain what just happened, young man?!" the policeman looked at me with a serious expression.

I explained to him what happened. After listening to my explanation, he put the man in a handcuff and carried him to the police car. He would probably be put into prison because fighting outside the arena was considered illegal and a crime.

I threw the trash in the trash bin and. I went back to the store to continue my shift.

"What took you so long?" asked Thomas.

"Nothing."

After I finished my job, I cycled my way home.

I arrived at the front of my home. I opened the door, and I found my mother's body laying on the floor.