The Uncle

After putting my phone away, I looked at Mary and thought about bringing her to my room. I look at the two guards and see them passed out drunk.

"It's supposed to have a bitter taste and not be that alcoholic. Is it because it is increasing their abilities that they passed out?" I said as I grabbed the cup I was drinking from before and looked at the remaining drops of alcohol inside.

"Either way, they wouldn't mind me taking Mary to my room," I say as I picked up Mary and brought her to my room. As I walked there I told Troupe and Cloud to keep an eye on the guards once they woke up. I soon laid her down onto my bed and looked at her for a bit before walking out of the room.

I look at the two bodyguards and just fix their clothes and set them down onto a chair in a comfy position. I walk behind the counter and just stare at the door entrance.

"Hmm." I look down and see Cloud tugging onto my pants. "What's wrong?" I say as I see her looking at the door. Before I could say anything, I got a message from the system.

[High-rank villain nearby. Host is advised to stay in the bar]

"Huh, is it the person I just called?" I said as I looked towards the door. Soon, the door flew open, and a man with blonde hair wearing a pair of white sunglasses and a white suit appeared. He was covered in white lighting and was looking around frantically as if he was searching for something.

His gaze landed on the passed-out bodyguards and soon landed on me. When I saw his eyes, I could see fear and anger within them. "Where is she?" The man said as he looked at me, sparks of lighting running across his clenched hands.

"She's in the back getting rest," I said as I looked at him.

"Take me to her," the man said as he began to walk toward me. I nodded and soon took him to my bedroom. As we walked I could feel his eyes shooting daggers at my back. I opened the door to my room and showed him Mary, who was still fast asleep.

When the man saw her, he breathed a sigh of relief and looked back at me. "So you must be Victor Skull that my older brother has been talking about," the man said as he stared at me.

"So that's why they sounded almost the same when I called Mary Father," I thought to myself. "Why didn't Mary's father answer the call?" I said.

"He was busy with some work and asked me to answer the call," the man said as he left the room and went back into the bar. He turned his head towards the two passed-out bodyguards and turned to me.

"What happened to them?" The man asked.

"They couldn't handle a couple of beverages and passed out drunk," I said as I walked back to the counter.

The man just stared at me for a bit before laughing. "Hahaha, I can't believe that they passed out drunk because of a couple of drinks, and they call themselves 'The best of the best,'" the man said as he sat at a nearby table.

"I'll take what they had," the man said as he looked at me.

I listened to his orders and brought out a cup of [Blight Drink] and some [Dragon Fries]. I took these two things and walked to his table. Once I reached it, I placed his orders onto the table and walked back to the counter and looked at him.

He grabbed the [Blight Drink] and began to swirl it before drinking it. "Why do these people swirl the drink?" I said to myself, confused at the constant motion that almost everyone does every time they order something from me.

As soon as he took a sip, he stopped drinking for a bit with his eyes widened before drinking the entire cup. "Another one," the man said, and I soon brought him another glass cup full of [Blight Drink]. He drank the entire drink down before muttering, "This stuff is strong."

His gaze soon landed on the fries, and he grabbed one friend and tossed it into his mouth. When he began to chew it he made a face of shock and began to eat more of the fries, as if he was a wild dog that hasn't eaten food for days finally getting a single cup of meat.

When he stopped eating, he realized that he had finished the entire cup of fries. "Can I have another one," the man said, and soon a cup full of fries and another drink appeared in front of him. He soon finished the entire meal and began to order more and more.

He finally stopped when he ate and drank about thirteen [Dragon Fries] and [Blight Drink]. The only reason he stopped ordering was when we both heard a voice behind us.

"Uncle" we both turned and saw Mary walking out of my bedroom and staring at her almost drunk uncle.

"Hey Mary wants to have a drink," he said as he slurred his entire sentence. Scratch that he is drunk.

"Do you feel better?" I said as I looked at her before gazing back at her uncle. "Yeah, I have a bit of a headache but that's all," she said as she put her hand on her head.

"Ok good, so how are you going to pay," I said to her with a smile on my face.

"Huh," she said before realizing that she didn't pay for her food or drinks. She put a hand in her pocket and after a couple of seconds, her face went pale for a bit. She began to scramble through her pockets and looked at me for a bit.

"Can I pay you next time?" she said.

"I don't know," I said as I looked at her, "What should I do? She needs to pay, but she doesn't have money on her so what do I do?"

"I'll pay for her stuff" Mary's uncle said as small bolts of lighting appeared on his body and his body appeared to be getting a bit sober. He soon handed me a credit card and began to drink what remained in the [Blight Drink].

[System is now taking the total amount from credit card]

[Amount retrieved 75 federation coins]

Seeing the amount of coins I had just received I felt my heart skip a beat and my chest tightening for a bit. "The transaction has been completed" I said as I handed back the card to the uncle who looked at me confused.

"But you didn't swipe at the cashier or used your phone to scan it" the uncle said as he looked at his card seeing what I could have done. "Just think of it as my ability" I said as I returned to the back of the counter and began to clean up the dirty cups that had been "magically" pilling up.

"Weird ability, you- young man," the uncle said to me before putting his card back into his pocket and looking at Mary. "Alright young lady, it's time to head back home" the uncle said as he grabbed Mary's arm and began to walk towards the door.

The uncle stopped as he looked at the two guards who were still passed out and shook his head. "Hey kid, tell those two knuckleheads to head back home once they are sobered up and to lay off the amount they drink" the uncle said before leaving the bar with Mary in tow.

When the two of them finally left Victor stared at the two passed out people. "Well, all I can do with those two is just wait for them to wake up on their own" I said before doing his task assigned by the system to pass time.

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An hour had passed since the departure of Mary and the Uncle and the two body guards woke up somewhere in the hour. I told them what the uncle said and both bowed and paid for their drinks, since the uncle only paid for his and Mary's drink and not theirs, before leaving the bar and heading home.

I was currently cleaning up a table that had some bits of fries and alcohol resting on its surface.

[Host has completed a daily task]

[Host will now receive rewards]

Name: Victor Skull

Rank: F

Public Rank: None

Ability: Monster Creation

Stats:

Strength: 37

Durability: 36

Agility: 45

Intelligence: 14

Ability: 28

[Monster Creation. Rank S+. Effect- the user is able to create monsters that are under complete control of the user. The Monster will be given a random ability when created. The user is able to merge with any Monster gaining half their strength and their ability, the user is able to unmerge with the Monster at any given time. Downside- the Monster will start at Frank and will raise rank over time and real combat experience. The user must wait over a week to create a new Monster. The Monster will have its own feelings and thoughts]

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"It's not much but I'm slowly getting my stats up" I said before tossing the rag over my shoulder and the rag disappearing seconds later. I soon went to the bar and flipped the close sign since there hasn't been any customers as of late and keeping the bar open and staying up isn't really healthy for me.

"Well I guess it wouldn't matter since the system is making it so that my body doesn't feel exhausted while I'm inside so staying up late isn't really a problem for me. Although it might make a bad habit for me if I continue doing this" as I was talking to myself I was knocked back to reality when a system prompt appeared in front of me.

[High-rank villain nearby. Host is advised to not leave the bar]

[Several High-rank Heroes nearby. Host is advised to not leave the bar]

"Oh" I said before suddenly feeling a shiver run down my spine. The bar suddenly felt suffocating and I could feel shaking happening outside.

"Gragh" a loud roar came from outside as I could hear several people shouting and screaming. After several minutes of shaking and roars bellowing outside, the world finally calmed down and no more noise was heard.

"What in the world happened" I said as I felt something buzzing in my pocket. When I pulled my phone out and looked at it I could see an unfamiliar number, "hello?"

"Hey kid remember me, the uncle that picked up his niece" said a voice that I remembered as the uncle. "Yeah, why" I said as I walked towards the counter where my monsters were hiding behind. "Well you see I'm going to need to ask a favor from you" the uncle said as I could hear something exploding in the background and cries of pain soon followed.

"Remember when I said that Mary's old man couldn't be on the phone because he was busy with work? Well he was having a meeting with a gang that had been rising to power over the last couple months and after the meeting sort of announced a Gang war with them. Don't ask why he did, all I can say was that they threatened to take something from him if he didn't fall under their rule. So after we received the news of a war several of our boys went out to take care of them, but it turns out that the gang we're up against has some connections with a Hero organization that makes profit off of their Hero's beating up villains."

Hearing this was shocking to me of course but also confusing as to why he called me, "so why did you call me?"

There was a loud crackling sound in the background of the phone followed by the uncle's voice, "long story short they sent all their High-rank to deal with one of our executives that is able to transform himself into a creature that has millions of snakes covering its main body. So I want you to help out anyone from our gang that is having trouble handling the swarm of low-rank Heroes trying to make a name for themselves by helping out. Can you do that?"

I stayed silent for a couple seconds thinking about the pros and cons. "Pro's is that the uncle owes me a favor, I'm able to get more combat experience, and my rank goes up. Con's are that I might get recognized since I don't have any ways of covering my identity and a High-rank hero might show up to stop me."

As I contemplated I received a notification from the system.

[Task has been made]

[Task: Help the villains defeat the heroes that are attacking them for a set amount of time]

[Reward: The host will gain another monster with a B-A rank ability]

Seeing the rewards, my mood and thoughts on the situation were swayed and I answered the uncle's question, "alright, I'll help you."