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His disappearance caused a stir in the hospital but that had nothing to do with Roy.

He was currently looking at himself in the mirror after his shower.

He had to hurry home since he did not want to be seen in bandages and the smell was unbearable.

It was a good thing that he lived in the suburbs.

Though it was not a slum, it was close to it. There were many routes he knew to avoid people and at this time of day, most people were at work.

He looked at the figure in the mirror and was surprised by his transformation.

This was too handsome, wasn't it?

He could still identify himself but the improvement could not be hidden.

His body had become taller and his muscle well defined and full. He no longer looked like a malnourished patient and his back was straight and eyes sharp.

His face which was already not bad became more handsome, even, and symmetrical.

Coming out of his daze, Roy brought out his faded casuals and dressed. He looked clean and organized though he was in such clothes.

Combined with his good looks, he was sure it would not be difficult to get himself a sugar mama.

But he was too proud to do it.

Plus, his mother would be very disappointed.

He headed to his room after getting rid of all evidence and started looking at the bluish screen that had been hovering in front of him all this time.

He had just been ignoring it since he had better things to do.

On the screen was a figure of a human body, his body, and he could see every detail labeled in a diagram.

His vein and nervous network were overlaid with a foreign golden network that he did not recognize and his muscles were somewhat unnatural.

Just because he had a hard time in school did not mean he learned nothing.

Truthfully, he was more interested in general science than specializing in a major.

He had seen several layouts of anatomy and had researched a bit about the human body when he wanted to get ripped for the girls.

But what he was seeing was not how he remembered human muscles to be.

They looked like a combo of different muscles from different species.

It was better to say that his muscles had mutated to suit him perfectly. They were optimized for their desired tasks.

This shocked him. What was even more shocking was that he could see how his blood and neural flowed and with every cycle, the golden network would respond in sync.

He did not understand even after studying it for a long time.

As for asking the system, it refused to answer.

He shifted his attention to the left part of the panel to see his information sorted out like in the games he played.

Name: Roy Smith

Age: 24

Race: Human (Mutant)

Level: 10

Body: Level 10

INT: Level 3

Skills: None

…

"What do you mean by level 3? And I have no skills? What have I been doing with my life?"

But the system did not answer.

At the top bar, he saw some grayed-out tabs with only the quest tab highlighted.

He clicked on them and only the quest bar could be selected.

A new panel appeared before him.

[Daily Quest:

Get used to the strength of the body;

200 Push-ups, sit-ups, and Reps of your choosing.

10 Kilometer Run

Reward: 250 points.]

He understood how this thing worked and he could not help but smile.

From how things were going, he was sure that the more tasks he completed, the more quests he would receive and the more points he could get.

From the name of the system, he had a vague idea of what to expect from the store. He had read enough works to know some things.

He might as well start early.

He left his house and went to a park nearby It was not early anymore, he had to finish the task before his mother got back from work.

…

Aria had been having a tough day.

Her carrier was facing the biggest crisis yet and the only solution was something she was not ready to do.

She just could not bring herself to do such things.

She was a star and the music and movies she had done were pure with no funny scenes but this cost her many things.

Her manager and the people she worked for had suggested she do a romance film with kiss scenes and bed scenes but she was adamant in refusing them.

It was getting more difficult to get good scripts that did not have these things and her fans had started demanding such drama.

A while ago, she had a fight with her manager, who was also her roommate at university over getting scripts with light R18 scenes.

She did not want that.

It was true that she wanted to preserve herself for her man, but that was not the main reason.

What others did not know was that she was the only daughter of the Roosevelt family.

Many did not know much about this family but they owned at least 10% of the wealth in the country.

Add to that the fact that they had produced a president, this family had too much clout.

If Aria was to do such shameful things on record, how much face would she and her family lose?

She was sure they would have her go back home, and "study" how to be a proper lady.

Those old fogies would not let such a thing happen

Immersed in her thoughts, she did not see the guy crossing and ended up sending him to ICU.

His situation was not good and even with all the money she was willing to fork out, the best the doctors could do was maintain his life.

But then, she heard that he had disappeared from the hospital.

"Sigh, what is wrong with this universe?"