Learning New Skill

Taking some time to ponder and contemplate, an epiphany struck him, making Christian feel like he was a protagonist because of their number.

The answer Christian arrived at was Information, and of course not the knowledge he would get from his Idle system, but about other things.

His immediate surroundings and environment weren't dangerous at the moment, so he just needed classified information from the government, police, or military to ensure he wouldn't end up in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Not to mention, he also wanted to look at one particular incident.

After arriving at this answer, Christian realized how he had been diverted from his initial focus on how to spend his money. But he decided many use will come for it later, as there's nothing easier than spending money.

So how should he get the information he wanted? Should he join the military, work hard, and get one promotion after another to access classified information? Or should he do the same in the civil government? Of course, that wasn't the plan.

The answer was hacking—learning programming and breaking into the systems to access the information he needed.

The essence was to get what he wanted with minimal effort—the easier way! And he would start with less risky targets, prioritizing safety first anyway. But as his hacking skills advanced, nothing would be beyond his reach.

In the era of technology, nearly everything could be found on the internet, and with the right skills, even more could be accessed.

And aside from those things, Christian actually recalled other important details.

His foundation is still the Idle system, and for the Idle Practice, it would look at the information he has access to. So, if he learned program hacking, would the information he obtains through hacking also be considered accessible by the system?

While it was an interesting hypothesis. Even if it was wrong, and the Idle system doesn't recognize information obtained through hacking, there are still many resources and courses—starting with trading and extending to other areas he'll need in the future—that require money to access. If he can get these resources for free through hacking, why pay for them? He could simply download them to his computer and be done with it.

While Christian thought he might need to work a bit harder due to hacking, having no other choice, he decided that he would only dedicate another hour daily to it once he started, and nothing more.

Summoning the second slot of the Idle practice.

[Second Slot - Trading - 01:18:35/24:00:00]

He decided to collect the accumulated amount and assign it to program hacking without waiting any longer. After focusing a little, new system messages appeared.

[You have received 7 Experience]

[The skill Intermediate Trading had become Lv.2(1%)] 

[The Idle Practice at the second slot, Program Hacking has started]

[The skill Basic Program Hacking has been created.]

[Currently the skill Basic Program Hacking is Lv.0(0%)]

Noticing that his Trading skill had reached level two, made Christian feel good. However, he was surprised to see that his newly created skill was at level zero, a first for him, not even hearing such a thing was possible.

Getting him intrigued, he decided to check his status window to confirm the details.

[Idle System]

Host: Christian White

Level: 7 (EXP: 170/500)

Age: 18

Constitution: 6

Comprehension: 28

Unassigned Points: 0

Skills: Intermediate Trading Lv.2(1%) , Passion Reader Lv.- , Basic Program Hacking Lv.0(0%)

Idle practicing slots:(0/2)

Looking at the status window, the hacking skill was actually grayed out.

Christian thought for a moment and realized that his lack of any knowledge in hacking might be the reason for the skill starting at level zero. He assumed that once he collected the accumulated knowledge the next day, the skill would likely progress to a normal level.

Feeling tired and having accomplished enough for the day, Christian went to bed, knowing he would have school the next day.

…

[You have received 58 Experience]

[You have received 35 Experience]

[The skill Intermediate Trading had become Lv.2(18%)] 

[The skill Basic Program Hacking had become Lv.1(15%)] 

After waking up and collecting the accumulated information, Christian spent time digesting the new details, especially those about hacking, which included bits of programming, networking, and security fundamentals. However, he felt the information was fragmented and lacked a comprehensive overview.

But after some thought, he realized this was likely because he was starting from scratch. He hadn't accumulated enough knowledge yet and was essentially learning from zero not like the Trading.

He then read the new messages and saw that the experience points for hacking were fewer than for trading, confirming his earlier hypothesis. However, hacking seemed to yield more experience than Basic Trading, likely because it was deemed more difficult.

Seeing the skill level for hacking become one, and noting that the progress was a bit less than he expected, also confirmed his assumption.

Seeing that there was nothing left to check, Christian, already prepared for school, grabbed his bag and headed out.

…

While walking toward his school, Christian expected the day to be just like any other, with nothing special.

But as he approached the entrance of his school, Christian was surprised to see the expensive car he recognized the owner of parking nearby, and at the rare occurrence of coming across the first beauty of his school two times in short period of time.

Christian didn't mind it much, he continued in his way, as it's not like he he planned to approach her, And she was not the only beautiful girl in the earth after all.

But as he got closer, he noticed another girl standing next to her. And although he tried to carry on as if nothing was unusual, catching a glimpse of the girl, or the woman actually next to her, caught his attention.

It made him stop in his tracks. As while Olivia was undeniably beautiful, the woman standing next to her was on a whole different level. Christian was certain she was among the most stunning women he had ever seen, even when compared to those he had seen on the internet.