"F*ck! You bastard! Why the f*ck are you involving the police in this? Believe it or not, if police come here, I will tell them that you are part of the shadow assembly gang!" The guy suddenly begun shouting.
At the same time, he began struggling intensely, trying to break free. Since it was impossible for him to break the rope, he was trying to break the chair, though, it proved difficult, considering that his legs had been tied together, before being tied to the chair.
To say the least, Michael was quite meticulous in tying him up. He did not want a situation where the guy would end up breaking free, catching him off guard.
Michael, who was in the living room talking on the phone, completely ignored the shouts coming from the kitchen.
He had already thought, right now, there was another option actually. That was, to have this guy taken in by the police.
Considering that the guy had broken into his house, it was already a crime. So, while Michael did not have the intention of going to court, at least, this guy would be detained for quite a while.
And with that time, he could use to advance his skills and gain more SP. So, he decided, it would be better to call the police.
As for the matter of him being part of the shadow assembly gang, Michael did not really bother with that. In any case, there was no evidence that proved that he was part of the gang.
And in fact, he was not part of the gang at all. He was forced to work for them, and it could be said, he was a victim.
It was just that, considering the time, it was inevitable that it would take quite a while for the police to get here. After all, during night time, in this city, only a few police officers went out for patrol.
The shouts from the guy from the kitchen alerted the neighbors. But even then, none of the neighbors had the intention of coming over to get themselves involved with this matter.
First of all, they were not familiar with the kind of person that Michael was. Additionally, the guy kept on shouting while mentioning Dante and the shadow assembly gang.
While those people might not know the shadow assembly gang since it was located in another district, just the word 'gang' was enough to be able to frighten them.
In this city, it could be said that gangs were the ruling force. While there were the police, they really did not have much influence as compared to the gangsters.
It was due to this intimidation that none of them tried to get out of their houses, not to mention coming over to understand what was going on.
As for Michael, he really did not bother about this guy shouting. In any case, he would not be at any disadvantage.
At the same time, he had already planned it out. He was leaving this place the first thing the following morning.
He was going to stay in the hotel, and he would keep on changing hotels, which should make it difficult for Dante to be able to find him.
Additionally, he realized, he could just buy a cap and a mask, together with a pair of glasses. That way, even if he walked out of his house, who would think that he was the person that Dante was looking for?
While it was true that Shadow Assembly was strong, especially after it had dealt with blood tiger gang, it was not to the extent that it could cover the entire city easily.
Additionally, it was impossible for the gangsters to scrutinize every person that walked on the streets.
Another thing was that, due to the enhancements that he had received from the intermediate level unarmed combat skill, with a new pair of clothes, it would be quite difficult for someone to be able to recognize him.
Michael decided to check something else while waiting for the police to come. It would take quite a while for them to come over, and right now, Michael had no intention of reading, as he wanted to sleep.
The thing that Michael was focusing on at the moment was the system. It was the ability of the system to enhance him. Now, Michael was wondering about how the system could enhance his body just from acquiring a skill.
No sooner had this question popped up in Michael's mind than he received prompts from the system.
[The system has the ability of allowing the host to be able to gain skills and the proficiency in those particular skills just from reading.]
[While the host does not need to practice, the moment that the host is granted the skills, during the integration, it will be as if the host has been practicing for a long duration in order to be able to enhance his skills to that particular level.]
[Training in unarmed combat is not just about training the skills, but the body needs to be trained as well.]
[So, it is assumed that the host has been practicing for a long duration, in order to be able to enhance his skill to the intermediate level.]
[For that reason, all the benefits that come with possessing the skill at the intermediate level will be granted to the host as soon as enough information is acquired.]
Michael got a basic understanding of how the system worked. It was true, he only had to work hard acquiring the information.
But then, with the ability of the system, it allowed him to be able to be in a state that, it looked as though he had worked out for a long time.
The intermediate level unarmed combat skill required someone to diligently practice for at least 5 years.
So, all the benefits that came with working out for 5 years were granted to Michael as soon as the progress reached 100%.
As for the side effects, there was basically none. This was the part that was amazing about the system.
After shifting his focus from the screen in front of him, Michael realized that only about 2 minutes had gone by so far.
And, from the way that he understood the security in this city, it would take quite a considerable amount of time before the police arrived.
In the end, left with no other choice, Michael decided to start preparing to move out.
Even if he was going to a hotel, he needed the clothes and so on. So, he went back to his room, before he began packing.
As for the rent and the deposit that he had given during the time that he was renting this apartment, he did not bother with that. He would just inform the agency that he was leaving.
Since he did not have many things, it only took a little while for him to be able to pack everything.
But since he did not have a backpack or a suitcase, he could only place his clothes inside the shopping bags that he had used to bring them from the store where he had purchased them.
After he was done with the packing, realizing that the police had yet to arrive, Michael began contemplating on the next skill that he would acquire.
Initially, he thought, he might as well go for the advanced level of unarmed combat skill. But in the end, he gave up on it.
It was not for any other reason, but from the fact that, the time taken in order to be able to advance the skill to the advanced level was bound to be longer.
For a skill to reach the beginner level, just a day was enough. For the intermediate level, it needed 4 days, and 5 days at most.
Judging from the SP that he would receive, Michael estimated that it might take over a month.
It was just that it was impossible to be able to verify if this was true for the time being. But still, there was a possibility of the time being longer than a month, or less than a month.
But that was not something that he needed to bother with at the moment. Now, the thing that he thought he might need was obviously driving.
During the last time that his parents were alive, he was only 14, which was not a suitable age for him to drive. So, his parents did not allow him to try it.
And after the passing of both of his parents, going to the orphanage and then working for the gangsters, where would he even get the chance of driving?
Simply put, at the moment, he did not know how to drive a car at all. So, he decided that the next step would be to start learning about driving.
Since that was the case, he immediately downloaded the information on driving. As usual, considering that it was the age of technology, most of the information that he wanted could be found online.
Since he was a beginner, he obviously downloaded the information that was related to a trainee driver. It started from how to start a car, changing gears and so on.
In fact, Michael downloaded the information on both automatic and manual types of cars.
Since he was learning how to drive, he thought, from the way that the system worked, maybe he would need to know how to drive every type of car.
This included not only the small vehicles, but it might involve buses, trailers and other machineries. So, it was better for him to download the information all at once.
Just as he was done with downloading the videos related to driving different types of vehicles, there was a knock at the door.