105 Getting ready

After spending a bit of time near the sun, I let Supergirl know that over two days had already passed since we had been training and to not be too confused about it when she found out. I just explained that the training rooms time ran a bit slower than outside of it. I had already hinted towards this before, but I hadn't bothered to explain it because I wasn't sure I would have been believed. Seeing is believing though and Supergirl would find out more time had passed sooner than later. 

After she left me and flew back down to Metropolis I headed down to a phonebooth in Moonlight City. I had originally tried to hire Virgil/Static and his partner Gear as my bodyguards, but Virgil wasn't able to do the job and no offense to gear, but I didn't really want him as a guard if Static wasn't alongside him. 

After having found out I couldn't hire them, I figured it was time to contact my backups. The first person I wanted to hire was Adam Evans aka Rubberband Man. Adam was once a rapper who had gotten his music stolen from him by someone and ended up becoming a villain after becoming a bang baby and going after the guy who had stolen it. Thankfully he had a change of heart, did his time in lockup, and was now out and had become a hero in Dakota City. I felt he was a perfect fit to be my bodyguard and I was also keeping my eye out for talented people for if I ever wanted to create my own label later. 

The other person I was thinking about hiring was a girl called Shenice Vale aka She-Bang. She was a bit younger, but was still old enough to do some part time work. She had a lot of experience in working as a Hero and had even often times worked with Static and gear. 

In the DC Universe it was still the year 2004 and for whatever reason, not only did they still have phone booths, but they also had phone books, It was times like this that really put things in perspective for me. It felt odd looking up names in the phone book to find someone instead of looking them up on social media, but at the same time it reminded me of my current reality. 

Looking up Jonathan Vale, Shenice's father, I found a name and wrote it down, making a note to call later sometime. Unfortunately I didn't know Adam's parents names and Adam himself was not listed in the phonebook, so I would need to rely on my new Moonlight Computer to find him which I would do before making a call to Shince's house. 

Having had written the number down, I headed back home. On the way, I picked up a box of donuts and ate two as I flew home. When I got home I sat the box of donuts down on a table in the throne room before sniffing the air. 'Why does it smell like poop in here?' Maybe I should invest in the robot maid from the domain shop? I never have time to clean. 

Walking over to sit in my throne, I realized someone had recently cleaned it up. Is this what it's like to have a wife? Maybe it wasn't so bad. Still, the place smelled awful. Maybe she used a bad smelling cleaning product? Sitting in my throne, I opened up my domain shop and began to prepare for my upcoming concert a bit more.

I spent 10,000 first to upgrade my instrument skill to B. Although I had originally bought the grade D instrument skill, I had gotten better without the help of the system to the point my skill had changed to C a while back which meant I could raise the skills grade on my own with time.

Raising my instrumental skill to B on my own would have taken a lot longer though so I figured it was worth it. The higher the grade, the harder it was to reach. With only 60,000 leftover after buying the upgrade I also bought ten vocal cord upgrades for 1000c, ten pitch control upgrades for another 1000c, five beauty potions that enhanced my overall looks slightly for 2000c, a teeth whitening toothpaste for 50c which was recommended by ten out of ten dentists according to the system, and the rest of the coins I spent on more concert bracelets and a concert bracelet upgrade which affected all bracelets old and new. I decided to put buying a new pet for my disciples on hold for now. 

Taking the elevator to my room I walked up to my bathroom mirror and then drank all of the potions I had just bought. Like usual, the effect was immediate and I could feel the changes as well. Looking in the mirror, my face didn't seem to really change, but I was for sure better looking than before. I had no idea how it worked, but it did in fact work. Maybe it was similar to the charm potion but permanent and on a way smaller scale? I honestly didn't know. Like many things the system provides, It was magical. 

Having Vegeta's original body when I first arrived my voice was harsh on the ears and was not great for singing, but after having consumed so many vocal cord upgrades in the past my voice had already improved greatly. I still had Vegeta's voice, but it was less raspy and more smooth. 

If my voice had sounded like I was a typical long term cigarette smoker before, my voice now sounded comforting and calming to the point it could put you to sleep. Since I had gotten more vocal cord upgrades along with some pitch control upgrades I wanted to test out my range and so I turned off my voice changer and started doing some small vocal exercises. 

First I sang in my typical somewhat low voice, then I went lower. After that as quickly as possible I did some high notes and began to build on it as I got louder and louder. I had improved greatly thanks to the upgrades and it was even more apparent than the beauty potions. Although I could hit high notes before, Vegetas original body made it a lot harder for me. Thanks to the upgrades, that would no longer be a problem. I made a mental note to start buying more pitch control upgrades in the future. 

I saw no reason to test out my instrument ability, Id have to practice before the concert anyway. It was going to be a busy week for me. Tomorrow was the day of the concert and a couple days after that I would be going to my movies first screening with my costars. I'd have to go pick up Rob from the rehab early tomorrow before that though. I hoped they would allow him to have a day pass so he could enjoy the fruits of his labor along with me.