Birthday
My birthday is in a week.
I am pretty excited as to what template I will get this time.
That is a special feeling. You know you will improve somehow, but you don't know what will be improved.
The lottery draw of my birthday simply can't be compared with the normal lottery.
I get something you can't buy with money. Time. Yes. Time. I could still learn all the skills if I had enough time. But if I MAXd even one skill it would take decades. Nobody had that much time.
It didn't take long and soon my birthday came.
I heard the system's voice again.
[Congratulations host on your 16th lottery]
[Do you want to draw right now]
[Yes] [No]
I tipped on the yes and the lottery was already over.
[Congratulations Host, you have won the template of John Wick]
[John Wick:
-Expert Marksman ( 9 )
-Hand-to-Hand Combat ( 9 )
-Tactical Awareness ( 9 )
-Resilience and Determination ( 9 )
-Mental Toughness ( 8 )
-Combat Experience ( 8 )
-Stealth and Infiltration ( 8 )
-Quick thinking ( 8 )
-Resourcefulness ( 7 )]
"System open the ability panel", I quickly told the system to show the ability panel as I wanted to know how good the new skills were.
"System open the ability panel"
[Ethan Nathaniel Alvarez]
[Age: 16]
[Height: 1,86/6,1 feet]
-Archery(MAX)
-Music(MAX)
-Dancing(MAX)
-Healing(MAX)
-Electrical knowledge(MAX)
-Poetry(MAX)
-Instinct(MAX)
-Disguise( 9 )
-Impersonation( 8(9) )
-Quick Thinking ( 9 )
-Strategic Thinking (MAX)
-Thievery ( 9 )
-Counterfeiting ( 9 )
-Forgery ( 9 )
-Art Knowledge ( 9 )
-Computer Proficiency ( 7 )
-Manipulation (MAX)
-Combat (MAX)
-Survival ( 8 )
-Marksmanship (MAX)
-Weaponry ( 8 )
-Interrogation ( 8 )
-Medical skills ( 4 )
-Navigation ( 7 )
-Stealth and Infiltration ( 8 )
-Resourcefulness ( 7 )
...]
I looked at my skills and they looked pretty chaotic.
"Can you rank them in order from highest to lowest and integrate some skills into one"
[Yes, host]
-Marksmanship(modern+ancient) (MAX)
-Artistic knowledge (MAX)
-Healing(MAX)
-Physics knowledge (MAX[1/8]
-Instinct(MAX)
-Tactical experience (MAX)
-Mental techniques (MAX)
-Assassination ( 9 )
-White-collar crimes ( 9 )
-Theft skills ( 9 )
-Naval Skills ( 7 )
-Medical knowledge ( 4 )
-... ]
Now it looked much more overseeable.
I slept in a good mood knowing John Wick is a very good addition to my skills.
The next day I went to school where I was congratulated by all my friends and Haley.
"Please drive me to Mcdonald's Ethan", Haley pleaded with me.
"Ok. But you need to make it quick", I told her.
"Ok, thank you", she said hugging me.
We quickly drove towards the nearest one.
She told me I should just drop her off at Jay as her whole family would be there for dinner.
I dropped her off and drove into the driveway.
I immediately noticed some dents in the bushes in the garden. I took out the pistol I hid under the seat of my car and stepped out of the car.
I heard some voices. I thought there were burglars in there, but suddenly my mind reacted.
It was the Instinct skill. There was no danger in there.
I thought about it and immediately came up with the most probable thing which was happening in there.
I put the gun away, suppressed a smile and went into my house. I immediately went to the living room.
"Supriseeeee", I heard seeing some of my friends and the whole modern family jump out from behind the couch.
"Ahhh", I tried to act surprised. It was pretty believable due to my high level of skills.
"What is everyone doing here", I asked them.
"Phil and Haley organized a party for you here. We heard that you're parents are never at home and wanted to give you some company. And by the way give you some compensation for letting us fly in your plane", Cam said.
"Thanks guys", I said hugging everyone and kissing Haley.
We celebrated till evening came. It was my best birthday since rebirth.
Late in the evening I even received a call from my parents.
"Hey, dad and mom. What's up? How are you guys?", I asked while face-timing them on the laptop.
"Everything is good on our side. We called you to congratulate you. We originally wanted to come over, but had many things on our side. Maybe we will come to visit you on your 18th birthday", my mom said.
"As compensation I decided to send you some nice cars. You will probably take your driver's license this year. Seeing your spending list, these cars won't be worth much, but they were originally your grandpas", my dad said.
"Really? From Grandpa, dad? Are you sure you don't want to keep them?", I asked knowing Grandpa was a soft spot for my dad.
"No need. I still have quite a few cars from him and he would have surely loved seeing you drive them. Shortly before his death on your 3rd birthday, he told me that some of his grandkids should get a few of his cars as I won't use them for what they were built. He was right. They are only in the garage currently", my dad said in a sentimental voice.
"Ok, thanks Dad", I thanked him from my heart.
A few days later a few cars arrived.
The most notable were a Lamborghini Countach and a 1967 Impala. I knew from my dad that Grandpa loved these two cars.