Base P

A few hours passed and the sun finally appeared over the horizon bringing dawn with it. Nicolas was still a little worried about Lionel's sudden appearance and his intentions, after all, even after Nicolas's threat, Lionel probably wouldn't stop spying on him and as such it was only a matter of time before most of the Nicolas's secrets were discovered by the other party.

"Nicolas… what have you got? Why are you looking like an idiot? When Nicolas noticed, Fat Joe was looking at him.

"What?" Nicolas asked confused.

"Dude, you've been distracted since we got to school…don't tell me you're in love with a girl around here." Fat Joe smiled. "I'm sorry to judge you, my friend, I thought you didn't have the capacity to be interested in women." Fat Joe feigned a faraway look.

Hearing those words Nicolas was sorely tempted to spank this fat bastard, his desire to teach Fat Joe a lesson only increased when he saw the smug smile on her face.

"For someone who has recently been rejected, you seem very arrogant, huh…" Nicolas scoffed.

Without realizing it, the pair got into a name-calling fight, where the winner was Fat Joe. A moment later, Jimmy came into the hallway running as fast as he could with his skinny legs and weak build, within seconds he was in front of Nicolas and Fat Joe with sweat running down his face.

"Fat Joe…you're screwed!" Jimmy said as if he was looking at a corpse.

"What? Why?" Fat Joe raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"I just heard some gossip from the 2nd year students and from what they said, Julio is getting ready to deal with you. "

"Julio?! What the hell did I do with that potato brain? "Unintentionally, Fat Joe raised his voice, making everyone hear his words.

"I heard that Julio always had a crush on Ana and as you offended her, Julius was already preparing to avenge her to cultivate a good relationship with her…" Jimmy swallowed. " However..."

"Yet ...?" Fat Joe hated the suspense Jimmy was putting on the subject.

"Today, Ana met Julio and promised that if he beat you up she would go out on a date with him, so Julio, who previously just wanted to embarrass you, is now very committed to sending him to the hospital. "

"Holy shit…" Fat Joe looked worried at first, but like magic his expression changed to one of pure smugness. "Let that worm brain come, if he dares to touch me, I'll send him to the hospital. "

"Julio, what are you doing around here? "When Fat Joe heard those words coming from Nicolas's mouth, his face soon changed color as he looked in the direction Nicolas was looking.

'Did he hear what I just said? Holy shit, this time I'm really dead. '

"Look at him, Jimmy. Where does all that courage come from, Mr. Fat? Nicolas laughed.

"You damn you, you tricked me! "Fat Joe was so furious that his face turned red. "Fight me!"

After being defeated by Nicolas with just one blow, Fat Joe maintained a smarmy expression as a huge bulge grew on his forehead. 'How is this bastard so strong? Looks like I got hit by a truck! 'Fat Joe felt wronged.

Nicolas wasn't too worried about Julio or Ana, in the past he might even be intimidated by Julio who looked like a mountain of muscle and by Ana's status that could instantly put a school against them, but the current Nicolas would beat a thousand Anas and a thousand Julios with eyes closed.

Despite that, Nicolas still preferred to avoid unnecessary confrontations, after all he didn't want to reveal his strength so casually. Although Nicolas didn't need much effort to beat Julio like a pig, Julio still held the title of "The strongest young man in school", so if Nicolas beat him it was impossible not to attract attention. Not that the Stone Men minded that something happened in such a small school, but Nicolas still wanted to hide behind the identity of being a nerdy and weak young man.

"Nicolas, why are you so calm?? You know if that fat guy falls, we'll go with him, right? Jimmy said with a sour expression.

"Don't worry…" Nicolas said confidently. "Julio may be strong, but he and his henchmen are as dumb as a door. If they find problems for us, we'll return them a thousand times over. Also... let's make sure Ana doesn't dare create more trouble for us. A mischievous smile formed on Nicolas's lips.

**

After school, the trio of friends used to go to the arcade to play and then go to a comic book store, but this habit only attracted their eyes in childhood, when they realized that all the means of entertainment they loved so much were manipulated, censored and prevented from show their true potential, the trio soon lost interest in these activities.

Despite that, on this day they decided to reminisce about old times. Behind an arcade machine, Nicolas and Fat Joe played a co-op game in which they were stone men and had to kill members of rival races, including humans.

"Holy shit…how do these Stone Men play such bad games? "Said Fat Joe. There was a time when Nicolas was a little more daring, so he dared to show his grandfather's games to his friends and the two soon marveled at these games with amazing graphics and exciting stories. When it comes to video games, humanity seems to have gone back several decades, from digital media games with 4K graphics to arcade games with square graphics.

There were several laws that prohibited people from having home video games. If they wanted to play video games they would have to go to arcades, this was one of the ways the Stone Men could stop anyone from modifying the games and distributing them anonymously.

Hearing these words, Jimmy, who was right behind the pair, rushed to cover Fat Joe's mouth, preventing his words from continuing.

"Are you an idiot? Do you want to kill us?" Jimmy scolded him.

"I'm sorry..." Fat Joe said realizing his mistake.

If any Stone Man heard those words, he would definitely not hesitate to crush Joe Gordo, after all any kind of complaint made against the Stone Men was liable to death, human beings literally had to pretend that they like to be treated like pigs.

"Still…I have to agree that these games really suck, how the hell did we end up enjoying this in the old days? "

"That's because, in the past, Base P didn't exist."

"Base P" was the name the three gave to an abandoned garbage dump where the trio hid the games from Nicolas's grandfather, obviously Nicolas wouldn't be foolish to keep them in his own house at the risk of his mother finding them any time.

While these three young men enjoyed playing at Base P a lot, they weren't idiots. To lessen the chances of getting caught, they created a rule that Base P could only be visited once a month by the three and they could only stay for 5 hours. In addition, they hid the games and consoles in a huge hole under the ground before covering it with a wooden board and placing a few more objects on top, making the place look like just an abandoned garbage dump.

It only took a few days for them to visit Base P again, so everyone was very excited to think of these ultra-realistic fighting games and magical powers.

After spending a few more minutes in the arcade, the trio soon got bored and all but one went to their respective homes, obviously Nicolas was that exception. After saying goodbye to his friends Nicolas headed to Base P.

Nicolas was doing this because he remembered that among some things his grandfather had left behind before he passed away, there was something that could perhaps help him immensely. Obviously your grandfather didn't just leave video games, there were also some aesthetic items and some strange objects from centuries past that looked quite refined, among them was a cell phone that despite being over 200 years old still worked as if it were new and was very prettier than the cell phone today, there were also some fantasy books and a mask with the face of a demon that gave Nicolas the shivers whenever he saw her.

Entering the dusty warehouse and seeing the scattered piles of garbage, Nicolas smiled. Despite the rats, cockroaches and all kinds of insects wandering there Nicolas felt very good in that place, he didn't care for the disgusting smell that attacked his nose, all that mattered to him was the feeling of freedom he felt when stepping in that place, put on .

Reaching in front of a specific rubbish pile, Nicolas took only a few minutes to undo the rubbish pile, tossing all the items back and removing the large wooden board that hid his belongings. All of his grandfather's items were stored in a huge black wooden chest with some metal plates reinforcing its structure, when he opened the chest and removed the demon mask, Nicolas put it on his face and then his eyes filled with disbelief. .

[The Host came in contact with a rare-grade treasure. ]

[Equipable type item; Assimilation is impossible. ]

[Khaos Mask: A mask that hides the wearer's presence and prevents others from seeing through it, even with the use of abilities. ]

Nicolas remembered playing with this mask with Jimmy and Joe, but he could never have thought that this frightening mask could be a treasure of rare degree, at that moment a flash crossed his mind as Nicolas turned his attention to the chest and lifted it. of fantasy books in your hands.

[The host obtained the "Divine Eyes" technique]

[The host needs to have a basic knowledge of this technique so he can learn it. ]

Nicolas's heart beat faster as he gathered the courage to open the book. Nicolas had already read these stories several times and when he reopened the book he didn't notice any changes, even after the system notification.

'What is happening? '

Nicolas was really confused, although the system identified this book as a technique Nicolas knew it was just a fantasy story, there was nothing technical or explanatory about its content.

The name of this book was actually 'Divine Eyes', the protagonist of the book was a boy named Luck who after a while discovered himself to be the bearer of an incredible power called 'Divine Eyes' and, with that power, he continued on his way to become stronger as he evolves his skills.

At that moment, Nicolas remembered several parts of the book.

'Luck used his body to see beyond what the eyes can see, his ability was not intended to create powerful eyes, but to allow the user to see with all their senses sharpening them to the fullest, at that moment Luck didn't have a blind spot . '

'Wait...'

[The host understood the ability of the Divine Eyes]