Chapter 31 - A Do-Nothing Day to do some Heroic Training
[Notice: User is attempting to convert 1000 Gs into external currency.]
[Is this correct?]
"Yes," SK verbally answered while tapping the accept button before him.
Bzzt-Bzzt
Shortly after making this decision, he saw a push notification on his phone that $50,000 was credited to his bank account.
"Holy shit, you weren't exaggerating," SK noted in disbelief as soon as he saw the credited money. "I seriously thought you were messing with me."
[This system does not exaggerate or make fun of its user,] the System replied in large text, with a slightly smaller text box adding, [Unless it's exceptionally funny.]
Evidently, this turned out to be unnecessary on the System's part since SK was utterly enamored over suddenly having a bank account that didn't have less than a hundred dollars in it for once.
"Even if I pay off my rent and bills for the month, I'll still have money leftover! Wait, am I rich now?" SK asked himself as he kept staring at the money in his account.
After everything that had occurred yesterday, SK desire to do anything, beyond getting out of bed and feed himself, had essentially died.
He needed time to truly relax and mentally digest everything he had gained and learned in the past two days, which would've been hard to do when a day job is involved.
There's nothing more energy-draining and soul-killing than having to work a job that barely pays enough to survive on a day-to-day basis.
However, now that he had the System, SK would technically never have to work a day in his life.
Sort of.
He still had to do the daily quests, but those were more like errands than an actual job.
"Welp! Now that I'm free to do anything today, I'm going to do nothing!" SK exclaimed before being reminded via a System window with an emoticon that there was actually something he needed to do.
[o_o.]
"Except my daily exercises."
[Good boy.]
"Please don't electrocute me again."
[No promises.]
Under the threat of electrocution, SK prepared for the day as quick as humanly possible and slapped on his rarely used exercise clothes.
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Once all of these little preparatory steps were resolved, SK was ready to go to his nearest park or gym and start exercising.
"Alright! Let's go out there and...wait a minute."
Before he opened the door and mentally prepared himself to find parking during the morning rush, he realized something that he should've asked last night.
"System...am I able to visit the Hero Facility in person? Can I access the place despite not being familiar? Can I do my exercises in there?"
Ding!
[Yes. As well, certain features can only be accessed by physically being in the Hero Facility.]
"Well then..."
With this information in hand, SK immediately summoned up the interface, navigated to the [Hero Facility] Section, and began muddying around the menus until he found what he was looking for.
...
[Would the user like to explore the Hero Facility in-person?]
[Notice: Time dilation will be in effect. Twenty-four hours in the hero facility space will be equivalent to one hour in the user's native world. Note that any time-sensitive quests will be keyed to the user's home world, and will not be affected by the flow of time in other places.]
[YES/NO]
...
SK didn't even say anything as he accepted the prompted window and immediately felt the effects of his decision.
"I wonder how this is going to-"POP!
__One teleportation to another realm of existence later...__
Pop!
"-go...oh."
Before SK could even finish asking his question on how he was going to get sent to Miracle Maker Island, he found himself getting instantly teleported.
Needless to say, he was incredibly confused...
"Huh. I figured there would've been more fanf-BLARGH!"
...and a little ill.
"Ugh...at least the air smells clean as all hell," SK groaned while throwing up his guts. "I figured there would be an artificial smell."
Once SK regained his bearings, he took a deep breath and began to take in the fact that he had just been teleported to another dimension.
"Huh...just as nice as the hologram...maybe nicer."
SK had done himself a service when he chose the [Sky Island] as the homebase for his superheroes.
Cloudy blue skies, fresh wind, and the smell of the ocean below, did wonders at facilitating an aura of peace.
The perfect place to getaway from the madness of a world that was starting to become more and more unfamiliar by the day.
"Hmmm. Looks like I landed in the main courtyard...makes sense, I guess," SK thought aloud as he did some warm-up stretches.
"Now then, should I complete my daily quest here?"
BOOM!
"Or go and check out the source of that explosion?"
If SK had heard that sound outside of this inner sanctuary, he wouldn't have acted so nochalant about hearing an explosion.
"Now then, I think I heard the explosion coming over there..."
...Meanwhile, at the site of the aforementioned explosion...
"Is that all you got, sir knight?" Tin Star taunted while reloading his six-shooters.
"Hardly, cowboy!" Platiknight declared while banging an armored fist against his chest. "I can go for at least ten more rounds!"
"And I'll be glad to have you prove it!"
When Platiknight and Tin Star were sent to [Miracle Maker Island], they were a bit stumped at first.
It was a bit jarring to go from a city street, to the [REDACTED] and then get teleported to a sky island facility that almost seemed too idyllic to exist.
However, once the duo claimed their rooms and made use of their allowance to decorate a bit, the two superheroes felt right at home.
Then, when they found out that they had access to training facilities, they took to the place like fish to water.
More specifically, they got excited at finding the open sparring arena.
Whether it was due to their instincts as familiars or heroes was unknown, but Platiknight and Tin Star were determined to see how they would match-up against each other. As such, they spent the better part of the morning going at each other's throats.
So far the score was three to three.
"Ready?"
"Go!"
"PLATINUM RUSH!"
Platiknight opened the bout by charging towards Tin Star with their shield raised and shimmering blue energy empowering his stride.
If this attack made impact, Tin Star would've been sent flying out of the ring. And if he was a regular human, he'd be impacted with enough force to match an eighteen wheeler at minimum.
Thankfully, he was smarter than that.
"High Noon Blast!"
Pointing his pistols down to the ground, Tin Star proceeded to hop before shooting downwards and releasing a disproportionately large explosion beneath his feet.
In layman's terms, Tin Star did a rocket jump to avoid Platiknight's shield charge and positioned himself over the shining warrior's head.
"Bullet Barrage!"
With his position over head, Tin Star released a rain of gunfire that. Threatened to perforate Platiknight's armor and punch him full of holes.
Platiknight, however, was faster than that.
"Platinum Guard!"
Before the bullets could pierce his head, shoulders and torso, Platiknight lifted his shield upward and released an energy barrier that blocked the hail of bullets like an umbrella against the rain.
To his credit, Tin Star did his best to keep firing as he landed on the side opposite of Platiknight. Unfortunately, Platiknight kept his guard up during the entire fall.
"Man, what are you a tortoise or something?" Tin Star complained after landing, rolling and reloading his guns.
"Indeed! Like the noble tortoise, my shield is unbreakable!" Platiknight declared.
"Okay...then try blocking these! Hunting Bullets!"
Tin Star infused his six-shooters with energy before firing off a pair of bullets that looked significantly larger and more intimidating than his regular bullets.
"Ha! Is that all you got? Platinum Rush!"
Deciding to go on the attack, Platiknight decided to charge shield first into the bullets.
His logic being that his shield would not only block the bullets, but also pulverize Tin Star on the other side.
He was half-right in this assessment.
POW!
"Ha!"
BANG!
"Gya!"
Platiknight managed to shield check Tin Star out of the ring and over the arena's edge, but the bullets that the latter fired managed to nail Platiknight in the back.
While Platiknight was charging, Tin Star's bullets had curved around the former's shield until they were aligned with Platiknight's behind.
The end result was both cowboy and Knight being sent flying out of the ring.
"Okay, now I understand why you don't use a weapon," Tin Star said while nursing his nose. "That shield is a weapon."
"Your bullet control is exquisite," Platiknight praised as soon as he got up from the floor and assisted Tin Star to his feet. "It's good to know I can count on you to keep my back safe."
"Likewise, partner."
"Well, good to see that you guys are getting along."