Skill Overdose

Inside the ambulance

WEE WOO WEE WOO

Liam is lying flat on the stretcher. He was pretending to be asleep or to be exact he can't be awake and stand up right now because he was injected with the strongest anesthetic drugs and tranquilizer that the paramedics have got to let him be unconscious. They highly doubt that he will wake up from such a small surgery.

Unfortunately, he got the Immunity skill so no drug effects can affect him including the good ones and of course the anesthesia is not gonna work on him. If there are no bad effects then there is also no need for the good effects. And that is why he still feel the pain that is caused by the surgery that the paramedics are doing to heal him.

'Ouch! Ooooh! Keuk! Shitty alcohol! Urk!'

He is trying his best to hide his pain from the people around him and he could only react in his mind. He really can't sleep right now even if he does want to sleep for his own good he can't because he has the Regeneration skill that would heal all his wounds on a short period of time. Either being asleep or being awake and open his eyes, he would just make the people around him be shocked to a great extent.

The paramedics is busy preventing the blood of the patient from leaking out non-stop from his injuries and the injuries. They were only two paramedics inside the ambulance. A young lady and a middle-aged man. They were both good at things. The girl is great at doing task but still inexperienced when finding a solution and the man is experienced but not that great. They were like a talent against wisdom. They were quite different at some point but they both know the same thing. That a person with a critical condition will surpass a 100 heart BPM, then how can this guy's heart still be below 90 BPM?

"W-what? This is not possible. I think our ventilator is broken. Right?" The blonde haired girl asked his co-worker on her side.

"I-I think so too." The man answered back with a puzzled look in his face.

Paramedics always need to be calm and composed but how can they not panic if the ventilator is not working properly. How can they know when to use electric current to the heart of their patient if danger comes. But they don't have time to panic now and then they continued to do their own work.

The truth is, it's not the ventilator that has a problem, It was Liam and the system, which has a problem.

The Health Recovery is a passive skill that let's the user replenish his HP for 1 point every minute. It can replenish the HP completely if the user's

physical body has no damage. Liam's body had so many injuries so it can only refilled up to 80% of his HP that is why his heart BPM is almlst normal.

A moment later.

Liam is kind of bored and at the same time he was annoyed. Why does he still need to pretend to be sleeping if he can just open his eyes. However, he don't want to do it because he has a dignity for others. Or for just the beautiful blonde haired girl. Well, that's what he thought.

Liam slightly opened his eyes that no can notice it was opened but he can still see a bit. He almost smiled when he saw the petite short blonde haired girl with an soft oval shaped face and a shiny brown eyes.

'Hm. Why do I feel like I'm missing something?'

He opened the system and checked it with his still narrowed eyes. He ignored the notification window and immediately read the system.

'Hm? It's all working normally. My HP is 79, MP is 9, Stamina is 67. But this strange feeling is still crawling inside me.'

Liam then closed his system.

Boredom is filling him. He even thought that it would have been more fun if his system has games and stuff. He is currently having a pipe dreams in his mind right now.

A while later.

The ambulance stopped. Liam's delusion has been stopped by the paramedics taking him away. The stretcher is being taken to the emergency room. And a medical operation will be done to him once again.

'AaaaaaaaaAaaaaaaaaAaaaaaaaaaaa...'

Sometime later.

'...aaaaAaaah. Oh! is it finally done now?'

The doctor that performed the operation to Liam called the nurses.

"I've done my operation. Take him to the surgeon in the operation theather right now. His in a critical condition."

Liam was listening to the conversation of the doctor and the nurses and he want to complain but too bad he's been injected by another dose of anesthesia and tranquilizer so all he have to do is... nothing.

He is currently in despair not just because his gonna be pretending to be asleep again but because the beautiful lady was long gone from his side.

'HuwaaaaaaaaaaaAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah...'

Another long sigh is being made inside Liam's heart and mind because he has to do another pain-enduring time.

A long long time later.

'Aaaaahaaaaah... Oh wow! I'm in a patient room now.'

Liam thought as he fully opened his eyes for the first time in a long time. It's afternoon right now and he is currently lying on a patient's bed. Almost all of his entire body is wrapped with bandages and it's even hard for him to moved his head without using force.

"Oh my god. This patient room is so fancy. I only see this in movies. Is this a VIP room?"

"Yes Sir. You're in a VIP room."

"H-HOLY!"

Liam was surprised. His body shaked greatly for a second and he forcefully moved his head to see the person who answered him.

"Sir! Please don't move too hard. Your injuries are closed but they are still fresh. They would open if you move again."

It was the short blonde haired girl, who is the type that Liam likes.

"Ah. Y-yes. I'm so sorry for that." Liam said while his head is still facing the lady.

"That's including your head Sir. And also, the one who told us to placed you in this VIP room is Mr. Hanes." The girl said with a worried look.

"Oh. I see." Liam said then he turned around his head out of embarrassment.

'Ian you really are the best!'

His thoughts may be kinda nasty and terrible but he is really soft when talking to people who's not that close to him.

"Aren't you a paramedic?" Liam asked the lady then he gazed at her. .

"Of course. However, I also have an experience of nursing people. And Mr. Hanes recommended me to nurse you although I'm not that good." The girl answered with a nice and humble expression, then she formed a smile, narrowed her eyes and tilt his head slightly as soon as she meet Liam's gaze.

'S-so pretty. I'm gonna melt!!!'

Liam almost said his thoughts out loud for losing his composure because of the beautiful girl that is nursing him. Then he just remembered that he was talking to her.

"Ah yes. That's really great." Liam is saying things while still gazing at the girl.

"Hm? What is great sir?" The girl asked innocently.

"N-nothing! It's nothing. You can continue doing your work."

"Ah yes. I'm really sorry sir, I didn't have time to ask Mr. Hanes this but can you please tell me your name." The girl asked Liam.

"Yes sure. The name is Liam Keene and my number is..." Liam said excitedly.

"Ah Mr. Keene! There's no need for your number. It's only for your friends or family."

"O-okay."

The nurse lady then leave after writing some things at the medical paper.

"Sigh. Why did I tried to say my number earlier." Liam mumbled and felt slightly embarrassed of what he had done earlier.

'I still feel strange. Is it because I didn't ask her name. No, It's definitely not that.'

Liam shook his head.

DING!

"Oh right. There is my system's notification." Liam said out loud as he remembered the notification earlier at his house because the notification chimed just now. He then opened it while he is still laying down on the bed. He first saw the notification window.

『You have endured pain for a very long time up until now. Endurance has been increased by 2 points.』

『The task [ Make a person be scared of you.] has been completed. The rewards (5 Stat Points and 3 Skill Points.) has been given to you.』

『The task [ Kill a person.] has been completed. The rewards (6 Stat Points and 5 Skill Points.) has been given to you.』

『You have levelled up. All attributes has been raised by 1 point. A bonus reward will be given.』

『The reward [Upgrade one random skill] has been given to you. Would you activate it now. «Y // N»』

"FOR REAL!" Liam widened his eyes and shouted in surprise.

"I'll be damn! System, you're so generous. You rock! hehe. Even my pain-endurance earlier have paid off and gave me a reward." He was so happy that the system gave him so much rewards.

CREAK

The door opened and a random female nurse came barging in the room with a worried look on her face.

"Are you okay sir!?" The nurse ask Liam.

"Eh? Y-yes. I'm sorry. I just remembered something." Liam said to the woman.

"Okay sir." The nurse said then she went out of the room.

"I was kinda noisy earlier. But damn! The rewards are so good. I know that levelling up a skill is really hard even my athlete isn't upgrading. And yet its upgrading a skill for free!How hard is that! Thank you so much system! I wish this is also the reward if I levelled up once again. Enough! Better open the bonus reward right now." Liam ended his delusions and excitedly chose the YES in the rewards with his mind.

『 The skill [Skill Absorption] has been upgraded. The [Skill Absorption] skill has been upgraded into [Absorption]. 』

『 The skill [Absorption] can Absorb the 50% of one's attribute randomly and can absorb one active and passive skill from a person. 』

Liam saw and read all of the notification with his mouth agape and his widened eyes. He was frozen for a moment and then read again multiple times, checking if he's eyes is deceiving him. But it was all true.

"HEAVENS! This is a godly and a heaven defying OP skill! Its sooooo good! Oh my god!" Liam shouted and he really wants to move around and let his happiness flow out but too bad, he can't move with a pack of bandages covering his entire body.

"Sir! Are you really okay!" The nurse came back hurriedly to Liam's room then asked him another question with a worried look.

"Y-yes. I just remembered something again. Please don't come if I did that again next time. Sorry to bother you." Liam felt sorry for the lady that was checking his condition.

The nurse then got out of his room after hearing the explanations of Liam.

'F*ck. This is so good. I really want to try this out right now.'

Liam was daydreaming for a moment but then he suddenly remembered something.

"F*CK!!!"

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In a hospital's hallway in the VIP floor.

The nurse once again heard the shout of the patient in the VIP room but he did not dare to come in because it's the VIP patient that have said it.

She was about to go down but then a doctor called her.

"Hey, nurse! Can you please tell the attendants to take this body to the morgue. And tell the staff to report the police that this guy has the same tattoo of the guy in the jail." A middle-aged man doctor said to the nurse then he gave the gurney to the nurse.

"Ah Doc! What's the tattoo of this body?" The nurse asked.

"Letters are tattooed on his neck. D and an S. or DS."

"Okay Doc."

"Yes, Thank you very much."

After the doctor and the nurse said their farewell to each other, they went to different ways to do their own tasks.

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In Liam's VIP room

"F*ck. Shit. Damn it. Arghh. Why did I forgot that." Liam continuously spouted some words.

'Shit! I didn't use the skill absorption to get that guy's skill!'

"I'm so dumb. Huwaaaah." Liam wanted to cry but he let out a sigh instead. Why did he forget to use his amazing skill to get another new skill from the guy? Just why!?

After a minute of regretting his stupidity. Liam was now tired and bored. He thought that he could sleep now since his injuries is covered with bandages and the doctors or nurses won't see that it was instantly healed.

"Hmmnmmm... Ah wait! I think this is the nearest hospital to my town so that means that... that the dead guy is here. probably? Its better to check it later but... I really need to sleep first I'm so tired now." Liam then closed his eyes because that's the only thing he could do now.