Skill Overdose

In Liam's room

"Hmm. This is really tasty!" Liam said while making a pleasing expression on his face.

There is sunlight passing through the window curtain and he is still laying on the patient's bed.

"Of course sir. This is from me." The short blonde haired girl was sitting in his side while feeding him a gr.a.p.es.

"Yes yes. I want more of this. Feed me more." Liam was really satisfied but he can only talk and eat because he is currently still covered with bandages.

But of course it was only just a dream.

"What a nice dream. I can still remember it clearly because of my skill. hehehe." Liam woke up then look around the room if there are any people around inside but there is no one.

The window is covered by a window curtain but you can still see that it was dark outside so it is obviously night time right now.

He easily moved his torso upwards to a sitting position. Afterwards, he touched his left shoulder multiple times.

"I guess my injuries are healed now. This regeneration is truly amazing but..." Liam stopped touching his shoulder then began scratching his forehead with his right hand.

"...when and how the hell did I got this really good skill? And why did I only thought of this now?" Liam said as he tried to recall something about the Regeneration skill but he can't remember anything about it. Even with the Hyperthymesia skill that he got.

"Hm? One year ago, the skill I got is... Firmness and I didn't know how it work back then. I even told Ian to let him beat me up. But I became unconscious after he hit my face once with a strong punch," Liam said to himself as he tried to remember something long ago.

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1 Year Ago.

Pant Pant

"Haaaah...Haaah..Haaah the f*ckin' headache still hurts so much!" Liam said after enduring the headache earlier.

He was sitting on the edge of his bed. He is clutching the blanket. And his body is covered with thick sweat.

"The system is currently preparing a skill to give to the host." A slightly robotic female voice spoke inside Liam's mind.

"You better give me something good, System! The expensive pills that I had bought last year had decreased so much today. Please give me a money maker skill or something." He tried to request something to the system while he is still massaging both of his temple with his fingers.

"The system had given you the Firmness skill." The voice spoke again in his mind.

"The Firmness skill will be activated if the HP is below fourty. The damage taken by the user will be reduced by 40% and the health recovery will be activated automatically. Can last for 20 minutes."

Liam was steady so that he can listen carefully to the voice but then his face became blank.

"What... the f*ck is this. Is this skill bad or good? Huwaah! Health recovery? Can I become healthy with it. What even is the H and P... or is it HP? Games? Ah forget it! Let's just try it."

Liam stood up straight then his opened his mouth.

"Firmness." Liam said then look at his body and his surroundings but nothing is happening.

"Firmness activate...? Ah f*ck. I just remembered that it has conditions. Huwaaaah." Liam then sat on his bed and let out a heavy sigh with a displeased expression in his face.

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Present time

"Ian said that I had a bruise on my cheek when I was knocked out by him but there's no trace of a single bruise after I woke up," Liam said to himself after recalling something about his skills one year ago.

Gulp

Liam drank the glass of water on top of the small table at the side of the bed.

"So I think I got this regeneration skill even before last year. Hm. Two years ago I got the Crystal Vision. I didn't really used it a lot for my daily life," Liam then began recalling something again two years ago.

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2 Years Ago

Pant Pant

"Haaaah... haaah... haaah. F*ck! Even with the pills it still hurts like hell! But I guess... it's better than the previous years' torturing pain." Liam said while he is lying down on his bed that is turning wet because of his sweat.

"The system is currently preparing a skill to give to the host." A robotic female voice spoke inside his mind.

"Yes yes. Give me another skill. I really want a good skill!" Liam shouted even with his tired body.

"The system had given you the Crystal Vision skill." The voice spoke inside his mind again.

"The Crystal Vision skill will let the sight of the user be greatly improved. Can last for 5 minutes."

"Oh what a nice description... I want to complain... but let me sleep first. Hmm. I'm so tired." Liam said that as he began to fall asleep and so he then closed his eyes.

In the Afternoon

"F*ck! I'm late! Why didn't Ian came. Argh! It's because of the shitty headache. I can't even use my skill right now." Liam is walking fast in the hallway of their school.

CREAK

"You're so late Mr. Keene! Get to your seat and start answering the quiz!" Liam's teacher said to him angrily.

"Y-yes sir. I'm sorry." Liam apologized then he sat on his own chair.

'F*ck! I didn't review my notes last night! Shit! I can only cheat right now.'

Liam thinking of something bad but it got cutted when his plan wouldn't work.

'Aah! The seat arrangements is widely distanced. How can I... Wait. My skill. It said that it can greatly improved one's eyesight right? hehehe.'

Liam looked at his teacher in the front and his surroundings then he slightly opened his mouth.

"Crystal Vision." Liam said in a low voice.

"Crystal Vision Activated."

Liam then looked at his surroundings once again but it's more different now because he can see everything in clear and detailed view.

By just moving his eyes, he can see the forming thin and old cobwebs that is covered with soots in every corner of the classroom. He can see the dust on the floor that can't be seen by a normal people if he didn't look to closely. He can even see anything in a slow motion if he focuses in it. And he can now see the ink that is sticking in the answer sheet of his smart classmate. He was so satisfied because he can now answer the quiz.

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Present Time

"But I did used it once... I mean twice. Hmm... thrice... I used it many times already when there is a quiz that I didn't studied. And there is no regeneration incident that happened back then so I definitely didn't received it two years ago." Liam said after recalling his memories two years ago.

Liam looked at the bandages on his feet for a moment then he decided take it off.

"And... Three years ago, I got the skill Accurate Throw. I used both the Athlete and the Accurate Throw skill to play a basketball with random guys but unfortunately, it turned into a fight." Liam facepalmed and said to himself as he recalled his memories two years ago.

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Three years ago

"AAAAAAAARGH!!! What! The! F*CK! Is this HEADACHE!!! Again!!! AAAAAAAAAAAH!!!"

A while later

Liam's whole body was soaked under the water of the bathtub. His eyes was tightly closed and he is clutching his hair with both of his hands.

"The system is currently preparing a skill to give to the host."

After the headache was gone, he heard a robotic female voice spoke from inside his mind then he moved his torso up.

"Bleurgh! Haaaaah... Haaah... Haaah" He throwed up and was breathing heavily.

"The system had given you the Accurate Throw skill."

"The Accurate Throw skill lets the user throw something more accurately. Can last for 5 minutes." The robotic female voice spoke again inside his mind.

"It... It happened again... And also in my birthday." Liam was bewildered. The strange occurence last year had happened to him once again, how can he not be very puzzled.

An hour later.

Liam can't sleep and It took an hour before he even calm down from the strange event that had happened to him earlier.

"Does this mean that... I can use this Accurate Throw as a skill... like the Athlete skill I got last year? It must be." Liam said to himself as he recalled what thing he had done with the athlete skill he had got last year.

'I must try this later.'

Liam thought that he will have to try it later after school but first, he need to sleep.

4:20 PM, After School

Liam didn't went to his house after school but he went straight to the plaza instead. He was sitting on a bench just underneath a tree. With his torso slightly moved forward and his fist supporting his chin, he was wondering.

"Hm? Accurate Throw. If I throw something would I be accurate. Obviously." Liam said his thoughts.

He then looked around at his surroundings. At the opposite side of him, over a 15 feet distance, there is a water bottle standing on top of a bench.

'I guess I can try this skill right now.'

Liam then picked up a pebble just besides the tree.

"I can use the Athletic skill 4 times in half an hour. I wonder how many times I can use this Accurate Throw skill." Liam said then he once again looked at the water bottle.

"Accurate Throw." He put his hand up after saying the skill then immediately threw the pebble in the water bottle.

PUK

The pebble hit the bottle. Accurately. It was hit in the middle of the bottle just like what Liam was aiming to hit.

"H-Holy! It really is accurate! HAHA" Liam shouted very loud as he thought that his skill really is ACCURATE. He waslaughing because he really can't believe that his skill is truly good.

The people was frightened while looking at him like he is a crazy guy and even the two kids standing and talking near him walked far away from him.

'Why do these people look at me like that? What a crazy bunch of people.'

After a while of looking around, Liam can't find a good target anymore in the plaza so he just decided to go home.

While he was walking in a random street just five roads next to the street where he lives, he was searching a game or a sport that requires throwing with accuracy in the internet. He was busy looking at his phone and then a ball suddenly bumped on his feet. He froze for a moment and then he turned his head towards the direction where the ball came from.

The thing he first saw is a basketball hoop. It is definitely a streetball they are playing because it's only a half-court and the players are only 6 people.

'Now this, is an example of a game of throwing with accuracy. hehe'

Liam picked up the ball then he glance at the players who's making hand signals which tells to pass them the ball that he's currently holding but he just ignored the guys and prepared to shoot instead.

He gazed at the basketball ring and imagined that he's going to shoot the ball there perfectly and accurately.

"Accurate Throw. " As Liam said the skill name he grabbed the ball with his dominant hand and turned his body towards the ring and took a shooting stance.

The guys who were watching him took a stance suddenly laugh and the others were puzzled

Who in the world would shoot a ball from that distance and with that confidence.

The distance beetween him and the ring is exceeds over fifty feet that surpassed the half-court of an NBA court.

There is only a few professional basketball players who managed to shoot and pointed from a half-court distance and that shot is almost fully made lady luck herself. They don't even have a confidence to shoot the ball from afar if there are more time remaining in a round.

Every player knows that a half court shot are widely considered to be the lowest percentage shot in basketball and yet this guy took a shooting stance and made a face that says he is confident of getting shot.

The people in the court thought that the guy who's preparing to shoot is definitely crazy so they just laugh it off.

Liam didn't know that he was being made fun of by the guys but even if he knew it he wouldn't care because he will definitely prove them that he can shoot the ball without flaws.

Liam moved his hands upwards and lowered his body and then a moment later he then threw the ball towards the ring. He didn't even need to jump to shoot the ball from a long distance.

The guys' gaze followed the ball as it flew into the air. They were doubting inside. Why do they feel like the ball will not miss it's shot.

WHOOOSH

It's not the sound of air rippling but it's the sound of a ball passing through the ring without making contact anything in it. It was indeed accurate.

The ball went in.