?[Video Log #003440 ying]


    The video started off by showing a bit of static and instability which made Mako a bit sick in the stomach considering he woke up minutes ago from who knows how long. The video gradually stabilized and the colors became more vibrant and sharp.


    The background looked to be some sort of Lab, and two people were working on some sort of spherical device. The camera then suddenly moved up, indicating that someone had manually picked up the camera, the angle changed and now a person was in front of the camera recording himself.


    "This is video log number 3440, shop function update. This video log is to update the World Leader on the revolutionary advancement we have made while creating the shop function inside the Universal Power System." The man spoke tiredly as if he hadn''t slept in days.


    It was a bit hard for Mako to recognize this person, but after looking closely, he realized that this person was his great-grandfather; Lionel Grey, only in this footage he is a lot younger.


    He had the same dark green hair that Mako had, but this time his face was void of wrinkles and dirt unlike when Mako first saw him. He looked rather handsome with a strong and sharp jawline and beautiful blue eyes. Mako had green eyes unlike his great-grandfather, but he had to admit that the blueplemented the green very well.


    The video continued with Lionel walking over to the two scientists who were working on the spherical device from before.


    "Miss Katz, would you care to update us on the storage issue we encountered?" Lionel asked as he moved the camera to disy women who moved away from the device and looked towards the camera.


    She had grey ashy hair that was very long and unkempt but that didn''t hinder her beauty at all. She had a small frame and a sharp look as well while wearing the sameb coat as Lionel with an ID badge that said "Natasha Katz" on it.


    "The item transportation issue had urred because the system wasn''t able topute the items into manageable data packets which led to it overloading. Fortunately, we have found a solution, that is these Kessho Crystals." Natasha said in a very strange ent which indicated that English wasn''t her mother tongue.


    The camera zoomed in on a few pieces of super dark and slightly glowing crystals that wereid out on a petri dish.


    "At first we tried to justpute the items into data that could then be essed by the user, but that method took up a lot of storage, something that is very limited to us. These crystals; however, are the perfect solution. They possess unique 4-dimensional properties that allow them to store any item within their molecr structure in the form of energy." Natasha exined while picking up two wires that were also ced on the shelf.


    "By passing an electric current over them in a controlled and calcted manner, we can in a way program the crystal and tell it when to absorb or release something." She said as she ced the two wires on the crystal and flipped a switch.


    A purple sh of light was emitted from the stone, and two ck-colored boots came out of the crystal the same way Mako''s de woulde out when he summoned them from his inventory with the only difference being that when Mako would summon something, it would only emit a faint blueish light.


    "We are still working on some of the anomalies regarding this stone, such as it sometimes disintegrates the item rather than absorbing it and we haven''t been able to figure out why. Another problem is its scarcity. We were only able to extract 0.6 ounces from the meteorite we were given from the void."


    "We have a theory that if we crush these crystals into a small powder, each individual particle will still retain its ability to absorb and expel matter. There has been no significant change to the crystal when we broke them into smaller pieces as every individual piece can still absorb and expel the same amount of matter as the bigger chunk."


    Natasha finished her report and the camera turned back to face Lionel.


    "We are currently trying to explore and understand theplete capabilities that these Kessho crystals possess, and once sessful, we will integrate them into the shop and inventory function of the system. If we are sessful in doing so, the storage capacity for the inventory can be increased by 50,000% and the shop function will have enough space inside it to fit a Wormhole crystal."


    "By attaching a Wormhole crystal we can virtually have anything disyed in the shop at any time as we can rece the items that are stored in the crystals with other items that the Wormhole crystal can ess."


    Lionel ced the camera back down on the table as he said," This is the update so far, We will try to integrate the special requests that the World Leader has requested such as the leveling system that he was pretty obsessed with once we are done with the base model. End video log 3440."


    [Video Log #003440 Ended]


    The expression on Mako''s face waspletely priceless as he was so confused with what he had just seen. Mako had a little bit of pride in himself since he was smart and got good grades, but when he saw the level of aplishments and intellect his great-grandfather had, he was beyond embarrassed and ashamed of himself.


    Kessho crystals, Wormhole crystals, coding matter... This was something Mako haven''t even heard of before so he knew he would have to do a lot of digging in order to understand what these things did and how his great-grandfather used them to create the system.


    Mako could always rewatch the video logs he had unlocked as he only had tomand the system to y the video log and say the number of the log. He had done this multiple times to rewatch the first video log he unlocked when he obtained the system. He had made it one of his life goals that he would find out more about the ck Wings who were responsible for the attack on his great-grandfather''s facility.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    He knew that he couldn''t just open the inte and search for these things since they were most probably ssified and he could be put on a cklist or worse if he searched these terms. He would have to achieve a respectable position of power before he could make any progress in learning the truth.


    Mako decided to put this at the back of his mind for now and figure out his current predicament. He had just woken up a couple of minutes ago in an unfamiliar room and thest thing he remembered was that he had defeated Rhino for the second time.


    As tempting as it was for Mako to just open up his system and start utilizing his Attribute points and checking out the shop in detail, he knew he first had to make sure that he was in a safe position to do so. He got out of bed and quickly made way for the door on the left-hand side of the room.


    As soon as he opened the door he came face to face with a familiar face.


    "Bill? What''s going on? Why are you here?" Mako asked in confusion.


    Bill was also caught by surprise, but he quicklyposed himself and hugged Mako while saying," "Thank God, You''re finally awake!"


    The hugsted a couple of seconds before Bill let go and entered the room. After he closed the door behind him, he started exining everything to Mako.


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    After Mako knocked out Rhino, he himself became unconscious. Bill rushed over to support him but he wasn''t responding at all. Bill was now scared as they were vulnerable in enemy territory and he didn''t know what they would do with them. The only way out for them was to win the tournament otherwise Leon would have ratted them out so Bill didn''t know what to do.


    While Bill was trying to wake Mako up, the butler approached him from behind and ced a hand on his shoulder.


    "Sir, it would seem that your friend has copsed from over-exerting himself. Pleasee with me, he may need medical attention." The butler said with the utmost respect.


    Out of all the things that could happen that night, Bill had not seen thising. He was genuinely worried for his friend so he didn''t argue and went with the butler. They made it to one of the spare rooms on the higher floors of the warehouse and Mako was ced on the bed.


    A doctor was called and he did aplete examination of Mako''s body. Other than the injuries from the fight, Mako waspletely fine and the doctor concluded that he would wake up once he had rested for a while.


    While the doctor was checking up on Mako, Leon made his way to the room and kicked open the door.


    "Benson! What is the meaning of this? I..." Leon shouted, but before he couldplete his sentence, the butler moved quickly across the room and ced his hands on Leon''s mouth.


    Using his other hand, he dragged Leon out of the room while giving a gentle smile towards Bill.


    "Please forgive Young Master''s rude intrusion. While your friend is recovering you are free to stay in the next room. I wille to collect you both once he has woken up." The butler said as he dragged Leon out of the room and closed the door.


    The doctor soon finished his check-up as well and fed Mako a healing pill before leaving. Bill had no clue about what to do next. Why was the enemy helping them?


    Bill tried to explore other areas but all corridors were blocked by guards leaving only the two rooms and a bathroom to which they were given ess too. He then decided to just stay in Mako''s room until he woke up and only left to use the bathroom.


    A full day had passed and Bill was getting quite worried. He got up to use the bathroom and when he returned he came face to face with Mako at the front door.


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    Bill just finished exining everything to Mako and before any of them could even exchange another word, they heard a knock on the door.


    *Knock!* *Knock!*