8 Equipmen (1/2)

Once they arrived home Kai climbed out of the car and then looked to the left. It was his mother's car and they were driving in his father's car. He remembered when he drove in the driveway there was no car parked anywhere. As they entered their house through the entrance in the garage Kai asked his mother, ”Mom, where is my car? Is it still at Drauton S Tertiary or did you sell it?”

”Neither. It was just lying around gaining dust so we gave it to a friend to use until you came back.”

Kai emptied his lungs in relief, ”Do you know when I can get it back?”

She shook her head, ”No I don't. I'll send him a message and ask.” She touched her Genome watch and then she said,” Send a message to John Jafter.” Then she waited a bit, ”Hi John, my son just woke up from a coma and he wants to know when he can get his car back. Reply as soon as you get this.”

Once she was done she looked at Kai, ”He usually takes forever to reply. So if you need to go somewhere I'll take you or you can use my car.”

As she said that her Genome watch made a notification sound. She looked at her watch and then saw that is was from John Jafter, ”Hi Brianna, what are the odds? I'm actually just about to pick up my car from the repairs. So I'll be at your place in about an hour or so. Someone just needs to drive me back to the repair shop so I can drive my car home.”

Hearing the news Kai celebrated, he was happy he was getting his car back today. That's when his mom asked, ”So will you take him back to the repairs?”

Kai nodded his head, taking him was no problem, he was in no rush.

”So where are you going?” Brianna Adler enquired.

”I am going to GQ. Now that I am lightning wielder and a Beginner Rankles I need a Kickstarter. I also need a weapon. I have done weapon training but as you know I was training with a lot of weapons because I didn't know which element I'd awaken. But now that I know I can choose as some weapons are better suited for different elements.”

”Wow, you just came out of the hospital and you already thinking of training. Don't you want to relax just for one day at least?”

Kai laughed, ”I'd love to but my future won't rest with me. Plus I have a sparring session with Mr Montreal's daughter. What was her name again?” Then Kai searched in his contacts, ”Aah, Lexi Montreal, I have a sparring session with her. I checked her PI and academic history and she is really good. She awoke at 16 and has been practising to use her powers ever since. Me on the other hand, I just awoke so I need every bit of time I can get to have a chance to beat her. She wants me to be her partner but ultimately it comes down to the sparring. She said she has never lost yet which is probably why she is still searching. Anyway, I don't plan on losing not for anyone but for me. So I need every bit of time and practice I can get.”

”Okay, I see that makes sense. Then go train to your heart's content.” Then they left to go to their room.

Now that Kai had nothing to do he decided to go watch The Royals for the time he had left. He watched as much as I could until he heard his car's engine revving outside. That's when he immediately turned the tv off and rushed to the intercom where he opened the gate. Then John Jafter drove his car inside until the end of the driveway. Kai opened the front door then walked down the stairs and then went to greet him.

”Hi, I'm Kai Adler.” He said extending his hand.

John Jafter smiled at him and said, ”I'm John Jafter. A friend of your moms, speaking of which, is she here?”

Kai nodded his head, ”Yeah, she is in her room with my dad. Should I call her?”

”No, it's okay. I need to go and pick up my car anyways. I'm a.s.suming you are taking me?”

”Yes, I will,” Kai said as he opened his car door and sat in the driver seat. John Jafter followed shortly and sat in the pa.s.senger seat.

Kai reversed the car to the gate then he hooted. After a minute the gate opened and they drove away. Kai drove John Jafter to the repairs then he left. After that Kai went to Jijito's. He wanted to eat something before he went to GQ. He didn't know how long it would take and he didn't want to be hungry while choosing equipment. Once he got there he found a table and then he ordered a sirloin steak and salad. After eating his favourite meal he drove to GQ.

GQ was so big that it could be called a mall there were building everywhere that are all connected by an enclosed bridge. Kai guessed that it was the different departments. GQ sold almost everything, they sold, homeware, sportswear, gardening equipment, even car parts and medicine in their pharmacy. Because of this, they were very busy so even with the multiple floors of parking Kai searched forever. Once he was settled, he walked to the receptionist's office which he was led to by signs because he had no idea where to go. Once he got the reception he waited in line for 10 minutes. Luckily there were a lot of receptionists so the lines didn't take forever.

It was finally Kai's turn, ”Do you know where I can find the surpa.s.ser equipment specifically for a lightning wielder?”

She looked at Kai, ”What level are you?”

”Beginner Rankles.”

”Take the first elevator on your left then go to floor 52.”

Kai thanked her then he walked to the left. There were elevators everywhere all taking you to different places. There were elevators up ahead to the right and even behind him. Kai walked to the first elevator to the left then he punched in number 52. The door was just about to close when he heard someone shout, ”Keep it open please.” Responding quickly Kai pressed the b.u.t.ton to reopen the door. When he did a girl about the same age as him walked into the elevator. She looked at the number then she stood still on the other side of the elevator. Kai wanted to ask her if she knew what floor she was going to but he decided against it. As they went up Kai got a message from his mother, 'Kai you can use the credit card. You have a budget of 200000 guros. The hospital just refunded us all our money and paid us a settlement fee so we don't sue them. Spoil yourself.' Reading the message Kai exclaimed in excitement. He planned to use his savings of 10k to buy what he needed but now he had more than he could imagine.

When the doors opened he walked forward and so did she. There was enough s.p.a.ce for both of them so they both walked out the same time. That's when Kai looked around. As he looked he saw there were multiple isles full of stuff he had never seen before. Kai was confused as to where to start but that's when two employees came, a girl went to help the girl and a guy came to help Kai. Relieved that he had help, Kai asked, ”Do you know where I can find the kickstarters?”

The employee looked at Kai's clothing, ”Did you recently awake?”

Kai nodded his head.

”Okay, and are you planning on buying anything or just browsing.”

”I plan on buying.”

The employee smiled, ”Okay come with me.” Then he led Kai to a section that had clothes everywhere.

Seeing that these were clothes and not kickstarters Kai furrowed his eyebrows, ”This isn't kickstarters.”

The employee nodded his head, ”Yes, but you recently awoke so you won't be able to control your abilities to the extent where it doesn't damage your clothes. So I think you first need to buy surpa.s.ser clothes. Your clothes have a resistance too you know. As a Beginner, you want your resistance factor as low as possible so you can control as much electricity as you can muster. The clothes and shoes you are wearing were not designed for a lightning wielding surpa.s.ser. But these clothes were. We have a variety of styles so you don't have to change yours.”

After hearing the guy speak he agreed with him.

Noticing that Kai was complying the employee got down to business. He had been doing this job for over four years so he had an eye for certain things. The employee looked at Kai and guessed him to be 182-185cm. Kai was 183cm. Then he looked at Kai's body type. Kai had an athletic build. He was medium sized with a toned body. He was supple yet firm. Agile yet boasted strength. After checking Kai's body he moved to his facial features. He saw Kai had void black hair. His eyes were Kelly green with tinges of honey yellow. Kai had a v-triangle-shaped face with a strong and muscular jawline.

Once he saw Kai's features he knew exactly what would look good on him. So after putting on the clothes, Kai put five outfits into his shopping cart. Each outfit was different. He had the cla.s.sic white ripped jeans a black and white print hoodie and black with white lines high tops. Then he had the standard urban wear, Semi-formal, formal and another urban outfit. The quality of the items were Good. After checking the bill Kai saw this alone costed 25K guros. Because the clothes had a purpose other than to wear just to look good they were a lot more expensive. A pa.s.ser could buy the same outfit for 13860 guros. The difference between the quality of the clothes is the resistance factor of each item. Good items have a higher resistance to electricity than an Excellent item. There was also a durability and comfortability factor.

Once Kai got that ready the employee directed Kai to another set of clothes. However, this time they were specifically battle-clothes. Techwear is what people wore as battle-clothes. Kai looked around for outfits until he found one that caught his attention. It was an all-black outfit. It had a lightweight techwear wraith hoodie, with a customizable pursuit tactical vest above it. Currently, the tactical vest only had an attachment apparatus for a bow at the back and two holsters in the front for a spear when it was in a portable state and his kickstarter. Kai could clip a bow on his back and then release it via fingerprint when he reached for it. He would add more features when he got more accessories. He also wore revo cyber joggers with a thigh dagger holster on his right leg. It came with a tactical belt and that is where he could store his arrows. His shoes were lightweight, waterproof, fireproof and of course, had a low resistance to electricity; they were GQ's own presto mid utility shoes. The outfit came with a black cap with GQ written on in white and a grey and black tech guardian mask. Once he knew he wanted it, he put on the outfit. However, Kai didn't equip the cap and mask as the cap reduces visibility and he had no need for a mask. Kai walked around to see if he felt free in the attire. After walking and running around there were a few kinks he would fix but even with that, it felt great.

The employee saw that Kai was satisfied but not 100%, ”Is there something wrong?”