8 Equipmen (2/2)

”Not really, It's not perfect. I would make minor adjustments like being tighter and loser in certain areas but it's still great and I'll take it.”

The employee smiled, ”I can change the dimension of the clothes for you if you want.”

”You can do that!?”

”Sure.” He said and took another outfit to a table. Once it was on the table a blue light scanned under and above it. Then a hologram appeared it had all the dimension of the outfit. The employee asked Kai what adjustments he wanted and so Kai told him. Then a white light flashed over the items and the adjustments were made. So Kai took off this outfit and put on the adjusted one. Again he walked around and ran in it and it was perfect, just how he wanted it. He was about to take it off when the employee told him to keep it on as he was about to test kickstarters. This outfit alone costed 10K guros. Seeing these ridiculous prices Kai wondered how someone from a less fortunate background would make anything of themselves if everything was so expensive. He wasn't even buying the top quality clothes. Kai's clothes were all Good quality. This made him wonder how much money his mother and father had to pay for Excellent and Epic grade pills. However, that was thoughts for another day as he had finally reached the kickstarters. Looking at the aisle Kai saw a whole range of kickstarters. There were Tasers, electrical rods anything that could shock you. But the one that stood out looked like a rectangular block. It was about 3-5cm thick. The way it worked was you held it in your one arm and then you squeezed it. Then the two sides would go inside the block causing an electrical charge. There were different sizes for different hands.

Seeing Kai's interest the employee took it off the shelf, ”This one is good but it's not the latest technology. The latest lightning kickstarter requires you to go into surgery. In surgery, they will implant a lightning generator rod into your spine. It's very small so it won't cause any mobility issues. Well, at least not for the first three weeks. After that, you will be good as new. How it works is that you don't need to manually kickstart your powers every time you need to use them. You can use a voice command or even a thought command and the lightning rod will trigger allowing you to use your powers. This will give you an edge over many surpa.s.sers who don't use it. Now I have to admit it's quite expensive but the reviews are good so it's worth it. Surgery will cost about 300K then a good lightning generator rod will cost 250K. So a total of 550K but what's money when it's for your future right.”

At first, Kai thought it sounded doable but he couldn't be lame for three weeks as he needed to train. Not to mention the price was far above what he could afford. So he would have to make do with the kickstarter he had picked from the beginning.

Seeing that Kai didn't take to the sales pitch he decided to give up. Then he took Kai to a separate room. This was a testing room where weapons and kickstarters etc were tested. There was a red line that separated the two segments of the room. On one side the person testing does his tests. On the other side, the employee is safe from any harm. Once Kai was on the testing side he took the poor kickstarter he asked for and held it in his hands. Then he squeezed the two sides.

Ba!

The kickstarter sounded out as an electrical charge entered into Kai. However, despite being faint and weak the charge itself felt iffy. So he looked towards the employee, ”Do you guys have the same type of kickstarter, same quality but just a different model.”

”We do.” The guy said and walked to the wall of the testing room. He placed his keycard against the wall and then the wall became an interface. After scanning his retina, he typed into the search bar, ”Poor kickstarters, Lightning” Then he pressed enter. Once he did a layer of the wall split in the middle going left and right. Inside were all the different models of kickstarters.

The employee then handed Kai another model and put the other back. Then Kai pressed on the new kickstarter and felt the charge enter his body, this charge felt really fast. It cycled through his body quickly. But this was not the feeling he was looking for so he went to the next one. This one was a stronger charge. However, it travelled to slow for Kai's liking. He kept testing charges until he found the perfect one. It was strong and fast. Well as strong and fast a charge as a Poor kickstarter could provide.

Once Kai new what he wanted he asked for the employee for the exact same model just higher quality.

The employee shook his head, ”You seem like a nice guy so just a word of advice. That kickstarter was made from a company that was just created. It's from World S Tech. I'm sure you have never heard of their company before... No one has so it's unreliable. Rather go with the one you tested before. Bryan Tech created that device. It is by far the most popular and reliable.”

Kai remembered that charge. It felt very mediocre. Seeing how this guy was saying their brand was popular was probably the reason it never stuck out to Kai. Stagnation usually happens when you get to the top. Where, on the other hand, this no-name company had the best one by far. Their drive and zeal was evident in their workmans.h.i.+p maybe that is what attracted Kai to it.

Still convinced he made the right decision, ”No thanks. I'm sure this is the one I want.”

”Okay… If you say so.” He said then typed in the search bar, ”All quality, World S Tech, kickstaters, Lightning.” And the wall closed again. Then the sound of s.h.i.+fting was heard in the walls and after a minute the wall opened again and all the kickstaters were lined up in a row. The employee took the common kickstarter off the wall and said, ”this one costs 2000 guros it's much cheaper than the others because they are unknown.” Then he handed it to Kai.

Now holding the kickstarter in his hands he gripped the sides.

Ba!Ba!

The electricity coursed through his body. It felt exactly the same as last time just stronger. Having the electricity flow through his body was invigorating. Kai could feel the surge of power streaming through his body. He felt his strength increase drastically and his senses sharpen. He could smell the chemicals in his clothes, taste the meat in his mouth that he ate well over an hour ago. It was faint but if he concentrated, he could hear the lights in the room buzz. Kai could also feel a faint wind on his face. However, the most shocking was that he could swear the world slowed down. It was a very minute change in speed but it was there.

Kai repeated this over and over until he was used to the Common kickstarter then he moved on to the Rare and then the Good and lastly the Excellent. The Excellent costed 20K.

After Kai was happy he moved on to the spear. Kai had trained with this weapon extensively at Drauton and luckily for him, it was one of the weapons he was best at. After requesting the spear a whole row of different types were stacked on the wall. Some were designs he had never seen before. Some looked like a leaves others had extra hooks and blades, as well as others, looked more like a harpoon than a spear. But Kai just wanted the standard spear as that was the one he was most familiar with. At Drauton they trained with wooden weapons and only sometimes did they train with metallic ones. After finding the correct type of spear Kai asked to have all the different types of normal spears appear. Once he did the wall closed again and when it reopened the rack was stacked with what he requested.

Kai took the first spear off the wall and held it in his hands. Then he stood in a fighting stance. He was currently practising the Improved Drauton Arts. Kai was no spear genius but he did realise the spear arts they taught at Drauton had a lot of unnecessary movements. So whenever Kai practised the spear at home he would try and cut out those redundancies and improve the movement. He did this with many other weapons so his mastery of one wasn't too high.

Kai jostled the spear around here and there but the weight distribution felt off so he decided against it. Then he went to the next one but Kai didn't like this one either. Weapons designed for Beginners and Amateurs had embedded kickstarters in them too. And the electricity that was flowing out this one was not to his liking. Kai continued to sift through the riff-raff until he stumbled upon a familiar brand. This was none other than World S Tech. Holding the spear in his hands, 'Do not disappoint me.'

Kai stood in fighting stance and executed the 1-4th moves of the Improved Drauton Arts. While running through them the weight distribution of the spear felt perfect. The workmans.h.i.+p was flawless as it pierced and stabbed the air. Kai executed all his moves with a smile on his face. Happy with the way the spear felt Kai only had to test the embedded kickstarters capabilities. Pressing the b.u.t.ton electricity flowed into Kai and it was a familiar feeling. It was the same electricity that his kickstarter produced. Seeing that it was perfect Kai asked if he could get the same model in Excellent...

Kai held the Excellent model in his hand and it felt far better than the one before. From the grip to the weight distribution, everything felt perfect. Satisfied he added it to the shopping cart. It costed 70K. Then he shrunk the spear to 10cm and placed in the front holster of his tactical vest.

There were two more items Kai wanted and he was holding one in his hands already. This was a bow and arrow. Kai loved archery and was particularly skilled at it even if compared to the students of Keshos and Strera. Kai already had a medium ranged weapon now he wanted a long-range weapon too. After falling in love with their equipment Kai didn't waste any time and requested the World S Tech bow and arrows. Kai searched for a bow that had a high tension string because he was strong enough to pull it back. The bow was only high tension in terms of Beginners. The tension in bows made for Amateurs and up would make this string look like dough.

Then he tested the embedded kickstarter and like always he was more than happy. After deciding, Kai added it to the shopping cart. The bow was Good quality and costed 40K. The arrows costed 500 guros each. They were Good quality too. Kai bought 20 of them for 10K.

Lastly, Kai asked for the Word S Tech daggers. This was his best close range weapon. This weapon wasn't particularly suited for lightning wielders but it didn't hinder them either. After checking the charge of the kickstarter and how it felt in his hands Kai bought it for 20K. It was Good quality too.

Finally, Kai was done, ”That will be it for today. Thank you for your help.” When Kai said thank you he earnestly meant it. Kai had been testing weapons for over 3 hours and a half hours. Yet not once did the employee show any anger or impatience instead had the how can I help you att.i.tude. This pleased Kai greatly.

At the checkout, the employee asked, ”Debit or credit card.”

”Credit card,” Kai replied and handed him a black card.

”Do you have a code that you want to use for a discount?”

Kai nodded his head, ”SebastienAdler8745”

The employee ran the code through the system, ”Wow you know a high valued engineer at GQ Tech in s.h.i.+yca. Unfortunately, he no longer works here but you are in luck. His code will work for the last time.” Once the code was accepted it showed a 25% decrease in price. Normally it was only 10% percent or 15% but because Kai's brother was special his codes had a higher discount percentage.

Kai looked at the total price before the discount and saw all the items costed 195K guros. However, after the discount of 25%, it only costed 146250 saving him 48750 guros. That was a stellar amount of money he had saved. He thanked his brother in his mind but was sad that he could no longer use his code.

In the end, Kai added 2k more to the price and gave it to the employee as a tip. The employee thanked him earnestly as he was going to make a killer commission on the sale he just made plus he got a tip.

Kai carried all his items on him and then navigated himself to his car. Then he reached for his back and grabbed the bow. The bow read his fingerprints and then ejected itself from the tactical vest. Kai then put the bow in the boot of his car.

Driving home Kai couldn't contain his excitement. He had been training and preparing for this for his whole life. The moment he awakens and he gets to use his powers. It was finally that time!

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