239 Truth and lies. A beauty cries. No more pies? A dingus dies (2/2)
He was trying to be pragmatic by managing his expectations.
'I'll probably be battling armies single-handedly.'
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He sighed. 'That'll make it too inconvenient to bring her along. It also means she'd be home alone, and in that situation—she couldn't be trusted. Everyone knows army wives sleep around...'
A short while later...when Ben returned to his dorm, he hurried to go to sleep, because he had a big day coming up. In the morning—he was going to Fariq's MMA gym!
As he dozed off, he didn't notice, that a certain NYU ID from under his bed was now gone.
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Ben woke up the next day refreshed, recharged, and reloaded…
He'd slept well, having dreamt of a potential sequel to the wonderful Robin Williams movie—What Dreams May Cum…
In other words, he dreamt of Katie's blowjob…
Even after having experienced it multiple times in waking, and dream states...he still found her skills amazing, to the point he even began to suspect that Katie had a blowjob system.
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However, he shook his head, not because he thought it was impossible, but because he didn't dare fuel the spinoff threat…
Ben stretched and yawned. 'She can get her own fans.'
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As he rose out of bed, he checked his system notifications, and frowned. Like the last time with Annabelle, he received zero new points. It was a bit of a problem. He found these occasions with his girls great, but he was also marching on his path to execution if he didn't make any system gains during hook-ups. 'I'll have to think of something…'
In any case, he needed to focus on today, because soon, he'd be jumping into a new endeavor--starting MMA.
Earning enough money now from his job at Hearth, Ben knew he'd be able to afford it, and thus, could move on to the next stage of his plan—using the manliness multiplier!
[Mid Level Stat Growth Multiplier(Consumable, Rare, Manliness) x1]
It was an item Ben had been saving for a while: a mid level multiplier that would give him 100x growth for one week. That is to say—almost two years of progress!
He first won this item as the reward for the Booty Burglar challenge when he in-fluenced Penelope to break up with her boyfriend. At that time, he struggled to come up with good activities to use it in, unsure what would raise manliness. Then, when Fariq suggested MMA, Ben realized it was a great option!
Learning how to fight, practicing a rough sport, getting injured and beating people up, becoming a human weapon...going to mortal combat tournaments on an island...ripping people's spines out by their heads...punch-exploding the Earth...all these seemed like manly things to Ben!
Thus, MMA became the natural choice!
At the moment, with his manliness at a 7, Ben hoped this multiplier and a week of training would help him raise it to an 8. Then, it would become only his second stat to reach that level!
A success with that, would be a serious step closer to passing his death challenge. So, with a plan in place, Ben glanced at Fariq's bed.
This roommate of his woke up earlier and left, as usual, but they'd be seeing each other at the gym later, and as Ben looked at his phone, he realized he needed to get going, because their agreed upon time to meet there was approaching.
Soon, it would be time to learn how to fight, above the belt...
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