Chapter 6: No Progress
Karna observed the mana flow within Rocky's body and although he did not let any emotion appear on his face, he was secretly impressed by Rocky's post awakening mana flow.
It was unregulated and flowing haphazardly through his body, however, the flow seemed smooth and his body seemed naturally attuned to circulating mana which was rare in new awakeners.
"So, guildmaster, did you find any clues regarding my sister?" Rocky asked, as he looked towards Karna with hopeful eyes, however, Karna only grit his teeth and remained silent.
" To be honest Rocky, we have no credible leads.
Our top investigator Bo suspects that it's the work of Olympus agents, but we're not sure.
I've been personally looking for any clues that could help us find her for the past 20 hours, but it's a complete ghost job.
We have no hot trails.
We have no information about her condition.
We have no information on what the enemy wants from her.
The guild information agents have been notified within the tower and are actively trying to dig up information regarding this hit, however, it will take time….." Karna said begrudgingly as Rocky felt his hope being crushed.
" I will not leave any leaf unturned in my commitment to find her and even if we have to enter into a war with another tower faction over her. I will not hesitate.
We here at the True Elites have a motto we live by
'One for all and all for one'
Since Riva is one of us, we will never let her be harmed" Karna said as he expressed his genuine desire to locate and save Riva at any cost necessary.
" I understand guildmaster….. thank you for all your efforts" Rocky said with a deflated voice as he understood just how much Karna was doing for Riva, however, he was sad that it bore no tangible results.
" In your sister's absence, I feel responsible towards your upbringing and I'm putting Amelia in-charge of you.
If I understand correctly, you still have to finish your normal high school which lasts till this March and only then shall you be allowed to enter the tower as per the association laws.
Am I right?" Karna asked as Rocky nodded in response.
Although he had been selected as a Climber, according to association laws, nobody was granted a climbers permit without having at least a high school degree and hence it was mandatory for Rocky to finish school which ended in March.
" It's just three months, finish school and get your license, depending on what field you're talented in, the guild will then help you select an appropriate university within the tower.
Although we can't replace your sister, think of this guild as your extended family while she's not around.
We will be here for you" Karna said as Rocky felt moved by his words.
How could a man of his stature, who was so strong, also be so calm, reasonable and compassionate?
Rocky did not understand why teen girls fawned all over Karna in his school before, however, he understood why they did now.
Karna was just so charismatic that anyone would have a crush on him and today Rocky became a fanboy as well.
"Thank you guildmaster, I really appreciate your support.
If I can in any way help out with the investigation or anything else in general, please let me know" Rocky said as Karna nodded his head in approval.
Karna was glad that Rocky did not make unreasonable demands such as being put on the investigation team himself or throw a tantrum at the lack of progress.
He fully expected a guy his age to behave immaturely, but Rocky handled it really well.
As Rocky left the guildmaster cabin, he saw Joe loitering right outside, as once he saw Rocky he signaled him to come closer.
" What did the guildmaster say? Was there any progress in the investigation?" Joe asked in a hushed voice as he put his arm around Rocky's shoulder, however, Rocky felt really awkward as to why Joe was asking him this question when he was a part of the investigation unit himself.
"Nothing much" Rocky replied as at that moment Amelia walked into the hall prompting Joe to release him.
" Take care boy. If you need anything, always know that Uncle Joe is here for you-" he said loudly as he patted twice on Rocky's back before nodding towards Amelia and walking away.
Amelia squinted her eyes monitoring the exchange but said nothing.
" Miss Amelia, guildmaster told me that you will be taking care of me, I have no clue what that's supposed to mean" Rocky said when he saw Amelia as the secretory let out a deep sigh.
" Rocky, don't ever tell anyone what the guildmaster tells you okay? Especially nothing about the case of your sister.
Just consider this topic to be sensitive and not to be discussed in public.
Also yes, I've been given additional duty of being your caretaker and I must warn you I'm a very disciplined aunt.
You will be temporarily living with me until your school ends and I will not let you slack off.
Whether it's studies, nutrition, sleep or fitness, I will expect you to perform adequately, you understand?" Amelia said as she sternly looked towards Rocky.
" I understand…." Rocky replied as although he had a thousand different questions, he did not voice them at the moment since he did not wish to be an annoyance.
Chapter 7: First Daily Mission
Rocky was moved to a new apartment within the Upside and was temporarily supposed to live in the guest room of Amelia's house.
Since most of his stuff was burnt when his old apartment exploded, Amelia arranged a temporary closet of clothes and some other essentials for him as well as a chauffeur and an armed convoy of three bulletproof cars to take him to and from school.
She also made a list of house rules that Rocky was supposed to follow and strict appointments where she would check in on his daily progress, as Amelia turned this supervising a kid job into a proper corporate role.
It was impressive that she managed to do so much while still managing the guild as Rocky began to realize why she was respected so highly within the True Elites guild even though she was not a climber.
Another big event that took place was the official press release regarding Riva's kidnapping as although the guild tried to suppress the news, the abduction of the rising star was not something that they could conceal for too long.
Guildmaster Karna personally gave the press and the world a briefing of the incident and it was instantly a global hit piece as social media and news forums began buzzing non-stop.
The True Elites guild issued a bounty of 10 Million dollars to anyone who could provide any credible lead about Riva's kidnapping and a whopping 100 million reward if they could rescue her.
Calls from friends and acquaintances who knew that Rocky was Riva's brother poured in on Rocky's cell, but he did not pick up any.
Rocky did not wish to aimlessly gossip about his missing sister and he already knew that he was in for a rough day at school when he went tomorrow anyways, which was why he did not feel it necessary to pick any calls.
[ Strongest System Daily Mission Generated! ]
Suddenly a mechanical voice in his head startled Rocky as he saw the system screen pop up in front of him.
[ 90 Day Hard Challenge-
Current completion status 0/90.
( Physical Component )
•Run Five Miles Daily (0/5 ran today)
•Perform 10 sets of 25 basic push ups (0/10)
•Perform 10 sets of 25 archer push ups (0/10)
•Perform 10 sets of 25 Decline push ups (0/10)
•Perform 10 sets of 20 Bodyweight squats(0/10)
•Perform 10 sets of 15 pull-ups (0/10)
•Perform 10 sets of 20 lunges per leg (0/10)
•Perform 10 sets of 15 inverted rows with flat rod weighing not more than 10kg(0/10)
•Perform 10 sets of 30-second planks (0/10)
•Perform 10 sets of 25 Russian twists (0/10)
•Perform 10 sets of 20 calf raises (0/10)
( Mental Component )
•Read at least 50 pages of 'The History Of The Tower' by DyZasta (0/50)
•Read at least 50 pages of 'The life of a climber university student' by Amine_Elm (0/50)
( Social Component )
•Vlog your entire day and upload to MeTube with suitable edits (0/1)
•Reply to at least 5 comments everyday (0/5)
—> Daily Completion Reward :- One refreshment potion ]
Rocky read the system notification and felt his heart jump out to his mouth.
The system had gone absolutely insane and wanted for him to train like a professional athlete, read like a nerd and vlog like a MeTuber all at the same time.
"What the fuck? What happens if I don't complete all the missions everyday?" Rocky asked himself as immediately another system prompt removed hesitation that Rocky had towards not completing this challenge.
[ Failure Penalty:-
•First Failure - Your pants will drop at a random time in public, embarrassing you in front of all.
•Second Failure - Personal nudes will be sent to women you don't like, including Amelia, with a high probability of entering legal trouble and facing sexual harassment charges.
•Third Failure - Exposed to the world as a drug addict, pedophile, reputation shall be tarnished forever ]
Rocky looked at the failure penalty once, immediately looking at the clock next before putting on his shoes, activating his phone's selfie camera and going out for a jog.
He had absolutely no idea why God Shakuni had designed such a destructive system, or whether he had designed it or not, however, just glancing at the failure penalty once he knew that he was never going to fail it no matter what.
Even if his legs broke and he could not physically move them. He would still complete the challenge as the failure penalties were just that horrifying.
"Hey guy's, this is day one of my 90 day hard challenge to become a better version of myself and I'm starting off with a 5 mile run.
I'm not a professional runner and like any normal person I've never tried running 5 miles before, so let's hope I can do it…. Or at least half of it in one go" Rocky said as although he had never done vlogging before, he had consumed so much content on social media that the script came naturally to him.
It was already 11 am when he started with the challenge and Rocky had a feeling that today was going to be a very long day as he explored just how long it took for him to complete all the tasks on the list.
Gifts
-- Gift
received Weekly Power Status
200+ Power
Ranking 
21 Power
stone 
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