Bab 19: Learning Skills, Shrouded
"It is good, but it is not needed for the time being. After all, even if we want to train that person or group of people in that particular area, it doesn't have to happen now. After all, we are still going to actively participate in the hotel industry for a while." Jack responded helplessly.
In response, Henry simply shrugged, as he did not have anything to say. In any case, it was not as if the system was going to accept a return of something that had already been purchased from the system store.
So, they could only learn the skill that had already been purchased, while setting it aside for the time being, and using the skills that would be considered as important for the first stage of their path to monopolizing the hotel industry.
"Anyway, the hotel industry does not only concern the food that is offered within the hotel. Other services that the hotel can offer also matter. Something like accommodation is very important." Jack said.
"That's true. Within the system store, there are very many items that we can purchase. We can buy several things that can make sure that the level of our hotel in terms of accommodation matches our level in the kitchen." Henry chimed in.
Jack seemed to be in deep thought, before finally saying, "For us to be able to monopolize the hotel industry within the city, we will need much more. I think it will be better if we can establish a technology related company, so that several products can be linked with this company."
After he said those words, Jack thought of something and asked, "Is it possible for your system to be able to customize the appearance of things? Perhaps change something, to make sure that it doesn't violate the copyright of the products within this world?"
Henry was slightly surprised when he heard that. But nonetheless, he immediately confirmed with the system if this was possible, and was informed that it was possible. The only problem was the fact that the price was going to be higher for the customization.
Jack nodded. He had expected that. It was good enough that the system could circumvent the copyright, making it that whenever they established a company that was related to producing a certain line of technological products, there would be no problem with the copyrights.
"Okay. For the time being, we will start by purchasing the things that are available in the market through the system. This way, we don't have to go out of this city, in case whatever we want is not available within this city." Jack said.
With the two of them already coming up with a plan, it was time for them to start taking action. So, Henry took out the skills that he had purchased from his system from within the system inventory.
"It will be better if I can get the idle space. That way, we can store many things within the idle space, where nobody can reach them. Especially for those things that we can consider as extremely sensitive." Henry suddenly commented, immediately attracting Jack's attention.
"What is an idle space?" Jack asked while holding the chef skill scroll.
"Oh, and idle space is something like a space ring. I don't know if you know about those things that those people in the fantasy worlds used to store items?
Within the idle space, the time is at a stop, and the space is isolated, in such a way that anything that is kept within this space is not affected by the environmental factors and many other factors." Henry explained.
Jack was surprised. It seemed that if they got this idle space, then things would be easier for them. In fact, they could store many things there, including sensitive things like guns. That way, nobody would be able to tell that they were having guns, when they entered in a place, perhaps a gangster den.
They would be able to hide many things within that space, and it would be also convenient for them to be able to move around with bigger things. Well, it depended with the size of the idle space.
When Jack asked about the size of the idle space, Henry said that they could purchase a bigger space, but the price was obviously going to be higher.
"The original size of the idle space that can be acquired within the system store costs $1 billion. For every additional 1 cubic meter, it is going to cost $8 million. For the original size of the idle space, it is 125 cubic meters." Henry said.
Even though Jack had expected that the price of the idle space was going to be high, he had not expected that it was going to be this high. But still, as expected, considering that it was something that was beyond science, it was expected to be expensive.
As for the price of one cubic meter for $8 million, Jack felt that the price was still the same as buying another idle space after making some quick calculations. $1 billion if it was divided by 125 cubic meters, one would be able to get $8 million.
"Let us set aside that for the time being. Instead, we can focus on getting the money. After that, it should be quite simple for us to be able to afford the idle space." Jack said as he began activating the skill scroll that he was holding in his hand.
And with a flash of a golden light, the skill scroll disintegrated, before it suddenly lodged itself inside Jack's head. Jack had already experienced this before, and this time, he did not try dodging.
The moment that the disintegrated pieces of the skill scroll entered into Jack, information about the chef profession suddenly appeared inside Jack's mind.
The recipes of various kinds, some that even Jack had never heard of, appeared within his mind, and together with the integration of the muscle memory, Jack felt that he would be capable of cooking different kinds of food.
Henry on the other hand also did the same, using the professional sensory analyst skill scroll. With that, he also gained the professional sensory analyst skill.
With the two of them taking the two skills, only two skills remained. The professional talent judgment skill, and the professional teaching skill. With the account balance at the moment, it was impossible for Henry to be able to purchase another teaching skill.
After a moment of thought, Jack said, "I will check the professional teaching skill. Since I have already taken the professional chef skill, which is the most important skill for the time being, it is better for me to start teaching a small group of people, so that we can proceed faster."
Henry nodded. He had also been targeting the professional talent judgment skill. It was just that he had purchased only one of them, implying that only one of the two of them could learn the skill.
With the two of them coming to an agreement, they also used the two skill scrolls, gaining the particular skills that were contained within the skill scrolls.
"You will be in charge of looking for talent within the hotel industry. I on the other hand will be in charge of the kitchen, and you'll be in charge of the management of the hotel." Jack said, deciding according to the skills that they currently possessed.
But of course, it was impossible for them to start working now, at least for Jack. For him, he would have to wait until they acquired a hotel. As for Henry, he could start working immediately, trying to look for good talents in the particular field, the hotel industry.
As for Jack, he would only work after they gained the hotel. And of course, before getting the hotel, they would have to be involved in the race, where he was supposed to be betting the $2 million that he had borrowed from his father Newton.
Henry wanted to test out just how good the talent judgment skill was. And for that reason, he activated the skill, while looking at Jack.
The moment that the skill was activated, a small panel suddenly appeared in front of him. This panel was completely different from the panel that usually appeared with the prompts from the system.
The panel that appeared was as followers:
{Name: Jack Smith.
Age: 18
Talents: ???}
The panel that appeared in front of Henry was quite simple. It only possessed three things, the name, age, and the talents. But for Jack, for some reason, the talents section was not showing anything other than question marks.
Henry could not help but blink his eyes as he wondered if there was a problem with the skill. Or could it be that the skill could not show anything, unless Jack was doing something?
Just as he was wondering about this, a system prompt appeared in front of him, explaining to him what had really happened.
[For the person that you are trying to judge using the talent judgment skill, there is something that is shrouding him, preventing the skill from being able to access his information, other than the one that can be found easily, such as the name and the age.]
No that was unexpected. Could you repeat that Jack was shrouded by his system? That was a possibility. After all, the two of them possessed systems, but there was still a lot of mystery that surrounded the two systems.
Henry decided not to think much about it, and thought that he would just have to try using this skill on other people, in order to be able to tell how good the skill was.
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