Chapter 165: A change
After checking out everything the system had to offer, Gary couldn’t really say he was upset with his choice. For one, he had no way to find out what he would have gained, but the one thing he now did have was the skill called Controlled Transformation. In his mind, this was the biggest win out of them all.
Honestly, Gary wanted to test everything there and then, but he thought that maybe it wasn’t the best idea for him to do so in the bathroom. What if he was to suddenly go from just controlling the change in one part of his body to then controlling it fully.
There were also his regular worries that hadn’t gone away, such as the other Omega. If he could transform this drastically, did that mean Billy might have changed as well? Aside from that, there was also the fact that the message about the full moon hadn’t disappeared. Only time could tell how his new Class would affect that.
‘All of these new skills, and powers, I might actually be able to fight Billy on even ground… or even have the advantage.’ Gary thought.
When putting on his discarded clothes, Gary noticed that the shirt felt a little tight, and his sleeves came up a little short on his forearms. On top of that, his trousers had the same issues. Overall, it felt like the waist of his bedtime clothes stretched a little more.
“What the?” Gary thought, and he finally looked towards the mirror. He was in so much shock that he had dropped his trousers back on the floor, for he had to touch his face to see if something was going wrong.
‘It is me, but what happened to me!’ Gary thought.
His reflection was staring back at him, he could still recognise his spiked green hair with short sides, his normal eyes and nose… only everything looked a little ‘different’. His face had grown a little longer and his jawline had become slightly chiselled.
That’s when he caught on that not only had his appearance changed, but there were physical changes as well. He had grown a bit taller, his limbs were a bit longer, and overall his body was a little bigger. When lifting his shirt, Gary could see well-defined muscles, and it was the same for the rest of his body.
‘Is this all because of the Class change? I guess this is what it meant by changes will be applied… not only did it improve my base stats, it also gave me a body to match it. I have the body of a Warrior.’ Gary thought and at the same time immediately felt embarrassed thinking he had made that thought.
Then there was one last check he made, looking downward towards a certain area.
‘This is amazing! Only… how do I explain this?’
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[19 Days until the next full moon]
The notification was too far away for Gary to care at this point, and he had woken up even earlier than he usually would have done. He was slowly getting better at cooking these days, and left some scrambled eggs out for his sister.
As for why he had chosen to leave early, it was all because he didn’t want to have that conversation with his sister. For one, his school clothes already looked a bit ridiculous on him, and he had to send a message to Kai, asking him to get him a different size for his gang uniform. There wasn’t much to salvage after his transformation yesterday.
‘Man… this is going to be a strange day.’
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While Gary headed to school, just as Kai had expected, news had reached the ears of the Grey Elephants. They had received multiple different reports, but because of how drastic their stories were, it was hard for the Grey Elephants to believe what they had heard.
The two leaders were meeting in an office that was located in a factory which made technical parts. It was one of the main businesses that the Grey Elephants protected from other gangs. At the very top was where the office in the factory was located.
Raven opened the door for Riv, so he could join him and Brandon. After what had happened yesterday, they needed to speak to the red colour gang leader.
“Raven, it looks like you did the right thing, after all.” Brandon said with a smile. “Judging from the reports, those twins did change, but they acted like wild animals. I guess Sin really was trying to use us as his guinea pigs.”
“You’re right.” Raven replied, who had a sour face on because he recalled that Brandon had recommended him to use it on his brother as a test subject. “I only gave them a diluted mix, so maybe it was that. There is still plenty of the solution, but we have no clue if more of it is actually better or worse. What should we do with it? We can’t exactly give it back.”
Brandon looked to be thinking for a while and eventually came up with an answer.
“For now, let’s talk about other matters. The remaining grey colour gang members will join the red colour gang. Get them to change their colours and as for those who won’t comply, just give them the boot.
“As for that Howlers group… we should leave them alone. I imagine they’re just bait, even though reports claimed that they had an Altered among them. The only Altered that works for a gang is Kirk. They say he covered his face, but it has to be him, which means the Underdogs are involved in all of this.
“Maybe we can use this to our advantage. Sin is getting impatient, and now we know what the solution does as well. Instead of risking it, we can dilute that solution to create some monsters to take care of them.” Brandon smiled at his idea.
After the meeting was over, Raven looked like he had one more thing on his mind.
“Brandon, I might be away for a couple of days. It’ll take a few days for you to set up things, so I’ll be by your side by then, but right now I have things to deal with. I hope that’s okay.”
It was clear by Brandon’s look and his hesitation that it wasn’t okay. However, the leaders were supposed to be equal, not one above the others. With Yovan dead, it was only him and Raven, so it felt like Brandon had no choice but to let him go.
“Alright, I trust you to be back in time. Can you at least tell me what’s so important?” The Grey Elephant leader asked as he lit up a cigar.
“I’m going to find out what happened to my brother!” Raven replied with conviction.