CHAPTER 36: ADVANCED LEVEL SKILL

After contemplating for a while, Michael made a decision. Since he had already confronted Dante, there was no need for him to continue hiding any longer.

For that reason, he might as well go back to Moonstar hotel, and continue staying there for a little while, until the combat skill had advanced to the advanced level.

As for why he did not decide to rent an apartment, it was simply because he felt that it was kind of inconvenient.

After all, he would have to occasionally leave the apartment, or take some time to cook. If he used that time to read or watch videos, he might as well advance the progress bar by a small margin.

As for the costs incurred by staying within the hotel, he could turn a blind eye to that for a while. In any case, he was not going to stay there for a long duration.

So, he might as well take this as a chance of treating his body, to repay all the sufferings that it had undergone for the past 4 years.

Having made a decision, Michael did not linger around, as he took a taxi, heading straight back to Moonstar hotel.

When the lady at the front desk saw Michael returning, she was quite surprised, wondering, could it be that he had forgotten something?

But, why had she not gotten any information that there was anything that he had left behind when he left?

Or, could it be that someone was acting sneakily, deciding to keep something from their guest?

While her mind was still wondering around, trying to think of the reason why Michael had returned, she was stunned by his words.

"I would like to book a room once again. For a week." Michael stated, believing, approximately, within about a week, he should be able to advance the combat skill to the advanced level.

This time, he had decided, he would go all out. There was no time for him to rest, so, it was better to work hard, for the points, before relaxing.

The lady behind the desk blinked her eyes as she looked at Michael, wondering if she had misheard him.

Had this guy not just left a little while ago? Could it be that he had changed his mind? Or maybe, whatever he wanted to do, had been rescheduled?

Despite what she was thinking, she was able to react, as she quickly nodded, before she began taking care of the booking procedures.

A little while later, everything was done, and while handing the passkey card to Michael, she said, "I have arranged the same room but you were in before. Please enjoy your stay here."

Michael simply nodded, before heading for the elevator, heading to the top floor of the building.

On the other hand, the lady at the front desk immediately contacted the manager of the hotel.

"Hello sir, the guest that had left has already returned. Are you free now to come and see him?" The lady asked politely as soon as the call connected.

"Huh? He has returned? Did he not just leave not long ago?" A masculine voice came from the other end, the other party sounding puzzled.

"Yeah, he left, but he came back again. And, he has booked the presidential suite for one week." The lady responded.

There was a moment of silence before the manager spoke up again.

"Okay, make sure that anything that he needs is given to him. Treat him well, as that is an important guest, treat him as the highest VIP.

I cannot come back right now, as there is a special guest that I am handling. After I am done, I will immediately rush back to meet with that guest." The manager stated.

"Okay sir." The lady responded before ending the call.

Michael obviously did not know about the conversation between the lady at the front desk and the manager of the hotel.

Instead, he just went back to the presidential suite that he had left not long ago.

For a moment, Michael felt a little speechless. It was quite embarrassing thinking about how he had been eating dinner the previous day, thinking that that might be the last evening meal that he would have within the hotel.

But now, here he was, less than an hour since he left. It was quite funny to think about it.

Michael did not think much about this, as he took the suitcase back to the bedroom, before he began watching the video that he was watching while in the taxis, on his two-way trip.

As usual, by lunchtime, the lady that was in charge of bringing him meals came over to deliver the food.

Even the lady herself was quite surprised, wondering what Michael was playing at. After all, in the morning, she had been informed that he was about to leave. But now, he had already returned, and he was staying for an entire week?

Regardless, good for her. During the time that she was in charge of delivering meals for him, she did not really have much work to do.

This was to avoid a situation where Michael needed something, and she was unavailable. So, after delivering the meals, she was practically relaxing, waiting for his call in case there was any.

And so far, it was quite surprising that Michael had never called even once, apart from the time that he wanted a suitcase to be bought.

Regardless, it all worked well for her, as she was getting paid, even if she just relaxed. In any case, Michael did not need her to do anything, so, it could be said that she was not slacking off at work.

Michael did not know what thoughts were going through the lady’s mind. Instead, he just focused on eating, before continuing with watching the video.

And just like that, time went by, and even without noticing it, it had already been 7 days since he returned to the hotel.

Of course, the counting of the days started on the 15th day, which was the day that he had left the hotel before coming back.

At the moment, it was already 10:46 p.m., and Michael was in the bedroom, lying on the comfy bed. He was lying on his belly, while propping up his upper body by placing his chest on top of a pillow.

In his hand, he was holding his phone, watching a video, while at the same time, paying attention to the screen that was floating in front of him.

By now, the progress had already reached 99%, with only 1% or meaning for him to be able to level up the skill to the advanced level.

During this entire week, he had been watching the videos that he had downloaded.

But, there was a time that the progress completely stagnated, despite him watching more and more tutorials.

In the end, he realized, maybe, tutorials were not enough. So, he downloaded a few videos of fighting tournaments, and as expected, the progress bar advanced.

Before he decided to download the videos of people fighting, he thought about the way that he had managed to advance the driving skill to the intermediate level.

At that time, he had watched several videos of real life car driving, on different terrains.

This made Michael understand, it was not just enough to receive tutorial, sometimes, real life experience was required.

After all, some things were difficult to explain, and could only be done. So, by watching them, he could collect the information on how to react on different occasions.

After all, it was not as if the opponent that he would be facing would just follow what was written or was taught in a tutorial. Instead, the person would react according to the circumstances that they were currently facing.

And of course, it was impossible to be able to write everything that a person could possibly do in a book or teach in a tutorial video.

At the moment, Michael was watching an intense battle between two boxing stars. The two fighters were quite popular, as they usually competed against each other for the championship.

Several videos of their fights had already spread on the internet, and the video that Michael was watching was one that had been recorded during the previous week.

Leaving aside the issue of the progress, there was the issue concerning Daniel. During this week, Michael had been kind of expecting that Daniel might pop up at any moment, trying to recruit him.

But it seemed that the guy was busy with something else, or maybe, he had given up on him. In any case, he had not appeared all this while.

Michael had met up with the hotel’s general manager, who claimed that he was previously dealing with something else before, which was why during the first 2 weeks of his stay within the hotel, the manager never showed up.

Michael was not really bothered about this, and so, the conversation between himself and the manager did not last long, as Michael wanted to continue watching videos.

Back to the present, Michael continued watching the video that was in fast forward, while eagerly anticipating a prompt from the system.

And a few minutes later, just as the fight had reached its peak, finally, Michael received a prompt from the system.

[Experience full. Level up. Unarmed combat skills upgraded to advanced level. +1,000 SP.]