Hiro's big eyes glanced at the mysterious blue screen. He was unable to utter a single thought due to what he has just seen.
"I can... buy skills?", he stammered with a heavy breath. This was hard to believe for Hiro, who had never even considered that he could gain new powers.
[Dimensional Pocket] has always been his only skill, something that has helped him to survive. And now he was supposed to gather more of those precious abilities?
[This Is Your Selection Of Skills]
[Dimensional Training] - [30 Coins]
[Dimensional Rest] - [5 Coins]
[Dimensional Pocket Max] - [10 Coins]
[Dimensional Teleport] - [500 Coins]
The eager man quickly calculated and knew he had to buy the first three skills. It almost felt like the system wanted them to be affordable for Hiro.
He accepted the purchase of those three. "I should start with the cheapest. It's only fair, otherwise I might not use those again".
With a singular thought, [Dimensional Rest] was activated. A portal opened, in which Hiro was able to enter. For some reason it felt really warm and comfortable in there.
After a few seconds had passed, a structure was built around Hiro and he found himself in a cozy cabin that was full of pleasant surprises.
The bed was especially soft, perfectly adhering to Hiro's back. It was almost, as if this place healed him both mentally and physically. His mind was overflown with positive thoughts.
Food was sitting on the stove, waiting to be eaten by Hiro. A full plate of Golden Curry that seemed to be carefully simmered stood on the table as well. The thick sauce of the curry that had a nice touch of brown, cautiously found its way to mix with the yellow potatoes and orange carrots. A singular bite was oozing of a homemade taste, that Hiro had not eaten in a long time.
"I feel like I am in heaven", he thought full of gratitude. After a while, he came to the conclusion that this was a place to go when he was mentally unstable or if his body was hurting. He decided that he would come here more often, if he would find the time.
"Onto the next skill, shouldn't I?"
"[Dimensional Pocket Max]... This seems to have completely overwritten [Dimensional Pocket]. You will be missed, my trusty steed...". After a theatrical pause, he added "It could also just be that my skill was upgraded".
With a tear flowing down his puffy cheek, he activated the new, better version of his former skill. It had way more space than before and there was an option to even enter his storage.
Hiro could not let this opportunity go to waste and went inside his own storage, where roughly 50 items were laying around rather chaotically.
At some point Hiro was unable to store more items, hence his messy flat. Now he was able to put all of those items that were laying around in his room, into his bigger storage.
"Awesome", he thought. "This is going to be the best skill I have ever gotten", completely forgetting about his former dilemma about whether his former skill has upgraded or if he threw it away for the bigger storage.
A large row of old shelves were waiting to be filled by Hiro. As he started to pick up the items, memories got sent into his mind. Memories of when he obtained this item, some painful and some really fun. When he looked at the tooth of an ogre, he remembered how he almost died due to the party that he was backpacking for.
"Those... pesky guys" he muttered, as if he was scared for them to listen. "They really did me dirty, when they forced me to pull out a sleeping ogre's teeth."
After taking his time, he eventually stored everything. The deposit suddenly looked really clean, which filled Hiro with a sense of pride.
"[Dimensional Training] is the last one, isn't it?"
Hiro slowly closed the distance between his nimble finger and the mysterious blue screen that asked Hiro:
[Do You Want To Commence The Training?]
He did not know what hellish things would await him, after he foolishly nodded.