"Mom!," I screamed across the studio apartment we lived in. "Have you seen my New Ruler's(TNR) card?" Not mom but Zack responded "It's under the bills in the kitchen, are you going to the training gym Jay?" "Yeah duh where else to poop?" I responded sarcastically. "Relax I was just asking if I need to go now, I have a job and we have bills to pay. They ain't gonna pay themselves are they?" Zack responded grumply. "Okay, Okay I'm going to go to the TNR gym now bye!"
As I left the apartment complex I was grinning from ear to ear, heart racing with excitement. This was because I had upgraded my stats up to 20 recently and my points were still that weird symbol. Another reason was my current strength was at 20 and most TNR max's were at 30 so I was very happy with my mysterious TNR screen. The TNR gym was not far from our apartment so I walked for 30 minutes until I had finally reached the gym.
I entered the gym and scanned my card. "BEEP" the card reader went as I walked in. Once I started training on the punching bag I started to wonder. Dang I cant wait till im 16. like if i were 16 i could just get my TNR job and make tons of money and life in a fancy life. Due to the reason that my rank was question marks like my power scales on my TNR screen so I didn't know if i should be happy or rather sad. Only 100 people in Canada had 10 or above and Canada also has a population of 40 million with 2 million TNR out of the 400 million TNR in the world. I was punching the punching bag when someone tapped my shoulder.
"HEY, you done with that? You've been punching it for an HALF an hour now!" It was a young adult probably around 20 years old. "Ok but wait a sec, I gotta clean up my stuff." I responded not wanting trouble as they probably had lots of power through to and have been having the chance to work as a TNR hunter for maybe 5 years. I cowardly walked away. DAMMIT I could've said no but he could've also hurt me. DARN IT WHY CAN'T I JUST BE 16 ALREADY! As I stormed off I wondered what rank even he was and what was his strength so I gathered up some courage and walked back to ask. "Watcha doing lil man" The TNR hunter asked.
"Uh…." At the moment I felt so scared but I took a deep breath and asked. "So I was curious, what's your rank? And uh… what's your current strength? And max?" I asked skittishly, when I looked up to his face he seemed kinder all of a sudden, more kind than I had pictured in my head. "Ah.. you must've never really talked to anyone about this, it's ok ive been there we don't have many TNR people up north here. Anyways my rank is 30 and my current strength is 15 and my max is 45,what about you? And… what's your name, mine's Kalev." He said. I was a little shocked about how nice he was. "Oh! Um.. my name's Jay my rank is uh…" SHOOT I DON'T KNOW ANY OF THE THINGS I ASKED HIM!!! I'll just make something up. "28 and my current strength is at…" GOD DARNIT 20 IS TOO HIGH FOR A LITTLE KID LIKE ME!! "12 and max is 45." I said smiling while trying to act normal.
"Wow Jay you have lots of potential! If you ever need help tell me and call me when you're 16 I can get you a job where I work.. How old are you?" I shuffled uncomfortably "I'm 8 years old.." I mumbled. I half expected him to be mad for some reason but he instead was very suppressed "Wow so young yet you have so much power!" Kalev said in a very shocked tone before he continued "Hey Jay if you ever want to be trained instead of just punching a bag tell me I know a place!" Kalev was smiling. "Um.. do you need to pay because I only come to the TNR gym cause you dont need to pay." I awkwardly explained. "Your family's in a pinch eh? Well it's ok it's only 15 dollars per month and since i like you ill pay, plus being a TNR you get lots of money from commissions or jobs and its rare seeing a kid this young practicing. Don't worry about me." He said calmly like 15 dollars was nothing. 15 dollars I only see that money when we are paying bills or buying food! Never for clothes or anything. AND PER MONTH. Wow, I really can't wait to be 16. I continued to say thank you before he walked with me to the new training gym. I ended up only being 5km away from my home and then he introduced me to my new coach. "Hey, how are you Kalev! oh?! who's this?" a old man said. Wow he looks really strong. He might look old because he looks really strong. "Yo! Bane im doing good and this is my friend, Jay he's 8 could you train him?" Kalev responded like he knew Bane forever. Bane looked at me for a second before ignoring me and looking back at Kalev.
"Mmm… sure.. Not only because you asked but what's his stats and MS(max strength),rank and CS(current strength?" Bane asked (Side note the things on your TNR holo screen are short for MSCSR or SMCR(Mu-sur-cer) for even shorter.) Kalev looked a little surprised and said "Oh you're up for a surprise Jay's MS is 45,CS 12 and rank 28." Bane's neutral face turned into a face of surprise just how Kalev said it would. "Ok,ok I'll train the kid but Kalev when will you even come back to your poor ,poor mentor?" He said sarcastically. Kalev chuckled a bit before dismissing Bane and leaving the gym.