Thug and Idol: 10X Rewards Second Identity System Chapter 90: Three new talents

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[Tristan Hayes (Tristan Gello)]

[Current identity: Criminal. Second identity: Pop-star.]

[Pop-star rank: Contracted Young Star.]

[Criminal rank: Made Man.]

[Pop-star Points: 0]

[Criminal Points: 1030]

[===Attributes===]

[Appearance: 150]

[Charisma: 238]

[Fearsoness: 136]

[Strength: 223]

[Dexterity: 228]

[Toughness: 144]

[===Skills===]

[Singing: 1357]

[Dancing: 1079]

[Playing guitar: 1495]

[Music theory: 680]

[Music production: 523]

[Acting: 813]

[Songwriting: 1234]

[Voice control: 811]

[Stage presence: 763]

[Playing piano: 801]

[Video editing: 217]

[Styling: 506]

[Playing flute: 1]

[Playing violin: 1]

[Sneaking: 844]

[Close-quarters combat: 1224]

[Observation: 923]

[Driving: 618]

[Pickpocketing: 533]

[Firearms shooting: 816]

[Athletics: 419]

[Treating injuries: 201]

[Lockpicking: 1]

[Combat analysis: 505]

[Hacking: 1406]

[Governing: 450]

[Torture: 1]

[Logistics: 1]

[Forgery: 1]

[===Talents===]

[Clark Kent Effect] [Sleepless] [Clean Hands] [Bullet Ti] [Hypnotic Voice] [Sight Awareness] [Electronic Sight Awareness] [Ambidextrous]

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Tristan got 4 new skills and 3 new talents, before being left with only 1030 Criminal Points. The skills were just whatever he saw in the shop, although the forgery skill had a lot of potential.

The talents were more purposeful.

[Sight Awareness: you can sense when and where from soone is looking at you.]

[Electronic Sight Awareness: you can sense when and where from automatic caras are filming you.]

[Ambidextrous: you perform all tasks with both hands with equal ease.]

The first two Tristan picked on sight, even though they didn't seem all that useful in theory. After all, he had the observation skill.

However, after he felt on himself the harsh penalty of soone knowing his second identity, Tristan wanted to be sure that no one spotted him changing identities by accident when he was distracted!

Now, whenever soone looked at him, or a cara recorded him, Tristan felt the gaze like a physical pressure on his skin. He couldn't tell much from it, besides whether it was a person or a cara, but feather-light brushes of fleeing glances were also different from direct intense stares.

It made Tristan feel much safer. Now he knew that no assassin would sneak up on him and snipe him without him noticing, no matter how good he was.

As for the 'Ambidextrous' talent, it allowed Tristan to shoot two guns at once with total accuracy, getting the most out of his 'Bullet Ti' talent. As a bonus, it helped him play musical instrunts better, and even to dance. Overall, Tristan's control over the left half of his body improved dramatically.

Now Tristan looked at his skills, his attributes, and his points, then tapped on the 'fearsoness'.

[Ding!]

[Fearsoness attribute increased from 136 to 236.]

A change went through Tristan's body. Nothing noticeable changed, but his gaze flashed with unnerving intensity. The air of danger around him sharpened, becoming much more real.

Then Tristan forcefully relaxed his posture, diminishing this aura to sothing that made him look less like a gangster and more like a delinquent.

He smiled, as always especially satisfied after spending a large sum of points at once.

'Ti to earn more Pop-star Points for the upcoming contest. I want my performance to be shown not just on state TV, but on the Arican main TV channels, and this ans I will have to perform not just well… but stunningly well!'

***

This evening.

Cuatro Angulos' forr drug-selling channels within the city were now fully under King Lion Gang's control. Those dealers that didn't bow their heads were disposed of and replaced. Almost all drugs from the Cuatro Angulos haul were either sold or already scheduled to be.

With the new resources and one of their major rivals removed from the city map, King Lion Gang was rapidly increasing in size and influence. It was dominating the city, and it was only a matter of ti until they had total control of it.

Right now, smaller gangs could run around it like scavengers looking for scraps from the lion's al, but Leon Clavon already began absorbing them into King Lion Gang's ranks.

More people, though, ant more work to organize them all. To make sure that all who needed to pay, paid; all who needed to be paid were paid; no one in the gang had to stay holess or go hungry; and punish anybody who caused unrest.

That work stably took at least a few hours of Tristan's ti daily, even with the help of other people.

There was a knock on the office's door. Tristan imdiately knew who was on the other side—for one thing, his secretary was ordered to let in very few people without informing Tristan beforehand. And most of them didn't knock.

"Co in!"

A young man called Kevin walked in. Recently, Tristan decided he was more useful in the administrative part of business than on field missions. The last task Kevin was given had related to dealing with information traces left by Cuatro Angulos before they left the city.

In his hands, Kevin carried a flash drive, which he put on Tristan's table.

"I apologize for coming without warning, Mr. Hayes, but there's been a developnt with the stuff we discovered at Dagoberto Quixada's office. I an, not a developnt. We just found sothing good."

Tristan raised his brows in surprise.

"Really? But he destroyed almost all the docunts before leaving. At least, that's what YOUR report said."

"He did, but there was a smashed computer in it all. I wasn't sure this would work, so I didn't tell you before—but I went to a computer repair shop and asked them to recover files from the hard drive."

Tristan leaned forward with interest.

"And?"

"The hard drive was completely untouched. Quixada just smashed the computer monitor…"

Kevin smirked, and Tristan chuckled, too. Quixada knew nothing about computers, apparently.

"The hard drive worked again as soon as it got plugged to another computer. I had gone through the docunts there and copied everything that can be important to this flash drive, Mr. Hayes."

"Amazing! You will get a bonus. Next ti, though, tell about plans like these beforehand… I don't like surprises, even pleasant ones."

Kevin shifted uneasily under Tristan's frown, but his eyes shone greedily at the ntion of money.

"Yes, Mr. Hayes."

"Now tell —what exactly did you find, Kevin?"