The Life Hacker System - 15 The Final Tes

Waking up Taka flipped out of bed.

Firmly landing on his feet almost like a cat.

Turning to gaze at his bed, he spotted Fen still sleeping.

Not wanting to wake the little wolf, he went to take a shower.

Finishing his shower and walking out of the bathroom, he took a look around the room.

The room was one of Emily’s private ones which she sometimes stopped in if she’d stayed to work late, which was most of the time.

Calling it a room though was a slight underestimation.

The room was practically an apartment on its own. With a bathroom, kitchen, bedroom and a living room not to mention the most important room. . . .The games room.

After getting dressed Taka was about to cook himself some food when a knock was heard at his door.

Opening the door, he was greeted with a cheesy smile. It was Snow.

“Uncle Snow, good morning.”

“Yeah yeah hurry up and let me in, the breakfast I got us is going cold.”

“Wooo!!!!!! You got food ahahahha”

“Alright kid there’s no need to get so excited its only food. Now go and get the plates.”

Taka sprang to the kitchen cupboards to get the plates before sitting down to eat breakfast with Snow. With the smell of food Fen woke and proceeded to gobble down the food that Snow had gotten for her. By this point Snow found that Fen was quite the harmless little cub. Though she didn’t like anyone other than Taka, she caused no trouble and quietly accompanied Taka wherever he went. Well that was unless someone provoked Taka in any way then she would attack without warning, which he had found out the hard way.

Eating with Snow was a pleasant experience for Taka. Both he and Snow had become best buds in no time, though this was probably because of Taka’s mental age being similar to Snow’s current age.

Eating his breakfast Taka slipped into deep thought about the final test today. Seeing him lost in thought Snow spoke up to snap him out of it.

“Something up kid?”

Taka just nodded.

“Anything I can help with?”

“I can be honest with you, can’t I Uncle Snow?”

“Of course, anything you say stays between us”

Taka knew he could trust Snow. Though they had only known each other for an impressively short amount of time, Snows word was his bond, he wouldn’t break his word.

“It’s about today’s tests?”

“What’s worrying you about them?”

Snow was puzzled. He knew from being told by Emily that Taka had requested these tests, so he didn’t understand what was wrong.

Taka spoke.

“If I’m honest, I don’t think, how do I say it? Erm, I feel that the test isn’t right for my purposes.”

Tilting his head Snow asks.

“How so?”

“I wanted to test my resistance to fire not heat. The tests for the other elements still suit their purposes but the first one obviously falls short of what I’m really testing.”

Snows face was blank. He spoke slowly.

“Kid. . . . Did you just say you wanted to test your resistance to fire as in flames?”

“Yeah you didn’t hear wrong Uncle Snow”

“Seriously kid, I’m starting to wonder if you really are crazy. But knowing you there’s a reason. So what can I help you with?”

“I need fire or at the very least a place where I can be exposed to flames”

Snow thought for a while the nodded and spoke.

“So basically you need a furnace?”

“Yep pretty much” A smile and a nod came from Taka.

“Kid you’re crazy!!!”

“Well that’s debatable”

“How is it debatable!?!?! You want to try your luck against fire!! More than crazy that’s suicidal”

“Do I look suicidal to you Snow?”

The serious and mature tone appeared once again from Taka’s mouth. When Snow heard his name called normally, he knew straight away how serious Taka was.

A problem found its way into both of their heads. That problem’s name was Emily. There was no way in hell that she would allow them to try what they were going to do.

In all fairness no person in their right mind would attempt what Taka wanted to do.

Flames were dangerous on their own, away from people, yet alone to test a person’s resistance to it, it was practically suicide.

So why would Snow do it to help Taka out?

The answer was simple. . . .

Instinct.

For some reason he knew Taka wouldn’t do anything to harm himself. Taking that into consideration and all the freaking crazy things Taka had done the previous day.

Snow knew Taka would be fine but he still wanted to take precautions.

But could precautions be taken.

Taka was quite literally playing fire.

Knowing Emily would never allow such a test, they had to find a way round it. An idea began forming in Taka’s mind. Using his godly hacker skills. The problem was no longer a problem but a simple task.

The final test would be taking place inside a chamber. By hacking the test chamber and inputting a program that loaded as soon as the activation button was pressed, the test could no longer be cancelled or stopped. If something went wrong Taka would probably die but that was the risk he was willing to take.

Finishing his preparation’s Taka went back to change in his room. By the time he reached the lab Emily and Snow were already present.

Everything was ready.

The test began but Emily soon noticed that there was a problem. The controls for the test chamber were malfunctioning.

By the time Emily spotted it, it was already too late.

The temperature started to drop far beyond what any normal human or creature could withstand. This was the first part of the test, resistance to the cold.

Panic and fear erupted in Emily’s mind, as she was about to get help she noticed something strange. Glancing at the temperature gauge which read out absolute zero Emily was shocked by the fact Taka seemed completely fine.

Shortly after the temperature in the chamber hit absolute zero, it started to spike, climbing back up to a normal temperature but then soon far surpassing normal.

As the temperature climbed, the chamber began releasing flames followed by electricity. With flames roaring and electricity hissing panic once again overtook Emily but as she observed, both flames and electricity started to converge on Taka.

Emily blanched.

She was so scared, worried that Taka would die, however what she thought would happen never came to pass.

The electricity and flame embraced Taka within them making his appearance somewhat godly.

The combination of the electric and flames had an odd reaction with Taka’s appearance.

Hair spiked, energy surging, electricity covering his aura. He appeared like a Super Saiyan out of Dragon ball Z.

Seeing this Emily was mesmerised, never seeing anything quite like this before. Not taking her eyes off him for a second, not even realising how odd the current situation was. Snow standing in the back was simply smiling but kept quiet admiring the majesty before him.

During this whole phenomena, Taka was enjoying immersing himself in flames. Thanks to his [Immunity to the Elements] skill he didn’t have to worry about the consequences of being burnt by fire from now on.

Though his body could freely bathe in flames it was a different story for his clothes.

The test finally came to an end.

Stepping out of the chamber Snow was waiting for him with a fresh change of clothes.

Snow displayed a smile.

A smile of excitement.

Taka laughed.

Now the tests were over the fun could begin.

They could now fight.