My Hitman System

Chapter 70: Winter Arc

Jin and Dylan stayed glued to their seats for the next few hours. Jin kept on asking one doubt after another and Dylan helped him look that up in the dictionary one by one and explained it to him.

Jin needed to improve his vocabulary and his ability to make sense of certain sentences. The plan formulated by Dylan therefore was to make him read as many books as possible to get him familiar with the sentences and their framework.

Dylan had added the summary writing after each chapter just to ensure that Jin was actually reading the chapters and not just skimming through them.

Although it was exhausting, Jin still kept at it since Dylan was there with him.

They continued for two hours before taking a tea break. Snacks were soo provided by the room service and soon the next study session began. It lasted till eight in the evening.

Jin had read a total of 20 chapters during this period. His head ached from all the stories he read till now. He has finished both the 6th and 7th grade English textbooks.

"That's enough for today, rest well, I'll come here tomorrow morning at around 9," Dylan said as he stood up from his seat and stretched his stiff body.

"Hmm? We are not meeting at the agency?" Jin asked.

"No, we are not. You only need to go when you're called up specifically to meet, or you want to practice in the studio room. Otherwise, what's there for you to do?" Dylan asked and continued.

"Oh, and from tomorrow onwards our schedule is going to be like this, from morning to afternoon it's going to be an acting session and from late afternoon to evening we're going to work on your English understood?"

"Yes, got it," Jin said. It was hectic but it was still manageable.

"Good night then," Dylan bid him goodbye and left.

Jin took a deep sigh and slumped on the couch. He truly felt exhausted today. Studying was more strenuous compared to all the missions he had done so far.

Jin soon fell asleep on the couch without realising.

The next day,

Dylan arrived on time and they soon began with script practice. Dylan had gone through all the scripts and chose the one he felt wouldn't prove difficult for Jin.

After that, he and Jin went through it and then Jin formally began his acting practice. He was acting as a bad guy who had kidnapped the hero's woman. A simple and predictive plot.

They went through a few more scripts and Dylan finally realised something.

'So he's only good at acting as certain villains like killers, revenge seekers and the sort. The others still need to be worked upon,'

Dylan didn't know why that was so the case but still, since he had identified an underlying problem it won't be much difficult for him to sort it out. He was experienced in this after all.

Jin acted on a few more scenes and Dylan guided him and pointed out a few places where he made mistakes or where he could have improvised things a bit.

Jin listened to Dylan's advice and did as he was told.

By around noon, their session was finally over. Jin's mouth was all dried up by now as he devoured a bottle of water to make his parched throat feel better.

"That was a good session, I'll come at three in the afternoon and then we'll start your study session," Dylan picked up his back and soon left the room.

Jin could only nod at his words. His schedule has become hectic all of a sudden but he felt a bit content with his life compared to working as a bodyguard where he was just standing guard most of the time.

'Maybe it's because I'm constantly improving myself?'

Jin glanced at the calendar and saw the date. It was 30th September today.

"Winter's about to start huh? I should buy some clothes for that. I've heard that it's pretty cold in Neon City during winter.

-x-x-x-x-x-SIDE MISSION-x-x-x-x-x-

Mission Name: Winter Arc Training

Daily Tasks

1. Running 5 Kilometres at 4 AM

2. Cold water bath

3. Learning a new skill for at least 2 hours

4. Studying for at least 2 hours

5. Running 5 Kilometres at 4 PM

6. Cold water bath

7. Night stretching and conditioning

Mission Duration: 6 Months (till April 1st)

Mission Start: Tomorrow (October 1st)

Reward: 100KP per day

Penalty: -100KP per day (-ve Balance a possibility)

-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-

"Winter Arc?" Jin furrowed his eyebrows as he looked through the mission, which popped up all of a sudden.

"4 in the morning? That too during winters…" Jin muttered with reluctance clear on his face. Who wanted to get up early on those cold winter nights?

However, seeing the penalty he could only sigh…he didn't want his balance to go negative. He won't be able to use the system store if that happens. Who knew how long it would take to turn that negative into positive?

Left with no choice he could only accept it.

"I've been a bit lax with my physical fitness these days, so it's not as bad," Jin comforted himself.

He ordered his lunch and finishing it he left the hotel to visit the same place as yesterday.

…

"We meet again, how about it? Would you like to go out with me?" Jin asked with the same energy he had the first day.

The woman glared at him for a couple of seconds as her footsteps paused briefly before she walked right past him.

She had read in an article yesterday night that the best way to handle these kinds of men was to outright ignore them. They would soon find their egos bruised and end up defeated.

However, that's only if the man is driven by affection. In Jin's case, he wasn't attracted to her even a little and only wanted to make use of her. How could he give up so easily?