parentshiftbook Chapter 29 Gun Shop
Chapter 29 Gun Shop
After changing his clothes at home, Li Ang, as usual, carried his backpack to the Atlas Iron Gym for a workout.
When I arrived at the gym, the system still showed me fitness tasks for the day.
However, after my physique reached 0.7 yesterday, the difficulty of the system tasks has increased to some extent.
Li Ang completed the task as expected and successfully obtained 0.1 physique.
Name: Li Ang
Mathematics: Level 1 (183/200)
Physics: Level 0 (71/100)
Chemistry: Level 0 (65/100)
[Biology: Level 1 (110/200)]
Informatics: Level 0 (49/100)
【Intelligence: 1.3】
Physical Strength: 0.8
[Learning Coins: 108]
[Attribute points to be assigned: 0]
[Experience points to be assigned: 1]
[Skills: Interdimensional Travel (Level 0, 20%), Mental Focus (Level 0, 20%)]
After the points were added, Li Ang felt a surge of heat throughout his body, and the 0.1 physique boost comprehensively improved his physical fitness.
Although his muscles did not become unusually large, they quietly became more solid. When Li Ang clenched his fist, he had more force, and his whole body felt solid.
In addition, the increase in physical strength also made Li Ang feel more fulfilled and his energy became very vigorous.
Li Ang clenched his fist and then opened it again, savoring the wonderful feeling of power he experienced. At the same time, he secretly thought, "Although I haven't tested it, I should be able to escape from the witch hunters now."
"Of course, with so many tricks up your sleeve, there's no need to run away in a one-on-one or even one-on-two situation."
"Based on the time flow, only an hour has passed in Ioria. If everything is ready here, we can cross over this weekend and make it in time for the wizard apprentice gathering."
"As for America, he'll buy guns with Martin and quickly upgrade his math to level 2."
After finishing his calculations, Li Ang washed up in the shower, slung his backpack over his shoulder, and left the gym.
……
A short while later, at Martin's Grocery Store.
"Sit down, Leon." Martin waved the apple in his hand. "Want a slice?"
"No, thank you."
Martin took a bite of the apple with one hand, opened a drawer with the other, took out a brown paper envelope, and pushed it in front of Leon. "Take a look."
Li Ang picked up the envelope, opened the seal, and pulled out a stack of documents.
At the top is a light blue social security card with dark blue text and a decorative border.
The cardholder's social security number, a nine-digit number, is displayed in the upper left corner.
The name field lists Leon Aldrin.
Li Ang noticed that his surname had been slightly altered from "Aldrin" to "Alderin".
"This way it sounds more like a Scandinavian surname, to make the performance more convincing," Martin explained, munching on an apple.
Li Ang nodded, then looked at his Illinois ID card, which listed the address as 18 Maxwell Street, Danube Clinic.
Below that are several mimeographed copies of forms, including a fictitious but fully documented high school transcript.
In addition, there is a dark blue passport, the French Republic passport, on which the latest page has an American non-immigrant visitor visa.
Issued in July 1959, Li Ang entered through New York Airport in December 1959, and his visa was set to expire in a few months.
Looking at the documents that seemed so real, Li Ang realized that Martin's influence might not be any less than that of Kayla Nolan.
The papers in his hand suggest that Martin had connections with the city hall, the state government's archives department, and possibly even some less-than-compliant parts of the immigration bureau.
Maxwell Street is quite a hidden gem.
"I've done what I promised you, and I can assure you that your Social Security number is real, and you can use it to work and pay taxes. Your ID is also real; you can use it to drive, buy alcohol, and rent a place. Of course, you might need to get a driver's license."
Martin paused, then seemed to remember something, and gently tapped the French passport. "Leon, let me add something. In Chicago right now, your French status isn't as convenient as someone like Leon Aldrin who has a Social Security number and lives locally. So you'll be living with your American ID, and keep this French one safe."
"Unless the FBI or Immigration Services formally question you and request to see your original entry documents, you only need to provide your Illinois ID."
"Okay." Li Ang solemnly put all the documents back into the envelope and said, "Thank you, Martin."
Despite the influence of [suggestion] and Martin's strange divination techniques, Li Ang was still very grateful to the other party.
He could tell that Martin had paid a heavy price to accomplish this.
Most importantly, Martin is a stingy old man, and for him, places where money is needed to grease palms are practically a death sentence.
Of course, Li Ang wasn't one to be sentimental. He kept this in mind and would help Martin out sometime in the future.
"Now let's do the second thing."
"To the gun shop?"
"Yes, Michigan Avenue, Horner & Sons Firearms. You have no criminal record, and as a legal Illinois resident, you can legally purchase and own a long gun, rifle, or shotgun. Handguns are a bit more complicated, requiring additional documentation and a longer waiting period, but we'll talk about that later. Anyway, with a long gun, you'll finally have something you can openly use to protect yourself. Remember, when you fill out the form to buy the gun, use your new ID, don't get it wrong."
……
The two left the grocery store and walked briskly across two blocks to the Horner & Sons gun shop.
Pushing open the door, a pleasant smell of metal and gun oil wafted from the shop. Handguns were displayed in glass cases, and long guns hung on the walls.
Old Horner smiled. "Martin? What a rare guest! And who is this?"
"Leon Aldrin, my friend, he's from this state, all the paperwork' done, and he's looking for a suitable gun to practice shooting. Of course, he might also come with me to Wisconsin to hunt rabbits sometime."
Old Horner looked Leon over carefully, then glanced at Martin, and then smiled and said, "Good, young man, you seem quite steady. Welcome. What would you like to see? A rifle? Starting with a .22 caliber is most suitable, as it has less recoil."
Old Horner took down a long spear and handed it over. Martin helped disassemble it and carefully inspected it before suggesting that Leon buy it.
The rifle, including 100 rounds of ammunition and gun oil for maintenance, cost a total of $150.
After getting the gun, Li Ang went into the shooting range attached to the gun shop. He took out two $10 bills and handed them to Martin.
Martin grinned and said, "That's right, 20 an hour, that's the price. Li Ang, Martin Wood is at your service now, let's start practicing shooting."
Li Ang nodded.
Martin started by teaching them how to switch the safety on and how to load the bullets.
The old white man was very familiar with guns, and since he had received $20 from Li Ang, he was now teaching very diligently.
Li Ang studied very diligently.
Regardless of whether he can bring a gun to Ioria at a low cost after using the [Interdimensional Travel] skill, learning this skill will be beneficial to him.
Furthermore, once he becomes proficient in aiming and shooting, it will also help him to cast spells like [Thunder Slash] from a distance in the future.
During the break, Martin handed over another envelope.