[Are you sure you want to convert all your coins?]
[Yes]
[Processing, your coins will be placed in your inventory.]
.
[Complete!]
Instantly, Brandon checked his inventory, it all seemed too good to be true at the moment.
And to his surprise, the coins were really there.
'The last thing I need to do is to use up my stat points, but where?'
—---------------------------
[Stats]
[Stat Points Available: 3]
∟ STR: F [●○○○○]
∟ MP: F [●○○○○]
∟ DEF: F [●○○○○]
∟ AGI: F [●○○○○]
∟ INT: F [●○○○○]
∟ CHARM: F [●○○○○]
—---------------------------
Brandon pondered for awhile, he realized during the Physical Training session that he definitely lacked in the speed department.
But since his current build was focused on magic, increasing his intelligence stat was the obvious choice.
Thus, Brandon decided to distribute accordingly:
—---------------------------
∟ AGI: F [●●○○○]
∟ INT: F [●●●○○]
—---------------------------
With that, he closed the system.
Brandon had already decided which company he was going to invest in.
Deus Conglomerate
But since he was still in the early stages of the novel, it meant that Deus Conglomerate was still Deus Company.
The company would soon boom into a Corporation by the time the main protagonist, Raven, became a second year student.
And in the further future, they would conquer the market and become a Conglomerate.
Currently, it was the perfect time to invest in the company, as the stocks were still affordable.
But for now, Brandon didn't have a bank account under his name yet.
Brandon's gaze then lingered outside the window.
Since the sun had yet to set, there was still time to open up a bank account, and make a deposit.
Having decided, Brandon abruptly stood up, and motioned towards the door.
From behind him, Belle was alerted,
"Where are you going?"
"Just going for a walk, don't wait up for me"
"Hey–"
Click-!
Brandon closed the door before Belle could continue.
Making his way outside, he gestured for a taxi, getting inside, and sitting on the backseat.
He'd done his research as well on the top banks of the world, he already knew his destination.
"Northern Bank, please."
The taxi driver then stepped on the gas.
Thud-!
***
[You have leveled up!]
[You have received 5 bonus stat points.]
Raven Blackheart had entered the system's dungeon floors to grind for levels.
With a dagger in his hand, he swiftly took out a horde of goblins his way.
Slash-!
After recently receiving a system, he did not hesitate to take advantage of it.
Whenever he had free time, he would quickly dive into the dungeon floors.
Currently, he only had access to the 1st floor.
Once he clears the dungeon floor, he will then gain access to the 2nd floor.
The system's dungeons had a total of 100 floors, with each floor progressively increasing in difficulty.
Slash-!
Quickly maneuvering about, he continued to slaughter each goblin within his sight.
Despite the beliefs of him being a duelist, he actually had access to mana.
It was just that–he had no skills capable of using it.
After clearing, the horde of goblins, he muttered to himself,
"System."
—---------------------------
[Name: Raven Blackheart]
[Level: 3]
[EXP: 150/3000]
[Class: Assassin]
∟As the one who left it all behind, you have become one with chaos.
[Passive]
∟ Assassin's Rush
∟ Every step you take, your speed stats increase by 1 point, maximum 10.
[Skills]
∟ [Eye of Judgment]
∟ See the move, an individual is about to take in the next second.
[Stats]
[Stat Points Available: 5]
∟ STR: F+ [●●●○○]
∟ MP: F [●○○○○]
∟ DEF: F [●○○○○]
∟ AGI: F+ [●●●●○]
∟ INT: F [●○○○○]
∟ CHARM: F [●○○○○]
[System Shop]
[System Dungeon]
[System Coins: 200]
[Quests Available: 0]
—---------------------------
"Haa…"
Panting, while gasping for air, Raven slumped down on a nearby wall.
It was truly an exhausting experience.
The difference between Raven's and Brandon's system was that, Raven's was 10 times harder to progress than Brandon's.
But in return, he had access to the system dungeons, which Brandon didn't have.
Meaning, he had more opportunity for growth than Brandon.
Raven stared at his system, reminiscing his hardships and struggles.
Raven grew up from humble origins, but one day his family mysteriously disappeared.
He deduced that they had abandoned him, in turn–made Raven envious of people with good families.
Life was a struggle for him, having no magic, nor talent for the sword, he took up a lot of part-time jobs just to feed himself.
But it was when he got conned by his employer, when Raven finally had enough.
He wanted to end it all, and thus he did, but failed.
After attempting to jump off a building, he realized he survived the fall with no injuries at all.
It filled him with questions, confused about how he survived in the first place.
And when he opened his eyes, what met his line of sight was a peculiar system interface.
Finally, it was time to turn his life around.
He instantly delved inside the system dungeon, but soon remembered he had no talent for the blade.
Struggles after struggles, and he finally managed to kill a single goblin.
With his initial debut, Raven continued to hone his skills inside the dungeon, to the point where he actually slept there.
And when his skills were sufficient enough, he decided to admit himself into Astrea Academy, where the best of the best only survived.
Undoubtedly, his journey had brought him so far.
After resting for a while, Raven retrieved a healing potion from his inventory, chugging it down.
Gulp-
After drinking the potion, Raven's injuries instantly healed, as if he never had them in the first place.
He then stood up and muttered to himself,
"Okay, back to work."
***
Brandon laid on the couch, grinning to himself, as he continued to stare at his phone.
On his screen displayed the stock market–particularly, Deus Company's profile.
After setting up a bank account, he deposited all his coins and received a credit card with his account information.
When he returned to the apartment, he instantly bought 3 platinum coins worth of Deus Company Shares, leaving him with 2 platinum coins for use.
For the next few hours, Brandon just continued to stare at his phone, astonished about his first investment.
This was the first time he had done such a thing in both lives, so he couldn't hold back his excitement.
From the corner of his eye, Belle spoke up, while laying on her bed,
"Weirdo…"
Brandon didn't care, he was about to be rich. Whatever Belle threw his way wouldn't affect him at all.
'Okay, that's enough. I guess I gotta head to bed,' Brandon thought to himself.
He placed his phone back in his pocket, and headed directly to bed.
He didn't even take a shower.
Inside a three story building, a man sat at the desk of his office.
His expressions were contoured to a frown, most likely out of frustration, as he ruffled his hair.
Staring at the documents on his desk, he heavily sighed,
"Haa… at this rate, the Deus Company will go bankrupt."
The man was none other–than Charles Deus, the CEO of Deus Company.
It seemed like the company was facing financial problems.
In the document, the financial performance was recorded one month ago.
As he slumped down on the table, he suddenly heard footsteps coming to his office.
Thud- Thud-
Slam!
The door slammed open, as his assistant abruptly entered the room.
"Boss! You've got to see this!"
Charles seemed like he was too exhausted, but he listened to his assistant anyway,
"What is it this time, Aiden?"
With an anxious look, Aiden quickly made it in front of Charles' desk.
Aiden held his phone up for Charles to see.
Charles skeptically scanned the contents of the phone, only for his eyes to shoot wide open.
As he stood up abruptly, he shifted his gaze from the phone to Aiden.
"What? Is this real?"
"Without a doubt, Boss! I've checked with the logs as well, the transaction is real!"
"Did you trace the account information?"
"Already done that, it was linked back to a 16-year-old named Brandon Locke."
At the mention of a teenager, Charles skeptically furrowed his brow,
"This must be a prank, right? How can a teenager have that much money?!"
"I'm not sure Boss. But regardless, the shares have already been transferred to him."
"What kind of madman would buy the shares of a failing company?"
Charles then narrowed his eyes, and added,
"Unless… it's a rich kid just throwing his money around."
Aiden then responded,
"Regardless, Boss, this could save our company!"
Charles nodded, slumping back down in his seat,
"You're right, go and find information about him as soon as you can, make sure you call him as well."
At his Boss' instructions, Aiden solemnly nodded, and made his exit.
Charles leaned back on his chair, pondering to himself.
"3 Platinum Coins, huh? Just what kind of man are you, Brandon Locke?"
***
"Kughh!"
Brandon jolted awake from his slumber.
Drowsily grabbing his phone, he opted to check for the time.
[9:20 AM]
"Holy shit, I'm late."
Again…
Brandon got up instantly, entered the bathroom, and rinsed his face.
After rinsing, he immediately put on his signature black sweater and black pants.
Once again, he didn't take a shower…
.
.
.
Arriving once again in the same A201 room, Brandon checked the time on his phone.
[9:57 AM]
His schedule usually starts at 7:30 in the morning. Basically he was late for almost 3 hours.
Late again on his second day...
"Haa…" He let out a heavy sigh.
Entering the room, once again, all eyes were on him.
Vaness turned to glance at Brandon, furrowing her brows,
"Good morning, Brandon Locke. Do you have any idea what time it is?"
Brandon straightened his posture, trying to be nonchalant about the whole thing,
"Time for a second chance?"
"Haa… just find a seat," Vanessa seemed like she had enough of Brandon's witty remarks.
At her instructions, Brandon did just that.
But it seemed like the seat next to Raven was taken.
Roaming around, there was an empty seat just near the back of the class.
As Brandon took a seat, his gaze landed on Rachel Asami, who sat next to the empty seat.
Brandon flashed her a smile, greeting her warmly,
"Hello, it seems like we're neighbors today."
Rachel met his gaze, her expressions were nonchalant,
"Good morning, Brandon Locke."
Brandon was surprised at the fact that someone like Rachel remembered his name.
"Oh, you know my name?"
"Yes, you've been quite popular lately, I'm Rachel Asami."
Now, Brandon already knew who she was, but she didn't need to know that.
At the mention of 'popular', Brandon was quite curious,
"Popular? Me?"
He couldn't believe it, he'd never gotten that kind of attention in his past life.
So what made it so different in this life?
'Maybe it's because I'm hands–'
Before he could finish his thoughts, Rachel spoke up,
"It's because people have been calling you a fake, I think?"
Rachel tilted her head, her expressions remained cold.
"..."
During Combat Class, there were several male students who thought Brandon was just lucky.
Most likely, it was further proven during Physical Training, when Brandon got a mediocre grade.
Since he was considerably popular with the girls, it seemed like the guys had a grudge against him.
Brandon just shrugged it off.
He was used to being a target of bullying.
'Even in this life, some things never change…'
No, he now had power, he didn't want to stay a pushover forever.
With a determined gaze, Brandon turned to look at Rachel,
As he was about to speak, his phone buzzed.
Brrt… Brrt…
But of course, he didn't take the call. He was in the middle of a lecture after all.
He was already late, he didn't want to anger Vanessa even more.
As he dropped the call, his phone buzzed once more, it seemed like whoever the caller was really wanted to get in contact with him.
Brandon then retrieved his phone, checking for whoever the caller was.
When he saw the phone number, Brandon's eyes shot wide open.
He knew who the number belonged to. After all, before he made an investment, he did his research on the company.
It was none other than–Deus Company.
Brandon raised his hand, trying to get Vanessa's attention.
"What is it, Brandon?"
"I'd like to go to the bathroom."
It seemed like Vanessa didn't mind, as she gave him the go signal.
As he left the classroom, Brandon retrieved his phone and dialed the number back.
Instantly, the call was picked up on the other end.
Click-
Suddenly, a man's voice reached Brandon's ears.
[Hello? Is this Brandon Locke?]
Brandon then composed himself, trying to sound professional, making his voice sound deeper.
"Yes, speaking."
[This is Deus Company, our CEO would like to meet you, Mr Locke. Could you let us know when you're free?]
"Of course, I'd be honored to meet the CEO, I'll be free after 4:00 PM."
[Okay, could we schedule a meeting at 6:00 PM?"]
"That sounds about alright, I'll be there."
[Great, we'll text you the location. We'll be expecting you, Mr Locke.]
Beep-
Brandon's lips curled up to a grin as the call ended.
He had already expected for Deus Company to call him soon.
After all, he was the major shareholder, giving him significant influence over the company.
Just like that, Brandon solved his financial problems.
*
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[AN]
Apologies for no action yet.
But I promise, this is the foundation for the first arc. :)
Do check out the current novel I'm working on.
If you're looking for a story similar to The Villain Wants to Live and Academy's Genius Blinker, then you'll probably enjoy reading this one.
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