Chapitre 17: The Next Step
With the race finally completed, Jack and Henry both decided to leave the racing tracks. Jack drove Simon's car that had been won in the bet, while Henry drove the Mazda RX9.
Simon could only watch as the two left, without doing anything. After all, what could he do? He was the one who had agreed to the bet, and had lost in the end. Back then, he felt that there was something unusual, and now that he had lost the bet, he realized that Jack was simply provoking him, so that he could end up gaining more from the bet.
It was a pity that there was no medicine for regret. He had thought that he was skilled than Jack when it came to car racing, but it turned out that he was a complete noob when it came to racing with Jack.
Right now, Simon understood that he had not only lost the bet with Jack, but he had also lost part of his authority. That was something that he could see, considering that the majority of the people that usually surrounded him, now tried to avoid him.
It might be true that they would not start shouting loudly or laughing at him for losing the bet, but they would definitely do that in secret. That was something that he hated, but he could do nothing about it.
After contemplating for a while, Simon came to a decision. In any case, he had to make sure that he dealt with Jack. After all, if the news about what had happened here today reached Joyce's ears, she would definitely love Jack even more.
And with that, it would be difficult for him to be able to even get a chance of getting her into his bed. He had already set his eyes on her, and was not willing to lose her just like that, especially not to his enemy.
A plan suddenly came up in his mind, as he thought of someone that he knew. Without caring about the gazes that he was receiving around him, he got inside one of the cars that belonged to one of his minions, before driving away, under the reluctant gaze of the minion.
As for Jack and Henry, the two of them drove their cars, following each other as they headed towards the Smith residence. They did not have to go back to school in the afternoon, as they did not see the need for doing that anyway.
In any case, they had already gone through all that was required for them, having already completed the necessary projects that needed to be done, and they had already submitted them. Right now, the only thing that they were waiting for was the graduation.
As for the reason why they were attending the lectures almost every time that there was a lecture, it was simply because they wanted to maintain a good character within the school.
They rarely missed classes, something that their lecturers appreciated. And when they missed, the lecturers would not say anything, as in any case, the two of them were performing well, and their performance would not drop at all, and kept on improving as time went on.
Inside the car that Jack had won, he looked at the prompt that he had received from the system.
[You have earned $300,000. Multiplier applied. You received $30 million.]
[You have earned a customized Lamborghini Huracan. Multiplier effect can be applied. Would you like the multiplier effect to be applied in terms of quantity or quality?]
Jack was not that much surprised when he received those prompts from the system. Even though it had been quite a while ever since he last received them, other than the one that he received when he sold the car, but he still felt that they were familiar to him.
But this time, he focused on something. That was the fact that despite him not selecting the choice on whether to multiply the income which was the Lamborghini Huracan which was earned from betting, in terms of quality or quantity, that prompt did not disappear.
As if knowing what he was thinking, Angel suddenly spoke up.
[There is a time frame that the host will have to select for the multiplication path for the income. The host is given 48 hours. Within 48 hours, the host has to select one of the choices, or the income will be multiplied in a random path.]
That was something that was completely unexpected to Jack. In his previous life, even though he had gotten chances of using the multiplication effect after selecting, he never waited for such a long time. Perhaps that was the reason why he did not know that such a thing could happen?
But nonetheless, Jack was happy with that. In any case, it seemed that he could continue driving this car, before the multiplication effect was applied. At that time, he could decide on either having a hundred of these cars, which was kind of dumb, or having the quality of this car multiplied by 100 times.
[It is better for the host to be informed that in case this car is destroyed, the multiplication effect will not occur. And if the host goes ahead to upgrade this car, only the quality of the car when it was first won would be considered when the multiplication effect would be taking place.]
Jack was left speechless up on hearing that. Why was it that he was in a disadvantageous position? If he lost the car, he would also lose the multiplication effect. But if he ended up upgrading the car, so that the quality of the car during the multiplication effect would be higher, it would not be considered?
In the end, Jack would only shake his head. What could he even do? It was good enough that he had a system that was willing to multiply his income by 100 times.
The two of them drove their cars into the Smith residence. Of course, they attracted quite some attention, which was something that occasionally happened when the two of them came in. This time, most of the people were looking at the cars that were unfamiliar to them.
But when they saw that Jack and Henry were the ones that were coming out of the cars, they could not help but be surprised. They could clearly tell that these cars were modified in such a way that they was used in racing. But Jack and Henry were the ones that were owning them? Could it be that the two of them were intending on participating in a race?
In normal occasions, they had already gotten used to Jack and Henry driving the low profile car that they owned. But now, the two of them suddenly came in modified sports cars.
That was something that obviously surprised many, as before, they had asked Jack and Henry why they did not look for sports cars, but they said that they did not need them. Maybe they needed them now?
Jack and Henry greeted those that they could, and headed straight towards their room. As for the car that was hired, they would be returning it the following day. After all, just one car was enough.
"So, what is the current account balance?" Henry asked the moment that the two of them got inside Jack's room.
"Currently, I have 32 million that was earned just today. The 2 million is from father, while the 30 million is from the income that I earned from the bet." Jack responded as he began scrolling through his phone, then handed it over to Henry.
Henry looked at the account balance that was displayed on the screen, and could not help but feel that Jack was quite something. He had obviously given him the account that he was not using actively.
"Now, what do you think we should use this money for? Should we use it in betting on Friday night during the main race?" Henry suddenly asked as he handed back the phone to Jack.
"There is a limitation for my system. This $30 million cannot be used, considering that it has already been multiplied. Unless I use this money to earn another amount of money, maybe with a slight profit, that is only when the multiplication effect is going to occur.
And, it is also impossible for us to be able to use the entire $30 million on betting, considering that we will be betting with some young masters. $2 million is already quite a huge amount, not mention $30 million." Jack responded almost immediately.
Henry thought about it, and thought that it actually made sense. But since the money could not be used in betting, even if the limitation that Jack had talked about was removed, then, what were they supposed to use the money for? Were they supposed to get another skill from his system?
"I do believe that you already have a plan on how to use this money?" Henry asked after he came up with no concrete answer after thinking for a while.
"We are having the intention of getting ourselves involved in the hotel industry. It is better for us to start getting the necessary skills that will be required for that field. So, what do you think about acquiring the necessary skills from your system? What is the pricing?" Jack asked back after responding.
Henry had already thought of that, but he was not sure about it. So, he accessed his system store, before looking at all the necessary skills that were related to running a hotel smoothly.
"Okay. Here we go. By the way, should I look for the skills at the professional level, or the advanced level?" Henry asked after a moment of silence.
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