Penulis : Fuyuhara Patora
Ilustrator : Usatsuka Eiji
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Editor : Lumia 
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A pervert father that tries to hold back his nature.. A bitchy devout wife that treats him like a servant. A father in law that collects most of his earnings. This is Carl’s life. Now Carl decides that it is time to put everything behind him and start anew, but an incredible discovery about his father in law makes him decide that it is time to teach him a lesson… of course in his own, pervert way... This is my first attempt at writing. Constructive criticism is always welcome. Also, I am not a native english speaker so do expect grammar errors to pop up.
-The tags clearly indicate that this novel is not something that everyone can stomach.  If you can't handle it, then don't read it.  leaving a review that only says "this is disgusting" just exposes your bigotism.

-All character and situations are pure producs of my imagination.  Any resemblance to actual people or events is completeley coincidental.  DON'T TRY TO REPRODUCE THE ACTS DEPICTED IN THIS BOOK IN REAL LIFE!  NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE, IT IS CRUEL AND ILLEGAL!!!

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My heart leaped from my chest as the strange person turned the corner. His stature and physical features were that of a human child, but his eyes were that of a demon. Not one speck of white was shown, only red, the same deep red from the orb. Surely he was the one that the monsters feared. "Well, where's the orb you two?"

"" Master's voice echoed, but just before she could finish the spell, the child's hand tore through the person in front of me. That person slowly turned invisible while coughing up blood.

"Marcia!" Jonah's voice barely resonated. My ears rang as I caught Marcia in my hands. "Bastard!"

"Jonah! Get them out of here!" Master stepped between the child and me. My magic seeped out of me, and all I could think of was how I wished I was better at healing.

"Master! I'll fight with you!" Jonah ran over to Master's side, ready for a fight.

"YOU'LL DIE! He's not someone we can fight."

"" I chanted as I was pulled away. Jonah ran. Pain coursed through me as Marcia took a deep breath. Ah! She's still alive. I clutched my chest as I threw Marcia over my shoulder and ran away from that- that red-eyed beast.

We ran while warding off monsters — nothing on our minds but to survive. Finally, we made it to the safe house, and after sealing the door, Jonah and I fell to the ground, covered in wounds. Death surely awaits us.

"Wake up! Wake up, or you will surely die! Wake up, my child! Awaken your powers and rescue your friends."

"But that kid will find us."

"That man has gone. Now leave and find help. Don't die here. WAKE UP!"

My body heated up. I opened my eyes, Jonah was on the floor beside me, and Marcia was sitting in a corner rocking back and forth. Every move brought searing pain, blinding me. I forced myself to my feet. If that kid is really gone, then I need to get Jonah to a doctor.

I picked my brother up and threw him over my shoulder. He groaned in pain. I headed over to Marcia; she backed away from me for a second, almost like she didn't recognize me. Her wound disappeared after I poured my magic into her, but she didn't seem right. I held my hand out, and she reluctantly reached for it.

I ran down the mountain with Marcia in tow. The sun peeked over the horizon as dawn passed over the forest. That village gets closer and closer. As I rush towards it, I only wish to run in the opposite direction. The weight of Jonah on my shoulders presses me forward. The people most important to me keep me from fleeing. They saved me from that village once, so now I'll use that village to save them.

A young boy who is rejected by his village finds himself being taken into a loving home by two other orphaned children. Their caregiver "Master" raises them to learn how to be a Guardian and protect the world from monsters by using magic.

[Name]: Oss Jack.
[Identity]: Seven level criminal.


[Ability]: Advanced Martial Art (130mb), Speed ​​Increase (200mb), Mastery of Firearms (300mb), Strengthening of Two Hands (800mb)
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Sure enough, Lee guessed right, the person in front of him has a special ability.


Although it is not a super power, it is enough.
This Oss's hands strengthening, can strengthen hands to a special state, comparable to steel.


With this reinforcement, the speed and power of his hands, or his attack power, will be greatly improved.


Lee did not hesitate to choose to download.


"Ding Dong, the connection is successful!"
"Ding Dong, the strength of both hands is 800mb. Download."
"Ding Dong, the current download speed is 1mb / s (effective within five meters)"
After downloading Black Widow's ability, Lee's download speed and download range have been considerably improved!


The download speed is 1mb, which means that he can download it in about 13 minutes.


After figuring that out, Lee began delaying time again with Oss.


His body couldn't defend at all in the face of Oss, whose hands were like steel.
For thirteen minutes, he didn't need to turn on acceleration at all.
No way, he needs to save money before returning to the Avengers base.
Otherwise, when encountering the black widow and hawk-eye again, it is quite embarrassing to have no money.
Although Oss's attack power is strong, Lee's speed and super fighting skills are quite good.
However, the strength and speed of Oss's hands felt a little difficult even when Lee responded.
In the battle, as long as he can't dodge, those hands can break his defense.
Fortunately, his speed is enough, otherwise he will become a prey.
"Ding Dong, the download is complete!"
"Ding Dang, congratulations to the host for strengthening his hands!"
After not knowing how long the battle was, the sound of the system came and made Le happy.
At this time, Oss also realized that something was wrong and shot with all his strength to break Lee's chest.
"Hey!"
At this point, Lee directly used his hands strengthening ability.
Instantly his hands turned into a metallic luster, shining a cold light.
"Boom!"
The sound of steel pounding came, and Lee and Oss's hands collided.
Suddenly, Oss retreated and fell.
"How is that possible?" Oss' face changed, and he saw Lee's hands clearly, exactly like his.
That's my ability.
When he was stunned, a smile appeared in Lee's eyes.
He only felt that his hands possessed horrible power, with extremely strong strength, and both speed and strength had been greatly improved.
Right now, Lee shot without hesitation.
"Bang, bang ~"
In the narrow streent, the walls made out of concrete were broken by him.
Originally, Lee's overall ability was stronger than Oss's, but now he has downloaded his proud ability.
The strength of the two sides was instantly reversed.
"Oh!"
seizing the moment when oss was distracted, Lee managed to  break open Oss's chest.
For a while, blood was dripping and watering the icy streets.


Although Oss had powerful abilities, he was a human being after all, and he couldn't bear such injuries.
After three minutes, the battle was resolved.
He can't waste this corpse, it's worth 500.000$.
He then began to clean Oss's body.
Fortunately, there is no one in this place, otherwise Lee will have to go to the police station again.
"Dididi!"
But just as he was dealing with the corpse, a cell phone rang.
It's Oss's phone!
Lee's face changed slightly, and now he put on rubber gloves and took the phone out.
"Oss, why haven't you come back?"
There is only this information on the mobile phone, there is no address book, and nothing else.
But Lee noticed the name of the message.
Tess Jack!
For a moment, a gleam of light appeared in Lee's eyes.
This name is also on the SHIELD reward order.
Moreover, it is an eight-level criminal.
Lee directly retrieved Tess's information and reward order.
"The intelligence is extraordinary. It is very mysterious. There were three shots in the heart, but he did not die. The reward is 1,000,000$!"
This is the information about Tess in the SHIELD, which made Lee overjoyed.
He was shot three times in the heart and was not dead.
In other words, this person may have a special ability related to healing!
This is the ability that even Lee coveted.
Just like Wolverine and Deadpool, their most special ability is to regenerate with broken limbs.
Of course, this Tess' ability cannot be so powerful, or it cannot be just an eight-level criminal.
Although Lee is in the Marvel movie universe, he can be sure that the strong people in Marvel will definitely appear in the future.
Phoenix, Magneto, Cyclops, and even Professor X may all eventually join this universe.
This world may be even more chaotic.
Therefore, he must become extremely powerful when the world changes beyond the scope of the plot he knows.
Tess has the ability to heal, which is what he needs.
When it matters, you can keep yourself immortal.
Subsequently, Lee did not hesitate to type a message on the phone.
"I'm in danger here."
He didn't say much, didn't even send a position, for fear of being discovered.
Tess said in the SHIELD file that he is very intelligent, and believes that this place will be found soon.
And what he also needs to do is keep his guard.
As long as he succeeds, today's gains will exceed his imagination.
At the same time, in an abandoned factory, Tess received a message from his 'brother'.
"In danger?" Tess frowned slightly.
Recently, the SHIELD operation has been frequent, and even he dare not go out at will.
But he knew that SHIELD didn't pay attention to them, small fries.
After thinking about it, he still planned to go and find out.
He put on a cloak, hiding himself completely in the dark.
Tess was really smart and found the route Oss has traveled.
But what he didn't figured out, was that he was walking into Lee's trap.

I want to say that this novel is not mine.

When he woke up, Bruce found that he became an American agent.earning tens of thousands of dollars a month, enjoying all kinds of benefits, having the right and money, and having fun, but when he had not had time to be happy, Bruce found that he is actually in Marvel world.
Yes, that’s right, he is in the Marvel Parallel Universe. That Thanos snapping the fingers will kill half the people in the world.
Just when Bruce was desperate, suddenly get a super download system, can download other people’s abilities.
Download the top agent’s fighting skills.
Download Hulk’s invincible body.
Download Iron Man’s latest Mark Battle Armor and inventing ability.
Download Captain America’s Super Soldier Serum.
Download unlimited gems?
Download the udder of the black widow? …….
This is too shameless!

Anya stayed in the car while Kenny went in to get her favourite ice cream. Meanwhile, she switched on the laptop to browse through the link that was sent to her phone number. It did not take much time for her to realize that it was the admit card issued for the upcoming exam. She downloaded the PDF version and saved it on her laptop as well as on her phone. By the time she had finished, Kenny returned with the double chocolate ice cream with extra whipped cream and sprinkles. That was Anya's favourite ice cream flavour. 
"Whatcha doing?" Kenny peeked through her open window as he handed the ice cream with a tissue paper.
"They had sent the link to download the admit card", Anya shrugged as she took a bite of the ice cream.
Kenny nodded and walked over to the other side. Then, he got in the car, "Do you want me to drive or shall we wait till you finish your dessert?"
"Why don't you get one for yourself?" Kenny shrugged. He was not in the mood since he saw Melinda at the district office. He was having a hard time wondering what she was planning in her nasty brain. After seeing her there, it did not take much time for him to decipher her intentions. But the question was, would she frame Anya again? If so, then how? Given his earlier interactions with Melinda, she had a knack of doing everything with a bang.
"Ken?" Anya nudged at his arm, bringing him back to senses.
"Yeah?" he looked at her with soft eyes.
"Let's go", she pursed her lips, "I want to study." He nodded and the engine revved to life.
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When they reached home, the sky was already getting dark. Anya loved to stare at the evening sky as she sat on her bed, doing her stuff or just listening to the night calls. So, she hurried inside as soon as Kenny turned off the ignition. He sighed as he got down. About Melinda, he would not do anything about it right now. He would wait for her to make her move before he did something himself. He leaned against the car, deep in thought.
"Kenny!" Anya called from above him, "Come up here!" She was waving from the terrace. He looked at her before shaking his head.
"I have some stuff to take care of", he yelled back and got in the car. He threw the car in reverse before he drove out. Anya sighed as she saw the car disappear in the darkness. She went back to her room while rubbing the nape of her neck. Her stomach rumbled and she pursed her lips. She got a change of clothes. She wore a tank top and threw a shirt over it, to avoid being nagged at by her stepmom. Underneath, she wore a pair of black leggings. She quietly descended the stairs in her bare feet and made her way to the kitchen. She turned on the lights and took out the packet of elbow macaroni from the shelf above the microwave oven. She poured them in a mug and added some hot water from the thermos flask. Then, as quietly as possible, she grated some cheese and added it to the cup with a pinch of salt. Then, she placed the cup into the oven. She nestled herself on the kitchen counter and waited for her mac and cheese to cook. She tapped her fingers on the counter with impatience.
CHINK.
The timer went off and Anya slid down the counter to retrieve her mug of mac and cheese. She took a deep breath and the cheesy aroma wafted to her nose. Yummy! She grabbed a spoon from the holder and reclaimed her position on the counter. Her stomach rumbled and she dug into the mug. She froze when she heard a voice echo along the hallway. 
"Who is in the kitchen?" Her Stepmom barged into the kitchen, with an annoyed face. Anya squeezed her eyes shut, took a huge gulp and opened her eyes.
"Ann!" her stepmom, Mrs Stafford exclaimed, "You scared me, dear!" Then, she began to size her up from head to toe. The moment her eyes laid on her bare feet, Anya knew it was her time to die. And there, Mrs Stafford began her nagging session.
"How many times Ann?" she twisted her face and placed her hands on her hips, "Why are you not wearing your fluffy flip flops? Do you remember the last time you ran around the house in your bare feet? You caught a cold and stayed in bed for two weeks!"
"Mom!" Anya sagged her shoulders, "You are making a mountain out of a molehill!" 
"Behave, you little brat!" She jutted out her chin, "Do you know what will happen if your Dad knows about it?"  Anya sulked as she gagged herself with a spoonful of mac and cheese. She began chewing lazily. Seeing that, Mrs Stafford inched closer and took a look at her mug. 
"Yikes!" she crinkled her nose, "You are having this nasty thing again!"
"Mom!" Anya sighed with exasperation, "It's not nasty! It's tasty!"
"Whatever", she bent down to open the shelf under the kitchen, "You are not having that nasty stuff again!" She pulled out a box of bread loaves and continued, "Ken spoils you too much! You skip lunch and come back home to eat those rotten things!" Anya sighed again as she stuffed the last bits into her mouth. Then, she jumped down from the counter and went to sink to clean up.
"Go and get your fluffs", Mrs Stafford ordered, "Then, come back here to take your veg sandwich. I will add extra mayonnaise and baby corn, to your likings!" Anya smiled without looking at her. Though she nagged at her too much, she still cared about her.
"Little brat, where is Ken?" You went out together, right?" she continued.
"I don't know", Anya shrugged worriedly, "He dropped me at the gate and drove away somewhere."
"Where?" 
"I don't know", Anya echoed as she left the kitchen to get her flip flops.

Anya Stafford, the main character, has a secret to keep and a dream to achieve. But, an incident shattered her dream and changed it into humiliation. But her secret helped her to survive. And sheltering her secret while fueling her dream, is her sweet old step-brother, Kenny Stafford. But Anya has a problem of her own and it collides with her secret and her dream, alike.
Will she overcome her problem while protecting her secret and achieving her dream?


During lunch, the ladies came up to Alex and began to stuff him with the food they brought from home. By the time lunch was over, Alex was overwhelmed by the gesture both in his heart and his stomach. His stomach swelled and bulged enough to almost tear apart his shirt.
After lunch, when all the ladies and Alex came back, they were immediately called by Karen in the meeting room.
In the meeting room, Karen was sitting in the middle while all the others were either on her right or on her left.
Alex and Amber being the newbies, were sitting at the far end opposite to each other.
"You must know why we are having a meeting now. Many of you know our company acquired another company a month ago". Karen said as she addressed all of them.
All of them nodded except for Amber and Alex.
Amber raised her hand to ask about it, but Karen who saw it ignored her, and said, "As for those who are new, let me tell you about it".
Listening to Karen, Amber brought her hand down. Karen continued, "Last month 'Theation' acquired a book publishing company".
Listening to this, there were complicated expressions on the faces of all those who were present there. Even though they knew about it, they thought it was completely unrelated to their own venture. They all began to gossip with each other.
"I know what you all feel, but it's not our job to question the decisions made by our superiors on what they should or should not do. Our job here is to do our best in promoting what we are asked to. Now we are asked to promote this new company. We all are here to discuss this matter and map out a strategy for promotion". Karen said as she was well aware of what all of them were thinking.
All the ladies nodded their head in understanding. Alex was amazed as to how focused his chief was that she would never partake in any gossip around the office. The respect he had for her increased by a notch.
The ladies began to discuss among themselves and give suggestions to the chief.
"Boss, why don't we ask one of the celebrities from the ongoing shootings to promote the company on their social media? Instead of making them the brand ambassador of the company, we can enter into a pay per post kind of agreement with them" Elaine said. She was the social media manager, so it was easy for her to keep an eye on that.
"That's a good idea, make a list of all the celebrities which fit our requirements in fees, popularity and their image," Karen said as she liked the idea, but she reminded, " Keep this in mind, the image of the celebrity is the deciding factor here.
"Yes, boss" Ellaine said as she wrote down the details in her pad.
"Boss, how about shooting an advertisement?" Amber said as she raised her hand.
"I don't think it is the right time". before Karen could say anything, Hazel pinched in.
"Why?" Amber asked confused.
"When companies start, they don't just outright jump into the market with advertisements. They need to make a small local market for themselves first". Hazel explained to Amber.
"Ohh..." Amber nodded in agreement.
After that, all the ladies present, again involved themselves in a discussion.
The discussion kept on going for some time.
Karen looked at Alex who was sitting silently, at the very end of the table, not taking part in the discussion, "Alex, are you not feeling comfortable?".
Hearing Karen, the chattering in the meeting room stopped, and the focus of all the ladies in the room shifted towards Alex.
"No, I am feeling fine". Alex said as he straightened himself.
"Then, don't you have any suggestions for us?" Karen asked, placing her palms on her chin as she supported herself with her arms on the chair. She looked curiously towards Alex.
"I have, in fact, I have two suggestions, but I don't know if you will like them". Alex said while scratching the back of his head, embarrassed.
"Owww... Alex, why are you being so shy? Just tell us even if nobody likes them, you will get to know what and where you are lacking". Elaine said as she encouraged him.
"Yeah, and it's even possible that we might end up using them with some or no changes". Jennifer said, mentioning him the possibilities.
"You listened to them, go on". Karen said as she gestured him to go on.
"Well, I don't know why the upper echelon of this company is so adamant on going with this publishing company. We need to keep in mind that everything is available online, not many people might end up buying our books" Alex said as he told everyone to not have their hopes high.
All of them nodded while Karen knitted her eyebrows. This problem, she was well aware of already.
"Well, first of all, we all know shooting is always going on here. One movie or TV series after the other, right?" Alex said.
All of them nodded, on hearing Alex.
"Now Ellaine here, suggested that we ask for a celebrity to endorse the company, right?" Alex asked.
"In a sense, yeah," Ellaine said.
"Now, on the same idea, we can have a different method of promotion. The projects here are of different genres too, so why don't we use a bookstore or cafe scenes to promote the books of our publications? Seeing the leads of the movie or series, reading a book people might get curious and end up searching about them or even buy them" Alex said, and by the end, he was very excited about his idea.
All of them looked amazed at his suggestion, this was such a basic and a very good idea to promote their books. It won't even cost them a bit.
"Why didn't I think about it? We don't need any resources for this. We can just go to any set and hand them over a book". Hazel said as she lamented over her foolishness.
"But it may not necessarily increase the sell of our hard copies. People might just download pdf from the internet". Alex soon poured water on their excitement.
"So what do you suggest we can do to increase that?" Karen asked. She was beginning to get interested in Alex's ideas. He might end up helping the boss a lot.
"Chief let me ask you something if for about two or three hours you have no access to the internet, nor do you have anything else all you can do is sleep, if I were to give you a book will you read it?" Alex asked with a smile.
"Well, I have to, if I can't do anything else". Karen said.
"This can be our way to sell our books".
"What are you saying tell us properly". Karen asked.
"The second suggestion is...".

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This is the story of Alex Rutherford.

He was known by many names among his peers, 'Yama'[The God of Death] or 'Asura'[The Devil himself]. 
NO one dared to approach him. He was the god of killing, without any emotions.

Every life he took, was just another assignment for him...
Every life he took, was just one more number added to the count... 
Every life he took, was to reach a certain someone...

"Please spare me, I will give you as much money as you want". A middle-aged man pleaded.

"Sorry but you have already paid me. By becoming my target" The young man said while fidgeting the dagger in his hand.

Splash... The dagger in the young man's hand, slit his target's neck. 

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But what will happen, if he suddenly lost his memory?

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Now he is adopted by a couple. He has a job, friends and a peaceful life. He does not remember anything about his past life.

"Alex, what are you doing at home on Sunday morning?" a woman asked Alex.

"What happened, mom?" Alex said while playing on his PS 5.

"Get out of the house and find yourself a girlfriend".

"Why?" Alex asked lazily.

"If I don't see you bring a girl to introduce to us within a week, I will...will... I will throw that stupid game of yours" the woman said pointing towards the gaming console in front of her.

"Mom, where are my clothes?" Alex asked ready to go find a girl.

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Will he able to continue living like this?

Will he remember his past? If so will he return to his old ways or will he use his skills to help the people?

What will happen when his past comes haunting him?

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What kind of game would be best?
Li Dong first thought of an action fighting game.
Its requirements included a smooth sense of impact, a good sense of strength, and near-real collision damage.
The size of the game should be about 100 million, and it should be a single console with a download fee of 10 yuan per download.
In truth, Eastern Jupiter also had a game industry, but it was on a small scale. There were very few masterpieces which could be considered excellent. On the other hand, if he produced a game with good sales, there would be a trend of numerous copycats, leading to a glut of near-identical games.
But after all, they were only NPC, albeit highly intelligent ones. Even if they were 99.9% similar to a real human, as long as they lacked that 0.1% of creativity and inspiration, their world would remain highly tedious and boring.
Hence, Li Dong strongly believed that his game would become successful, because things like creativity and inspiration were never lacking in reality.
…
About a month later.
Li Dong purchased a set of source code for a game on the internet from the real world, and after some slight modifications, his game was successfully created.
The name was The Brave Road of A Hero In An Alternate World.
The game had a total of nine regular levels and three hidden levels. Players would have to deal with up to nine bosses and could choose single or double pass mode. They would constantly improve their ranks and skills and upgrade their equipment in the process of leveling up..... The players would get stronger and stronger.
Moreover, there was a function that allowed the player to save their game data anytime.
There was also a rich variety of hidden and collectible elements.
Li Dong tried the game a few times and came to the conclusion that it was a boring game for killing time.
Of course, it was very boring for him. But for Eastern Jupiter, which had an undeveloped game industry, there would be many aspects of the game that were fun and interesting. Here, it could be considered a fun sort of game.
Li Dong immediately put it in the store of each gaming website, hoping to attract players to download it.
However, after three days, the game had sold a total of 317 copies. After subtracting the store commission rate of 50%, Li Dong only earned $1,585 for himself.
Obviously, this could not satisfy his needs.
"No matter how good a product is, if it's unknown, it will remain unknown. Seems like I have to advertise and market this game."
…
Xihai No. 3 High School.
After class.
Li Dong took out his mobile phone and walked to the center of the row, where there was a group of girls.
"Denen, Nishihara, Ishinaka, and Shangguan, please excuse my presumptuousness. I've been working on a game recently and I believe you all know that I've finished it now. But I don't know if it is fun. Only players of the game can give me the answer, so...
"Can you be my players and trial the game I made?" Li Dong said.
"Ryu, your game is done?"
Satoshi was very surprised. It was completed, and so quickly at that?
"Touki, I am very interested in your game. Please let me try." Nishihara Kaori reached out for the phone.
"I'll give it to Satoshi first. She probably wants to play it more."
Li Dong handed the mobile phone to Denen Satoshi. After all, she was his staunchest supporter.
Nishihara Kaori snatched her hand back and glared at him as her face swelled up.
"However, if you want to experience it right away, you can search for The Brave Road of A Hero In An Alternate World in the game stores and download it to your mobile phone for $10. Of course, if you don't want to spend any money, you can wait for Satoshi to be done."
"Only $10?"
Shangguan Feifei quickly found the game and clicked to pay for the purchase. "I'll just take it as treating you to the simplest meal."
"I've downloaded it, too."
"How's the game made by Touki?"
Nishihara Kaori and Ishinaka Mei paid for the download of the game and tapped the button to start playing. Soon after, they began to exclaim.
"Wow, the scenes and style of the game are so good. Did you really do this, Touki?"
"I killed a small demon and found some money and materials."
"Interesting! This game is very interesting!"
"I didn't think that Touki could make such a great game."
The yelling of these girls caught the attention of other students in the class.
"Why don't you guys try playing the game I made?"
"It's very smooth and the fights are explosive. Many of the combat moves were created via trial and error. The moves are very formidable and powerful."
"It can be downloaded for $10, everyone. Let's support it."
Li Dong did not give up on this precious opportunity to market his product; he advertised and sold his game to his classmates.
After putting in some effort during the ten-minute break between classes, he sold more than 30 copies of his game, and the response was generally very good.
"This game is so fun! Touki, you are a genius."
"The experience and feel when I deliver a hit is very enjoyable."
"This is the first time I played such an exciting combat game. Only Touki, the King of Underground Fighting, could achieve this."
"Touki, please accept me as your disciple, let me follow you and learn something. Something like your fighting techniques that will ensure that one is never bullied, or how to make fun combat games. Please teach me one of these!"
"Although I am a girl, I think that Touki's game is really good."
"I don't really like all that fighting and killing, Touki. Can you do another game that girls will fall in love with?"
"…"
From the chatter surrounding him, Li Dong could tell that most of it was positive.
He sighed with relief. This sort of praise that came straight from the mouth must be real. The game The Brave Road of A Hero In An Alternate World had good market potential.
He just had to increase the intensity of his promotions.
However, Li Dong did not have much in the way money or resources. The promotion method which he adopted was very simple. He would make full use of the resources around him.
He would let his classmates help to recommend and promote the product.
Then, it would be spread to the whole school.
After which, thousands of students would help to advertise and popularise it outside of the school.
Also, a major event was currently being held: the city's annual high school basketball championship, held in the capital of Shengjing. The event had already started with a bang. He had joined the school basketball team and had become the main player alongside the captain, Morido Shenli. Li Dong had the opportunity to go to each high school to participate in competitions. As they won one game after another, he also promoted the game that he made.
Such a scene was undoubtedly embarrassing: his victory was a total crushing of the opponent's team, yet he then remained on their home turf at the end of the match, desperately promoting his own game in the hopes that basketball fans attending the away-game would pay for the download.
For fans who had come to attend the game, this was a provocation, an insult—this was asking for a beating!
Even so, Li Dong needed a lot of money, and so he poured all his energy into publicizing the game. With every violent slam dunk on the court, he would scream, "Play The Brave Road of A Hero In An Alternate World, and you'll be able to slam dunk like me!"
With this shameless promotion, coupled with a good word-of-mouth reputation from the game's players, his success was brewing.
The final result was remarkable.
Two weeks later, the game The Brave Road of A Hero In An Alternate World had been downloaded more than 100,000 times.
Li Dong had earned a total of $500,000 for himself.


Through a mysterious portal, Chen Jin arrived at this strange place - a post-apocalyptic world where civilization had been destroyed. 

Consequently, he found -

A piece of metal scrap
A robot trash collector
A battleground
A city
A ton and more of gold
A copy of high-tech documents
A...
In short, Chen Jin found a planet.

Chapter 152. The Scandal Of The Century, Part II

Translator: Khan
Editor Group: Liber Reverie 


"Really? That's very interesting. I'm going out for business."
 
Mielle took a breath and left the mansion, looking totally uninteresting. As soon as the detestable figure disappeared, Annie, who was following the Countess, gritted her teeth.

"Then she'll find out later and drop a fork or a cup of tea!"
 
Because she had witnessed it several times while serving Aria, even the modest Jessie hurriedly covered her mouth and held back her laughter. The Countess, who grasped Annie's character with her sharp eyes, patted her hair.
 
"I think it's time to make use of your specialty."
 
"... My specialty?"
 
"Yes, I'm sure they're all curious about what happened today."
 
"Ahah!
 
Only then did Annie's eyes shined when she realized what the Countess meant. It was time to make the proud appearance of her master, who had been hidden.
 
Already, it would have been told through the mouths of thousands of people outside. So why not let the mansion know that? In order to give the right treatment to Aria who would return soon... The excited Annie hurried around the mansion.
 
"Everyone! Something great happened! Don't regret it later, let's get together quickly!"
 
'What's the big deal?' She was always the one who had brought new and interesting news, so the servants and maids, who were working all over the mansion, held out their heads, asking, "What's that?"
 
'Where will the Count, Cain, and Mielle, who went out, hear the news for Aria?'
 
Wherever it was, it must be a very interesting and enjoyable reaction that she had never seen before. The Countess disappeared into her room, humming and thinking that she might be called the mother of the Crown Princess, who had risen from a prostitute to a Countess.
 
* * *

Mielle's carriage, heading for the mansion of the Duke, stopped in front of a famous bakery. It was to find a cake that she had reserved in advance. In order to take a freshly baked cake, she had to make a reservation ahead of time. While her maid went looking for it, she removed the curtains covering the window and looked outside.
 
'There's a lot of people today.'
 
Nearby, the academy's completion ceremony had been held, and the ceremony seemed to have ended, and the attendees were out. This was the only way down because it was the Imperial Castle if they went up.
 
'So why did the Countess, who went out with Aria, come back alone?'
 
At that time, while she was questioning what was happening, they were surprised and stopped in front of the carriage of Mielle.
 
"…?"
 
Normally, if they found a noble's carriage, they should avoid it a little or bend their heads. Strangely enough, more and more people stared at the wagon or approached and snooped.
 
"What's going on?"
 
At Mielle's question, the knight, who had been waiting, went out of the carriage to check. When she glanced out of the window, Mielle opened her eyes wide to see people who had been rude and could not hide their happy faces, let alone avoid the appearance of the knight. People said something eagerly to the knight with their full excited faces, and the knight cocked his head and talked to them for a long time.
 
'What the hell is that?'
 
She was curious about the strange situation. It was a matter that would end when he gave attention and make them scatter, but why was he taking so long? The conversation, which continued until her maid with the cake appeared, ended when the joy gradually faded from the faces of the common people who had gathered there, and only after they had dispersed. To the knight, who returned with a look of embarrassment, Mielle asked what the reason was.
 
"That's..."
 
But the knight could not easily answer Mielle's question. The maid, who noticed from his side, intercepted the answer. As the conversation between the knight and the common people did not end until the cake was brought out, she had grasped the content. Her face was lit up as if she had received a birthday present. She was in a state of great excitement.
 
"I'll tell you. You know the famous investor in public, right? The investor has continued to invest in young and capable businessmen, regardless of their status!"
 
"... Investor A?"
 
"Yes, yes! Well, Investor A, showed up at the academy's completion ceremony today!"
 
The hair of the maid, who nodded and answered brightly, sparkled the hairpin she had received from Aria.
 
"Oh, I'm sure they're the ones who were there. So what does this have to do with it now?"
 
The important part was not told, so Mielle cocked her head and asked. The face of the knight darkened and the maid swallowed and raised her voice. "Surprisingly, I heard that Investor A was Miss Aria! That's why people gathered around the wagon with the family seal on it! They wondered if Miss Aria was riding it!"
 
"... What?"
 
Mielle was as hard as stone when the maid answered with pride. Mielle stared at her maid without moving as if she had forgotten how to breathe. She looked as if she was saying such nonsense.
 
'... Is the daughter of that vulgar prostitute the rumored Investor A? She is the one who the princess wanted to take on her side.'
 
'Does this make sense? What the hell am I hearing?' It was unbelievable, but it was a shock, so Mielle's eyes opened a little bit wider, and she gave strength to her hands that were neatly placed on her legs.
 
She was a dumb woman with nothing but her face. But she was a great investor. She had not known who it was, but she mentioned that Investor A was a very discerning and intelligent person in front of the princess in the past, and she recalled it. Her inquiring voice trembled weakly.
 
"... Is that true? Is that really what they said? Didn't they make a mistake?"
 
"That's what they said. They mentioned Roscent Aria, who was rumored to be a wicked woman."
 
"It's true," said the maid, but Mielle could not believe her maid's repeated answer and stared at the knight and urged him to answer.
 
'Please say no. I wish you would call it a foolish maid's delusion.' Contrary to Mielle's expectations, however, the knight threw an answer to Mielle's question by avoiding her gaze quietly.
 
How could that be so ridiculous...! The pale-faced Mielle was lost in her thoughts for a moment. She then ran out of the carriage. It was a rough move that no noblewoman could ever think of. The knight called her from behind and hurried after her.
 
In case someone, who had not yet left, ran around the carriage, mistaking her as Aria. There was an urgent document in his hand to show Aria.
 
"... Oh, I'm sorry!"
 
Soon, however, he realized that all but her hair and eyes were different and hurried to bow down to the noblewoman. Unlike Aria, who invested generously in the common people, ordinary aristocrats considered them insignificant.
 
"The investor… is a Roscent family? Is that why you're waiting?"
 
When the pale-faced Mielle asked like that, the man with his head down answered carefully,
 
"Yes? Oh, yes... she said her name was Roscent Aria."
 
"What was the color of her hair? What was the color of her eyes? How tall was she? How was her skin color? How was her tone? How old was she?"
 
The man, embarrassed for a moment by the incessant flood of questions, soon began to answer the questions one after the other; a brilliantly shiny blonde, beautiful appearance, and green eyes that seemed to contain jewels. They were all just like Aria's appearance, and when Mielle lost her balance, the knight hurriedly supported her.
 
"... Uh, let's go quickly to the mansion of the Duke!"
 
As the knight assisted her to stand up and helped her walk back to the carriage, the people gathered around her to check what was going on, but there was no sound in Mielle's ear, perhaps because of the shock.
 
'Does the princess know this? What if she knows? Isn't it going to spark me? ... don't tell me she's thinking of joining hands with the daughter of that vulgar prostitute...?'
 
Mielle, who grasped her heart in order to stop it from beating so fast, raised her voice by asking the driver to go to the mansion of the Duke as soon as possible, and the wagon that ran as fast as it could rattled and headed to its destination.
 
The princess, who was talking to a guest, greeted the visiting Mielle with pleasure as if she had not yet heard the public gossip.
 
"Oh my God, you don't look good, Lady Mielle. What's going on?"
 
"That's...!"
 
Mielle could not answer, looking at Vika, who was following after Isis out of the lounge. Vika, who knew he was a hindrance, said goodbye with an unexpected smile.

To beat a villainess, you must be even more evil than them.

Aria is killed unjustly by her sister but along with the turn of a illusory hourglass, she is reincarnated 5 years into the past.

She will now live for revenge, revenge against those who drove her into her death. This is the new life she has chosen.

Getting everyone down the ladder proved to be a hassle.  I looked up at the opening as I pulled a cord and the mouth closed.  The flashlights were suddenly the only light in the oppressive darkness.  We started off.  Flashlights bobbing.  Ashley asked after a while, "Taegan, why did you set up such an elaborate set of escape paths?  Come ON, Taegan.  What were you thinking?"

"On the surface, I have been the good little boy.  Underneath I have been filled with this feeling that our parents would abandon me for no known reason.  I have no idea why I thought that way...  Our mother set up an account for each of us on a vacation to the Seychelles.  I have been using it to hide my gambling winnings...  I got into some high stakes poker games and threw in the credit card with the $1M limit in...  I have won almost every time.  The losses, Dad paid for.  The winnings went to the Seychelles in prepaid credit cards.  I can access the money via a debit card...  Then I started buying land and, well, the trailer parks...  Mom always made the joke that she had grown up thinking trailer parks were posh...  I've been picking off commercial land on this side of the freeway for a while...  Companies would go under and I would buy for almost nothing...  I got caught up in the idea that something horrible would happen and... things got out of control...  The sane part of the goal was to own  enough land that when I sold, I could be self-sufficient...  That guy, Lyonell Hurst, may have a good plan.  We need to go over it at some point.  If it is a good plan, then I will adopt it and he will be SOL.  In all likelihood, he will prove to be a con artist...  One way or another that SOB is going to pay.  On purpose or accidentally he told the A-Team that we were living there...  Or rather, I own trailer parks under the Sergai Brzezinski name and Avery Shrike sent that guy to find me in one of them.  When the A-Team realized that the trailer had an underground escape route, they must have decided to wait until I got home then try to spook us into taking the escape route... right into their hands...  Thus they would not have to invade the thing and chance having to deal with the police.  How long they are going to sit there waiting for us to come out of the basement, I do not know...  The longer the better."

An hour later we emerged from a manhole that looked down on a hotel.  An idea hit me...  I put some money in my wallet and we marched into the hotel.  I walked up the concierge desk and said, "Look, our car broke down.  We have reservations at a hotel downtown.  Could you call us a cab?"

The guy looked up at the clock and down at a clipboard, then he said, "I can take you in the courtesy van, if you want."

"Thank you.  I appreciate your help."  We loaded up and we were off.  I gave him the address of the hotel across the street from Dugan's Long Term Vehicle Storage.  I asked conversationally, "Are you working your way up in the hotel trade or going to college for something else?"

"I'm getting an MBA. I want to work in the transportation industry.  I graduate at the end of summer from the University of Houston," he said concentrating on the road.  "No bites for jobs so far.  I may have to accept something else."

I opened the briefcase, peeled off $1000 and a $20.  I paperclipped the $1000 to the card, prospectus and business plan from Lyonell Hurst.  At the next stop light, I put the papers on the dashboard and said, "I'm Taegan Shrike.  My father died over the weekend.  I will be taking over Saginaw Industries at some point.  I am now going to give you an opportunity.  I need that prospectus and business plan analyzed.  I want a full presentation on its feasibility.  If you find it wanting, then come up with your own version of it.  Do not contact the man on the business card, but I do need you to explore his background."  I waved the $20.  "You can take this as a tip for moving me and my family from here to there.  If you take up the task I have outlined, then I will want a full presentation after you graduate.  I have attached $1000 to cover your expenses.  You can take tip or project or both... or neither."  Someone honked from behind.  The light had turned green.

The man, it said Bernie on his tag, drove for a while. "Why me?"

"The prospectus and/or the business plan may have a tracker on them.  I need someone to lead the people who put the tracker there on a merry chase...  If you are clever you can lead them on a merry chase and do the project and get the job at Saginaw Industries.  What do you say?"

Again a long silence, then he said, "I could just take the money and dump the paper."

"That is one approach."

After a short silence he said, "I will take the $20 and the $1000 and do the project.  I am not sure how well the merry chase will go."  I put the $20 under the paperclip.  At the next stop light, he attached the paper to his clipboard and handed me his card.  I put it in the mad money pouch.

At the small hotel downtown, Bernie unloaded all the bags and left us there on the sidewalk.  I sent Marsha across to Dugan's.  She returned with the van.  We loaded up and started driving.  We stopped at a McDonalds with WiFi and had lunch.  I logged into my mother's business computer and started searching for a file I knew was there.  Mom had established this account in case someone was watching her other account...  Maybe I got my paranoia from her...  After a lot of messing around, I found the list of residences that had been sold but not occupied, rented but not occupied and residences bought but not on the market as yet.

I chose a rental house that had a movein date two weeks away.  We drove there and unloaded.  My mother always kept a key in a red rock in the backyard.  The security codes were in the file I had lifted.  The inside was unbelievable.  To say that the place was opulent was to say that desert is a mite hot.  White marble floors... three story high windows... two grand stair cases...  A 100 meter swimming pool in the back... a kitchen that was bigger than the trailer we had just come from.

Each of us went to a separate bathroom.  Then we met in the master bedroom and dried each other off... and rutted like weasels.  I had heard that a close call with death can cause you to want sex, but this was ridiculous.  When we were all spent, I had everyone put on a house coat and adjourn to the kitchen.  Brittany made us a dinner to die for from the food in the freezer and food closet.  I made a note of all the food we took with the intent of replacing it at some point.
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After dinner we watched TV until late, then... made love some more before going to sleep.  The next day after breakfast I drove the van across US 610 and called Jake Rearden.  He seemed stunned that I would call him.  "Anything happen at the trailer park yesterday afternoon?"  I asked conversationally.

"Oh, nothing much except about 50 very deadly men tore your house apart looking for you.  Taegan, these were top of the line bully boys from Colombia.  When they left, they were very unhappy.  One of them tried to mess with one of mine.  I called their leader out and we communicated.  I told him that I had met you once and did not know where you were.  He believed me...  Taegan, they want to kill you.  They do not want to ask you any questions.  The head honcho seemed to think that you had insulted him somehow...  I could not understand why," he said much amused.

"Sir, I have no idea.  I will have to call them and see what the problem is.  I gave them all the information they needed.  I have no idea what they could want," I said truly baffled.

"Taegan, you are playing a very deadly game.  I do not see how you can come out of this alive."

"There's a way, I have not found it yet.  My opponents are not the drug lords.  There is someone else out there pulling the strings.  Once that person is off the board, then the drug people will calm down and see reason.  Right now, I am going to go doggo and spend some quality time in front of a TV...  If I survive, I will indeed get back to you about that motorcycle shop."

He started laughing.  When he could talk, he said, "Kid, if you can survive this, I think I might just decide that retiring is a good idea.  I've always feared that a shop would be too boring.  With you as a partner, no telling what might happen."  He hung up laughing.

I dialed the phone passthrough, then dialed Wesley's number.  It rang for a while, then the genteel voice said, "My... are we back to phonebooths?"

"Well, they're not booths, but yeah, I guess so...  I hear you ran by my hideout and missed me by a bit."

"Chico, what IS your problem?  Why would ANYONE have one secret exit, much less two?  What did you think was going be chasing you?  Did you maybe have a bad trip on acid in the past and..."

"Look, sir, I think my mental state is not the question.  Yours is.  I gave you the whole Goddamned enchilada and now you are back for more...  What the hell is your problem?"  I asked, very unsettled.

"Chico, someone stole the ton of cocaine that came in on June 9th."

I paused, then said, "Oh!...  That would make me testy too...  Not that I had anything to do with it mind you."

"Yes, yes, your wretched relatives!...  Always your wretched relatives!...  Chico, can't you for once accept responsibility for what you have done?"

"Sir, with due respect, you are talking to the wrong guy.  I have always been true to my word and I definitely take responsibilities for my failings,...  AND in this case, I had nothing to do with that...  Sir, I have the wrong skill set for robbing a set of badasses like your people...  I was trained to defend and attack until help arrives...  What you are looking for is a black ops veteran... such as Avery Shrike.  You need..."

"Avery Shrike died in the jungles of Venezuela three years ago!  I have triple confirmation on that," he said vehemently.

"Dude, Avery Shrike is a master at getting one or more factions to fight each other so that in the battle he can sneak in and assassinate people, if they do not get themselves killed in the flames of battle...  I am convinced that he dug out the Peruvian sugar deal, then shopped it to Yugo Shrike, who shopped it to one of your jeffe's lieutenants who then implemented it."

Silence fell.  After a while, he said contemplatively, "I have spoken to this Yugo Shrike...  He did as you say...  He got Emilio Guzman, a Chilean, to present the plan to our jeffe...  Emilio was as you said, one of the men who broke open your door and tried to kill you in your bed... against my specific orders not to.  Yugo Shrike swears that he had nothing to do with the hijacking of the truck carrying the ton of cocaine from Waco to our processing plant in...  You have no need to know...  This Yugo said that the plan dropped on his desk from someone purporting to have a low Throne number, whatever that is.  His plan was that the 20 tons of cocaine would arrive in Waco and be captured by the DEA.  Your father and mother would be discredited and the Throne would move...  That is what he said...  That changes nothing.  The ton of cocaine disappeared in transit."

"Again, sir, you are looking at this incorrectly.  I do not have the correct training to mount an attack on a convoy like that...  Avery does...  Wait...  How many of the 31 people on that list did you grab?"

"We got 21 of them...  I was unhappy with their answers, so I killed each and every one of them."

"Excuse me, sir, has your wife ever suggested anger management?"  I asked fearing his answer.

With a bit of wonder in his voice, he said, "As a matter of fact, she did...  I was so angry with her,...  I killed her."

I said, "Would you mind telling me whether you killed Roland Shrike and his children?"

"I killed all six of those men...  I would have killed their children if they had had any."

"I see...  Sir, I'm going to crawl into a hole and hide for a week or so.  By that time I will have detected who Avery Shrike is and where he is.  Please be patient."  I hung up, pulled out the memory and tossed the phone in a trash basket.  I started up the car and went about three miles south.  I called Megan Hunt using one of the cellphones.

"Taegan, oh my God, Taegan, what the hell is going on?  Someone kidnapped 25 guests from your parents' funeral.  What is going on?"  Megan asked breathlessly.

"Megan, compare the list of 31 names I sent you with the names of the missing.  I sent the same list to the Laurentia Cartel.  The A-Team  they hired to get me has gone nuts...  Let's review.  My second cousin Avery Shrike wanted to be Throne.  That means he wanted to own 59%  of the shares of stock in Saginaw Industries.  He dreamed up a plan to use my mother's business of importing sugar from Peru to import 20 tons of  cocaine...  In the early morning of June 3rd, a trial run was made where a container with one ton of cocaine and 19 tons of Colombian sugar was  swapped for 20 tons of Peruvian sugar in Valle Verde con el Río Rojo, Colombia.  On Thursday, June 9, the one ton of cocaine arrived in Waco amid  much joyous celebration.  The go-ahead was supposed to have been given to the team in Valle Verde con el Río Rojo, to assemble the cocaine and get ready  to swap out the 20 tons of Peruvian sugar for the 20 tons of cocaine.  The swap was supposed be done on the morning of Friday, June 10.   The cocaine was
supposed to arrive in Waco on June 16.  In the early morning of June 23, someone ambushed the truck holding the ton of Colombian cocaine and stole it.  Presumably Avery Shrike did this to force the cartel to kill me and most of his relatives so he could become head of Saginaw Industries.  I..."

"Stop right there, Taegan.  That's crazy.  All of it.  That's too weird.  No one would hatch a plot like that...  You've convinced the druggies that your delusions are real.  You aren't going to do that to me."  She hung up.

I listened to the dial tone for a while.  One by one I was burning my bridges.  This series of events had gone on much too long.  I needed help getting Avery off the Goddamned board.  The SOB was like the Energizer Bunny... he kept going and going and going.  I tossed the cellphone in the trash and went in search of a WiFi connection.

I was cruising through a strip mall.  A book store advertised that they had WiFi... and coffee.  I went inside and sat at one of their tables with my laptop in front of me.  I needed to do something to make this go away.  I logged into my server back in my house and downloaded my email...  I had forgotten that I had asked my friends to make pictures of everyone they could and find out who was attending my parents' funeral... and send the pictures to me.  Somehow or another a flashmob had formed and everyone involved had made an effort to get pictures of who was there and identify who the participants were.  That meant that I had a LOT of pictures to download.  I sat there zoned out as that happened.

Then it hit me...  Avery Shrike was somewhere in this mountain of information.  He had to be.  The SOB was not going to miss a chance to show how clever he was.  A normal person who was hiding would shy away from being exposed.  Avery wouldn't...  How was he going to hide in plain site?

When I got all the email download, I logged off and sat back.  I realized that the book store had a printer for customers to use... for a price.  I got the attendant's help in attaching his printer as a network printer and then went after it.  One by one, I opened the emails and stored the pictures in a separate folder.  The task took forever...  Then I had to create PDF's from each of set of photos with a cover page being the email.  As each PDF was finished, I printed it out.  After a while a guy came over and said, "Sir, you're racking up quite a bill with the printouts."

I absently dropped a $100 bill on the table then put it away.  The guy went back to the printer.

I missed lunch.  About 4pm, the last PDF printed out.  I had consumed a full box of paper.  Making sense of all this was going to be a bitch.  I paid for my printouts with a prepaid card and went back to the rental.

The girls were swimming in the pool... naked.  I took out the cheek implants and took off my clothes and joined them.  We made love in the pool.  We made love on the couches.  We had dinner and made love again.  Somewhere in there we went to sleep.

Suppose that you are a male.

What would you do to get a job that paid one billion USD per year? 

That is the wrong question...

What would you NOT do to attain such a job?

What vile, despicable, underhanded deeds would you do to get your hands on that amount of money and position?

But wait there is more...

What if you must take the job or you and everyone you love will be killed? Would that affect your decision?

Now suppose that you are a female.

Would you marry a guy that was paid one billion USD per year?

But wait there is more...

You can marry the guy or you will be kidnapped, tortured and then killed. Plus, your flesh would be eaten by the torturer, if you did not marry the guy. Would that affect your willingness to wed the guy? I mean, how bad would the guy have to be before you screamed, "I would rather be tortured and my flesh eaten than be married to this guy."?

In the story, Teagan Shrike turns eighteen the summer before his senior year in high school. From one day to the next, he goes from heir apparent to a fortune to a fugitive from two drug cartels, the police and a shadowy relative who wants the billion dollar job badly enough to kill him for it. Teagan must make a series of life and death decisions. He must also decide whether he wants to marry the 'correct' girl and take up his position as head of a family of inbred, wealthy and deadly monsters in human form.

"perfect, next step is to get the recipe and equipment" taking a moment to look around the reality of being almost dirt poor broke his previous excitement. 
[if master would like to create potions then with your abilities you would have to start at E grade potions and learn your way up as a greater healing potion is at least C grade, please choose a potion for research] 

hearing that jerry excitement plummeted. he wanted to create the damn potion not become a potioneer, ahhh this was frustrating for jerry as his original class was energy soldier. 

he much rather cultivate then memorize thick books on potion theory, and the hundreds upon hundrends of diffirent herbs and materials. maybe there is a solution for this "athena have you access the black market yet?"

[contact made] 
"search for spirit AI nanite chip" 
[searching...found - {spirit AI nanite chip(military grade) $6.5 million credits}
jerrys eyes went wide seeing the astronomical price for the chip "are you sure we need this chip?" jerry asked hoping for an alternative option
[affirmative]

"well sh*t" although he could download athena to his phone he was worried that the chances of athena being exposed would rise higher. she was still a low level AI despite being super intelligent, and would immediately be exposed by higher tier AI if he wasnt careful enough.

"okay then if we're gonna start making potions we'll need to first buy a easy to make recipe that is profitable" opening his bank account a measly $3.2k credits greeted him, 'sigh' recipes werent cheap so he'll need to buy a recipe that can get popular quickly like a fad.

opening his phone he quickly opened the market and began scrolling through recipes. when suddenly his eye caught sight of a certian potion - minor luck potion - $2000 credits

this is a story about Jerry Benz. a guy who is brillant and not op. he and the AI he built will forge their own path to the peak, but to make clear to all there will be no bs cliche and no harem. theres already a ton of that sh*t on the site. 
check out my other novels if you like my writing style. till then.

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