Chương 14: let’s get the gang back together

After the show of power, Mr. Jones's tone changed completely, and he started treating Alex as if he was his long-lost friend.

"so, dear Alex. may I know how much you are willing to pay for the suite?" said Mr. Jones with a greedy look on his face.

"I wasn't born yesterday, Mr. Jones; I know what you are trying to do, so just give me the number. But remember, if I don't like the number, there are many other options for me, such as the four-season." Said Alex.

Four-season hotel belonged to Mr. Jones's rival, and he hated that man to the bone.

After hearing the name of the rivaling hotel, Mr. Jones's face turned serious, and he said with an offended tone, "that was a low blow, dear Alex. ok, since you want to talk business, let's talk business. I will sell you the suite for 10 billion; how about that?"

Alex chuckled and stood up from his chair to leave when Mr. Jones said hurriedly, "ok, ok, that was just a shot in the dark. You can have it for 5 billion."

Alex sat down again and said, I will lease two suits next to each other at the price of 7 billion for a year. After that, you can have them to yourself."

It was a pretty good offer just for a lease, so Mr. Jones wanted to agree, but something felt off, 'why did he say lease instead of buying?' he thought for a few seconds before saying, "Mr. Adams, do you perhaps know something that I don't."

'hehe, he took the bait,' thought Alex.

At first, he said he wanted to buy the suite and showed Mr. Jones all the INBs in his account to show him that he was powerful enough to be considered a customer.

Then he showed a bit of his power to make him understand that he wasn't just a rich brat with no power that he could play with.

And at the end, he said he wanted to lease the place instead of buying it to make Mr. Jones suspicious that something was wrong here.

Alex chuckled and sat straight and looked at Mr. Jones right in the eyes before saying, "maybe I do, maybe I don't. what's in it for me to share my hypothetical knowledge? After all, information is power."

"you will gain a powerful friend; how about that?" said Mr. Jones with a proud face.

Alex stood up again and was about to leave when Mr. Jones suddenly stopped him again and said, "ok, ok. If your information is good enough, I will give you a whole floor for one year. How about that?"

"that I can work with," said Alex before continuing, "but first, let's write a contract so that neither of us could go back on his word."

Mr. Jones laughed inwardly at Alex's stupidity. He could easily get out of any contract if he wanted.

But the next second, a thin piece of paper appeared from nowhere in front of Mr. Jones.

He was astonished, "how, how did you do that?"

"that's one of the functions of the system. The system monitors the contract, and it would immediately punish the person who voids the terms of the agreement.

Based on all the system's functions, I have calculated some data to predict the situation for the next two years. I can tell you about the first year if you want.

The system will monitor me and calculates if my predictions are correct or not. And would punish me accordingly if they are not as accurate as I say they are." Alex put together some bullshit story and fed it to Mr. Jones

"How sure are you of your predictions?" asked Mr. Jones, still looking at the contract in amazement while thinking 'just the contract function alone will change everything,'

"I'm 99% sure of them."

Mr. Jones was surprised yet again. 99% wasn't just a prediction; it was a certainty.

After some thinking, Mr. Jones agreed to the terms of the contract and signed it.

Half an hour later, Alex could be seen coming out of Mr. Jones's office while Mr. Jones himself was sitting in his chair staring at the back of the young boy who had just left his office and thinking out loud, "if what he said is true …. I can't even imagine such a world."

Alex and Emily went straight to the 51st floor and chose one of the suites on the floor as their home.

The floor had five suites and twenty rooms. Alex had also talked to Mr. Jones about remodeling, and when he told him about what he was going to do with the place, Mr. Jones almost had a heart attack. But after explaining his reason behind it, Mr. Jones was glad to even let Alex remodel the whole hotel for him.

Alex, of course, didn't accept and just gave him some pointers instead of the needed cash for the remodeling.

He also emphasized that the remodeling should be finished within two weeks or else the money value would plummet, and Mr. Jones had to pay for the remodeling with INBs out of his own pocket.

When they entered their suite, Emily was so astonished that she almost screamed.

"can we really live here?" asked Emily.

"yes, and you can have whichever room you want." Said Alex and continued, "rest for now; after lunch, we will go meet our new friend."

Alex let Emily choose her room and then picked a room for himself and went into the shower.

After a nice hot shower, he sat down on his new king-size bed and started thinking.

Until now, all his plans had gone according to plan, better even.

Alex was almost certain that at this stage of the game, there were very few that could defeat him in a battle.

He still had some work to do to become the most powerful.

One might think that with his mythic level job and past knowledge, Alex was invincible. But out there, there were existences with so much talent and power that Alex couldn't even dream of right now.

Alex sure was powerful, but as much as it concerned talent, he couldn't be considered a talented person. But he covered all that with hard work and dedication

He didn't plan to get into conflict with any of these existences for now and was even about to "recruit" one such person.

That's right, his previous guild leader and friend was that much powerful.

He was truly talented. Alex always looked up to that person, although he was only one year older than him, he was wise and kind.

"if what he told me was true, he must still be at the orphanage," said Alex and made a list of names.

The first person on the list was none other than his guild leader.

1) Max black

2)…