Chapter: Chapter 171PresentKate enjoyed herself, feeling like the queen of the world as she exerted her power on her employees.All the bonuses they were being given, she stopped them with the excuse of managing the company's funds when the company had enough.The projects coming in reduced sharply as her poor management skill was displayed. The longer she stayed, the worse it became for the company's employees.Some of them took the initiative to speak up but she didn't listen, when they said she didn't listen, they reported to Emilia who instead of taking them seriously, fired them.She did that to them so that it can serve as a warning to others who might have the same thought as them.Soon the employees stopped complaining but instead grumbled as they worked tirelessly in the company.She increased the time spent in the company everyday while she went on vacations.Some of them left the company, thinking there's no hope.After some days passed, Emilia called for a meeting in which they all had to a
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Chapter: Chapter 170On getting home, he went to his room immediately as he thought everyone would be asleep at that time in the night.He entered his room, took off his shoes, socks and paid on the bed without removing his clothes before sleeping off.In Emilia's room, there was somewhat gloomy atmosphere there as Kate and Emilia sat in silence thinking deeply.Immediately Kate got back from office that day, she recounted what happened to Emilia in which she took Kate's side and insulted Andrew in every way possible.Thinking of this thorn in her side, she decided to think of a good plan that can be used to deal with him.She thought about it long and hard, finally she made an excited sound as if she's hit a jackpot.Immediately Kate saw this, she knew that Emilia must have successfully come up with a plan to solve their misery.“What is the plan?” Kate asked directly, not interested in mincing words.Smiling brightly, she nodded approvingly at how good Kate is. “How did you know?” Emilia asked, more int
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Chapter: Chapter 169Due the recent news about an attempted takeover of the company, the image of Andrew increased in both public and business men's eyes thereby causing an influx of customers ready to give their project to Andrew's company to handle.The stock price of the company increased rapidly without any intention of stopping. After finishing her report, Bella became silent as if waiting for Andrew's response.After hearing the good impact the previous day's event had on the company's image and how it increased the company's worth, he was elated.He grinned as he walked with Bella to the company but kept his composure. ‘No wonder, she waited for him at the front of the company.’ He thought.Andrew took the elevator to his floor, and after getting out of the elevator, Bella said a few words to Andrew and went to her office thereby parting ways with Andrew.Andrew entered his office in no time, ready to start the day's work as he was met by lots of documents to sign that day.Just as he was about to
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Chapter: Chapter 168Emilia was shaken by this sudden burst from James as she wasn't expecting it.He has always condoned her actions without saying much about it and only a few words when it is the most important. She was even more infuriated by this, ‘how dare he stand up for that bastard’ she thought. “Oh, you don't want me to insult him but Kate is also your daughter, didn't you think you are being partial by obviously supporting Andrew over her.” “This is not about support, it's about evidence. It's what you can see.” James said while taking out a document and throwing it at Emilia.Emilia took the document, read it and frowned as the document detailed everything happening at the company since the takeover by Andrew.Although she saw that there were times that crisis befall the company, Andrew always came out on top.As she was about to close the document, she saw the day's event that Kate was talking about, she read it and realized that he had played the person at his own game.The report was goo
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Chapter: Chapter 167On getting to the office, Andrew came out of his car, and went straight to the elevator that he will take to his office.Entering the elevator with his secretary beside him. Suddenly he remembered something he should have done.He took out his phone, opened the call log then dialed a number.After a few beeps, Jacob picked up his phone, without wasting time, Andrew asked the question on his mind, “has the crisis been resolved?” When Jacob heard this, he smiled “Yes, it has.” He replied with an obvious relief in his voice.After hearing that the problem has been resolved successfully, Andrew heaved a sigh of relief. He has been worried about the situation of things.Andrew gave him the details of what happened making Jacob smile bitterly.“I was not expecting it from him, I guess I shouldn't be surprised though.” Jacob Remarked.Andrew hung up the call after exchanging a few words with him.He sighed to himself in relief at how things went that day, lucky for him, his step sister wasn
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Chapter: Chapter 166Seeing the smile on Andrew's face, Richmond wanted to punch straight in the face but he gritted his teeth, “of course not Mr Roger, can't I walk around in this office?”Andrew's expression suddenly changed, “you've tried this action, not only on me but you've done it to be where you are today. I must say you are really good at it, getting all this wealth from someone through contracts, the way you hide is top notch but not just good enough.” Andrew said, looking straight at Richmond. Richmond shivered uncontrollably, he knew Andrew must've found out something about him but he didn't know what he found out. “What do you mean by that?” Richmond said trying to sound like his normal self but he knew staying longer will only lead to his detriment but what could he do. If he ran, he would be caught, but if he did not run, his life would be ruined. In both cases, he had no hope.Seeing that things have turned to this, he thought that begging will probably do. “Oh, you know what I mean v
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Chapter: Chapter 113: The Test of Blood
The sterile chamber brightened with light. The walls were painted in white, reflecting the cruel glare of overhead lamps that made the space feel more like an execution hall than a medical facility. Beyond the glass observation panel, rows of academy students pressed forward. Their faces were painted with hunger for spectacle. Some of them wanted blood and others wanted humiliation. All of them wanted to see who would rise and who would break.Kai and Finn were led into the room together. Iron chairs were very cold as they sat down. Their arms were strapped down to steel rests as if they were prisoners. The nurse wheeled forward the twin iron stands, each fitted with empty red bags and serpentine tubes that glistened under the light. The needles at their tips glowed like the fangs of predators waiting to bite.Kai’s eyes slid sideways to Finn. The other boy’s jaw was already tight with his shoulders shifting uneasily. He tapped his fingers against the steel armrest, fidgeting like a
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Chapter: Chapter 112: Blood and RumorsThe barracks had always been alive with whispers, but tonight the air was thick with something sharper. Words weren’t just drifting idly anymore, they were cutting, carrying edges honed by a deep malice.Rumors spread like wildfire in tight quarters, but this particular blaze had a single hand feeding it fuel and the source is, Finn Torrek.“Did you hear?” a recruit muttered at the wash station. His voice pitched low but sharp enough to catch eager ears.“They say Kai faints at the sight of blood.”“No way.” Another snorted. “Torrek swore he saw him pale as chalk during drills. Can you imagine? Owner of Ironsphire Academy, collapsing like a scared child the moment he sees red?”“Guess he’s nothing more than a walking liability.”The words traveled fast. Like cracks spiderwebbing across glass, they spread from bunk to bunk, corner to corner, mouths eager for scandal and hearts thrilled by the thought of their shining recruit stumbling.Kai sat silently on his bunk. His hands were stead
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Chapter: Chapter 111: Mud and Honor
The mud squelched under Kai’s boots as he bent down, his hand gripped the drenched, filthy fabric of his uniform. His knuckles whitened, not from the cold but from the sheer restraint it took to keep his anger contained. A sharp, jeering laughter echoed around him like the snapping of whips against his pride.Ronan Pike! The tall, smug, and dressed man in immaculate fatigues that still smelled of polished quarters and privilege. He stood with his arms crossed. His grin was wide enough to split his face in half.“Pathetic,” Ronan sneered. His voice was carried across the training yard. “The great Ironsphire top grader is reduced to a laundry boy. Don’t worry, Kai, latrine duty builds character. You might even get promoted to bucket-scrubber if you are lucky.”The recruits around them roared with laughter. Some elbowed one another while others pointed at Kai like children witnessing a circus act. Kai stood in silence, holding the ruined uniform while mud dripped onto the dirt below.Ins
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Chapter: Chapter 110: The Ration Thief
The mess hall at Vanguard Base was always loud at midday. Noises of cutlery clinking against tin trays, boots scuffing against the concrete floor and the faint scent of overcooked stew lingering under the tang of the air. Kai preferred to eat in silence so that his mind could filter out the noise. But today, Kai felt something was different.When he reached his usual table, Kai noticed the bread roll on his tray missing. He didn't misplace it. It just vanished.He scanned the room, eyes narrowing through the corners. The food here wasn't much to begin with. Two slices of processed meat, a ladle of stew, one bread roll, and a cup of vitamin-fortified water. Losing even one item wasn’t a joke. For most recruits, it was just enough to keep their bodies running through the brutal training days.A few tables away, Jax Renner leaned back in his seat, his laugh was loud and sharp like the scrape of a blade against a metal. The tall, lean brawler had a reputation for petty cruelty especia
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Chapter: Chapter 109: Chains of Reckoning
The next day, the Vanguard Base parade grounds were filled with bright energy. The clatter of boots against concrete, the smell of sweat baking in the morning sun, and the barked orders of drill sergeants all merged into a kind of rhythmic movement.Kai walked through the crowd without a word. His expression was unreadable, but inside his mind, the memory of Derrick Holt’s smirk replayed like a thorn tearing at his patience. “Dust badge,” Derrick had called him. The insult wasn’t new. Kai had heard it before from Ironsphire Academy’s elitist brats but hearing it here, in the Vanguard, felt like an open challenge.This wasn’t an academy anymore. This was the proving ground where the strong rose, and the weak were eaten alive.Derrick was already in the center of the endurance yard. His broad shoulders cast a smug shadow over the racks of weighted chains. His voice carried across the grounds like a challenge to everyone present.“Two hours,” Derrick bragged loudly to the gathered recru
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Chapter: Chapter 108: Dust Badge
The Vanguard Base wasn’t quiet after Henry Voss’s crushing defeat. Soldiers talked about it in almost every corner; including the barracks, and training grounds. Some soldiers glanced at him with newfound respect. Others… with envy. And then there were the predators, the ones who saw him not as a comrade, but as a fresh challenge to destroy.Derrick Holt was one of them.He was an endurance specialist with a young body built like a siege engine, Derrick had a reputation for breaking rookies in the weighted chain trials. The man’s stamina was legendary; he could run drills under brutal conditions for hours without so much as a bead of sweat. He ruled the endurance ranks with an iron fist and a booming laugh that made weaker recruits shrink back.And now, Kai’s rise had put him in Derrick’s crosshairs.It started in the mess hall. Kai had just finished eating his food and he was heading toward the exit when Derrick’s voice cut through the clatter of trays and utensils.“Well, if it isn'
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Rise of the Zillionaire Star
He was mocked, dumped, but now, he’s coming for the throne.
Jaylen Cruz had one dream. To become a superstar. But in the world of fame, he was nothing more than a broke nobody clinging to celebrity circles that mocked him. When his pop-star girlfriend publicly humiliates and dumps him for a richer man, Jaylen hits rock bottom.
Beaten, bleeding, and left for dead in an alley, something extraordinary happens…
[SYSTEM ACTIVATED: Zillonaire Celebrity System]
Now, Jaylen isn’t just chasing fame. He is leveling up with daily quests, face-slapping missions, and revenge bonuses. With every viral moment, he rises. With every enemy, he gets stronger. And with every performance, the world starts to chant his name.
But the elite don’t play fair. Billionaire producers, fake influencers, and a secret league of celebrities want him erased. They created the industry’s illusion and now Jaylen is about to tear it apart.
Revenge is trending and Stardom is calling. How will Jaylen Cruz navigates to stardom amidst all?
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Chapter: Chapter 80: The Phantom Choir
The airplane had barely touched down in Boston before the system’s interface lit up in Jaylen’s mind.“New Territory Detected: Boston - East Coast Sector.Warning: Phase 2 enemies are hostile, technologically augmented, and reputation-driven.Enemy Approaching: The Phantom Choir - AI Collective. Difficulty: High.”Jaylen tightened his jaw. His last battles, Evangeline Frost’s theatrics, the Ink Syndicate’s slander had nearly broken him, but this felt different from all the battles he had fought.He took a deep breath, straightened his face. Boston wasn’t like London’s glamour or his hometown’s underground grit. The city’s centre were heavy with the industry tradition, and rebellion. All were together at once. But now, that heartbeat was being smothered by something unreal - voices that weren’t voices at all.The team car drove him straight from Logan Airport into the city center. Boston commons should have been alive with chatter, buskers, and local music. Instead, speakers were all
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Chapter: Chapter 79: Boston Bound
The crowd at Heathrow roared like thunder.Jaylen Drake stepped out of the terminal, hoodie pulled low, but it was pointless. The cameras already found him. Paparazzi flashes exploded across the entryway like a hailstorm. His name was on their lips, his story hotter than fire, the underdog who faced Evangeline Frost and walked away with the world cheering his authenticity. Fans waved posters, phones were raised high, chanting his name like he was a returning champion.“Jay-len! Jay-len!”For a moment, he allowed himself to soak it in. He had fought through sabotage, propaganda, and graffiti nightmares to get here. He wasn’t just a singer anymore, he was a phenomenon.But in the back of his mind, the system’s holographic display flickered.“Momentum Value: 72% - 74%Public Influence: Rising Tier II.Warning: New hostile forces detected. Region: East Coast Sector.”Jaylen clenched his jaw. Even in victory, the game moved forward.By the time his private car rolled toward central London
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Chapter: Chapter 78: The Walls Speak Back
The city was still breathing with the hate of The Ink Syndicate’s slander when Jaylen slipped into the backseat of a dented town car. His hood was up and his face hidden under it's shadows. Even so, he could feel the eyes every glance on the sidewalks carrying that question, “Is that really him? The fraud? The joke?”The system’s interface flared inside his vision, cool and precise.“ALERT: Reputation Integrity at 37%.Warning: Decline beyond 30% may trigger sponsor withdrawal.”Jaylen gritted his teeth. “So this is their play. Break me before I even hit the next stage.”“New Objective Generated: Counterstrike - Turn Graffiti Into Glory.Bonus: Public Redemption Multiplier x2 if authenticity factor exceeds 85%.”He smirked. “Authenticity? That’s all I have got.”He didn’t go to the Syndicate first. “No, you don’t waltz into enemy territory without backup.” Jaylen reached out through contacts in the art underground. Within hours, he was led to a dimly lit basement smelling of spray tu
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Chapter: Chapter 77: The City Walls Bleed Ink
The morning broke out with intense sunlight painting the ground in gold. Jaylen stood on the balcony of his rented loft in London. His coffee grew cold in his hands as he stared out at the horizon. The city had changed overnight. Where yesterday his billboards had been glowing with light and pride, today they were painted with mockery. His own face was plastered across the skyline. His eyes twisted, jaw broken into strange exaggerations, fangs dripping ink. Beneath the caricatures were words in crude black spray,“FRAUD STAR, FALSE KING. BOW OR BLEED.”Jaylen’s chest tightened, anger mixing with disbelief. This was a siege.The chime echoed in his head before he even turned from the view.“System Notification: Reputation Attack Detected. Threat Level: Class B – Coordinated Smear Campaign. New Objective: Locate and neutralize the source of The Ink Syndicate.”The name pulsed across his vision like it had been burned into his brain, The Ink Syndicate.Jaylen clenched his jaw. “So that’
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Chapter: Chapter 76: Pop Princess vs. Underdog King
Cameras flashed her face. The media swarmed. Evangeline’s smile never wavered, but a flicker of cold calculation flashed in her eyes.Victor Harland leaned into her ear, whispering something. She laughed softly, raising her glass in a mock toast toward Jaylen.The trap had been set. And Jaylen had walked right into it.The night of the showdown arrived in a wave waiting to break. London’s O2 Arena pulsed with bright lights, the atmosphere simmered with anticipation. Outside, thousands of fans swarmed the gates, some dressed in Evangeline Frost’s platinum-glitter merchandise. Others held hastily made cardboard signs screaming Jaylen’s name.Jaylen stood backstage with headphones around his neck and his heart rose like a steady drum in his chest. He had been here before in smaller venues, tighter crowds but never on a battlefield this rigged. Every whisper in the corridors told the same story, Evangeline’s billionaire sponsor had bought everything that could be bought. Judges were alr
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Chapter: Chapter 75: The Shattered Stage
Jaylen Cruz's rise had been nothing short of emergy. His last performance was a raw and unfiltered set that bled with emotion. It was still trending through social media feeds like a siren’s call. Clips of him tearing the stage apart were replayed on countless fan accounts with hashtags swarming in his name.“#RealStarJaylen. #KingInTheMaking.”For the first time since clawing his way out of obscurity, Jaylen felt the world tilting in his favor. The doubters had went quiet after that event. The blogs that once mocked and looked down on him now grudgingly admitted that his rise couldn't be overlooked. Every of his new follower, new sponsor and every roar from the crowd felt like a fuel to his fame. But momentum was a fragile crown. And it was about to be snatched.It started with murmurs from blog headlines making strange posts from industry insiders.“A true queen is returning.”“The comeback that will freeze the charts.”“Goodbye rookies. The real star is back.”Jaylen’s manager, M
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