All Chapters of After Being Humiliated, I Awaken An Infinite Spending System: Chapter 1
- Chapter 10
10 chapters
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The rusted iron gates of the factory clanged shut.Caleb walked out into the cold morning air. His muscles burned and bones ached.This was the end of his third shift in twenty-four hours.His hands were covered in cuts and thick black grease. His eyes were completely bloodshot.But as he fixed the strap of his cheap canvas backpack, his fingers brushed against a box inside. A tired smile appeared on his dirty face.For four long years, he had lived like a ghost.He ate cheap instant noodles, slept three hours a night in a damp basement, washed dishes, moved heavy crates and ran factory machines.Every single dollar he made went to one place... Crestwood University.Today is his girlfriend's graduation day.He thought of Chloe... pictured her beautiful smile and thought to himself that every drop of sweat and missed meal was worth it, just to see her succeed.Suddenly, a loud crack of thunder shook the sky and a heavy rain began to fall.He took off his thin jacket and wrapped it arou
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He flew back and hit the hard stone floor. He tried to get up, but a heavy combat boot kicked him in the stomach.All the air immediately left his lungs but the bodyguards did not hold back. They kicked his ribs, stepped on his legs and punched his face.Every blow brought him pure agony. He tasted thick, warm blood and curled into a ball, totally helpless.Through the blur of his swollen eyes, he saw Julian open the car door and Chloe stepped into the Bugatti. She did not look back at Caleb, not even once.The engine roared and the car zoomed off. Its massive tires splashed dirty water all over Caleb's broken, bleeding body.The rich students walked away, shaking their heads in disgust while the bodyguards left him on the cold pavement.Hours passed.Caleb woke up and saw that the bodyguards had dragged him into a pitch-black, dirty alley filled with trash bags.The rain was still falling... it washed the blood down his swollen face.He tried to move, but his body screamed in pain. H
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Caleb stopped breathing. "A permanent freeze? I just got the money. How could I lose it now? No way."He quickly read the red text appearing on the screen.[Mission 1: Humiliate someone who once looked down on you.][Mission 2: Cause massive public envy.]Caleb stared at the two simple missions.Slowly, the deep pain in his broken ribs and his bleeding nose faded into the background. His total shock instantly hardened into a cold, dark satisfaction."Humiliate someone? Cause envy? Nice..."Vivid images flashed through his mind... Chloe's disgusted face when she looked at his cheap clothes. Julian Vance's arrogant smirk when he stepped on the luxury bag in the mud, and the rich students laughing at him while he was brutally beaten on the pavement.For four years, he tried to be the good guy. He gave everything to a woman who treated him like absolute dirt. But now, the rules had completely changed. The very people who ruined his life were about to become his primary source of system in
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[Beep-Beep! Transaction Approved.]The terminal flashed a bright green light and a mile-long receipt began to print.Mr. Sterling's smug smile completely froze.His eyes widened in absolute horror as he stared at the glowing green screen like he had just seen a ghost. His legs began to shake."A-Approved?" Mr. Sterling stuttered... the blood draining completely from his face. "Fifty... fifty million... paid in full?!"The wealthy patrons in the lobby gasped loudly.Caleb stepped forward, pulled the card from the machine and slid it back into his pocket."Call the owner. Tell him to bring the contract," Caleb ordered.Ten minutes later, the terrified owner rushed down in his pajamas, signed the transfer papers with trembling hands and ran out with his money.Caleb stood at the center of the lobby as the sole owner of The Crown Diner.Mr. Sterling swallowed hard. He forced a sickeningly sweet, trembling smile onto his face and bowed deeply."B-Boss!" Mr. Sterling stammered, sweating bul
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The chat saw the $50,000,014.23 balance and the comments stopped for three full seconds.Then, Caleb opened the most expensive digital luxury store in the world... a platform where the ultra-rich bought digital yachts, virtual real estate and exclusive server crowns.He clicked on a digital mega-yacht that cost $500,000.[Tap]Purchased.The chat section exploded."Wait... did he just buy that? That is half a million dollars!"Caleb did not stop. He clicked on the most expensive virtual mansion... $1,000,000.[Tap]Purchased.Then, he went to the global gift leaderboard and started dropping millions of dollars in virtual gifts on random, zero-viewer channels.He also bought out the entire digital inventory of the platform's rarest items.Ten virtual dragons... Fifty digital castles... A hundred global server announcements. Every single server on the app pinged with his name.In less than five minutes, Caleb burned through exactly $50,000,000.The internet completely broke.Thousands o
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She glanced over her shoulder at a few other wealthy women browsing the boutique, tilting her chin up high to look down on them with supreme arrogance.The boutique manager bowed deeply toward Julian, rubbing his hands together. "Young Master Vance, your generosity is legendary. This specific piece was imported from Europe just this morning. Shall I wrap it up for the beautiful young lady?""Do it," Julian said proudly, sliding his premium platinum credit card onto the glass counter. "Swipe it. Let the world know who actually owns the wealth in this district."But right as the manager's fingers brushed against the platinum card...[Ding-Dong]The mall’s central intercom system chimed with a deafening ring, echoing loudly through every single luxury storefront, crowded hallway and elite boutique.At that exact same moment, a massive, three-story-tall digital billboards hanging in the center of the plaza’s grand atrium blinked violently. The flashing luxury advertisements for Rolex and
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"Oh my god, he got kicked out of the diner last night, and now he's getting banned from the plaza! Who the hell is this new Chairman Caleb? He is completely obliterating the Vance family's reputation!""The girl looks like a total gold-digger. Look at her crying and losing her shoe!"The whispers, laughter, and mockery hit Chloe like a wave of physical bricks. She covered her face with her hands, sobbing uncontrollably as her high heel snapped, causing her to stumble awkwardly over the polished floor.Julian was violently resisting, kicking and screaming the entire way down the grand escalator. "Caleb! I will kill you! I swear to God, I will buy this entire city block and crush you into dust! Let me go!"The guards ignored his empty threats completely. They dragged them down through the main lobby and violently threw them out of the massive glass revolving doors.Julian and Chloe hit the hard concrete of the public plaza outside, tumbling into the dirt in front of hundreds of onlooke
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The caller ID showed his father’s name: DadJulian swallowed hard and pressed answer. "D-Dad...""You worthless, arrogant idiot!" Thomas Vance’s voice screamed through the speaker so loudly that even the surrounding socialites could hear it. "What did you do at the Central Luxury Plaza?! The video of you being dragged out like a stray dog is everywhere! The board of directors is panicking!"Julian’s blood turned to liquid ice. "Dad, I can explain...""There is nothing to explain!" Thomas roared, his voice trembling with terrifying anger. "Because of your public disgrace, the Vance Group’s public stock has just plummeted by twelve percent in fifteen minutes! We have lost four hundred million dollars in market value before the closing bell! Our investors think our family is losing control of the city!""Four... four hundred million?" Julian muttered, his phone slipping slightly from his fingers."Get your pathetic ass back to the estate right now!" Thomas barked. "If you don't fix thi
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He is Patriarch Grayson, the head of the city's most powerful real estate empire."So, this is the 'Mad Billionaire' the internet is screaming about," Patriarch Grayson sneered, leaning back in his leather chair. Around him, several tech tycoons and politicians smirked, intentionally projecting an aura of heavy, suffocating dominance to force the newcomer to flinch.Caleb did not flinch. He casually pulled out a chair, sat down and crossed his legs, looking down at the elites with absolute indifference."You invited me here," Caleb said smoothly. "Cut the small talk. What are we negotiating?"A wealthy tech tycoon slammed a thick corporate ledger onto the center of the table. "Let's talk about liabilities. Currently, the Northside Commercial Bank has completely collapsed. It went bankrupt this morning due to a toxic one-hundred-million-dollar debt liability. However, it still holds the rarest federal banking and lending licenses in the state."The tycoons and crime bosses immediately
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The room went completely dead silent. The ambient music of the club seemed to fade into nothingness."The... Sovereign Syndicate?" the head of the Hale shipping lines muttered, the arrogance completely draining from his posture. "The hidden global faction? I thought they were just a myth whispered by international bankers.""They are no myth," Grayson hissed, wiping more sweat from his forehead. "They are a legendary, faceless organization that operates entirely in the shadows of the global economy. They don't just own banks, Thomas—they possess enough capital to effortlessly crash the economies of the entire sovereign nations. They command global markets with a single directive. If they decide to manipulate a currency, a country starves or to erase a family, that family disappears from history books overnight!"Thomas Vance felt a sudden, visceral chill pierce through his chest. His heart hammered violently against his ribs. "You're saying... Caleb is backed by them?""Look at the ev