THE BILLIONAIRE SYSTEM: I CAN BUY EVERYTHINGChapter 41: The Man Beneath the SystemThe voice echoed through the elevator.“Ethan…”Then another voice answered.His own.“I’m ready.”Ethan stared at the closed elevator doors.Nobody moved.The countdown continued somewhere above them.07:5707:5607:55Ethan turned toward Sarah.“You said you know who it is.”Sarah wiped the tears from her face.“I know who they wanted it to be.”“That isn't what I asked.”“I know.”“Then tell me.”Sarah looked toward the elevator.“Your father.”Ethan's heart tightened.“Daniel?”Sarah nodded.“The original Daniel.”Marcus immediately stepped forward.“That can't be.”Sarah looked at him.“You saw the records.”“I saw two Daniels.”“There were more than two.”Marcus went silent.Ethan looked toward Jonathan.“You knew?”Jonathan didn't answer.Ethan's voice hardened.“Everyone seems to know something except me.”Jonathan looked at him.“That's because you were never supposed to reach this point.”Eth

THE BILLIONAIRE SYSTEM: I CAN BUY EVERYTHINGChapter 43: The Woman Behind the EmpireThe room remained silent.Nobody moved.Nobody spoke.On the wall, the message continued blinking.[FAMILY MEMBER DETECTED.][LOCATION: ACTIVE.][DISTANCE: 0.3 MILES.]Ethan stared at it.His grandmother.Alive.Somewhere beneath the facility.After everything he had learned about Project Omega, the revelation should not have surprised him.But it did.Because there was something about the word grandmother that made the entire mystery feel different.This wasn't another unidentified administrator.This wasn't another experimental subject.This was family.Ethan turned slowly toward Sarah.“You knew.”Sarah didn't deny it.“I knew she might still be alive.”“Might?”Sarah nodded.“We never confirmed it.”Ethan's jaw tightened.“You've known all this time?”“I knew your grandmother was connected to Project Omega.”“That isn't what I asked.”Sarah lowered her eyes.“I knew she disappeared before your fat

THE BILLIONAIRE SYSTEM: I CAN BUY EVERYTHINGChapter 45: The First Host FiveThe photograph remained on the table.Ethan stared at it.Four children.Four faces.Four different expressions.But only three were familiar.Ethan.Adrian.Eli.And the fourth boy.A stranger.Someone who had apparently been part of Project Omega from the beginning.Written across the back of the photograph were four words:HE WAS NEVER ADRIAN.Ethan slowly looked up.“Then who was Host Five?”Victoria didn't answer immediately.She returned the photograph to the table.“That's the question your grandfather spent twenty years trying to answer.”Ethan frowned.“You said he was never Adrian.”“He wasn't.”“Then why did the system identify Adrian as Host Five?”Victoria's expression hardened.“Because the system was given false information.”Adrian stepped forward.“By whom?”Victoria looked directly at him.“By the people who wanted you to believe you were important enough to become the administrator.”Adrian

THE BILLIONAIRE SYSTEM: I CAN BUY EVERYTHINGChapter 47: The Woman Who Came BeforeEthan could not move.The voice remained inside his mind.I've been waiting for you.It was not loud.It did not sound threatening.That somehow made it worse.Ethan looked around the dark room.“Who are you?”No answer.Lucas stood several feet away, staring at the same black screen.His face had lost all its confidence.“Lucas.”Lucas didn't respond.Ethan stepped closer.“You knew this could happen.”Lucas finally looked at him.“I knew the architecture existed.”“That isn't what I asked.”Lucas swallowed.“I didn't know it could reconnect completely.”Noah's tablet suddenly turned on.The screen displayed a single percentage.100%Then another line appeared.ORIGINAL PREDICTIVE ARCHITECTURE: ACTIVENoah stared at it.“That shouldn't be possible.”Ethan looked at him.“Why?”“Because the original architecture was supposed to be permanently isolated.”“By whom?”Noah looked toward Lucas.“By Nora Vale

THE BILLIONAIRE SYSTEM: I CAN BUY EVERYTHINGChapter 49: The First Corporate WarEthan Vale stood alone inside the executive office of Nexus Logistics Group, staring through the floor-to-ceiling windows at the city below.The lights were beginning to disappear one by one as morning approached.He had barely slept.Not because he was afraid.Because something about Damien Black's message bothered him.WELCOME TO THE TEN-BILLION-DOLLAR RACE.It wasn't simply a challenge.It was a declaration.Ethan turned away from the window."Nexus's largest customer," he said quietly.The company's name appeared on the report in front of him.Horizon Retail Distribution.For nearly seven years, Horizon had been Nexus Logistics' largest commercial client.It accounted for almost twenty-three percent of Nexus's annual revenue.Losing it wouldn't destroy Nexus.But it would hurt.And Damien Black knew that.Ethan picked up the report."Let's see what you're really planning."The door opened.His new chi