Williams stood frozen on the sidewalk. The truck had already passed. The strange voice still echoed in his head.[How unfortunate could this poor system be to be assigned to such a weak and useless host?]He looked left and right. No one was near him. Two old women walking past stared at him strangely.“Hey boy, watch where you’re going!” one of them called.Williams forced a weak smile. “Sorry.”He kept walking. The voice did not come again. After a few steps he shook his head hard.“It was just fear,” he muttered. “My mind is playing tricks because I almost died.”He walked faster. The bag on his shoulder felt heavier than before. He had no job, no home, and no one left who cared. The words his cousin and girlfriend had said kept repeating in his mind: *You will never amount to anything in your miserable life again.*Williams stopped at a traffic light and stared at the busy road. Cars rushed past. For a moment he thought about stepping forward. Then he remembered the kind guard who

Williams walked into the bank wearing the same dirty clothes from the hospital. His hair was messy. His shoes were still wet from the day before. People in clean shirts and nice shoes looked at him and stepped away.He joined the line and waited. After almost two hours a bank worker came out and started calling people inside. She looked at Williams once, then skipped him and called the person behind him.Williams stepped forward. “Excuse me. I also need to check my account.”The woman turned and looked at him from head to toe. Her face showed clear disgust.“We are very busy today,” she said in a loud voice. “We do not have time for people who only have ten dollars in their account.”Some people in the line laughed. Others looked at Williams with pity.Williams felt heat rise in his face, but he did not look away. “How do you know how much money I have?”The woman smiled. “Look at your clothes. That is enough proof.”Williams took a slow breath. He remembered the supervisor who had sp

Williams put on the black server uniform and walked into the busy restaurant. The fat manager watched him with cold eyes.“You will do every job I give you,” the manager said. “If you try to run, the guards will stop you. After three days, if the money is not paid, both you and Laura will pay the price.”Williams nodded once and picked up a tray.The first day was long and hard. He carried heavy plates, cleaned tables, and stood for many hours. The manager gave him the hardest tasks on purpose. When other servers rested, Williams was sent to the kitchen to wash pots. When the kitchen was quiet, he was told to carry boxes from the storage room.Laura worked near him most of the time. At first she did not speak to him. Her eyes were full of anger and fear. During a short break she finally looked at him.“Why did you say you could not pay?” she whispered. “You made everything worse for me.”Williams could not tell her about the system. He only said, “I will keep my promise. After three d

Williams walked through the dark streets with no clear place to go. He had money now, but he still wore the old server uniform from the restaurant. People looked at him strangely. He needed clean clothes and a safe place to sleep.He found a small cheap hotel near the river. The man at the front desk looked at his dirty clothes and asked for payment first. Williams paid for three nights with his bank card. The man raised his eyebrows but said nothing.In the small room Williams took a long shower. The hot water washed away three days of dirt and tiredness. He put on the only clean shirt he had left and sat on the bed. For the first time in many days he felt human again.He closed his eyes and spoke quietly.“System, show my points.”[QR Points: 6 Money: 9,150,000 dollars]Still not enough for any real skill. Williams opened the store screen and looked at the list again. Strength ×2 needed 100 points. He was far away from that.He was about to close the screen when a loud knock sound

Williams stayed in the small rented room until night came. The trust papers lay on the table under a cheap lamp. He read every page twice. His father’s signature was clear. The rules were simple. The money and the company shares could not change hands until Williams turned twenty-five. No one could move them without his name on the paper too.He had stopped Raymond for now. But Raymond would notice the papers were gone. He would start looking hard.The System spoke at last.[Quest complete. Reward: 15 QR points and Basic Information Skill received.]A quiet warmth moved through Williams’s head. Suddenly he understood how to read people better—small signs in their voices, the way they looked away, the things they tried to hide. It was not mind-reading. It was just sharper eyes and ears.[QR Points: 31 Money: 9,150,000 dollars]Still not enough for the big strength skill, but closer. Williams put the papers inside his jacket and left the room. He needed a safer place for them. A ban