2025-10-15 00:43:58> [ INITIAL SYSTEM ACCEPTANCE SUCCESSFUL]
[REWARD: $100,000,000,000 deposited to System-Linked Account]
[Bonus: +20% Agility for all future tasks assigned in Phase 1]
[NOTE: A system-activated withdrawal card is required to access the funds]
Carlos stood in awe, his arms limp at his sides and his eyes widened at the glowing red text floating midair before him.
“…What?” He exclaimed softly.
The air in the dark apartment seemed to pulse with invisible energy. His ragged breath echoed off the peeling walls as the holographic notification hovered like a ghost.
He looked down at himself—dirty, torn shirt, bruises on his knuckles and dirt on his pants.
“How... How can I have a hundred billion dollars?” He asked himself, turning to the quiet corner where the shrouded sheets covered his parents’ cold bodies still lay as the silence swallowed him while he clenched his fists.
“No.” He shook his head and stepped back.
“This isn’t real. This has to be some twisted hallucination. I’ve snapped. Lost it. I’m broke, framed, buried in shame, and you’re telling me I’m worth more than the Danes overnight?” His face evolved into a grin as he made a whizzling laughter, like a tired man starting to lose his senses.
“And besides, I have tons of withdrawal cards. But they are all expired. How do I go abou…”
With a faint glow, a silver card materialized midair. It gently hovered downward until it slid neatly into his palm.
> [System Withdrawal Card: Linked to any bank account]
He was too stunned to speak, staring at the cold, mentalic, smooth card. It shimmered like a gem from another world.
A few hours later, the earth was soft under the storm.
Rain poured hard from the sky like the heavens mourned too. Carlos stood under the downpour, drenched from head to toe, before two fresh mounds of dirt in a forgotten cemetery corner near the city’s outskirts.
No one else came. No flowers. No prayers. Just him, a shovel, and the ghosts of what should’ve been a better life.
He stared down at the graves’ crude wooden marker which read:
> DARIO RODRIGUEZ & BEATRICE RODRIGUEZ
Loving parents. Lost to a world that never gave them a chance.
Carlos fell to his knees, letting the rain slap against his face as he wept hard.
“I'm sorry. I failed you” he whispered, voice cracking, touching the muddy soil.
“But that ends today.”
He looked up at the stormy sky.
“I don’t care what this ‘system’ is. I don’t care if it’s real or just some twisted experiment on my brain.” His voice rose with fury. He stood slowly, eyes burning through the rain.
“But, I swear on your graves, I will make Robert Dane and Andrea wish they were never born. I will tear their world apart. Not just them… everyone who helped them. Watched. Laughed. Benefited.” He paused.
“Even if it kills me.”
Lightning flashed across the sky like a divine seal to his vow.
*************
The storm had died down by morning when Carlos arrived at the Star Bank HQ downtown—one of the most secure and high-profile banks in Coast Wesley.
He wore a donated hoodie from the cemetery gatekeeper and cheap jeans. The glass doors slid open as he noticed the modern, glassy interior buzzing with quiet efficiency.
He walked to the counter, trying to look casual.
“Hi. Uh... I need to check my account balance.”
The cashier, a well-dressed woman in her thirties with bored eyes, gestured to the screen.
“Card?” she asked. Carlos slid the silver card toward her.
She inserted it with a mechanical motion… then paused at the screen while it flashed and then froze.
“…Um, one moment,” she said.
Carlos watched her face tighten as the screen displayed a new set of digits in bold red.
She cleared her throat and leaned closer.
She turned the monitor slightly so he could see it and his stomach dropped.
ACCOUNT BALANCE: $100,000,000,000.00
He stared again at the zeros dancing before him. The cashier leaned in with a whisper.
“Sir... we’re going to need to verify this. Do you... work for the international monetary authority or some crypto billionaire?” She quizzed in awe but Carlos found it quite difficult to respond.
“Right.” She nodded stiffly.
“Uh… How much would you like to withdraw?”
He swallowed.
“Just... Two hundred thousand.” His words stunned her.
“Only…?”
“Only.”
She processed the withdrawal with shaky hands.
A machine beside the counter printed out a receipt as a vault assistant arrived moments later with a sealed envelope of fresh bills.
Carlos held the cash and card feeling numb.
“It was real. All of it was real.” he thought to himself.
But just as he turned toward the exit, a group of armed looking men stormed in.
“GET DOWN!!!”
The double doors of the bank exploded inward with a burst of gunfire. Screams erupted while people dove for cover.
Five masked men in black trench coats and combat gear stormed the lobby, armed with rifles and semi-automatics.
“EVERYBODY ON THE GROUND!! NOW!” One of the robbers fired a warning shot into the ceiling as panic took over.
Carlos hit the ground instinctively, clutching the envelope and trying to stay hidden behind the nearest pillar.
Just then, the hologram reappeared.
> [WARNING: ROBBERY IN PROGRESS — ASSIGNMENT DETECTED]
[THREAT LEVEL: MODERATE]
[PERPETRATORS: STAIN MAFIA GROUP — OPERATED BY HUGHES STAIN]
[OBJECTIVE: Defuse threat, neutralize enemies, prevent casualties]
Carlos was stunned at the reveal, spotting the detailed information and an image of the man on the holo screen.
> [REWARD: +30 Bronze System Coins | Access to First Grade Skill Set | Upgrade to Stat Shop]
> [FAILURE PENALTY: FULL MEMORY WIPE OF ALL SYSTEM CONTENT & PROGRESS]
Carlos’s eyes widened.
“You can’t be serious,” he whispered under his breath.
> [This is your first combat trial.]
[Let the vengeance begin.]
“No. No no no no!” he hissed.
“You want me to take on armed robbers? This isn’t a movie. I’m not some secret agent!”
> [Mission refusal acknowledged. Countdown to memory wipe initiated: 10 minutes]
Carlos’s breath caught in his chest.
But the image of his dead parents and his betrayal flashed and that made him freeze as he closed his eyes to fully recall the memory of what was done to him.
Forget the faces of his parents? Forget the betrayal?
Never.
Never again.
He clenched his fists.
“...Task accepted.” He reaffirmed.
Hence, the leash of his newer enigma…..
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John straightened his tie and gave a self-satisfied huff, brushing invisible lint from his suit.“Pathetic,” he muttered. They don’t belong in a place like this.”He motioned to the security guards to return to their posts. Then he turned to his assistant.“Make sure everything’s spotless. The owner’s coming in less than ten minutes. Griff Willows doesn’t tolerate incompetence.”He smirked, adjusting his cufflinks.“When the boss sees how well I’ve handled things, he’ll know he can count on me to keep this place in order.”But what John didn’t know, however, was that his moment of “order” had just set the stage for his downfall.*****************Carlos had just stopped by the fountain outside the entrance and in front of the very building, turning towards Lily.“Hey,” he said softly, brushing a tear from her cheek. “Don’t apologize for any of that. You didn’t deserve what happened in there.”She sniffled, shaking her head.
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“I don’t see your boyfriend around. Where’s he hiding?”It was an innocent observation, but Andrea took it like a slap.Her eyes flared.“Excuse me? You think Axel would ever waste his time following me around like you?”Her voice rose just enough to draw a few nearby stares again. She stepped closer, tilting her head in mock amusement.“You must have grown bold to even imagine that a man like him would be anything like you. Remember why I dumped you, Carlos? Because you were trash. Lower than the average guy who works five jobs just to scrape a living for himself and his broke family.”Her words cut like shards of glass, and several customers around gasped softly. Carlos smiled. His face remained smooth, calm, and almost unreadable, like a lake untouched by the storm raging in front of him.And that calmness… shook Andrea to her core.What happened to him? she wondered, almost involuntarily.Physically, the transformation was obvio
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