Chapter 2. My Trillion Dollar System

Ding! Ding!

[Will you accept me, the trillion-dollar system?]

While August lay in the hospital bed, his head bandaged and his whole body sore, he could hear a ding sound in his head. "What…." He replied weakly as his vision was blurred. He could barely move as he watched doctors and nurses in the ER rushing while some gave commands to each other.

"Who are you? What’s the trillion-dollar system?" He questioned while trying to wrap his head around what was happening. "Doctor! He has regained consciousness!" A nurse called out to a young doctor in an overall coat who quickly rushed to his side. "That was a close one. Is the blood transfusion ready? He still looks a bit unstable." The doctor said while examining August. "Not yet, doctor. He has a rare blood type. It will be quite hard finding his match soon." The nurse said in an apologetic tone as the doctor peered into August's eyes, which were slightly opened.

"What…what am I…." August could barely complete his question as he felt life drifting from him but he was holding onto it. "Don’t try to stress yourself, sir. You were involved in a car accident. A blood transfusion is being prepared as you lost a lot of blood. But there’s no need to worry. You’ll be fine." The doctor reassured. "Doc! There’s a patient who fell from a stormy building. He was just rushed in…." A nurse quickly rushed to where we stood as I watched with blurry vision as the doctor walked off, and the nurse followed after him.

[I am still waiting for a response, sir. Do you accept the trillion-dollar system? Yes/no] August heard a ding in his head. Even though he felt so weak earlier, he now felt a sudden kind of strength brought about by the fear of what was going on with him.

[The trillion-dollar system allows you to mark a trillion dollars if you accomplish every task it assigns you. The full details will be given if you accept it. So do you, sir?”]

"Am I going crazy because I was involved in an accident? Have I been transported into some alien world?" He muttered to himself as he stared at the visual panel that suddenly appeared in front of him while he was still lying on the hospital bed. "What the…." August gasped as he stared at the interface. "Trillion-dollar system that makes me make up to a trillion dollars?" He said to himself

That would be great! He could make Zara pay for… His thought got disrupted by another thought. "The doctors won’t find my blood type. I have a very rare one. I could die any minute. Am I already dead? Is that why I am seeing things now?" August asked aloud.

[The host seems weak. After accepting the system, you will get a healthy body so you will be able to accomplish the subsequent tasks given in the future.] August couldn’t believe his ears.

“Yes…yes, I accept the trillion-dollar system.” He said quickly as his thoughts immediately drifted to Zara. How would it feel to watch her crawl back to him when he has a trillion dollars? A money worth more than the whole of Arizona Group!

[The system installation will start now. Please hold on tight. Scanning…..{ 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% [The weak state of the body detected a drop in hemoglobin due to excess loss of blood. Now, the healing process begins….] All of a sudden, he felt as if some waves passed through his body, and his body felt as good as new. The whole pain felt as if it was never there.

[Healing process completed. Now you can carry out tasks to gain money until you make a trillion dollars]

“Oh my God!” August quickly sat up as he felt his whole body brimming with energy. [Name: August Sullivan] [Level 0/7] [Talent: A genius sales representative] [Inventory: None] [Balance: $0] [Tasks: will appear]

“This is crazy….” He breathed in shock as he stared at the panel. “This is freaking crazy…” he quickly got off the bed and stretched out his body, realizing he was fully healed. He believed he has gotten a system.

He walked out of the room, still in the hospital clothes; the nurses and the doctors in the ER were too busy to notice a patient was leaving. Meanwhile, August was too immersed in happiness for him to care about anyone.

When he got to the streets, just close to the hospital, he heard the sound of the system again. [Ding Ding, you’ve got a new mission. And you will earn a reward $10,000 if this is accomplished. Look straight ahead. That young man is about to commit suicide by running into the streets. Stop him from doing so…]

“What the? Is it that easy?!” August squealed in excitement as he looked in the direction and saw a young lad of about 22 years old walking slowly into the streets. [You should note that the harder the task, the higher your reward. And as you progress, your task will be harder so you could earn a trillion dollars] The system explained while all of these still felt like a dream.

“Right! I have to save that lad.” He quickly remembered he had a mission and ran towards him; just when he was about to run into the streets, he pushed him to his side as the lad fell down. “Who the hell are you?! Why did you stop me?!” The lad berated August.

[Congratulations for completing this task. You have now earned $10,000.] [Name: August Sullivan] [Level 1/7] [Talent: A genius sales representative] [Inventory: None] [Balance: $10,000] [Tasks: completed]

“Oh my!” August gasped at the panel that appeared in front of him. “Did you see that?” He quickly asked the angry young man he had just saved. “See what? Get off me, you psycho….” He snapped as he stared at August wearily who laughed like a maniac.

Dring! “You have just received a credit alert on your phone.” He received a phone notification. With shaky hands, August took out his phone to see his balance had topped up. “This is unbelievable!” He shifted his gaze to the young man he just saved. “What is wrong….” the other man started to murmur when August suddenly grabbed him by his shoulder and stared into his eyes. “I am going to make a trillion dollars. I have got a trillion-dollar system that is going to make me richer than the whole of Arizona group! I am going to make them pay, man!” August said to the other man as if they were long-time friends.