2026-09-04 17:58:24[ACCEPT OR DIE]
At that moment a timer appeared below the words. It started counting down. [10] Immediately Ethan's heart slammed against his ribs. [9] “What the hell is this?” [8] He didn't understand. He didn't have time to understand, all he knew was he was dieing, he was losing blood. [7] At that time Emma's face flashed in his mind again, he couldn't want to die, not after hearing what Sophia had planned for her, she was too innocent to experience such life. [6] “I have to save her, matter what, no matter what the timing was heading to. [5] “I have to live.” [4] At that moment his hand twitched. His fingers moved, trembling, reaching out toward the glowing screen even though it wasn't real. [3] “I can't die here, not when Emma is waiting for me” [2] “Not like this.” [1] Immediately he pressed yes. The screen flashed white. Blinding. Then it vanished. For a second, nothing happened, then the pain hit. It felt like his entire body was being ripped apart and put back together all at once. His bones cracked. His muscles tore. His skin burned. He tried to scream, but the water filled his mouth, choking him. Then the voice came. Cold. Mechanical. Emotionless. [SYSTEM ACCEPTED.] CONFIGURATION IN PROGRESS. At that moment the pain intensified. His back arched. His hands clenched into fists behind him. [CONFIGURATION COMPLETE.] [SYNCHRONIZING IN PROGRESS.] His vision flashed white again. Images flooded his mind. Symbols. Words. Things he didn't recognize but somehow understood. [SYNCHRONIZING COMPLETE.] [COMPARTMENTALIZATION COMPLETE.] The pain stopped. Just like that. Gone. Replaced by something else. Something warm. It spread through his chest, down his arms, into his legs. It felt like fire, but it didn't burn. It healed. [WELCOME TO THE FAMILY INHERITANCE REVENGE SYSTEM.] The words appeared on the screen again, this time in gold. Then the screen changed. A list appeared, scrolling down fast. [HOST HAS UNLOCKED] [ACUPUNCTURE ABILITY] [ MARTIAL ARTS ABILITY (ADVANCED)] [X10 MULTIPLIER ABILITY (APPLIED TO ALL PURCHASES AND INCOME)] [HEALING REWARDS: 1,000 POINTS PER PERSON HEALED] [SYSTEM FUNDS CAN BE WITHDRAWN ANYTIME, ANYWHERE] [ALL INJURIES RESTORED] At that moment Ethan's eyes widened. [INJURIES HEALED: 100% COMPLETE.] The warmth in his chest exploded outward. His broken kneecap snapped back into place. The cuts on his face sealed shut. The bruises faded. The rope around his wrists disintegrated, falling away like ash. He gasped. Water rushed into his lungs, but this time, he didn't choke. His body moved. His legs kicked. His arms shot upward, breaking through the surface of the water. He sucked in air, deep and desperate. His lungs expanded, filling with oxygen. His vision cleared. He was alive. He swam toward the shore, his strokes strong and steady. His body felt different. Lighter. Stronger. Like he'd been asleep his whole life and was finally awake. When he reached the edge of the river, he pulled himself out and collapsed onto the dirt. His chest heaved. Water dripped from his hair, his clothes. He lay there for a second, staring up at the gray sky, trying to process what the hell just happened. Then he sat up. His hands moved to his leg, the one that had been shattered. He pressed down on the kneecap. Nothing. No pain. No swelling. He bent it. Straightened it. Perfectly fine. He checked the other leg. Same thing. No injuries. No scars. It was like the beating had never happened, even his ribs were all good. “What the hell?” he whispered. His hand moved to his chest, then to his face. Everything was fine. Better than fine. He felt… good. Better than he had in years. Then his eyes dropped to his hand. The ring was gone. The family ring. The one his father's parents had given him when he was just a child. They'd told him to never take it off. Ever. It had been with him his whole life. And now it was gone. “Could it be…” Ethan stared at his empty finger. “Was it the ring?” He remembered the moment his blood had touched it. The way it had flared bright before vanishing. The way the system had appeared right after. He didn't understand. But he didn't need to. Not yet. All that mattered was that he was alive. And if he was alive, Emma was safe. “Thank God,” he whispered. His hands shook. “Thank God. Emma's safe. I'm still here. I can still protect her.” He stood, his legs steady beneath him. His soaked clothes clung to his skin, heavy and cold. But he didn't care. He had to move. He had to get back to her. Then the system screen appeared again. [MONEY DOUBLED] Ethan blinked. “What?” Another notification appeared below it. [CURRENT BALANCE: $300,000] His jaw dropped. “Three hundred thousand?” He stared at the number. “How?” Then he remembered. The buyer. The one who was supposed to transfer $30,000 for the car and the property he'd sold. It must have gone through while he was… while he was drowning. But $30,000 shouldn't have turned into $300,000. Unless…His eyes moved back to the list on the screen. [X10 MULTIPLIER ABILITY (APPLIED TO ALL PURCHASES AND INCOME).] “It multiplied it,”he whispered. “By ten.” He laughed. It came out shaky, disbelieving. But it was real. The money was real. He could see it right there on the screen. $300,000. Enough for Emma's dance class. Enough for the international competition. Enough for everything she needed. He could give her the life she deserved. “Thank you,” he said, his voice cracking. “Thank you.” He wiped his face with the back of his hand, then turned and started walking. His shoes squelched with every step, water dripping onto the dirt path. He didn't care. He had one hour. One hour before Emma's dance practice started. He'd promised her he'd be there. And he wasn't going to break that promise. He walked across the dirt path, then onto the main road. Cars passed by, their headlights cutting through the gray evening. He kept his head down, moving fast. Then he heard voices. He slowed. Up ahead, a small crowd had gathered on the side of the road. Five men in black suits stood in a tight circle, their backs to the crowd, blocking the view. People were craning their necks, trying to see what was going on. Ethan stopped. His eyes narrowed. Through the gaps between the men, he could see someone lying on the ground. A woman. Her clothes were stained red. Blood. A lot of it. She'd been shot. Ethan's jaw tightened. He could see it clearly now. The way her chest rose and fell, shallow and weak. The way her hand pressed against her side, trying to stop the bleeding. She didn't have much time. He took a step forward. Then stopped, this isn't my problem. Emma was waiting for him. He'd already lost too much time. If he got involved now, he'd miss her practice. He'd break his promise. He turned away and took a step down the road. Then the system screen flashed in front of him. Bright red. The color of blood. [WARNING.] [HOST MUST SAVE HER.] Ethan froze. “What?” A timer appeared below the message. It started counting down. [20] [19] [18] [HOST MUST SAVE HER OR FACE PUNISHMENT.]
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Sofia listened to everything Marcus said without interrupting, letting him finish, letting his frustration spend itself out into the room before she offered anything in response, and when she finally spoke her voice carried the measured, deliberate quality of someone who had already turned the problem over in her mind several times and arrived somewhere calmer than where he currently stood."I understand you perfectly," she said. "I understand everything you just said, and I know this is not something you can simply wish away or pretend doesn't exist. It's not about what you did to him, not exactly, it's about what the consequences of that could still become if he decides to make noise about it now, at the worst possible time. I can already see that this is going to be a problem. A real one. I'm not going to pretend otherwise." She paused, composing herself, pushing the anxiety back down into something more manageable. "But right now, the audition tomorrow, the movie, that is the sing
Chapter 106
Ethan absorbed Deborah's confident assurance for a moment, and something in the certainty of her tone was enough to settle whatever residual doubt might have still been lingering at the edges of his mind, but he was not a man who left important things to chance without reinforcing them one final time, and so he allowed himself to nod slowly, even though she couldn't see the gesture through the phone, before responding with the quiet gravity of someone underscoring exactly how much was riding on what he had just asked of her."No problem then," he said. "I'll be counting on you. I need you to understand that I am counting on you completely, and I need you to know that failure is not something I'm prepared to accept here. Not partial success, not a halfway effort dressed up as a win. I need this handled exactly the way I've described it."Deborah's response came quickly, almost before he had finished speaking, her voice carrying a vigor that suggested she had already begun running throu
Chapter 105
Ethan stepped out of the car, moving deliberately toward a quieter spot in the parking lot where the ambient noise from the street would not intrude into the call he was about to make, and he pulled out his phone with the fluid efficiency of someone who had already decided exactly what needed to happen next and was simply now executing the necessary steps to bring it about. He scrolled briefly through his contacts, found Deborah's name, and pressed dial, and the phone barely completed its first ring before she answered, her voice coming through immediately with the slightly breathless quality of someone who had been waiting, perhaps anxiously, for exactly this call."Mr. Ethan," she said quickly, the words tumbling out before he could even greet her properly, "I want to apologize again for what happened earlier at the company. I know I already said it, but I need to say it again because I don't think I made it clear enough how deeply sorry I am for the way things unfolded. Even though
Chapter 104
At that moment in time, upon hearing what Megan had just said about GSK Entertainment, Ethan couldn't help but nod his head slowly, a thoughtful expression settling over his features as he considered the possibilities stretching out before them."Well, if that has been the case," he said, "then GSK is going to be our target. I'll speak to the people that I know, the right people, and I'll make sure you get a spot there."Megan's eyes widened slightly at the confidence in his voice, and she found herself momentarily overwhelmed by the sheer weight of everything he had already done for her, everything he continued to do without hesitation or expectation of anything in return."Thank you so much," she said, her voice soft but earnest. "Thank you so much for what you have done and what you continue to do for me. This is way too much, and I honestly cannot even comprehend the full extent of everything you've given me."She paused, her throat tightening slightly with emotion."First of all,
Chapter 103
Megan fell quiet for a few long seconds, the silence stretching between them inside the car as she studied Ethan's face, searching it for the small signs that would tell her whether this was simply another kind gesture, the sort of encouraging thing partners say to each other in passing without any real intention of following through, or whether it was something else entirely. And what she found there, in the steadiness of his eyes and the set of his jaw, told her everything she needed to know before he even said another word. He was serious. Genuinely, completely serious, in a way that few people in her life had ever been serious about anything concerning her future, and that quality in him, that unwavering follow-through, that refusal to offer comfort without substance behind it, was one of the things she had come to love most about him, one of the qualities that had settled itself quietly into the foundation of everything she felt for him."It seems like you're actually very seriou
Chapter 102
Ethan's eyebrows lifted slightly, a flicker of genuine curiosity crossing his face, and he repeated her words back to her slowly, as though testing their weight before fully accepting them. "You're good at acting. Like an actress, professionally."Megan nodded, and there was no hesitation in the nod, no false modesty dressing up the claim, only a plain, settled confidence that came from someone who had spent enough time with a particular talent to know its exact dimensions without needing anyone else's validation to confirm them."Yes," she said. "Absolutely. I'm very good at it. I know how that sounds, like I'm just saying it to sound impressive, but I promise you I'm not exaggerating or dressing anything up for your benefit. I'm good at multitasking too, genuinely good, I can run three conflicting responsibilities at once without dropping any of them, but acting is different. Acting is the one thing I actually love doing, not just the thing I happen to be competent at. It's been a d
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