2026-10-16 17:55:22Williams 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 spat on him. He remembered his cousin’s laugh. Something inside him refused to stay quiet this time.
“Then let’s make a bet,” he said. His voice was calm but clear. “If I have more than one hundred thousand dollars in my account, you will kneel and apologize in front of everyone. If I have less, I will slap my own face five times and call myself a beggar. Do you agree?”
The hall went silent. The woman stared at him as if he had lost his mind. Then she laughed.
“You agree?” she asked, still smiling.
“I agree.”
She waved her hand. “Come inside then. Everyone here is a witness.”
People followed them to the counter, whispering and waiting for the show. The woman spoke to the teller in a low voice, still smiling. The teller typed Williams’s account number and looked at the screen. Her eyes grew wide. She looked at the woman, then back at the screen.
“Is something wrong?” the woman asked.
The teller turned the screen so everyone nearby could see the number.
10,000,000.00
The hall became completely quiet. The woman’s face turned white. Her mouth opened, but no sound came out.
Williams looked at her and spoke in a normal voice. “You said if I had more than one hundred thousand, you would kneel and apologize.”
The woman tried to speak, then closed her mouth. Her legs shook. Slowly she went down on her knees in front of everyone.
“I… I am sorry,” she said in a small voice. “I should not have judged you by your clothes.”
Williams looked at her for a moment. He remembered how it felt when people looked down on him. He could have made her stay on her knees longer. He could have asked the bank to fire her. Instead he shook his head.
“Stand up,” he said. “I only wanted you to stop treating people like dirt.”
The woman stood up quickly, her face red with shame. The other bank workers hurried to help Williams. They gave him a new bank card and treated him with great care. When he left the bank, several of them walked with him to the door and kept apologizing.
Outside, Williams stood still for a moment. The sun felt warmer than before. Ten million dollars was real. He was not dreaming.
He walked straight back to the small hospital. The same gray-haired nurse was still working. When she saw him, she looked surprised.
Williams placed a thick envelope on the table.
“This is one million dollars,” he said. “Use it for the hospital. For medicine, for food, for the patients.”
The nurse stared at the envelope. She pushed it back toward him.
“You should keep it. You need it more than we do.”
Williams shook his head. “I still have nine million left. Please take it.”
After a long time the nurse and the doctor accepted the money. When the patients heard what he had done, many of them came to thank him with tears in their eyes. An old man held his hand and called him a good boy. The little girl he had cleaned for the day before gave him a small drawing.
Williams walked out of the hospital with a strange warm feeling in his chest. For the first time in five years, helping someone had made him feel strong instead of empty.
The system spoke quietly in his mind.
[This system still thinks the host is weak… but today the host did one good thing.]
Williams almost smiled.
“Are there any new quests?” he asked in a low voice.
The system stayed silent for a few seconds.
[Not yet. Keep living. The next quest will come when the time is right.]
Williams put his hands in his pockets and walked down the street. He still wore dirty clothes. He still had no home. But for the first time, he had money and a small reason to keep going.
He did not know what would happen next. He only knew he would not step in front of a truck again.
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Chapter 012: Proof and Pressure
Williams woke with the folder still under the mattress. He checked it three times before leaving the room. The secret agreement between Raymond and Harlan was the strongest weapon he had. If he lost it, everything would fall apart.He walked to a quiet café and ordered tea. While he drank, the System gave a new quest.[New quest active. Title: Protect the Proof Task: Keep the agreement papers safe and show them to someone who can stop the deal within 24 hours. Reward: 25 QR points. Failure: The papers are taken or destroyed, and the host loses all leverage.]Williams already knew who could help. A real lawyer. Not one controlled by his uncle or Harlan.He used the Basic Investigation Skill to search for names. One lawyer appeared often in old cases against powerful businessmen—Mr. Elias, a man who had won against rich people before. His office was in a plain building on the other side of the city.Williams took a bus and arrived before noon. The office was small. The secretary
Chapter 011: The Real Face
Williams woke early and checked the System. The new message was short.[New quest active. Title: Find the Source Task: Discover who truly ordered the change to the family trust within 48 hours. Reward: 20 QR points and a basic investigation skill. Failure: The host loses all claim to the remaining family assets.]He already knew Raymond wanted the papers. The System said someone else stood behind him. Williams needed proof.He left the cheap room and walked to a public library. The Basic Information Skill helped him notice small details in old newspaper files and company records. He spent three hours reading. One name kept appearing next to his uncle’s name in business deals from five years ago—Mr. Harlan, a rich man who owned several restaurants and warehouses in the city.Williams froze when he saw the address of one warehouse. It was the same place where the fat manager had taken him twice.The fat manager worked for Harlan.Williams closed the files and left the library. E
Chapter 010: The Papers and the Price
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
Chapter 009: Shadows from the Family
Williams woke before sunrise. The cheap hotel room still smelled of old soap and damp walls. His body ached from the night before, but the new skill made the pain feel smaller. He sat up and checked the System once more.[QR Points: 16 Money: 9,150,000 dollars Basic Self-Defense Skill: Active]Still far from the strength skill he wanted. He needed more points. More quests. More ways to stand on his own feet.He washed his face, put on the same clean shirt, and left the hotel. The morning streets were quiet. He bought simple clothes from a small shop—dark pants, a plain jacket, and shoes that did not look like they came from a restaurant kitchen. After changing in the shop’s back room, he felt less like a runaway worker and more like someone who could walk without people staring.He was thinking about finding a better place to stay when his phone rang. The number was unknown. He answered carefully.“Williams?” A woman’s voice. Soft, but tight with worry. “It’s Aunt May. Your uncle’
Chapter 008: Night Trouble
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
Chapter 007: The Price of Three Days
The fat manager sat behind his big desk and looked at Williams and Laura with a cold smile. Two guards stood near the door. The room felt small and heavy.“Three days are finished,” the manager said. “The money for the food is still not paid. Now I will decide what happens to both of you.”Laura’s hands shook. She looked at the floor and said nothing. Williams stood straight and met the manager’s eyes.“I will pay the fifty thousand dollars right now,” Williams said.The manager laughed. “You? With what money? You came here in dirty clothes and ate like a beggar. Do you think I believe you?”Williams took out his bank card and placed it on the desk. “Check the account.”The manager’s smile became smaller. He picked up the phone and called the bank. After a short talk his face changed. He looked at the card again, then at Williams.“How does a man like you have so much money?” he asked in a low voice.“That is not your business,” Williams said. “Transfer the fifty thousand dollars for
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