The Super Billionaire System

Chapter 5

“You are going to call the cops on me?” Lyon scoffed. “As the manager, should you not be willing to hear the customer out too?”

“You are no customer of ours!” The waiter interjected before the manager spoke. “Just leave!"

“Are you sure you are not going to regret kicking me out of this place? After all, I only came here to buy some food.” Lyon asked, still maintaining his cool.

“We’ve got nothing to lose, sir. The only thing that causes us to lose is giving free food out. And we won’t be offering that to you.” The manager said with a bright, yet fake smile.

Lyon took that as a cue to leave. He got up and left immediately without eating anything.

DING!

[New task up: Teach the employees from the restaurant a lesson to get revenge!]

“Nice timing, X!” Lyon said angrily. “You stopped me from giving them a piece of my mind back there, now you want me to get revenge. Pick a side!”

Before he could get a response from X, his phone rang, he looked at it to see the caller ID.

“Aunty May,” His maternal aunty who raised him was calling, a frown formed on his face.

“Ah, now you are taking your precious time before picking up, right?” She yelled in his ear as soon as he picked up.

“We heard the news about your wife. That smart woman must have figured out how much of a bad luck you are that she had to leave at once.”

Word soon spread fast.  Lyon thought to himself, it was midnight and his aunty had already heard that his wife had left him.

“Aunty May, I am sure  my wife is not the reason why you called. Please go straight to the point.” He said firmly.

“This bastard had grown cocky. Did your wife moving out late at night with the kids touch some circuits in your head?”

“Ah,” he scoffed, she only knew that Racheal and her kids left the house but she didn’t know the remaining details. “I didn’t know you were keeping a close tab on me after all these years, aunty.”

“Save your word because I don’t have the time to go back and forth with a nincompoop like you. I know your mother would not inform you so she could save face but the Old Madam is having her thanksgiving celebration and she wants the whole family to be here tomorrow.”

The Old Madam was the Matriarch of the Dwayne’s family. She held a very powerful position in the society. 

Unfortunately for Lyon, his branch of the family did not get along with the old madam, they had fallen out of her favour before he was born so they never got to reap the benefits of the family’s magnanimous wealth.

“She wants everyone to come with a gift. I know you will not be able to afford anything expensive but try to get something decent, even if it means that you put that shabby apartment of yours on sale. Don’t come here to ruin Thanksgiving for everyone." Aunt May warned.

The Old Madam’s temper was no joke. Lyon remembered why he moved out at a young age and kept his distance with the Dwayne family.

She had made him kneel for seven days in their ancestral home with no food because he spoke out of turn and didn’t apologise for his actions.

Even after the seven days, he refused to apologise then she asked the servants to whip him. His mother had begged on his behalf to save his life. After he healed from that event, he moved out of the  Dwayne Manor.

“I know you are thinking of missing it, but think of your mother!” May said before hanging.

Lyon ran his hand through his hair, he had not seen his mother in years. When he got a job as a bachelor, he had gone back to offer her a place to live with him but she insisted that she wanted to stay by the old madam’s side.

Her decision strained their relationship thereafter. But hearing his aunty made his heart ache.

DING!

[New task up: Buy Madam Dwayne the most expensive and worthy gift tomorrow. Your gift must surpass the worth of the gifts of everyone else.]

“I can’t believe you right now, X. This woman hasn’t done anything to make my life better. All of a sudden, she wants me home, bringing her some gifts for some pretentious dinner.”

“That dinner is going to happen without me. Even if I end up going, I will not get any gift for the old madam

WARNING!

[Failure to complete the task will cause the Operator to lose the money in his bank]

“All of it? Not even a quarter or half of it?” Lyon replied frustrated.

He could not escape this fate, he had a few hours to get some rest then carry out the tasks the system has assigned to him.

The first task was even pending and he had not even thought about how he could solve that now he’s got another one on top of it.

He gave the restaurant one more look before turning around, "I better find a nice motel to stay for the night before I take on the tasks." he said aloud to himself.

“May I recommend a good place for you?” a young boy about twenty one years old said quietly behind him. He was wearing a bright smile on his face. 

Lyon was stunned as he had not noticed the presence of the boy. He had a small frame, which was even smaller than his old frame. He estimated the boy’s age to be about fifteen years old.

“Mister, you look like you have just seen a ghost but do not worry. My services are not free.” The young boy said. “I am the most resourceful person in this city” he brought out a wallet from his bag and flipped it open.

A list of badges rolled out, “I can recommend places to live, cars to buy, what stores to patronize, the plumbers to work with, and other services that one could possibly need. I also know the cheapest to the most expensive places to access them and  if you have enough quid you may pay me to get things done on your behalf.”