2025-04-03 21:27:23"Finally, some fresh air," Jasper muttered, looking around with a happy expression on his face.
He was in a good mood at the moment. He was working towards what the System gave him.
Also, there was the company he was given. Skyline Technologies, or whatever the name the System had given him.
But there was a problem: unlike the Sky Hotel, which was popular, this company was not.
It is safe to say that he had never heard of the company ever since he came to Oakridge.
How the heck was he going to get there, talk more or less about making the company worth the amount of money the System had demanded from him?
Jasper sighed and took out his phone, intending to use G****e to search for the company and see if he was going to find any information about the company.
Just as he had expected, he saw the company, but his mouth opened wide in shock, not knowing what to say.
This was a company that was about to shut down. The company had already gone bankrupt and yet the System had given him a ridiculous task.
How was he going to start? Where was he going to start from?
At first, Jasper thought about ignoring the System, but when he remembered the penalty was death and the countdown on the screen, he shivered and quickly mounted his scooter, heading to the company.
He was ready to die. At least, just not yet, he had many things he wanted to do, so there was no way he was going to allow himself to be killed.
In no time, he arrived at the company. Looking at the run-down structure of the company. He couldn't help but shake his head, there was a lot to do.
Now, because of the system, he was going to have to clean up the mess made by another person.
Walking into the company, just as he had expected, there was no one there, and it was extremely quiet.
The receptionist was sitting at her post with her legs crossed while chewing gum.
She glanced at Jasper, who had just walked in, and looked away at the phone she was holding.
"Hi there." Jasper didn't mind her attitude. He knew that she was most probably coming so that she would be able to collect her payments.
The company had gone bankrupt and the only reason it was not closed down yet was because she and some others had not yet given up.
"If you want a job, then I suggest you try other companies." The receptionist said, not even raising her head to look at Jasper.
"No, I'm not here to look for a job." Jasper shook his head.
Hearing this, the lady finally raised her head to look at Jasper.
"Then what do you want?" She asked, squinting her brows as she looked at him.
"I want to see the president of the company," he replied.
"Oh!" The lady muttered as she continued to chew her gum.
"Perhaps you are the guy the president said would be coming later?" She asked, looking at Jasper.
"Well, I don't know what he told you, but you at least help me give him a call." Jasper forced a smile.
"Sure." The lady agreed and proceeded to make a phone call.
"He said he'd come soon". The lady turned to Jasper and said after she ended the call.
"Thanks." Jasper nodded and looked around.
The company was already run down, and the building was in a much worse state. Where was he going to start?
All he had was a hundred million dollars. How was he going to do It? The system had said he was to do it within two months. It was ridiculous, but he had to do it anyway.
"Mr. Brennan." A voice came as a figure much older than Michael walked towards Jasper.
"Yeah, that's me." Jasper nodded.
"Sir, I would like to give you some advice." The man, Jackson said, looking at Jasper seriously.
He had thought that the other party was just a second rich generation who had bought the company just for fun and thus wanted to tell him that it was of no use.
"You don't have to say anything, I already know that buying the company was a mistake. The staff are not paid yet, and the company is in a state of bankruptcy with some debts on its neck." Jasper smiled, looking at the man.
He was not a fool and knew that getting the company was a bad idea. But he was not the one who had bought the company, it was the system that gave it to him.
So, no matter the way it looked, he was going to follow the System's wishes and do what was meant to be done.
Jackson was a bit shocked to hear what Jasper said. He couldn't believe that Jasper had seen through it all. He couldn't help but have a glimmer of hope as he felt that Jasper would be able to help the Company rise once again.
They were famous back then, and it was just because of a very small mistake that they came crashing. Now someone was here and he had a glimmer of hope.
The real reason he was yet to leave the company was because he felt a lot of sentiments towards the company since he was there when it was founded.
He couldn't just leave it and had wanted to dissuade Jasper because he didn't want the latter to waste his money.
"Tell me, how much is needed to pay off the workers?" Jasper asked his question, pulling Jackson out of his thoughts.
"That'll be about a hundred million," Jackson replied.
"But if I just wanted to pay them their salaries, it's just fifty million, but alongside their bonuses and others, it would be a hundred million."
Jasper narrowed his brows when hearing this. That was all the money he had on him, but he was going to use it to settle the employee; after all, he needed to settle them first if he wanted to gain their trust.
"Since that's the case, we'll be starting from there. I'll give you a hundred million, and you'll settle it." Jasper stated after thinking about it for a while.
No more than he had said this, he heard the mechanical voice rang in his head,
"Ding!"
"Hidden mission completed.”
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The system
The System completed its sweep quietly, feeding Jasper the results in fragments he could digest without noise. The hidden buyer was no ordinary operative. Not purely corporate, not purely political, but a careful mix of both. Jasper traced the patterns, the financial networks, the soft influence, the public-facing philanthropy.The man was a senior board member of a multinational tech conglomerate. His name rarely appeared in scandal. His face was clean in every photo, every press release. Privately, he held advisory roles, quietly lobbied politicians, and maintained access no law could strip away. Yet behind that public image, he financed destabilization, acquisitions, and manipulations. The mob boss had been muscle, disposable, nothing more.Jasper sat back against the cold wall of the cell, hands resting on his thighs. He didn’t speak. He didn’t need to. The System displayed the maps, the connections, the shadow accounts, all flowing into the same hidden network.A quiet alert foll
Rumors
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In progress
The detention facility returned to its routine rhythm by morning.Guards changed shifts. Doors opened and closed on schedule. Paperwork moved from one desk to another. To anyone watching, nothing had happened the night before.Jasper played his part.He woke when the lights came on. He sat on his bunk. He ate when the tray slid through the slot. When a guard passed, he acknowledged them with a nod and nothing more.Just another detained tycoon.That was how they saw him.“That one keeping quiet?” a guard asked during rounds.“Yeah,” another replied. “No complaints. No calls. Barely talks.”“Good. Let him stay that way.”Jasper kept his gaze down as they moved on.Inside, the System activated.New Mission Issued.The words appeared cleanly, without urgency, but Jasper felt the shift immediately.Objective: Identify the force behind the failed assassination attempt.He remained still.Restrictions: Direct movement prohibited. Exposure level must remain zero.That made sense.Method: Ind
No noise
The holding facility sat quiet in the early hours of the night, the kind of quiet that felt manufactured. Lights hummed overhead, steady and white, washing the concrete corridors in sterile calm. Guards moved along their routes with routine precision, boots echoing softly, radios clipped and silent.Jasper remained unaware of any of it.His cell was narrow but clean. Concrete walls, steel bars, a single bunk bolted to the floor. He sat on the edge of it, elbows resting on his knees, head slightly lowered. The faint hum of electricity seeped through the walls. Somewhere far above, ventilation fans turned without urgency.He hadn’t slept.Custody had a way of stretching time. Minutes dragged. Hours folded into one another until the concept of night and morning blurred. Jasper’s wrists still bore faint red marks where the cuffs had been. They had been removed hours ago, but the sensation lingered.He exhaled slowly, steadying his breathing.They hadn’t questioned him yet.That bothered h
So that's how it works
Zoey sat on the edge of her bed, hands clasped so tightly her fingers hurt.Her room was quiet. Too quiet.The door was shut. The curtains were half drawn. The city lights outside barely pushed through the fabric, leaving the room dim and still.She stared at the floor.Then she closed her eyes.“Please,” she whispered.Her voice cracked.“Just bring him back.”She pressed her hands together harder, knuckles whitening.She wasn’t sure who she was praying to anymore. God. Fate. Anyone listening.“They’re wrong,” she said quietly. “They don’t know him.”Her throat tightened.“He wouldn’t hurt anyone. He never did.”The lawyer’s words replayed in her head.Career suicide.She swallowed.“They turned their backs on you,” she murmured. “But I won’t.”She leaned forward, resting her elbows on her knees, head bowed.“Just… just let him come home.”She stayed like that for a long time....The laboratory shook.Jasper turned sharply as the air behind him distorted.His instincts screamed befo
Andriod
Jasper stayed still for a long time after the System prompt appeared.The cell was silent except for the low hum of the security field. White walls. No windows. No sound from outside. Just him and the words floating in his vision.Mission available.Accept or decline.He exhaled slowly.“So this is how it works now,” he said quietly.The System did not respond.He thought about the trial. The charges. The way the guards looked at him, like he was already guilty. He thought about his sister’s voice on the phone. The way it had cracked when she said his name.He clenched his jaw.“If I decline,” he said, “what happens?”The System answered immediately.Threat escalation likely. Civilian casualties projected.Jasper nodded once.Figures.He straightened on the narrow bed.“I accept,” he said.There was no countdown. No warning.The air in front of him split open.Light folded inward, like space tearing itself apart. The floor vanished beneath his feet before he could react.Then he was g
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