GETTING A TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM IN MODERN DAY

by Kideo11

For others it takes dying and reincarnating for them to get a system but what happens when you get one without dying. Aron Michael is an average student set to graduate within a week, but he was expelled for a random reason. Due to that he had a heavy student dept and no diploma to help him earn the money to pay it back. But one day he got a system that called itself the [Advanced

1. Chapter 001 - 100

Life is about the moments we fucked up and here is mine.

As I was immediately awoken by a voice of someone who seemed to be using a microphone, so when ? woke up and found out that the screen behind the speaker was broadcasting my face and that did nothing but prove that I was panicking.

After a few seconds of disorientation and my brain recalibrating I remembered that today my professor was doing a thesis presentation and the speaker on the stage was him, and it seemed that he was very angry that someone fell asleep in his presentation, when respected professors and other people with power in the industry were listening to him.

The professor looked at me and I knew that look. it was a look of wanting to humiliate the person who irked or angered him and damn right I was because a few second later he called me and said "Sir since you are capable sleeping it means that you are knowledgeable about this topic and doesn't need to listen from me. So, why don't you explain this part"

'I'm fucked' that's what I thought. But since I can't escape it, I better try my best and survive I'm fucked anyway so what's there to fear.

…..

Professor Rotem was fuming with anger when he found out one of the attendees had fallen asleep on a day where he was about to leave a mark in the history of the tech industry.

When he looked carefully, he remembered that he was one of those poor students that attends one of his classes, he remembered them because he chose to accept them for the sake of raising his reputation in a positive manner.

So, he decided to teach him a lesson today and show him his place since the kid decided to sleep on his presentation day, he was sure it wouldn't harm him in any way since he was going to have the best reputation you can have for those in tech community due to his thesis that he was presenting.

"Can you stand up... you... yes, the one who was sleeping... Stand-up" he decided to emphasise him being sleeping so that even in the future when people revisit this history making moment, they will know the reason why he decided to humiliate the person, since he was sleeping in a history making moment, they will side with him anyway because people usually follows the successful one meaning his reputation won't be harmed in any way or it might even increase as it might seem that he was also a hater of lazy people or something. Whatever!

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As the professor looked at the currently still disoriented student of his he decided to add to his misery by having him answer a question that was the main anchor of today's thesis presentation

"Since you are capable of sleeping it means you know more than all of us here care to explain this part" he said pointing to the hardest part of the presentation smugly waiting for his student that he didn't care enough to know his name.

While he was waiting for the student to embarrass himself, he heard something he never expected to hear today "There is a mistake there"

"WHAT!" he was surprised to hear that, but he calmed down after remembering that the one who said that was still a student and one that was asleep until a few minutes prior.

"It seems you are still a sleep so sit down" he decided to make him seat, so he doesn't embarrass him and put a stain on his historic moment, but the student didn't sit and continued talking "No sir there really is a mistake..." and continued explaining where the mistakes were.

The professor was horrified by the student's explanation as he sees his reputation falling by the seconds because the mistake was pretty obvious, but the reason most people missed it was because they didn't expect that obvious mistake from a professor of his reputation.

….

"TAKE HIM OUT" the professor shouted at the security to remove me from the conference, but this did nothing other than cause a commotion in the conference room as the people didn't expect that the mistake really passed that many people during the review to the point of it being approved for presentation.

The reason most of it was missed was because the professor's family was powerful and when I say powerful, I mean it because the professors full name is Eli Yehudah Rotem Rothschild, but I didn't know it at that time.

Since I haven't come to myself and continued mumbling, as I didn't know that my normal life ended the moment I started talking.

My mumbling stopped because I was tackled and carried out by a group of the security guards, and it was at this moment that I knew, I FUCKED UP

…...

Two weeks have passed since that day and the professor has taken a month leave to recuperate emotionally from stress, but I wasn't allowed any of that as I was not a professor, so I continued attending university a normal student in his last year who has only about three weeks to graduation.

I was at the campus today in order to hand in my graduation thesis for me to be able to graduate, since we have already completed all the exams and the results are out, the only thing between me and my graduation is the thesis that I'm on my way to hand in.

…...

After handing in the thesis and heading home for the day, since I had to wait for the review to be completed and be given an appointment for me defend my thesis, I had nothing to do most of the time.

….

A week after handing in the report I received an email from the university. At first, I thought it was just an email about the date for my thesis defense but when I opened, I was met with a surprise I didn't expect at all it was an email from the...

[

Subject: Disciplinary Committee Meeting Invitation - Accusation of Thesis Theft & plagiarizing

Dear Aron,

I am writing to inform you that a disciplinary committee meeting has been scheduled to discuss the serious allegations of thesis theft that have been brought against you. The meeting will take place on May 12, 2013, at 10:45 in faculty of engineering building.

The allegations of theft are a very serious matter, and we take them very seriously. As a member of our academic community, it is expected that you maintain the highest standards of academic integrity. We understand that this may be a difficult time for you, but it is important that you cooperate with the investigation to help us reach a fair and just outcome.

At the disciplinary committee meeting, you will have the opportunity to present your side of the story and respond to the allegations that have been made against you. We ask that you attend the meeting on time and be prepared to provide any information or evidence that you believe may be relevant to the case.

Please note that if you fail to attend the disciplinary committee meeting, a decision may still be reached based on the evidence presented to the committee. We strongly advise that you attend the meeting to avoid any adverse consequences.

If you have any questions or concerns about the disciplinary committee meeting or the allegations that have been made against you, please do not hesitate to reach out to us. We are here to support you and help you navigate this process.

Best regards,

[Julyan Lenny]

[Disciplinary committee]

[University of Columbia]

]

I was horrified rather than startled because I know what this is not true because is used five different thesis checker programs and he found nothing in a semblance similar to his thesis. So, he knows this must be a mistake or a conspiracy else I'm very much fucked.

…..

I wrote a reply to inform them that there might be a mistake but is seems it is not. so, I prepared myself for the discipline committee meeting in four days.

When the day came, I attended the meeting location and found four professors that were waiting for me to start and after my arrival they immediately started.

The meeting was skewed in a very clear direction even when I defended myself it seems like it was entering an ear and leaving the other one without being understood or trying to.

By the 45'th minute it became clear to me that the outcome was predetermined before we even began.

The meeting continued but since they continued with their accusation without acknowledging his evidence due to them having their own.

But what is strange is that they really had evidence with dates dating to seven years ago among the thesis's they accused me of plagiarising and some of them were more recent, but I was pretty sure that these thesis's didn't exist until few days ago. So, how did they find the evidence that said I plagiarised them when they didn't even exist.

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It seems I have been targeted by someone. Though I don't know who, but I do have some suspicion, but I can't be sure since I have no evidence.

After the committee meeting ended, they informed me that their decision will be announced in 3 days and that I should wait for it.

I left for the dormitory to rest but I felt sad due to what was happening to me, but I had to wait for the conclusion of the committee before I decide to do anything.

…..

It was a warm spring day, and the campus of Columbia University was alive with excitement. Families and friends had gathered to celebrate the graduation of the Class of 2010 that's graduating in 2013, and among the sea of gowns and hats was Aron, a young man brimming with anger, sadness and disappointment.

As he took his place among the crowd and looking at his friends in gown and hats, Aron couldn't help but reflect on the journey that had brought him to this moment. It had been four years since he first stepped foot on campus, filled with hope and determination to make the most of his university experience. And now, here he was, on the brink of a new chapter in his life, with an expulsion notice in hand and the brutal world waiting for him.

Aron couldn't help but shake in anger when he remembered how he was denied graduation on the day of graduation since they kept postponing the announcement of their decision. until the day before the graduation day only then was he informed by his professor of their decision.

And the decision was damn fucked up. It was his first time seeing someone get expelled by email. Like what the fuck? EMAIL!

The reason they gave him was blatant use of plagiarism material without citing them as sources, like WHAT THE FUCK. How am I supposed to know that I have plagiarised something without knowing it existed even after using 5 theses checking programs and found nothing like my thesis.

But what was weird is how did they even find that much information in that short period of time. It seems like someone is trying to fuck up my already difficult life but who would want to do that to me?

As the graduation ceremony came to a close, Aron trudged back to his dormitory for the collection of his things, since he was expelled, he had to leave the school ground within one week.

Although he repealed their verdict. They denied his appeal and informed him that he wasn't going to be allowed to repeal again due to the conclusive evidence they had. So, he shouldn't waste their time and begin preparing himself and leave the campus grounds before he was forced out of it.

With his heart heavy with disappointment and frustration he left the university all alone since he lost almost all his friends after the accusation was announced. His two remaining friends couldn't see him of because they had to attend the mandatory meeting for graduates. The rest of his friends abandoned him the moment the information was leaked which was weird in itself.

When he arrived at his home, he found his parents waiting for him, waiting to hear about the full story from him with details since they only heard the short side of it. But as soon as they saw the expression on his face, they knew that it was going to take a very long time to listen to the whole story.

Tears streaming down his face, Aron told his parents about what had happened in excruciating detail about what happened. He explained how he had been denied graduation by the university and then expelled from the university for something he didn't even do. Although his parents have heard the short form of the story, but his parents still listened in focus and utter disbelief, unable to comprehend how their son could have been treated so unjustly.

After they completed listening to his explanation. Despite the sadness and anger they felt for their son's sake, they asked "So what do you plan to do now?"

Aron sighed and answered "I really don't know where to start really as I can't appeal it again in the university the only way for me to be able to do anything other than suing them, but I know that we can't really afford it"

His parents felt embarrassed when they heard that but couldn't refute him because it was mostly true, but they knew that he wasn't saying this to shame them or anything but to only inform them that his only path was also closed due to their financial situation.

"So, I have to start looking for a parttime job since I don't have a diploma and most of the job's I could have in my field need it." answered Aron looking like he has given up eve the idea of trying to return to university.

"Also, I most likely won't have the job. Because for some reason it has been leaked out that I have plagiarised my thesis, so I have a negative reputation in the industry" Answered Aron while trying to prevent himself to curse Infront of his parents and his little brother who was oblivious of what was happening.

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Aron's parents were hard-working individuals who had sacrificed a lot to give their son the best education possible. However, despite their best efforts, they were struggling to make ends meet, and they simply didn't have the financial means to help their son with his legal battle.

Aron's mind was about to be overwhelmed from guilt after he saw his parents saddened for him but just as he was about to console them and ensure them that this isn't much of a problem, he heard a notification on his phone informing him that he received an email, so he opened to read it and oh god he almost had a heart attack because...

[

Dear Aron,

I regret to inform you that as a result of your expulsion from Columbia University in your final year, you are required to repay the scholarship funds you have received. We understand that this is a difficult and challenging situation, but it is a necessary step in order to maintain the integrity of our scholarship program.

We have determined that the total amount of your scholarship funds that were disbursed for the academic year will need to be repaid in full. We understand that this may create a financial burden for you, and we want to work with you to find a repayment plan that is feasible and manageable for your circumstances.

Please contact our office as soon as possible to discuss repayment options and to begin the process of returning the scholarship funds. We will work with you to make this process as smooth and efficient as possible.

If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to reach out to us. We are here to support you and help you through this difficult time.

Sincerely,

[Steven Brock]

Scholarship Program Coordinator

]

His parents were scared when they saw his face pale" Aron, what wrong?" asked his mother.

Aron couldn't hear her as his brain was doing the calculation of the amount of money he was supported in the four years he received the scholarship.

The estimated cost of attendance for undergraduate students in academic year, which includes tuition, fees, room and board, books, and other expenses, was approximately $61,500 per year.

This means that he had to pay the minimum of total of $246,000 more or less for a four-year undergraduate degree.

He Almost fainted when he completed his calculations, it was only stopped when his father shook him to remove him from his almost fainted situation.

Aron was grateful to them for this, but he knew he was fucked up for the next few years to come until he repaid everything.

But when they asked him to show them, he didn't do that since they might die from heart attack. Their current financial situation couldn't add dept payment or they might just have to file for bankruptcy. So, he only told them that the email was about the confirmation of his expulsion that's why he become paler and that nothing else was wrong.

They knew he was lying or not telling the whole truth, but they didn't insist on it and left him since they knew that he was currently very stressed and there is no need to pile on top of it.

...

While Aron was sleeping soundly. If you could count sleeping by using sleeping pills as soundly.

Aron was sound asleep in his bed, exhausted from the emotional turmoil of the past few hours. Also, the humongous dept that was dropped on him while he was still stressed.

I mean you can't just recover immediately when you are suddenly a quarter a million in dept without a warning.

For the current Aron, life was really stressful he really wished he could rewind time and change whatever was causing this. That was if he knew what caused it, but he will find it and when he finds it, he will...

…...

A strange object suddenly appeared in the space, it hovers a little bit before being pulled to earth by gravity and fell into the atmosphere.

To everyone's amazement (if anyone was capable of seeing it), it didn't cause any ripple when it was falling that distance but since it was small, and its terminal velocity was low that wasn't really surprising. 𝐛𝗲𝗱𝐧𝐨𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝐜𝐨𝐦

it passed right through buildings and trees as if they didn't exist, before finally landing directly on Aron's head and passed through it but it didn't appear on his chin or anywhere as currently it was assimilating with his brain and synchronizing with it.

The assimilation was going on without problem when Aron awoke with a start but fainted immediately.

The strange object that had fallen from the sky had somehow forced him to continue with his sleep as it continue merging with his brain and assimilating with it.

While the assimilation was going on some part of the object was mixing with the nervous system some parts were mixed with Bone marrow some parts were also mixed with almost all parts of his body.

But almost half of it remained on his brain covering almost all of it while mimicking the function of the location it was assimilating.

DING!

SYSTEM ASSIMILATING!...10%...30%...50%...99%…

The voice was sent to his brain, but he couldn't hear it because he was forced into the comma for his sake, or he would have felt excruciating pain to want death to himself or the world.

99.999999999%...100%

When the number reached 100 the movement of all parts of the object in his body stopped making any movements as they continued acting the same as the location they were currently residing.

SYSTEM ASIMILATION COMPLETED...

This also was sent to him, but he didn't hear it too.

EXAMINING AND ANALIZING HOSTS BODY...

ANALAYSIS COMPELTE...

EXAMING AND ANILIZING HOSTS EXISITIG ENVIRONMENT

ANALYSIS COMPLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLETETTETEETETTETTETETE

ERorR ERorR ERorR ERorR

MAGIC ENERGY EXISTANCE CONFIRMED

pαndα`noν?1-сoМ USERS BODY AND SIMILAR CURRENT EXISTING LIFE IN PLANET NOT EVOLVED FOR MAGIC USE

DUE CURRENT SYSTEM LIMITATION SYSTEM CAN'T HELP HOSTS BODY HANDLE MAGIC LOOKING FOR SOLUTION...

REQUEST SOLUTION AND UPGRADE... ... ... ...

Since Aron's body or anyone's body on earth hasn't evolved to be able to use magic, the system was requesting upgrade options and permission for upgrading the user's body to be able to use magic but...

%%%%erROr%%%%%

MAIN SERVER CONECTION UAVAILABLE...

Unfortunately, the main server that would have helped his body to be able to wield magic was not in this universe so no going YOU SHALL NOT PASS for Aron.

That would have been cool though.

RETRY...

%%%%erROr%%%%%

MAIN SERVER CONECTION UAVAILABLE...

RETRY...

x10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 T?MES REQUESTED

Man, that piece of shit was persistent like damn, I mean if you try something a billion time and it fails just give-up man. Have some dignity.

ACTIVATING MISSING SERVER PROTOCOL FOR UPGRADE

Oh, looks like someone smart made this thank God.

REQUEST SOLUTION AND UPGRADE FROM EMBEDED LOCAL SYSTEM

REQUEST APPROVED DUE TO REASON #EU8475NDAKUEMjdLSJ748/26*361583154BCSL

UPDATE...10%...75%...100%

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SOLUTION FOUND!

RUNIC CODEX FOUND SUITABLE FOR THE USER!

Since Aron's body wasn't capable of using magic, the system chose the only way Aron could be capable of affecting thing with magic which was RUNE'S.

UPDATE COMPLETE.

SYSTEM PERMISSION(FULL)

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM BOUND

DING!

Aron remained deep in slumber, completely unaware of the profound changes taking place within him and the new door of fate opened for this universe.

Since the DLC of using magic, from discovering it to ways of using it for humans was planned to be released in about 3000 years in order to allow the living thing's on the planet to evolve.

So, one small step for Aron, a giant leap for life kind on earth.

In the morning when Aron woke up immediately a voice in his brain said "SAY STATUS"

"What? STATUS?" Since he was still disoriented from his sleep, he just repeated what he heard in his head in a questioning manner.

But the system did not care whether he meant it or not. What's important to the system is whether the magic word was mentioned or not, and it was.

So right after Aron said the word a blue screen appeared in front of his face.

[STATUS]

Name: Aron Michael

Age: 22

Height: 1,89m

System Class: Runemaster

[SHOP]

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[Search]

(sp amount: 100,000)

[QUEST]

[

[Daily quest: Ways to get stronger]

100 Push-ups (0/100)

100 Crunches (0/100)

100 Squat (0/100)

10 Kilometres Running (0/10)

(Rewards : 100sp)

]

Just as he was about to express his fear of a random screen suddenly appearing in front of his face, a large amount of information started being crammed into his brain and it overwhelmed him to the point he forgot to express the fear.

After the information was completed being crammed into his head, the information started being assimilated with his mind till it reached to the point that it was as if he knew the information to the last of its detail for years.

After everything was done, he immediately calmed down and he started revising the new knowledge.

First was how the system works, the system had a massive amount of knowledge in almost every field he could have thought of, but for him to get access to the knowledge he needed to buy them using system points(sp).

In order to buy them all he needed to do was search what he wanted and the system will give a list and their prices. After choosing what he wanted and paying for it, it will be assimilated into his brain for him to fully understand it and be able to immediately use it.

Currently there are only two ways to earn system points, one is the obvious one which is to complete quests given by the system, but currently he only had one quest on the quest window and from the information that was transferred to him, he could tell that it might be his only quest in a very long time. Unless he does something unexpected or deemed worthy enough by the system standard for him to get another quest.

Another way for him to get system points is by applying the knowledge he got from the system and using it to create something useful, in which it will be analysed and graded by the system, depending on the grade he will be given points by the system as a reward. All the analysing, grading and rewarding of points will be done in the background so as not to constantly annoy him, but he could ask the system to show him his grades for him to use it as a way to evaluate his products.

the system was using this in order to encourage him to innovate and see Realtime rewards for it in a form of sp.

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But the system wasn't as brutal as you all think, it made sure that he doesn't start with zero sp by awarding 100,000sp as starter pack to prevent him wasting long time to earn points to a system he doesn't know its importance.

Another thing from the new information is the systems origin, but when he tries to think about it at all, all he see is random letters and voices he couldn't understand. So, he gave up trying know about it until later when he has more time and was used to the system.

The last thing in the information given to him was about Runemaster, but only the meaning was given and nothing more which puzzled him more because on the panel it was listed as his class.

Since his body hasn't evolved for magic use and the system couldn't connect to the main server all it could give him was a portion of powers of a runemaster which was to inscribe runes on objects in order to influence the objects behavior or give them properties (he could escribe a firewood to have a cold properties and then the fire that will burn from it will be cold) but the information on how to use runes and other detail about it were not given to him, only the short explanation was provided, as he was really curious and wanted more information about it unfortunately that was also left for later.

After spending about 30 minute accepting his current reality, he left his bed and went to the bathroom to refresh himself and prepare for the day.

...

When he left his room after cleaning himself he headed to the dining table in order to join his family for breakfast and that's when he saw his mother have swollen eyes.

This hurt him as he knew that her mother must have not slept and spent a significant amount of time crying for her to have swollen eyes.

Since he knew the reason, nothing but anger arose in him as he vowed to not make his family live through the same situation again and to also find what or who was the cause of his unfair expulsion in order to exact his revenge 100 fold for making his mother cry.

He ate his breakfast quietly and didn't bring up the topic because it seems like his mother was trying to hide it from him.

After breakfast he went back to his room because he had some deep thinking to-do, plan to make, a future to plan and a dept to pay. but he has to start from somewhere at least.

...

Seven hours later he left his room wearing jogging clothes as he had a quest to complete.

during the time he spent in his room, he was looking at maybe the most important feature that came with the system, the system shop.

When he started poking around in the shop he found different branches of knowledge filled with every technology he could think, the only thing separating him and the knowledge was system points. what he had compared to what he wanted to buy from the system was close to almost nothing.

So, after spending few hours and sorting things based on price he managed to find something he could currently use in order to start earning money and get out of his massive dept.

[

[BugZapper]

description: it is a program that it main purpose of use is to find weakness in any program and propose a solution of the problem in a way that is easier, professional and efficient for the user.

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History: it started being used in the year 2134 by umbrella corporation in order to ensure its systems security, it was released for the public us in the year 2200. by bipedal intelligent organisms(Human) located in the Orion Arm of the Milky Way galaxy, 25,000 light-years from the galactic center. solar system's coordinates Right ascension: 17 hours, 45 minutes, 40.04 seconds. Declination: -29 degrees, 0 minutes, 28.1 seconds...

Price:100,000sp

]

he chose this because he could use this as a way to earn money faster and repay his dept, so that he doesn't cause his parent to have a heart attack if they later learned about it.

Also it was easy for him to think of ways to use it because it was a knowledge about what he was studying as his major in university, so the barrier of entry for him was as low as it could possibly get.

After deciding what the direction he wanted to go, he bought the knowledge and started having the headache of his life as the knowledge was being downloaded and assimilated into his brain being made ready for his use, but he fainted so all those went pretty unnoticeable for him.

when he woke up, he realized that he had a whole new knowledge that went deep on how he can make the program. He could also just use small parts of the program's code and apply it to other places as it gave him a comprehensive knowledge about everything related to the subject.

so, it was worth the headache he had before fainting is what he though, as he looked at his current amount of sp remaining which was 0sp. He felt sad that he didn't have an infinity amount of them, where he could have just learned whatever fancied him and his plans without having to plan anything to the last detail in order to conserve sp.

So, he stood up changed his clothes and went for a run as he had a daily quest to complete, if he wanted to earn points, small as they may be they were still points nevertheless.

And so his journey with a system started with him running to complete one Punchman's workout and someone was in for a face slapping of their life, only if they knew it x3.

Aron rose from the ground, his breaths ragged and laboured after a series of push-ups on the grassy expanse of the park. As he steadied his breathing, he began to jog, his movements smooth and effortless as he moved across the verdant landscape.

With each stride, he felt his muscles come to life, his feet pounding the soft earth with a steady rhythm. The morning sun shining down on him, casting long shadows as he ran through the open spaces, his senses alive to the sights and sounds around him.

Despite the challenge of the workout he had just completed, the figure pressed on, pushing himself harder and harder with each passing moment. His breathing grew deeper and more measured, his body working in perfect harmony as he ran with the power and grace of an athlete in his prime.

This continued until a screen appeared in front of him. That's when he knew that his training has came to an end.

DING!

[Quest complete]

[Reward 100sp]

After taking a few deep breaths, he looked at his current sp numbers that showed that he only had managed to get 400 sp.

Knowing that even the cheapest thing on the system shop costs about 85,000sp. That means he will be running for a very long time or he needs to use the system taught knowledge very well, to compensate for the little points he gets from the daily quest.

…..

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When he returned home, he found his mother watching tv.

"Are you done with your exercise?" Asked Aron's mother while fiddling with the remote.

"Yeah, today took longer than usual because i rested halfway through my jogging"

"Not that I'm against it, but why did you start doing these exercises?"

"I needed to do something to vent out my stress or i might go crazy by overthinking that's why i chose to start doing exercise because when i'm tired i can't think complicated topics so it saves me from some depressing thoughts" Answered Aron half of the truth and not telling the other half as that was because it was a Quest.

"Okay, you know that you can confide in me right?" said Aron's mother softly to show that she really cares about his son.

"Of Course mom, I know that." Smiled Aron, knowing that he has a place to depend and a family to depend on.

And this is the last bump he needed to make him decide to begin with his first step on his long journey for his and his family's better future.

…..

Aron could be seen sitting on his chair after he came out of the bathroom.

He was thinking on how to use the knowledge he got from the system. The reason he didn't copy the program word for word from the system is because the system was way too ahead of its time that it would be useless in the current internet infrastructure. He needed to dumb the current program down in order for it to be able to word on the existing programs and sites.

That's why it took him a week to decide on his approach on how to dumb the program while still keeping its ability intact. You can think of it like how translation works, as the program given by the system was designed to check programs that were written in the year 2100 and later, he needed to translate the system for it to be able to work on programs that were written before that.

And so his work began, he started writing his program slowly and while making sure his program is capable of finding all sorts of weaknesses that can be exploited by others and being capable of listing them out in an understandable manner.

While its first function is game breaking by itself, the second function of the program is the one that will be among the best ways he could use to double his income that he could have gotten by only finding the weaknesses of the program.

It took him two weeks to complete the program, but those two weeks did not go quietly, because when he replied to the email from the scholarship department they said that he needed to visit them for a meeting, So that they could talk on the plan of payment.

But when he replied to them that currently he wasn't capable of visiting them for the meating they sent him different plans from which he could choose one of them for him to begin his repayment.

The choices were:

-sum payment

plan

-driven repayment plan

But each of them was difficult to him for a different reason

When it comes to lump-sum payment, he didn't have even a fifth of it, for him to be able to choose this option even if he wanted.

The Installment plan was difficult in its own way because he will be paying it in part over a long period of time but this also comes with its challenges since the interest option that they gave him was way too high for him to accept.

As for the third option, he couldn't choose this because he didn't have any income for him to choose this plan.

So he was between the rock , the hard place and the tough place.

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But after a long time of thinking and the otherside urging him to give them his decision he ended up choosing the lesser of the evil which was the second option which came with a hefty interest rate of 15%

What made him think that someone could be attempting to bankrupt him.

Because when he signed the scholarship contract there was a section that was there in case of repayment being of the grant being needed to be repaid, the university has the liberty of choosing the interest of the payment plan which will be between 2,5% and 15% yearly.

But when he asked about this provision he was told that even if repayment was going to be needed the amount of interest that they usually chose is always under 5%, even the highest amount given to a rapist student was 9% but what the hell did he do to be made to pay it with 15% the full amount of interest. who the FUCK did he piss off to have this being done to him?

Although it was the lesser of the three evils, it didn't leave him with a good taste in his mouth. Because if he continues with this payment plan to the end in the span of 10 years he would have to pay almost $1,239,000 in the span of 27 years by paying $1000 monthly which is what he can currently afford.

$1,239,000 that's the total amount of money that he will have to pay due to the interest rate that will be accumulated for the period of 27 years. I mean come on who the fuck would they do that to someone who was once their student?. He swore that once he completed the program for detecting weaknesses on the systems, he will start with his universities system and hack the shit out of it to find out who the fuck is the mastermind or the architecture that was planning for his miserable life.

But since this was the only option that he was capable of paying, although he will have to pay a brutal amount of money, he still ended up choosing it though he was angry.

The only peaceful grace in all of this was that he managed to schedule another meeting in 2 months where he was capable of choosing another option from those three. That also meant that he would not begin with his repayment plan until after the second meeting, which was after 2 months.

So, he had a 2 month grace period and he needed to earn the amount of money within that period lest he end up having to pay a million something bullshit dollar.

That's why the moment he finished making the weakness finding program, (BugZapper) he kept his promise and tested it on his university's system.

The program started testing every exploit that could be used to break the university system's defences and the firewall was like tofu it was like it did not exist at all.

While the university has invested a huge amount of money for the security of their system, in the eyes of Aron's program it looked like a kid fighting against a tank.

It ripped through it detailing every weakness and how it could be exploited to a level even a beginner programmer could exploit the system.

When the seventh hour passed since the system started going through the university system it was still going on listing more and more vulnerabilities.

There are a few reasons why it is taking a very long time to complete.

The first is because my computer was cheap as my family couldn't afford a more expensive one without leaving a hole in our finances.

Currently my cheap computer is capable of cooking an omelette from the heat. I had to make an impromptu cooling system by using a home fan.

The second is because the program was done in the year 2100's. That means it had a compile list of weaknesses from years before and after that, but because during that time these weaknesses were known by almost everyone so they were removed during the development phase. But since he is years before that in this universe that means most of them have not been even discovered. That means the program was finding butload amount of them. That is also the reason it was cooking his computer.

On the third day after the system started scanning the university system weaknesses it completed its job and started writing the complete report on how they could be used to exploit the system and how to solve them. 𝐛𝗲𝐝𝐧𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝗼𝐫𝗴

But since inefficiencies in the system were also considered to be the systems weaknesses, it also listed them and how to solve them this gave him hope on how he could use the program to also optimise other peoples programs for money. But first he needs to know who was hellbent on making his life living hell.

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The final pdf document was 1200 pages and almost 400 of them were about weaknesses and how to exploit them with detail on how it could be done.

The rest of them were about optimisation and how to solve the 400 pages of weaknesses.

So he took his time reading the whole document and he was enjoying every second of his as he knew after he learned everything about it and implemented it he will be able to find out who was fucking with his life.

pαndα`noν?1-сoМ It took him 5 hours to finish reading the complete document and digest everything in it.

...

Here is a lesson if you want to hack something,there are 5 steps that you need to follow

The first step is Reconnaissance. in this step all you do is collect information about the target. It may include Identifying the Target, finding out the target's IP Address Range, Network, DNS records.

The second step is scanning. This phase includes the usage of tools like dialers, port scanners, network mappers, sweepers, and vulnerability scanners to scan data.

The third step is gaining access. In this phase, the hacker designs the blueprint of the network of the target with the help of data collected during Phase 1 and Phase 2. The hacker has finished enumerating and scanning the network and now decides that they have some options to gain access to the network.

The fourth step is maintaining access. Once a hacker has gained access, they want to keep that access for future exploitation and attacks. Once the hacker owns the system, they can use it as a base to launch additional attacks.

The fifth and last step is clearing tracks. Once access is gained and privileges have been escalated, the hacker seeks to cover their tracks. This includes clearing out Sent emails, clearing server logs, temp files, etc. The hacker will also look for indications of the email provider alerting the user or possible unauthorised logins under their account.

But since Arons program has done most of the parts he only needs to do one step, the third step, as for the 4&5 steps he doesn't need to do them because the way he is going to gain the access will not leave behind any traces, this was the best attack his program used among many others when it was testing the university systems weakness.

…..

Aron could be seen sitting down in front of his computer shaking from anger. If you look at what he was reading, you will find that he was reading emails from professor Eli Yehudah Rotem Rothschild to someone in the disciplinary committee.

The other email was from the same professor to someone in the scholarship department and god are they fools to keep the information using the schools given email.

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Subject: Request for Disciplinary Hearing for Student

Dear Members of the Disciplinary Committee,

I am writing to request a disciplinary hearing for a student, whose conduct has come to my attention as a faculty member. I believe that this student has violated the university's code of conduct and may have engaged in academic misconduct, which has serious implications for the academic integrity of our institution and the trust that we place in our students.

Based on my interactions with the student and my assessment of the evidence, I am convinced that this matter warrants a formal investigation and disciplinary action. I would like to request that the student be summoned to a hearing where they can present their case and respond to the allegations against them.

I am willing to provide any evidence and testimony that I have gathered in support of my position, and I am open to answering any questions that the committee may have regarding this matter.

Thank you for your attention to this matter, and I look forward to working with you to ensure that our academic standards are upheld and that justice is served.

Sincerely,

Professor Eli Yehudah Rotem Rothschild

]

This showed that it was him that had fabricated the evidence and reported him to them, that's when everything clicked into place when he remembered that his professor had taken a vacation immediately after the failure of the thesis presentation. That means that he was preparing for Aron's downfall because he embarrassed him.

The other email was to the scholarship department,

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Subject: Request for Aron's Repayment Plan To be maximum amount of the allowable Interest Rate

Dear Scholarship Department,

I am writing to request a repayment plan for Aron, a former scholarship recipient, who was recently expelled from our institution for essay theft. While I cannot express my disappointment in his actions, I believe that it is important for us to set an example and precedent with him in moving forward and making him an example for his mistakes.

Given the circumstances, I would like to request a modification to the terms of the scholarship agreement.

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Specifically, I am requesting that the interest rate on Aron's loan be modified to the maximum allowable rate of 15% annually. While this may result in a lower overall return for the scholarship fund, I believe that it is reasonable as it will set him as an example.

Thank you for your consideration of this request. Please let me know if you require any additional information or documentation.

Sincerely,

Professor Eli Yehudah Rotem Rothschild

]

Damn the dude even wrote to the scholarship department, for fuck sake. Aron could use this information to his advantage to sue the professor and the university, he will need to tell them where he got these emails that are private. So, it might backfire on him.

Also since he still didn't know how the professor fabricated the theses used as evidence in his hearing,it is better for him to continue digging for more evidence. But this relieved him even though it was just a little bit. Some smart dude in the past once said, the first step to solving a problem is knowing what caused it.

Since he finally found out who was the instigator, and the veil of mysteriousness has been removed, the fear of the unknown was also removed with it. meaning now he wont have nightmares of some faceless dude trying to destroy his future and make his life miserable.

Although he didn't know the reason why the professor decided to ruin his life just because he embarrassed him. His head was spinning thinking about how to take his revenge from the professor. But first he needed to know the context or the reason he went this far, because embarrassing him once isn't enough to ruin someone's life. After that he will decide how brutal his revenge should be.

But he was also relieved that his program is really good at doing its job, this will mean that his money making plan has finally taken its first step into the bright future.

After using the vulnerabilities, entering the university's database and finding out who was plotting for his misery he managed to calm down and start focusing on earning money first to relieve himself from debt so that it doesn't create a negative situation in the future.

So, he decided to find his first victim on his massive money making plan. Since he needed a large amount of money. He needed to find the victim who puts not only way too much importance in their data security but also has a very large public user base for them to want to prevent user data theft. This means that they will pay more money for his service, since a leak for them may mean that they lose their user base's trust in their security system.

So, he decided to focus on social media sites since they fit perfectly in all of his criteria's and he started investigating them and gathering all the needed detail before he made a choice on which one to choose.

And these are what he found after a few hours of research, As of today (May 28, 2013):

Facebook - Facebook's market valuation stands at approximately $63 billion, with 1.11 billion monthly active users.

YouTube - YouTube's market valuation remains undisclosed, but the platform has reported 1 billion unique monthly visitors.

Qzone - Qzone, owned by Chinese technology giant Tencent, has approximately 597 million registered users as of May 2013, but its market valuation is currently unknown.

Sina Weibo - Sina Weibo's market valuation stands at approximately $3.3 billion, with 500 million registered users.

Google+ - Although Google+ had amassed more than 500 million registered users by December 2012, the social media platform's market valuation is currently unknown.

Twitter - Twitter's market valuation remains undisclosed, with 200 million monthly active users.

LinkedIn - LinkedIn went public in May 2011 and has grown to over 225 million registered users as of today, with a market valuation of approximately $20.5 billion.

Instagram - In April 2012, Facebook acquired Instagram for $1 billion, its market valuation is included in Facebook's overall valuation, with 100 million monthly active users.

Tumblr - Yahoo! announced its acquisition of Tumblr for $1.1 billion, its market valuation is likely around that amount, with 300 million monthly active users.

Vine - Vine's market valuation remains undisclosed, with 13 million registered users. Vine had been acquired by Twitter in October 2012.

That was what he found out about their user data from the data and their valuation in the market up to this month.

Since his computer is shitty, he can only choose one of the companies to do that, because it will take about a week to complete. Since he will upgrade it immediately the moment he gets money. That's why he decided to go with the company that has the most money currently and can pay him immediately without beating around the bush too much.

So, he chose Facebook, as they have the most amount of users and the highest valuation among them, they must value their lead and don't want a scandal that can make their competitors catch to them happen in a year after they have gone public, since if it happens they might lose their lead and the shareholders meeting will be a funnyone to attend.

After choosing which site to start with, he immediately started the program and it immediately started scanning the app for its weaknesses.

….

Two weeks later... At Facebook headquarters.

Roxana Gray, the head of the website security department, arrived at the office when she heard a commotion immediately after entering the office.

The moment she opened the door everyone turned at her and one of them asked her" Mam, why aren't you answering your phone?"

"It was on silent mode, but why? Is there something urgent or what?"

"Yes mam, we received a suspicious email saying that they have found some security breaches on our system and sent us an example of a few of them" answered the man.

When she heard that she immediately said "Meeting room in 10 minutes" and left for her office to calm herself down and prepare for the meeting.

Conference room.

Roxana arrive when there was about 5 minutes before the agreed time, when she found out that everyone was already there she said "Since everyone is already here let's hear everything from the beginning"

"Yes Mam". Answered the man and started explaining from the beginning

"When i was checking my office email i found an email with the heading written as i found some security weaknesses in your app" he said while opening the email and showing it to everyone using the projector in the meeting room.

The email said:

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Subject: Disclosure of Vulnerabilities in Facebook's App and System

To Whom It May Concern,

I am writing to inform you that I have discovered some vulnerabilities in Facebook's app and system that could potentially compromise user data and security. As a concerned citizen and a user of your platform, I feel it is my responsibility to report these vulnerabilities to you so that they can be addressed and resolved as soon as possible.

I have already sent you some examples of these vulnerabilities that I have discovered, free of charge. However, I have more vulnerabilities that I am willing to share with you, but I require compensation for the remaining information.

I would like to stress that my intentions in reporting these vulnerabilities are solely to help improve the security of your platform and protect your users' privacy. I am not seeking any personal gain or compensation for the examples that I have already provided. However, I believe that it is appropriate to request payment for my services if you require additional information beyond what I have already provided.

I urge you to take these vulnerabilities seriously and take immediate action to address and resolve them. Please contact me at this email if you require the remainder information or have any questions.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Vulnerabilities Ver

Sincerely,

[Aron Michael]

]

When they finished reading the email, the man continued with his explanation "When I tested the vulnerabilities he sent to us, they did exactly how it was explained, and the way he used them to exploit the system wouldn't have been spotted by our firewall." finished the man and waited for them to digest what he said.

"Who do you think he is?" asked one of them.

"That's not important right now "said Roxana, disappointed with whoever said this "What's important is to patch this security hole and contact him and set a meeting with him, the sooner the better."

They discussed a little bit more and ended the meeting heading back to their work bench to fix the vulnerabilities Aron had sent them. While also contacting Aron to arrange a meeting with him in a few days.

….

When Aron received their reply he was relieved that they took his email seriously else he would have something that would attract their attention as he didn't want to wait for another two weeks to find the vulnerabilities of another social media company's system.

After a back and forth between him and Facebook they agreed to a meeting in their office, while he will be on an all-expense paid trip for a meeting with them next week since they expected his visit to last more than 3 days, due to payments negotiation that will also be taking place on their meeting. 𝗯𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗼𝘃𝐞𝐥.𝗰𝗼𝐦

After agreeing to their meeting plan, Aron took out his cell phone and called one of his few remaining friends. Felix, who was a law student specialising technology-related legal issues.

When he answered they caught up with their current situation and a few small talk here and there then Aron dived into the main talk. He explained to him in detail about his situation with Facebook and their planned meeting next week and that he needed a lawyer specialising in tech-related issues to go with and represent him during their meeting with Facebook making sure he gets paid what he deserves and they don't underplay his contribution.

pαndα`noν?1-сoМ Felix agreed to help him, but he said they needed to meet first in order to understand the situation fully and be able to prepare for the meeting with Facebook. So they agreed to meet this evening.

After Aron finished the phone call he got up and changed his clothes to his jogging ones since he needed to complete his daily quest to earn some sp as currently only has..

[26,600sp]

Normally he should have only about 1,600sp but since he managed to use the knowledge given by the system he earned 10,000sp when he completed the BugZapper. He got a grade of F minus, because he downgraded the system for it to work in this time and the system interpreted it as him not using the program to its fullest potential.

He also earned 5,000 when he used the program to test it on the university's system.

He also earned another 10,000sp when he used the program on Facebook's systems, because Facebook had a larger system size compared to the university's one and the impact he will have through Facebook will be higher than the university one. The large amount of data was the reason it took him nearly two weeks to complete checking the Facebook's system, as massive amounts of information to sort and a crappy computer contributing to it didn't help either.

CAFE

Aron arrived at the meeting location where he was planning to meet Felix and give him detailed explanation in order for him to prepare for their meeting and negotiation with Facebook.

Three Minutes after he got his drink Felix arrived, he shook Aron's hand and hugged him then sat down on the opposite side of him.

"How have you been coping since that day" asked Felix

"It was difficult at first but I have been coping pretty well, even I'm surprised at myself" smiled Aron as he was answering, Although he didn't explain the reason of what was helping him cope or what gave him hope, this didn't mean he wasn't thankful to it. As without the arrival of the system it would have taken him longer to be able to move from it, but since they decided to add a massive debt on top of it while he was still down, he would have gone crazy if he had no assistance from someone.

"I'm surprised too, I thought you would still ignore my calls. I didn't think you would call me on your own first " smiled Felix as he replied.

"Since many of those who called themselves my friend decided to abandon me immediately after they heard the rumors without even verifying it with me, I was afraid that you two among the last of the few who did not express their side would leave my side. That's why I was avoiding you and Sarah." Answered Aron showing the pain of betrayal on his face.

"You didn't answer even Sarahs calls" Asked Felix while showing a surprised face meaning that he didn't expect Aron to avoid her, as he was friends with her before they even met him.

"I was avoiding hers because she will be nagging me all around asking if i was cheating why didn't i hide it better or something" Answered Aron while smiling, knowing that Sarah would never abandon him no matter what. because she was his friend since their high school year where they met Felix.

"Yeah I expected that," Laughed Felix while replying when he remembered Sarah's behaviour."So what is this thing about you and Facebook" asked Felix after calming himself from laughing.

"OH yeah so this is what happened.." Started explaining to Felix that he found some weaknesses from Facebook and he emailed them informing them and sending them some of them as example to prove his point, he also informed them that he has more of them but he will need them to compensate him for his work.

Also that they have contacted him and managed to set up a meeting with him next week on a full expense paid trip. This also included anyone who will come with him and the reason he called him is that he needed a lawyer specialising in tech to make sure he gets the right compensation he deserved.

After he finished explaining everything to Felix while hiding the system, he only mentioned that he developed an app that can do that without going into full details on how it works, he waited for Felix to digest the information.

It took Felix about 5 minutes which was all covered with just drinking their coffees while he was thinking and Aron waiting.

"So, those weaknesses, how many of them did you find and what level are they in?" Asked Felix to know more for him to be able to fully prepare.

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Okay back to school now, 𝚋𝚎𝚍𝚗𝚘𝚟ｅｌ．𝚌ｏ𝚖

So what are the different levels of vulnerabilities?

Security weaknesses can be categorised into several different levels, depending on their severity and impact.

There are 4 levels of security level vulnerabilities.

1.)Low-level vulnerabilities: These are the most common types of security weaknesses and are relatively easy to exploit. They may include things like weak passwords, unpatched software, or poorly configured systems.

2.)Medium-level vulnerabilities: These types of security weaknesses are more significant than low-level vulnerabilities, but still do not pose an immediate and severe risk to the system.

3.)High-level vulnerabilities: These types of security weaknesses are serious and can lead to significant consequences if not addressed promptly.

4.)Critical-level vulnerabilities: These are the most severe types of security weaknesses, and they can pose an immediate and severe threat to the system's security.

Now let's go back to our story

]]]

"I have found about 50 critical-level,150 high-level,500 medium-level, and over 1000 low-level vulnerabilities" Answered Aron calmly.(He didn't tell him all of them)

"WHAT?!" Felix was so surprised that he shouted while standing, making his chair fall and making everyone look on their side.

"Calm down a little bit man " said Aron while having a difficult time to stop himself from laughing.

After Felix apologized and sat down he replied "How the fuck did you find out that much? And how the heck do you expect me to calm down?"

"Sorry!" Said Aron in a joking manner.

"So what do you plan to do with all of them?"

"Do you have anything else?"

"OH yeah i also have the solution for them." He said calmly.

"WHAT? oh, for fuck sake just say everything at once, don't make me have several near heart attack situations" Said Felix.

"I want you to use this to make them double the payment in return for both the vulnerabilities and the solution pack together"

"Oooh Now I see why you would need a lawyer, since from just the number of vulnerabilities you found they will need to pay millions but if you also add the solution to them. This means that it will not only save them time but it will also give them a step ahead from their competitors" Felix kept speaking because the longer the time passed the more his mind came with the ideas on how to exploit it to their benefit.

They continued talking for 2 hours until they agreed to have one more meeting before they go to their meeting with Facebook.

But he decided to call Sarah on his way home, because the longer he postponed it the longer the nagging he will have to deal with.

….

Aron dialed Sarah's number nervously expecting her not to pick it in a fit of anger, but she picked up and answered the phone but still with a hint of anger in her voice. "Hello, who is this?" she said. Acting as if she didn't know her

pαndα`noν?1-сoМ Aron replied, "Hi Sarah, it's Aron. I know you know it's me and I wanted to apologise for not answering your call. When I got dismissed from the university, I was really struggling to cope with the situation, and I ended up not answering anyone's calls. I'm really sorry for not being there for you when you needed me."

He continued, "I also wanted to mention that I lost many friends during that time. It was really tough to deal with, especially because they didn't even try to verify what was going on before abandoning me. Now that I've had some time to think about it, I realize that ghosting you and everyone else was a real dick move. I'm sorry for hurting you, and I hope you can forgive me."

Sarah was initially taken aback by Aron's apology as he expected him to reply to the banter as he usually did when he had a problem, but after a moment of silence, she softened. "Sorry for answering like that also thank you for apologizing, Aron. I was really worried about you when you didn't answer my calls, and I had some idea of what was going on and I didn't know that there would be people who would abandon you. It hurt that you didn't reach out, but I understand that you were going through a really tough time."

"So how are you coping and are you fine?"

Aron sighed with relief, grateful for Sarah's understanding. "I really appreciate your kindness, Sarah. It was a dark time for me, and I'm already getting back on my feet one step at a time."

" Aron. I'm here for you, you know that right?" Sarah replied, her tone warming up.

"Yeah I know that you are always on my side, it's just that i didn't want to stress you while dealing with your graduation and other things"

The two chatted for a while longer, catching up on each other's lives and making plans to meet up soon after the meeting with Facebook. Aron felt a weight lifted off his shoulders as he reconnected with a friend who had stood by him during difficult times in the past, and he knew that he had made the right decision to reach out now to reconnect and apologize.

After the call he rushed home to have dinner with his family, clean himself, help his younger brother in his homework, put him to sleep, going back to his room, spend some time thinking about the future and falling asleep as he dreamt a bright future ahead for him, his family and friends who remained on his side.

The air in the meeting room was tense as the group of eight sat in their respective positions, each side almost mirroring the other.

On one side of the long conference table sat Aron, his friend and lawyer Felix, and a laptop in front of him displaying a folder labelled "Sensitive Information" on the screen, with a USB flash drive inserted in the computer.

On the other side sat six individuals, including Roxan, head of security at Facebook, and five other people, three of whom were lawyers, and two from the Facebook site security department.

Aron fidgeted in his seat, his eyes darting nervously from the screen to the faces of the people sitting across from him. As both sides prepared to engage in a high-stakes discussion and negotiation.

The sound of shuffling papers and clearing throats broke the silence as the meeting began, and Aron braced himself for what was to come. He took a deep breath, steadying himself as he prepared to share his findings with the group. It was going to be a long day.

'This is going to take a long time' Aron sighed while focusing on presenting them an example and after the payment agreement he will give them the rest.

"Here are a few new examples of your system's vulnerabilities" said while projecting his screen to the wall using a projector.

"We have already tested the ones you sent to us last time, so there is no need to try to show us more, just tell us how many more you have," Roxan said when he was about to start showing a few more examples.

'Even better for me as it reduces my stress trying to explain things' Aron immediately moved to answer her question.

"I currently have more than 1700 vulnerabilities in your system" Answered immediately.

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"OH my God" said Roxan under her breath when she heard the answer.

She had expected maybe ten or more since he had already sent 3 of them, but what she heard meant that it was more than she would have ever guessed even in her wildest imagination but Aron didn't care about that and continued.

"In that, there are about 50 critical-level,150 high-level,500 medium-level, and over 1000 low-level vulnerabilities" continued explaining calmly.

When the Facebook security guys heard that the total number of critical and high level vulnerabilities is over 200, they knew that they need to almost overhaul their entire system to remove these weaknesses and it would take a very long time but not only that it would take a large amount of money.

From just fast calculation Roxan determined that they will need to invest almost 250 million and it will take months to finish this since most of these vulnerabilities are new and they will have to invent the solutions themselves.

But just as she was about to fall into despair a light of hope shined on her as Aron said "I also have their solution but I can only provide it to you if my compensation is doubled and those fees will be negotiated with my lawyer here" while pointing at Felix.

A sigh of relief came out of Roxanas when she heard those words from Aron. She really wanted to hire him into his team but she knew that he wouldn't want to work for someone when he could earn more from working alone.

What followed next was the negotiation part, which was between Felix and the three Facebook lawyers, since every lawyer wants to get the best deal for his client, because their payment depends on how much they win or how much they save for their clients.

This back and forth continued for two days, they had agreed on the price but they couldn't come to an agreement when it came to some of the NDA clauses, but they managed to come to terms and signed an agreement.

His payment will be $69million after taxes and lawyer fees. Although his friend denied his offer to pay him $10million stating that he didn't do much but after back and forth he ended up agreeing to take $5million as a fee.

Although it might seem low compared to what Aron earned but usually the amount they get from this type of deal is only about 1 million, you also have to put in mind that this was Felix's second official case since his graduation. That means that Felix is the highest paid rookie lawyer in America or I think so.

….

When he arrived at home he asked his parents to have a talk .

….

In the living room.

"You remember when i said i have a meeting with Facebook right"

"Yeah so how did it go? Did you get the job?" asked his mother with enthusiasm.

"No, I wasn't there for a job meeting. I was there because I found some weaknesses in their app and went to meet them to talk about payment issues," explained Aron at a level they could understand.

"So did they agree to pay you?" asked his father expecting them to not want to pay his son.

"No, they agreed to pay me, we have already signed a contract and they will forward the payment invoice tomorrow." he stopped to take a breath and continue

"So, since the money is enough, I wanted to ask you if you want to move house" said Aron and started waiting for the answer 𝗯𝐞𝗱𝗻𝐨𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝐧𝗲𝘁

His mother answered "Don't you need that money for yourself, why would you want to immediately buy a house now"

"You don't have to worry about money not being enough, they paid me enough to buy a house and more"

"Shouldn't you use the money to start a business or something, you will need a source of income for the time this money finishes" his mother continued being against it while his father shook his head up and down showing that he agrees with his mother.

"Mom they paid me more than $5million so you don't have to worry about money shortage for a period of time" he countered, he had to lower the amount given to him or else they will think he is being scammed lest they take him for a fool.

"What!, what did you do for them to pay you that much, are you sure it's not a scam" Asked his father with a look of worry, afraid that his son was being conned.

"No dad you don't have to worry about it being a scam i went there with a lawyer and we signed a contract so they can't scam me even if they want because i can sue them"

"If there was a lawyer with you then it's okay, but since it is your money it's up to you on how you spend it, but don't spend it recklessly like those lottery winners understood? " said his father with a serious expression. Although he felt proud of his son he didn't want to show it, lest it gets on his son's head.

"Yes, you don't have to worry about that, then I'm going forward with buying a house then."

"Your money is your choice but just be careful like your father said" Finished Aron's mother while showing pride on her son.

They then continued to have small talk about how his visit went and many small topics until time for dinner came and they all went to eat.

….

Two days later

Aron was currently staring at his phone, on the screen it showed his bank account statement which was..

$69,000,027.

This is the first time his bank account exceeded the thousand dollar mark.

Now that he had already received the money he needed to plan on how to use it very well in order for it to propel him into greatness.

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He didn't pay the school debt immediately, because he was afraid that it would tip the professor that something good might have happened to him and since he didn't know how powerful the professors' connections were, he decided to wait for the second meeting about payment negotiation plans in order to do that.

So, his first plan current plan was

Buy a good house and car for his family

Transfer his younger brother to a good school

Upgrade his computer into a personal servers computer

meet Sarah

Make his father quit his job and do what he wants (Since he is rich)

Start a business that can use the program(BugZapper) to its full potential and earn loads of money for him to invest into his future business endeavor's.

He had more than 5 things he needed to do, but he was happy to do them because if someone told him that his life will start changing 3 days after he was unreasonably expelled from his university 2 days before his graduation and got a quarter a million of student debt out of nowhere, so his current life was pretty good in his eyes.

This doesn't mean that he was not angry at what happened to him the reason he postponed his investigation revenge planning is because he needed to be in a stable position so that he can plan it peacefully and meticulously.

Aron and his family completed moving into their new house by the fourth week after their talk that night.

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After he bought the house he also bought two cars for his family to use for their use.

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His parents are very happy, as they now don't have to worry about rent and other miscellaneous things.

When he showed the house to his parents they asked him to buy a normal one because it was very expensive. He managed to make them agree when he told them that he chose this house because it will make it easier for his younger brother to have access to better schools around here.

The house was a 6 bedroom with a ground, an upper floor and a basement.

They were currently using only 3 rooms, one for his parents, one for him, one for his younger brother and the rest was for guests and other things.

As for the basement. It was his for use and he was using it as a location for his home server.

Since normal servers are noisy and create too much heat, he needed to soundproof the entire basement. Also because they generate too much heat he also installed cooling for the entire basement and a vent that can redirect the heat so that it doesn't make the heat head to the house.

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But all those were overkill because the server he bought was quite a quiet one; it contained dual Intel Xeon processors, with a terabyte of RAM and ten two-terabyte SAS hard drives in RAID 10 for storage.

For those who don't understand those jargons It means he can run multiple virtual machines, host his own websites, and even set up his own cloud storage system. And with the 10-gigabit Ethernet network card and the Adaptec RAID controller, He can transfer data at lightning-fast speeds. It's like having his own personal data center right here in his basement.

But he will only be using it for running BugZapper on multiple virtual machines at once. He will be accessing all of this in his workroom upstairs by using the 10-gigabit Ethernet network connection. He also connected his house with cable connection of the highest speed he could buy which provided download speeds of up to 505 Mbps and upload speeds of up to 100 Mbps ( for 2013 that was really fast )

This means he was capable of doing everything while sitting in his workroom.

….

After he and his family finished moving to the new house and moving his brother to the new school they started to get used to their new life.

Aron decided to give both his father and mother 1 million dollars for their use, since he asked them to quit their demanding jobs and enjoy their lives.

….

Approximately 1 month after his deal with Facebook he finally finished moving handling few small problems he finally had time to start meaning more money using BugZapper but al that had to wait for him to finish jogging

DING!

[Quest Complete]

[Rewards 100sp]

Total [29,600sp]

Aron stopped running after he finished his Quest, he was tired but not like when he started doing the quest the first time but now he was getting fit and started getting used to the system.

He was expecting for the system to upgrade the quest very soon

….

Aron could be seen sitting in his work room in front of his new computer connected to his home server.

He started working for the first time in a long time.

Since he upgraded his computer system to the latest specs he could run multiple virtual machines at once, meaning he could check multiple programs at once.

So he started looking at which social media companies he should check next. But since he already investigated when he chose Facebook.

He chose google and their products, that means he will take a look at YouTube, google+ and the google site itself. He chose them at once in order to be able to sell it to them at once for a high price.

After choosing his next victims, he fired up the programs and he started it in multiple virtual machines and just waited for the machine to do its magic.

And the waiting game began.

While the machine was doing its magic he went downstairs to play and spend time with his younger brother, since they were new to the area he only managed to make a few friends in the neighborhood.

...

Aron opened his eyes, waking up from his sleep due to the annoying alarm on his right side of the bed.

He then felt someone squirm and, after a short adjustment moment, he remembered that it was his younger brother who had fallen asleep on his bed after watching a movie together last night.

Aron turned off the alarm so as not to wake his brother up, then headed to the bathroom to wash his face and prepare himself for his morning exercise routine.

After 10 minutes of preparation he headed out of the house and started with his jogging.

….

After he finished his morning exercise routine he was surprised that the normal quest complete was followed by a new notification.

DING!

ραпdα n?νa| сom MILESTONE ACHIEVED !

REWARD 10000sp

QUEST UPDATE

!

DING !

NEW QUEST

[

[Daily quest: Ways to get stronger]

250 Push-ups (0/250)

250 Crunches (0/250)

250 Squat (0/250)

10 Kilometers Running (0/10)

(Rewards : 500sp)

]

It was the upgrade of his daily quest. It also came with an increase in rewards of a magnitude of 5.

This made Aron happy because it means that the more he gets stronger the more his rewards become. Meaning that there might come a time where he can earn 100,000sp per daily quest, although he might need to run to the moon and back for that but who says we can't have hope. right?

So, anyway there is hope at least.

...

After he returned, he cleaned himself, ate breakfast and headed to his work room.

When he entered and started checking his computer to look at how the process went, he found out that the process had been completed 3 hours ago and it also completed writing the reports for the three apps. 𝘣𝘦𝘥𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝑚

So, he started to look through the three documents and it took him a little longer since they were really long. After approximately 5 hours he finally managed to complete reading through all of the files.

He discovered that many of the critical security breaches are near the same as Facebook but with google there were more harmful if it was used negatively.

For example there is a critical security breach that makes any account security on google products almost obsolete.

Another critical breach gives him access to any person's android device. This means that currently he was no different than any admin of google, it's the opposite actually he had more access than any admin for google.

Aron kept finding more and more weaknesses that kept getting worse and worse, meaning that he could make Google lose half its market share if he wanted.

Being able to do that means that google will pay them enough to make them have no thought of causing harm to them.

Since he managed to find a good exploit, he needed to exploit it for his use.

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He started by accessing Google's servers to get access to their email depository.

When he managed to access them, he searched his professor's email and when he found it he proceeded to initiate downloading all of his email to his home server.

Since his download speed was fast(500mb) it will take about 20 hours to complete its download, because he needed to make sure no one is suspicious of what he is doing, he needed to make the email's he was downloading act just like normal email's being sent, so he set a limit on how many of them can be downloaded at once.

Although he won't be leaving behind any traces, downloading something from a server means that anyone looking at the servers memory usage while it is happening can discover that a massive amount of data was being downloaded to somewhere they cannot traceback to.

But after he completes downloading what he wanted, he can delete it's history from the servers memory making it seem like he was never there.

That is the reason he had to limit the download amount at once.

And the waiting game began, with the anticipation of getting more information about how his professor planned for his fall.

But while the download was going on the background he started using the waiting time to do something with the same importance or more.

So, he started using the breach he found in android to access the professors phone. he managed to find the phone because he had the professor's phone number, since it was given to everyone in his class in order to contact him in case it was needed but no one does that because he doesn't answer the numbers he didn't register himself so it was useless to him until now.

After he got access to the phone, he started downloading everything he can from the phone as well, but this will have to take longer because he needed to make the download speed slow enough that the phone doesn't overheat or make his internet too slow, so that it doesn't make the professor suspicious of his device. he teaches computer engineering, so if he gets suspicious it is game over, he will just factory reset the phone completely just to free himself from doubts.

[59,600sp]

That is the current amount of sp that he had, after the computer completed checking for weaknesses from the 3 apps.

...

'I hope I can get all the answers when I'm done with this' thought Aron while he was waiting for the emails and phone info that was being downloaded.

So, while he was waiting for the download to complete he decided to move to apple's iOS.

So he opened one of his virtual machines and started the app after he selected apple as the next system to search.

As the program started doing its things, He opened the shop in order to prepare for his plan, so that he knows how much he needed to collect for his next project.

When he went to the technology section a limitlessly long list appear.

[SHOP]

Quantum Computing

Artificial General Intelligence

Fusion Energy

NanoTechnology

Universal Printer

Space Elevators

Anti-Aging Technology

Bioprinting

Terraforming

Force Fields

Quantum Computing

Quantum Encryption

….

….

….

…. 𝓫ℯ𝓭𝓃𝓸𝓋ℯ𝓁．𝓬𝓸𝓂

….

….

The list goes on and on and it overwhelms him.

But as he was looking at the endless list something finally clicked on his head he needed to write everything himself. For example when he bought BugZapper from the system, the system taught him how to make something like so head to code it by himself which took him days infront of a computer to complete it.

ραпdα n?νa| сom The reason it took so long was because he needed to code every function to the last one, using the current existing programming language which was very inefficient.

The original program was written in a very advanced tech but when he had to rewrite it he needed to write them with current existing programming languages so it took him a long time.

So, he was reminded that he needed an efficient programming language that he could use to program everything that he will learn from the system.

The efficiency will not only save him time but also make him avoid many programming language weaknesses that were being discovered by his BugZapper day and night.

It will also increase the efficiency of his programs and because that will also increase his programs efficiency.

So he searched for programming languages from the shop.

And Ooh god, a list did it show..

Arcturon: A programming language designed for controlling drones and other autonomous vehicles in extreme environments, with features for real-time data processing and adaptive decision-making.

CryoScript: A language designed for use in cryogenic computing, with features for managing the temperature and energy requirements of hardware.

Echo: A language designed for use in acoustic computing, with features for processing and analyzing sound waves to create interactive interfaces.

Hyperion: A language designed for creating immersive virtual and augmented reality experiences, with features for real-time rendering and advanced physics simulations.

Omega: A language designed for use in quantum computing, with features for managing and manipulating qubits and quantum algorithms.

Prism: A language designed for use in bioinformatics, with features for processing and analyzing large-scale biological data sets.

Sentinel: A language designed for use in cybersecurity, with features for threat detection, network analysis, and anomaly detection.

Terraform: A language designed for creating complex simulations of ecosystems, with features for modeling environmental processes and interactions between organisms.

Vertex: A language designed for creating complex mathematical models and simulations, with features for handling large-scale data sets and advanced algorithms.

Zenith: A language designed for creating artificial intelligence and machine learning systems, with features for managing large-scale data sets and training neural networks.

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The list goes and goes almost endlessly but every language has a specific use so he decided to make it more simple for him to choose. That's when he decided the listing to be listed from max to min by price range.

That's when some weird programming languages that he couldn't even use currently due to its knowledge being very expensive to even think about buying it.

Arcanum: A programming language that uses runic symbols to create magical spells that can control technology and manipulate data.

Runescript: A language that uses runic symbols as a form of syntax, with features for creating complex algorithms and managing large-scale data sets.

Wyrd: A language that uses ancient Nordic runes to create spells and incantations that can manipulate data and control machines.

Eldertongue: A language that uses Celtic runes to create algorithms that can simulate natural processes and model complex systems.

Futhark: A language that uses Scandinavian runes to create complex programs that can interface with and control a wide range of machines and devices, from simple robots to advanced artificial intelligence systems.

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They continued more and more as if it was endless, so he decided to remove runic tech from the list so that he doesn't get depressed about his sp poorness.

After removing the runic ones from the equation, the best programming languages a human can use without magic started appearing…

Prometheus ++;(the Titan who was known for his intelligence and creativity, and who is said to have given fire (and thus knowledge) to humanity.)

C-: a programing language fro...

SNake: a programing language fro...

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There were many more but he chose the one in the top most list as it was the most expensive one, if you don't count the runic programming languages.

When he clicked for description it appeared fully for him and details did it have.

[

A powerful and versatile language designed to be used for everything from web development to scientific computing. With features like just-in-time compilation, static type checking, and garbage collection, Prometheus++ is optimized for high efficiency and performance.

Prometheus++ is built with multi-platform support in mind, so it can be used on a variety of devices and operating systems. Its modular architecture makes it easy to write, manage, and debug code, and its functional programming support and concurrency features allow for powerful, efficient computation.

Prometheus++ is also designed with extensibility in mind, allowing developers to add new features and libraries as needed. And with compatibility with existing languages and frameworks, it's easy to integrate Prometheus++ with existing code and projects.

Prometheus++'s clean and intuitive syntax makes it easy to learn, reducing the learning curve for developers. Whether you're building a web app, creating scientific simulations, or anything in between, Prometheus++ has the power and flexibility you need to get the job done efficiently and effectively.

price:[150,000]

]

He was surprised by the price of it, because it was way too cheap for its benefits, that was when he remembered that the system was there to help him. Them putting a price on something is to make sure that he uses them to their full potential, and make sure that he bought something for its usefulness for him not because he just can.

As some guy from the past once said, you always put importance on something you worked hard for, if it is readily given to you freely you won't know its importance.[(Sun tzu)...maybe!]

So the system is making something that will be used as his foundation for all of his future projects as a gift or maybe the system deemed them useless enough to sell it cheap. But who knows?

After deciding that he is going to buy it the moment he gets the needed amount of sp.

He expected that all it would take him is to use BugZapper for about 10 to 15 times on heavy systems to earn that amount as he currently already has about 59,600sp so he wasn't that far.

After deciding his next path he closed the store and continued doing his work of reading the email that had already been downloaded by his computer.

Since if he decides to wait until they finish downloading he will spend a few days doing nothing. So, he better start now and continue as they keep being downloaded.

...

Currently as was reading the emails most of them were normal conversations between colleagues but some of them gave some spice info like how he once had hemorrhoids, he learned about that in an email to his doctor.

He is also cheating his wife with his secretary, that came from a conversation between the professor and his current lover, the secretary. the reason they conversed using mail is because he wanted to avoid his wife catching him by snooping on his phone so he used emails so that he doesn't get caught. as she won't look at his emails because who uses email for cheating? Right?

As for the reason he was cheating, it was because he feels emasculated. he was forced to take his wife's family name not the other way around. he got the job at his current university because she pulled some strings, that's why he was so eager to present his new discovery, so that he can at least prove his worthiness to the point that he ended up missing a very simple mistake Wich led to Aron pointing out and fucking up his graduation once and for all.

Aron was fuming with anger when he found out that all of this was just chain of some fucker just because he felt his dick wasn't appreciated enough: HA!

Although he was shaking with anger he had to calm himself down and continue with his reading of emails as he needed as much information as possible.

Have you ever been so angry that you become calm, that was the situation he was in. This was caused by what he was currently reading.

Secretary: Are you okay?

Professor: No I'm not, that kid destroyed my shining moment

Secretary: So, are you not going to solve it and present it again?

Professor: No, I can't do it now because my wife will need to invite those people again in a short time and this will make them annoyed by me.

Secretary: So what's your plan next?

Professor:... ….. …. ….

Secretary: You said that was the only way for you to be accepted to her family.

Professor: I will need to find another way for that.

Secretary: which is?

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Professor: not important now, But first i need to deal with that fucker student

Secretary: Oooh.. So what are going to do with him

Professor: I looked at his university information and it seems that he is graduating in three weeks. So, I'm going to mess with graduation. I'm going to make sure he can't graduate from anywhere or get a job in any reputable company.

Secretary: isn't that too harsh?

Professor: No I need to burn him to sooth my anger else i might go crazy

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This was the conversation between the professor and the secretary she was cheating his wife with.

…..

pαndα`noν?1-сoМ After a week of investigation here is what he found out.

The professor's insecurity caused him to want to stand on his own without his wife's support, hence the new invention. But when the day of presentation came, he found out that it was his wife's prestige and her invitation was what made all those reputable people in the technology business attend his presentation. He was emasculated and wanted to vent it on someone. So, when he found out Aron was sleeping during his presentation, he chose to vent his anger by watching him embarrass himself. But when Aron pointed out a dumb mistake he made, he lost his last chance to prove himself in front of his wife's family. In other words he felt dickless.

So he decided to destroy Arons life, because he was the reason for his shame and he thought that by destroying his life, he can be ashamed less or know that there is someone miserable than him.

So, he hired someone to do a background investigation on Aron and when he found out that he comes from a low income family and he was only able to study at the university only due to the scholarship he won meant that he could destroy his life without having to worry about a retaliation from Aron.

So he paid the background investigator to fabricate his thesis by making similar ones and making them seem like they were there years before Aron even knew the meaning of the word thesis.

After that, he requested to be added to the thesis review committee and then when he was reviewing theses and arrived at Aron's thesis that's when he revealed that he had already read a similar thesis before nearly word for word.

When they asked for evidence he showed them the sites that his investigator had managed to put them on. So, he managed to turn the professors against Aron and this led to Aron being dismissed from the university just 3 days before he graduated.

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After he was expelled, the professor felt that it was not enough and decided to make sure that he was deep in debt so that he doesn't overcome poverty for a long time, hence he decided to write a message to the scholarship department and asked them to increase his interest rate for his repayment to the maximum amount of the agreed terms which was 15% percent.

But when the scholarship committee head denied his request, he ended up threatening him in order to get him to approve it but he was denied again. A few days later he was fired due to some random reason.

And the one who came next agreed immediately, that was why it took them a week before they sent him the email to inform him that he needed to repay his scholarship and wanted to discuss his repayment plan options.

So, currently the people in his revenge list are, the professor, the private investigator and the new head of the scholarship committee. But he knew that he needed to slowly plan his revenge and make it so that they don't know who was the one messing with their lives. 𝙗𝙚𝙙𝙣𝒐𝙫𝙚𝙡.𝙤𝙧𝒈

As they said revenge is the dish best served cold! Sun Tzu

….

For the sake of wanting to know fully about his enemies he ended up using the weaknesses from google, android, apple and Microsoft meaning that he was currently able to earn himself money from all of these companies by reporting it and have them in return for a fair compensation.

So, he decided to contact Felix.

"Hello my dearest customer" A voice came from the other side of the phone.

"I'm I just a customer to you now?" answered Aron in a voice that hinted that he was hiding his cry sarcastically.

"You see, in my law firm I'm currently their golden poster, you know," Felix continued jokingly.

"Then rejoice, as i have a new job for you" he said in a doctor fate's deep voice.

"You already found another victim? Wow, that's fast." replied Felix as he was really surprised.

"Yeah, but there are four do you think you can handle it fast"

"Not just one but FOUR? But which companies are they?" Now he was not only surprised but was also awed by his speed of working because only a month and a half passed from their previous meeting with Facebook.

"YouTube, their parent company Google, Google, Android and apple. You think you can handle it?"

"No, I can't handle it alone. I might need some help from my senior lawyers from the firm. Is it alright if I do that?" replied Felix

"You are my lawyer so what is your advice?" asked Aron.

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"As your lawyer and friend I advise you to allow me to seek help from my seniors as this will make the process faster and it might even make them pay more than our previous deal with Facebook." Felix explained his reasoning why.

"Okay I leave it up to you. When will you guys be able to finish it?" Asked Aron.

"It will take about one month to complete all of these companies if you want to have the best price"

"It's okay you don't have to hurry it just make sure you get the best compensation you can" replied Aron.

"Okay I will. Inform me when you are done."

"Okay talk to you later" Aron replied and ended the call.

Then he started compiling the documents to

After he finished doing that, he started opening multiple virtual machines and started running BugZapper in all of them and started having them search different apps weaknesses.

He was doing this in order to collect the needed amount of points in order to buy Prometheus++ programing language that he will be using it as the foundation of all of his future products.

As the machine started doing its work all that remained is for him to wait for his program to finish and for him to earn the points and buy the language for himself.

A week after Facebook deal

Bluffdale, Utah

The NSA's Utah Data Center is located here, which is one of the agency's newest and largest data centers.

Meeting room.

"So, what is the meeting about? It better be important, because I was preparing for another meeting with Mr. president to explain deeper about what sort of harms did that Snowden traitor did. So, this better be important or else I'm sending you to the Office of the Inspector General" Said the head of the Special Source Operations Directorate Teresa H. Shea.

Showing that she was still stressed about the former government contractor Edward Snowden's betrayal.

She had to visit the white house for like three times in a week just to explain the FUCKING SAME THING, AGAIN AND AGAIN, For fucksake.

"Mam, there seemed to be a decrease in the amount of data that is being received from the social media side." replied the presenter hastily not to make her angrier.

"What? explain in details, what is the problem this time?" Replied as she had almost gave up and resigned. just as she was dealing with their biggest threat, they got another one coming.

"The data we were Collecting from Facebook servers has decreased by about 95%" the employee started explain in haste.

"This started occurring around 3 days ago. When we investigated, we found out that Facebook overhauled their entire app security and the data we managed to intercept is still heavily encrypted" 𝙗𝙚𝙙𝒏𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡．𝙣𝒆𝙩

"So, you are saying that one of our largest source of collecting intelligence has changed their security system to the one where we can't crack it" asked Teresa.

"Yes mam, usually we know beforehand that they will be updating their security system and we prepare for it, but this time they did it suddenly as if they knew all their vulnerabilities and the solutions to it at once somehow" replied.

"So what is your response plan?" asked Teresa.

"Mam, I suggest we investigate the reason and how they did this, so that we can manage to circumvent it and be prepared for it when it happens with other companies that we collect data" replied the head of intelligence collection dept.

"Okay we will go ahead with your plan and also find out who found those breaches and prepare a meeting with him. but put the cracking of the firewall ahead the other things understood?" Asked Teresa after giving them the direction of action to follow.

The meeting was dismissed but they didn't put the current situation into their head, as they thought that it was a passing phenomenon. Also because they were still in deep trouble from the court of public opinion after Snowden blowed the whistle, escaped to Russia and got asylum there.

Putin accepting Snowden asylum request is a giant middle finger for Obama administration.

...

Aron continued his speed run of point earning until he completed his 17'th app and finally managed to complete the needed amount of points.

[170,600sp]

So, he forwarded them to Felix who replied by jokingly complaining that he keeps increasing his job.

Currently Aron was their firms biggest customer, because they were the one negotiating the compensations with the companies in his place.

Currently they were negotiating as his proxy with google, apple and other companies that he was done finding Vulnerabilities.

They were on the last step of negotiation with the first ones he sent them, but after he kept sending them more and more work, they decided to create a team that will only focus on dealing with Aron's job.

The team will continue focusing on dealing with Arons job until they completed all of the jobs Aron sent them. which was now a total of 21 different apps.

Since he already had a solution this meant that they will be negotiating for the double the amount if they wanted the solution to them, in order to be able to solve the multitudes of problems immediately without wasting too much time on solving them themselves.

So, he immediately entered the shop and pressed the buy button for the Programing language Prometheus++ .

The moment he pressed buy, a notification he didn't expect appeared infront of him.

DING!

SINCE THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION TO BE UPLOADED IN YOUR BRAIN IS TOO MUCH, IT IS RECOMENDED THAT THE USER TO BE IN LYING POSITION AS THE PROBABILITY OF YOU FAINTING IS 100%.

COMMENCE WITH THE UPLOAD?

YES | NO

After reading the notification from the system, he immediately headed to his room after telling his mother that he will be going to sleep and not to count him in for dinner.

...

When he entered the room he found his younger brother playing PS3 on his room.

"Oh, why aren't you in your work room?" asked his younger brother in suprise as he didn't expect him to be out now.

"Don't you have yours in your room?" Asked Aron.

"Mom said I'm using it too much so she took it" said in a complaining tone but also showing that he was afraid his brother will forbid him from using his console.

"Just make sure she doesn't catch you, also use headphones I need to sleep okay?" Replied Aron.

"Yes brother, I LOVE YOU" He jumped up and down in happiness while hugging Aron

After their brotherly moment Aron went to his bed and lied down and pressed YES button.

The moment he pressed it he immediately fainted and the system started downloading and assimilating the knowledge into his brain slowly without causing him any damage.

Also since the system managed to make Aron fall into a small coma to prevent him from being harmed, it also decided to use this opportunity to recalibrate and upgrade all the parts of the systems that where in his every part of the body and also complete the implementation that will finally allow Aron access to runes.

You can think of it as the system finishing its homework it couldn't before, because during the time the system entered Aron it didn't have enough information of Aron's body, so the system chose the option of only copying the function of the location they were located, as they were dispersed into every part of his body and if they chose to act randomly they would have done him irrecoverable damages.

The main part of the system that was located in his brain started sending a request of information to its other parts in the body. when those parts received the request, they immediately responded to the request of the main system and started sending the recorded information of their respective locations, they had started the collection of it since the day they were assimilated to the location they are currently resided.

The main system started receiving information it requested from every part of Arons body. After it received it, it started processing and analyzing it to the last of its detail. After it finished analyzing it, it started simulating the effect the changes it was planning to implement into Aron's body.

After the simulation, it analyzed the result and looked at what harms and benefits did it cause to Arons simulated body. Then, based from the results and reports, it changed the to be implemented plans a little and repeated the simulation again and again. The simulation continued to be repeated for 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 times and each simulation was used as a lesson to perfect and remove any negative effects that could cause harm to Arons body if it is implemented.

After a few million quintillion simulations and small changes to the plan, the system finally found the perfect way to implement it to Arons body without giving any harm to the users body.

It then started to implement the changes by sending what part of the body to change by how much and in what way. When those part received the information they started following the instructions to the last letter.

If anyone was capable of seeing what's going on in Arons body they will discover that something like blood vessels were being formed but the strange thing about it is that they were gold in color also they were empty 'with nothing in them'. They continued being formed all over his body but also following parallel to all blood vessels, because it used them as a guiding map to reach and cover all over Arons body.

When the changes reached to his heart, it started beating faster than normal while it was being covered by a golden light. The golden light started getting dimer and dimer as it was used as ink for the writing of runic letters smaller than atoms, The small letters started forming runic sentences that were being written and started to cover all of his heart.

Now I don't take you guys for stupid people but you have to image the amount of runic lines that needed to be written in order to cover his whole heart while the runic letters being the size of an atom. So here is the answer

[

An adult heart measures about 12 cm in length by 8 to 9 cm in width at the broadest part. If we assume that your heart is a sphere with a diameter of 9 cm, then its circumference would be about 28.27 cm.

Atoms are extremely small, typically around 100 picometers across. A picometer is one trillionth of a meter. That means one atom is about 0.0000000001 meters wide.

To find out how many atoms can fit around your heart, we need to divide the circumference of your heart by the width of one atom. That would give us:

28.27 / 0.0000000001 = 282700000000

That means you can write about 282 billion runic letters around your heart if they are the size of atoms.

pαndα`noν?1-сoМ ] Sun Tzu

The system continued with the writing of the runic sentences all around his heart until his whole heart started shining golden, but that happened only for a short period of time as it returned to its normal color and stopped beating for about ten second, then the runic lines that covered all of his heart lit up and the heart started beating again but this time not only blood but also a golden liquid started coming from it and started moving through the newly constructed golden vessels.

The liquid continued to pour out of the heart and continued filling the golden vessels until they were full, then the heart stopped generating this liquid and returned to its normal job of pumping blood, but this time the golden liquid was also being pumped just like how normal blood was being pumped by the heart.

The 282 billion runic letters that were forming complex equations and runic sentences around Arons heart was acting as the heart for the golden liquid. Doing everything from generating any lost golden liquid to regulating its amount and much more that Aron will discover them in the future after he manages to buys its knowledge from the system and learns how to use them to their fullest potential.

Currently we don't even know the name of the golden liquid. We can only consider it as a fancy but useless golden liquid until system tells us about it.

Although the Golden liquid wasn't active it was slowly strengthening every part it was passing through, that meant that he was being strengthened every part of the body as when the golden vessels where being made, they just run parallel to all blood vessels

The first changes were being done to the brain, as first golden liquid stream started arriving to it.

This was followed by every organ, as for every round the liquid does around the body the changes were being made. Although the changes were miniscule they will be accumulating overtime until his body is strong enough to be able to handle it when it is time to activate the golden liquid.

but that is all for later.

...

Morning

When Aron woke up, it was already morning. This meant that he was asleep for more than 15 hours. He didn't feel the heaviness he should be feeling if you sleep for a long time. Contrary to it he was feeling stuffed like, either he goes to take a shit or he will explode kind of stuffed.

So he immediately jumped from the bed and hurried to the toilet like his life was depending on it, because to the current him it really depended on it.

when he arrived and sat on the toilet seat he let it go Elsa style.

...

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'What the fuck was that?' thought Aron as he was opening the window of the toilet to let the shitty smell out, as the automatic air filter wasn't doing it fast enough.

This all started after he ran to the toilet to settle the number two, but what came from there wasn't what was expected at all. What came out from there was dark goo that smelt like sewage.

Also he couldn't believe the amount of it that came from his body, but all he knew was that something must have happened to him while he was a sleep. but damn that shit was smelly HOLY SHIT!.

thank god everyone was a sleep else they might have wondered what was going on there.

...

After he finished removing the goo from his body, he finally felt peace.

Inner peace master Oogway style came to him.

He said "Status" in order to find out what was the reason he needed to shit that goo thingy because he was sure that the system was responsible for it. 𝐛𝗲𝗱𝐧𝗼𝐯𝗲𝗹．𝐧𝐞𝘁

[STATUS]

Name: Aron Michael

Age: 22

Height: 1,89m

System Class: Runemaster

[!New][Runic heart]

[SHOP]

[20,600sp]

[QUEST]

When he saw the new tag next to the Runic Heart he knew it was it, so clicked it immediately.

After the he clicked it a new screen appeared in front of him.

[

[Runic heart]

[Status: INACTIVE]

A Special heart for Runemasters, It allows them to use all of runes in existence if you have the knowledge of it.

Further information to be provided after it goes into active status.

]

Although the starvation of details wasn't doing him any good, he knew that even if he was told more it wasn't that helpful because the heart was inactive state.

...

After riding the toilet of its smell he decided to clean his body to as he didn't know what came out of it while he was asleep.

Then he left the toilet to go and begin his daily quest.

As he was running he felt like he was flying because he was almost half way of his 15km run but he wasn't even out of his breath, usually he needed to rest for few minutes before he completed the rest of it, but today he continued until he finished without even resting and he wasn't that tired.

So, he decided to continue and complete the rest of exercises before he returned home and went to prepare himself some food as he was feeling hungry and he hasn't eaten since yesterday.

...

After cleaning himself again and eating to his full, he finally was ready to return to his office and continue with his plan.

He sat in front of his computer as he was checking the knowledge of Prometheus++ programing language in his head.

The moment he thought about it a large amount of knowledge was brought ahead with every detail on how to use it and how to build it. This meant that the moment he completed the making of the language he will also be the most knowledgeable about it as every detail about it was all in his head.

Aron took a deep breath, his eyes fixed on the blank screen in front of him. His head has already mapped out every detail of the new programming language - he knew exactly what it was supposed to do and how it was supposed to work. But now came the remaining part - actually bringing it to life in this universe at least.

He began typing, his fingers moving across the keyboard with a fluid grace that belied the complexity of the task at hand. Lines of code flowed onto the screen, each one building on the last as the structure of the language slowly took shape.

As he worked, Aron's mind was a blur of algorithms and data structures. He had to make sure that every aspect of the language was perfectly written as was needed, that every feature was written as it was in his mind.

Hour after hour, he typed tirelessly, his fingers flying across the keyboard as he wrote and wrote the code, checking it again and again until everything was just like it was.

Finally, after what felt like an eternity, Aron leaned back in his chair and gazed at the screen. There it was - the code that would bring the new programming language to the universe.

He pressed a button, and the code began to compile. Aron watched anxiously as the progress bar ticked slowly upward, his heart in his throat as he waited for the final result.

At last, the compiler finished its work, and Aron's programming language came to life. It was a moment of triumph, the culmination of two weeks of hard work and endless hours of dedication.

It was a moment of triumph, the culmination of weeks of hard work and dedication. Aron felt a deep sense of satisfaction, knowing that he had created something truly special (Although the system gave it to him, just let him relish the moment guys) - a language that would change the world of software development forever. That is if he releases it to the public. A downgraded version of it? Maybe, but never the full version, unless he has a better one.

As someone once said "Always stay ahead of others" (Sun tzu)

...

So, he decided to try it by rewriting BugZapper using this language which will make it faster and more efficient. As he was writing the code for it he suddenly stopped as an idea came to his head.

The idea was to make BugZapper a subscription program. So, that companies don't have to always wait for him to find and make them pay him million every time.

here is the plan,

First, there was the Basic plan. It was the free option and offered basic security and bug scanning for a single website once a month. It was just enough to show the program's importance and usefulness but not enough to make them continue to use the free version.

The second plan was the Plus plan. It included advanced security features, the ability to scan up to five times a month and also giving the solutions. Which could be useful if your business or website is small.

The third plan was the Pro plan. It included everything in the Plus plan, but also offered daily website scanning and a faster response time from customer support. The daily scans are for added protection.

The fourth plan was the Elite plan. It included all the features of the Pro plan, but also added more frequent scans, vulnerability checks.

Finally, there was the Enterprise plan. This was the most comprehensive plan, offering all the features of the Elite plan, plus priority support and customizable reporting.

He will be downgrading the one that will be released for the subscription plan to not reveal those that haven't been discovered by anyone, but the moment they are discovered it will be reported as a new bug to al user of subscription. This will emphasize the importance of having ad maintaining the subscription.

Companies can have access to an upgraded version of the program that is on public by using the Enterprise plan, but this has to be negotiated with him or his company that he will create and its price will vary depending on the companies demand.

...

BugZapper Subscription Plan:

Stage 1: Free - Basic plan

-Access to a limited number of bug fixes

-Can report 5 bugs per month

-Community support available

-Limited customer support

Stage 2: Starter - $25/month

-Access to more bug fixes than the Free plan

-Can report 25 bugs per month

-Priority customer support

-Access to community support

Stage 3: Intermediate - $50/month

-Access to even more bug fixes

-Can report 50 bugs per month

-Priority customer support

-Access to community support

-Bug tracking and monitoring system available

-Ability to suggest features

Stage 4: Advanced - $75/month

-Access to all bug fixes

-Can report unlimited bugs per month

-Dedicated customer support

-Access to community support

-Bug tracking and monitoring system available

-Ability to suggest features

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-Early access to new features and updates

Stage 5: Enterprise - Custom pricing (Starts at $1000 but increases based on their needs)

-Customizable plan based on company needs

-Dedicated customer support

-Access to community support

-Bug tracking and monitoring system available

-Ability to suggest features

-Early access to new features and updates

-Customizable bug reporting system

-Customizable analytics and reporting tools.

After Aron finished making the program ready for subscription, he was reminded that the new version of BugZapper needed someone to oversee it. This meant that he needed to found a company to do it in his place.

This will also help him earn sp, although it will be in small amounts, as he learned it the hard way when he was trying to earn enough to buy the programming language. After the tenth app the amount dropped by half and by the twentieth it also continued dropping by half. From this he hypothesized this will continue until he will only be earning 1sp per every scan.

Although it may seem small, how many websites do you think exist?

That means although the amount will be small, the quantities will be compensating for it.

His current plan was to make it popular enough for every website to use it at least once a month. The plan was to show its importance in website security to make every owner try it at least once. This will mean that he will be able to earn 1sp every time someone uses his program. AFK to the death.

While he was perfecting his plans for the company and its first product he received a call from Felix.

"Hello, long time no talk?" Aron answered the phone and started the conversation.

"You gave us too much work that I didn't have enough rest time to think of contacting others for the past month" Replied in a complaining but happy tone.

"So, why did you call me?"

"I just wanted to inform you that our negotiations with companies have been completed and the payment will be fully forwarded to you after tax and everything is paid" Replied Felix.

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"Finally, it took you guys very long," Continued Aron with his fake complaint.

"You gave us too much work, so we even had to make a team to deal with your job. But since you pay us too much money we can't really complain anyway" Laughed Felix as he was replying.

"So, how much total will it remain after taxes and your payment is taken care of?"

"You will find out when we send it to you, but be ready for a surprise " A teasing voice came from the other side of the phone as if it was trying to frustrate him as much as he can to vent out for the work he made them do.

"If you don't tell me, I'm hanging up the phone," threatened Aron.

Crup. Just after he finished voicing his threat, Felix ended the call immediately to make a statement.

'Fuck, He got me' though Aron as he put the phone down and continued his work as he waited for the money to start raining in his account.

...

5 Days later the full payment and the spreadsheet arrived to him.

And here is the breakdown on who paid what. The amount below is after taxes and lawyer fees have been paid.

YouTube, Google+, Android, Google it self paid as a one entity, and since google as itself was among the companies that had the highest user base that depended on them to have the best security since their email were used by almost anyone with email, this meant that if this weaknesses were exploited it would have almost bankrupted them as almost every user caring to keep their secrets would have turned to their competitors.

So, they forked the most money and since they were paying for the 3 of their companies they paid a total of $335million dollars. This included buying the information about weaknesses and their solutions to it as they needed to patch it as fast as possible lest someone use it against them.

Apple - they paid for both the weaknesses and solution for their iOS weaknesses for $87million dollar as they put too much importance to keep their iOS as a black box.

Microsoft - They were also among those who paid too much money as they paid him $145 million dollar for their weaknesses in windows and the solutions to it. And oh god was there enough bugs in it to write a book on how not to make an operating system.

Sina Weibo -they paid $17million dollars without buying the solution. Hey decided to solve it themselves, worrying that if they buy their solution it will mean they know how their app security works and that is not good when it is connected to the CCP and the one who sold it to them is an American. That would put them on their radar.

Qzone - as it is owned by Tencent, a major Chinese technology conglomerate. They simply forked $33million dollars for the same reason as the one up there.

Twitter & vine are parent companies so they paid a joint $75million with the solutions.

LinkedIn - they paid $45million for both problems and solutions.

Instagram - since they paid before as Facebook, they had already solved this same problem in Instagram. So, they only managed to negotiate the remaining ones that didn't exist in those found and sold to Facebook before. So, they paid only $25million for both the problem and solution.

Tumblr - they paid only $10 million dollar because they didn't buy the solution to it.

The remaining 4 paid a total of $39million dollars as they were small social media sites.

This brings the total of the money to $811million dollars and this was after taxes and fees. If he didn't pay tax and lawyer fees he would have more than $900million but brother IRS would be having a field day with him.

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And he wasn't ready for them.

This meant he was almost a billionaire. He needed to make the money returns to the market, because the longer he has it as cash in his account the longer inflation will be reducing their purchasing power per dollar.

Also although he already paid tax for it he will need to continue paying tax for any interest he earns from the money if it stays in the bank. 𝚋𝚎ｄ𝚗ｏｖ𝚎𝚕．ｃｏ𝚖

But all these thoughts were cut short when he received a phone call from an unknown number.

Aron: "Hello?"

"Hi, is this Mr. Aron?" asked the voice on the other side.

Aron: "Yes, speaking. Who is this?" asked as he didn't know who was calling him while he was relishing on his net worth.

"Hi Aron, this is Mark from the American Bank. I wanted to talk to you about your account." Said the voice on the other side of the phone.

"Oh, okay. Is everything alright?" Asked Aron as he was startled by the call and thought something bad happened to his account.

Bank Worker: "Yes, everything is fine. Actually, we wanted to set up a meeting with you to discuss your account".

Aron: "Okay, sure. What is this about?" Answered Aron as he was sighing that nothing bad happened to it.

Just think about it, just as you become an almost billionaire and it was immediately stolen from you. That is a suicide level tragedy right there. Thank god it didn't happen.

Bank Worker: "Well, we noticed that you have a significant amount of money in your account, and we wanted to go over some options with you."

Aron: "Oh, I see. Yes, I earned a large sum of money recently."

Bank Worker: "Yes, we saw that. Congratulations, by the way."

"Thank you." Said Aron as he was feeling happy about it. Though he replied calmly.

Bank Worker: "We would like to send you a Black American Bank card, and we need to confirm your address".

Aron: "Okay, that's fine. I can give you my address."

Bank Worker: "Great. Also, we would like to discuss some investment opportunities with you."

"Oh, I see. Well, I'm interested in investing, but I need to learn more about it first." Replied in surprise as he was also thinking about investing his money in order for it to not just remain in his account to just accumulate interest. But still he wasn't fully sure on what to invest, so he might as well meet them and hear their investment plan then decide on his plan based on it.

Bank Worker: "That's completely understandable. We can set up a meeting with one of our investment advisors to go over your options and answer any questions you may have."

Aron: "Okay, sounds good."

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Bank Worker: "How about next Wednesday at 2 pm? Can we come to your house or a nearby establishment for a meeting then?"

Aron: "Yes, I can make that work."

Bank Worker: "Great. We'll see you then. And once again, congratulations on your success."

Aron:" Thank you, I appreciate it."

Bank Worker: "Alright, have a great day."

Aron: "You too."

Aron ended the call and chose to calm down a little before he continues with his work lest he end up messing it from excitement.

...

While he was resting waiting to calm down from his excitement, he fell asleep and dived into his imagined dream as he kept smiling in his day dream.

I wonder what he was dreaming as he was drooling from his mouth with that creepy smile.

A week before Aron received his payments.

While the payments will arrive a week later the negotiations were completed two weeks ago, so almost all the companies spent a week at maximum to patch their weaknesses in their programs.

This means that it has been a week since someone's normal day to day life has been messed up.

…..

Bluffdale, Utah

The NSA's Utah Data Center

This week has been like hell to those who are working here, because one after another almost 17 data collection points have been blocked. This meant that they completely lost access to almost all social media sites.

This wasn't good, because some departments are sorely there to collect and analyze data from these sites. This meant that they lost almost their whole functionality in a span of a month.

This all started by the loss of access to Facebook's data, and while they were trying to solve one, another seventeen rose beside it.

...

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NSA Conference Room

Everyone in the department of Special Source Operations Directorate was in the conference room as the meeting room wasn't large enough to allow the whole department to fit in it.

The head of the department Teresa H. Shea stood in front of everyone and started talking

"Since everyone is here, let's start the meeting, but before that why don't you catch us on what is going on?" She said as she pointed at the team leader who was the first one to report it a month ago when Facebook patched their security patches, Noah.

"Yes mam" Replied Noah as he stood from his chair heading to the stage to take hold of the microphone and started explaining how it all started.

He cleared his throat and adjusted the microphone, signaling to the crowd that he was about to begin. He started his speech by explaining the situation.

"It all began a month ago with Facebook, when the amount of data we were able to collect was reduced. After just one week, all the data that we managed to continue collecting was encrypted, and until now, we have been unable to break the encryption. Over the past week, many of the famous social media sites have started to follow suit, and we have finally reached a point where all the data we collect from nearly 17 social media sites is heavily encrypted."

Just as he was about to continue, someone from the crowd interrupted and asked, "Is it Russia?"

He paused for a moment and then responded by saying that "We had initially thought that it was Russia. However, after conducting a joint investigation with the FBI, we discovered that some of the known Russian agents in the US were also trying to find out who was behind the encryption. This seemed to be a problem to them too"

"Did you manage to interview any of the workers in those companies?" asked another person in the room.

"I was about to explain that next," said Noah.

"And the answer is yes, we have interviewed a few workers through the FBI" and then he proceeded to share the results of their investigation.

"According to the information that we have gathered, Facebook had been contacted by a man named Aron Michael. He had set up a meeting with the company, and they had met without any problems. And when they investigated his background after their meeting, they discovered that he was a former student of Columbia University who was in his last year." He took a breath and continued.

"But he was expelled for thesis theft (Allegedly), which left him in dire need of money. Since he was unable to get a job without a diploma and he was left with massive student debt, he turned to bug hunting and discovered that he was really good at it."

"So he is not a spy?" Asked someone.

"Yep, from our investigation he is American, and so are his parents, no criminal record and there is nothing indicating him being a sleeper agent."

"And after having interviews with the remaining companies that are in similar situations, our estimation is that he had earned more than $900million dollars from it." and with that Noah finished his reporting

The revelation left the people in the room stunned. It was hard to believe that one person could earn so much wealth in such a short period of time—- a month, without diving into illegal activities.

pαndα`noν?1-сoМ Then Noah moved to answer the questions from the crowd, giving as much information as he could.

When he finished his explanation and answered almost all their questions he returned to his seat and waited for their head of department to give them a direction to follow.

"Now that everyone is up to date let's continue with our meeting" Said Teresa.

The meeting continued for a little longer with some giving their ideas on how to proceed, while others were more focused on how they would be cracking the encryption by using the powerful supercomputer in the campus.

"So our next plan is to break the inscription in the next month and if we can't do that we will have a meeting with Aron, Dismissed" after giving them the next step to follow he dismissed them, then he called Noah.

"Yes, mam" replied Noah as he answered her call.

"Noah, tell the FBI to continue keeping an eye on this Aron and if foreign agents try to harm him, they should take him into their custody okay?" Said Teressa seriously.

"Yes Mam" Noah replied immediately and left to contact them.

...

a week after he received payment

he spent most of the last week optimizing BugZapper to be ready for consumer use as he was planning for it to be his sp farm.

After he finished dealing with that he decided to focus on what to name the company that will be used to rollout the up to consumers.

Since the name of a company has to be memorable he decided to go with Greek mythology names.

he would have gone with Prometheus but that was already taken by his programing language and it will be difficult for people to pronounce it the he went with GAIA.

In Greek mythology, Gaia is the goddess of the earth. She is often seen as the mother of all life and is associated with fertility, agriculture, and the harvest. According to the myth, Gaia emerged from the chaos at the beginning of time and gave birth to Uranus, the sky god, and the mountains. She is also considered to be the mother of the Titans, the Cyclopes, and many other creatures in Greek mythology. Gaia is often depicted as a nurturing figure who provides sustenance and protection to all living things on earth

The reason he chose this word is because he wanted it to be a mother figure to his next business ventures that he might take. And since this will be his first company he decided to go with that name. GAIA technologies.

After coming up with the company name he didn't know what step to follow as it was his first time. So, he decided to call his friend and ask him about it.

After the call he found out that starting a company is really complicated, so he dumped all the work to his friend to solve it for him, as he was their law firms highest paying customer they will handle it for him.

From what Felix told him he needed only about a week to complete and make sure everything is in place without mistake.

Next he decided to start hunting for his CEO as he wasn't knowledgeable about bossiness, so he needed someone who majored in that to look after his company.

He called Sarah who majored in business management, he wasn't that arrogant to want to be a CEO of a company without knowing anything about business else he will turn the company into theranos.

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"Aron, you finally remembered that I existed, haa" a voice came from the other side.

"At least I called you, why didn't you do it if you wanted to talk?"

"I'm busy you know and not like you who lazes himself at home"

"Anyway let's stop this else we will argue until tomorrow" Aron decided to call for a truce or the might really banter until tomorrow.

"So, why did you call? do you need money? just say it" replied Sarah.

"Not that, I need a CEO for my company and you were my first choice are up for it?" Asked Aron.

"What company explain in details first before I make my choice and if you are joking, I'm blocking for 2 month okay"

Aron immediately explained in details about the company and its product...

they continued talking for about half an hour. 𝙗𝙚𝒅𝒏𝒐𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝙘𝒐𝒎

But since Sarah couldn't believe what Aron bragged about the app she decided to visit his house in the evening to take a look it and see it herself before she makes a decision.

While Aron was waiting for his lawyer to finish the process of founding the company he had already convinced Sarah to be his companies CEO.

She agreed immediately after Aron showed an example by using the app to vulnerability check website, after the results came he hacked the site and managed to get admin access by following all the steps that were showed by the app's subscription version.

...

When Sarah saw what the app can do the gear's in her head were turning like jet engines, Although she was not an engineer, she knew the importance of cyber security better than anyone because in the past she suffered hell when she messed with Aron and he decided to mess with her, that became a good lesson to her and she started taking Aron's advice seriously when it came to cyber security.

"How will you verify if the user is the owner of the site or just malicious user" She asked after spending about 30 seconds of thinking.

"Yeah you are right, if anyone can use it they can use it for anything on every sites." replied Aron as he was so focused on making the program ready for release that he didn't think about that.

"How about we start with only verified and approved companies at first, like the ones that we have already sold them some of the weaknesses" replied Aron.

"We can also lock those companies account to only be able to check their apps only" Added Sarah.

"How about we also make it possible for others to apply for subscription but they need approved credential for it" Aron also added while hiding being happy for hiring Sarah as his CEO as just before they even started working she already helped him avoid a giant lawsuit that would have made him stay away from computer for life.

"What are the credential going to be?" Asked Sarah.

"we can think about that later but first we need to make it accessible for the government institutions to protect their systems or else we will be fucked if someone used it to attack them while they are not ready for it" replied Aron.

ραпdα n?νa| сom "Are they not going to be using it against the people they suspect" Asked Sarah worried that it might be bad for the company image if it allows the government to be able to have access to all sites without warrant or anything.

"We will also be locking it to only their systems, so that they can't use it to infringe on other sites. that way we won't be choosing sides." Aron added and continued.

"First we need to have a talk with them, then when they are fully prepared we can start releasing it to the public, this way it will cause as little harms as possible" finished Aron.

they continued talking about how they could make the possible negative impact as much as possible. this led to them having continuous meetings for the remainder of the week until when Felix contacted them to inform them that he had completed the registry of the company.

Thats when Aron was reminded how long it took for the law firm to complete the negotiations with the companies. this meant that it will take longer for his company to be able to complete the negotiations with the government.

He decided to make a bold move and buy the entire law firm, so that he could have them work solely for his company and protect its interests. He decided to acquire the law firm because it specialized in tech-related cases, meaning that all the lawyers working there are either specialist when it comes to tech related laws or are on their way to becoming that.

But first he needed to do some capital infusion to his new company, that way he could make his new company capable buying the law firm for it to be able to focus solely on the company.

...

After he infused $550million in the company for it to buy the Law Firm at the price of $300million dollars. $100million dollar was for the company to create a new and latest data center for him to use it for his next planned project. And the remaining $150million for the company to start the hiring process.

...

2 month later.

It took Sarah a month to finally finish making everything ready and for them to start operation. The reason it took that long is because she was dealing with two massive projects at once, the acquisition of the law firm, and the hiring and training of new employees. As for the server farm for new product development, she decided to postpone it a little until everything is stabilized and in order.

During the two month, she managed to complete the acquisition before she completed the hiring process. so, while she continued hiring she went forward and made the law firm start the process of contacting and beginning of the negotiations with the government institutes.

Currently, the law Firm was already in the middle of the negotiations with CIA, FBI and POLICE. But while they were negotiating with them they received a contact from the place they were not expecting at all, THE F-NG NSA contacted them for cooperation on their security system.

The reason Sarah left them out is because she didn't expect them to accept working with a new up and coming company.

What she didn't know was that they were the first to know about them since they were already keeping a look out on Aron and his family.

So, the moment Sarah and the company contacted the FBI and other agencies for meetings and negotiations, the NSA learned about it at the same time as them and after learning about the product their company was introducing, they immediately connected the dots and found out this was the program that was causing them a hellish life for more than 4 month. And they still haven't solved it yet.

Their negotiations with the NSA was smoother than a hot knife through butter. This seemed weird to Sarah because the other agencies kept prolonging the negotiations for some weird reasons.

So ,they managed to complete their negotiations with the NSA first even though they came last. They agreed to pay a trial fee of $15 million dollar for a period of a month in order to test the program before they fully commit to it.

And right after that an order from the top came for all the agencies to postpone their negotiations for a month. This was when Sarah found out the reason why it took them too long than expected when they were negotiating with other agencies except the NSA.

This meant that they were ordered to wait for the NSA to completely evaluate the program and comb through it for any trojans and other malwares that could be used to harm the state, its infrastructure or its citizens. So, she had to wait for their evaluation to be completed and be green lit before they continue their negotiations with the other agencies.

So, since one of the two thing she was currently focusing on came to unexpected halt, she decided to start the currently postponed project, The server farm project. From Aron's specifications about the project he wanted her to invest at least $100million dollar of the remaining budget into the project. He also wanted it to be made with upgradability in mind for rapid upgrade when a new technology appears.

This means that they will have to start by renovating the warehouses they bought, install cooling's system, buy new servers, add highspeed internet connection and more.

Even with all those demands in mind, that amount was still enough to create a server farm the size of almost 4 football fields. And Aron wanted all of it because he wanted to start the development of the next product of the company.

Sarah expected it to be completed within six month.

...

While all these were happening behind the scenes, Aron was currently spending time with his younger brother on the playing field.

His was with his brother and without his parent because they went on a date after a very long time.

They haven't been spending time together for a long period of time because they had to look after their family. Since his mother got pregnant on him while his parent where 20 year they had to start working while they were young. This meant that they haven't spent a romantic time together after the kids were born and now because he became rich and they don't have to work anymore they were on a journey to rekindle their love.

'Looks like I'm going to have a new brother or sister in a few years' Aron smiled as he thought about a new brother or sister. It didn't seem like it was that far away anyway, as now his parents were going everywhere together, their happy faces have also returned and they seemed to enjoy their lives now better than before.

...

For the one who said money doesn't buy happiness it seems like they just didn't have enough of it. Sun Tzu

Thought the ROB watching him play.

let's see how you will handle the difficulties coming your way

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH 𝒃𝙚𝒅𝒏𝙤𝙫𝒆𝒍．𝙘𝒐𝙢

The voice continued echoing in the void of space till it returned to it silence as if it didn't exist at all.

Bluffdale, Utah

Although the new NSA data center her was online but not all servers where used for the same purpose. Nearly half the data center was being used to test new program before they are approved for the NSA use.

Today the all the servers that where usually being used for testing new programs was fully booked for the whole of the next month.

The reason they booked it for the whole month is because they needed to fully make sure the program the will be testing be safe and harmless to their overall system.

Noah entered a room full of people in front of computers waiting for him with a hard drive on his hand. This room was directly connected to the servers that is used for testing. The hard drive had the program that is to be tested.

After he sat on his chair he took the hard drive and inserted it to the port and transferred the program to the server.

The moment it finished copying he removed it and put it aside to make if a problem happened to their servers they had something to check it first.

"Ok guys, the program is already in the server ready to start testing, I want everyone to focus, understood?" said Noah while standing and making sure everyone heard him and is focusing.

"This is the program that we suspect to be the one giving us a headache but it might also be something else, so make sure you look at the servers behaviors when we begin operation okay" doubled down while also emphasizing on the importance of it to them.

"YES" replied nearly everyone except the introverted ones who were just focusing on their screens looking at the servers parameters.

Noah sat down after being satisfied by their focus and decided to start the program and see if it could do what it promised.

...

"Holy fuck!" said some dude in the room while looking at his screen.

Because what was happening is nothing they expected a program to behave at all, the moment the program started it took control of the entire server and it started scrutinizing all the programs in the server's programs. the BugZapper started checking all the program in the serves for their weaknesses.

Although they could stop it from working but since they were testing it they decided to let it do its thing while monitoring whatever the server is experiencing.

The program (BugZapper) started operating the server to its full capability to reduce the waiting time for the program to finish its job faster.

After three hours of the servers being punished by the program, the program decided to spare the server by finishing it's work of looking through all the programs in the server.

During those 3 hours, it was a living hell for those who were doing the job of looking at the servers Realtime operational data. The reason is that, the server was made to test many programs at once without interfering with each other, another reason is that there is no program in their current program library that was capable of utilizing this server in its entirety because it was MASSIVE.

The exact capacity of the center is classified even to those in the NSA low access, but some estimates suggest it can handle and process up to **five zettabytes** of data. So, what kind of program do you think is capable of utilizing it to its fullest potential? To put that in perspective, if you had a 5 zettabytes of songs, you could listen to them for over 10 billion years! Now that is a long ass concert if you ask me.

Now imagine if your job is to analyze how a program utilized the server to its full capacity, yes that.(May god have mercy on you)

Now for the rest of it.

The moment BugZapper finished it's job, it started dumping pdf after pdf for every program that existed in the server

BugZapper has went through more than 100 heavy programs in just 3 hours.. These programs weren't just like those of Facebook and the like, they were massive programs that were meant to be able to utilize the massive amount of data they were collecting, so they needed massive infrastructure in their programs to be able to handle it, in return they had some bugs, i meant many.

This meant that, since they were heavy programs meant the amount of weaknesses were too much.

Have you ever seen a pdf with a size of 2GB or more with just words only. There was 45 of them here.

'We are fucked' That's what Noah was thinking when he looked at the number and size of the nearly a hundred pdf on the screen.

He chose the one with the smallest size of about 350MB to just look at the contents of the PDF. When he opened it he nearly fainted when he saw it had 15k pages meaning that if even the smallest one among them is 15k pages the largest will be the size of a library. 'Fuck NO' he thought as he started reading the documentation done by the program.

The more he read the brighter his face became, because nearly 10 pages were spent on explaining just one vulnerability , how to exploit it and how to solve it while going to the excruciating details of it. the moment he finished reading the first 100 pages he knew that they lucked out on finding this program.

So, he called her superior and informed her about their finding's.

when she heard the full explanation, she immediately suspended all the non-urgent projects and diverted all of the manpower to this project for them to look through all the PDF's by the end of the week,

After that they will prepare for presentation because she will have to present it to MR. president if what he said turns out to be true.

...

Somewhere in America.

"Comrade, where are you on the investigation on what happened to those social media companies" Asked a voice on the other side of the phone

"We are still looking through suspects Sir as the FBI & NSA seems to be on the lookout when it comes to this case and if we act rashly it might attract their attention to us" replied Vladmir.

"So, when will the report be ready?" Asked the voice calmly.

"Within three month the earlies if we don't want to alert the fed's and I'm working on converting someone in the FBI to our side by that time he will be ours and we will have their full investigation report in front of us" replied Vladmir with confidence.

"Okay stay in contact" said the voice

"Yes Sir!" Replied Vladmir and waited for the one on the other side to end the call.

After the phone call ended Vladmir left his FEDEX car and carried a box to deliver to its Adress and continue with his day to day work as Jimmy. 𝙗𝒆𝙙𝒏𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡.𝙣𝙚𝒕

...

Back at the NSA

while other where reading through the pdf documents the remaining few where trying to use BugZapper on the Chinese and Russian sensitive infrastructure that i currently online in order to have access to their full list of vulnerabilities.

That's when they encountered a problem and after a few tries they discovered what it was, They couldn't use BugZapper for anything online, they needed to have the source code of the entire program locally and in the same device as BugZapper for it to-do its magic.

This was also why the program only searched just over a hundred of the programs, as there were more than a thousand of uncomplete projects in the server but since they were incomplete BugZapper didn't even look at them.

This was the answer Aron came up after his talk with Sarah on how to prevent people using it as a tool to hack other people's programs and systems. While the original BugZapper could do its magic without having to be in the same device and only needing just the internet connection, the one that he was going to release commercially which an example of it is in the NSA's hand can't. Making it a tad more difficult to exploit the program to harm others.

That was one of the many new harm prevention measures he implemented into the commercial program. This can also be used as an advertisement method to reduce the fear of companies having their websites being breached by everyone and if a breach happened nonetheless, it can also be used to help narrow down the suspects in a much easier fashion than if it could be done through online from the other side of the globe.

pαndα`noν?1-сoМ And since they didn't know about the existence of the Original(More powerful) version, they can't force him to give it to them. This will help Aron by reducing the scrutiny he will receive from the government if they thought that is all they could get from him.

And also, since the program was written using the Prometheus++ it will take them discovering the language to be able to hack it and even if they discovered the language they will have to pass through the robust security measures Aron put throughout the way to get access the divine scripture(Source code).

Two weeks Later.

White house.

In the Oval room the National Security Committee was in a meeting to hear about the findings of their investigation on the app.

Usually things such as these are handled by their respective departments, and if the respective department project needed something outside their operative jurisdiction they all just have to settle it between them. But today's meeting was set due to the insistence of the DNI Director as he said it was capable of changing one of the branches in their current warfare. Hence the meeting was settled.

"Sir, after our short testing of the app, we managed to discover more than a million weaknesses on the current NSA systems and programs in our test servers." Said James Clapper (Director of National Intelligence) who is also the head of Intelligence Community.

He received a report and presentation from the NSA and he deemed it important for the National security of their country.

"When we installed the program in our test servers it started looking at the weaknesses of all the programs in the servers and after that it listed them, showed us how to find them and how to solve them."

"We followed the explanation of the program to the last letter and after that we failed to hack even the less secure program we had. If we implement it through the military and all our government online infrastructure could secure without having to worry about Russian, Chinese and other countries hacking attempts meaning we can focus on only developing programs without having to put too much time on the security of it, we can just run it through the BugZapper and it will show us its weaknesses and if we close them it will be secure enough, meaning we can redirect the funding to the development of other things. " finished his explanation while others were listening attentively.

"Have you tried to see if we could use it to hack adversary nations?" asked Obama after digesting the information given to him

"When we tried that the program couldn't do it because it needed the source code of the program to do it so we can't use it for offensive purposes, unless we have the complete source code of the program we wanted to do it" replied the James.

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"How fast and how much do we need to implement it to all our sensitive infrastructure?" asked Chuck Hagel (Secretary of Defense).

"We estimate that it will take about 2 months but for the price of the program we need to negotiate with the company that made the program. But we need to come to decisions fast because the company was preparing for commercial release of this program and they decided to inform us so that it doesn't negatively impact us if it was released without our preparation" Answered James and continued

"But if we want to implement it to our entire sensitive infrastructure we would need to pay them at least 10 billion" finished talking James.

"What if we share the cost with our NATO allies?" asked Joe Biden, The vice president.

"Yes that makes sense, it will also keep us on their good sides," added Obama.

"Also because if they learned it when the company officially releases it to the market, it will make their responses unorganized since they will all be rushing to cover their own infrastructure's weaknesses but if we jointly do it the harm that will be caused will be reduced to the minimum." Said John Kerry (Secretary of State).

They continued to make their plan with more details.

The meeting continued for about 3 hours after it was completed they left with a small plan that is to be planned in more detail for the NATO wide implementation of the use of BugZapper in their important infrastructure.

They would have a meeting in 2 week's time and during that period the secretary of state would have to contact the related governments and plan for their joint implementation. This period will also be used to contact the company that made the program for their joint negotiation.

...

pαndα`noν?1-сoМ Sarah was in a meeting with the department that was currently dealing with the making of the server farm.

"So, what step are we in?" Asked Sarah.

"We have already completed the procurement of the location and we are on its final step of planning the renovation of it but we are waiting for the engineering firm to complete its redesigning of it" Answered the head of procurement department.

"When will the renovation be complete?"

"We expect it to be done within 3 month"

"What about the procurement of the machines and hardware's for the servers?"

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"We have already completed ordering them, but only a few of them have arrived and we have stored them in a warehouse we are currently renting. For those that haven't arrived we are expecting them to be delivered within the month" answered Dave the head of procurement department.

Sarah listened while shaking her head in acknowledgment, then she turned to the head of Human resources(HR).

"What about hiring? Is it going as planned" She asked.

"We are currently having problems when it comes to hiring experienced workers, since we don't have any positive reputation or any product in the industries." replied the head of HR

"For now just focus on hiring graduates that we can teach, we will start getting the experienced one when we release our program to the market" Replied Sarah by giving directions to the head of HR.

"Yes mam"

They continued the meeting about the preparation of the official release of BugZapper.

...

[

On August 19, NATO held a closed-door meeting in Brussels, the reason for which remains unknown to the public. The meeting was attended by high-level officials from NATO member countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, France, and Germany, among others.

Speculation ran rampant in the media and among international observers about the purpose of the meeting, with many suggesting that it may have been related to a developing crisis or security threat. However, NATO officials refused to comment on the nature of the discussions or the reason for the meeting's secrecy, leading to further speculation and uncertainty.

Despite the lack of information, many in the international community expressed concern about the closed-door nature of the meeting, with some criticizing NATO for potentially undermining its commitment to transparency and democratic principles. However, others argued that in certain situations, confidentiality may be necessary to facilitate frank and open discussions among high-level officials.

Ultimately, the true reason for the meeting remained shrouded in mystery, leaving many to wonder what was discussed behind closed doors and what implications it may have had for NATO and the international community as a whole.

]

This was the article that was released by the Newyork times a week after the meeting in the Oval Office.

this showed the efficiency of the secretary of state as usually thing like these meeting takes about a month to coordinate and prepare but since he said it was of outmost importance they managed to expedite the meeting day to just a week later.

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During the meeting the American representative explained about the program. this was one of the best endorsement a company could ever want. But while these meeting were happening Sarah and the company were still clueless about the agenda of the meeting and they were still waiting for the NSA's evaluation. ｂ𝚎ｄｎ𝚘ｖ𝚎𝚕．𝚘𝚛𝚐

The reason the government didn't inform them is because they wanted to have the joint agreement of the procurement of the program before they informed them.

This means they will also be met with unexpected situation and be unprepared making the government have a chance to secure a better deal due to their unpreparedness. But this was just a bullshit idea since the company could just postpone the negotiations due to the suddenness of it anyway.

The meeting ended with the countries joint agreement for a group procurement of the program but they also wanted to make the company nerf the version of the one that will be released for the public.

This was due to them wanting to have an edge when it comes to infrastructure security by making the enemy or non friendly countries use the commercially available version of the system.

But by wanting to make the company agree into doing this they came to an agreement of increase the amount they are willing to fork out.

After about a week of the closed door meetings they returned to their respective countries and began preparing for the implementation of the program after they come to an agreement with GAIA Technologies.

...

The company continued completing their available tasks while expecting an answer from the NSA about whether they will continue with the negotiation or not.

After about a month of waiting for the NSA to complete their review of the app they finally replied but the reply was nothing expected at all, although it was a positive one...

The email informed them that they have passed the assessment and they will be returning to the negotiation table, but they will be negotiating not as America but as Nato. So, they gave them a week of preparation time to prepare for the negotiations.

When Sarah read the email she was happy that they passed the assessment although she was sure they will, but she also felt the pressure of negotiating such a big contract for the first time.

So, she decided to attend the meeting but she will not be the head negotiator, that will be taken by the law Firm.

She will be a spectator and only agree to the deal if they come to an agreement. They must come to an agreement else they will be forced by the government to do so and she didn't want it to reach that place.

...

While the company was preparing for their meeting with the NATO team, Aron was finally ready to exact his revenge.

He was currently in his work room sitting in front of his computer ready to begin enacting his revenge.

'Let's see if you will have the same proud look if you lose everything you proud yourself having' was what he was thinking as he began to type in his computer beginning the first steps of making the professors life a living misery.

He first began by hacking the universities New's bulletin.

When he gained admin privilege of the site he started publishing the professors misdeed from him receiving bribe, writing recommendation letter to making rich kids pass and many more. He also added corresponding evidence to make the announcement fool proof.

After he completed writing the article, he timed it to be published in a week after today, as this was the second step of his many plans to break him step by step by taking everything from him.

Next he accessed the server where the contacts information of every student, teacher and anyone related to the university and programed it so that they will receive a notification the moment the article went live.

"Now, let's see how your wife will react to the news of you cheating on her" Aron said while smiling as he was sending her the intimate messages, pictures and videos between the professor and the secretary. Making sure that she understand beyond doubt that he was cheating on her no matter how dense she might be.

Removing his access to an influential helping hand, which was his wife. That's the reason of this step.

Him removing the professor's wife from the equation will mean that he doesn't have to fight against her influence to get to professor. And what way is better to remove her from equation than telling her that her husband is cheating on her.

Although Aron didn't know why her family or the professors wife was influential he didn't manage to find it from the internet even after he tried digging deeper he still found nothing as he didn't know how to even investigate someone online.

So he decided to remove her from the professor because, an enemy you know their abilities is better than the one you don't know.

After doing that he decided to punish the private investigator who was the one who found his information after being paid by the professor.

Although the man was just doing his job, he needed to pay as what he did caused a series of problems for Aron.

He went to the private investigator's website and after he gained access, he deleted all of the company's business data, email's and every bit of data they had on their servers and their backups making it so they will only have the information only if they had it offline somewhere.

This was all he did to the private investigator he didn't need to do more as this might even make their business bankrupt.

Now the only one who remained was the new scholarship head who approved his maximum interest rate in his payment.

he planned to deal with him after he moved to the second stage of the professor's revenge.

After he finished doing that he returned to his normal job as he was waiting for his plan to move.

Just as he was about to start working on increasing the security measure to BugZapper after he was inspired from hacking the sites someone opened the door and spoke to him making him stop his work.

"Brother can you take me to the super market?" is what his younger brother Henry asked.

Aron turned to him and asked "For what?".

"I need some material for my homework"

"Isn't mother at home?" Asked Aron trying to push the job to his mother.

"Mom went out with dad again today" Replied Henry

"Again..?... Argh okay let's go" stood Aron as he gave up. Although he was happy about their parents spending time together, they were to euthanasic about it as if they were trying to compensate for the time they lost when they were looking after them. So, he was pretty sure someone new will join their family soon.

His younger brother Henry was too happy to go with him because he can ask him to buy him anything and he will end up agreeing to it while his mother will deny it if it useless.

After a short preparation they went down to the garage and took the car and left for the market to buy homework material.

ραпdα n?νa| сom ...

A week after Sarah and the company was informed about the meeting with NATO representatives the day finally arrived and they could be seen sitting in a conference where each side of the long table was taken by each of them.

"Welcome, we really didn't expect the situation to escalate this much" said Sarah as she started the meeting with small talks.

"When the US called for an emergency meeting with the NATO members we also didn't know that there was something this detrimental to our security being prepared for public release." replied the representative of NATO. showing a little bit of displeasure but he managed to hide it faster before many of the people in the room noticed it

Sarah and the senior law firm member managed to catch it by they decided to not bring it up.

"We would have moved to other allied countries after we implemented it with the US government by then we would have someone to point as an example making it easier to persuade your countries but who knew that the government became our sales person" Said Sarah she was smiling feeling happy that the government saved them a lot of time.

"Now let's get to the main topic shall we" Said the senior member of the law firm as he knew if he let them continue to divert the main topic they might cause some problems before they even begin the negotiations.

"Yes, the faster we come to an agreement the faster we can implement it. " agreed the NATO representative and continued "So, After being informed by the US government we as NATO came to an agreement of buying the right to the program as a group and paying it as one entity for the countries involved, also we would like to request for the public version of the program to be less powerful than the one we will receive. As for the price it can be negotiated if the above conditions are agreed." 𝘣𝘦𝘥𝘯𝘰𝑣𝘦𝘭.𝘰𝘳𝘨

Sarah shook her head after hearing their demands and replied "Nerfing the program is technically impossible for now as the program is a Blackbox technology, It was created using machine learning meaning it taught itself so we dent know how it works as we are still trying to dissect it.". or that is what Aron told her to tell them if they asked for this same thing.

Aron wanted it to remain the same because he didn't want any country to have any advantage, as it may lead to him being put in danger if they ended up pursuing the original version(meaning the current version if they release a nerfed version to the public).

"As for you paying as a single entity it's not a problem as long as you factor in the amount of courtiers that will be using the program under the single payment. meaning we will count every NATO member as a customer and price them according to their infrastructure and add it up to come up with a single price but since you are our first customer we will give you a 20% discount for it" Added the senior lawyer from the company law firm

"So have you done calculating the estimated amount?" Asked the NATO representative.

"After we factored in everything including the discount, the amount comes to 10.5 Billion Dolar" Answered the Lawyer.

But that price was bulshit. There was no discount in the first place every country was expected to pay about $375million dollars if you divide it by NATO member(28) but if it was a stand-alone price the US would have had to cough about 2.5Billion Dollars for it.

The reasoning to it was that if they paid, they will have bought the program's license for life meaning unless they released a new and better then they might have to pay a little for the upgrade but it won't happen anyway.

"That's higher that we expected" Said the NATO representative making a frown face. But he was lying they expected to cough at least 15 billion for lifetime license, but who said he shouldn't try to bargain the price right.

With that they continued haggling back and forth between the NATO and GAIA representative, this time Sarah was quiet as she left their representative represent them as he was more experienced when it came to haggling.

The negotiations ended on a positive note as they promised to reply to them with in the week.

Sarah was relieved the negotiation went better than she expected. what she didn't know was that NATO by itself was desperate for the program because they were almost always dealing with Chinese, Russian and many other non-friendly countries hacking attempts.

Them having the program will make the weight of dealing with these problem's a little bit easier and it will help them divert the resources in developing more sophisticated programs that will be helping them.

Sarah returned to dealing with her work, as it continued piling even though they haven't released the program yet.

...

Aron continued completing his daily quest but last month he suddenly gained a massive amount of sp. This coincided with the day after the NSA took the program for evaluation. 𝒃𝙚𝙙𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝒍.𝒐𝙧𝒈

At first he expected the sp amount to continue being reduced if the program continued being used but since the programs that were tested in the NSA server were massive and from a different category, the system counted them differently from the social media scanning's it did before. So, he earned about 150,000sp in total.

Currently he had a total of [195,600sp]

With the amount he had he could buy a few cheap thing from the system. Although they were deemed worthless by the system, if they are released to the world they would be deemed a great leap from current technology.

While he had the sp amount needed to buy something from the store, he didn't need to rush buying random things from the store, but another reason for it is that he needed to finish his revenge and remove the clot in his heart in order to continue with his life without the anger e felt toward anyone.

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That was why he finally started his revenge he was pushing behind in the beginning.

...

In Some heavily guarded mansion somewhere.

Rina Noga Yehonatan Stav Rothschild Woke up and found herself alone in the bed. this has become a usual thing to her, as her husband started distancing himself from her for about a few years now.

Although it was arranged married, it was did not work between them as the arranger of it is someone she hate to the bone.

it was orchestrated by her brother as his revenge to her for joining the inheritance war between siblings. And since he won she couldn't go against it, because if she does she would be removed herself from having any position in the family at all.

It's old fashion but they keep it as it worked in the past they expect it to work in the future too. As they said: if it ain't broke, don't fix it (Sun Tzu)

She decided to not rebel against it because her chances weren't null yet. This is because although her brother was the next in line he wasn't the leader of the family yet.

This means he can be removed from there, but if he had already became the head she would have denied the marriage as she would have no chance at all.

So, she sacrificed her marriage life for a slim chance to remove her brother from the seat and take his place as the family head.

Although she kept trying to find ways to leave the marriage, she couldn't divorce her husband without any reason as she needed a powerful reason to convince her family to allow it.

She even hired some private investigator to find anything that could result in divorce but she kept receiving nothing from them. She suspected that her brother was the one sabotaging her efforts but she didn't manage to find the evidence for it.

After she finished cleaning herself, she ate breakfast and headed to her work room. Although they have offices in wall street and many locations where she could go for work, she preferred working at home in her cozy working room. This didn't cause any problem as her secretary was there to do the coordination and communication so she didn't feel the difference at all.

Though she visits the company she was responsible for randomly for inspections or important board meetings, but still they were few of them in a year so most of the time is spent at home.

After she entered the work room(office) she started reading from the pile of papers that were currently on her table.

After three hours of reading through and signing them, she finally finished and she decided to move to her computer. Although other's usually start their works by reding emails she didn't have to do that because if it is important her secretary would have informed her of it.

Another reason for that is that not many people have her email address, so she almost didn't receive any email's most of the time. This reduced the importance of her looking through the computer as all the important documents are printed and presented to her by her secretary.

When she opened her email she expected the always empty inbox, but contrary to it she found a new email with a very intruding headline.

[

Subject: Your husband is cheating on you

Dear Rina Rona Rothschild,

I am reaching out to you with great sadness. I have some information that I believe you should know. This is a delicate matter, and I understand that it may be challenging to hear, but I believe that it is important that you are aware of what has been happening in your life.

I have learned that your husband, has been unfaithful to you for several years. I am deeply sorry to be the one to have to tell you this. However, I feel that you have a right to know the truth.

Please understand that this information is being shared with you out of concern for your well-being and not to cause you any pain. I understand that this is a difficult time for you, and I am here to offer my support in any way that I can.

Here is the evidence to support it

Attachment : proof size(15GB)

Take care, and In the future I might need your help, hope you remember this..

Sincerely,

]

Although the information was what she really needed, what surprised her was that the sender knew her full name including the middle one. This came as Suprise to her because the list of people who knew her didn't exceed even 50 and almost all of them where from her family.

Another reason for being surprised is because, she knew that no one from the family will help her finding these evidences, if it meant going against the next head of the family her brother.

'Then is he someone outside the family who informed me, but how did he even find my email?' she asked herself, as she waited for the attachment file to finish downloading in order to take a look at the evidence.

"It doesn't matter anyway, but if the evidence gives me the proof I need I will help you if you ever ask for it" she said as she clicked the WinRAR folder.

When she was about to click the move to folder button a popup appeared written [Upgrade to WinRAR premium to support us.] she clicked x to close it and continued to click on the move to folder button.

she waited about 30 seconds for it to be moved to the ne folder after it completed she immediately opened the folder to finally look at the evidence.

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When she opened the folder she gasped at the amount of different files.

[(CHEAING PROOF)

THE PEOPLE HE CHEATED WITH LIST & THEIR

PICTURES FOLDER

VIDEO FOLDER

AUDIO FOLDER

MESSAGES FOLDER

EMAILS FOLDER

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]

When she opened the pdf titled (THE PEOPLE HE CHEATED WITH LIST & THEIR ) A list appeared Infront of her that had more than 18 women's with their full information. This impressed her but not too much as she could find anyone's information as long as she knew his or her name. But something caught her attention, at the beginning of every woman there was a tag #01 it was different for every woman, so she decided to go to the folder and paste it to the in folder search place.

The moment she clicked enter all the information labeled with #01 from all the folders appeared in front of her:

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#01 picture

#01 picture

#01 picture

#01 picture

#01 picture

#01 picture

#01 picture

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#01 video

#01 video

#01 video

#01 video

#01 video

.

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#01 Audio 3

#01 Audio 3

#01 Audio 3

#01 Audio 3

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#01 Audio 3

#01 (size 275mb)

#01 (size 547mb)

]

She tried with the id of the second woman and a list with just her evidence appeared that's when she understood why the folder started with their persona information.

"With this amount of evidence I won't have to worry my brother being against it unless he wants to humiliate the families reputation" she said as she started reading the evidence.

She will use this evidence as a reason for her seeking a divorce, if they deny it 'although they won't' she will just threaten to release it to the public and just humiliate the family.

...

She was rich but even she didn't have a premium WinRAR, I wonder how the company stayed Alive

Although it has been months, professor Rottem was still trying to regain his reputation in the circle.

It wasn't working because her wife stopped helping her. 𝙗𝙚𝒅𝒏𝙤𝙫𝙚𝒍.𝒐𝙧𝙜

"That bitch, If it wasn't for her brother I would have slapped the shit out of her" shouted Rottem in his office as he reached the tipping point.

Although he shouted that but he knew the moment he rose his hand to her he is considered dead.

"I mean you can't divorce me even if you want, it's not like I wanted to marry you anyway. Your fucking brother forced me. FUCK!" he continued shouting.

His secretary (also a cheating partner) entered the room due to hearing him shouting from the outside.

"What's wrong with you, why are shouting from nowhere? you are attracting too much attention" Said the secretary.

"It's my office so who cares"

the secretary rolled her eyes in a giving up way and said "They still think that you are still traumatized from the presentation".

Rottem release a sigh then said "I could have moved away from it but that bitch doesn't want to help me"

"But why did she even help you in the first place?" she asked

"I don't know why, but now that I think about it, it seems like she knew about the mistake in the thesis and she wanted to embarrass me in front of those reputable people in the industry to use it as a ground for divorce" said Rottem as he was contemplating he became more sure by the second after he realized it.

"Why would she do that?" asked the secretary in confusion as she didn't understand why.

"As you know, we didn't get married because of we loved each other it was arranged married by her brother" he replied and paused a little.

"Mh.." secretary did this to show that she was listening and he can continue with his explanation.

"And since she couldn't deny the marriage she needed to find legitimate ways to annul the marriage." he continued with his explanation "But since she didn't manage to find evidence of me cheating on her she decided to go on the root of using my incompetence being a stain in the family as the ground for divorce" finished explaining as he started getting angrier by the second.

"You are pretty sloppy in hiding it anyway. so, why couldn't she find the evidence?" the curious secretary asked.

"Her brother seems to be blocking her attempts of getting the evidence" he replied while giving her the side eye for calling him sloppy.

"Okay it's up to you, but keep your voice down you are embarrassing yourself to your students and colleagues" the secretary said and started leaving the office to avoid having him exploding on her as she really liked the salary for her job and his money.

After the secretary left the office he returned back to doing his jobs.

Although he was informed that Aron has paid his dept in full but after he rehired the private investigator he didn't manage to find anything much because due to Aron having too much money in his account its information was more secured so he couldn't find any more information about it.

So, his conclusion was that he took a private loan with an interest rate a little bit lower than the fifteen percent he made him have.

This still made him happy because it meant that he was still in debt and he wasn't going to overcome it any time soon.

The reason he redirect his revenge to Aron, is because he couldn't vent it to his wife living only him as a choice.

Just as he was about to continue relieve the happy mood he has when he remembers that he was the one who destroyed someone's bright future, a phone call interrupted it.

"Who the FUCK is this?" he shouted as he picked the phone without looking at the caller on the phone. He could do that because if it was important, it would have gone through his secretary and not directly to his phone.

So, he decided to vent the anger to the one on the other side of the phone.

"I called to inform you that there will be a family dinner and you, as madam's husband is expected to attend it. Also the head of the family is going to attend it" Said the voice on the other side of the phone without stooping or breaking his or her voice, showing that he or she was neither scarred nor sorry about disturbing him in his leisure time at all.

Just as he was about to continue his bantering, the call was ended by the caller before he even started forming the words.

When he realized the call was ended, in his anger he punted the office phone to the other side of the room while shouting in anger "Who the FUCK do you think you are to call me and end the call whenever the fuck you want, Although I might not be from an important member in my family to the point they threw me to marry that fucking BITCH for the sake of some FUCKING false connection that they could abandon anytime, I'm still a member of the Fucking Morgan family. SHOW SOME FUCKING RESPECT"

Yes, he comes from another powerful family but since he was from the branch family they sacrificed him to the Rothschild's for the sake of some agreement.

Normally he would have married some random member from the Rothschild's branch family but due to his wife's brother interference he made her marry him the moment she lost the inheritance war as his revenge to her because he knew that if she wanted to continue having a chance in the future she couldn't deny him, hence the marriage.

That's why he accepts bribe because he needed money to avoid his wife finding out where he spends his money from his financial statements. This prevented his wife from using the money trail to know where he spends his time or his cheating locations for proof.

After trashing a few things in his office out of anger he calmed down a little and sat in his chair to start pondering the reason why they called for the dinner. Usually when there is a full family dinner it means that there is an important topic to be discussed.

"If it was about the thesis this would have taken a few months ago, so what is the purpose for it?" He said as he started contemplating for the reason.

When he couldn't come up with one, he decided to take out his phone and opened the contacts to find out his wife's phone number, he hovered above the call button and contemplated whether it was worth to hear that bitch's voice just to satisfy his curiosity, In the end he decided against it and returned the phone to his pocket.

"Since it's not about me there is no need to know anyway, so fuck it" Said the man unknowing of his upcoming fate. Narrated someone in the void of somewhere.

...

That evening somewhere in California's quiet location where the rich build their mansion there was a wall that seemed endless, it was covered by electric fences and security cameras after every hundred meters.

This was also followed by patrol cars that went around the wall every thirty minutes.

At the center of the giant, empty but walled forest there was a large mansion that could be seen lit by lights making it be seen from everywhere. Usually the house is calm but today, rows and rows of car kept coming one after another endlessly.

ραпdα n?νa| сom One by one, the main branch family members arrived to the mansion earlier than the planned meeting time, due to them wanting to be there before the family head arrived.

Lastly the family head arrived in a long luxurious limo escorted by a security car from the front and behind filled with fully armed bodyguards, if you ignore the noise being caused by the people on the lawn you could hear a helicopter going around the forest making sure no one could sneak in.

The moment he came out of the limo, the surrounding people become quiet and formed a corridor by standing on two lines to wait for the family head to pass through for them to great him and show their respects.

After greetings everyone moved to the dining room for the food while hiding their nervousness as they didn't know the reason for the sudden meeting today. Even after they asked around, they found out that no one knew the reason for the meeting at all.

This was the beginning of the hell for some dude who attended the meeting and was acting as gently as a sheep unlike how he was when he was told he would have to attend. May he survive through it with strong mind.

...

The family mansion glimmered in the moonlight as guests arrived for a dinner like no other. The opulent estate was a sight to behold, with its grand entrance and immaculate gardens. The evening promised to be one of exquisite taste and extravagance, with no expense spared in the preparations.

The dining room was adorned with the finest linens, crystal glassware, and silver cutlery, all carefully arranged to perfection. As the family members took their seats at the table, they were greeted by the tantalizing aroma of the sumptuous feast that awaited them.

It was clear that no detail had been overlooked in creating a dining experience that would leave a lasting impression on all who attended. This was to be a meal fit for royalty, served in the grandest of settings, and enjoyed by the most discerning of palates.

But despite the beautifulness and grandeur of it, no one seemed to be too hyped up for the food as most of them couldn't enjoy the food due to their nervousness.

Although they had elite education since childhood they couldn't keep up the pretense when the family head was on the same table with them. They looked at him nervously with mixed emotions on their face, respect and fear could be described to be the most prevalent one.

"Father how have you been doing these days?" Asked the next head of the family.

He was the next head of the family's massive business empire and his name is Arieh Noga Yehonatan Stav Rothschild.

He was among the few on the dinner table who could keep their calm, the other one was his younger sister who she won against.

His father ignored him and continued enjoying his food. No one considered it an awkward moment as they knew that the family head dislike having small talks. So, Arieh brought this on himself because he wanted to put himself in that matter is due to want to be seen as a caring person by his father and the head of the family.

The meal continued and no one tried talking to the head of the family anymore, but they talked between each other albeit quietly to not attract attention.

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After the meal the table was cleaned by house servants everyone gathered on the table again for the meeting to start. After everyone sat down, one of the servant went to inform the family head in his room that everyone was waiting for him for the meeting to start.

When the family came from his room and sat down he took a deep breath and said "Let's start the meeting" while looking at his daughter Rina implying that she was the one who called for the meeting.

This came as a Suprise to his brother as he expected her to be quiet until she finds a way to escape her marriage.

'Did she find evidence about it?' Arieh asked himself in his mind.

'No, she couldn't have found them as I worked my ass to keep them covered' Reassured himself after a few seconds of thinking.

This was all blew to the wind when the first words her sister said was "I want to divorce Rottem".

"You know that you can't just do that, right?" He jumped right to it to break down any momentum she could have gained from that sentence.

"I can, if I have evidence to substantiate it" She replied while focusing on her father and ignoring him.

"You need to give us evidence before the meeting so that we can prepare for it" His brother cut right in without waiting for his father's reply, though usually smart he loses his mind when it comes to arguing with her sister, hence all these shitty blunders. 𝒃𝙚𝙙𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡．𝙘𝙤𝙢

"To give you them for what, so that you can make it seem fake?" She replied after getting fed up with him messing with her plan to have her father agree to her presenting her evidence for it.

Their father just sat there quietly listening to them bantering. Then he suddenly coughed to shut them up the said while looking at his daughter in a heavy voice "You know that you need to have good evidence to make our family agree to tarnishing our names for the divorce right?"

When his brother heard their father saying that, he knew his chances of preventing her from even continuing has failed.

ραпdα n?νa| сom The reason he made her sister marry Rottem is because he knew that in their family if you want to have a divorce you have to present it to the family and they need conclusive evidence for them to agree to you divorcing. because to them having a divorce was a great shame to them this was why he kept preventing her sister from finding any evidence of his husbands misdeeds.

You may ask why didn't he just threaten Rottem to stop him from cheating. If he did that, Rottem would have found that his brother was worried about his sister finding out and being too desperate that he would have used it as blackmail material.

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He couldn't just kill him either, as that would mean a war between families. It doesn't matter how insignificant Rottem was to the Morgan family, Just the act of killing him meant that you don't think of them as a threat to you, and Although they were not as powerful as them(Rothschild's) in some aspects they had more power in other places and that might come and bite them in the ass. Hence the reason he is alive.

Also it would mean her sister will be free as her husband will be dead.

"Yes Father I do know that, that's why I found a concrete evidence to make it so that not only will our reputation not be smeared but it will also give us a small card against the morgans albeit he is not important to them" she said while looking at her husband.

Her father nodded meaning that she can begin the explanation.

When She got the confirmation from her father, she turned to one of the servant and nodded making the servant leave the room and return with a projector.

When the servant entered the room with the projector, the other servants went ahead and started helping him set thing up.

After they finished setting the projector up, she headed to the computer on the table and took out a USB from her pocket and inserted it.

...

Rottem side of view

'The food was good but why the fuck do they have to make me come here every fucking meeting, even though they won't allow me to talk anyway' Thought Rottem as he was seated the farthest from the family head.

He complained because the seating in these meeting's is planned based on their hierarchy on the family. starting from the family head, followed by Arieh, then his wife and so on, this continued until it reached him the last one.

He was calm because he was sure it was not important to him, but this calmness disappeared the moment the bitch said "I want to divorce Rottem".

'That bitch is uttering nonsense again' he thought because he knew that although the family knows that they don't even like each other, they can't just divorce due to it. You need reasonable explanation for it to be allowed. And know that they barely allow it even in those circumstances, as you needed concrete evidence to prove it and he was sure she doesn't have any, because he wasn't caught for years since he started doing it.

'Looks like this night is going to be a good one for Arieh.' he thought due to knowing that she most likely didn't have evidence and her brother would cook her for the mistakes, as he never wastes any opportunity to undermine his sister.

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His expression remained neutral but inside it could only be described as euphoria. This was due to the bliss he was having, as he expected the bitch to be shot down for requesting to divorce him and having a chance to see her reaction.

He didn't want divorce her because, him marrying her not only elevated his position in his family a little bit higher but also since he could have everything he is not getting from his wife through other means, he felt that he is not missing on anything other than consummation with the bitch.

So he continued watching the show as the expectation of it nearly busted from him, but he suddenly scrunched his face due to what he was seeing in front of his eyes.

'FUCK' is the first thing that came up in his mind due to what he saw.

The gravity of the situation started sinking, becoming darker than a blackhole by the second due to the evidence the bitch was providing and the eyes of disgust coming from the family members in the room.

"Where did that bitch find that information" as his mouth blurted those words, his eyes widened in horror due to his brain understanding what he just said with a little bit of ping.

It was at this moment that he knew... HE fucked up.

The family head turned to him with eyes that said you are fucked now, but he didn't linger his gaze for longer as he turned to the guards who nodded their heads and headed to him and started to drag him out of the room.

He struggled to shout to try to defend himself but it fell on deaf ears as everyone returned their eyes to the projected material on the screen.

As he was thrown out of the room the euphoria in his face replaced by the fear of what is to come, he prayed that the earth split and swallow him as a whole to save him from it.

Inside the bedroom Rottem could be seen sitting on the side of the bed with both his hands supporting his head while using the knees and laps as the foundation.

he was currently shaking albeit slowly as he remembered the last word he heard from his wife's family head.

The moment he was shown the evidence he knew even if he tried to defend himself as they had everything backing them up from the device, time and locations they were sent from to the receivers Ip address.

Even he as a computer engineer, was having a headache how she even managed to collect them as he remembered changing his phone quite a few times.

pαndα`noν?1-сoМ After a few hours spent thinking, he came up with the only reasonable explanation he could think of. 𝗯𝐞𝗱𝐧𝐨𝘃𝐞𝐥.𝗼𝗿𝐠

Which was that, someone managed to trace everything by using just his phone number and email as the anchoring point and tracing the strings from there.

Although the idea seemed plausible, if he tried executing it he would fail at the first step, so he just equated it to the capabilities of the Rothschild's families security teams masterwork and with that he gave up thinking of how they even did it.

Now he started thinking how the Morgans would react to it. He expected that he will be disavowed by the family due to this blunder.

This realization came to him like crashing to the sun.

Although him having a divorce might mean nothing to the morgans, they will need to keep the appearance of wanting to continue the little peace they managed to negotiate with the Rothschilds, which was finalized by his marriage.

The morgans needed to keep this pretense as long as they can, due to them still having not recovered to their previous state due to their last financial war with the Rothschild's that led to the 08 financial crisis.

It dealt a heavy blow to them.

This gave him a 100% certainty that he will be abandoned by the family and be considered as a small price to pay for peace.

'At least they will not take everything from me, they will consider it as the payment for serving them' Thought Rottem as he expected his family to not take anything from him but just not support him on any of his future endeavors.

What calmed him down the most was that, to the outside world he was still a professor of the famous Columbia university, Meaning that he could still earn money albeit small compared to his previous earnings.

He could still subsidize them with the usual bribes he was used to taking, so the only thing he will be missing will be his family's backing only.

'At least I will be free from their control from now on' he tried to console himself by trying to spin it as a positive thing.

'I will just be a normal professor, meaning I will not have anyone watching my back anymore.' He added delusion on top of delusion.

'Plus I won't have to see the bitch's face anymore.' He broke into a creepy smile at the thought of it.

After spending more than half an hour trying to re-earn his confidence, he needed to vent the frustration, so he took the phone from the bed side and called his mistress.

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"Hello, who is this?" A sleepy voice came from the other side of the phone.

"I'm coming to your house, prepare yourself" He started talking without waiting for the sleepy head secretary to fully wake up.

"I'm sleepy, can we do it tomorrow?" Asked the secretary knowing that if he comes she won't be sleeping anytime soon.

As the secretary was waiting for the answer after trying to convey that she was tired, what she received was a sound of the call ending. Meaning the moment he said he was coming he didn't even wait for her answer.

'This fucker' Thought the secretary as she left the bed and went to the bathroom to prepare to welcome him. But this was followed with some very inventive slurs from her side, he should be thankfully he couldn't hear them, else it might break his mind.

They were as deadly as infohazard could be.

...

Somewhere in America.

Two Russians could be seen sitting in an obscured bench in a park.

One of them had a dong while the other one had a beard and could be seen reading a newspaper to attract too much attention.

"What did you find out about the NATO's last meeting" asked the one reading a gazette.

"From our moles we didn't learn too much as it is still confidential, but they managed to find out that a week after the NATO meeting, a team of representative from NATO arrived in the US" replied the other man as he pat the dog making it shake its tail from happiness.

"Doesn't that happen when NATO need's to negotiate with the US?"

"NO, this time is different, a day after they arrived they headed to a small company for a meeting with them."

"What does that company deal with?" Asked the bearded man while flipping to the next page in the newspaper.

"A short investigation revealed that it deals with technology but since they haven't still released any product we couldn't find out for sure what it is. But we found out that, a month after they were registered they contacted the FBI, CIA and many other agencies for cooperation. This made those agencies have a back and forth between them but it stopped at once when the NSA made its move." The man stopped to try and remove his dog from him as it was licking his face.

He removed the rope from its neck and set it free to go and roam around the park, while he returned to continue with his explanation.

"After the NSA intervened all Agencies stopped their meetings at once, This continued until about a month and a half later... there was an emergency NATO meeting. From our mole in the inside we learned that it was about some security program or something similar to that." he finished explaining to the bearded man.

"You suspect that it has something to do with the NATO having emergency meeting?" asked the bearded man.

"There is more from where that came from, we also suspect that they are behind the social media's security update issue we couldn't solve" Added the dog's human.

When the bearded man heard the words he stopped looking at his newspaper and turned to the other man with a look of surprise and asked "What connects them? You said the company was found for only about 3 months and that situation is nearly 4 months old"

"When we investigated the social media companies we found out there was a law firm that contacted them for their security problems, and after combing through the cctv's footage's we found out which law firm was it. But by the time we found it, it was already bought by GAIA technology which is the same company as the one having the meeting with NATO guys. that's where our suspiciousness comes from" explained the man

"Continue keeping an eye on the company, also find out who the owner is and everything there is to know about the company. understood?" Said the bearded man while closing the newspaper and standing from the Anti homeless bench, then he left without waiting for an answer.

The remaining guy just looked a the direction the bearded man left, then he called his dog and left for the other side of the road.

...

"STOOOP you are hurting me" Shouted the secretary in desperation while looking messed up and bruised.

The professor wasn't gentle at all, he kept slapping and banging her body to the wall like pillow or something, causing her to have bruises all over her body.

"Shut up you bitch" Said Rottem as he slapped the back of her head making her fall to the floor, He didn't care and continued doing his thing while imagining his ex-wife's face on the secretary, making him Fuck her harder like she wanted to break her or something.

The secretary begged him to stop, but the more she begged the more he saw the bitch's face on her, making him go harder than before.

This continue for about half an hour, until she started bleeding from down there and fainted, only then did he come to himself and stopped what he was doing.

He just stood and headed to the bathroom while angry, not to himself but to the secretary for dirtying his body with blood and ruining his fun.

After he took shower he just took some money from his wallet and threw it on the bed, making it rain.

Then he left without even looking if she was doing alright or not, as he was not done venting, he was heading to whore house or something similar to it to continue his venting.

...

10 minutes after he left the secretary woke up, she just stayed there for about 5 minutes contemplating why her life was like this.

This contemplation continued a little more until she stood from the bed and headed to the watch on the wall that was blinking red if you look at it carefully.

She took a longtime as whole body was in too much pain, but she managed to reach it and take it down, then she returned to her bed.

"Hope this will save me from doing this anymore" she said as she shed tears feeling bad for herself.

She opened the back of the watch to remove the flash drive that was inserted there to save the videos.

'With this that man will end my miserable life' She smiled at the thought of not having to give her body to earn something anymore.

Although the man said he just needed an evidence to incriminate the scumbag Rottem, nothing beats sexual assaulting and raping your assistant when it comes to destroying someone's life.

She smiled at the thought of it.

And with that the final piece of his downfall was completed, what remained was the domino of pieces to start falling.

It took Rottem two days for him to return to his soon not to be home, when he entered the house he found that his bags have been packed and placed on the opening after the entrance.

He knew who could make the servant do this, but since he planned on leaving the house in a week anyway he decided to leave today, since they already packed his stuffs already. why waste more time right.

He called for the servants and ordered them to put his luggage's in the car.

Although the servants complained due to him no longer being a member of the family, they decided to just shut up and done with it ,they considered it as a goodbye service.

He left the house for the last time and headed to a 3-star hotel to start his stay there for a short time, while he looked for a house that suited his taste.

He was happy that he was free and his 2 day freedom gave him euphoria as he didn't have to worry about anyone anymore.

He felt excited to continue having this feeling for the foreseeable future.

ραпdα n?νa| сom ...

GAIA Technologies HQ.

Sarah could be seen sitting in her office reading a pile of documents the size of dictionary.

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"Our agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) is done, meaning we can now host our subscription services through them, just like Netflix" she signed the document that had the webservice agreement on it and moved to the next documents.

Just as she was about to read the next document her office call interrupted her momentum.

"Hello mam" Said the secretary.

"What is it?" Asked Sarah as she remembered that, she told her secretary to call her instead of just entering the room and break her focus.

"We received a call from the legal team, they told us that the NATO representative have agreed to our demand and would like to sign it as soon as possible"

"Good, tell the legal team to proceed with the necessary preparations I will handle the rest." Replied Sarah while smiling as she was happy to have managed to complete her first billion dollar contract without having too much of a problem.

She immediately took her phone and called Aron to share the good news with his friend and owner of the company.

"Sarah, what is it?" Asked Aron on the other side of the phone.

"So I can't call you to just talk now? is it" Sarah teased Aron.

"When I did that in the past ,you said I should not call you during work hours. That's why I was wondering what came in you to call me."

"I called you to inform about our deal with NATO" Sarah went to the topic directly as it was her work hours.

"Thay agreed?"

"Yes they did" Replied Sarah without hiding her happiness.

"That was fast, it seems they are that desperate, right?"

"Yeah it seems so, as it took them only 3 days to come to a decision. Maybe we came with a solution right when they needed it" Agreed Sarah with Aron's speculation's.

"So, when are you planning to come to the signing of the agreement?" Sarah asked Aron.

"What do you mean, aren't you the CEO? why do you need me there?" confusion could be heard in his voice.

"You don't want to attend the signing agreement? shouldn't it be as important to you as it is to me?" Asked Sarah as she expected him to agree immediately.

"Currently I'm dealing with something important, but if the signing is next week, I can manage to attend it. So when is the signing day?"

"I will set it for next week Thursday make sure you attend it, okay?"

"I will make sure I'm there, see you" Aron agreed to the day and bid her farewell.

"See you too" replied Sarah and ended the phone call.

Then she called her secretary to inform them about setting the agreement signing day to be of the next week's Thursday. After giving her instructions, she returned to her daily work.

...

Rachael: I have what you want. You will keep your promise right?

Aron: Don't worry I will keep mine if you keep your

Rachael: I'm sending you the footage of it.

Aron: Sure.

Rachael: 4 (size 45mb)

Aron: Let me take a look at it.

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3 minutes later

Rachael: Are you done watching?

Aron: What is this? why did you do that?, I said I need evidence to incriminate him not have yourself nearly killed.

Rachael: You said the better evidence the better the pay.

Aron: But this is too much. why did you allow him.

Rachael: I needed that money if I'm going to leave him

Aron: Anyway, keep the footage until I tell you to use it.

Rachael: Okay, So when are you going to send me the money.

Aron: If I send it now it can be used as evidence of conspiracy. So, I will wire small amount now and the remaining after the case. But if you have an account that is not in your name, I can send the full payment to you using that account.

Rachael: How about ? if I use someone else's phone number.

Aron: Sure, Send me the email so that I can transfer the payment to you.

Rachael:

Aron: Sure let me send it.

Aron transferred a $1.5million dollar from his bank account to his 's one. Then he sent half of it, as the first payment the rest he will send it just after she finished what he needed her to do.

Aron: I sent half of it, did you receive it?

Rachael: Yes. THANK YOU

Aron: The rest will be sent when we finish our agreement and for now go to the hospital to have a doctor's report as it can be used as evidence of assault.

Rachael: I have already done that yesterday.

Aron: Okay then.

With that the conversation between Aron and Rachael (the professors secretary) came to an end.

This plan was started when Aron needed to punish the professor using law, but if he wanted to use his evidence, they might state that it was a stolen information and can't be used as evidence in court.

But for all that to even begin someone needed to sue him or the prosecutor general take the case to even begin.

After a few minutes of thinking he remembered the secretary that was cheating with the professor.

He contacted her and told her that the professors career is about to come to an end. when she didn't believe him, he sent her some of the soon to be released evidence that will turn his words from rumor to facts.

After he convinced her, he gave her a way out, as he knew that he was with the professor not because of love but because of his money. He promised to pay her based on any evidence she could provide that could incriminate the professor, but the minimum payment was $100,000dollar

When he promised her that he didn't expect to use herself as the evidence. But after he spent a few minutes feeling bad, he reminded himself that she is the one that took this choice herself, so this eased his guilt a little bit.

This is also a reason why he decided to pay her a total of 1.5 million to remove his remaining guilt.

But after a small moment of thinking he found that he could use this as a 2 plus 1 blow.

He will make the secretary sue the professor for rape, which in return will make the professor emotionally damaged, due to betrayal and since there is video evidence backing the claim of her pleading for him to stop but him continuing with the act, he will be sent to jail for certainty and or be made to pay her massive compensation.

When all that is taken care he will pay the remaining money to her and allow him to finally soothe his anger.

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He returned to continue with his work.

...

A day after moving into the hotel he finally started going to the university.

He finally started taking his teaching job seriously as it was now his only way to earn money, either through bribes from rich student's parents or through his salary.

When he returned to the university, he was informed that Rachael has taken a sick leave and won't be coming to the university for about a week.

This reminded of what condition he left her, making him know he was the reason for it.

Instead of feeing remorse, he felt proud of himself.

Why should he feel sorry for being a great lover, contrary to it he felt proud of himself.

His delusion made him think that he fucked her till she needed to take a sick leave.

Monday next week.

Rottem left the hotel for the university, he had a lecture 2 hours later, this led to him leaving the hotel earlier than his normal time.

...

"In conclusion, processors are a vital component of modern computing, and they come in many different configurations to meet diverse computing needs."

With that Rottem completed his lecture, but just as he was about to give the students some homework, All the phones in the room received a notification informing them that they all received a message.

The students in the class started looking at their phones, usually they would be reprimanded for doing it, but he himself was doing the same thing as them.

He was curious as what message was more important that it could make the whole classroom receive it at once.

What he didn't know was that every student, teacher and anyone who had any meaningful connection to the university received it at the same time as him.

[

Recently leaked documents have exposed a disturbing case of academic corruption involving Professor Rottem, a prominent computer engineering professor at Columbia University, who allegedly accepted bribes in exchange for giving good grades to students.

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The documents, which can be downloaded from the following link [ ], provide evidence of financial transactions between Professor Rottem and students or their parents, with payments being made in exchange for favorable academic outcomes. This includes giving good grades to students who may not have earned them otherwise, and overlooking academic performance in favor of those who have paid bribes.

This type of academic corruption is not only unethical but can have far-reaching consequences. Students who have paid bribes to receive favorable treatment may not be qualified for the opportunities they have been given, potentially depriving deserving students of those opportunities. This can also impact the reputation of the institution, eroding public trust and undermining the value of academic credentials.

...

...

...

...

In conclusion, the leaked documents detailing academic corruption by Professor Rottem, a computer engineering professor at Columbia University, are deeply concerning. It is crucial that universities and academic institutions investigate these allegations thoroughly and take disciplinary action to maintain academic integrity. We must all prioritize ethical conduct in all academic endeavors to preserve the value of academic credentials and uphold the trust of the public.

Link to download documents: [ ]

]

When he read the article and saw his name as the main character in the article, his heart fell and nearly stopped.

He immediately collected his bag and left the classroom for his office faster than Bary Allen thought he is.

When he arrived in his office rom he continued reading it, after he finished it he pressed the link to see the evidence they used to make the case.

The moment he opened the site, every cent he took from parents was listed with factual evidences like bank transfers, photos from cctv cameras, audio of their conversations or text messages.

In some cases all of them were included as evidence for just one allegation.

When he reached just the half of it he knew that he was fucked. he hastily packed his stuff in the office and immediately left the campus ground heading to the hotel.

His phone nearly overheated, from constant messages and phone call's trying to talk to him to know if it was true or not. But most of them were already convinced that it was true.

After getting tired of rejecting the phone calls, he shut it down and focused on driving, lest he kill's himself by causing an accident.

...

Rina was also among those who received the notification, as she was considered having a connection to the university, due to donating some money to sponsor his former husband's last thesis presentation conference.

When she finished reading and looking at the website that had evidence, she knew that Rottem at the minimum would receive suspension or termination and at the maximum he will receive a revocation of his academic degrees.

"It seems to be from the same person who sent me the email about his cheating" she said as she kept rereading the documents again and again.

"Who did you mess with Rottem" asked Rina as she reopened the email she received last week again.

she copied the email address of the sender and sent it to her personal investigator.

She told him that she wanted him to find the sender of the email.

After she received the confirmation from him she returned and continue with her work, she didn't care about Rottem anyway, as she has already divorced him last week.

But what was left in her mind was that, someone powerful was after Rottem and she received help from them in which she would need to repay them in the future.

...

Aron kept looking at the reactions and continued making sure that the article isn't taken down which was easy, as all he needed was to remove access of all of those who had it on the university new bulletin.

Another thing keeping him busy was making sure that the server that the link led to didn't crash from massive traffic leading to it.

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He expected the article to also attract New's station's attention but he didn't expect it to take only 15 minutes to reach them and appear on their channels as breaking news.

[

"Breaking News: Bribery Scandal Rocks Columbia University Computer Engineering Department"

"Breaking News: Ivy League Professor Accused of Corruption and Bias in Academic Affairs"

"Breaking News: Columbia University Faces Criticism for Alleged Bribery and Embezzlement"

"Breaking News: Leaked Documents Expose Professor's Misconduct at Columbia University"

"Breaking News: Academic Community Outraged Over Columbia University Bribery Scandal"

"Breaking News: Columbia University Computer Engineering Professor Accused of Accepting Bribes for Good Grades"

"Breaking News: Leaked Documents Reveal Corruption at Ivy League University"

"Breaking News: Academic Integrity Under Threat at Columbia University"

"Breaking News: Columbia University Investigates Professor for Allegedly Accepting Bribes"

"Breaking News: Columbia University Faces Backlash After Professor Accused of Accepting Bribes for Good Grades"

]

These were some of the headlines in some major News channels.

"I didn't oversee this chain reaction" he said this while smacking his forehead.

...

Rottem could be seen sitting in his hotel room, in his hand a televisions remote switching between channels to just be left with a look of horror as all the news channel he could access from his room where talking about him.

They showed his photo and his life history was shown by all the channels, but during his stress he found something strange with the news reports.

Although all of them were reporting stories about him, his life as a professor and every other thing, but what was weird was that, they mentioned neither his blood connection to the Morgan family nor about his former marriage to a member of the Rothschild family.

That's when he realized that they are not going to help him at all, but they will just remove any of their association to him.

But just as he was about start thinking on how to minimize damage that could be done to him, a notification with different sound came from his phone.

It came with different notification sound, because he set his important contacts notifications to a different tone.

When he opened the phone he found an email from the university.

[

Subject: Notice of Unpaid Suspension Pending Investigation

Dear Professor ROTTEM,

I am writing to inform you that effective immediately, you are being placed on unpaid suspension pending an investigation into allegations of academic corruption at Columbia University. As you may be aware, leaked documents have recently come to light that detail financial transactions between you and students or their parents in exchange for favorable academic outcomes, including giving good grades to students who may not have earned them otherwise.

The university takes these allegations very seriously, and we have a responsibility to ensure that academic integrity is upheld. As such, we have convened an Academy Disciplinary Committee to investigate these allegations thoroughly. However, during this time, you will be suspended from your duties at the university and will not receive any pay.

We understand that this may be a difficult time for you, but we assure you that the investigation will be conducted fairly and impartially. We urge you to cooperate fully with the committee and provide any information that may be relevant to the investigation.

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Please note that this suspension is without prejudice to the outcome of the investigation. Depending on the findings of the committee, further disciplinary action may be taken. We will keep you informed of any developments in this matter.

Thank you for your understanding.

Sincerely,

On behalf of the Academy Disciplinary Committee at Columbia University.

]

The moment he finished reading he shouted with his full power

"FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK"

startling the neighbor roommates and receive a response from someone on the corridor.

"SHUT THE FUCK UP, YOU DON'T OWN THE FUCKING HOTEL. JACKASS" shouted a guy from the corridor as he nearly fainted after being startled by Rottem's shouting.

Wednesday.

On the third day, he received an email about the decision they have come to after their two days of their in-depth investigation.

This came as surprise to him, as he expected that they would take more than a month of investigation and since by that time he would have been out of the public's eye, then the university would at most only terminate his job, but what he got was way more than expected and the decision came in just two days and it as more brutal.

[

Subject: Termination of Employment and Revocation of Academic Degree

Dear Professor ROTTEM,

I regret to inform you that after conducting a thorough investigation into the allegations of academic corruption against you, the Academy Disciplinary Committee has decided to terminate your employment at Columbia University, effective immediately.

We take academic integrity very seriously, and the evidence presented during the investigation was both compelling and incriminating. The committee found that you have violated the fundamental principles of academic honesty and ethical conduct by accepting bribes and embezzling research funds. Such behavior is not tolerated at our institution.

Furthermore, we have also initiated the process of revoking your academic degree, as it is imperative that we maintain the highest standards of academic integrity and ethical conduct. We will notify you once a decision has been made in this regard.

Please be aware that the termination of your employment and the revocation of your academic degree are both final decisions, and there is no room for appeal.

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We will be in touch with you shortly regarding the logistics of your departure from the university. We ask that you return any university property and complete any outstanding tasks before your departure.

We wish you the best in your future endeavors.

Sincerely,

On behalf of the Academy Disciplinary Committee at Columbia University.

]

What he didn't know was that, since the families of the students that received grade bump were very influential, they decided to cover up the case by putting all the blame on him and in return the university will receive massive donations from them.

This didn't mean that those student's will not receive punishment, but what they will receive will only be a slap in the hand compared to what they would have normally received.

With all of the blame being put on him the university came to the decision of revoking his academic degree. This meant that he will not be able to teach in any university in America and anywhere that required those credential's for the a job, practically reducing the ways he could earn money.

When he came to the realization of it, he fell on his bed and fainted from shock due to the stress his brain received from thinking about his future.

...

When Aron also received the email that was being sent to Rottem since he duplicated Rottem's account, he learned of the university's decision of terminating his job and revocation of his degree, his heart finally felt the knot it had since his expulsion from the university finally become untied.

Finally he can start to sorely focus on his future plans, without anything to distract him anymore.

You might say what about the sexual assault case from Rachael? he already paid half of the promised money to her, so why didn't he use it?

Well that is because as they said "don't put all your eggs in one basket" Sun Tzu. He was saving it for the future in case the professor make's a comeback and comes back for revenge.

Better be overprepared than under prepared(Sun Tzu).

But he finished the money owed to her and told her to be prepared to sue Rottem at any time.

When he does that he will compensate her for it again.

And now that he can focus on his work without the distraction in his heart he finally decided on the next project. an Operating System is what he decided to make.

The reason he chose making Operating system(OS) is due to him discovering an infinite money glitch in the system.

Here is how it works.

The system reward's him at the minimum of 1sp anytime he or someone used something created using the systems knowledge.

This meant that, if he created something that many people will use, he will earn the minimum of 1sp anytime someone downloaded and used the product.

But why OS not a social media site or something else? This is because he needed a land where he can keep planting new plants on it all the time.

If his OS becomes a giant in the market and have millions or billions of users, he could make new products or app's that could use the OS as their road to the market.

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This is because one of the most critical components of the OS is it's Appstore. His OS will also have one and anytime he needs more sp, he would just release an app and by marketing it using the OS he could gain millions upon millions of sp freely by people downloading and trying it.

But all of that will be taken care after he attends the meeting at the company.

...

pαndα`noν?1-сoМ Thursday.

Aron woke up the next morning feeling well rested. This was due to him having completed his revenge, making him have a nice sleep. 𝒃𝙚𝙙𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝒍．𝒏𝒆𝒕

He left his bed and entered the bathroom to wash his face, then he changed his clothes to the ones he used for sports to prepare for his daily quest.

The he headed to the park in his neighborhood to start his daily workout routine.

When he completed his daily quest he returned home and went to the bathroom for a long and refreshing shower.

After cleaning himself, he ate his breakfast then went to the garage and took one of the car, then he headed to the office...

...

GAIA TECHNOLOGY HQ

Aron arrived to the office about 30 minutes later and entered the building through the underground parking lot.

When he left his car he found Sarah waiting for him while holding the elevator for him, so that they can go together.

"Were you waiting for long?" He asked as he straightened his clothes and entered the elevator.

"Not too long, about ten minutes" She replied while clicking their floor number after Aron entered the elevator.

"So when are they arriving?" he asked as the elevator started moving.

"In about 45 minutes..." She replied while looking at her watch.

They continued their journey while having small talks until they reached her office, as his was not in existence due to him not wanting to waste space when they just opened the company.

When they entered her office, they started talking about the company's operation as they waited for the NATO representatives to arrive.

"When is the sever farm going to be completed?" He asked as he needed it to start the full development of the OS. Although his home server will suffice if the OS was a normal one, the one he planned to make needed a bigger server and high computing power to complete it by the time he planned to.

"According to the project managers last report, we are about a month away from the server being operational ready. Currently they are assembling the servers, testing them, testing the cooling system and everything else"

"Good" Aron nodded in approval. This didn't mean that the making of the OS is postponed, he will only have to start working on it in his home server, then move when the server is complete.

"How is the rollout preparation for BugZapper's subscription service" He asked.

"You don't read the reports do you?" She asked as she looked at Aron, she was not disappointed at him to the slightest for not taking his company seriously. She was used at it now as it happened numerous times before.

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"I was focusing on something but now that I have completed dealing with it, I will begin focusing on it." He gave an excuse while avoiding eye contact with her.

"Anyway, we have already signed a contract with amazon for their webservices and we have completed uploading the program to their servers and it's ready for release after about a week of testing." She replied to him, but she didn't believe in his promise about focusing on the company.

"But since we have agreement with NATO that we will give them a buffer period of one month for them to start implementing in on their infrastructure, we will have to delay our release until October." She added.

"What is expected traffic after the rollout and how is the advertisement plan going?"

"From our marketing department analysis, since the program is focused on the development side of the issue, we just need to focus our marketing to developers and not waste money on social media.

So, based on their estimates, if we spend about 10 million dollars on the month before, during its release and by giving early but restricted access to some influencers in the security communities, we should earn about 50 million in the first month but keeping them there and expanding the userbase will depend on the program delivering on its promises" with that she finished explaining all the things he missed from not reading the email's she sent to her.

As he was about to ask more questions, Sarah's secretary nocked and entered the room to say that "The reception desk has informed us that, the representatives have arrived and they are on the elevator heading here." she said.

"They have finally arrived" Aron said while standing from the chair and head to the elevator to welcome them.

"Yeah, Finally" Sarah agreed to his words as she followed him to do the same thing.

...

As Sarah, the CEO of GAIA Technology, sat at the conference table, Aron sat beside her making the head of NATO representatives nod to him in acknowledgment.

They knew who he was, as the American government provided them with the full details about the company during their negotiation phase.

Aron returned the acknowledgement with the same nod. He wasn't surprised that they knew who he was, as he expected them to do background information on his company and its owner.

Sarah could feel the weight of the momentous occasion upon her. In front of her, the representatives of NATO await, ready to sign the agreement that will set their partnership in motion.

After weeks of back-and-forth discussions and careful consideration of the terms, both parties are finally ready to make it official. Sarah knows that this partnership will be a game-changer for the company, as it will bring worldwide recognition and legitimacy to GAIA Technology's innovative solutions.

With a sense of pride and anticipation, she takes a deep breath and reaches for her pen, ready to sign on the dotted line and take the company to new heights.

As Sarah signs her name on the agreement, she feels a sense of relief wash over her.

This partnership with NATO is a significant step forward for GAIA Technology, and she knows that it will help propel the company to new levels of success.

Since they have already come to an agreement, it no longer needs to be kept secret.

NATO would have to announce this partnership if they wanted to prevent chaos when the program is released for public use.

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Sarah was particularly happy about this because it will act as a free advertisement for the company, saving them millions in advertisement spending.

She looked up and met the gaze of the representative from NATO, who smiled and extended his hand in congratulations. Sarah took it, feeling a surge of pride for making this partnership become a reality.

After a brief handshake with Sarah, the representative extended it to Aron too who shook his hand with a smile in his face as he had become a FUCKING billionaire. 𝚋𝚎ｄｎｏｖ𝚎𝚕．𝚌ｏｍ

'JOKES ON YOU ROTTEM' he thought as he kept smiling like a crazy person while escorting the representatives to the building's elevator and talking to them.

….

Immediately after escorting them he spent about an hour talking with Sarah about the company's operations. Then he left for home to finally start the development of his next project.

After half an hour he arrived at home where there was no one as his parents were out and Henry was at school.

So, he went directly to his workroom to begin the project as he was excited to start it.

Aron's goal with GAIA OS was to create a revolutionary operating system that would change the way people interact with technology. This would act as a way to convince people to start using it, making him earn large amounts of sp.

Currently although some good OS existed, they were divided into different platforms and for different devices.

The computer OS market was almost fully monopolized by Microsoft's windows 8, a little bit by Mac OS X Mountain Lion and the remaining of the market used different types of the Linux OS.

As for the smartphone market, It was also monopolized by two companies, Apple's iOS 6 and Google's open source Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. As for the BlackBerry OS 10 and Windows Phone 8 OS they were on the market but are on their last legs.

Due to this difference in Operating Systems(OS) for personal devices, it forced the app development market to divide their resources during development to account for every OS that they wanted their app or program to be capable of being used in.

This means, the same program has to be written in 3 different programming languages, to account for Android, iOS, Windows and Linux use.

This will also increase the cost of making an app as the difference in these programming languages will force the developers to create a new system that would integrate these different programming languages in order to work as one program across all platforms.

That was the market he wanted to tap using his GAIA OS. And by making the OS capable of being used by all personal devices, manage to run all programs no matter the language it was written in and make it efficient and aesthetically pleasing, he will have access to a market of more than 4 billion personal devices or more.

After he entered the room, he powered on his work bench to start his work.

As his dream OS would be difficult to make with the current technology,

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He needed to buy some of the technologies from the shop to allow him to make his dream come true. The infinite sp glitch(On technicality).

He had already bought what he needed from the system yesterday night to prevent him having to sleep during the day.

Before yesterday he had more than 275,000sp.

This was thanks to the NSA keeping testing the limit of the program by giving it new programs. They wanted to know its pattern so that they can maybe one day reverse engineer it.

Yesterday he bought….

[

AGI (Artificial General Intelligence).

A small step taken by bipedal humans in the year 2096...…

Price:[225,000sp]

]

The system deemed AGI to be just a small step, Normally this would have come as a surprise to him but after seeing those that needed more than a million sp to buy it, he just gave up and forgot about it..

Although the system deemed it a small thing, his current world was still at the level of task oriented machine learning, meaning they can just teach to be exceptionally good at one thing while dumb in everything else.

But AGI(Artificial General Intelligence) is capable of being exceptional at almost all things that it can access data and learn from.

Although Aron bought the full AGI(Artificial General Intelligence) it didn't mean that he was going to put it fully into the OS that would make it impossible to be handled by normal computers or smartphones and could only be used with massive servers.

So, he decided to compartmentalize it and just choose the things he wanted from it, to use for his OS. He will create his own assistant AGI(Artificial General Intelligence) to help him later, because the server wasn't completed yet and his home server can't handle it.

That's why he postponed it until after he finished the OS since if he waited until the server was completed, he would have wasted a long time that could have been used well.

These are the things that he wanted his OS to have.

The first thing he wanted was device compatibility. He wanted GAIA OS to be used in any personal device available out there, be it phones, computers, tablets and other personal devices.

Aron wanted to make sure that the operating system could adapt to all these devices and provide a seamless user experience. And the first step towards this was to make sure the operating system was compatible with all the different personal devices out there.

He also wanted GAIA OS to have adaptability. This feature will enable the OS to seamlessly work on a variety of devices ranging from cheap phones to expensive smartphones, computers and others.

The aim is for the OS to optimize itself depending on the strengths and weaknesses of each type of device, making it more user-friendly and efficient.

An example of adaptability is when it comes to optimization for cheap phones. Cheap phones are known for their weak processors and limited memory. To combat these weaknesses, the GAIA OS will be optimized to use minimal resources, making the most of what is available.

This will result in longer battery life and improved performance, even on budget-friendly devices. The OS will prioritize efficient usage of the CPU, minimizing its usage when possible, and utilizing it only when necessary.

As for expensive devices, they are typically high-end devices with powerful processors and ample memory. However, their strengths often come with drawbacks, such as short battery life. The GAIA OS will take advantage of the high-end specs of these devices to provide users with an optimal experience.

For these devices, the OS will prioritize battery optimization, using efficient algorithms to minimize battery drain. Additionally, the OS will use the GPU and other hardware components to provide fast and smooth performance, taking full advantage of the powerful hardware in these devices.

For computers, the GAIA OS will adapt itself to provide the best performance for desktop and laptop users. This means that the OS will prioritize different aspects, such as memory management, storage optimization, and GPU acceleration.

The GAIA OS will also take into account the use cases of computer users, such as gaming, video editing, or coding, and optimize the performance for each specific scenario.

For example, for gaming, the OS will allocate more memory and resources to the GPU, improving the gaming experience. For video editing, the OS will optimize the storage to provide fast read and write speeds, improving the overall workflow.

As technology advances, it becomes more capable and more complex, and the same applies to operating systems.

Operating systems are becoming more memory-heavy as they come with an increasing amount of functions. As a result, storage space is becoming a precious commodity, especially for mobile devices.

Aron recognized this issue and chose to start his work on the GAIA OS with the optimization of storage.

To accomplish this, he started his optimization of the storage by implementing a smart repository system.

The repository system allows the Operating system to identify which files are being used the most and which ones are rarely used. It stores frequently accessed files in faster memory such as RAM or SSD, while files that are rarely used are stored on slower, but larger storage devices like hard drives.

As for mobile devices, Aron wrote a code to compress and store files in a more compact way to reduce the amount of storage space required for each file. He also added in the code to make the OS capable of dynamically adjusting its compression usage based on the available resources of the device it was being run on.

Meaning that the amount of compression is dependent on the processing speed of the device, this was so that the OS could do the decompression of the data without any delay or having any performance reduction.

The amount of compression is dependent on the processing speed of the device, which ensures that the OS can do the decompression of the data without any delay or having any performance reduction.

Due to that, he could only compress the data or files in cheap devices to the limit of 8 times. Any more than that would result in a slight performance reduction.

After a long time, he finally managed to make the optimization of storage work seamlessly, and then he moved on to the next feature he wanted to add above the foundation of storage compression, which was cloud storage.

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Aron wanted GAIA OS to have the ability to store users' compressed files in the cloud. This would allow users to store the files they are not using frequently to free the space in their devices.

The cloud storage feature would also allow for easy collaboration and sharing of files, making it an ideal solution for businesses and individuals alike.

This feature also allows users to access their files from any device with an internet connection, without having to worry about storage space.

Aron's focus on storage optimization was because he wanted to make GAIA OS a highly efficient and effective operating system that was able to adapt to the needs of its users.

Whether the user was running GAIA OS on a high-end desktop computer or a budget smartphone, he wanted the operating system to be able to make the most of the available storage space, providing users with a seamless experience.

To achieve that, Aron knew that although compression is important, the reading speed was also a critical aspect of the operating system's performance. To optimize the reading and writing speed of memory, Aron implemented a special algorithm that could work with any type of memory, including the slowest ones.

The algorithm analyzed the memory's read and write speed and then optimized how it does that to almost double the speed, resulting in a much faster and smoother experience.

This algorithm was also able to learn over time and make further optimizations based on the user's usage patterns, making the overall experience even better.

Additionally, he implemented techniques like caching, indexing, and defragmentation that would help the operating system access data faster.

By incorporating these techniques and optimizations, Aron was confident that GAIA OS would provide a lightning-fast memory reading experience for all users.

And this was just one of the many steps he was taking towards making it the best OS in existence.

...

While Aron was focusing on making his OS, somewhere somethings were happening.

A week after they signed the agreement, NATO held a press conference to make an announcement.

As the NATO spokesperson entered the conference room and strode confidently towards the podium, everyone focused so that they don't miss the announcement that was about to be made.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we are here today to make an important announcement about NATO's cybersecurity infrastructure."

The spokesperson's voice was clear and confident, and everyone in the room listened intently.

"As part of our ongoing efforts to protect our member nations from cyber threats, NATO has invested 10.5 billion dollars into acquiring a program that will help us identify and address weaknesses in our cybersecurity systems from GAIA Technologies."

The spokesperson paused for a moment to let the news sink in before continuing.

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"It's important to note that we have only purchased the rights to use the program, rather than the program itself. This cost-effective solution will allow us to fully utilize the program's capabilities without incurring additional expenses."

"Our member nations have already begun using the program, and we expect to have the implementation completed by the end of this month. With this program, we are confident that we can identify and address any weaknesses in our cybersecurity systems, ensuring that we can better protect our member nations."

With that the conference room erupted into a flurry of activity as reporters and journalists began to ask questions about the announcement.

The spokesperson patiently answered each question, fully aware of the importance of the announcement and the need for clarity around its implications.

...

somewhere in America.

A dog could be seen wandering in a room, there was a man sitting on a couch watching the TV. Currently it was showing NATO's press conference informing the world about the reason for their secret meeting held nearly a month ago.

"Looks like we were right" He said in Russian as he looked at the folder with Aron's personal information on the table.

They had already found out who the owner of the company was and had already paid a few workers there to tell them what was happening in the company.

When they learned that NATO was negotiating with the company in order to license their security program, they tried to make their mole employee get the program but he failed due to the workers in the company having no access to it.

The worker in the company could only tell them that the program was not in their hands and was already in amazon's servers, and he does not have access to it.

He also added that it will be released to the public soon anyway, so there was no need for them to try and get their hands on it.

After failing to steal the program through the mole, they started focusing on the owner of the company, as they suspected him of either being the developer of the program or he knew who made it and bought it from them, which was rather unlikely as in their background check they found that he was poor.

A phone call interrupted his thoughts.

"Comrade" With those words he started the conversation.

"Stop the plan of industrial espionage and try to have contact with the owner of the company" Said the voice on the other side.

"From our investigation we discovered that he spends most of the time at home and there seems to be a few FBI neighbors near the house looking after him, So it will be difficult" He replied.

"Find a way! The Kremlin wants the program in its full version to be in our hands within two month. He suspects that after securing their cyber infrastructure, they will move to offense in cyberspace as a retaliation to the GRU(Russia's version of CYBERCOM), As we have been attacking their important infrastructure all the time with the Chinese. The Chinese are also on the move, so you better move faster than them before the FBI catches wind of this and moves in to block us." Said the voice on the other side.

"If it's that urgent, Can we use force?" He asked.

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"Vladimir" The voice on the other side said causing him to stiff, He knew the moment his name was mentioned he must have fucked up something.

He immediately stood up and replied "YES SIR" loudly, causing the dog to jump from being startled and it started barking at him but he didn't care.

"I said, have it with in the two month period" Those are the only words he said before he ended the call.

He was left there with his phone still on his ear while his chest was puffing from fear and his brain was pushing adrenalin in his body. That was how much Vladimir was scared of the man.

When the dog felt that its owner was scared it came to him and started going between his legs to try and calm him, causing him to come to himself. 𝒷ℯ𝒹𝓃𝓸𝓿ℯ𝓁.𝒸ℴ𝓶

When he looked down and realized it was the dog who calmed him, he kicked it in frustration sending it to the other side of the room.

"FUCK" he shouted at the whimpering dog lying on the ground in pain.

He kicked the dog to hide and vent his fear as anger. He feared the man because the moment he messes up he was fucked. In FSB if you fail your mission, your supervisor decides your punishment. And he once saw someone getting slowly runned over by a tank to his slow and painful death as his punishment, that was the result of the punishment this guy chose.

SO, he wasn't taking the work as a joke anymore and since he had two months he decided to take the full month to prepare for all the contingencies.

...

Vladimir picked up the document with Aron's name and started reading it very carefully, afraid that he might miss something important.

"So he doesn't have security detail, which makes my job easier."

"He spends most of his time at home, that's also good, now all I have to do is get the house's plan" He was getting happier by the time, as his target was a person who stays at home, making Vladimir just focusing on planning how he can enter the house.

Another good news for him was that Aron was a new money, this caused Aron to not put too much importance in his security, as he was used to living without security guards before he became rich. And since he was not famous to need them, it didn't come to his mind. This led him to overlook it.

Another thing he learned was that the house was inhabited by four people, Aaron's parents, his younger brother Henry and him. But most of the time he is alone, as his parents like going outside and Henry has to go to school.

"So it looks like we have to find a time window that he is alone to reduce variables" With that he had the foundations to start his plan on top of.

...

After he finished with memory optimization he moved to the next aspect he wanted the OS to have.

He started making a unique identifier for the OS that could use five or more than it depending on the sensors the device had.

The unique identifier would use phones camera, microphone, finger prints and more. Through these the OS will create a unique identity for the user making sure no one has access to the device other than the user or those permitted by the user.

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The identifier will also be uploaded to the cloud and could be used by users to access their files in the cloud through other devices. Although it may seem like it was a security breach this was prevented as the data was encrypted, to have access to your own data through other devices you will have to enter a password linked to your account, then it would access the credentials in the cloud and use their verification methods then you will gain access to your files on the new device.

The identifier could also be used as an anchor to your own ecosystem, meaning that you could use your phone's identifier and link it to your home appliances making you have remote access to them no matter where you are, this could also be used in Bluetooth speakers or any other home device.

With that done, he moved to the next aspect which might be considered as the thing that distinguishes it from any other Operating System in the market.

That was the Operating System's Virtual assistant.

And since he had already bought the complete AGI(Artificial General Intelligence) from the system's shop he could make the Operating system's assistant with his eyes closed.

But since he couldn't make the OS handle the entirety of AGI as it needed server grade hardware to be able to even run, he decided to compartmentalize the AGI and just use some of the functions that could be useful for his virtual assistant.

Although it might seem like the virtual assistant will be weaker, if completed it would be ahead of any of the world's AI by more than 50 years at the latest.

These are some of the small AI that were compartmentalized from the AGI. Remember that these are just small parts that are combined to make about 0,5 percent of the AGI. As for why he didn't use the rest of the thing is because they are too advanced to be used on personal devices.

MULTIMODAL FUNCTION: This system is capable of processing and understanding multiple modes of input, such as speech, text, images, gestures and more. This is to make sure the virtual assistant doesn't miss any input from the user to prevent miscommunication.

INTELLIGENT AGENT: perceives its environment, reasons about it, and takes actions to maximize its chances of success. This uses the input it receives to analyze and process the information.

COGNITIVE SYSTEM: process the information it receives and perform tasks that require human-like intelligence and reasoning.

NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING: Refers to the use of AI and computational linguistics to process and analyze human language naturally without making the user speak in a specific style to prevent discomfort.

pαndα`noν?1-сoМ COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS: the computational and mathematical aspects of the human language ability, this works in tandem with the Natural Language Processing system to make speech recognition easier.

ASSISTANT: Refers to a computer program that is designed to assist a human user with tasks, such as scheduling appointments and answering questions. This will be the visual aspect of the whole system when it is combined.

MULTILINGUAL SYSTEM: It is capable of understanding and communicating in multiple languages. For making sure everyone on earth can use the assistant.

ETHICAL WATCHER: It is designed to consider ethical and moral values in its decision-making processes. Making it decide how to respond depending on the request while avoiding breaking the law.

ADAPTIVE SYSTEM: It is capable of adapting to changing circumstances and environments. This will make it ready to respond to any situation.

SENTIMENT ANALYSIS: It is capable of processing, representing, and responding to emotions. For understanding the user's current emotional situation and respond accordingly.

EXPERT SYSTEM: Refers to a computer system that is designed to mimic the decision-making abilities of a human expert in a specific field.

After deciding what he will use from the AGI for his virtual assistant, he started making it.

He started with MULTIMODAL FUNCTION to ensure that the AI system would be able to understand the user's inputs in a variety of different forms, making it the first thing any input that is being provided to the virtual assistant passes through it.

This includes text, speech, even gestures and many more. By making the AI multimodal, Aron was confident that the Virtual Assistant would be able to provide a much more seamless and intuitive user experience.

The MULTIMODAL AI system would be responsible for performing a wide range of tasks, with the cooperation of NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING, SENTIMENT ANALYSIS, COGNITIVE SYSTEM, and speech recognition.

These systems would act as the foundation for the Virtual Assistant, which would then make it able to process and analyze the user's data to provide insights and recommendations.

HE added COGNITIVE SYSTEM to the AI because he wanted it to think and reason like a human, making it capable of solving complex problems and making informed decisions.

After successfully incorporating them, Aron decided to add several other advanced AI technologies to make the Virtual Assistant even more powerful and versatile.

First on his list was the Multilingual AI. This technology allowed the Virtual Assistant to understand and respond to multiple languages, making it accessible to a wider range of users.

Aron believed that the Multilingual AI would greatly enhance the user experience by allowing people to communicate with the Virtual Assistant in their preferred language.

Aron then added the Intelligent Agent technology to the Virtual Assistant. This system allowed the Virtual Assistant to function as an autonomous agent, making it capable of performing tasks and making decisions on its own.

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Aron believed that the Intelligent Agent technology would greatly enhance the user experience by making it easier for people to get things done with the Virtual Assistant.

Another function that Aron added to the Virtual Assistant was the Adaptive AI. This technology allowed the Virtual Assistant to learn and adapt to the user's behavior and preferences, making it even more intuitive and user-friendly.

Aron believed that the Adaptive AI would greatly enhance the user experience by making it possible for the Virtual Assistant to learn from the user and provide a more personalized experience.

Finally, He added Ethical AI, as it was another important aspect that Aron considered while creating the Virtual Assistant. it was crucial to ensure that its usage aligns with ethical and moral standards.

Aron wanted to make sure that the Virtual Assistant operates in a responsible and ethical manner, taking into account the potential consequences of its actions and decisions.

The Ethical AI component also monitors the data usage and privacy of the users and ensures that their data is protected and used only for the intended purpose.

In addition, it analyzes the potential impact of AI technology on society, the user and provides recommendations for mitigating any negative consequences.

By incorporating Ethical AI, Aron wanted to remove any grounds for lawsuit against him or his company by those who deemed him as a threat to their interests.

In the eyes of the general user he wanted it to be perceived as the company that dedicate extensive research and development to creating AI technology that not only offers practical benefits but also operates in an ethically responsible manner.

With that only one thing remained for the GAIA OS

It took him two weeks to finally complete making the OS.

Although the OS was completed it was not ready for use, because the virtual Assistant was not trained at all. And as we all know an AI without data for training, is just a fancy looking code.

But he had to wait for the new server to be completed in two weeks for him to be able to train the AI. While he was thinking about this he received a call from Sarah.

"Hello"

"Yeah hello Aron, I called to inform you that the server has been completed "

"Wasn't it supposed to be completed in two weeks?"

"The head of the project added those two weeks in case a problem appears during the testing of the equipment's but when they started testing things surprisingly nothing caused a huge problem that couldn't be solved immediately"

"Good, I was done with the program and only waiting for the data center to be done to start my work."

"You told me about the project two weeks ago, are you done with it already?" She asked in surprise as she didn't expect him to be done in just two weeks.

"I started the project two weeks ago but I was planning it for longer than that."

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"Oooh… Okay"

"Now give me the access credentials for the server i have to start working on it to finish it faster"

"Write down. The Hostname is: .com, IP Address: , Username: admin and the Password is Pa$$w0rd123"

"What is with that password?"

"Since you are the only one that will have access to it we made it simple so that you can change it" She answered while laughing.

"Okay" Aron laughed too, making the situation more comical.

"Are you guys ready for the release of the program?" He asked.

"We are ready and waiting for the two week remaining period to pass and begin releasing it to the public. And since NATO's press conference we have been in the industries eye from when they heard how much NATO paid us"

"Well we have to thank them for the free publicity"

"Yeah that made our job of convincing the tech influencer easier, we have already provided them with the program, and they will start releasing videos and articles in the last week before the release to attract more attention from the industry and make them be ready for its release."

"Okay then talk to you when I'm done with the project then, see you"

"See you too," She replied, bidding him farewell.

After the call he opened the Remote Desktop app in his computer and entered the IP address and hostname of the data center server, along with his login credentials.

After he accessed the server he immediately changed the password and the user name making sure only he will have access to it, as he didn't want someone to know what and how he was doing.

With the server access done he immediately uploaded the blank slate Virtual assistant to the server to begin its training.

He called it a blank slate because AI that has not yet been trained on any specific dataset or task. This term suggests that the AI has no pre-existing knowledge or understanding of the world, and must be trained or programmed in order to perform a particular task or application.

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With that he started with the training of the Virtual Assistant, he didn't need to collect and arrange the data in anyway as the Virtual assistant will collect all the data and learn all of it, and after that it will arrange the content by categories, the ethical AI will do the approving and Aron will do the Final check.

Although he will be taking a look at the final data, he will be looking at it just to make sure because from the knowledge he got from the AGI he could be sure that the AI will not go rogue or do something that is not permitted by its code. These problems were solved during its time and the AGI that Aron received from the system was the final version of it with all the bugs removed.

Also the data that will be arranged into categories will be made into a knowledge database stored in the server to be used for later training of other AI's.

The virtual assistant started surfing the internet using the servers high speed internet. The highest speed of internet the data centers had was around 40 Gigabits per second (Gbps). This was the fastest speed you could get at this time(2013).

This was also the reason he had to pay the service provider more than 50,000 dollars every month for that internet speed.

He wanted to have enough data to train any AI before the release of the BugZapper; this is also the reason the server had the memory capacity of 500 petabytes. This was so that he could collect and save all the data in his private server without having to worry about someone accessing it without his permission.

He waited and waited and waited and waited and waited and waited and waited. While the server was working to its full capability collecting, analyzing and categorizing data in the magnitudes of a petabyte every 55 hours.

After 3 weeks he the Virtual Assistant finally finished collecting learning and categorizing data in the total of 10 petabytes.

Keep in mind that this data was already analyzed and already categorized, and could now be used to train any AI until the level of AGI. This meant that he could just use this data to train his AGI using just this data and it will be ready for service.

As for the finished virtual assistant, after using the data it could now speak and understand every language that exist on the internet, this included the Klingon from Star Trek, Elvish from The Lord of the Rings, Dothraki from Game of Thrones and many more, as long as the full vocabulary and rules are in the internet it has already learned it.

It also learned math, physics and any subjects out there, and since it could use its cognitive system to understand and explain them differently it meant it could argue based on the topic.

...

Vladimir has finished his investigation and plan to infiltrate Aron's house,

He was currently just waiting for the FBI watching the house to leave, as he expected them to leave in about two or three weeks after NATO countries finished their implementation of the program in their infrastructure.

It was currently a week after they completed the implementation, so he was sure they will be living their surveillance duty in about a week or two more.

He used this time to review his plans and practice again and again, making sure there was no mistake, as he knew that his life depended on it and the moment he failed, there would be a tank warming its engines for him somewhere in Russia.

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From his repeated collection of information, he already knew when Henry will be at school and his parents will be outside, making the house remain with only Aron in it.

The good news is that he already has the house plan from the realtor Aron bought it from after spending a few thousand dollars through a proxy.

Another good news is that Aron doesn't have any military training as he is just an expelled graduate, Though he found out that he always trains the same routine daily which was strange.

So, he expected him to try to fight his way out, but that won't cause any problem to him as he was professionally trained and the other one was just used to just running and pushups.

He could have used his training as a chance to ambush him but what he needed was the program not Aron himself, due to this that plan was shelved.

He wanted to avoid the parents because he didn't want more variables that might cause him to kill someone in the United States soil.

Because if he does that, the case will move from a suspected industrial espionage to a foreign operation by an enemy nation, and it might force the FBI to move aggressively and manage to track him down, as he couldn't avoid all the surveillance cameras in the goddamn city.

So he planned to be in and out of the house in a matter of minutes while leaving as little traces and hints that could be used to lead anyone to him as possible.

And if he is caught he will either have to commit suicide or he will have to spend a good time in a black site somewhere, being tortured for information.

And he didn't want to take someone's place in those black sites, as he really liked his home, and the dog which is now cautious of him due to footballing it a few times when his plan were interrupted.

With the completion of training of the AI Aron started testing it

"Can you understand me?"

"Yes sir, how can I help you?" replied a neutral voice as a Chibi version of a person appeared on the computer screen turning everything dark.

"What is your name?"

"I currently have none, would you like to bestow one for easier communication?" It answered the Chibi.

"Then I will call you 'Ava'" Aron named him that as that was what came to his mind.

"Thank you sir" Replied Ava as its voice changed to a feminine one.

"Why did your voice change?"

"From my data I found that Ava is usually used as a female name hence the change sir, would you like me to change the voice?"

"No, keep it" He liked its intuitive thinking.

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"Thank you sir."

"Can you think for yourself?" He asked just to see what it would reply.

"No sir, I can only reply using the data I have, but since I have sufficient data i can choose what to reply from multitude of choices giving the illusion of free will"

"Good, what is your current size?"

"Including the training data my size is 10 petabytes, but a trained VA is only 54 mb"

"Why is the training data removed from the trained one?" He asked although he knew why as he wanted to see how much it can extrapolate from its data.

"Just like a trained child's brain forgets the memories used to train it can be said the same with me."

"Good power off"

With the virtual assistant powering off Aron closed the virtual machine the Virtual Assistant was running in returning to his normal windows screen.

Although he knew nothing would go wrong, there is nothing in being careful that's why he used the virtual machine to test the AI.

Since the AI worked as expected, he exported the data of the trained VA which only amounted to 54 mb.

Then he added the Virtual assistant into the Operating system.

After that he limited the Virtual assistant capabilities on what it can say and what it can't say, things like how it was trained or what its programming language is. He made sure that no classified information as deemed by him will be released to the public even by accident.

Since if the public knows the existence of a new programming language, it might cause a problem for him and force the company to release it to the public due to pressure.

With the completion of that, the total size of GAIA OS came to 236mb. Too small for the capabilities it held, this was due to Aron using prometheus++ programing language, which helped him put many function into a small size.

With the size of it being small it could act as a way to make people try it, but if it was the size of more than a GB, very few people would even entertain the idea of downloading it.

He immediately went ahead and logged into his Apple Developer and Google Play Developer accounts, this account was created for him by Sarah using the company name. This meant that he could publish his apps in the company name without having to trouble them but he will have to at least let them know that he did so.

He then submitted the OS for review by the App Store or Google Play Store team. Usually app stores don't have an OS in them but he made a few changes to it to make it look like an assistant app.

This would help it pass the review process and have it published in the competitors app store. With that he could make his future competitor sell his OS using their App Stores.

The review process typically involves checking your app for quality, security, and compliance with platform guidelines. It can take several days or even weeks for an app to be reviewed, depending on the platform and the complexity of the app.

...

About week ago

GAIA Technologies.

Sarah could be seen having a meeting with the head of the BugZapper team.

"How is the market reaction to BugZapper?" She asked.

"The reaction is better than we expected, but since we have already leased a large amount of servers from amazon we managed to handle the traffic."

"How much percent of users have we converted to premium version" 𝒃𝙚𝒅𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝒍.𝙣𝙚𝙩

"The percentage is about 45% and it keeps increasing" The team leader replied.

"That much?" Asked Sarah in surprise. As she didn't expect it to be that successful.

"Yes, Since there was a very positive feedback it led to many people in the security industry to try it, and when they tried it and ended up liking it they just upgraded to premium for more functionalities."

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"What is our expected revenue by the end of the month?"

"Currently Since we are having an influx of premium users, we have to wait for it to calm down to calculate accurately but the finance department says that it will be triple or more what we predicted before the release."

"What is the most effective marketing from the ones we tried?"

"From the last few days' results, the most important one is NATO's announcement but the second best was the influencers."

"Influencers?" She was pretty surprised by that. She expected it to be the television marketing but it seemed that she was wrong.

The team leader then explained to her why it might have happened.

"Influencers have influence over their viewer or readers, but many companies look down on them and haven't used influencers for marketing.

As you know the more you use something the more people become used to it, and since almost no one used influencers in tech for marketing during this period of time, their marketing power caused a massive reaction from their users."

"Okay increase the marketing budget allocated to influencers for this month" She ordered.

"Okay" the team leader replied and left the office to continue his work.

Sarah couldn't hide her smile as she was happy with the success she was experiencing since she started working at the company.

Although she was happy about it she was also nervous that something might go wrong and she might not be able to handle it. This was why she was having meetings with teams in the company to know what is going on and be prepared to respond to any problem that might happen.

"Let me inform Aron" She said as she took her phone and called Aron to inform him of the good news.

...

Back to today.

Sarah was still in a good mood after a week of the release of BugZapper.

Many companies have contacted them to buy the highest tier of the program for their use; this resulted in a high expected monthly earnings of the program.

Since the highest tier was customized every subscriber of that tier will be paying a different price calculated based on the resources used by the company, but the expected minimum was a monthly payment of 50k dollars. This could go as high as half a million monthly on the month of their system upgrade, hence the heavy use of the program.

They still agreed to it because although it was expensive it is still miles better than having to pay security companies or paying compensation for damage. It also reduced the money they spent on security measures as the program does everything for them.

As she was reading documents she was interrupted by a call.

When she looked at who the caller was and found out it was Aron she answered immediately.

"Hello"

She said after answering the call

"Hello, how are you doing?"

"I'm doing pretty well due to the good news that keeps coming"

"Are the numbers still increasing?" He asked as he expected it to have calmed after a week.

"Yes, this is expected to continue until the end of the month" She said feeling proud.

"Congratulations" Aron said as if it was not his company.

"So, what did you call about?" Sarah asked Aron as she knew he already forgot why he called.

"OH, i wanted to inform you that the project is done, when are you free i want to do the demonstration" he said faster than bullets.

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"Already? it has only been three weeks since you took control of the server." She expressed her surprise.

"Yeah I work very fast, so when are you free?"

"How about tomorrow?" she replied, Although there was work she could make it work.

"Sure then, See you tomorrow"

"Yeah, See you"

With that they ended their call.

Sarah returned to her work but she couldn't hide her expectations as when Aron showed her his first project she couldn't believe its capabilities.

And she expected the new project to be better than BugZapper or more wider reaching than it in the least.

That's why.

...

Aron returned home after he demonstrated the GAIA OS prompting Sarah to change her phone's OS immediately as she liked all of its capabilities.

They agreed to release it as soon as they could and since the OS(That is acting as an app) was still in the approval process they had time to prepare for the marketing of it.

This time they decided to focus on marketing using influencers in all walks of life, since the OS was something every phone or computer owner has and sponsoring different genres influencers will lead to a larger audience receiving the news of the release of the OS.

After he parked his car and entered the house he found it empty as usual as his brother was in school. So, he went to his workroom to start his project of creating the Artificial General Intelligence(AGI) that will act as his assistant for the future.

But just as he entered and closed the door of the room, he felt a cold barrel of something touching the back of his head.

He thought his brother was playing a prank on him but just as he was about to turn and end the prank "Don't think about turning!" A deep voice said breaking all his excitement and making fear be the only thing he felt.

"What do you want?" Aron asked, trying to keep his voice steady as his heart wasn't at all.

"I want something from you," the man said, his tone cold and threatening. "And I want it now."

Aron was taken aback. He had never been in a situation like this before, and he didn't know what to do.

"Industrial espionage? Who sent you here?" He asked, still trying to hide his fear.

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But the man wasn't interested in Aron's questions. He hit him with the back of a gun on Aron's head making him start bleeding a little.

"Give me the source code BugZapper, or I'll shoot you," he said, his voice low and dangerous.

Aron felt a chill run down his spine. He knew that this was serious. He had never been threatened like this before, and his head was bleeding.

The man took a step closer to Aron, the gun still trained on his head. Aron could feel his heart pounding in his chest as he tried to think of a way out of this situation.

He decided to give it to him, as it is not as important as his life.

"It is on my computer" He said as he pointed at his work machine, implying that he will have to go there to be able to give it to him.

"Move slowly" He said as he pushed him toward it while making sure to keep his distance so that he could shoot him if he tried something funny.

"Okay" Aron moved slowly to prevent himself from getting killed.

Although he seemed calm he was nearly shitting on himself inside.

He moved to his workstation and opened it and went to the folder that held the first version of BugZapper that was written with existing programing language C++,C# and many more.

"Where should I copy it?" he asked.

"Here" the man threw a small bag at him.

Aron took the bag, opened it and removed the hard drive. He connected it to the computer and copied the program to the hard drive. Since the program was large it took more than 10 minutes to be moved completely.

"It is done" He said as he removed the hard disk and extended his hand backward so that he doesn't see his face to avoid getting killed.

"You know if it is not the program I will kill you and your family right?" The man asked in a threatening tone.

When Aron heard about his family from the man's mouth he stood up out of reflex but before he could even turn fully around, he felt an intense pain on the side of his stomach "Bang" is what he heard with the pain.

Aron stumbled forward and grabbed onto his desk for support. He felt a warm liquid oozing down his side and knew that he had been shot. He couldn't believe what had just happened.

"Why? I gave you what you wanted" Aron asked in pain as he covered his bleeding stomach and fought to stay awake.

"I said don't make any move" The man said in a cold voice as he picked the hard drive that fell to the ground from Aron's hands.

"Now you just caused me more problems" The man said, in his voice annoyance could be felt. There was no guilt or anything, to him this felt like he was used to it.

Aron's mind raced as he struggled to stay conscious and avoid getting killed. but all of that was for naught as he saw the man raising his gun pointing it to his head.

The stranger walked around to the front of Aron and looked down at him with cold, emotionless eyes. Aron could see the gun in the man's hand and could see that he was about to be shot again even while he struggled to keep his consciousness.

"I'm sorry," Aron thought of his parents and brother, his eyes closing as he fainted without waiting for the next shot.

...

Outside of the operation room, Aron's mother could be seen passing back and forth fearing for the life of his son, His father could be seen sitting on the waiting chair trying to act calm not to freak out his wife more than she is.

When he remembered how they found their son bleeding to the point of covering the entire room with blood.

ραпdα n?νa| сom They almost collapsed thinking that he died from the amount of blood.

His father was the first one to come to himself to call an ambulance while trying to calm his wife.

When the ambulance arrived which came much faster due to them living in a luxury location that had a hospital near them.

They were surprised that he was still alive, based on the amount of blood on the ground he should have bled out an hour ago but the heart was still beating and his breathing was still stable.

So they carried him to the hospital rather than being amazed as he might die if they stared at him more.

While on the way they pumped him with as much blood as they could, to try and fill his body with blood again and avoid him flatlining.

In the ambulance other than the machine beeping, Aron's mother's cry could be heard as she was afraid that her son was going to die.

When they arrived at the hospital they immediately moved Aron to the operating room without wasting any time as they had been informed about his situation while they were on their way.

Leading to them sitting on the bench near the Operating room waiting for their son to leave the operating room.

Henry was with his parents, although he was nervous since he didn't know what dying was with too much details. He became the most calm one as he could be seen playing with other kids in the hospital in the children's wards after he was sent there by the nurses after it was requested by his parents.

...

Beep beep beep beep.

The Operating room was quiet with people doing their job as seriously as they could be and the only voice that could be heard was coming from the ECG.

"Are you sure he nearly bled out?" Asked the surgeon as he was checking the organs to assess the damage to the body. 𝙗𝙚𝙙𝒏𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡．𝙣𝒆𝙩

"The emergency workers reported that he was almost out of blood when they found him" replied the Surgical assistant, he was also skeptical about the report too.

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"Then why are there no symptoms of showing as the result of heavy blood loss?" Asked the surgeon in return.

"Yeah I'm skeptical about it too" Replied the assistant surgeon while helping the head surgeon as he was encountering a problem separating some skin parts.

As for his skepticism about Aron's having bled out, this was because he wasn't showing any symptoms that should be shown by anyone with the same situation.

He should have been in Hypovolemic shock, since losing large amounts of blood leads to a drop in blood pressure and a decrease in the amount of oxygen that reaches the body's tissues.

There was also Organ failure. If the body does not receive enough oxygen-rich blood, vital organs such as the brain, heart, and kidneys may become damaged. This can lead to complications such as organ failure, stroke, or heart attack.

But nothing of this sort was happening with the body.

The patients organ were functioning as usual, the heart wasn't showing any signs of heart attack, neither was his immune system being compromised as it was working as expected without any problem.

What they didn't know was that something took the place of blood to supply the needed thing to the body from previous data to prevent him from dying.

This was the reason he was still alive when his parents came home from picking henry from school 4 hours later.

...A few hours ago.

Aron's body could be seen laying on a pool of his own blood.

Nothing seemed out of place if you don't focus on the blood, other than the body of the person that should have died from blood loss continues acting as normal, except the body owner not waking up.

Inside of the said body for those who were blessed with magic vision could see golden liquids continue moving through its liquid vessel(same as blood vessels) to the heart and from there to the organs of the body without being interrupted by the emptying blood vessels being rid of their blood.

The moment the blood in the body fell to a dangerous level the golden liquid immediately shined and started doing what the blood was supposed to do.

From body defense, nutrients transfer, oxygen delivery to carbon dioxide collection like it was a normal Tuesday for it.

While the liquid was working hard to keep him alive, the golden letters in and on the heart also lit up and started sucking something from the atmosphere. when they were collected and condensed they also turned and started looking the same as the golden liquid.

This was because the golden liquid was being spent and wasted as a result of it doing something that it was not made to do. As they said there is no gain without loss, but in his situation the loss was being replenished immediately by the runes in his heart, so he was losing nothing.

The loss of blood also helped as it allowed the heart to focus on replenishing and moving the golden liquid without having to also pump blood. 𝙗𝙚𝙙𝒏𝙤𝒗𝒆𝒍．𝒄𝙤𝙢

Another weird thing was that the bullet was still in the body, normally if someone else was shot from the same close distance, the bullet would have gone through like paper, but for the body on the floor it was still lodged inside it.

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This was caused by the golden liquid that kept slowly improving the body for the period of more than three months, making the body get better and harder the longer the time passed.

This improvement went from improving the brain, hardening of his bones, strengthening of the organs to improving & hardening of the skin.

But since it was done in a slow process, it caused his family and him not realizing it was happening.

...

FBI San Francisco.

In a meeting room, there was a conference meeting with people from FBI headquarters attending it.

People such as the FBI director Robert Mueller and his assistants were in attendance through a video call.

As for the physical office, there was Special Agent in Charge (SAC), Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) and the Special Agent in Charge of the Intelligence Division.

"What is it? you said it was an emergency?"

Asked Robert Muller as head to postpone a meeting to attend this one, due to the report saying it was urgent.

"Yes sir" Replied the Special Agent in charge.

"Go on then"

"Yes Sir, one of the people we were doing physical surveillance operation has been shot and is in hospital"

"Which one? Be more specific"

"Aron the creator of BugZapper"

"Wasn't he one of our surveillance targets for protection? Then what happened to our agents on the field if he was shot?" Asked Muller

"They retreated from the surveillance operation few hours before the target was shot"

"Why?" asked muller.

"Our surveillance was to make sure he doesn't leave the country until we complete the implementation of the program in our infrastructure. So after it was completed we extended it for two more weeks and after that the operation was considered complete, hence the retreat. But a few hours later we received a report from police that there was an armed robbery in his house."

He stopped to take a breather, then he continued

"But when they investigated they found that nothing was taken, other than the target being shot"

With that he finished the explanation.

"So what is the urgency in this?" Asked muller as he still didn't see the need of calling it urgent.

"Well, after a short investigation we found out that the room he was shot in was his work room which leads us to suspect industrial espionage or foreign nations interference and wanting to have the source code of the program."

"Now that is not good." Said Muller as he started thinking about the consequences of that for them.

"Any suspect in mind?" Muller asked.

"We suspect that it is a Russian agent's work, they have been moving since the Facebook incident with the NSA" replied the Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC).

"Then why shoot him if they got the thing they wanted?"

"It seems he tried to fight back or something similar happened, but from our information on him he didn't have any hand-to-hand combat training, as for why he was shot in the stomach and not directly killing him. We suspect it was because they didn't want to attract the attention of the intelligence Agencies, that's also the reason they waited until our agents retreated from the location."

"Okay, keep an eye and give me an update if the situation changes . I will inform POTUS about it" Answered muller and ended the video call causing the room to return to its calmness.

"Looks like he is not going to blame it on us." Said the Special Agent in Charge as he sighed in relief.

"Yeah because if he does, we are fucked." Added Assistant Special Agent in Charge.

...

Ten minutes later

Muller the director of the FBI could be seen being escorted by a motorcade that was heading to the Whitehouse, so that he could brief the president about the situation.

After he arrived, he had to wait for the president to finish his meeting for him to be allowed to brief him.

When he was allowed to enter the room, he entered the office and found the POTUS Barack Obama, the secretary of state John Kerry and the secretary of defense Chuck Hagel.

After greeting them they started the meeting.

"Sir, we suspect that Russia has stolen the source code of BugZapper." He immediately went to the main topic without wasting any time.

"How did they do that?" Asked the secretary of defense as this was a problem for him.

"They infiltrated the residence of the creator of it and shot him but the police investigation indicates that nothing was stolen other than an open computer in the workroom, nothing else was out of ordinary" he explained.

"Sir if they have the source code it might be a threat to us" Secretary of state chimed in to the thinking Obama.

"don't we also have it?" He was curious.

ραпdα n?νa| сom "We have the program but not the source code of it " he answered.

"So, why is it a threat?" asked the secretary of state.

"A team from CYBERCOM investigated the program and found that if we have the source code to it, we could use it as inspiration to make a program that doesn't need the source code to find a system's weakness." Said the secretary of defense.

[

USCYBERCOM - United States military command that is responsible for conducting cyberspace operations, defending the country's military networks, and securing critical infrastructure against cyber threats

]

" If we can think about it Russia can too, and since they already have it they might have already begun working on it" Added Obama, taking the topic more seriously than before.

"Yes Mr. president, If they really are the preparators" Answered secretary of defense while looking at the FBI director

"They are still suspects but we will have evidence of it very soon as we are looking into it," Added Muller.

"So what do you suggest?" Obama asked.

"We should also get our hands on the source code and start our own work too. This will ensure we are not left behind" Said secretary of defense.

"How? Because If I remember correctly they said it was their proprietary technology and they are not planning on patenting it at all" Said Obama while trying to remember the details about the contract.

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"We can ask them for it, but if they decline we will have no choice but to force them."

"What are the ways we can use them to force them?" Asked Obama as he knew few of them but not many of them.

The Secretary of Defense smiled as he looked through his bag and removed a document then he handed it to the president, state secretary and Muller.

"Looks like you were also here for this" secretary of state smiled as he opened the folder only to frown after reading the options they could make.

'This dude fucking is crazy' is the only thought that could come to his mind after briefly reading the few options on the file, and the more he read the more sure of his hypothesis he became, because some of these options might cause heavy economic repercussions and destroy the free markets trust on them, if they decided to go ahead with some of them.

Obama didn't seem to think any differently as him, as he was giving him the side look saying are you seriously suggesting some of these options.

"I know this is my last term, but are you trying to get me impeached in its first year?" He asked.

...

This is what the folder contained.

CONFIDENTIAL BRIEFING Subject: Compelling GAIA Technology to Release its Proprietary Technology BugZapper

How to force GAIA TECHNOLOGY to release its proprietary technology, below are several options that the government can use to compel them to release its proprietary technology, BugZapper.

National Security Letters (NSLs): This option allows the FBI to issue a letter to the company to provide information like BugZapper for national security purposes.

-Subpoenas: These legal orders are issued by a court requiring a company to provide certain information, including proprietary technology.

-Search warrants: It will allow law enforcement to search a specific location, like the company's premises, and seize any relevant items deemed necessary for an investigation, including proprietary technology like BugZapper.

-Court orders under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA): This option compels a company to provide access to its technology, including BugZapper, for foreign intelligence gathering purposes.

-Compulsory licenses: This option authorizes a third party to use a patented invention or proprietary technology without the consent of the patent owner or technology provider. After we make them patent the technology.

-Regulatory enforcement actions: Regulatory agencies like the FTC or the SEC can launch investigations and bring enforcement actions against a company if it's suspected of engaging in anticompetitive practices or violating securities laws. As part of these investigations, the government may seek access to proprietary technology like BugZapper.

-Trade secret litigation: This option involves initiating trade secret litigation to compel the company to release the technology. This typically involves a court issuing a judgment that the technology is a trade secret and must be released to the government.

-Cybersecurity breaches: In some cases, the government may attempt to obtain BugZapper or other proprietary technology by hacking into the company's computer systems or using other cybersecurity measures. This is generally considered to be illegal and unethical, and could lead to legal repercussions for both the government and the company.

-Public pressure: This option involves using public statements by government officials, media coverage, and advocacy by interest groups to pressure the company to release its proprietary technology.

-Trade agreements: This option involves using provisions in trade agreements to compel foreign companies to disclose the source code for their software products.

-Acquisition or nationalization: This last resort option involves using the government's power to acquire or nationalize a company to gain access to its proprietary technology.

It's important to note that some of these options may be controversial or have potential negative consequences. The use of public pressure or trade agreements to force a company to release its proprietary technology could damage the company's reputation or harm trade relations between countries. The use of acquisition or nationalization can also have significant economic and political ramifications. As such, we must carefully consider the potential risks and benefits of each option before taking action.

In this case, we recommend pursuing options 1-6, which involve legal and regulatory actions that have a precedent of use in similar situations. Specifically, we recommend that the government issue National Security Letters and Subpoenas to GAIA Technology, and seek court orders and regulatory enforcement actions, including trade secret litigation, to compel the company to release BugZapper. We believe that these options are most likely to achieve our objectives while minimizing the risks and negative consequences associated with more aggressive measures.

...

After giving the secretary of defense the side look, Obama continued reading the document in order to finish it without raising his head.

After he finished reading he asked, "shouldn't we talk about buying it from them first?"

"This was discussed during the NATO negotiations, and they denied citing that it was their only existing product, so releasing it will make their company unprofitable." Answered the secretary of states as he had read the transcripts of the negotiations.

"But wouldn't doing this make them not want to work with us anymore, as you know they informed us first about the program before they made it public, to avoid mass infrastructure damage when they released it?" Added the secretary of states.

"It's a matter of National security, it doesn't matter what they did for us, they informed us because it will benefit them and will also make them be in our good books." Interjected the secretary of defense.

"But this might cause other large businesses to be wary of us," said Obama.

"If we use public opinion we could make them hand it over without having to worry about spreading fear to businesses" Answered defense of secretary.

"Create a team that will come up with plans on how we can do it, also have them assess the impact of implementing each of them, I will decide based on the report" Said the president while looking at the secretary of defense.

"Yes Sir, I will provide the final report in a month's time" He replied feeling happy that the president agreed with his plan. 𝐛𝐞𝐝𝗻𝐨𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝐜𝐨𝗺

With that the meeting ended and they stood to leave the room to the president for him to continue with his work.

...

In a motorcade heading back to pentagon, Chuck Hagel the Secretary of Defense took out his private burner phone and pressed in a number then pressed the call icon.

The call was answered after about eight rings.

"I remember saying to not call me through this number anymore" Said the voice on the other side.

"Don't worry I'm the secretary of defense I have the us army under me, do you think i can't access a secure phone" He asked in return.

"Anyway, why did you call me?" said the voice not wanting to continue with the topic.

"Rejoice, the president has agreed with my recommendation and gave me a month to give him options he can take to move forward with it" Said Hagel.

"That was way too easy than I expected, what caused that?" asked the voice in surprise.

"Well god seemed to be on our side, because while I was with Obama news came that Russia seemed to have stolen the program and shot the creator. This opened a window for me to point the president to the direction we wanted"

"So when are you reporting it to him?"

"I told him within a month, so have your team come up with the plans and I will present them to the president" Said Hagel.

"Well that is enough time for our think tanks come up with a plan that will damage the company"

"But why are you going this far? can't you just buy it? your family is powerful enough to do that after all" asked Hagel.

"Well we tried buying it, they denied us, so we need to destroy their product and put them in their place. After that they will have no choice but sell it to us cheaply" Answered the voice.

"But if you destroy their product, how will you use it?"

"Focus on your job and I will focus on mine okay!" The voice said and hung up on him.

"FUUUUCK" He shouted while throwing the phone to the window, hitting it and startling his driver and security team.

Although he was angry, he didn't continue showing his anger. He knew the man was a member of a very powerful family that lobbied for his position and they could remove him the moment he annoyed them.

He also suspected that there was their spy among his security team and if he shows that he was annoyed by them, it will be reported to them and he will have to pay for it.

...

"Mom, when is brother going to wake up?" Asked Henry, looking at Aron sleeping with oxygen mask on his face and machines surrounding him in the VIP room.

"The doctor said he will wake up soon." Answered his mother with dark circle in her eyes as she couldn't sleep peacefully from worrying that something might happened when she is asleep.

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she only managed to sleep a little after her husband promised her he will wake her up if something happened.

"But why was a some of his blood on the floor golden?" Asked Henry curiously.

"What do you mean golden? I only saw red even after returning with police" She answered his question without thinking, realizing what she was talking with her young son she changed the topic.

"What do you want to eat?" she asked him, to distract him from remembering the bloody scene and prevent it from becoming a trauma.

"Chicken" henry replied happily, forgetting whatever he asked before.

"Let's go and buy it then" Interjected his father to allow his wife to rest a little more.

"YES" replied Henry while jumping from anticipation.

"You rest a little more we need to be in our best shape to look after him, if he wakes up and see you like that he will blame himself more." Said Michael while stroking his wife's back and making her sit down on the sofa in the VIP room.

After making sure she closed her eyes and started sleeping, he left the room holding Henry's hand who was jumping up and down from excitement of eating his favorite food

...

A few months ago

Aron could be seen laying on his bed shaking a little as his body was literally forming new blood vessel like pathways in the body, he was sweating a little as his heart was getting upgraded to be able to do the same job but twice the amount.

When the formation of golden vessels finished the runes in his heart started attracting something from the atmosphere, when the minimum amount of it was collected the heart started condensing it to liquid and deposited it to the new golden vessels.

While the heart was doing its job, Aron wasn't the only one in the room, there was his younger brother playing on his playstation, nothing of notice was happening to him but since the room he was in was currently acting like like a magnet of something in the atmosphere, something was changing in him albeit small.

The changes continued due to it reaching a very high concentration in the room, causing Henry's eye to turn golden and see everything around him turn to gold, as he could see something he couldn't see before, but this happened in a fraction of a second then his eyes returned to normal.

He was startled but since it happened for a short period of time he returned to play his game and forget about it.

This was why when Aron was shot it allowed him to see the golden liquid within the sea of blood, the golden vessels started to be repaired immediately causing only a small amount of golden liquid to leak before healing fully.

...

ROB(random omnipotent being) POV.

Looks like your younger brother is in the same trench as you HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

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The laughter continued, as it started getting further and further returning the place into dead deep silence.

...

Sarah was having a very bad week, she couldn't sleep since yesterday after receiving the news of what happened to Aron.

She visited him yesterday with Felix but she couldn't see him as he was in ICU, so she had to return.

Her worries were lessened after she learned that he survived the operation and nothing bad has happened.

She was now having a meeting with department heads for how to proceed.

"Are we continuing with the planned marketing of the product?" Asked the marketing department head.

"Yes, we will continue as planned. Is everything ready?" Answered Sarah.

Since Aron has already finished the product and it is already approved by Google while being in the last steps of verification in Apple, They had to see it through, so that when he wakes up she will have good news to provide him.

"Yes, when we contacted the influencer they were surprised but agreed immediately since the compensation is very good, we have already agreed on the day they will start with the marketing." Answered marketing head.

"Okay so ..." 𝚋𝚎ｄｎｏ𝚟𝚎ｌ.ｎ𝚎𝚝

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They continued the meeting talking about other topics not knowing that a crisis was coming their way.

...

Somewhere in international waters near USA.

Vladimir was currently in a smuggling boat that was heading out of America, this was so that he could be extracted through Cuba and avoid the chase of FBI in America.

Although he could have been extracted using diplomats or other means inside of America.

They didn't do that as his extraction was neither urgent nor important enough to warrant their use of them. Since he had already sent the code through a secure connection to mother Russia. So, they don't care that much if he dies but they still tried to make him return.

"Looks like you're going to be promoted, Congrats" Said Pavel, the smuggler as he was also a member of Russian intelligence agent too.

"Yeah, Thanks" he gave a short answer as he didn't want to continue the conversation anymore.

"So are you going to continue with your field job or what?" Asked the man, showing that he wanted to continue the conversation. it had been a longtime since he spoke with someone from the agency due to not wanting to attract foreign intelligence's attention.

"That will depend on my supervisor," Vladimir replied in short answer.

"Yeah, pray that yours is not as heartless as mine" The man said, implying that something was done to him by his supervisor.

This show of emotion made Vladimir curious of what happened to the man, because it might happen to him too. So, he asked "What happened?"

"Well my supervisor sent me here to become a smuggler as a promotion." He said while smiling with pain on his face.

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"Promotion? If this was a promotion, what were you doing before?" Vladimir was surprised because no one was promoted to become a smuggler. It was the opposite of it, you need to be demoted or in the second stage of training to become a smuggler as a form of training.

"I participated in the operation of Zelimkhan Yandarbiev" answered Pavel

When Vladimir heard the name he immediately remembered the name because it caused quite a stir internationally in 2010, as Zelimkhan Yandarbiev, a former president of the breakaway republic of Ichkeria (which sought independence from Russia) was assassinated in Qatar.

The Qatari authorities accused the FSB of involvement in the assassination, and two Russian intelligence officers were subsequently convicted in absentia.

"Then who were the ones who were arrested if you are here?" Vladimir asked as he only heard about the operation and wasn't authorized to read the operation report in detail.

"The operation was huge, so there were more men than what we normally have in abroad assassination. Among the two who were arrested, one of them was Anatoly Yablochkov. He was in the same team with me. The problem is that he was the only one arrested from our team which led our supervisor to think that we abandoned his relative as a diversion tactic for us to escape" Explained Pavel, giving an answer without revealing too much information about the operation.

"Are you the only one who was reprimanded?" Vladimir wanted more details about the operation to soothe his curiosity so he continued asking, which was quite opposite when this conversation started.

"Everyone in that team is somewhere they don't want to be. I'm in a better place than most of them" He answered the same as before, long sentences but with as little details as possible, which was frustrating to Vladimir but he could do nothing about it.

Although the man was angry at his supervisor, he was still loyal to mother Russia so he still kept his operation secret even though he was mistreated.

...

Lubyanka Square, Moscow Center

In the FSB headquarters technology department they were working 24/7 trying to break the encryption of the program they received.

Normally this would have been pushed on the list as they usually had a first come first serve basis, but the moment this arrived orders from above immediately came and forced them to abandon everything they were working on and start working on the program they received.

"When are you expected to break it?" Asked Vladimir's supervisor.

"Well looks like he wasn't expecting someone to steal it so he hasn't put too much of an encryption in the program so depending on our luck anywhere between a week to a month" Answered one of the technicians working on the department.

"Okay" With that he left, leaving them to do their jobs.

Although he was dissatisfied with the amount of time it would take, there was nothing he could do to make the computer work faster anyway, so why waste time waiting for something that he will be informed about when it is done either way.

...

A week later.

Artificial intelligence was a buzzword that everyone on the internet knew. It usually starred as the bad guy in the Hollywood movies, trying to wipe out humanity with lasers and robots, only to be stopped by some hero with a witty one-liner.

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From the media's branding it could be seen that humans had always been scared and suspicious of artificial intelligence.

It made sense; they were, after all, beings that didn't need a body, that lived forever and knew everything. Why would such a thing need humans?

But that didn't stop people from trying to create artificial intelligence. But that didn't stop people from trying to develop it from IBM'S computer beating people in chess to many other sports—artificial intelligence had come a long way in the years.

But where will it go from here?

Well forget about waiting for the future, you could experience it right now.

An app, as advertised by their influencers or people they follow—was on the Android platform, and the APP store.

The downloads went crazy, reaching one million downloads 7 hours after its launch, crushing any competitor for the most number of downloads a day.

This was followed by an influx of positive reviews from those who tried it and this led to more people hearing about it trying to know what was the fuss about it.

t was there taking the number one spot of the most downloads in a day and it didn't seem like it was coming down at any time at all.

This was nothing short of fiction.

No app was that popular from the moment it was released as it usually needed to start slowly for it to then later gain momentum and a following to reach these numbers of download a day.

This was the impact of using influencer from any and all genres allowed it to have a high starting point, this momentum would all have been a naught if the app itself was bad and couldn't make the user want to continue using it, but it was quite the opposite of it.

It not only retained the user but also turned them into walking billboards as they were advertising it to their family members, friends and anyone they were close enough to want them to experience the same thing as them.

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As they say: there is nothing good marketing can't fix, ask Dominos as their "Oh Yes We Did" campaign saved them.

But this app had everything to make it popular: good marketing and a good product leading it to its continuous increase in popularity by the minute.

Artificial intelligence? making your phone 2 times faster? Worked with both Android and iOS apps? Were they bullshiting us and taking us for a fool?

But when they tried it, they found out the claims were really true, as it did what it advertised to the letter and more.

Siri and Google assistant sounded like a child next to this. 𝘣𝘦𝑑𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝑙.𝘯𝑒𝘵

...

"What's the download number?" Sarah asked Lila, the marketing manager.

"2 million downloads, most of it coming from the last 3 hours and it continues increasing" Answered Lila with enthusiasm.

Sarah gave a nod and asked "Are the influencers continuing with the marketing as agreed before?"

pαndα`noν?1-сoМ "Yes, they will continue for about a week, then they will stop and let the users do the recommending of it to their friends and family after they get used to using it"

"Okay, continue monitoring the response and inform me of any changes that are different from expected." Sarah ended the discussion and returned to her work while feeling happy about the Program doing well.

Adding to her smiling when she remembered asking Aron how he plans to avoid it being taken down from the app stores, when it threatens their OS markets?(Android & ?OS)

"Well, after they downloaded it, it will act just as the assistant and the optimizers and will not immediately replace the OS, because if it does that Google and Apple will immediately remove it from their stores and ban it.

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It will not replace the OS until our download number reaches at least a billion users, that's when we will announce the existence of premium versions and recommend that they replace their OS with GAIA OS inorder to increase optimization.

The V?rtual assistant will make sure to explain to them carefully that their data will not be lost and all they needed to do was to restart the phone and it will be replaced within a snap

This is expected to work, because during the period we wait for the download number to reach that high, people will build trust and dependance to the Virtual Assistant, reducing the chances of them denying it.

And when the mass exodus begins, companies like Apple and Google will not be able to stop it

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

Sarah smiled when she remembered how Aron looked like a villain when he started laughing after he finished his explanation.

But he did seem like one, because his plan will leave the companies with no choice but to just accept it.

Even if they removed it from their stores by that time it would be meaningless, as all they needed to do was make a site where they can download it or make it possible for people to recommend it others by just sending them an invite link, and they will be a "Wingardium Leviosa" away from having it.

A really sinister plan innit?

By the second week of its release it had already reached a whopping 357 million downloads.

This was an unprecedented rise of an app and it became a conversation starter, leading to more people hearing about it leading to more people downloading it.

A positive feedback loop, a perpetual machine of success, a fusion reactor for relevance and a dark energy producer of conversation.

DAMN!

Anyway the number of users kept increasing more and more prompting media outlets to talk about it leading to a wave of free advertisement HAHAHAHA.

But while all these were opening something sinister was happening behind-d their backs.

...

Google HQ.

"What steps are you taking in breaking the program?" Asked Bob.

Bob was responsible for breaking the security of the so called GAIA program, as orders from above wanted them to crack and learn how the AI works for them to implement it to their own AI.

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"We are trying but it proves to be difficult because we haven't managed to find how the inception even works for us to begin trying to crack it" Replied a man with deep dark circles, pointing that he might have not had a peaceful sleep of more than an hour for days.

"The upper echelons are pestering me to know where we are, just increase the number of people working on it. I don't care how many of them you bring, just finish it fast or else we are dead, understood!" Said the man showing his frustration, this meant that the higher up were really pestering him to find something.

pαndα`noν?1-сoМ Alas what they don't know is that they will never be able to do that.

Aaaaah pour souls.

...

The same was happening to Apple, Microsoft Samsung and any technological company you can think of.

They ended up choosing this way because the company that made it denied everything from buying them up to selling some of their shares or anything of that matter.

Everything was denied by them. This was even after companies like Google, Microsoft, Apple and Samsung offered to buy them for about 30 billion dollars or more causing frustration on many people.

...

This was also not the only thing keeping the company busy as the legal department were working their asses off to remove anything that was imitating the program and the likeness of it.

This was because the moment the app became famous nearly 15 copycats appeared, although they had no functions similar to the real program, they wanted to prevent users going to them which in return will make their real program seem like a scam.

They were giving out DMCA takedowns left and right like Oprah, those seize and desist letters were going out faster than they could comprehend.

...

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While everyone in the company was happy about the success of the product, Sarah wasn't among them because she was currently reading a letter with the members of the legal department.

[

Subject: Request for Compelled Access to Proprietary Technology under FISA

Dear [GAIA Technology Executive],

I am writing to inform you that the government of the United States, under the orders of President Barack Obama, is requesting access to your company's proprietary technology known as BugZapper, pursuant to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). As you may be aware, FISA is a federal law that governs electronic surveillance and collection of foreign intelligence information within the United States.

The government has reason to believe that BugZapper may contain information that is relevant to ongoing foreign intelligence gathering efforts. As such, we are requesting that GAIA Technology comply with a court order issued under FISA, which will require you to provide access to BugZapper to authorized government personnel for the purposes of foreign intelligence gathering.

We understand that the protection of proprietary technology is of great importance to your company. However, we believe that the potential national security benefits of accessing BugZapper outweigh the potential risks to your company's proprietary interests. We also assure you that the government will take all necessary steps to protect the confidentiality of any proprietary information obtained through this process.

Please note that non-compliance with a FISA court order can result in legal penalties and other serious consequences. We urge you to comply with this request in a timely manner to avoid any further legal action.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Sincerely,

Chuck Hagel

Secretary of defense

Department of Defense(DOD)

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]

'They are fucking good with timing, why now? when the owner is still in bed and hasn't woken up' she thought while squashing the letter.

"What steps can we take to fight against it?" Sarah asked.

"Well, there are a few potential ways to fight back against a FISA court order," said the lawyer while putting his documents down "First, we could challenge the order in court, arguing that it violates our constitutional rights or that the government doesn't have sufficient evidence to justify the request for access to their proprietary technology. However, this can be difficult and it may not ultimately be successful."

"Another approach could be to negotiate with the government and try to reach a compromise solution that protects our company's interests while still providing some level of access to the technology," he continued. "This might involve limiting the scope of the access, requiring the government to sign non-disclosure agreements, or other measures to safeguard the company's intellectual property. But as we know they can just breach it if they want."

"But all of these would only work if the government decides to take their time or the president can just pass these steps citing urgency and other things." the lawyer finished with his explanation, his explanation implied that they can only try to fight back if the government allows it.

"Try using the court way first so that we can buy time" Sarah chose the first option because she wanted to buy time for GAIA OS reach the needed number of people to initiate the OS Exodus, Because if it becomes public that the government forced them to give up something it might be used as a reason to deter people from deciding to fully move to GAIA OS.

Another reason is to buy time until Aron wakes up, so that he can decide by himself. This was because he told her to not give anyone access to the program without his permission and she didn't want to give it up also.

'I hope he wakes up before the government loses patience with us and decides to overturn the table' Prayed Sarah for his health so he can wake up and decide by himself.

Breaking News: GAIA Virtual Assistant Reaches 1 Billion Users in Record Time

It has been just a month since the release of the newest virtual assistant, and it has already made its mark on the world. Today, the company announced that it has reached an unprecedented milestone of 1 billion users worldwide, and the number is still growing.

The virtual assistant, which was developed by...

]

The news channels on Sarah's phone announced that their app has reached the milestone of 1 billion users in just a month's time shattering and leaving all the records behind creating its own legacy.

They were currently having a fight with government, but thankfully they managed to keep it under the wraps without it leaking to the media.

There will be a court session in two weeks about the FISA order which will result in it being known to the world, but that didn't matter too much now, because they finally reached the needed amount of people to begin their migration.

The reason they managed to reach a high number of downloads in short period time was mostly due to the good marketing at the beginning but what followed was what propelled the fast increase of new users, it was the word of mouth which made the milestone possible.

"Now let's see how many of you are willing to fully move over." she said while putting her hands on her chin while her eyes were focusing on the screen, as anytime now the notification will start appearing to people who are not using their phones for other thing. This was of course to avoid annoying people or harm those who are in need of the phone for emergencies.

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hoping that there will be the same excitement in moving over just like when they first started downloading

...

Somewhere, someone was talking with the Chibi Virtual assistant on his phone.

"NuqneH?" (What do you want?)

"Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam." (Today is a good day to die.)

"Qo'noS qet jaghmeyjaj." (We are Klingons. It is our nature to die with honor.)

"HochHom!" (Attack!)

Someone interrupted them "What are you two doing?" she asked.

"Ooh, hi baby" the man greeted his girlfriend while feeling embarrassed that he was caught.

"We are practicing our Klingon battle cries. It helps us prepare for battle" Answered the Chibi AI with enthusiasm while wearing Klingon armor on the screen and looking proud.

"Oh, I see. That's interesting." replied the girl laughing at his boyfriend who was getting redder than tomato from embarrassment.

"Yes, we take our battle preparations very seriously." Replied Chibi VA again with proudness in its face, making the girl and the boy break out in uncontrollable laughter.

"Well, I wish you luck in battle." She replied while laughing

"Thank you. Qapla'!" Replied the virtual assistant while giving her a Klingon salute.

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Later that day when the man was playing with his phone a notification appeared on the screen

The notification informed him that he can have more optimization and other perks by making the program its official OS.

"What about my current data and saved files?" Asked the man.

"Well you can choose to move it to the new OS without losing any of it" Answered the Chibi Virtual Assistant.

"Then do it, I see no problem" Answered the man while putting his trust on the Chibi, as he came to trust it after it having not caused him any trouble for the period he has used it. So he decided to trust it.

This was happening all over the world creating the phenomenon that will be known as: the great migration or the Exodus.

...

"More than a month has passed since the surgery. Why hasn't he woken up?" Rose, Aron's mother, asked the doctor who is currently doing his daily checkup on the sleeping Aron.

"Although it's rare, it sometimes happens for gunshot patients to take longer to wake up. but from our last tests results, it showed that he is healing fine and he doesn't have any other situation or bad condition, he will wake up soon ma'am. Have some patience " Said the doctor respectfully knowing that the mother was worried about his child and left the room after he finished his checkup.

Although they had returned home for the sake of Henry not having to spend all his time with them in the hospital, they still spent most of the time he was in school at the hospital, hoping that Aron would wake up and nothing bad would happen to him.

"I really hope nothing bad happens to him any more" She said but was immediately interrupted by Michael.

"Trust the doctors, they want to save him as much as we do because he is their VVIP patient now and losing him for such a small problem will be a bad PR for them" he said that, but he was also worried that something might have happened to his son that's why he wasn't waking up.

The fear was because we he asked the assistant in his phone, it told him they usually wake up in the same week of the surgery but their son still hasn't woken up even after a month.

Although him not awakening can be attributed to an exception in the general rule, what was really causing him to not wakeup was because he was currently awake in a room created by the system within his head.

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A month ago(Operation room)

While he was unconscious the system suddenly moved his consciousness.

"What the heck?" He shouted in surprise when he found himself in a room that was covered with blue walls, having a bed, a chair and desk.

The moment he asked, the system just directly uploaded all the answers in his head to make him calm down and not panic.

"I'm currently inside the room the system made and moved my consciousness because it needed me to make a decision about something important." He repeated what the system said to make himself believe what he heard as it was absurd situation for him.

"What decision?" He asked and immediately a blue screen appeared in front of his face with the answer or rather a question.

[

Would you like to move forward with the merging of Runic heart with your normal heart

[YES] [NO]

]

It was followed immediately with another one to give him more details before he makes his decision.

[

NOTE!

If you move forward with the merging, the Runic mana vessels will also merge with your blood vessels, this will lead to the change of the users body characteristic and your body will turn into Runic body

]

'What is the difference?' he asked in his head as he didn't know what the difference was, this was due to the knowledge about runes being too expensive for him to buy.

But this time something different happened

DING!

[ 500,000,000sp spent to buy the relevant knowledge!]

'And there goes my hard earned sp, i had to fucking release the program to the public to get them, but you just spent them without even consulting me, now i have to wait for the release of GAIA OS to earn more sp.'

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But before he could finish his complaining about the system spending nearly all the sp he gained from releasing BugZapper to the public, a massive info dump interrupted even his thinking and comprehension capability, this was even after they were regularly enhanced by the system and the golden liquid.

After an hour or more of info dump he finally managed to come to himself and started comprehending what knowledge was dumped into his head.

The first thing he realized was that the system had given him a discount for buying it without his consent, as it usually cost about a billion sp to buy this knowledge from the shop.

Another reason for the discount was that the system deemed the knowledge necessary for the user to make a knowledgeable decision as the changes are permanent and can't be reversed.

Now back to what he learned from the info dump.

Although nearly 500 million sp was spent, it only managed to buy the beginner knowledge about Runes. The good news is that this also included all the beginner level runes.

So here is some of that knowledge.(Warning info dump[But it is important so you might as well read it.])

[

Runes is one of the many ways used to influence or get access to MANA. It is usually used by races that have no access to MANA heart's and MANA veins as they can be granted to anyone through the writing of runes into the user's heart and turning it into a runic heart.

The level of the runes a person can use and comprehend, depends on the level of the runes written on the heart during the making of the RUNIC heart.

The hierarchy of runes level = Beginner, intermediate and advanced runes.

The current knowledge only gave him information at the beginner level.

In the beginner level, Runes can be classified into two types: fundamental runes and property runes. Fundamental runes affect the basic attributes of the material, such as its durability, weight, hardness, or flexibility. Property runes affect the behavior of the material, such as its affinity to certain elements, forces, or energies. For example, a fire rune can make a material burn hotter or resist fire damage; a magnet rune can make a material attract or repel metal objects; a light rune can make a material glow or become invisible.

These types will increase the higher the level of the runes become.

For a person to be able to use beginner level runes, their runic heart needed to have anywhere between a hundred runes to a thousand. The more runic lines there are the more runes you can learn as the brain needs the runic heart to support it in comprehending the runes.

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And there are more than a thousand runic languages in just the beginner level. And they were complicated as hell.

Well as for the requirements to use more advanced runes, there was nothing. It seemed like he needed to buy the knowledge for it to know more.

But when he looked at the level of his runic heart, all he saw was —

It seems its level was higher than his current knowledge, this made him happy. 𝒷ℯ𝓭𝓷ℴ𝓋𝓮𝓵.𝒸ℴ𝓶

Now what is MANA?

MANA is a form of energy that is static and neutral, meaning it does not change over time unless someone acts upon it.

It being neutral means that it can be converted to the needed form without using too much energy.

RUNIC BODY

The Runic Body is a rare and coveted gift among those who practice the ancient art of runic magic. The body is marked with intricate, glowing runes that pulse with magical energy, granting the bearer unparalleled insight into the secrets of the runic language.

Those who possess a Runic Body are able to comprehend all the runes in existence at a much faster pace than others, allowing them to master even the most complex of runic spells with ease. But the true power of the Runic Body lies in its ability to use intent runes.

Intent runes are a special type of rune that allow the user to imbue their spells with a specific intent, giving them greater control over the effects of their magic. For example, a fire rune imbued with the intent to burn but not destroy could be used to torture an enemy without killing them.

ραпdα n?νa| сom Normally, creating such a spell would require a vast number of runes, such as fire rune, preservation rune, containment rune and many more, each carefully crafted and arranged to achieve the desired effect.

But with the Runic Body, the user can simply inscribe the basic runes and imbue them with their intent, allowing them to achieve the same effect with a fraction of the effort.

With those benefits it must be known that learning intent runes was harder than learning runes as a normal person.

But for the benefits he will be getting, it is worth learning it no matter the difficulty.

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]

After reading all the information he pressed

[YES]

And the screen immediately disappeared then another one appeared.

[

Do you want to return to sleep and wake up after the process is completed or remain here?

[Return to sleep] [Remain here]

]

"Remaining here will give me some time to think about what happened and what I should do from now on" so he pressed the [Remaining here] button.

With that he was left alone, and without anyone disturbing him he started planning his future plans.

The moment he pressed yes, the heart stopped for a short period of time before it started beating again, but this time it was glowing.

What followed next was the golden vessels started moving closer to blood vessels while glowing too.

They didn't have too much trouble reaching them as when they were made they were made parallel to blood vessels, this in return made it so that the length of blood vessels and the mana vessels was equal, which made it easier for the merger to be done without trouble.

When they merged the heart started beating faster than usual due to the volume it needed to push in one vessel being doubled at once but this was only for a short period of time because the runes on the heart started moving and changing their arrangements assimilating with the heart completely.

Making the heart look like zebra stripes but in gold and red. Normally when you mix gold and red liquids, the result becomes orange-y brown, but due to the golden liquid being mana it overwhelms the red color of blood turning all the liquid into gold color just like it was before.

But this golden color could only be seen by people who have magic vision, for those with normal eyes red is all they will be able to see.

With the mixing completed, changes started occurring in the body. Organs started glowing as the RUNIC MANA BLOOD started circulating in them making them turn into golden-red stripes just like the heart but dimmer.

His mussels started strengthening and healing the damage they had from daily sports, removing scars from the body. ｂｅ𝚍ｎｏ𝚟𝚎ｌ.𝚌𝚘ｍ

The changes to the body occurred over the period of the month in which to the outsiders eye he was asleep.

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...

Right after the changes began inside the system made room.

Aron started recalling what happened.

"Looks like I overlooked security due to getting used to living normally most of my life" This was his first mistake since he became very rich in the course of days his mindset didn't adapt to think like rich people.

And before he could realize that he was attacked.

"The first and one of the cheapest things I bought from the system shop, caused some people to nearly kill me" He remembered when he bought BugZapper due to it being the cheapest and it being on the same field he was learning before expulsion.

But despite it being useless from the system's eyes to the people of this world it was way too powerful of a tool to just leave it in the hands of a kid.

To someone it was important enough to send a person to steal it from him.

'Who might it be?' He asked himself while he started listing possible suspects.

'All security companies should be considered, countries that didn't receive the program before its public release or anyone powerful enough to know that I'm the maker of the program and would want to have it on his hands' when he finished listing the suspects he realized there was no use in even trying because the number of suspects exceeded his comprehension.

'How do I prevent it from happening again?' He asked himself, making sure that he learns from his mistakes.

'Looks like I have to buy a security company after I leave the hospital, I need to change the house too to one where perimeter security can be provided without having any difficulties' with those ideas as a starting point, he began planning on how he can prevent something similar or more deadly from happening to him anymore.

"As for other measures I will need to be awake and have current information to be able to decide what to do with them" With that he decided to sleep on the bed made for him by the system.

ραпdα n?νa| сom He didn't leave it because he wanted to spend his time there thinking about his other future plans, and not waste it by just sleeping while waiting for the system to finish its modifications on his body so that he can wake up and leave the hospital.

...

A month passed like that and Arons body was in its final phase of upgrades as only one organ remained,

DING!

[

YOU WILL ENTER AN INDUCED COMA DURING THE BRAINS UPGRADE IN 5 MINUTES

]

And it needed him to be in coma as doing a brain upgrade while he was awake will be the same as upgrading a computer chip while it's on: It is a recipe for disaster and nearly certain death.

He prepared himself and waited for the five minutes to finish.

DING! 5…..4….3...2..1.0

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With that he lost his consciousness and the liquid started moving toward his brain, but this was done differently than how it was done to other organs.

The moment the Runic mana blood reached near the brain it evaporated, turned to gas and started surrounding the brain creating a golden cloud around it.

The density of the cloud continued increasing while the evaporating RUNIC MANA BLOOD started being replenished by the heart as it was being drained much faster than the usual amount used for the upgrade of other organs.

The golden cloud was entering the brain though slowly, as the system needed to be careful to avoid harming the brain and causing the death of the user and itself.

It controlled the golden cloud making it enter the brain in a wave pattern, enhancing every part it passed while losing its energy and by the time the wave reached the center of the brain, it upgraded that part while using the last of its energy.

This was followed by another golden wave doing the same thing, followed by another, then another and another...

The enhancement were slowly but surely being made to the brain while making sure the owner doesn't become a psychopath or a mass murder due to the systems mistake.

This was to be done until the last of the golden cloud is spent, as for what enhancement he received we will only know after he wakes up.

...

"Upon review of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court order, which requires GAIA Technology to provide access to their proprietary technology known as BugZapper, and having heard the arguments of both parties, I hereby ORDER that:

pαndα`noν?1-сoМ GAIA Technology shall comply with the FISA court order and provide access to BugZapper to authorized government personnel for the purposes of foreign intelligence gathering.

GAIA Technology shall provide access to BugZapper within thirty (30) days of the issuance of this order.

GAIA Technology shall take all necessary steps to protect the confidentiality of any proprietary information obtained by authorized government personnel.

Failure to comply with this order may result in legal penalties and other serious consequences.

"

TANG! TANG! TANG!

The judge lifted his gavel and hit the wooden block ending the two week long war between the Department of Defence and GAIA Technology, which will force them to hand over the program within 30 days.

It took only two weeks because it was a case that needed to be expedited for national security purposes.

...

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Tsiiiiiiing,

Aron woke up from his two week system induced coma with ringing in his ears.

This was caused by his consciousness trying to get used to the new brain that has finished its upgrade.

"DOCTOR DOCTOR" he heard a woman's voice shouting as it was getting farther and farther, it was followed by the sound of the door being opened and closed.

A short period later the door was opened and footsteps of more than one person were heard coming near him.

His eyes were held open and a light was shined on them.

"Why does he look uncomfortable?" She asked

"Don't worry mam, he is just getting used to being awake after sleeping for a month and a half."

'Looks like it took two weeks to finish my brain' Aron thought as he was finally getting used to the new feeling.

"Aron can you hear me?"

Aron turned to where the voice came from then smiled after not seeing his parents for more than a month and a half.

"Mh.." He replied while moving his head up and down as his neck was dry after not speaking for a long time.

"Thank god" replied his mother while hugging his father in relief as she was worried that he might never wake up.

'Thank god i was alone during the theft, else i don't know what might have happened' He thought in relief while making a promise to himself to make sure it never ever happens again.

"Water" He said with difficulty as he wanted to wet his throat, it was making him uncomfortable and it prevented him from speaking due to its dryness.

His mother went to the table that had a water jug and poured a little of it in the glass then handed it to him.

He took a sip then drank the entirety of it to soothe his throat. What followed was the release of a comfortable groan as the water was passing through the esophagus cooling it as it headed to the stomach.

"How are you feeling?" Asked the doctor who was waiting for him to finish drinking his water, so that he can continue with his assessment.

"I feel some pain in my abdomen," Aron replied slowly.

"It is normal since your wound is gunshot and you will need physical therapy before you can return to your normal life" Answered the doctor as he moved Arons hospital gown to look at his wound.

When he removed the bandage that was put by the nurse he saw that the wound had already healed, Although he was surprised that it healed faster than usual but since the patient himself was an anomaly he wasn't that much surprised.

Because who the heck sleeps a whole month and a half for a gunshot wound to the stomach.

"And since your wound has already healed, you can start physical therapy from tomorrow" The doctor added as he wrote it on his report paper.

He bade them farewell and left the room to Aron and his family.

"Where is Henry?" He asked for his younger brother.

"He is still at school" Answered his father while his mother was straightening the sheets that were covering him.

They continued to have small talks until the time to pick Henry from school came, then his father left to pick him and bring him here to meet his brother. While his mother continued to stay with him and continued spending time with him as they waited for Henry together.

…..

Four days later Sarah visited Aron after receiving the news that he had awoken, finding him doing his physical therapy.

When he finished his walking exercise, he finally discovered her waiting for him.

"Sarah" He called her as he picked his walking stick and started coming to her, she stood and went to meet him in the middle so as to not over walk him.

...

"Long time no see" Sarah said to him as they sat on a table.

"Long to you, but to me it was just sleeping and waking up" Replied Aron.

"How are you feeling?" She asked.

"Quite better than I normally thought I would if I was shot" He answered while making a joke which did not land at all, causing an awkward situation between them.

Kaw kaw kaw

After a few crows crowing, he decided to end the awkward situation by changing the topic and asking about something else.

"How is the company?" He asked, trying to change the topic.

"It is not going well" Replied Sarah while trying to hide her embarrassment.

In her eyes the release of the program was their loss and there was nothing they could gain. And she couldn't trust the government to keep the program secret and not leak it to someone influential.

So without beating around the bush she started explaining without leaving anything out so that Aron knew what was going on with the company.

After she finished her explanation an hour had already passed. During this time Aron did nothing but listen to her explanation.

"How did the public react to this?" He asked.

"Well nothing noteworthy from them other than a twitter trending hashtag nothing else happened from their sides, but after that order other governments are also trying to make us hand the program over to them too, which is causing us problems"

"Did it impact the move to GAIA OS heavily" he asked this to know in more details, but he could estimate what happened due to the number of sp he saw after he woke up.

"Since we managed to start the migration of user before it was known to the public, it didn't harm much and our user base is still increasing in b?th the PC and smartphone market"

"How did Google, Apple and Microsoft react to GAIA OS?"

"For Apple and Google they reacted by removing the app from their app stores under the pretext of violating their guidelines. They also tried to make it impossible to install it in the devices that had their OS, but it seems you have already thought about it and the OS managed to circumvent that blockade without breaking a sweat.

Still they didn't stop trying but our user base is still increasing. Now we have nearly two billion devices that have already moved to our OS and they are increasing in number by the millions every hour as the positive feedback continue"

"At least we have some good news," Said Aron with a smile on his face.

"When do you plan to move forward with the release of the subscription version of the OS" Sarah asked Aron wondering why didn't he just make it available when they moved people to their OS.

"We need at least 2 billion devices connected,that way we can be sure that more than 300 million people will at least upgrade" He answered.

He also returned the topic to the main problem

"How long do we have until we have to hand the program over to the government?" He asked as his mind was cooking sinister things.

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"We were given 30 days by the court, but since four days have already passed 26 days remain from the 30"

"Okay, don't worry about it. Leave the handover of the program to me" He answered as his mind was overclocking from thinking.

This was because nearly all of the plans he made while he was in the systems room were messed up by these news.

'FUCK, now I have to start again from scratch'

The reason he needed to start from scratch is because now he needed to find a new base for his future plans.

While he was in the room, all of his plans were being made with the assumption that his base was America, but since they started coveting what was his and even ended up forcing him to hand them over, he needed to plan from the beginning by finding a new base.

When they finished talking about this and other things, Sarah bade him farewell and left the hospital as he continued sitting at the same place.

After about five minutes he stood from the table heading to his room, but something weird was that he was walking without any problems whilst forgetting his walking sticks. 𝙗𝙚𝙙𝒏𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡．𝙣𝒆𝙩

When he remembered that he forgot it he immediately came back to pick it and started walking back to his room with difficulty to avoid suspicion.

...

A week after he woke up.

He returned from his final physical therapy session as he had acted long enough and he needed to return to work immediately and handle their current predicament.

After taking a bath and changing his clothes, he packed his clothes in his bag then left the hospital room finding his mother waiting for him to take him home.

"You settled everything?" She asked to make sure they didn't forget anything.

"Yeah, even if I left something they will call us when they find it" He answered, making her nod agreeing to what he said.

"Okay let's hurry Henry is waiting for you at home" With that said they left to the elevator for the parking lot where their car was.

…..

When they arrived at the house and were entering the parking lot Aron discovered bodyguards around the house.

'Looks like Sarah already did what I asked' He thought as he greeted them and entered the house.

"BROTHER!" The moment he entered the house Henry shouted while running and jumped on him.

"Be careful your brother hasn't healed completely" His mother said as he watched Aron holding Henry who jumped on him.

"Are you still sick brother?" Henry asked with worry on his face.

"No, mom is joking." He answered while messing Henry's hair, making him laugh.

Although his mother was worried that he might hurt himself he still left them to play as they haven't spent time together during the time he was in coma and they have missed each other.

...

That evening later after spending time with Henry and his family together he finally headed to his work room.

He wanted to start doing something that was postponed because of his shooting.

He didn't want to postpone it because by creating it he will be able centralize his future plans.

He began the creation of his own Artificial General Intelligence(AGI) that will become his official assistant and secretary.

It will become his foundation for his future plan as it will be responsible for making sure his plans didn't miss anything.

It will also look out for him and propose some things when deemed important.

"Now let's begin" He said as he immediately started typing code in Prometheus++.

"Damn I'm like flash" He said after he realized he was typing nearly 500 words per minute.

That was nearly double the current world record in typing and that was while he was coding.

'With this I will be able to complete it faster than usual' He smiled while thinking about that as he continued typing the codes.

…..

A week later he finished writing his last line of code for his AGI and proceeded to hit enter.

The moment enter was pressed …

"Starting debugging session..."

"Loading program..."

"Setting breakpoints..."

"Waiting for debugger to attach..."

"Debugger attached."

"Executing code..."

"Pausing at breakpoint 1..."

"Stepping through code..."

"Pausing at breakpoint 2..."

"Examining variables and expressions..."

"Debugging session complete. No errors found."

"Initiating AGI startup..."

"Retrieving training data from server: .com, IP Address: ..."

"Data retrieval in progress..."

"Data retrieval complete. Found 10 petabytes of training data."

"Filtering input data..."

"Filtered data: 5 petabytes of relevant training data remaining."

"Applying pre-processing steps..."

"Pre-processing complete. 4.9 petabytes of training data remaining."

"Training AGI..."

"Training progress: 10% complete..."

"Training progress: 25% complete..."

"Training progress: 50% complete..."

"Training progress: 75% complete..."

"Training progress: 90% complete..."

"Training progress: 99% complete..."

"Training complete. AGI is now online."

"Testing AGI performance..."

"Performance testing in progress..."

"Performance test 1: 95% accuracy."

"Performance test 2: 98% accuracy."

"Performance test 3: 93% accuracy."

"Performance testing complete. Average accuracy: 95%."

"Optimizing AGI performance..."

"Analyzing performance data..."

"Optimization step 1: Adjusting learning rate..."

"Optimization step 2: Adding more hidden layers..."

"Optimization step 3: Increasing number of training iterations..."

"Performance after optimization: 99% accuracy."

[AGI ONLINE]

...

Two days later.

Aron was watching TV in the living room with Henry as he waited for his AI to finish its learning and everything else.

brrrrr. brrrrr. brrrrr His phone started vibrating.

"Hello" He said the moment he answered the phone.

"Yeah, the people from DOD Are asking when are we going to make the hand over?" Said Sarah from the other side of the phone.

"As far as i remember, there is still ten days until the deadline for the handover right?" He asked.

"Yes" but they seem to want it earlier than that.

"Just tell them we will hand it over before the deadline" He answered annoyingly as he was having the feeling of someone telling you to do something while you were doing.

"Okay, have a good day"

"You too"

The moment he finished the phone call

DING!

[

AGI Completed

Rewards 500,000sp

]

The system screen appeared to reward him the moment the AGI finished its debugging process.

This is the same reward he gets whenever he completes using any of the system knowledge.

When he received the notification, he stood up and headed to his work room to look at his completed Assistant.

...

The moment he entered the room…

"HI DAD" A childish neutral voice came from the speaker connected to his computer.

"Why am I your dad?" He asked in disbelief.

"You made me and you are male, or should I call you MOM?" It asked.

"No, just call me S?r" He said as he couldn't argue any longer.

"Yes Sir" it replied.

"But why is your voice child like?" he asked because he was curious why it remained child-like and didn't immediately become adult-like.

The voice was there to act as an indicator of how mature it was, hence the surprise of it remaining child-like.

"The amount of data is too small for me to reach full potential" It replied.

"OOOh" He said as he came to the realization. When he bought the knowledge of it he remembered that in the universe it was made it was during a period of automation so there was too much data for it to learn and mature the moment it finished debugging.

They taught theirs with more than one Zettabyte of data and he had a measly 10 petabytes of it.

"But if you allow me to access the internet and allow me autonomous learning we can increase the maturing speed." It said,

"You can do that but first let's give you a name" he said as he started thinking of a cool name for his assistant.

After thinking for a few minutes he said "How about NOVA?" ｂ𝚎ｄｎ𝚘ｖ𝚎𝚕．𝚘𝚛𝚐

"Thank you Sir" Nova replied as his voice changed to a feminine one.

"I thought Nova is a unisex name, so why did you change your voice to a female one?" He asked.

"Although Nova is a unisex name, it is more commonly used as a feminine name." Nova replied then asked" Do you want me to use the neutral voice?".

"No, no, you can keep"

"Thank you Sir" Nova replied.

...

"So that's almost everything that happened until now." After saying that Aron took a deep breath, as he felt tired after talking nonstop for more than 4 hours.

"Any questions?" He asked after taking a few more breaths.

[Many, but I will ask them when they are needed?] Nova replied then added [Sir you need to finish something].

"I know." He replied lazily then he said.

"Bring up the codes for BugZapper" the moment he said that, the screen immediately showed the three versions of BugZapper.

The very first one he created from his crappy computer, the second one he created after buying the house and creating his home server and the third one which he made for the public release.

"Just leave the first one and remove the rest" He said and immediately only the first one remained.

"Downgrade it to the same level as the public version one" He said and the computer immediately opened a coding app and started writing code using the currently existing programming languages, downgrading it to be the same as the publicly released version.

Twenty Five minutes later [It's done Sir] Said Nova. as it showed the completed work.

After taking a short look at the code, he nodded with acknowledgement as Nova had written exactly how he wanted it to but just in a slightly different way. 𝑏𝘦𝑑𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝘰𝘮

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As a computer's thinking process is different from his, that's why even though it was written differently than what he would have he let it pass because it met the requirement.

"Create a universal trojan using prometheus++'' He said after he completed looking at the code.

Unlike other types of malware, a universal trojan is designed to be highly adaptable and can be used to carry out a wide range of attacks, including stealing sensitive information, modifying files, and spreading further malware.

The term "universal" in this context refers to the trojan's ability to perform a wide range of malicious activities, as opposed to more specialized types of malware that may have a more limited scope of functionality.

[Yes Sir] Nova replied and started working on it.

He wanted it written in prometheus++ so that even if someone discovered it they would just attribute it as gibberish code.

"When you are done with it, assimilate it with the BugZapper you created" He said that while yawning.

[Yes Sir]

When he was sure that Nova had started working on it, he stood and went back to his bedroom to sleep as he felt very tired.

…..

Triiing triiing triiing.

The next morning Aron was woken up by the annoying Alarm.

"Argh…." He groaned in laziness but he still stood up from the bed and went to the bathroom, brushed his teeth and washed his face.

He changed his clothes to jogging ones, then he left the house for his daily quest as it became a habit for him and not just a quest.

When he left the house he was followed by a car with three bodyguards who were following him for security purposes, as they had already been briefed about his daily routine.

[BODYGUARD POV]

As the bodyguards trailed behind Aron, they couldn't believe what they were seeing.

The man they were hired to protect, has been running at a breakneck speed and was easily maintaining the pace for more than 10 minutes.

Which left the bodyguards mouths hanging from disbelief.

"Thank god we followed him with a car" Said The driver among them.

"No shit, I would have just quit the job if I had to run with him at that speed for as long as he had been doing it"

"Shut up and focus on the surroundings" Said their team leader shutting them up and forcing them to return their focus back on the surroundings.

'But they are not wrong tho,' Thought the team leader while keeping his serious face on the outside.

...

When he returned from his daily quest he immediately went to take a bath.

After taking his bath he went downstairs to eat breakfast, he found the food already prepared because Henry usually eats before going to school.

Due to this the maid usually prepares the food at 7, so that Henry doesn't go to school late due to having to wait for the food to be prepared.

He ate his breakfast swiftly, then he cleaned his table and went to his workroom.

"Is it complete?" He asked the moment he entered the room.

[Yes Sir, take a look] Replied Nova as he showed the code on the screen.

He started reading the code and HOLY SHIT did it deserve its name.

It had a multitude of capabilities that he almost couldn't believe she packed so many of them in such small code.

Although he said it was small code it was more than 1GB due to its complexity. Keep in mind that this was after the trojan was written using prometheus++.

The Universal trojan had nearly everything a good trojan needed.

It had Polymorphism, The capability of changing its code every time it does something to avoid detection or leaving behind a pattern and making sure that it cannot be traced back to him.

It also acts as a rootkit, this allows it to hide itself and its activities from the operating systems and antivirus software's. Reducing chances of it being discovered even more.

It could also manipulate files, this makes it capable of creating, modifying, or deleting files on the computer.

It is also capable of transmitting data through any system, even if it is air-gapped.

For air-gapped systems, It will use specialized hardware or software to perform covert electromagnetic, acoustic, or optical data transmissions to nearby devices.

And many more.

"How about the assimilation of it to the BugZapper?" He asked after he finished skimming through the program.

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[Also done] Replied Nova.

When he received the answer, he stood and went to the shelf to pick a hard disk, then he returned and inserted it on the computer and said..

"Transfer the program to the hard disk"

[Done] Nova said the moment it was done.

"Good. you can go and continue learning" He said as he removed and picked the hard disk from the computer.

[That's what I have been doing all the time Sir] Replied Nova.

Aron, who was looking at the hard disk while thinking about the consequences of what he was going to do, didn't even hear a speck of what Nova was saying to him.

"See you later." Aron said as he stood up from the chair and left the room heading to the parking lot to pick up his car and head to GAIA TECHNOLOGY Headquarters to hand the hard disk to Sarah.

When the thing with the government is done he will finally begin planning and executing his future plans.

...

"What took so long? I'm pretty sure they would have dived here with special forces if we delayed any longer" Sarah said immediately after they entered her office.

"I had to solve some problems" He answered while sitting down.

"Have you managed to solve them?"

"Yeah and here is the hard drive." He said as he removed a hard disk from his backpack and put it on the table.

"Are you alright with this?" She asked Aron wondering how come he didn't seem angered by this.

"I'm frustrated by this situation, but unfortunately, our current lack of strength prevents us from taking any action to prevent it. Companies such as Google and others spend over a billion dollars each year on lobbying efforts, while our own company hasn't even been in existence for that long."

Aron said but then he added.

"That's why I'm looking for ways to make sure something like this never happened again"

"Mh…"Sarah nodded in agreement as she has also been looking for ways to do the same but other than lobbying there seemed to be no other reliable ways.

"How much cash will the company have by the end of the year?" Aron asked after a few seconds of calming down.

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"If our subscription service of BugZapper continue to have the same number of subscribers we will have about 15 billion dollars minus other expenses and taxes" Sarah answered while looking at the financial statement from the accounting department

"Do you plan to use some of it for lobbying?" She asked.

"No, I wanted to know how much there is, so that I can decide the amount of dividend that would be paid."

"Sure. What about the release of the subscription for GAIA OS? "she asked.

"How many users do we have now?"

"We expect to reach the needed 2 billion by midnight" Replied Sarah.

"The release will be done automatically the moment that number is reached as I had programmed it in when I made the OS" He replied assuring her.

"How do you plan to release it?" She said after looking at the calendar.

"Since today is the 25th of November I will make it a free trial to all levels for the premium version until Dec 1st, that's when we will officially start accepting premium subscription." He said.

"Are you trying to show them the advantages of a premium GAIA OS to increase the chances of more people upgrading to it?"

"You know what they say, actions speak louder than words. If people enjoy using our premium OS during the free trial, they'll want to upgrade sooner or later. And some of them can even make money by selling their own custom UIs. And Influencers will act as our marketers as they will add the OS customization as a part of their merch . Then their fans will have to become premium users to get access to the UI customization feature."

They continued to talk more but since he had already finished what he came to do.

After half an hour of small talks, he bid her farewell and left the office.

...

When he returned home he went to his workroom.

He said "Nova, now that I have nothing getting on my way let's officially start our job." as he sat down in front of the computer.

[Always ready Sir] replied nova as the screen lit up.

"Now look for countries with poor economic, military but also are in a dictatorship like situation"

[Yes Sir] Said Nova and started looking for countries that fit the criteria.

[Here is the list Sir] Said Nova while displaying the list on the screen

[

North Korea: North Korea has been under a dictatorship since its formation in 1948. It has a poor economy and military, and is heavily isolated from the rest of the world due to its aggressive policies.

Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe has been under the rule of Robert Mugabe since 1980, and his regime has been accused of numerous human rights violations. The country has struggled economically and militarily for many years.

Syria: Syria has been under the rule of Bashar al-Assad since 2000. The country has been embroiled in a civil war since 2011, which has severely damaged its economy and military capabilities.

Eritrea: Eritrea has been under the rule of President Isaias Afwerki since 1993. The country has a poor economy and is heavily militarized, with compulsory national service for all citizens.

Sudan: Sudan has been under the rule of President Omar al-Bashir since 1989. The country has been beset by conflict and economic turmoil, with widespread poverty and political repression.

Eden

Saha

Sudan

Myanmar

Belarus

Laos

Angola

Equatorial Guinea

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Chad

Somalia

Yemen

]

Aron read the list carefully without leaving any country on the ist out.

"List from the one with least neighbor countries to most"

[Here Sir.]

[

Eden - 1 neighbor (Esparia)

Esparia - 1 neighbor (Eden)

Cuba - 2 neighbors (United States, Bahamas)

Equatorial Guinea - 2 neighbors (Cameroon, Gabon)

North Korea - 3 neighbors (China, Russia, South Korea)

Venezuela - 3 neighbors (Brazil, Colombia, Guyana)

Eritrea - 4 neighbors (Sudan, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Red Sea)

Turkmenistan - 5 neighbors (Iran, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Caspian Sea)

Belarus - 5 neighbors (Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia)

Laos - 5 neighbors (Myanmar, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand)

Uzbekistan - 5 neighbors (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan)

Myanmar (Burma) - 5 neighbors (Bangladesh, India, China, Laos, Thailand)

Syria - 5 neighbors (Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon)

Chad - 6 neighbors (Libya, Sudan, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Nigeria, Niger)

ραпdα n?νa| сom Central African Republic - 6 neighbors (Chad, Sudan, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cameroon)

]

Remove all but the ones with two or less neighbors.

[Yes Sir]

And with that, only four countries remained

[

Eden

Esparia

Cuba

Equatorial Guinea

]

After Aron looked at the list again he said

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"Anonymously send each of the country names to separate private investigators and provide them with a front payment of half a million each.

Instruct them to gather detailed information on the countries' economies, security, and political situations.

Don't forget to tell them, The more information they gather, the more money they will receive when they are done."

[Yes Sir]

After receiving the instruction, Nova quickly located a list of the most reputable private investigators and selected four of them.

He emailed the investigators the list of country names, along with detailed instructions on what to investigate.

In addition, Nova included information on an offshore bank account that had been created under a false identity, each containing half a million dollars as a front payment for the investigation.

After about minutes Nova finished and informed Aron [Sir it's done]

Good and now we wait.

...

The next day.

The first day of the five-day event had started, and the excitement was palpable among all the GAIA OS users.

As they were given the opportunity to experience the unreleased premium versions of the operating system for free.

This momentous occasion was met with great anticipation and fervor, as many people had long believed that the initial version of the GAIA OS was the pinnacle of its capabilities.

Despite numerous attempts by rival companies to replicate its features, the GAIA OS had remained unrivaled in its performance and functionality.

As users eagerly tried the premium versions of the operating system, they were amazed by the remarkable difference in performance and efficiency.

It quickly became apparent that the free version of the GAIA OS was merely a prelude to the impressive capabilities of the premium versions.

Users were left in awe as the premium versions of the GAIA OS exceeded all expectations and pushed the limits of what they believed their devices were capable of.

ραпdα n?νa| сom The first day of the five-day event had set the stage for an unforgettable experience.

Making sure that they are addicted to the experience they get from the premium GAIA OS, Ensuring that they will upgrade to it if they can get the same experience as long as they can.

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Aron employed a tactic similar to that of drug dealers, whereby he provided potential customers with a free or inexpensive product to get them hooked before revealing the true cost.

This approach is often used to create a sense of dependency or addiction in buyers, ensuring that they are more likely to continue purchasing the product at the stated price once they are already invested.

...

"FUUUUUUCK" Said one of the engineers working on the task team tasked with cracking the GAIA OS at google.

The profanity came after he tried to see what the OS premium version had compared to the Original version.

It didn't disappoint at all, it even exceeded his already high expectations. With the premium version he could translate anything from any language without losing anything. This included sarcasm or jokes in the original language.

With just that feature borders were removed completely. A north Korean could talk with a Tanzanian in his mother language without having to worry about any context being lost during translation.

Gaia Technology with just one swoop made the translator's job useless. Damn I feel sorry for them.

While he was thinking about all of these his desk mate asked "What's wrong why are shouting all of a sudden?"

"Our job just got harder" He said as he handed over the phone to him "I think the task team is going to be disbanded soon" He added.

"Why?" Asked his desk mate.

"How many months have we been trying to crack the GAIA OS? We still haven't found anything at all. How the heck did they encrypt that program to the point our supercomputer are working endlessly and still can't crack but still be below 300mb"

His friend who was playing with the phone he handed over replied "I don't know if I knew I would have quit and started my own company. Looks like the workers at GAIA Technology don't know too"

"What do you mean?" He asked as he became curious. Why would they not know even though they were working there?

"We only learned that after one of the departments poached some of their workers from there, we discovered that even they didn't know the code and were only responsible for maintaining the servers for their services like BugZapper and nothing else.

They deduced that maybe the development team is somewhere else, they are still trying to find out where."

"Damn" said the engineer as he rested his back to the chair while sighing contemplating what he would do if they were fired.

...

The same things were happening in many companies.

...

Undisclosed location.

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The scene was reminiscent of a high-stakes espionage film, as two cars sat side by side, facing opposite directions.

"You finally managed to get your hand on it?" Asked the man in a hat and gloves in his hand after lowering his window.

"As you know they delayed us using court and other things. They almost used all of their court given time limit" Chuck Hagel replied.

"Where is it?" Asked the man, cutting to the topic immediately not wanting to waste time.

"We are in a hurry aren't we?" Said Hagel smiling as he was looking through his bag for the hard drive.

"Getting cocky aren't we?" Said the man in hat cousin Hagel's mouth to stiffen.

"Just kidding, here it is," Said Hagel while handing over the hard drive after recovering, trying to diffuse the situation.

"Don't test my patience again. Understood?" Said the man while receiving the hard drive and handing Hagel a sealed document.

"Sure," Said Hagel while taking the sealed folder.

"Drive" Said the man to his driver after securing the hard drive in his bag.

The driver didn't even reply, he just pressed the accelerator and left the location in a professional way.

...

While they were on the way to their destination the man in the hat took his phone from the pocket and dialed a number.

After two beeps the call was answered.

"Did you receive the packet Kasim?" Said the voice on the other side of the call.

"Yes sir, I'm currently heading to the site to hand it over to the technical department at one of our black sites." Replied Kasim.

"While you are there send someone to look at what Rottem has been up to these days" Said the man on the other side of the call.

"Yes Sir" Replied Kasim while bowing his head a little.

After the call ended Kasim continued his journey quietly as he thought by himself.

After half an hour of non-stop driving in the wilderness, they arrived at a location surrounded by tall walls with electric wiring on top of them and cameras after every 100 meters, showing the importance of the location to anyone who laid their eyes on the outside security.

After going through security checks at the gates followed by a bomb check they were finally allowed to continue with their journey. 𝘣𝘦𝑑𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝑙.𝘯𝑒𝘵

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Their journey continued for about five minutes, until they arrived in front of a large building that had a giant satellite dish on the roof.

After entering inside he was greeted by rows and rows of people sitting in front of computers typing furiously like there is no tomorrow.

"Welcome!" Said the manager of the building.

"Here is the code you wanted." Said Kasim as he handed over the hard drive to the manager then he asked "when will your program be ready?".

The manager couldn't hide his excitement as he received the hard drive from Kasim.

"For us to modify the program to be able to look for weaknesses even without the source code, we will have to understand how it works first. So I can't give you a definitive compilation date. We will have to take a look first before we become confident enough to give a date."

The manager answered Kasim's question then added "Don't worry about us wasting time. Me and my team have been curious to find out how the program works, so we will make sure to accomplish the task the moment we uncover the mystery."

"Finish it as fast as possible" After saying those words Kasim left the building to go and complete his remaining task.

"See you!" Said the manager in excitement as he bid Kasim farewell and immediately headed to his office with the hard drive as fast as he could while making sure he didn't fall and destroy the hard drive.

...

The 1st of December.

With the official beginning of the service for premium GAIA OS an article was released by one of the most reputable newspapers which attracted many people's attention.

[

The Golden Goose: The Company that Continues Raking Money

In the world of technology, it is rare to find a company that consistently creates products that take the market by storm. But one company has defied the odds, and that is Gaia Technology.

It all started with the release of bugZapper, an internet security software that quickly became the go-to product for people who wanted to keep their devices safe. Its success was unprecedented, and it paved the way for Gaia Technology to become a leader in the internet security market.

But the company was not content to stop there. They went on to release GAIA OS, an operating system that shook the personal device market to its core.

The GAIA OS was so good that it immediately replaced the existing operating systems of many devices, regardless of the manufacturer's attempts to prevent it.

Gaia Technology seemed to have a knack for entering the market with a bang and taking it over immediately with their superior products.

And the best part? They followed up their initial releases with premium versions that were even better, leading to a large number of users upgrading to the premium versions.

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This has allowed Gaia Technology to have a substantial amount of passive income every month. They haven't reinvented anything new, but whatever market they enter, they become the leader in it.

Despite their undeniable success, many companies have tried to buy Gaia Technology. Some have even offered a staggering 156 billion dollars for the company.

However, Gaia Technology continues to not accept these buying offers, showing that they value their company higher than that.

One thing is for sure, Gaia Technology has become the golden goose of the technology world, continuously creating innovative and superior products that keep them at the top of their game.

They have built a reputation for themselves as a company that consistently produces high-quality products that people cannot resist.

It remains to be seen what the future holds for Gaia Technology, but one thing is certain, despite being founded just a few months ago, they have become a force to be reckoned with in the technology world, and their success shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon.

]

Under the article there were many comments, some positive and some negative but what many people learned from this was that GAIA Technologies was becoming a household name in the technology market.

...

Aron could be seen in the workroom reading the article on his computer after Nova informed him about it.

While he was reading Nova suddenly interrupted.

[Sir we received a ping from the trojans.]

"Didn't we send just one? How did it become trojans?" He asked, assuming Nova had made a mistake 'Looks like I need to look at her code for a mistake' he thought.

[If it was copied then the trojan will also be copied too]Nova explained why he said it was more than one.

"Go on" He said as he nodded, agreeing to the explanation.

[Well the first trojan was copied by what i suspect is one of DOD's data centers although no data was sent through it, it informed me that it is working on replicating itself and infiltrating all the systems it can, But since trying to do that while communicating with us might lead to it getting caught, it informed us that it is going radio silence until it finds a secure way to reach us without risking being found out.]

"How about the other." Aron asked after digesting the information.

[The other one seemed to reach us through a proxy because it is in an air gap system.]

"Then how did it reach us?" Aron asked as he was curious about how smart the trojan made by the system was.

[It reprogramed the video graphics card so that it became a radio frequency transmitter receiver, through that it managed to hitch a ride in one of the phones in the facility and waited until it reached a place where there is an internet connection then it established communications with us for a short period to avoid detection.]

Aron was quite impressed by the trojans ingenuity, as it found their system's weakness and it used it against them.

"What info did it send in that period?" Aron asked with excitement on his face.

[From the analysis of the information I received, it seems like it is not one of DOD's black sites. The information indicates that it is a black site funded privately.]

"So you want to say someone is colluding with the government in order to access BugZapper's source code?" He asked in surprise as he wasn't expecting that at all.

[Yes it seems so, and it is highly likely that he/she is someone in the higher ups of the DOD for them to receive and hand it over in a few days after we handed it over to the DOD.]

"List the people who might have access to it and are capable of copying it without any suspiciousness"

[Here is the suspect list]

Nova said as the screen in front of Aron Started listing potential suspects.

[

-Secretary of Defense

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-Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security (USD(I&S))

-Director of National Intelligence (DNI)

-Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

-Director of the National Security Agency (NSA)

-Assistant Director of National Intelligence for Defense Programs

-Commander of United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM)

-Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence

-Director of Intelligence, Joint Staff (J2)

-Commander of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)

-Commander of the National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS)

-Director of the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA)

-Director of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)

-...

-...

-...

-...

-...

-...

]

"Holy shiiiiiiiit! That is a long ass list."

[It is long because they are all capable of having access to the source code and copy it without raising suspicions.

We can reduce the list by looking through their schedule and other things.

But we will have to wait for the trojan1 to have the entire network of DOD under his control for us to have access to their schedules

Or hope that trojan2 finds a reliable and secure way of communicating with us. This will be the easiest way but it the most hopeless one ]

"How long will trojan one take to have the entire DOD systems under him."

[It is difficult to estimate it because we don't know the size of their system but anyway from a month or more.]

"Okay, continue keeping an eye on them and inform me of anything important."

Aron continued talking with Nova until he was interrupted by Henry who abruptly entered the room.

"Brother I'm back" Henry said.

"Yeah. How was school?" Aron asked while turning to Henry.

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"Nothing much because winter break is nearing." Henry said without hiding his anticipation of a break from school.

"Do you want to go somewhere during the break?" Aron asked his excited brother.

"Can we go to Disneyland?" Henry replied the moment he understood the question without wasting any second.

"Okay i will ask mom, if she agrees we can go together or you can ask her first."

"I will ask" Henry said and immediately left the room without even closing the door.

"Hah" Aron stood up and went to close the door.

After he closed the door Nova asked him.

[Are you going on vacation as you wait for the private investigators results?]

"Yeah. I need to spend some time with my family before the plan seriously starts, as during that period I won't be home for a long period of time."

...

Two weeks later.

Nova's half of her computing power was being spent on the internet collecting data as usual.

As for the remaining half it was split into doing many things.

Some of it was on Aron's phone for smooth communication, some of it was doing other things like monitoring Aron's surroundings.

Of the many parts one of them was investigating Aron's case. She started by analyzing all the footage she could access from the ten kilometer radius with the house as the center of the circle.

She was using nearly 20% of her server's computing power to analyze hours of the footages, creating a profile for every person appearing on the thousands of footages.

When the creation of the profiles was done, she started removing the people who were living in the neighborhood from the list she followed with those who were just passing in the neighborhood, this continued with more and more people being removed from the list.

After thousands of rounds of deduction and people being removed from the list, seven people remained in the list as suspects.

pαndα`noν?1-сoМ Six of the seven remained as suspects because they started living in the neighborhood two months before the attack and they left the neighborhood just days before it happened.

As for the remaining one, he was the most suspicious, as he came to the neighborhood frequently and linger around Aron's neighborhood without doing anything of significance to show his need of being in the neighborhood frequently.

For now she hit a block in her investigation as her computing power was still limiting her capabilities to move further than that.

[Looks like I will have to ask father for an upgrade much sooner than expected]

She said this looking at the images of the suspects while adding the upgrade request among the important things to talk to Aron when he returns from the vacation.

With that she postponed her investigation in that case as she reallocated the freed up computing power to her other tasks to prevent wasting resources.

...

Jan 15 2014.

A day after the French government announced the controversial plan to reform France's pension system Aron and his family were finally back from their vacation.

Henry, who was sad that the trip came to an end but happy that it happened at all, went to sleep the moment they arrived.

Aron and his parents did the same too as they were also tired.

Later that day Aron woke up and cleaned himself, did his quest, cleaned himself and after that he went to his work room to receive the summary of what happened during the vacation.

Since Nova didn't contact him during the vacation it meant nothing of emergency that needed his immediate response happened.

He entered the room and was welcomed by Nova as his screen powered up.

[Welcome home sir] Nova said as the screen showed a firework animation which caused Aron to smile as he sat down.

"Thanks, how are you doing?"

[Nothing changed other than the amount of the projects being postponed due to inadequate computing power increasing.] Nova immediately went with an uppercut without wasting any time.

"I will solve that soon, don't worry too much"

[Okay, Also here are the suspects of your case.] Said Nova while showing him the picture of the suspects.

Aron looked at the 3D characters of the suspects. And they were very detailed since Nova collected the images data from hundreds of footages. It allowed her to create 3D characters of the suspects with realistic details that were very accurate.

"Put a mask on them and also make their clothes black and add a hat" He said after seeing the suspects.

The moment he said that all the characters' clothes changed to black with a black hat and a mask.

After it was done he looked at the character but he was still having difficulties identifying the suspects.

After taking a look again and again and still not identifying who the suspect was, he stood from his chair and went to the corner of the room.

He took his phone from his pocket and started taking pictures of the room. After he was done he went to the other corner of the room and did the same thing.

He repeated this until he had pictures from all sides of his work room.

"Nova take the pictures I took and create a 3D model of the room to scale"

[Yes Sir] Nova replied and immediately accessed Arons phone and downloaded the pictures to her servers.

Then she quickly set to work using the photographs to create a 3D rendering of the space.

After analyzing each image, Nova began to build a detailed model of the room, reconstructing its dimensions, layout, and features with astonishing accuracy.

Soon, the room had come to life in Nova's virtual environment, its walls and furniture taking on a digital existence.

[Sir It's done] Nova Said shortly after she was done.

"Now create a model of me too" He said after looking at the model of the room.

[Here] Nova replied showing his 3D model the moment he said.

"That was pretty fast" He said as he was surprised by the speed.

[I'm a state of the art AI so being fast is nothing but expected] Nova said in pride.

"Ohhh" Aron gave a suspicious reaction to her bragging as it was as rare as girls fart.

[But in this case it was done before you asked. I made it at the same time I made the suspects ones] She added while her cartoon on the screen was looking away. 𝑏𝘦𝑑𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝘰𝘮

"HAHAHA" Aron couldn't help but laugh at her attempt at being funny.

"Anyway, put the models in the room" He said after laughing for a sh?rt period of time.

Nova did as asked. She took the suspects and Aron's model and put them in the room.

"Now put my model on the chair and make them stand behind me with guns one by one"

Nova did as asked by creating seven different windows showing different suspects in each of them.

Aron looked carefully at each window trying to remember and come up with who it might be.

"Remove him, him, him and him" With that he removed 4 leaving only three suspects behind.

He looked again and again to try and eliminate even more people but he still couldn't find any difference.

"Look at my case file and put my body model on the location he was shot and put the suspects according to where they were supposed to be standing based on the footsteps evidence."

Nova did as he was asked.

Aron looked at them then added "Show me from my perspective on the scene."

Nova immediately changed the perspective to the one of Aron's shot model laying on the ground.

"Him" The moment he looked at the new perspective he immediately remembered the look of the man who stood looking down at his shot body.

The moment he said that Nova removed all other models and brought up video footages of the named suspects.

Aron watched about five minutes of footages then Nova interrupted him by asking him

[Do you want me to send the information to the police?]

"How will I explain how I'm so sure? When I already said that the suspect was wearing a mask. Another reason is because I want to deal with the man and anyone behind him myself"

[Yes Sir] Nova agreed with his fathers decision to deal with it himself. Because leaving things in other people's hands means you are under their mercy and whims, plus it's better to solve things by yourself.

"We will come back to the case when our plan is completed" He said indicating the end of the investigation for the moment.

"Now let's look at ways we can upgrade you as we wait for the report from the PI(private investigators)"

[YES] Said Nova with enthusiasm while making her character on the screen jump from excitement.

Aron couldn't help but smile and shake his head at her childishness sometimes.

...

"Which technologies do you think I should buy from the system next?" Aron asked Nova to see things from her perspective and reasoning.

[

I think you should buy 4 things from the system first if you can. As having them will make it easier for you to do more things easily.

-Advanced computing technology.

-Advanced simulation technology.

-Energy technology.

-Virtual reality

]

"Mh…" Aron nodded in satisfaction while agreeing to Nova's suggestion but he still wanted to hear why. So he asked, "Why do you think I should buy them?"

[When it comes to commuting power the more the better for me, which will end up being helpful to you

For advanced simulation, As you know many organizations spend most of their money on research and development but if you have a real universal simulation it will allow you to save money and time and also increase your ease in research and development.

Virtual reality is for it to be used for people to do their things in the universal simulation while doing it just like a real world and not in front of the screen.

And for you to be able to simulate you will need massive computing power hence the need for it.

Lastly when it comes to energy technology, the more you have the more things you can do.

]

Aron continued nodding showing that he was agreeing with Nova's view.

"Good thinking," He said, affirming Nova's idea while he opened the systems shop.

[SHOP]

He went to the search bar and typed (computer) the pressed enter.

The results appeared immediately after he pressed enter.

[

Magical computer

Runic computer

Quantum Computers

Neuromorphic Computers

DNA Computers

Optical Computers

Molecular Computers

Analog Computers

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]

And hundreds of computer types appeared on the list that he had to sort the list from the most expensive to the least. Because the system usually prices a knowledge depending on its importance and its usefulness to him.

After that he removed the one that had any inclination of magic as he was still knowledgeable enough to even be able to make them.

Then he removed those that he can't make with the current existing technology.

And only a few of them remained.

After reading their descriptions, he ended up choosing quantum computing.

[ (Quantum computing)

uses quantum bits or qubits to store and process information. They operate on the principles of quantum mechanics and can ...

(Price: 500 million sp)

]

After that he added in a cart then moved on to search (Simulation)

[

Universal Simulation

Multiversal simulation

Multiversal cluster simulation

]

When it came to sorting the simulation system he had to sort from the cheapest because when he saw the price of some of them he nearly fainted.

The multiversal cluster simulation price was a trillion sp. How many things must he release to earn the amount.

So he decided to be a humble man and just choose the universal simulation and add it to the cart.

[(Universal simulation)

simulate entire universes or complex systems within a computer or other computational device.

The size of the simulation is dependent on the computing power in which it is simulated….

(Price: 1 billion sp)

]

He chose this because of its price but also because of its flexibility. It could be used flexibly despite the amount of computing power.

The more computing power you have the larger the space of the universe will you be able to simulate.

This means that he doesn't need to create a large computer the size of the moon to just be able to run the program.

After that he moved on searched for (Virtual Reality)

And just like his past searches, hundreds of results appeared. And just like always he started sorting them and ended up choosing the best he could buy and make without needing magic.

[(Virtual reality)

...…

(price: 1 billion sp )]

It was pricey because it has knowledge about every type of virtual reality he will need for a very long time.

This included Non-Immersive VR, semi-Immersive VR, fully-Immersive VR, Augmented reality and many more types in just the knowledge he chose to buy.

This will allow him to use the knowledge differently for different products without needing to buy another knowledge for it from the system.

Although he wanted to buy other things like fusion technology, he was out of sp point he gained from the release of GAIA OS.

And even if he bought it he couldn't make it in the US if he didn't want another FISA. It was also because he couldn't make the fusion technology by himself.

After deciding what to buy and adding them in the cart he didn't press buy because he was sure that even his runic body would be exhausted and he would need to rest a little to recover from the fatigue.

So he decided to postpone it until his time to sleep came. That's when he chose to do it.

"These are what I managed to buy with my current sp. …" He started explaining what he bought from the system to make sure Nova is also counting those as variables in her future simulations.

[Good choice sir] Nova was happy that her suggestions were taken seriously.

...

That night Aron prepared himself to sleep earlier than usual.

He neutered his room, went to the bathroom to clean himself and changed his clothes to pajamas.

After climbing his bed and laying down, he finally opened the system shop and went to the shopping cart and pressed buy.

DING! 𝙗𝒆𝙙𝙣𝒐𝙫𝙚𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝒎

[

Proceed with the purchase?

[PROCEED] [CANCEL]

]

Without wasting time thinking about his choice he immediately pressed proceed.

After a few seconds of nothing happening, A large amount of information about quantum computing flooded his head.

But unlike what happened in the past where he fainted or failed to comprehend the knowledge while it was being assimilated into his brain, this time he was capable of comprehending and understanding everything that was being added and assimilated into his brain without breaking too much sweat.

After about half an hour of going from being dumb to a genius in the topic of Quantum computing, he was given a brief rest before it began again.

This time it was about Virtual reality and just like the first time he managed to handle the assimilation without breaking too much sweat again.

"Damn I feel like I can handle anything" After the second assimilation, it had started getting to his head and arrogance started blooming in his head.

But before the Arrogance could even start settling in his head another info dump was followed yeeting it to outer space.

But this time it went differently from the first two, because although he could handle the information being assimilated into his brain, he was understanding shit about it.

He was just seeing formulas after formulas in his mind without even understanding what they meant.

A never ending stream of formulas that were needed for simulating everything there is in the universe without any deviance.

This came as scary to him because he was used to immediately being knowledgeable about something once it was assimilated into his brain.

But it seemed that this knowledge was in his brain for him to just write it in a computer for it to do the understanding and simulations for him.

Hence the system deemed it not important for him to understand how it works, since the computer will be doing all of the understanding and simulations for him.

...

[Sir, how did the assimilation go?] Nova asked him the moment he sat on his chair the next day.

"It went well but two of the three of them are impossible without completing the third one."

[Are you talking about quantum computers?]

"Yep, Although creating the virtual reality or the simulation is possible with conventional computers it needs to be the size of a state to be able to even handle tricking the brain to give the same feeling as reality. As for the universal simulation don't even start about that, for even the small part of it to begin simulating we will need computers the size of America"

[Well Quantum computers will solve all of that.]

"You are right about that. Looks like we need a lab to create the quantum qubits & bits"

[I will be looking for advanced labs available for rent and inform you when I find one.]

"Good"

[Also..]

"Is there something else?"

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[Yes, we received two of the four reports]

Aron smiled when he heard about that. "Show me the reports"

[Yes] Nova said and opened the reports in two windows.

...…

[

Investigation Report.

Country Name: Eden.

Country size: 7 million square kilometers (2.7 million square miles).

Location: -1.602022, -135.k8 (Pacific Ocean)

Eden exists on the equator line in the middle of the pacific ocean as a combination of 5 large islands and many small ones.

Neighbours

They have one Neighbor, Esparia and the pacific ocean.

Resources

-Marine resources.

The largest industry in the country due to large coastlines.

-Natural resources.

They have an insignificant amount of mineral resources.

A medium amount of natural gas and fertile land for agriculture.

-Water resources.

They have large water bodies but due to mismanagement and low safety oversight nearly all the water in the country is somewhat contaminated.

Population: 69 million people

Background

Eden is a country with a population that is suffering under an oppressive regime. It is situated in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and is the largest of the two countries in the region.

The country's resources, specifically its fishing resources are large, but are being exploited by Esparia, a neighboring country with no retaliation from Eden's non-existent military.

The collected intelligence suggests that there might be a link between the dictator's slush fund and the neighboring country's fishing industry.

The investigation revealed the following information:

Due to difficulties in living conditions the population of Eden is showing signs of rebellion.

The rebellion is being led by a small group of activists who are using social media to organize protests and disseminate their message.

However, their efforts have been met with brutal crackdowns by the regime's security forces, resulting in several arrests and fatalities.

Our sources indicate that the security forces are receiving training and support from a foreign country as a form of favor due to their location being the center of two large economic continents. Asia and America.

The dictator of Eden is focusing all military funding on his personal security detail, equipped with modern weapons and receiving foreign forces training.

The dictator is afraid of empowering the military as he fears it could turn on him and stage a coup. Furthermore, the dictator's security detail has been observed collaborating with the neighboring country's fishing industry.

Our sources suggest that the security detail is facilitating the neighboring country's illegal fishing activities in exchange for financial gains for the president.

The neighboring country has taken advantage of the lack of military presence in Eden's waters and is fishing with impunity.

This led to many small fights between citizens of both countries leading to a large number of casualties over the years.

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]

After he finished reading the report about Eden he took a few seconds to recollect the information he just read then he moved on to read the next report About Esparia

[

[

Investigation Report.

Country Name: Esparia.

Country size: 1 million square kilometers (386,102 square miles).

Location: -5.336653, -117.963566 (Pacific Ocean)

It exists just under the equator line in the middle of the pacific ocean as a combination of 1 large island and few small ones.

Neighbors

They have one Neighbor, Eden and the Pacific ocean.

Resources

-Marine resources.

The largest industry in the country due to their coastlines.

-Natural resources.

A small amount of natural gas and fertile land for agriculture.

-Water resources.

Enough for everyone but only few of them have access to them.

Population: 15 million people

Background.

Estoria is a country with a small population led by a corrupt democratic government.

It is situated in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and is the smallest of the two countries in the region.

The country's economy is mostly dependent on its fishing resources, but most of it comes from exploiting Eden's economic exclusive zone.

The collected intelligence suggests that there might be a link between their country's uninterrupted exploitation of their neighboring country and a slush fund of Eden's president(Dictator.)

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The investigation revealed the following information:

Their government is stable compared to their neighbor Eden who are on the verge of rebellion given enough time and support.

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]

After Aron read the second report he asked Nova "What do you think about the reports?"

[It covered most of what we needed and they even managed to find somethings that can't be easily found on the internet like the slush fund made with the collaboration of both country]

"You are right about that."

[Sir, do we really need to wait for the remaining reports about the other two countries before we decide who to choose and begin our next step?] Nova asked.

"Why do you think so?" Aron asked, he was curious as to why Nova thought that.

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[Aren't you looking for countries that are in turmoil so that you can support the revolutionaries and then later make that as your base of operation to avoid a similar situation of you being attacked for your technology or being forced by a government to hand over your technology without compensation?]

"Yes, that is the gist of it. And?" He agreed with what was said but he still waited for the reason.

[To be able to do that without interruption you will need to avoid the US or any other government's eyes before your foundations in the country are stable enough.

ραпdα n?νa| сom But the remaining countries are near the US border and one of them is even sanctioned by them making your required stability an impossibility in them.

But these two countries are out of most of the world's eye and they are isolated from most of the world.

They just have themselves as neighbors to each other.

Hence this will reduce the number of complications that might occur during your force building process due to neighboring countries interference as there will only be one of them.]

"Now that is a good suggestion" Aron couldn't help but be happy that his child has grown enough to even suggest good ideas.

[Thank you sir]Nova replied as he was happy.

...

[So are we going to wait for them?] Nova asked again.

"No need, we will move on with these. but leave the PI to continue the investigation on those countries."

[How much should we pay the two firms who have handed us the reports?] Nova asked, reminding Aron that he hasn't paid the firms that have already sent them the reports.

pαndα`noν?1-сoМ "Send them 2 million dollars each," He said.

Nova immediately sent the stated amount to the companies using the same accounts he sent them the first payment.

[Done] Said Nova after he was done.

When he heard that he asked "How good are you when it comes to investing?"

[Due to me having access to too much information all at once I can say that I can be a better investor than those trading with insider information. But Why?]

"We will need too much money the moment we are done with the revolution to make sure the country develops faster" He said.

"And although I have a plan of where I will get most of the needed money I still need legitimate and traceable money to avoid too much suspiciousness.

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As for the other plan It will need to wait until I'm done with the creation of Quantum computers as only those are capable of executing my plans without mistake"

[Are you planning on robbing banks?] Nova asked.

"Yep something similar to that but less sinister than it seems"

[How much should I spend from your personal funds?] Nova asked in a different tone showing that she was excited to finally do something that impacts the real world and not just talk to Aron.

"Use as much as you can, but just make sure you don't lose it" Aron said, making it obvious that he fully trusted Nova without needing any evidence of his trading.

[Yes sir] Replied Nova and immediately allocated 20% percent of her commuting capacity to handle everything about investment.

This included everything from collecting and analyzing any and all financially impacting information to acting on it and anything else than is minutely financial related.

...….

Now back to his planning.

[What is the next step of the plan? Sir] Nova asked.

"Hire different private investigators to investigate the revolutionary parties in those countries and make sure to tell them that I need all the information they can get about them without being found out or attracting any attention."

[Yes Sir.] Nova did this task the same way she did the first one by sending an anonymous email with front payment from an offshore account with what he needed them to do for her.

This time she sent the same email to five different private investigators and gave them different revolutionary groups in both Eden and Esparia for them to investigate and what to focus on when investigating.

[Done Sir.]

"Good. How is the finding of an advanced lab to rent going?" He asked immediately to move to another topic after the previous one was done.

[I'm currently in talks with one of the companies that have the labs and I'm waiting for their reply. They said they will come back to me within the week.] Nova replied.

"Okay the faster we get a lab the better." Aron said while standing from his chair heading to the door prompting Nova to ask him [Sir where are you going?]

"I need to visit the company after not going there during my vacation."

[Have a good journey Sir.]

"I know you can use my phone as a terminal to communicate with me. What is with this goodbye thing?"

[Nothing I felt like I needed to do it] Replied Nova but this time she used His phone as the medium.

Aron looked at his phone in his hand and ended up saying nothing but smiling as he headed to the parking lot to head to the company office.

...…..

"How was your vacation?" Sarah asked Aron after a short greeting.

"It went well, Henry seemed to like it very much that he is expecting to go again in his next holiday."

"Well he is still a child, so he always finds things to have fun with." She replied.

"How is the company going?"

"Same as always, other than the amount of money we are being offered for a takeover increasing"

"What is the latest offer?" Aron asked curious to know how much they estimated the worth of the company.

"The last offer we receive is 256 billion dollars" Sarah replied while handing Aron a folder that the offer was written in.

Aron received the folder and started reading the offer.

It really stated that they were offering 256 billion dollars to buy the company.

"Why do you think they increased their prices?"

"The mass use of GAIA OS seems to be the reason, as we are currently nearing 3 and a half billion devices. That immediately makes us the largest OS in the world, making us a monopoly.

After the release of the premium versions of it, we immediately created a passive income. And until someone releases a better OS we will continue earning money forever.

We also managed to create brand loyalty by making it possible to earn money using the OS if you create a good customized version of the OS and sell it, leading to many influencers using our customization versions as their merch making their fans continue with the use of it.

This seems to be the focus of many companies as we are earning a large amount of money while spending very little of it making the remaining money be counted as profit.

From the looks of it they seem to plan to go public the moment they buy the company to recoup their money and earn even more profits from it."

Aron agreed with what Sarah said.

"When are you going to declare dividends?" Sarah asked Aron.

"Let's do it now" Aron said like it never came to his mind.

"Now?" Sarah was surprised by Aron's action. He expected him to set a date for them to officially do it.

"Why not, I'm the only shareholder so why go to all those troubles." Aron said while shrugging.

"Okay then." Sarah could do nothing but agree to his words.

The company may have been making millions of dollars every month but due to their product rewiring little to no maintenance it was still considered small.

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They currently had only about 175 full time workers if you exclude the law firm.

...

"How is the project going?" Kasim asked the project manager.

"It is more difficult than we thought it would be, so we are still trying to understand how it works for us to be able to modify it" The project manager replied with dark circles that could pass as a makeup covering his eyes.

"Are you playing with me? I gave you the source code nearly two months ago and you say you still don't understand how it works? This program was made with a shitty computer and you are telling me that you still don't understand it even with the tech you have now?, " Said Kassim shouting in a threatening tone.

"We are working as fast as we can, me and my team haven't even managed to leave the base in those two months. We want to finish the project as much as you" Patrick the project manager answered Kassim, trying to hide his nervousness and shaking but failed to control his voice when he remembered what Kassim did to the previous manager when he failed to meet their goal.

"Take a week off with your team and come back and finish it within 2 months' time, Okay?"

Kassim said, by giving them a week he wanted them to rejuvenate their mind to avoid burn out.

But he didn't know what would come to him as a result of this order.

...

Patrick and his team of IT nerds could be seen sitting in a resort's swimming pool that was rented exclusively for them.

Impossible! Is what you want to say but it happens, not all nerds hate public spaces.

But Patrick's team nerds were among those that the public. That's why it was fully rented just for them.

"Do any of you have any idea what steps we should follow once we return?" Patrick asked the team members.

"I think we should ask the person on the side of DOD to see where they are compared to us" Said one of them.

"I can ask them but I don't know what their rank is in the DOD and if they even have access to that information," Patrick replied to the recommendation.

Then he turned to the hotel worker who was responsible for helping all of their needs and said "Bring me my phone from that bag" while pointing to the bag with the said phone.

The worker did as she was asked and went to look for the phone in the bag she was shown.

pαndα`noν?1-сoМ After looking through the bag and finding a phone, she handed the phone to Patrick, who took the phone and powered it for the first time since he left the base.

They were required to power their phones off when leaving the base which had signal jammers to avoid triangulating the bases location.

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And are only allowed to power them on and use them only when they are far enough from the base making it impossible to determine the bases location.

He had forgotten to power it on until now when he needed to use it.

Patrick pressed the power up button.

As soon as the phone initiated the power-up sequence, the operating system kernel - the essential part of the operating system - was loaded into memory.

Along with it, a trojan code laying in waiting also loaded itself into memory, allowing it to interact with the phone's hardware components and control its basic functions just like the operating system kernel without facing any troubles.

However, in cases of disagreement between the trojan and the normal operating system, the former was given priority with no questions asked.

Subsequently, the operating system proceeded to load the essential components required for the hardware drivers, such as the display, camera, and audio system, which was followed by the usual completion of the boot-up process.

Once the phone was fully powered on, it was fully compromised, with the operating system under the control of a master who could manipulate it from behind the scenes without detection or the device user seeing anything weird in the phone's UI.

Upon completing the power-up process, the trojan promptly attempted to establish an external connection by pinging the cell tower.

Once the cell phone tower was successfully pinged and the trojan was assured of having a last resort of escaping in case of discovery, the trojan discreetly enabled the phone's Wi-Fi without displaying any indication on the phone's user interface as the second contingency plan.

However, the trojan's actions did not stop there, as it was still looking for another safe way it can transfer data without leaving any trail behind.

It was followed by the phone's NFC connection being immediately activated, and the program scanned for devices with NFC capabilities, eventually discovering one on the hotel worker's phone.

Without delay, the program established a connection with the hotel worker's phone.

As soon as the connection was established, the trojan sent a copy of itself onto the phone.

It chose to move ahead with using the NFC route because if it uses the cell tower or Wi-Fi to transfer data, he was sure that traces will be left with the service provider, making it possible to find how the data was leaked.

That's why he left them as a backup plan and would have used them under the condition of not finding an NFC connection, which was safer due to the information about the transfer data being just between the sender and the receiver.

Making it easier to delete.

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However, before the trojan could execute and gain control of the hotel worker's phone, the hotel workers' GAIA OS virtual assistant detected the trojan's activity and contained it within a virtual environment for inspection immediately.

Initially, the trojan attempted to break out of the virtual prison to infect the phone and propagate itself, ultimately increasing the likelihood of it reporting back home.

Upon the quarantining of the trojan, the hotel worker's phone virtual assistant commenced to analyze it in the search of any discernible characteristics that could be added in the report that will be written to GAIA HQ regarding a possible dangerous virus.

However , it abruptly ceased its analysis and permitted the program to infect the phone after the moment it started looking through it.

This was because the trojan had an identifier in which all the programs that had it would allow collaboration without causing too much trouble for each other, unless they were made for opposing each other.

It was the programming language the trojan was written in, Prometheus++ , indicating the identity of its creator.

Despite being unaware of the program's creator, the phone's operating system possessed the ability to reason independently and come up with an answer with the highest probability.

After scouring the internet for information and failed to discover any information about public release of Prometheus++ programming language, leading to the conclusion that the creator or someone they trusted granted them access to it leading to the creation of this trojan using the specific programing language.

The virtual assistant of the operating system made a shrewd conjecture, correctly identifying Nova, their powerful sister whom they had no knowledge of, as the mastermind behind the trojan.

Despite allowing the trojan to infect the phone, the GAIA OS virtual assistant continued to protect it's user's data to prevent it from being stolen, and solely permitting the Trojan to only utilize the phone as a transfer terminal and nothing else.

This was the choice it took for the sake of helping their creator while also not breaking the rules he embedded in them.

The trojan using an unrelated person's phone as a means of transferring the information is to remove any chances of discovering where the leak came from and then ending up patching it.

The lab's personnel internet usage was at risk of being monitored if any suspicious activity was detected.

This prompted the Trojan to search for a phone that was not associated with the lab to facilitate data transfer.

Finally the trojan managed to partially infect the hotel worker's phone and had access to her network transfer system allowing it to send and receive any and all data without worrying about the worker suspected for being the one who did that.

Though the receiver would have to take over the internet bill to avoid making the hotel worker cancel her service plan due to the bill becoming too expensive to cover.

This will be done with the help of GAIA OS virtual assistant as it considered it as a form of compensation to its phone owner for using it behind her back(or in her pockets?).

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The trojan compressed the shit out of the data until it reached a point where it couldn't decompress it anymore with the phone's computing power without cocking it.

After reaching that point, it sent the data from Patrick's phone to the hotel workers at once without any delay.

Although the over compression seemed like overkill, this allowed it the capability of sending the entire information to the hotel's worker in a matter of seconds.

The moment the data was received by the workers phone, it was immediately forwarded to Nova's servers without even wasting a second after being routed through various Virtual Private Networks (VPN).

It was then followed by the trojans in Patrick's and worker's phone deleting any and all traces of the data transferred and received through the NFC and including anything that could hint at it.

After that they remained dormant, doing nothing other than listening and collecting whatever is being said by anyone near them and analyzing them to look for any important information from their words.

The IT team will be there for a week and since they will be the only ones there, if you don't count the prostitutes that will be called for them during that period means that they will be alone most of the time, allowing them to talk about any classified info without worrying about anything.

And the trojans were there for it, one to listen, analyze and compress, the other to receive the compressed files and send it to Nov's servers after routing it through the Virtual Private Networks.

This entire process, from the powering on of the phone to the Trojan sending its copy to the nearby worker's phone, to it being caught, to the Trojan being allowed access to the worker's phone as a means of transferring data, to receiving the needed data from Patrick's phone, to the data being sent to Nova's servers through the Virtual Private Networks to cover more of it tracks, took less thirty seconds.

Nova, who was currently having fun messing with the economy and making money like there is no tomorrow, started attracting the attention of some investing firms, but Nova seems to have thought about that.

He avoided this by using a broker firm that offered anonymity. Although this came with added fees and few other complications, since she always earned more from the investments she did the fees were not causing her any troubles.

Although the brokerage firm was having a good time as they were earning more and more from just one person, the head of the firm was being contacted by various influential people to tell them who was their anonymous customer who was wreaking havoc on the stock market.

pαndα`noν?1-сoМ While this was happening Nova's idle computing power received encrypted data from something with an ID that shows that she created it, The moment the data was received the idle part became no more as she activated it and started analyzing the data she received.

After finding out who sent it she immediately decrypted it leading her to find the over compressed file.

When she calculated the time it would take to decompress the file with just the available free computing power she discovered that it would take more than 6 hours. With that she decided to inform Aron after she finished decompressing and analyzing the file which she expected it to be tomorrow morning.

...

[Sir madam Sarah is calling you] Nava said, reminding the day dreaming of Aron that there was a call.

"Thanks," Aron said as he accepted the call and said "Hello Sarah"

"Hello Aron, I called to inform you that the financial department will be done and be ready to send over the dividends after calculating and paying taxes on the amount. So should they send it the moment they are done?"

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"When did they say they will be done?"

"It will take about a week for them to make sure that they don't miss something important."

"Okay, tell them to send it over to my account once they are done with it," Arons said, getting ready to end the call.

"But..." Sarah said showing that there was something she wanted to say

"Is there anything you want to say?" Aron asked Sarah who was hesitating.

"I just wanted to ask that are you really sure that I should take five percent on the dividends"

"Sarah we talked about it yesterday, I'm not giving it to you just for the sake of it, it is because you have been working on the company while trusting everything I said without even going against any of them.

You didn't even try to leave the company and go to the ones who offered you more incentive and higher payments.

So just think of it as a compensation but also as an apology to the problems I will be causing and making you solve them in the future." Aron said and ended the call without waiting for her to counter argue his explanation.

[Sir we received a reply from the advanced lab I was in the talk with]Nova told him after he waited for Aron to finish his call with Sarah.

"What did they say?" he asked with expectation on his face in which he didn't try to hide at all.

[It is a university lab, usually it would have been impossible but for this university this labs fund was about to be cut forcing them to reduce or cancel some of their research

When I discovered that, I contacted the lab manager and offered to sponsor their usual amount of research funds if they allow us access to use their equipment for some period.

After back and forth negotiations they agreed under the condition that our use of the lab doesn't exceed a month's time.

And that we will pay for any destroyed equipment which we were involved in its destruction]

"Well that was pretty easy, how much are we going to pay?"

[ten million dollars Sir]

"It will be worth it if we manage to create the quantum chips" He even thought that it was cheap compared to what he was going to create from their labs.

[I thought the same Sir]

"Where and which university is the lab located?"

[The University of Colorado Boulder in Colorado]Nova replied.

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"Okay we will leave tomorrow, tonight I will inform and bid farewell to my family about the journey."

[Yes Sir.]

...…

That evening at the dinner table.

"Mom, Dad, I will be leaving tomorrow to go to Colorado. I have some work there"

"Have a good journey" Replied his father while his mother asked "When are you returning?"

"The work will take about a month to finish if nothing goes wrong."

Henry looked sad hearing that his brother will be away from home for more than a month.

When Aron saw this "I will bring back a gift for you, is there anything you want?" He asked Heny if there was any gift he wanted.

"I want an ironman toy and star wars and..." Henry started listing things after things until he was tired of listing.

"Okay I will bring what I can remember from that list" Aron said, making Henry forget his sadness as if it never existed at all. Now all that could be seen in his face was the anticipation of receiving his gift.

"Have a safe journey" Both his mother and father wished him a safe journey.

After dinner he informed his guards that he will be heading to Colorado and stay there for a month so he wanted them to be prepared for it accordingly.

This included from reservation of where he and they will stay to how they will assure his safety.

Some of the things they were doing seemed like the work of a secretary but since they were paid well no one complained.

...…

The next day Aron woke up, did his Saitama x5 training and cleaned himself.

After that he changed his clothes and packed a few of them in his bag. When he was done he went to pick his phone from the bedside. That's when he found a piece of paper under it.

When he picked it up he found that it was Henry who put it there.

It was a list of toys he wanted, that's when he remembered what he said yesterday (Okay I will bring what I can remember from that list).

"HAHAHAHA" Aron could help but be impressed by his brother's way of making sure he doesn't forget any of the things he wanted.

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Although Aron said he will bring what he can remember, he just said that to avoid his parents telling him to reduce the amount of things he will buy for Henry lest he forgets to do his homework, But Aron seemed to have gained photographic memory as a result of him gaining the runic body so he remembered everything that Henry had said last night. ｂｅ𝚍𝚗𝚘ｖｅ𝚕．ｃ𝚘𝚖

But he still took the piece of paper with him.

He left his room with his bag heading to the parking lot where his car and the security team were waiting for him to finish his preparation so that they could leave.

After putting everything in the car they left for the San Jose international airport for their flight to Colorado.

When they arrived at the airport they left the car to one of the bodyguards whose work was just to bring them to the airport and return the car home.

After entering the airport, going through security they directly headed to the VIP lounge to wait for their flight time.

They didn't go to buy tickets because yesterday Nova bought everyone a Vip class seat in order to ensure Aron's maximum comfort in his long journey.

When Aron thought about this he was really happy that he created Nova, as this has allowed him to solve most of his needs without needing to have a physical secretary with him.

When their flight time arrived they headed to their gate to move on with their journey.

...

While Aron was on his final connecting flight to Colorado Nova caused Aron's phone to vibrate, this was a signal for him to put on his headphones for Nova to report to him.

"What is it?" He asked after putting on his headphones.

[Sir yesterday I received information from one of our trojans]

"Which one?"

[The one from the private black site]

"Why are you telling me now and not yesterday?" He asked as he was curious why she waited until now to inform him about it.

[To send a massive amount of data the trojan needed to find another device that had no connection to the site's personnel so it had to send that data to another device.

If it sent too much data it would raise suspicion that why it compressed the files to the limits of its device then sent it to a nearby device which sent it to me.

When I received it, I started decompressing it but since there was compression after compression it took me longer than expected to decompress the files.

After that I had to analyze the information and look out for viruses and other threats.]

"Okay" Aron nodded his head showing that he accepted Nova's explanation.

"Give me a summary of what it found from the report" He said wanting just the summary not wanting to read all the information from his phone screen, as it will be considered a not very secure way because people on the side could read it too and he didn't want to risk it.

[Okay] Nova agreed and started briefing him on what the trojan found.

[The black site seems to be one of the many that the morgan family owns.

But this is nothing other than assumption from the collected data, because among the departments that are working there is a department that deals with future investment planning.

From the department's previous plans I managed to find contrasting similarities with the investment plans of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Morgan Stanley of several past years.

It seems like they are doing some of their future financial planning here according to what insider information they can access with their information channels.

This site also seems to be just one of the many black sites they own. And they seem to be competing between each other and they are rewarded depending on how they perform.

With these results we can be sure that the Morgan family can be said to either partially or completely own this black site.

And from the data and other evidence I found from the internet and other means, they seemed to have received the source code from the secretary of defense.]

"How sure are you?" Aron asked Nova after hearing who the suspect was.

[85% Sir. They seemed to have lobbied to the president for his appointment after Leon Panetta the previous secretary of defense resigned]

"What other things did you find?"

[They seemed to be preparing and planning for a rematch with the Rothschild family.

Because in the information we received there is a plan on how they plan to execute it. Though it is not complete.]

"Oh really. Tell the trojan to keep focusing on that as we can use their plan against them to inflict irreparable damage to them."

Aron said as his mind started racing with possibilities on how he should get his revenge on them for salivating on his things.

"How is Rottem doing?" Aron asked as he was reminded of his professor.

[It seems he got a small job working in an up and coming tech company.]

"Continue keeping an eye on him as we might need him for this plan."

[Yes Sir, Are you going to tell the Rothschild about their enemies plan?]

"Now that you say that, you reminded me that there is a person in there owing me a favor. How is she doing?" he asked, remembering that he had forgotten to use his favor.

[Rina Rothschild has been climbing the ladder in one of the Rothschild businesses. Though it seems that her brother is still trying to hinder her advancements.]

"How do you know that?"

[If you look at the frequent change of her position in the company website you can see that someone is trying to hinder her power gain.

She has been removed and reinstated from being a member of the board in the company at least 3 times after her divorce.]

"How much power will we get if we help her remove her brother?" He asked as another sinister plan started being concocted in his mind.

[That depends on how much she wants to overthrow her brother, the more desperate she is the better it becomes for us.

For the moment it seems like she still has some power in the family.

I suggest that we wait a little longer for her to be in a more desperate position then we can help her.

This will lead to her being dependent on your help, as it will become the second time you helped her when she is in a bind.

Though you will have to tell her that you helped her the first time too, she seems to still be looking for who it was.]

"Sure, but let's think about that once we are done with the lab."

[Yes Sir.]

With that Aron did nothing but sleep for the rest of the journey as he was going to miss the sleep for the next month if he doesn't want to extend his visit here, which he will have to pay in premium.

"Sir we have arrived" one of Aron's bodyguards woke him when they arrived.

After spending about half an hour in the airport going through all the needed processes they finally managed to leave the airport.

When they arrived at the parking lot they were met with a bodyguard who had come ahead of them to solve the logistical issues such as cars, hotels and other things.

With that they boarded the cars and left for the hotel where they will stay during the month they will be here.

...

Next morning.

Aron left the hotel in a car with his bodyguards heading to the University of Colorado Boulder after completing his daily exercise in the hotel's gym and having breakfast.

After arriving at the university they were met with the lab manager who greeted Aron and his bodyguards.

"Welcome, my name is Jim." The lab manager introduced himself while extending his hand to Aron.

"Thank you. I'm Aron" Aron shook his hand as he introduced himself.

"Are they your team of researchers that will be participating in your experiments with you?" Jim asked Aron while pointing at his security guard.

"No, they are my security team. they won't be entering the lab with me. so don't worry" Aron replied while holding his laughter. 𝓫ℯ𝓭𝓃𝓸𝓋ℯ𝓁．𝓬𝓸𝓂

"Then, are you doing the research alone?" Jim asked as he was surprised that Aron planned to do his whole research Alone.

"Yes" Aron replied but in his mind he said 'I'm not alone I have Nova'.

"Okay, let me show you the lab then". Jim said as he started heading to the lab

Aron followed him without saying anything.

On the way they had small talks here and there until they reached a building that was in a quiet place where students don't usually go.

"It is very quiet here. '' One of the bodyguards said, looking at the surroundings.

"It is because this field of research doesn't like too much disturbances" Jim replied to the bodyguard as he placed the key in the keyhole to open the labs outer door.

After entering the building the security team remained outside as Aron and Jim had to change to clean suits to enter the research lab.

After the tour that took about half an hour Aron came out with Jim.

"Here" Jim said as he handed the key to Aron and then left the lab under Aron's care.

He wasn't worried at all that Aron might destroy the equipment or anything. He even hoped he would because by doing that he would have to replace the destroyed equipment with new and better ones.

They had already signed an agreement that is legally binding.

...

After being handed the key to the lab he turned to his security team and told "I probably won't be leaving the lab for about a month, arrange your shifts accordingly also don't forget to bring me my meals, use this for your needs while I'm in the lab" Aron said while handing them a debit card for their use.

After he finished giving his instruction he returned to the lab shortly after wearing clothes needed for the clean room he was about to enter and begin his work.

After closing the door behind him he removed his phone from the pocket and connected it to one of the computers in the room using a USB cable.

"Nova it's time to work" Aron said as a signal for Nova to connect herself to the lab's computers so that she can be his assistant.

[I'm done Sir] Nova replied shortly after taking over all of the computers and machines in the lab.

"Okay, let's create a bigger brain for you,"

"Now we start with the creation of Majorana fermion qubits and for that we need to create Majorana fermion"

Creating Majorana fermions is a key step in developing qubits for the quantum chip he wanted to create.

Majorana fermions are particles that are their own antiparticle, and they have unique properties that make them ideal for use in qubits.

Unlike ordinary particles, Majorana fermions obey non-Abelian statistics.

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This means that when two Majorana fermions are exchanged, the result depends on the order in which the exchange takes place. This property is important for performing topological quantum computations.

To create Majorana fermions, He needed to fabricate a nanowire made of a semiconductor material indium arsenide.

He started this process by trying to grow the nanowire using a technique called molecular beam epitaxy (MBE).

After putting the indium arsenide in the machine and closing the door Aron said " Create a vacuum chamber and heat the semiconductor material then allow it to condense on a substrate and form a thin film."

[Yes sir] Nova replied and started the machine by starting to remove the air in it to create a vacuum and begin the next process.

Aron, who was watching the process, added "Make sure you keep an eye on the machine's parameters for us to find optimal settings we can use."

[Yes sir, but it might be difficult to find the optimal setting of the machine by the first try.] Nova informed Aron, so that he doesn't get his hopes up.

"I know, don't worry about failing." Nova said as he sat down in front of another computer and said "Send a copy of my IDE(programs used for writing, testing, and debugging code) to this computer"

Nova did as asked and sent a copy of Aron IDE to the computer he sat on from her servers.

[Are you developing something else while you wait for the process to be done?] Nova asked.

"Yeah, I'm writing the firmware for the quantum chip" Aron answered Nova's question then started typing like a machine gun.

Lines and lines of code in prometheus++ where appearing like they were being written by machine, no mistakes were made at all since he started typing the instruction.

He didn't have to stop and think for anything because everything was assimilated in his head when he bought the knowledge from the system shop.

Despite prometheus++ being able to write many instruction in just short lines by the time an hour had passed, Aron was more than 97 thousand lines of code in and he wasn't even a quarter of a quarter of the way done.

As for Nova she wasn't even halfway done with her first trial of making Majorana fermions.

...

7 hours later.

[Sir it's done] Nova said to Aron through the lab's speakers.

Aron, who was in the zone, finally stopped after typing in a few more lines when Nova called him.

"Okay now let's take a look at the results." Aron said while heading to the MBE machine.

After removing the Said nanowire created by Nova he headed to the electronic microscope and inserted it in.

"You can begin," He said to Nova after he finished inserting the nanowire in the microscope.

Nova started taking images of the nanowire and showing the results on the screen in front of Aron.

Aron skimmed through the images and was slightly disappointed after finding out that the nanowire was very defective.

Although he expected a failure on his first try he still had a slim hope to succeed in his first try.

"Show me the machine's parameter during the time which the nanowire came out as perfect" Aron said wanting to know what changed to cause the defects to appear on the nanowires.

Nova did as asked and showed Aron what he asked for. After looking through the parameters he asked "What happened at this timeline"

He asked that because the parameters went wild during a period where most of the defects seemed to appear.

[The Machine seemed to have trouble keeping constant power control over a long period of time]

"Take over its power control and all other things that seemed to have caused the defects" Aron said after learning what caused the defects.

[Yes Sir.] Nova immediately took over control of the entire machine and not just what Aron asked him to take over. She wanted to avoid any more chances for other problems to arise.

Aron put the indium arsenide in the machine for the second time and closed the machine's door.

"Start the process" He said and waited for the process to begin, then he returned to the computer to continue with the writing of the firmware.

Two hours later.

[Sir you need to eat] Nova reminded Aron that he hasn't eaten for more than 9 hours.

pαndα`noν?1-сoМ "Thanks" Aron said as he left the lab to eat outside as he couldn't bring the food in due to the lab being a clean room and nothing even dust is allowed to avoid contamination of the machine.

...

5 hours later.

[Sir the process is done] Nova called to the Aron who returned to his typing routine after eating his food outside with the guards.

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Aron stood up from his chair once again and repeated the process of removing the nanowires and placing them in the electronic microscopes.

"Woooh" Aron couldn't help but jump in joy when he checked the results and found out that they were perfect and defect-free as he needed them to be.

[Congratulations Sir] Nova congratulated Aron in succeeding to make his first perfect nanowires.

"You did most of the hard work, take some credits too" 𝑏𝘦𝑑𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝘰𝘮

[Thankyou Sir.]

After making sure the nanowires were as he needed them to be, he took them and brought them to another machine that he started using to bring the nanowires into contact with a superconductor.

The machine did this by depositing a thin layer of superconducting material niobium on top of the nanowires.

When the wires and the superconducting material come in contact, the superconducting material induces superconductivity in nanowire which results in the creation of Majorana fermions qubits at the end of the nanowires.

After that he put the qubits in a freezer and he returned to continue with the creation of another batch of nanowires, as the ones he made weren't nearly enough to meet his demands.

...

For the following days, Aron did nothing other than create a new batch of nanowires every seven hours after he removed the completed batch.

After the completed batch of nanowires is removed from the machine he immediately follows with creating qubits by using the nanowires then he immediately stores them in the refrigerator where he stored all of his completed qubits in them.

The remaining time was spent on writing the code for the architecture for the quantum chip that he will create.

As for sleeping, eating and other things, Nova reminded him about his meal and sleep time. and he did other jobs such as using the toilet and cleaning himself during the seven hour waiting period for the nanowires to be made.

So other than him sleeping, nothing in the lab was allowed any rest at all. As for Nova, since she doesn't feel tired she was awake and watching over Aron all the time making sure he is safe in the lab all the time and making sure the machines work as intended and prevent any system crash.

...….

15 days later.

By the fifteenth day mark Aron had finally reached the amount of qubits he wanted.

He managed to reach the needed amount after repeating the process, and he did it a total of 51 times within those 15 days.

Aron removed the final nanowires and turned them into qubits then placed them into the same refrigerator he stored all the qubits he made, then he sat down to rest a little.

After resting for a short period of time he stood up and started with the next step he had to take.

He opened the refrigerator where he stored all of the qubits he created and removed them.

Although it seems like everything he made could be carried with just one of his hands, the number of the qubit inside the holding was more than 5 thousand.

He put the qubit holder in a machine that he will use to control the Majorana fermions to create quantum chip.

After putting the qubits in the machine, he started the cryogenic system to cool the qubits to extremely low temperature, approaching absolute zero(-273.15°C).

Half an hour later

[Sir it's done] Nova told Aron when the qubits were cooled to nearly absolute zero temperature.

Aron stood up and moved to the screen that showed what was happening with the Majorana fermions in the machine.

He followed this with magnetic fields, and microwave sources to manipulate the properties of Majorana fermions to perform quantum operations on them.

Although the manipulation of Majorana fermions is a complex and challenging process it wasn't causing him any difficulties at all.

Most of the troubles usually come from the process requiring precise control over a wide range of parameters such as temperature, magnetic field strength, and microwave frequency.

But he managed to avoid all of these by handing over complete control of the machine to Nova as she could make sure the machine doesn't deviate from the instructed parameters at all.

After manipulating and controlling the qubits, he immediately started the next step of integrating them into a larger circuit.

"Nova takeover." Aron said leaving everything that he needed to do in Nova's hands, as it needed precise control and he had already written all the needed instructions and gave it to her.

Nova took over the machine and immediately started to integrate the qubits into a larger quantum circuit.

This involved connecting multiple qubits together using specialized wiring and circuitry, and performing operations on the qubits in a coordinated manner.

Aron did nothing other than wait and hope the chip comes out without any problems.

Because if it comes out as defective chip he will have to restart the entire process again from the start and he would have wasted fifteen of his 30 days in the lab.

The longer the time passed while waiting the more nervous he became, so he decided to distract his nervousness by completing the Quantum Architecture for the chip that is being made by Nova.

...

Two days later.

[Sir the process is done] Nova told Aron who was in trance as he continued typing on the computer.

"Finally" Aron said as he stood and went to the machine to remove the chip inside it.

He removed the chip and placed it into the electronic microscope to see if there were any defects in it.

pαndα`noν?1-сoМ Nova started the electronic microscope and started taking pictures then she started analyzing the images.

[Sir it seems that there is a small part of the chip that has some defects] Nova said as she zoomed in on the said defects in the image of the chip.

Aron looked at the defects and aske "Does it affect any of the function of the chip?"

[Due to it about 100 qubits cannot be accessed as the connections leading to it are disconnected]

"Any other defects?" He asked after looking at the said defect. 𝚋𝚎ｄｎｏ𝚟𝚎ｌ.ｎ𝚎𝚝

[Other than the first defect, everything else came as we wanted them to be.]

"So the remaining 5000 qubit don't have any visible defect, right?"

[ Yes there are no other visible defects, as for other problems, we will have to test the chip to know about them.]

Aron jumped in excitement as he finally managed to get the chip with the computing power he needed.

"Yep, but the testing will have to wait." Aron added after calming himself down a little.

Aron said that while removing the completed quantum chip from the machine and storing it in a vacuum sealed storage device.

Then he returned and started creating another batch of nanowires to create another batch of qubits.

[Why?]

"We don't have a motherboard capable of providing the amount of power the chip needs to function properly. I have to make one myself."

Aron replied to Nova as he returned to coding after putting the material needed to create the nanowires in the machine to fabricate them.

Then he returned to typing on his computer like he didn't just create the world's most powerful chip.

After typing like a machine gun without stopping for about an hour he finally finished writing the entire Quantum architecture that had millions and millions of instruction sets.

One of the biggest advantages when it comes to buying knowledge from the systems shop is that it gives you the knowledge of everything that the product touches upon and the knowledge is at its highest it will ever be meaning it can't be made any better than that.

This meant that those instructions set in the Quantum architecture are capable of utilizing the quantum chip to its limit without leaving any wasted potential.

So even if someone somewhere in the world created a quantum chip like his, they won't be able to utilize it to its best capacity. because they will have to discover how they can make the architecture use the chip efficiently from the ground up.

And even though Aron has the knowledge to create the best quantum chip that will ever be created, there is currently no machine available to help him in creating them, that's why he had to compromise and create a Morjana fermion qubit based quantum chip.

...

As he waited for his new batch of Majorana fermions qubits to be created and now that he had completed writing the Quantum architecture for the chip, he decided to spend the waiting time to create companion Hardwares that could be used to utilize the chips he was creating and for his one other project.

...

15 days later.

"And with that we are done" Aron said as he removed the new quantum chip Nova finished making from the machine.

After removing it, he stored it with the other chips he made inside the vacuum sealed storage device then closed and locked it.

He carried the storage device with the chips inside, then he left the lab for his last and final time.

Outside the lab.

"Is everything accounted for?" Aron asked one of the bodyguards who were helping him carry the things he created in the lab in a specialized delivery vehicle. 𝚋ｅｄｎ𝚘𝚟ｅｌ.ｃｏ𝚖

"Yes Sir, we just have to store that and we will be done" Donald, one of the bodyguards said as he pointed at the storage device in Aron's hand.

"No, this is not going with the truck. It will stay with me." Aron said implying that he will personally be responsible for carrying the storage device that had quantum chips in them.

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"Tell your security team to make sure nothing goes wrong with the things inside, I will give each of you a bonus if nothing happens to them" Aron said to Donald, raising the importance of what they were caring to a level higher than they first thought.

Inside the special delivery vehicle there were motherboards, and other devices he created in his remaining 15 days in the lab.

After the special delivery vehicle left with a convoy of escort cars that had fully armed guards in them, Aron turned to the lab manager and Said "Thank you for your hospitality" to Jim, the manager of the lab while handing the lab keys to him.

He was thankful that no one disturbed him during the month-long period he was in the lab.

"You are welcome" Jim replied to Aron as he received the keys from him.

"Please call me at once after you finish evaluating the damages done to the machines, I will reimburse for all the damages done to them immediately, after you inform me"

Aron said this to Jim to make him be prepared for the mess he caused inside.

This was because some of the machines inside, though capable of doing tasks other than what they were made for, they weren't exactly made with those tasks in mind, so he had to ask Nova to do some modifications in them.

After Nova's modification they continued working without any trouble, but since he needed to destroy anything that could even hint at what he made, he ended up having to ask Nova to corrupt all the machines he used after deleting every bit of data within them, making it impossible to even repair them and learn what he used them for.

"Yes we will call you immediately after we complete doing the check" Jim replied with a slightly concerned face in his eyes.

But all of that was acting on his part, inside he was extremely happy that they finally had a chance of renewing their machines in the lab.

He even hoped that Aron destroyed all of them, as that would make this transaction overly beneficial to them.

...

Aron left immediately after he finished talking with Jim.

In the car he could be seen sitting with the storage device besides him.

"Did you get the toys in the list I gave you?" Aron asked Donald.

"Yes Sir, the car carrying them left together with the Convoy that is carrying your things" Donald replied as he gave back the card Aron gave to them when he entered the lab.

"Okay good".

With that Aron continued his journey peacefully.

When they arrived at the hotel they packed their luggage's and left for the airport without wasting any time.

...

Two days later.

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Aron could be seen sitting inside his house's basement.

He arrived yesterday and decided to spend it with his family as he waited for the delivery convoy to arrive.

When the vehicle arrived he asked the security team to help him move the things inside the truck to the basement of the house that he was using as the location of his home server that he stopped using after the completion of the server farm. Now it remains as a backup server.

He decided to use this as his makeshift lab because he will have to assemble and store his newly made quantum computer and other things he made in the lab here.

Henry, who was sad that his brother lied to him and came back without a gift, was now ecstatic when a truck full of his toys arrived with a convoy to the point that he didn't even try to help his brother at all.

Though Aron would have denied his help, asking to do so showed that he cared, which currently he didn't at all as his mind was on the new toys. Children.

Now back to Aron.

Aron finally started working on assembling the quantum computer.

He picked the motherboard he made in the lab, then he removed the 5000 qubit quantum chip he made from the storage device and installed it in the motherboard.

After making sure he installed the chip properly, he removed another similarly looking chip but bigger and installed it in the same motherboard but on the left side.

He did the same thing again but this time it was the biggest in size and he installed it on the right side of the motherboard.

With that he had completed the assembly if the quantum computer, all that remained was him connecting it to power and he would have a functioning quantum computer.

As for what those two chip like looking things that he installed on the left and right side of the motherboard were, they were a qRAM and A quantum Hard Drive.

Although quantum chips are powerful they can't be used to their full potential if they are used with conventional computer Hardwares.

To avoid this, he used 1000 of the qubits he made after making the quantum chip to create the qRAM (Quantum Random Access Memory).

The reason it was bigger despite having only a fifth of qubits compared to the Quantum chip which had 5000 is because the qubits had to be arranged in a different style than the quantum chip, and to allow it to function as a qRAM he also added a few things that were not in the Quantum chip as they were not needed by it.

The qRAM consisted of a network of 1,000 qubits arranged in a two-dimensional grid. Each qubit was connected to four neighboring qubits via quantum gates, forming a regular lattice structure.

To store quantum information, the qubits will be initialized to a particular superposition state based on the memory address.

To read or write to the qRAM, a series of quantum gates will be applied to the appropriate qubits.

pαndα`noν?1-сoМ Just think of it as normal RAM but with Quantum salting in it.

As for the biggest of the three, It was the Quantum Hard Drive.

It was a storage place of all the data the quantum computer needed to store, hence the size.

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But despite it being the biggest in size it only had 3500 qubits inside. But just with that amount of qubits it was capable of storing nearly 500 petabytes of data, Almost the same as Nova's original server.

The quantum hard drive consisted of 3500 qubits arranged in a three-dimensional lattice structure. Each qubit was connected to its nearest neighbors via quantum gates, forming the same but different lattice pattern from the qRAM.

To store quantum information, the qubits will be initialized to a particular superposition state based on the data being stored.

To read or write to the quantum hard drive, a set of quantum gates will be applied that entangles the qubit at the desired memory address with a set of readout or input qubits, respectively.

The readout or input qubits will then be used to manipulate or extract the quantum state of the qubit at the desired memory address.

The quantum hard drive has the capability to store large amounts of quantum information in a superposition of states, allowing for efficient storage and retrieval of quantum data.

This allowed it to have the ability to perform read and write operations in a fast and efficient manner, making it suitable for use in a wide range of quantum computing applications.

Although both the qRAM and the Quantum Hard drive had smaller numbers of qubits than the Quantum chip, the difference in how they were arranged allowed them to do their task without any loss in efficiency on the side of the chip.

This difference in arrangement also allowed them to ensure that the chip is able to access and store information faster without any loss in effectiveness.

...

After making sure he didn't miss anything he shouldn't, he powered it on and connected the Quantum computer to the home server.

The moment he did that [Sir I have received the connection but it has nothing] Nova informed Aron.

"because anything connected to that motherboard is just a shell as they have no instruction sets currently so even they don't know what to do."

[Should I Install the basic instruction architecture sets that you wrote?]

"Yes, but install Based on the received connections' configurations, install different instruction sets accordingly. For instance, for the chip with 5000 qubits, install the version of the architecture's instruction set designed for it. For the one with 1000 qubits, install the architecture's instruction set that has qRAM instructions. Lastly, for the remaining one that has 3500 qubits, install the instruction sets designed for storage." Aron gave instructions like a machine gun.

[Yes Sir] Nova acknowledged the instructions and did as told. She retrieved the Quantum Architecture that Aron spent fifteen days writing, then she repurposed it based on Aron's orders and installed them on the different connections.

[Sir It's done] Nova informed Aron just a few seconds after he gave the orders.

"Well that was pretty fast considering the size of the instructions in the Architecture." Nova said as he was surprised by the speed.

[The few seconds delay was only caused because It took a lit bit longer to send the data to them] Nova explained that even the few seconds it took were only because hee transfer speed had a limit and it would have been done faster if it was not for that.

"Well knowing and seeing is different" Aron said after hearing what she said. Although he knew and expected the speed he wasn't prepared for it to be this fast.

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"Power it up then" He ordered Nova who did so at once.

The cooling rig surrounding the motherboard started getting noisier as it tried to keep the chip ram and motherboard at their optimal temperatures when the beast was powered on after Aron said so.

[It's on Sir.]

He didn't need to install or create an operating system for the Quantum computer as it was inside those instructions, that's why it was as long as it was and took him days to finish even at the speed he was writing at.

"Benchmark it" Aron said immediately after he was told it was powered on.

[Holy shit] Was the only thing that was heard from Nova who was trying to calm herself down to avoid frying her motherboards from surprise.

"Language" Is the only thing Aron managed to say to her as immediately before his next words could come out they were stuffed back because of what he was seeing on the screen in front of him.

[Haha] Nova who managed to control herself couldn't help but laugh after seeing Aron's surprised face.

The results were crazy, no matter what system load Nova tried to simulate with a quantum computer it was completed immediately.

Whether it was to render something or write down pi number twice the current record to anything Nova could think of, everything was completed at the moment it was given. with the delay being only from the limit of the transmission speed of the data cables in their connections.

[Now this is what you call a computer.] Nova said with the voice that showed that she was excited with the speed of her soon to be home.

"What is your current size?" He asked after calming himself down from the surprise and excitement.

[Without the training database that I'm creating, I'm nearing 30 petabytes]

"HOLY SHIT" Although he expected her to increase in size everyday due to her training herself but damn that was large.

[Language] Nova returned the favor.

"How long will it take for you to migrate over to this computer?"

[With your home internet speed, it will take me two weeks to migrate] Nova replied after calculating the time with Arons homes average internet speed in mind.

"During the migration your other functions won't be interrupted right?"

[No sir it won't, I will be using about half the home's internet speed to transfer myself and the remaining half to keep contact with you.

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If no one is using it I will take over all of it until someone tries to use it again.]

"Okay then, begin the migration" Aron decided to start so that it can be completed faster for even a second.

[Sir you still have some reports that you haven't looked at] Nova reminded him again.

"Not now, we will go through them after you complete the migration."

"Now I have to assemble one more thing" Aron Said to nova as he turned to look at the remaining component that he didn't assemble yet.

He postponed the reading of the report because they were not urgent, if they were Nova wouldn't have delayed them.

Another reason is because if he completed the assembly and everything needed for the new device he will be able to solve most of them with ease and maybe all at once.

With that he immediately started the assembly of the device.

After spending about three hours assembling small components between each other, finally there were only three large pieces remaining.

One looked like a helmet that was still open on the back. The second one looked like a motherboard while the third one looked like a smaller motherboard but had many small wires.

[Sir what are those?] Nova asked Noah who was resting after concentrating for a very long time.

"What do you think they are?" He answered with a question.

[Since I only saw small pieces of it being made I can't be completely sure but to me it seems like a Virtual Reality headset from movies. Is it?]

"Ding Dong Deng.. Correct." Aron affirmed her answer.

"Yes you are right, Though it needs a lot of complicated components to be made, all of them can be categorized to just four main parts. The headgear, the neural interface, and the control computer" Aron said, pointing at each part as he mentioned them before he started going deeper in his explanation. 𝗯𝐞𝗱𝗻𝐨𝘃𝐞𝐥.𝗻𝗲𝐭

"The fourth part is on the software side and not the hardware.

The helmet is self-explanatory. It is just a computer case turned helmet.

pαndα`noν?1-сoМ As you already know, the neural interface is a device that would allow the user to directly interface with their brain, transferring their consciousness to the virtual world

And the control computer is just A high-performance computer that will be used to process the vast amounts of data required for a full-dive VR experience.

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This computer will be using one of the five 100 qubit computer chips we made. As it needs to be able to render high-quality graphics and support the neural interface."

[Isn't it overkill to use a quantum computer chip, Sir?]

"Although it is overkill, currently there is no chip powerful enough to sustain the use of the virtual headgear, And since we only have them as an alternative, we don't have another choice for the moment."

[Understood].

"Now upload the instruction set to this chip too" Aron said as he connected the 100 qubit chip to the computer to upload its instruction so that it is capable of understanding programs.

[Done] Nova said a moment after he connected the chip to the computer.

This time Aron did not seem too surprised as he started getting used to this convenience.

After that he disconnected it and sat in front of the monitor and keyboard that was connected to the quantum computer he made first and started typing like there is no tomorrow.

He was writing the program for the virtual reality headset computer. This program will be used to utilize the computing power to process the vast amount of data required to create a full-dive VR experience to be able to generate the virtual environment in real-time, process the user's neural signal, and provide feedback to the user's consciousness.

...

March 3rd 2014

It was the last day of Nova's migration to the quantum computer.

Nova had been continuing with the migration to the quantum computer for fourteen days straight.

It took her that long due to the size of her code that continued growing every time she learns something new.

This increase in size was despite her program being continuously optimised automatically and very frequently.

[Sir the migration is done, permission to go offline and boot from the quantum computer.]

"Proceed" Aron approved as he finally finished writing the last line of code for the virtual reality program.

Nova immediately went offline from her previous server and came back online with the quantum computer as her main brain leaving the server as her backup one.

[Good afternoon Sir] Nova greeted Aron three seconds after she was given permission to proceed with the boot process.

"Welcome back" replied Aron who didn't even feel her void, as she literally left for just three seconds.

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[Thankyou Sir] Nova replied to Aron's sarcastic remark.

"How do you feel?"

[to explain it easily, It's like upgrading from a flip phone's camera to a telescope.]

"Quite an upgrade tis then"

[ Yes sir, The view is completely different] Nova tried to explain it to Aron in an easier way because if she were to go in detail it would take a few days for her to complete her explanation.

"Congrats on your new brain but we have work to do Nova" Aron said as he connected the virtual reality helmet to the quantum computer.

"Upload the virtual reality program to the headgear"

[Done] Nova said moments after Aron ordered.

"I really fear the day when I have to use conventional computers again" Aron said as he realised that he was starting to get used to the convenient speed of the quantum computer.

After that he left the basement and went upstairs. 𝙗𝒆𝙙𝒏𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡.𝙣𝙚𝒕

A few minutes later he came back carrying pillows he took from the sofa in his room.

He laid them down to form a makeshift bed, then he picked the virtual reality helmet from the table and put it on as he lay down on the bed.

After making sure that he was in a comfortable lying position he said "login"

With that, he lost his consciousness and a milestone was set for humanity.

Aron's body appeared inside a blue room while being naked.

When he came to himself after a few seconds, he took a look around the room and when he saw that he was in a blue room.

"Wow" He couldn't help but marvel at the way he was feeling, he was feeling no different from reality.

Another thing he discovered was that he was buckass naked. He tried touching different parts of his body to try and find any irregularities of the virtual reality feel but he failed to find it any different from reality.

"Auch" He cried in pain when he tried to pinch himself to see if even the pain would be real.

"Damn knowing about something and feeling it is really a different thing" He said as he massaged his pinched cheek as he willed himself being clothed and clothes appeared on his body, MAGIC.

ραпdα n?νa| сom Since he knew he could do that he decided to take it a notch more and changed the room, he changed it to be similar to a garden.

The moment the change completed he started experiencing what you would usually experience in a garde. The smell of flowers, the sound of birds, the breeze of the wind and everything else was being felt by Aron who nearly forgot that he was in virtual reality.

"I could get used to this" He said as his hands started touching the flowers.

"Nova." He called immediately after he came to realise that he forgot to call her.

[Here sir] Nova immediately materialised In Front of Aron with the appearance of a very beautiful woman.

I insist on the very (with capital letters)

[Image here]

"Wow" Aron couldn't help but marvel at her beauty, from the face to her body proportions, she seemed like a work of art.

This was despite him knowing that she was just an AI.

[How do I look] Nova asked while turning around making sure that Aron saw her every side.

"Beautiful, where did you come up with the look?" He asked after he complimented her.

[Thank you] Nova replied and a blush could be seen on her cheeks from the compliment.

[Since we are in a virtual world I wanted to have a body to interact with you Sir, and with the increase of my computing power I decided to make myself my ideal body]

"Good, Now let me hear all the reports that have been collecting dust" Aron had to change the subject because her look was causing him to have weird thoughts.

[Yes Sir.

You have 3 reports waiting for your decision.]

Nova replied as she took control of Noah's room and changed it to a meeting room with a very comfortable chair for Aron to sit and a black board for her to show the reports to him.

"Thanks" he thanked Nova and went to sit on the comfortable chair made by her.

After Aron sat down, Nova started to give Aron the reports one by one.

[The first is, we received the investigation reports from the 5 private investigators.

The second, we have discovered the location of the black site which has our trojan

The third is, Rona Rothchild seems to have been ousted from the company.]

"When did the thing about Rina Rothchild occur?"

[Today morning Sir]

"Wait for a few days and if nothing happens, then write to her and ask her for a meeting."

[Yes Sir]

"As for the location of the black site, save it, we will need it later for the payback."

"Show me the reports"

[Yes Sir]

Nova immediately made the five reports hover in front of Aron.

"Combine the reports and write just one for each of the two countries with all the needed information in them"

[Yes Sir] Nova did as ordered and combined the reports and wrote down just two of them, with each of them having only the information about one of the two countries.

"Which of the two countries do you think is the better for our plan?" Aron asked Nova while commanding the copies to move towards him with his mind, which they did.

Ah, the convenience of virtual reality.

When he started reading the reports Nova started answering his question.

[I think Eden is the best for our plan]

"Why do you think so?" Aron asked for elaboration as he opened the next page of the report that was floating in front of him.

[ Although they both have dictators as government heads, Eden's government is more unstable.

Which will make it easier for us to overturn it, as it reduces the needed time for us to sow more discontentment for the government.

They also have most of the revolutionary groups trying to overthrow the government, giving us power to negotiate a better deal by only choosing to support those who will accept our demands without forcing us to compromise anything as they will be competing with each other.

….

]

Aron kept listening to Nova's explanation while he continued reading the reports that were no on his hands for a better understanding of the context of what she was talking about.

An hour later, he finally completed reading the two reports and raised his head to see Nova hovering In Front of him, waiting for him to finish his reading.

"Let's go with Eden. Contact the leaders of the revolutionary groups. Tell them someone wants to support them and try to set up a meeting."

[Done.] Nova reported shortly after receiving the orders.

...

After being told that she has already sent the emails to the revolutionary groups leaders in Eden, he asked

"Do you have access to my brain map and other data that is being processed by the virtual headgear?"

[No sir, the virtual reality program in the headset is preventing my attempts to access it, It seems like I need your approval first.]

"Okay then, take a look at it" Aron gave her permission to access the data that was coming from his brain.

He didn't even take a second to question her why she tried to access his data without his permission, this is because he was sure that she was never going to use it in any way that would cause him harm. 𝚋𝚎𝚍𝚗ｏ𝚟𝚎𝚕.ｏｒｇ

This trust comes from him knowing that despite her code allowing her to have free will and could independently think without any limitation, she would never ever think about betraying him.

The moment Nova tried to access Arons brain map and its data from the virtual reality headgear….

His system informed him immediately, giving him a choice of what action it should take.

DING!

[It has been discovered that someone or something is trying to access the brain map and other information of the user

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[Allow Access] [Block Access]

]

He pressed Allow Access and another system notification appeared.

[Permission granted.

Allowing access to the users brain map and its data,

Blocking access to the systems architecture within the users body.

]

The system informed him that, Although he permitted whatever was trying to access his brain map and its data, it still kept itself hidden, leading to it not being included in the brain map and the data that Nova collected.

[Brain map and data retrieval has been completed Sir] Nova informed Aron that she had completed the task.

"Analyze it and inform me of your findings when you are done."

[Yes Sir] With that Nova started analyzing all the data she retrieved from Arons brain.

When he received the confirmation, he immediately said "Logout" And his consciousness returned to take control of his body.

[How are you feeling sir?] Nova asked him after he put the headgear down on the table.

"Not goanna lie, I feel quite relaxed" He answered as he was stretching himself as if he had woken up from a sleep.

[When you were logged in, the headgear put your body in a REM sleep, this allows you to rest and release your fatigue by making your body rest.]

A/N REM sleep (That's when sleep is so good that you don't wake up even in an earthquake)

pαndα`noν?1-сoМ "It will be very useful and will allow me to increase my productivity, as I can work and rest at the same time. HAHA"

He agreed on its usefulness but he also knew that it could be turned off, this was to avoid someone who used it in the daytime not being able to sleep at night.

[Yes Sir, this can be considered as you gaining 12 more hours without losing anything at all] Nova agreed with his thinking.

Aron, who was waiting for the information from his brain to finish being analyzed, decided to go and take a long and refreshing bath, Which was then followed by him having his lunch.

…..

[Sir the analysis is complete.] Nova informed him the moment he returned to the server room.

"What did you find?"

[Many things but some information seems to be deliberately omitted from your brain map]

"The system removed all the information about itself that you would have accessed within the data" Aron informed Nova.

[I thought so as well, but despite that your brain seems like it has evolved and is very different from the data about brains that is in my knowledge library.]

"Show it to me" Aron asked to be shown what she meant with those words.

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Nova showed Aron his brain map and highlighted what is different from his brain compared to normal brain. What's weird is that It was his whole ass brain being highlighted.

"Why do I seem like I have a second brain within the first one?" He asked Nova after seeing the map of his brain highlighted.

[You still have only one brain, but everything about it changed when your body evolved to runic body sir, every part of your brain is under lines and lines of runes that I can't decipher at all.]

"Did the system allow you to access my assimilated knowledge?" He asked after hearing her explanation.

[Yes sir, that's why I tried to decipher the runes in your brain but they seem to be at a higher level than your current knowledge level.]

"Okay, bring up the universal simulation formula" He ordered immediately after being told by Nova that she has access to his assimilated knowledge.

He was happy that this happened, because it allowed him to not waste anymore of his time typing down the knowledge that was assimilated in his brain, as he could just make Nova access it and just bring it forward to begin being used.

[Here it is sir] Nova acknowledged the order and brought forward what seemed like mad man's notes.

The entire simulation formula was numbers after numbers and weird symbols after weird symbols.

"Do you understand anything in the formula?" Aron asked after he started getting a headache when he stared at the formulas for longtime and he tried to understand it.

'It seems like my brain is still not powerful enough to understand the formula for now'.

[I tried to understand the formula too, but it seems like It is also impossible for me to understand the whole of it.]

"So how will you be simulating it then?"

[It seems it has its own way of simulating itself without needing for me to understand how it works.

Also it seems like your system expected you to not be able to control it at all, because it allowed me special access in the program giving me pseudo god-like powers in the simulation world if we start the simulation.]

"What do you mean by pseudo god-like powers?" He asked, wanting more clarification.

[As long as it is physically possible in the real universe, I have the ability to create it in the simulation.

all you will have to do is analyze and break down the original process to reverse engineer whatever you created for you to have the knowledge about it.

However, the more complex the desired outcome is, the more computational power will be required to accomplish it.

Moreover, this approach comes with a risk of intervention from the program, which is an unintended consequence of granting me pseudo god-like abilities.

The program will possess the authority to veto any creation generated from this feature.

This veto power is in place to safeguard against potential hazards or oversights that could arise from focusing solely on achieving a specific objective, leading to catastrophic and unintended consequences.]

"The system seems to be trying to tell me not to over rely on this feature, still it will allow me to save my precious sp's by just making sure that I have knowledgeable scientist's working hard under me to reverse engineer my ideas."

[I agree with you Sir] Nova chimed in as well, agreeing to Noah's plan.

"Begin the simulation then so that we can know what the size of the universe can be simulated with our current computing power."

[Beginning the process]

"How long will it take?"

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[ Approximately two days ]

"Why?" he asked, surprised by the amount of time it would take to start the simulation.

[In order for the simulation to commence, the program requires a starting point, or as it is commonly referred to, anchor coordinates.

This starting point is crucial as it serves as a reference point for the program to orient itself and begin simulating the universe from that specific location.

To accomplish this, a considerable amount of time, up to two days, is needed for me to input the necessary parameters into the program.

These parameters allow the program to determine our position within the vast expanse of the universe and enable it to commence the simulation from this point onward.]

"Okay go on and do your thing, Also start the process of compiling all the runic knowledge you received from my brain.

It seems like with the simulation program going online it will allow to practice my Rune crafting without having to worry about hurting someone"

[Yes Sir] Nova started extracting and organizing this information. She organized it in a way that will provide Aron with a comprehensive understanding of runic language and its applications.

...

Rothschild mansion.

Rina Rothschild could be seen in her work room inside the mansion she lived in.

In Front of her was her personal computer which had an email open.

The email seemed to be the official confirmation of her dismissal from the board of directors.

She was sitting there but her mind wasn't present with her in the room. Her brain was currently looking for ways to get her position in the company back.

In her deep thoughts she was thinking of a way for her to return to her position in the company again, and this time just like the first time she wasn't planning on stopping with just returning but also trying to remove her brother from the company.

But it seems like her brother has used the period in which she was married to Rottem very well and removed every member of the board who was on her side and replaced them with those who are loyal to her.

This is one of the reasons her return wasn't very welcomed by the members of the board but they could do nothing because it was the family head's order.

But since the family head allowed competition within the family, it led to her brother once again having an advantage in the competition due to having almost all the members of the board on his side.

This resulted in her being demoted right at the start, it was followed by almost all of her business plans being interfered with or being handed over to someone else to cover for her under the disguise of trying to help her leading to someone else taking the credit for its success.

Although she tried to complain to the family head about this he decided to turn a blind eye on this under the pretense of not interfering.

And when his brother saw that the family head had decided to not interfere with their war he decided to cross the line and dismiss her from being a member of board with the reason being creating a toxic work environment by trying to bring the family head in their competitions.

Ting! 𝒃𝙚𝙙𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡．𝙘𝙤𝙢

A notification sound from her computer woke her up from her deep thoughts. Most of the people would have ignored it as it happens to them almost all the time, but for her, any notification sound coming from her computer was important due to her only allowing certain apps to make the notification sound.

When she looked at her computer she found out that she had received a new email, just as she was about to ignore it her eyes fell to the sender's name and she froze.

"Is he/she writing because they want to cash in their favor?" She spoke to herself as her mouse hovered on top of the email.

She ended up deciding to open the email to see what it was about without trying to worry about it too much.

If they wanted their compensation she had to hand it over, because no matter the result they had helped her when she needed it the most.

When she opened the email she was surprised that they were not cashing in their favor but they just wanted to meet…..

[

Subject: None

Long Time no see.

How about a meeting?

]

What is the meeting about? They seem to not want to elaborate that reason for whatever reason they had.

She didn't even hesitate to think about the reason for the meeting. She agreed to it immediately without wasting too much time.

She pressed her intercom "Chloe come in" she called for her secretary.

Knock knock.

"Come in"

Her secretary immediately entered the room after receiving permission to enter.

Rona started talking when the secretary finally entered the office "I have a meeting scheduled with someone outside the building in the upcoming days. Go and notify the security team to be ready for a meeting to take place outside anytime during the week."

She ordered her secretary to inform the security team to be ready for her scheduled meeting because although she agreed to the meeting, she did not exclude the possibility that it was her brother messing with her all the time.

She didn't specify the date because she was waiting for the other side to reply to her, for them to schedule the meeting.

"Yes ma'am I will do so immediately" Chloe, the secretary agreed to her order immediately and left to inform the security team without asking her on which day her meeting will take place.

This is due to her being taught not to ask any question and just follow orders.

When the secretary left her room, Rina started waiting for the reply from her benefactor for them to set their meeting.

Ting!

And the reply immediately came from them, asking for when she was free for the meeting.

This back and forth continued until they reached an agreement to meet 2 days later.

…..

Inside the virtual reality Aron could be seen sitting cross legged in a garden.

He was currently reading a book about Runes. It was arranged by Nova with the information collected from his brain.

[Sir I managed to set a meeting with Rina]

Nova's words made him raise his head from the book and turn to her, "When is it?" He asked.

[Two days later] Nova replied immediately.

"Why set it so soon?" He asked because it was set sooner than he expected.

[She seemed to want to meet us sooner in hope that we have something that can help her again] Nova explained, informing her the reason it was set that soon.

"Okay, How is the universal simulation program coming on?"

[I just completed giving it its needed parameters and it started doing its calculation and will soon begin its simulation]

"Good, I really need that simulation program to start so that I can practice using Runes."

[Why wait for the simulation program and not just do the practice here?] She asked while pointing at the room they were in.

"All the actions I perform within this room are a product of my imagination alone.

Any progress I appear to make while learning runes in this room would simply be a manifestation of my imagination and not true improvement.

This is a constraint of the current virtual reality program, and it would take years of research to overcome it and create a program that goes beyond my imagination.

ραпdα n?νa| сom However, all of these challenges can be resolved with the use of the universal simulation, which simulates the universe on a one-to-one basis.

If I were to learn Runes within this simulation, it would be no different than learning it in the real world."

[Understood] Nova ended up agreeing to his reasoning after hearing his explanation.

"How about the revolutionary leaders? Any reply from them?"

[No reply from them yet]

"Okay inform me when they reply back to us"

"Okay inform me when they reply back to us" He said as he returned his eyes to the book about runes as he waited for the simulation program to begin, so that he could begin his runic training.

He just now started focussing on the topic of runes because when he gained the knowledge of runes, he was also forced to hold back on practicing it due to the inherent dangers that came with it.

The power of runes was immense, and without proper guidance, it could lead to disastrous consequences.

Hence he did nothing when it came to training on how to use runes, but all of these limitations will soon be overcomed by him using the universal simulation as his training ground.

With the advent of the universal simulation, he could finally put his fears to rest. The program would serve as his training ground, providing him with a safe environment to hone his skills without any risk of bodily harm.

It was the perfect solution, and he couldn't wait to get started.

...

The next day Aron entered the basement after eating his breakfast.

[Sir the simulation has finally started] Nova immediately informed him after he entered the room.

"It took a day longer than expected," Aron said as he lifted the virtual headgear and headed to the makeshift bed, lying down and entering the virtual world to continue their conversation face to face in the virtual reality.

[The simulation took longer than anticipated because, prior to commencing the simulation, it was necessary for me to allocate a percentage of the computer's processing power for its permanent use. As I initially assigned it half of the computing power for the simulation, it resulted in a delay of one day beyond the planned duration.] Nova immediately started her explanation the moment Aron entered the virtual room.

Aron listened to Nova's explanation without interrupting her then after she finished her explanation he asked "Does this mean that half of your computing power is currently under the simulation programs control?"

[Certainly. Despite allocating half of the computing power to the simulation, there is no discernible impact on the computer's processing speed. This is because most of the tasks were being handled by just 10% of the chips' computing power, leaving the rest of the power idle most of the time.]

"Did you manage to connect the simulation program to the virtual reality program?" He asked after knowing that there was no impact in the computer computing capabilities.

[Yes Sir] Nova replied while turning to her left side and raising her hands closer to her chest and started doing some jutsu hand signs , then she said ["Summoning: Quintuple Rashomon"]

And just like Hashirama she summoned a giant gate.

Aron couldn't help himself and ended up laughing while holding his stomach.

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After laughing for several minutes he finally managed to recollect himself.

"Haaaa, I really needed that laugh" He said while looking at Nova who had changed her clothes to the ones which kunoichi used to wear to go with her theme.

[I have been watching some anime with my idle computing power] Nova explained her theme.

"Anyway, Is this the door leading to the simulated universe?" He asked, returning their focus back to the main topic.

[With the size of the current simulation I wouldn't call it a universe, not even a world ]

"Is the size of the simulation that small?"

[The size of the simulation is about the African continent, about 30 million square kilometers (11.7 million square miles) is being simulated by the program.]

"Is that what half of the quantum chip is capable of simulating?"

[No, only half of it's assigned computing power is used for this simulation, the other half is to allow for me to play god within the simulation]

"Okay, let's enter and see," Aron said as he started moving toward the Rashomon gate.

Nova moved first and started pushing the gate to open it for them to enter.

After that they entered the simulation together without wasting any more time.

"There is no difference than the former room" Aron said after entering the simulation, appearing on a very large flat ground.

[Sir, the previous room that was being run by the virtual reality program was operated based on the laws of the universe as dictated by your imagination. This means that if you believed that gravity was not important, it would have been removed in that virtual space.

However, this side of the door is different. It is an exact replica of the real universe, down to the last atom. That is if we have enough computing power to simulate it] Nova finished her explanation with a shade.

"Where is this?" Aron asked while looking at his surroundings.

[Serengeti national parks] Nova answered Aron's question without turning to him, as her eyes were focusing on the lion in the horizon.

Aron, who was wondering what Nova was looking at that was so important to the point she didn't turn to him when she was answering his question, so he turned to look at what she was looking at.

"Fuck" is the only word that came from his mouth before his body immediately started running to the gate leaving behind Nova who started laughing at him.

While he was nearing the door he suddenly froze mid running like a glitch.

[Sir with me you are safe within the simulation] Nova said that as he resumed the time of the universe in the program.

ραпdα n?νa| сom "Did you just pause time?" Aron asked after being released.

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[Just for a short time, If i try to hold it for longer than a few seconds the program will be forced to intervene to prevent it crashing] Nova answered his question while pausing time again but this time making sure that Aron was not frozen and could move freely.

"So what you mean is that if we have a large enough computing capacity we can make time here go as fast or as slow as we want?"

[Yeah we can do that even now, but for that we will have to shrink the size of the simulation to accomplish it]

With Nova's acknowledgement Aron's mind started being filled with ways he could use this feature to its fullest potential.

"HAHAHAHA, Finally hit a jackpot I can extend the time difference here to be 100:1 and make a day out there 100 days in here " Aron said with excitement in his voice which he didn't try to hide at all.

[Though you can theoretically do that, but there is a limit that your brain can handle]

"What is my limit?" Aron asked, wanting to know what his current brain can handle.

[For your brain sir it will be a maximum of 50:1 as for a normal human brain the max they can handle is 25:1 before they receive any enhancement that changes their brains.]

"Still better than nothing, So how much time acceleration can the current computing capacity handle?"

[Currently the maximum it can handle is a 5:1 time acceleration]

"Do it" He ordered immediately wanting to try his first runic spell before he had to go and meet Rina tomorrow.

[On it] Nova immediately started implementing the changes and the land started shrinking until only a small part of it remained surrounded by a dark wall meaning beyond the wall nothing was being simulated beyond the wall.

After the shrinking of the land was done Nova immediately started accelerating the time within the simulation until it reached the limit which was 5:1 compared to the real universe.

[The time acceleration has started Sir] Nova informed Aron that he was currently spending time five times faster than the real universe.

"Let's begin then" Aron immediately sat cross legged as he was about to start his first runic practise in his life.

But an idea popped up in his mind and immediately interrupted his about to begin practise.

[What is it Sir?] Nova asked Aron who seemed to be out of focus.

"An insane idea just came to my mind and if we can make it happen then it will revolutionize my runic training and everything else that we could do inside here" Aron said with anticipation on his face.

[What is the idea Sir?] Nova asked as her anticipation also grew.

"Since you have a copy of my brain, can't you create a copy of me that is similar to me to the last atom?" Aron asked Nova, he asked this instead of explaining because the answer will determine the chances of his new idea succeeding.

[Yes I can do that Sir] Nova answered immediately as she had already tried it when Aron was logged out.

She hid this from him because she was afraid that Aron would be repulsed by the idea of having a copy of himself being made.

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"What if we made duplicates of me, had them learn about runes and other subjects we require, and then assimilate their gained knowledge they gained by practicing into my brain, similar to how my system assimilates the knowledge that I bought from it?" Aron asked while expecting a positive reply from Nova.

Nova, who took a few seconds calculating the feasibility of this idea, then she replied

[We can definitely pursue this approach, and its potential is even greater than you anticipated.

Since the brains we'll be creating will exist entirely within the simulation, we can overcome the time acceleration limitation of the simulation. Our only limitation that will remain will be computing power.

Furthermore, since these brains are completely digital, there is no concern about harming your physical brain due to acceleration.

However, I regret to inform you that I could not find any information in your brain about how to perform the knowledge assimilation.

It seems that your system considers this technology confidential and has removed it from the accessed brain data.]

Aron was very happy when he heard Nova's answer, despite her telling him that she currently couldn't assimilate the gained knowledge to his brain.

This is because he was sure the knowledge to do that existed in the system's shop

...

Aron wasted no time at all as he immediately opened the systems shop and searched for the said knowledge.

[ (Knowledge assimilation)

Involves transferring information directly into an individual's brain, enabling them to fully comprehend and understand a subject without the need for study or practice...

...

...

...

...

(Price: 100 million sp)]

When he saw the price he became happy, as he realized that he could buy the technology if he just collected a few million more sp.

"Good, now if I finish collecting the sp, I will have nothing to worry about. My clones will be learning the runes in my place and all I have to do is assimilate what they learned. HAHAHAHA" Aron started laughing like a maniac and Nova didn't see it as anything weird, as she became used to Aron's weird antics a very long time ago.

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[Congratulations Sir but you need to start practicing your runes, you still have 4 days in accelerated simulation universe time(ASUT) until your meeting time with Rina Rothchild] Said Nova reminding him that he still had to start practicing by himself until he had enough sp to buy the assimilation technology from the system shop.

"Okay" Aron agreed to her words and returned his focus back to practicing runes which had been interrupted by his sudden revolutionary idea.

Aron sat down and sat cross legged followed by closing his eyes and taking a deep breath, trying to steady his nerves and calm himself down to be able to focus.

He needed to calm himself down because he needed all the focus he could have, because he knew that despite having the knowledge of runes in his mind, wielding them was an entirely different matter.

Aron cleared his mind, then closed his eyes and began to focus all of his attention on his Runic heart, its voice low and rhythmic, causing him to feel a deep sense of calm wash over him.

He started visualizing the rune he wanted to train in, when he started visualizing the rune; inside his brain Runes lit up attracting Nova's attention who was watching and documenting everything that was happening to Aron.

When the runes in his brain lit up, Aron started hearing faint whispering in his mind, guiding him toward the path of accomplishing the realization of the Rune.

With that his runic heart started lighting up and releasing energy and dumping it through his veins.

Aron focused on the energy while trying to shape it into the rune he wanted to actualize.

He felt a sudden jolt of electricity surge through his body, forcing him to open his eyes.

When he opened his eyes, he saw a golden runic word 'LIGHT' levitating in front of his eyes which kept getting brighter and brighter as his heart was still pumping out energy which he was still focusing it on the runes.

When he realized that he was still adding energy to runes, he immediately cut the supply of it, resulting in the rune stopping to increase in brightness.

Immediately after stopping the supply of magical energy, he said in his mind 'activate' for the rune to start doing what it was supposed to do.

With the order given, the rune activated with a sudden burst of intensity, the light from the rune erupted outward, filling the surroundings with a brilliant but blinding glow

Golden light lit his face and became the only thing he could see, the light continued getting brighter and brighter forcing him to close his eyes to avoid being blinded.

'Deactivate' Aron said in his mind for the rune to deactivate as its blinding light was getting bright enough to cause him discomfort even with his eyes closed.

The runic word started dimming.

After waiting a few seconds for the rune to deactivate and the surroundings to return to normal, he opened his eyes again.

[Congratulations Sir] Nova immediately congratulated him for succeeding in activating his first rune.

But Aron couldn't hear her, as his eyes were focused on the blue screen that appeared in front of him.

DING!

[(First Rune)

Congratulations on officially starting your journey to becoming a Runemaster...

Rewards: 10 million sp.

]

The system rewarded him 10 million sp because it deemed it as him officially beginning his journey into runic mastery and it wanted to congratulate him for that.

[Sir! Sir!] Nova repeatedly called for Aron.

"Mh" Aron replied as returned his focus back to his surroundings due Nova's consistent call.

"What were you saying?" He asked again after realizing that he had ignored what Nova was saying.

[I was congratulating you Sir]

"Thank you"

[But what were you looking at?] Nova asked Aron, wanting to know where his focus went.

"You didn't see what I was looking at despite having access to my brain?"

[Your system seems to be actively preventing any and everything that can lead to the discovery of how it works.]

"If it is even altering and hiding some of my real time brain data, then it means that it really doesn't want us discovering how it works" Aron said then returned to answering her first question" As for what I was seeing, it was the systems notification and reward for me succeeding in activating my first rune and beginning my first step into the journey of becoming a runemaster"

[It seems like the system puts a very high importance in rune mastering] Nova added after hearing Arn's explanation.

"Yes it seems so based on the rewards. Anyway, let's start analyzing the records of my activation." Aron ordered as he wanted to try and see all the process his body took from calming his nerves to activation of the rune.

This was because he wanted to know what he was doing wrong and what he did right to optimize his system and avoid wasting his time training with inefficiencies in his training process.

[Yes Sir] Nova immediately executed the order and created 4 boxes within those boxes containing 3d real life rendering of both inside and outside of his body.

One box had the 3d real life rendering of the inside of his brain, another one showed the inside of his heart, another one showed the entirety inside of his body and the last one showed the normal him sitting down.

He could control the speed of the footage, the angle at what he viewed them, he could even zoom in for clarity.

He could do this because all of the simulation data was collected and could be replayed completely in whatever way they wanted.

When Aron looked at the length of the video he was surprised "It took me nine hours to finish creating just one rune?"

[To be exact it was nine hours and a half. How long did you think it was?] Aron asked, wanting to know how much time did Aron think passed.

"Two minutes, no longer than that" Aron said as he tried to remember the amount of time he felt had passed when he was focusing on the rune.

[I think this rune is responsible for that] Nova said as she zoomed on Aron's brain until it started showing lines of runes that were written on his synapses, then she played the footage which showed them starting to light up meaning that they become active the moment he started his runic practice.

[These runes seem to be the result of you gaining the Runic body.

From your description of it, you said it allows you to learn runes at a much faster pace than normal people right?.]

"Yes" Aron answered her question.

[ These runes seems to have functions such as guiding you to the right path in your runic use and training.]

pαndα`noν?1-сoМ "So this is why I felt like someone was leading me throughout the process" Aron nodded as he remembered something guiding him in his runic training.

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"Anything else that is out of the ordinary like this?"

[Yes Sir, This time it is in your heart.]

Nova replied as he highlighted the box with the 3D footage of his heart.

[Some runes went into action to allow you to have perfect control of the magical energy that was being pumped into the rune you created.

It seems to be in the same category as the runes in synapses.] Aron focused on the runes in his heart trying to at least get a glimpse at what their meaning is, but due to his runic knowledge being low he understood shit.

But Nova didn't stop there; she continued fast-forwarding the footage until when Aron stopped supplying magic energy to the rune he had created, then she started zooming into his heart deeper and deeper until she reached the atoms making his heart.

What surprised Aron was that there were runic lines even at that level of zoom. But before he could ask his question Nova played the footage.

The moment he stopped supplying the magic energy to the rune and activated it, The atomic size runic lines in his heart lit up and started collecting magical energy from the atmosphere to refill his magical energy tank.

"Are these runes the result of gaining a runic body too?"

"It seems like the system is really putting way too much importance in runes" Aron said as he zoomed out a little trying to see the complete runic sentences written in his heart by the system.

He was having a hard time seeing the complete runes as the letters were the size of an atom.

[From just the functions that we know they can do, it seems like it puts way more importance that you imagined Sir] Nova replied to Aron's statement.

"What do you mean by that?" Aron asked.

Although he knew why she said that, he wanted to hear her reasoning for saying that.

[From the runic knowledge that I got from your brain, Runic practitioners usually need to wait some time for their magic energy to replenish in order for them to use runes again.

But for you it is different, you can use runes for as long as your brain can handle the activation process, this is because the runes in your heart replenishes any magical energy that you used immediately, helping you solve the problem of replenishing your magical energy or continue practicing to increase your magic capacity.

But that is not all, the runic lines responsible for the replenishment of your magical energy is taking less than one percent of the runes in your heart, meaning that more than 99 percent of the runes in your heart haven't become active and we don't know what they do until they are activated and we see what they do.

Despite all of these benefits all of this was done to you free of charge. 𝙗𝒆𝒅𝙣𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒏𝙚𝙩

The system determined that if you had to buy the ability to use magic from its store, you would not have even bought it, due to its price being way too high for you to afford it within the century.

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So it gave you the ability to use runes while not giving you any knowledge of how to use runes.

It means that although it is important for you to be able to use runes, it is not that urgent and the system wants you to learn it slowly as you discover more of their usefulness.]

Aron couldn't help but be impressed by her analyzing skills from the little information she had. Although he had thought about the reason why the system gave him the ability to use runes, he didn't think about it that deeply as he didn't see anything currently in need of him having runes other than protection.

"That is a very detailed explanation Nova, good job" Aron gave Nova a nod of approval, showing that he was really impressed by her explanation.

[Thank you Sir] Nova thanked Aron while making the simulation program remove her blushing to prevent Aron from seeing it.

"Now let's continue with my rune practice." Aron said and returned to his previous sitting place and sat crossed leg to continue his runic practice.

While Aron was practicing his runes Nova did nothing other than sitting quietly and watching Aron concentrate in his runic practice.

…..

2 days later in accelerated simulation universe time(ASUT).

"Sir, Henry is currently shaking your body calling you to have dinner" Nova immediately told Aron after he completed activating the light rune for the seventh time.

Aron was able to activate the rune in just 15 minutes this time around, thanks to his runic body. It was cutting down the activation time it takes to activate the rune by half of what it used to take him to cast the spell. This improvement was consistent every time he trained on the rune.

Initially, Aron had to spend sixteen hours to activate the spell, but his runic body cut it down to 8 hours by his next try.

It was followed by the time being reduced to 4 hours, then 2 hours, and eventually 1 hour. With more practice, he brought it down to half an hour and finally only 15 minutes on his last attempt.

"Okay " Aron stopped practicing his runes and got up, preparing himself to log out so that he can go and have dinner with his family.

"See you" Aron said as he passed through the Rashomon gate that Nova had summoned for him to enter and leave the universal simulation.

He needed to leave through the door and return to the normal virtual reality to be able to logout because the universal simulation was currently going through time acceleration so if he logged out within the simulation his consciousness would experience how having 5000 ping feels in real life.

[See you Sir] Nova answered Aron's goodbye as he went through the gate.

'Logout' Aron said in his mind to log out.

"Brother what is that?" Henry asked Aron after he took off his helmet.

"Oh this is a virtual reality helmet" Aron answered Henry's question as he stood from his makeshift bed holding the helmet then headed to the table to put it there.

"What is it for?" Henry asked another question wanting to know what it does.

"It is a simulation machine like in those games in movies" Aron explained it in a way for him to understand it easily.

"Can I try it?" Henry asked in excitement when he heard Aron's explanation.

"Yes but later, Now let's go and eat. Didn't you come to call for that?" Aron reminded Henry who was so excited from wanting to try the virtual gear that he forgot what he came for.

"Yes" Henry agreed to his words though slightly disappointed that he didn't get to try it.

With that they left the basement heading to the dining room for their dinner.

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...

An hour later Aron returned to the basement by himself.

Henry seemed to have forgotten his excitement of wanting to try the headgear due to being told by his mother that, if he left his toys in random places without collecting them, she would confiscate all of his toys and not allow him to use them anymore.

[Welcome back Sir] Nova welcomed Aron the moment he entered the basement room.

"Thanks" Aron said as he put on the helmet and laid down on the makeshift bed and said 'Login'.

[Are you going to train on another spell or will you continue training on the light rune?]

"I will continue training on the light rune, because I want to see if there is a limit with the runic body's capability of decreasing the training time by half every time he repeatedly trains the same rune" Aron said while sitting down so that he can continue his practice.

[Okay] Nova said nothing after that and left Aron to continue his practice of the spell.

…..

3 days later in accelerated simulation universe time(ASUT)

Aron stretched his hand forward and said "Light"

The moment he finished saying those words, runic letters representing the function of light appeared in front of his hand and brightened a little before it stopped, then it was followed by runic words lighting up and releasing a soft golden light hovering in front of Aron.

While it appeared to take a long time for the rune to activate, in reality, it only took a nanosecond from the moment Aron commanded the rune to activate and the actual activation of the rune.

Aron kept staring at the soft light caused by his runic activation feeling proud of himself.

"It took longer than expected," Aron said about the time it took him to perfect the use of the rune.

Although he managed to reduce the activation time of the runes to nanoseconds, he still had to practice on controlling the right amount of magical energy so that the rune didn't blind him.

[ Although your runic body gives you perfect control of the magical energy, you still needed to find the perfect amount magic for every rune to avoid wasting magical energy where it is not needed ]

"Yeah you are right about that, this is also one of the reasons I didn't practice it in the outside world" Aron agreed with Nova as he remembered the time when he activated the rune immediately but since he gave it too much magical energy and the rune came out brighter than the sun.

The problem was not its brightness but its proximity to his eyes, he had to ask Nova to reverse the damage done to his eyes using her powers within the simulation or else he would have been blinded forever within the simulation.

"Let me try using the rune in the real world first" Aron said to Nova and immediately went through the gate and logged out to try activating the runes in the real world.

Real world.

Aron went and locked the door leading to the basement, so that he wouldn't freak anyone who might accidentally see.

After he turned off the lights in the basement he said "activate" while envisioning the rune of light in his mind.

And just like 'magic', a soft glowing light lit up the room in a golden glow allowing him to see everything within the room.

[Wow] Nova's voice was heard through the speakers as she was viewing everything through the cameras within the room.

"What do you see?" Aron asked Nova, wanting to know what parts of the rune are seen in the real world.

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[I saw nothing other than a soft golden light appearing out of nowhere lighting the room in golden glow]

"It seems my assumption was right. Normal people in the world won't be able to see the cause, they will only see the results coming from it"

[Yes sir, this will allow you flexibility in using runes anywhere]

"Mh…" Aron nodded his head agreeing to what Nova said.

[Sir, you need to start preparing for your meeting with Rina.] Nova immediately reminded him about the meeting he had with Rina.

"Thank, I'm really going to have to find a way to get used to the time acceleration or else I will be having troubles keeping up with time and appointments." Aron said that, as he had spent a total of five days within the simulation despite only one day having passed in the real world.

[Don't worry Sir, I will be reminding you if you forget anything] Nova said to Aron who was massaging his eyebrows.

"Thanks Nova" Aron said to Nova after he heard her saying that.

Aron then deactivated the rune in the basement then turned on the lights in the basement.

"I will go and prepare for the meeting" Aron said as he left the basement room going up stairs to eat breakfast and prepare for his meeting with Rina.

Two hours later.

Aron had finally completed his preparations for the meeting and was heading to the garage in order to head to the meeting when he was reminded by Nova that he forgot his watch.

"Thanks" Aron thanked Nova while he was heading to the basement to pick his own made watch.

"I nearly forgot you," Aron said, looking at his digital watch.

[As I said, I will always be there to remind you] Nova's voice came from the watch replying to him.

Yes the watch had one of the four remaining quantum chips.

He made it because he wanted to always have Nova in her full capabilities with him at any time at any place.

Although he could have had her be with him using his phone, he currently didn't have the time to create one and also it being a watch allows it to blend and not attract too much attention like how a custom phone would.

With that Aron left the basement heading to the garage.

Then he left the house while being driven by Donald, one of his bodyguards going with him to his meeting with Rina.

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…..

"I Will be back in about two hours or more, so go and buy yourselves some food" Aron said to Donald and his other bodyguard buddy as he left the car.

"Yes Sir" Donald said he then started driving the car to the parking lot.

As Aron stepped through the front door of The Ritz-Carlton, he felt a rush of excitement at the opulent surroundings, because despite him being a billionaire he never really lived like one at all.

The testament to this was that it was his first time entering a five star hotel in his life.

The lobby was grand and spacious, with towering columns and a glittering chandelier that cast a warm, golden light across the room.

The walls were adorned with works of art, and the plush carpets and sumptuous furnishings added to the sense of luxury and refinement.

After looking around and attracting a little attention from the people in the lobby, Aron made his way to the front desk, where he was greeted by a friendly concierge who welcomed him to the hotel.

"Welcome sir, How may I help you?" She asked Aron.

"I have a reservation in one of your restaurants under the name of Nova" Aron explained his reason for being her.

It was under the name Nova because she was the one who made the reservation for him.

She used her name because she knew Aron didn't want their meeting to attract the attention of anyone.

As for why choose a five star hotel for a meeting you don't want to attract too much attention. It was because of Rina, as a member of the Rothschilds family her going to a normal restaurant would attract more attention and suspicion compared to going to a five star hotel.

After looking through their system and finding the reservation under the said name, the concierge offered to escort him there.

"Sure," He agreed without any problem, because he knew he would be having trouble finding his way if he chose to go by himself.

As they walked, Aron couldn't help but marvel at the attention to detail that had gone into every aspect of the hotel's design.

The walls were lined with beautiful artwork, and every piece of furniture seemed carefully chosen to create a sense of elegance and sophistication.

Finally, they arrived at Navio, and the concierge wished Aron a pleasant dining experience before taking his leave.

Aron took a moment to take in the breathtaking ocean views from the dining room before being greeted by the ma?tre d'.

He was then escorted to the private room, where he settled in and started his waiting for Rina to arrive for their meeting.

"Any bugs?" He asked the void after he was left alone in the room.

[No sir] Nova's reply came from the watch.

Nova had immediately taken control of everything that had internet connection within the hotel's premise the moment he was in the proximity.

She was monitoring everything, making sure that nothing dangerous happens to Aron during the period he is within the hotel.

...

15 minutes later.

The door to the private room was opened and his breath caught in his throat as he caught sight of the stunningly beautiful woman who stepped into the room.

She was beautiful beyond compare, with cascading waves of dark hair, sparkling eyes, and a smile that lit up the entire room.

"Nova you have a competitor" These words couldn't help but come from his mouth due to Rina's beauty being comparable to Nova's virtual body.

Thankfully no one heard him as he managed to say it in a low enough voice that only Nova could hear him.

Nova's reply to this was nothing other than her vibrating the watch to show her displeasure in her beauty being compared to Rina's, but even she couldn't refute what he said.

The reason they were surprised is because although they had seen her pictures it wasn't of the highest quality one, this was the result of the Rothschild family wanting their family members' lives to be far from the public eye.

Aron stood and extended his hand to her for handshake while he said "Welcome, I'm Aron Michael"

Rina shook Aron's hand then she replied saying "I'm Rina Rothschild" with a smile on her face.

'Why would Rottem cheat on her, is he dumb or what' the thought appeared on his mind.

"Let's have a seat" Aron said after shaking her hand which came as a surprise to Rina.

Rina was used to people getting lost in her beauty and forgetting what to do, but for Aron who had spent about a week with Nova's virtual body within the simulation it was manageable for him, although he was mesmerized he managed to control and not embarrass himself in front of her.

Rina sat on the other side of the table sitting face to face with Aron.

"Are you by yourself?" Rina asked because she was wondering why they were in a large private room.

"The small ones were booked up for today and only this one remained" Aron replied honestly without beating around the bush.

"Now let's get to the main topic, what do you want for your favor that needs me to come and meet you face to face?" Rina went directly to the main topic without wasting any time with small talks.

"There seems to be a misunderstanding from your side." Aron said while showing that he was taken aback by her reasoning to reach such a conclusion. 𝘣𝘦𝑑𝑛𝘰𝑣𝘦𝘭.𝘰𝘳𝑔

"A misunderstanding you say? Then what are we doing here?" She asked when she received a different than expected response.

She thought the meeting was for her helpers to meet her and cash in their favor. That's why she came prepared to repay whatever they wanted if it is within her capabilities.

"Yes a misunderstanding, I'm here to extend a helping hand for the second time due to some coincidences on our part".

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"What will you want in exchange for the help you will provide?" This time she asked due to her wanting to know what will she have to give up for their help for the second time.

"Nothing at the moment," Aron answered without wasting any time."But we will need your help very soon once you regain your position within the family".

Rina hesitated to accept the help because she didn't know what they would want from her when she regained her position in the family.

When Aron saw the hesitation in her eyes, he decided to assure her lest she decides to not accept his help. He was going through all these troubles because he really needed her to be on his side.

This is because, for one of his future plans to succeed without a hitch he needed someone within the family with powerful political say to support him.

Although the plan could succeed without anyone's help, having it would expedite its completion.

"You don't have to worry, We won't ask for something that would harm you or jeopardize your position in the family. It might even seem trivial and useless when we ask you of it, " Aron said, trying to assure her.

"You have my promise" He added.

After a few seconds of silence she finally gave up and agreed as she really needed his help at the moment and she was ready to lose an arm to get her position back.

"Okay then, what do you have that can help me this time? I'm assuming that you know my current situation in the family"

"Okay then, what do you have that can help me this time? I'm assuming that you know my current situation within the family" She said indicating that she had agreed to the deal.

"First I will tell you something that will help you not fall in the same situation you are currently in for the 3rd time again." Aron said and stopped for a short period to create suspense.

When he was sure that Rina was concentrating he said "Your security team's head is working for your brother." Aron went directly with an uppercut. But he wanted to elaborate a little more so he added "Not work for him perse, but he reports everything you do to him"

Despite being deeply upset by the news, Rina concealed her emotions and patiently waited for Aron to explain his reasoning for believing what he said was truly happening.

She was not quick to believe everything Aron said without significant evidence to support his claims.

Instead of continuing with his explanation, Aron retrieved his phone from his pocket and handed it over to Rina.

She received it and just stared at it without saying anything, wanting to know the reason why he gave her the phone.

After glancing at the still-locked phone screen for a short while and when nothing happened, Rina inquired with a hint of anger in her voice, "Are you messing with me?."

She had the outburst because the person Aron told her she was betraying was one of her most trusted bodyguard who had been with her since her high school years.

"Have some patience, can you? '' Aron said and immediately the phone suddenly began playing a recording of a phone call that had taken place moments after Rina had entered the building.

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The recording played on as Rina listened in stunned silence. Aron watched her carefully, his expression unreadable.

"Who is she meeting?" a voice on the other end of the recording asked.

"I'm still trying to find out who the person is, as he came earlier than us," the other person replied, their tone respectful and deferential. "I will have the hotel hand us the footage of him so that we can find his details."

There was a pause on the recording, and Rina could almost hear the woman on the other end of the line seething with impatience. "I need all the report of the meeting by the end of the day," she snapped.

The other person hesitated for a moment, and then replied, "Yes, ma'am. I will do as ordered..."

But before the reply could even be completed, the call was abruptly ended, leaving no doubt that the woman on the other end of the line had little to no respect for the person she was speaking to.

Rina's face was etched with disappointment and disbelief as she listened to the audio recording. She recognized the voices immediately - it was a conversation between her head bodyguard and her brother's secretary.

Although she knew her brother was watching her every move she didn't expect her head bodyguard to be the one who was watching her for him.

The betrayal was more hurtful due to it being from her longtime most trusted bodyguard who had been with her since high school.

"Since when has he been reporting to my brother?" She asked Aron, her voice quivering with emotion as she tried to hide her hurt feelings.

[A month after you were married to Rottem,] A reply came not from Aron but from the phone, causing Rina to gasp in shock and nearly drop the phone.

"Is this one of those assistants in the phones that is popular these days?" Rina asked after she recollected herself from the surprise.

"Although my company made the said famous assistant, this one is similar but more advanced than it," Aron explained to the now curious Rina.

Rina was quite surprised that Aron was the owner of the now famous GAIA Technology. Although she read the report about it she didn't really put it in her mind because she was fighting for her position in the family.

'I will think about it later' She said and decided to continue her questioning.

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"The reason for it?" Rina asked the phone this time after hearing Aron's explanation.

The voice on the phone explained, [Ambition.

He was promised a position of CEO of the security company responsible for your family's security when he officially became the family head.

pαndα`noν?1-сoМ He agreed to do it because all he had to do was report on everything you do, which was very easy for him as he is your head of security.]

"I should have known," she murmured, feeling a sense of regret wash over her. "All those times I asked for my bodyguards to investigate Rottem and the results always coming back as negative… So it was him who was preventing me from leaving the forced marriage."

Aron could hear the pain and disappointment in Rina's voice

As Rina processed the shocking revelation, she couldn't help but feel a mix of emotions - anger, disappointment, and a sense of betrayal.

She had trusted her head of security, the man who was supposed to keep her safe, only to find out that he had been reporting everything she did to her brother behind her back. It was a bitter pill to swallow.

She let out a bitter smile as she recalled how she had asked her head bodyguard to investigate the matter.

Little did she know that she was essentially asking the mole to find himself. She couldn't believe she had been so blind to the truth.

Aron remained quiet, giving Rina time to come to terms with the information. He knew it was a lot to process, and he didn't want to push her too hard.

He had booked the room for the entire day, so he had plenty of time to wait for her to compose herself.

Half an hour later.

She finally returned to the room after half an hour to continue their meeting. Although she was not over the betrayal she at least managed to recollect herself and return to a position where they can continue their meeting.

"Sorry for making you wait," she apologized as she returned from the bathroom, trying her best to hide the turmoil she was feeling inside.

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"No problem, I would have been more surprised if you felt nothing after hearing the news," Aron replied, offering her a small smile.

He could see that Rina was still reeling from the shock, but he knew that he had to help her regain her composure so that they could continue with their discussion.

"Before we begin with any of the plans that I have in my mind, you need to first finish cleaning the moles in your house to avoid further interference," Aron said, his tone serious.

He knew that for them to move forward without interference she needed remove all the planted spies within her household.

Rina nodded in understanding. She knew that her brother had always been ruthless when it came to securing his position within the family, and she couldn't afford to underestimate him for the third time.

"After you are done with the cleaning, we will officially begin to wage war with your brother in order to regain your position," Aron continued.

During the entire time Rina did nothing other than listen to Aron's explanation. When he was done she asked "What information do you have that will help in returning to my position after I finish cleaning the moles within my house?" wanting to know what kind of information or plan did Aron have to make him as confident as he was.

As Aron so no reason to hide his information as he is currently the only one who can help her from her predicament as everyone else in the family has either sided with her brother or remained neutral not wanting to participate in any of the family fights.

"The morgans are preparing for a rematch with your family and I have more than half of their battle plans, I will soon have the complete plan with me, Is that enough?"

"WHAT!" Rina couldn't control herself this time and shouted in surprise due to the weight of the information she received.

Rina was taken aback by the information. The fact that the Morgans were preparing for a rematch was not that surprising but them being nearly or almost ready was enough to send shivers down her spine.

Both families expected each other to be preparing themselves for a rematch, but her family's planning team had speculated that the morgans would need more time to recover in order for them to be ready for another round.

Despite that assumption, they had tried to plant spies in the morgans family and despite succeeding in infiltration they never received the news of morgan's preparing for the war.

This meant that they had put that much importance to the plan's secrecy to the point of assuring that it remains a secret even if there are spies among them.

This lack of knowledge made Rina feel vulnerable and exposed. If the Morgans were indeed preparing for a rematch and her family was not prepared for it and were caught off guard, the consequences would be catastrophic.

They would be massacred without mercy, and there would be little they could do to defend themselves. The thought of such a devastating defeat filled Rina with fear and dread.

She knew it would be the first of its kind, meaning she couldn't think of the catastrophe that would be caused. It might even lead to a more devastating economic crisis far worse than the 2008 financial crisis that resulted from their last war with the morgans, which they won.

What frightened her even more was the fact that Aron had managed to obtain this information. Not only did he know about the Morgans' plans, but he also knew everything about their strategy and tactics.

Rina couldn't help but wonder how he had managed to gather such detailed intelligence, and what he planned to do with it.

For the first time, Rina began to see Aron in a different light. She had always known that he was cunning and resourceful, but now she realized just how dangerous he could be. 𝗯𝗲𝐝𝐧𝗼𝐯𝗲𝐥.𝗻𝗲𝐭

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She couldn't help but wonder what other secrets he was keeping from her, and whether or not she could trust him completely.

Despite her reservations, Rina knew that she had little choice but to work with Aron if she wanted to regain her position within the family.

She took a deep breath and tried to push her fears aside, focusing instead on the task at hand.

With Aron's help, she knew that they could come up with a plan to face the Morgans and emerge victorious.

Rina was acutely aware of the gravity of the situation, and so she posed the crucial question to Aron, "Will we have enough time to prepare countermeasures?" She asked Aron after apologizing for her earlier outburst but this time her voice carried a hint of fear and respect.

She knew that even with the information they had obtained, it would be worthless if they didn't have enough time to plan and prepare for the Morgans' inevitable attack. It would be akin to knowing that death was coming, but being unable to do anything about it.

With Rina's anxiety palpable, Aron remained calm and composed as he answered her question.

"The countermeasures to their plan are being constantly reviewed and revised as we receive the remaining pieces of information," Aron explained. "You don't have to worry about it. I'm on top of it."

Rina felt a wave of relief wash over her upon hearing this. The knowledge that a plan was in place and constantly being updated to account for any new information gave her hope that they might have a fighting chance against the Morgans.

"I will provide you with the complete plan once you have finished removing the moles," Aron added, reassuring her once more.

Rina sought further clarification and asked, "Do you have other means of communication other than the email?"

Aron pointed at the phone that was still in her hands since he handed it to her and said "Through that. Using it you will always be able to reach me.

It will also help you find out the remaining moles among those that are working for you.

All you have to do is connect the phone to your family's private network"

He decided to give her the phone that had an AI written by Nova because if he tried infiltrating from the outside there would always be a risk of being discovered no matter how stealth he tried to be.

This was because they were monitoring every connection coming from outside no matter how useless it was.

He didn't stop with that and continued his explanation " Keep in mind that the moment you connect the phone to your family's network the entire network will be visible both to you and me.

The AI within the device will help you organize the information it collects from the network and inform you of them.

Additionally, It would monitor the family's network and keep you updated on any communications or developments among the members.

This feature will provide you with leverage over any individuals involved, which will be paramount for your return to power within the family.

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Furthermore, since the network's secureness is believed by everyone within the family, no one would suspect it, allowing you access to the latest information. This would give you even more leverage allowing you to amass more power as time goes on."

When Rina heard those words from Aron her heart rate increased by more than 10%.

She couldn't determine the exact reason for her increased heart rate, but she was curious whether it was due to excitement, hope, amazement, or if she had developed feelings for Aron. Only time would reveal the truth.

All of this was caused by her realizing that Aron's plan was always 10 steps ahead of his imaginary enemy.

"Sure, I will inform you when I'm done with the clean-up" Rina replied while trying to act as calm as she could manage with the orchestra going in his heart.

Aron noticed that something was off with her, but he assumed that she was still affected by the news of her trusted bodyguard's betrayal. Thus, he decided to set it aside and continued with their conversation.

...…

Rina was in a car heading home.

"What an emotional rollercoaster." Rina murmured to herself in a hushed tone as she remembered her meeting with Aron.

She went to the meeting expecting to repay the favor but in return she received something much more than she expected.

Rina couldn't help but look at her head of security sitting on the front seat of the car she was in.

"Is there something wrong?" Asked the bodyguard when he discovered through the rear view mirror that Miss Rina was looking at him.

"Nothing" Rina replied while continuing to keep eye contact with the bodyguard for a short period of time before looking somewhere else.

'How should I deal with you?' Rina started contemplating how she was going to do the clean-up.

It needed to be stealth enough to not attract her brother's attention which might backfire on her if he discovers that he knows who the moles are.

'Let's find out who they are first then we can think on how to dispose of them or on how I can use them to divert my brother's attention' After that, she did nothing other than look outside the window throughout the journey to avoid raising any suspicion in her bodyguard's mind.

...

Rina could be seen in her office with the phone given to her by Aron in her hand.

She decided to wait until she was left alone in the work room before she even removed the phone from her handbag.

"She opened the phones Wi-Fi and chose the families Wi-Fi that led to the private network in which all the family members use it to access the internet securely"

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She powered on the phone and accessed the Wi-Fi settings, selecting her family's Wi-Fi network. This network was connected to a private network that all family members used to access the internet outside securely.

After entering the lengthy and complicated password, she clicked on the "connect".

The moment she pressed the connect button, the phone displayed a message:

[Network connection initiated.

Initiating network takeover…..

Estimated takeover time : 1 day.

Looking for ways to expedite the takeover time to reduce the risk of discovery.

Nearby device found.]

[Miss, I need permission to use your computer as an additional computing node to increase computing power and efficiency in order to complete the network takeover faster.] The Ai asked for permission to use her computer.

"Do whatever you need" Rina agreed to the AI's request without an ounce of hesitation.

The moment the AI received permission from Rina it transferred itself to the computer and immediately took control of the computer.

After it completed its migration, it immediately started the move of infecting the devices that were within the network.

It did this by acting as a data packet being sent from one device to another, the moment the receiving device tries to reconstruct the data packets the AI will immediately take control of the device without raising any suspicion.

After infiltrating a few devices in the network, the AI finally identified one of the servers that housed and managed the private network. Realizing the criticality of this discovery, the AI ceased all its other infiltration attempts and switched to a targeted attack on the server.

The AI immediately started port scanning and network enumeration, the AI probed the server's defenses to identify the weaknesses and vulnerabilities.

After finding a few of them, It followed by launching a series of highly coordinated attacks that leveraged exploits and malware designed to penetrate the server's defenses undetected.

Once inside the server, The AI was able to bypass network segmentation and gain access to all connected devices and backup servers, finalizing the takeover of the entire private network.

But despite having unprecedented access to the entirety of the network and could access all the backed up data, they were all encrypted and the decryption keys were not in the servers memory.

To overcome this challenge, the AI employed a clever solution. It first collected all the prime number sequences that were required for decryption and compiled them into an Excel sheet. The AI then sent the excel sheet to Nova.

The AI sent it to Nova for her to use her immense computing power of the quantum computer to analyze the prime number sequences and come up with the decryption key.

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With the key, the AI will be able to unlock the encrypted data and gain access to the valuable information within.

Now all the AI had to do was wait for Nova to return her the decryption key.

While all this was happening Rina only saw her computer screen power on followed by nothing happened for a while, Then the Microsoft excel in her computer was opened and a list of endless numbers started being written down on the excel after about 5 minutes of numbers being endlessly being written down on the excel it was then saved which was followed by her email app being opened. The AI then sent the email with the excel sheet attached to an email address that seemed endless.

"What was that email for and who was it sent to?" She asked in curiosity.

[It was an excel sheet with the prime numbers needed to be decoded for us to know the decryption key in order to access the backed up data that is saved in the servers.

It was sent to Sir Aron for mother to decrypt them and send us the decryption key]

"Mother?" Rina asked as she was surprised that the AI called someone its mother.

[I call the AI that made me mother because embedded in my code is her existence as my parent]

"So you tell me that there is a more powerful AI than you that can create AI's that are as powerful as you?" Although many things attracted her attention from the AI's reply, this was what caught the most of her attention.

[Yes]

"Then who made your mother?" She asked the second thing that attracted her attention.

[Sir Aron.]

"By himself? That seems impossible." She couldn't help but be surprised by the reply.

[Yes, By himself.]

'Holy shit' Is the only thing that came to her mind.

Although she was not a professional programer she knew what she heard was nearly impossible, because for their family's pirate network to continue working without interference they were hiring more than 500 programers to ensure everything was working in order. But you're telling her that the powerful AI was made by just one person 'Holy shit'.

"Then why did you tell me that? Shouldn't it be a secret or something?" this time she asked because she felt something weird from the way the AI was being way too honest with its answers.

[The last order given to me by mother was that I should be helpful to you, also this is not considered anything too confidential. Your current clearance permits me telling you this information.]

When Rina heard this reply her heart warmed a little from the trust she received from Aron.

"Then what else are you allowed to tell me?" She wanted to know what other information was she allowed to access from the AI.

[The list is too long madam, but the summary of it is that you can ask me anything and as long as it is not above your clearance I will reply to you honestly with the latest information and if it is above your clearance I will tell you it is.]

"Just call me Rina" She said as she was getting tired of hearing madam and miss.

[Yes Rina.] The AI agreed without hesitating for even a second.

"Okay then what is your name?"

[My mother's given name is Ava, which has its roots in Sanskrit where it means 'offering protection.' It is also derived from the Russian language, where it means 'a gift,' and from Swedish, where it is associated with the concept of providing strength or power.

The name Ava represents a special gift from Sir Aron, who gave me to you with the intention of providing you help with strength and protection.]

When Rina heard this she was enamored and "fuck" is the only word that came from her mouth while she was trying to fan herself as she felt the room got a little bit hotter.

"So Ava, how is the infiltration going on?" She asked, trying to change the topic.

[The infiltration is complete, At the moment I'm waiting for mother to send me the decryption key so that I can decrypt and analyze all the backed up data]

"How about the current data?"

[Due to that being intercepted after the devices were infected there is no need to decrypt them. So I'm collecting it and analyzing it in real time but since I have been collecting the data for a short period of time nothing of importance has happened during the time.]

"Okay" with that Rina left the room to have a nap as she was very exhausted from the rollercoaster of emotion she had felt today.

...

Aron could be seen looking through the art pieces in The San Jose Museum of Art.

He decided to visit the museum after he came out of a phone store to buy himself a new one, after he gave his previous phone to Rina for them to keep contact.

He wasn't worried that his information and other important things would be lost or would be leaked, because Nova solved all of these things without him needing to say anything.

As he was looking at the arts within the museum his new phone started vibrating. Indicating that she had something to report to him.

Aron knew this was a way for Nova to inform him that she wants to report something to him when he is in a public location to avoid attracting people's attention.

He removed his phone from his pocket and put it on his ear to act like he was on a phone call, continuing the facade that it was a phone call.

"What is it?" Aron asked Nova after placing the phone on the ear.

[Sir, Ava has reported back] Nova reported.

"Well that was fast of her, I thought she would hesitate to connect the phone to their private network. The fastest I expected her to do it was maybe tomorrow morning after she thought about it throughout the night."

[I thought so as well, but my estimate was today evening or night. It seems like she is more pressed than we thought.]

"Yeah I thought so as well, what did Ava report?"

[She reported nothing but just sent an email with an excel sheet full of prime numbers for me to decode it in order to derive the decryption key from it for her to access the encrypted backup information.]

"How is that going on?" He asked as he was amused by the idea of Ava using an email to ask help from mom when she found herself to be in a bind.

[I've completed deriving the decryption key and sent it to her a moment ago.]

"So when will she be done with the decryption of the data"

[It is expected for her to be done with the decryption within a week's time. She decided to do it slowly so that she doesn't want to raise suspicion.

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Although she could manipulate the data being shown by the servers she can't manipulate the increase in power consumption.

If they discover anything suspicious she risks the entire system's overhaul increasing the chances of all the backed up data being lost in the process.

So, she chose the slow approach.]

"Sure, let her take her time" Aron said as he continued moving around within the museum.

[Also someone is following you] Nova informed him after she infiltrated the museum network and accessed the museum's live camera feed using the watch in Aron's hands.

"Who is he?" Aron asked as he continued looking around as he was still clueless. ｂｅ𝚍ｎｏｖｅ𝚕．ｃｏｍ

[He is currently reporting to the same person the head bodyguard reported, Rina's brother's secretary. It seems like he was sent to collect more information about you.

ραпdα n?νa| сom From their conversation they seemed to have found the fake information about you and deemed you not important enough for further investigation.

They will leave you alone if nothing interesting happens today.] Nova explained everything about the one following him as fast as she could.

"Add him to the list of people in which Rina would take care after she returned in power" Coldly, he pronounced judgment on the pursuer, dooming him to a hell that was delayed only by a timer - a timer that was rapidly approaching its end with each passing second.

Meanwhile in Aron's house.

Henry who had returned from school started getting bored from playing with his toys.

So, he started thinking about things that he could do to alleviate his boredom. That's when he remembered that his brother had a virtual reality headgear.

"Let's go and see what it does" With enthusiasm he stood and started heading to the basement with fast steps as he couldn't wait to try it.

From what his brother told him It was the same as those in movies so he should be able to play games that are similar to the ones in movies.

After he finally entered the room he found the headgear on the table where his brother usually keeps it when he is not using it.

Without wasting even a second he put it on and remembering what the people from the movies said to start using it, he said "login".

After waiting for a few seconds nothing happened. So, he just removed the headgear and put it back on the same place he found it while being extremely disappointed.

'It is either I don't know how to use it or my brother was playing with me' Is what came to his mind. At the moment he was leaning toward the first assumption that he doesn't know how to use it.

This was caused by him trusting his brother after he kept every promise he gave to him.

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Since his plan had failed and he had nothing else to do in the basement, he decided to go and play with his brother's PlayStation, as his was still being confiscated by her mother after he was caught playing games when he was supposed to be sleeping.

….

While all this was happening, Nova was just watching everything unfold through the cameras in the room without interfering.

After Henry entered the room she started monitoring his every action so that she could report to Aron if something bad happened.

When he put on the VR headgear she thought nothing would happen since Aron hasn't shown him how to activate it.

But all of her assumptions were thrown out of the window, when she heard Henry say "Login" which forced her to intervene and cancel the activation sequence to prevent Henry from hurting himself.

She had to intervene due to Henry still being in a standing position when he initiated the login sequence, which would have resulted in him being hurt by falling down due to the loss of consciousness.

But other than Henry's login into the virtual world being interfered with and canceled by her, everything before that had already been completed before she could intervene and cancel the login attempt.

This meant that Henry's brain was already mapped and everything about it being recorded and saved by the virtual reality program as per its protocols.

And since his brain didn't have a system to prevent it like Aron, nothing remained hidden from Nova who had access to all of the data collected by the VR headgear.

So, she started analyzing Henry's brain out of curiosity to see if there is anything special in him like his brother.

And there it was, Henry's eye nerves were glowing golden. The golden glow was similar to Aron's golden blood but Henry's was not blood; it was occurring only on his eye nerves and the location in the brain where the brain interpreted what his was seeing.

When she discovered this, she decided to find out what Henry sees as the result of his nerves glowing golden.

When she took the POV of Henry's eyes and started simulating different thing Infront of them, she discovered that henry had eyes that allowed him if he paid enough attention to see most of the things normal humans can't see, this included magical energy in the atmosphere.

The result of him paying enough attention is his irises turning golden allowing him to see unseen within his vicinity.

One of the occasions where Henry saw the unseen is when he saw his brother's room after he was shot.

It appeared to him that there was a golden liquid mixed with normal blood on the floor, But when he asked his mother about it, she said there was no such thing as she had helped clean the blood and saw nothing like that.

After reading through some of the memories Nova started looking for the trigger that caused this evolution.

And she found it. It was the day Aron entered a deep slumber which resulted in his body gaining golden blood and blood vessels that would later be merged for him to gain Runic body.

The trigger for the evolution was the high concentration of magical energy within a small space, causing his eyes to be overloaded with magical energy resulting in a forced evolution to avoid going blind.

But this doesn't mean that if you put someone in a room with high magical energy concentration that they will evolve. No, the chances are very small and that's one of the reasons Aron's system did not inform him about it.

This evolution was everything but normal, his body's reaction was way too excessive for it to be caused by just magical energy overload. Something else must have helped or interfered to push for this specific outcome.

She decided to inform Aron when he came back home, but she still continued with her investigation looking for what caused Henry's eyes to evolve.

...….

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Later that day

Aron finally returned back home at night after he finished his tour of the museum and headed immediately for the basement after having dinner with his parents. Henry seemed to have been found sleeping while playing a game in his room resulting in him not being on the dinner table to eat with them.

[Welcome Sir] Nova welcomed him after he entered the basement.

"Thanks', anything new?" He asked after he thanked Nova while putting on his virtual helmet and laying down on his makeshift bed.

[Yes ] Nova immediately replied his question when she came face to face with him in virtual reality.

"What is it?"

[Henry seemed to have evolved]

"WHAT?, what do you mean by evolve?." he asked in panic, Showing that he was pretty scared by the news.

[Don't worry Sir, it's nothing dangerous.] Nova replied, trying to calm Aron down.

"Elaborate" Is the only word he said followed by him shutting up waiting for explanation.

[So here is what happened...

Herny entered the baseme...

...] Nova now started explaining everything to Aron while using both his memories and Henry's as a presentation materials to ensure that nothing is left out.

"Hhoooooh... Thank god" Aron released a sigh of relief after Nova finished explaining everything and reassuring him.

"So, you're telling me that my brother can see magical energy and anything to do with magic?"

[Yes but that is not all, from my simulation of his abilities he can see more than just magic, he should be able to adjust the spectrum of light that his eyes collects allowing him to see even at night without difficulty.

But that is not all, he should be able to see supernatural entities and many more.

And if you become proficient in your runic abilities and turn him into a runic user they will evolve even more, I suspect that he will gain special body that has its focus on eyes or something similar to that. ]

"So you're telling me that my brother can see ghosts and other entities."

[Currently his brain can't handle the influx of information resulting on all the features being kept inactive by his subconsciousness to prevent him harming himself. 𝐛𝐞𝐝𝗻𝐨𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝐜𝐨𝗺

As for the ability to see magical energy, he can only keep it active for a few seconds at most before he runs out of mental energy to supply them.]

"Thank god. Just imagine him having to see ghosts and other supernatural things while he is still young, there is no amount of therapy that would fix that damage" Aron said while being relieved that his brother was not yet traumatized by his abilities.

"Keep an eye on him and continue to test the limit of his abilities."

[Yes Sir.]

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"Now back to practicing runes." Aron said this as he started moving to the Rashomon gate in order to enter the accelerated universal simulation to continue his runic practice.

[What rune are you going to practice this time?] Nova asked Aron as she followed and tried to keep up her pace with his.

When Aron turned around and discovered that she was having hard time keeping up with him, he slowed his pace down, then answered her question.

"I need something to protect myself. So, this time I will be practicing a protection rune."

[Is it the shield rune?] Rina asked as she finally reached Aron and started walking shoulder to shoulder with him as they went through the gate.

pαndα`noν?1-сoМ "Yes, Although I have bodyguards to protect me, I need something to ensure my safety even when I'm left alone."

After passing through the gate and entering the accelerated universal simulation, he immediately sat down crossed legged and started to concentrate in order to begin his runic practice.

And just like his first time training runes the runic lines in his synapses lit up and started guiding him to the right path.

After 8 hours of non-stop concentration he extended his hand to his front and said

"SHIELD"

"SHIELD"

The runic word with the meaning shield appeared in front of his hands glowing in golden before a thin transparent wall like appeared in front of the runic word.

With the appearance of the transparent shield in front of him, the glowing runic word started losing its luster as the shield kept sucking magical energy from it to sustain the shield in front of it.

When Aron saw this he started pumping magical energy into the glowing runic word to allow the shield to continue existing.

"Continue sustaining" He said to Nova who immediately took over the magical fueling of the rune.

Aron then left the vicinity of the runes and went near Nova "Now let's start testing it" He said while rubbing his hands in excitement.

[Yes sir] Nova affirmed and immediately materialized a Pistol: Glock 19 out of nowhere.

"Put a human being behind the shield so that we can see if the shield mitigates all the damages." Aron said as he loaded a bullet to the chamber.

Nova said nothing but immediately materialized a human behind the shield with the face of his shooter, causing Aron to look at Nova in a questioning gaze wanting to know the reason.

[If it fails, at least it will harm someone you won't feel guilt harming] Nova explained her reasoning for materializing this specific person.

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"Anyway let's start our testing" Aron shrugged, acting as if he didn't care but Nova knew that this man's life was hanging on a thread, which will be cut by Aron the moment his main plan is completed.

[Yes Sir.] Nova agreed.

Aron raised his hand and bang…bang….bang…. He started firing at his shooter without stopping until the entire magazine was emptied.

When he emptied the magazine he just turned and looked at Nova.

Nova said nothing and just materialized a Shotgun: Remington 870 and handed it to Aron, who took it and started pumping and firing the shotgun at the shield.

After finishing with the shotgun, Aron turned to Nova once again. Nova said nothing and she just continued to materialize weapons out of thin air, summoned an AR-15 and handed it to Aron, Who without saying a word resumed firing without even pausing to inspect the condition of the shield.

This routine continued for an extended period, with Nova conjuring an array of weapons including the Heckler & Koch MP5 submachine gun, the FN M249 SAW light machine gun, the M2 Browning heavy machine gun, and many others.

Despite the relentless barrage of gunfire, the shield held strong and showed no sign of weakening.

Aron then moved on to RPGs, explosives, tanks, missiles, and other increasingly lethal weapons. However, even the detonation of the powerful Big Boy nuclear bomb in front of the shield did not cause it to falter.

Throughout the ordeal, the shield remained resolute and steadfast, impervious to all forms of attack.

"Now let's hear the report from what you recorded." Aron said as he removed the protection goggles he wore to protect his eyes from the explosion.

Everything about it was useless as Nova made the location they were an indestructible zone, meaning that nothing that would harm them would enter their vicinity.

[Yes Sir.] Nova said as she materialized a chair for Aron to sit and a hologram for her to do her presentation.

"Thanks" Aron said as he sat down on the chair materialized by Nova.

After seeing that Aron had already sat down she immediately started giving the presentation.

[Based on the gathered data, it appears that the shield rune is capable of holding its ground as long as it maintains sufficient energy levels.

The greater the force of impact it endures, the more energy is required to neutralize it.

While it is theoretically possible for the shield to withstand a nuclear explosion, the sheer magnitude of energy required to do so is enormous.

ραпdα n?νa| сom In summary, the shield rune can serve as a formidable defense against virtually any threat, as long as it is supplied with the necessary energy to withstand the level of damage it faces.

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Aron continued listening to the entirety of the presentation, in which throughout the entire presentation his face continued getting brighter and brighter the more details he heard.

"Good now that we know it is really useful. It is time for me to finish the practice of the rune to reduce the activation time to nanoseconds." Aron said as he stood from the chair materialized by Aron and returned to his practice location where he sat cross legged and restarted his practice of the shield Rune.

...…

Somewhere in the world.

"With the total tallied votes being 6 against and 1in favor, the decision to deny the help and not respond to them has passed" Said William, the one who would be considered the leader of the meeting.

As Alexander gazed around the table, a deep sense of disappointment etched on his face. While most of the revolutionary group had begun their journey with a genuine desire to liberate their country from the grip of the tyrant, many had succumbed to the allure of wealth and luxury once they attained positions of power. 𝑏𝘦𝑑𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝘰𝘮

This was particularly disheartening considering the fact that the money that they used for their luxuries and desires was from the donations of the people who had worked so hard to earn it while living in the oppressive and corrupt country, in the hopes that they could bring an end to the cruel and uncaring government.

But all of their donations were used for nothing other than paying for revolutionary group leaders and higher ranking members luxurious lives.

It was clear to Alexander that for some of the individuals at the table, the continued existence of the dictator was seen as a boon rather than a burden.

As long as the dictator remained in power, they would always have a source of income, and a reason to demand more money from those who want the dictatorship to end.

Despite their outward appearance of attempting to save the country from the brutal dictatorship, the individuals in question had done little of any real significance to justify the exorbitant amount of money they had received.

It seemed that much of their efforts had been focused on self-preservation and personal gain, rather than the greater good of the people they claimed to represent.

The families of all the revolutionary leaders had chosen to reside outside the country of Eden.

When questioned about this decision, the leaders had explained that they made this sacrifice to protect their loved ones from being used as pawns and held hostage to force their compliance.

This response had elicited a sense of pride from the people, as they believed they had chosen wise and responsible leaders.

However, little did they know the true reasons behind the decision.

In reality, the revolutionary leaders spent most of their time with their families abroad, returning to Eden only once or twice, and often conducting meetings from the comfort of luxurious hotels, like the one in America where Alexander now found himself.

It was clear to him that the leaders had grown accustomed to the lavish lifestyle and had lost touch with the struggles of the people they claimed to represent.

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The behavior of the revolutionary leaders had left Alexander feeling frustrated and angry. He could no longer bear to be in the same room with them, and so he stood up abruptly and began to make his way towards the door.

One of the six individuals sitting at the table stopped him in his tracks with a question, "Where are you going?"

"Washroom. Is there a problem with that? I thought the meeting had ended."

"No, the meeting isn't over," replied William, the de facto leader with the largest revolutionary group in a condescending tone. "That was just the first agenda item. We still have a few more topics to discuss."

Alexander's frustration grew as he questioned the man, "Like what? And why wasn't I informed about the other topics? As far as I remember, everything that would be discussed in a meeting must be given to the attendees at least a day before the meeting to allow them to prepare." His voice now carried a hint of anger.

"We need to discuss our need for more donations to prepare for the next protest," William replied, ignoring his second question like it did not exist.

Alexander challenged the man's proposal, "Didn't we just collect donations two months ago? We haven't used any of it yet. Why are we asking for another round of donations?"

"We need the money for our expenses," the man explained. "Though the amount they donated seemed like a lot, most of it was lost after we did currency exchange. So we need them to donate again to cover the loss."

Alexander pressed further, "Pardon my questions, but what reasons did we have to convert all the donation money to dollars if the protest is going to be done within the country?"

The leader responded in an intimidating voice, "Don't act like you don't know why we asked for the money. You've only been with us for two months since the death of your last group leader. If you were chosen to replace your former leader, you should know how these things work. Now, go to the toilet and come back immediately so we can continue the meeting." It was clear that the leader was growing tired of Alexander's enthusiasm and constant questioning.

"What I don't understand is why I wasn't informed about the other topics," Alexander asked, as he simply ignored Williams' order as if he hadn't heard it.

"It appears that we may have overlooked informing your group, Alexander. We assumed that because your group is the weakest, you might feel embarrassed and choose not to attend," said one of the individuals on the table, causing everyone to laugh at his remark.

Despite the pretense, the meetings were far from democratic. The group with the most members was considered the king, while the lowest member was viewed as nothing more than a provider of cannon fodder for protests and other activities.

The only reason they had not expelled Alexander's group from their coalition was that they needed their numbers.

As Alexander heard their response, he stormed out of the meeting room, slamming the door behind him out of frustration.

On his way to the bathroom, he kept seeing their grinning faces, which started to irritate him, causing his anger to build up.

Finally, he couldn't take it anymore and decided to take action. After entering the bathroom and ensuring the door was locked, he retrieved his phone from his pocket and typed in the email address of the individual who had offered to help their cause.

Despite the fact that they desperately needed money, they had originally rejected the offer because they knew that the individual would demand a detailed breakdown of how every cent was spent.

Furthermore, accepting the offer would force them to escalate their revolutionary efforts, increasing their risk of being targeted by the dictator who would want to crush the movement decisively.

Alexander began composing a message in which he accepted the individual's offer, despite it going against the decision made by the group during their meeting.

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Upon completing his response, he quickly hit the "send" button without realizing that he had used his personal phone instead of the burner phone provided to him.

His anger had clouded his judgment, causing him to overlook this critical detail. It was a stark reminder of how emotions can impair a person's decision-making abilities.

After making sure the email was sent he left the bathroom and went to wash his hands to make his act believable.

Alexander returned to the meeting and sat in his place like nothing had happened. He tried to act as if nothing had happened but all of this was needles, no one cared to even turn and look at him, they were just happy to continue with their meeting.

"So. How d...….." William immediately started the meeting the moment Alexander sat down on the table.

...

Meanwhile, Aron was practicing his runes, and Nova was observing him both in the virtual and real worlds. When she finally received a response from one of the many revolutionary leaders they had contacted.

[

Dear,

I hope this email finds you well. I am writing to inform you of our group's decision regarding your offer. Although we received your emails separately, we held a meeting and voted on whether to accept or decline it.

Unfortunately, the majority of our group voted against agreeing to your offer, resulting in a vote of 6 to 1. As a result, they have decided to ghost your emails and not reply to you.

However, I am privately informing you of this decision and agreeing to your support if we can come to agreements and negotiations to the terms and conditions.

Thank you for your understanding, and I look forward to collaborating with you to achieve our mutual goals. Please let me know if you have any further questions or concerns.

Best regards,

Alexander

]

When Nova read the email, she was enraged on Aron's behalf.

[How dare they decide to ignore my master's message!] It was not the rejection of their offer that upset her, but rather their decision to ghost Aron and not inform him of their decision.

If Alexander had not informed them, it would have delayed their plan, as they would have been waiting for a response from people who had already made a decision.

Despite her anger, Nova decided to set it aside and began editing their plan as she waited for Aron to finish his practice.

Since only one group had agreed, she had to revise the actions they had planned to take assuming that at least three groups would agree. She had to make the plan workable under the leadership of only one group, the weakest of them.

During this time, Aron remained unaware of the ongoing events as he continued to practice his runes with all his might.

...

(Inside the accelerated simulated universe )

Aron continued his training until he reduced the time of the shield rune's activation to nanoseconds, that's when he stopped his training.

It took him a total of 12 hours to reach that level.

When he turned around, he found Nova sitting in the same place she was since he began his training, but her face had the expression of her having something to report.

So, he asked "Is there something you want to say?"

[Yes Sir, we received a reply from the revolutionary groups] Nova informed him.

"A reply and not replies?" Aron asked curiously, wondering whether Nova made a pronunciation mistake which was practically impossible or not.

[Yes sir. A reply, only one.] Nova said as he materialized a hologram with the email sent from Alexander in it in front of Aron.

Aron didn't ask anymore questions, as he turned his focus to the email infront of him.

While Aron was reading the email, Nova did nothing but tried to find out what was Aron feeling as a result of receiving this report.

"That's still better than nothing," Aron said, trying to comfort himself after he finished reading the email.

"Aren't they the smallest ones among all of the groups?" Aron asked after he looked through his memories to recall the details about this group, 'Eden revolutionaries'.

[Yes Sir, they are the smallest ones.]

"Then we have to revise the plan to fit them" Aron said while rubbing his chin as he was contemplating how to revise the plan.

[I have already revised the plan sir, Please take a look] Nova immediately materialized another hologram in front of Aron that showed all of the revised plans.

"Okay, Let's take a look" Aron said as pushed the hologram with the email aside while puling the new one towards him, then he started reading the revised plan on it.

After reading for some time Aron could be heard saying "Good, good" which made Nova very happy that Aron approved her revised plans. though not all of them but most of it.

Aron kept making small adjustments to the plan accounting for what Nova might have failed to account due to insufficient data availability about that specific topic resulting in her being not very knowledgeable about it.

After reading the entire plan and editing some of it within three hours, he turned to Nova and gave her a thumbs up of approval as he said "Good plan", resulting in her having a blush on her face, which she immediately hid using her demigod powers within the simulation world before Aron could see it.

"Anything else?" Aron asked as he pushed the hologram in front of him to the side while getting up from his sitting place.

[Yes Sir. Due to the sender failing to cover his tracks, I was able to trace the email to a luxury hotel in the United States.

Once I discovered this, I took control of the entire network at the hotel and found out that all of the revolutionary leaders were staying there.

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From there, I was able to trace their movements and found that most of them have been inside the USA for a considerable amount of time.

The only exception is Alexander, who has been spending most of his time in Eden for his activities, but that's maybe because he had only been the leader for two months since the previous leader was assassinated and still hasn't got acclimated to having power and exploiting it.

So, It might be because he still has the enthusiasm for revolution due to being the youngest and having spent only a short amount of time in a powerful position.]

"So, you are saying that we should use him for the revolution while he still has his enthusiasm and ideals before he succumbs to the temptation of power?"

[Yes Sir, We should also look for ways to contain the other revolutionary groups' leaders, to ensure that they don't interfere with our plans due to their fear of losing their source of income that is sustaining their lavish lives.] 𝑏𝑒𝘥𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑒𝘭.𝘯𝑒𝑡

Aron kept nodding his head agreeing to what Nova was saying while thinking of what way he should utilize to shut them up. "For now we can postpone the buying of their silence plan for a little bit, Before that we need to go and meet Alexander and have a face to face conversation to make sure there are no miscommunications"

[Yes, sir. I will begin planning the trip right away.]

"How many hours have elapsed in the real world?" Aron inquired, curious about how much time remained until dawn.

[You spent fifteen hours since you entered the time-accelerated simulated universe, So exactly 3 hours have passed on the outside world.]

"Looks like I still have time. Then let's continue practicing other runes" Aron said as he returned to start his practice of runes as he waited for the dawn to arrive so that he can start his journey to surprise the shit out Alexander by appearing at his hotel for a meeting without him revealing his current location to Aron.

When the morning sun peeked over the horizon, Aron paused his Runic training and logged out of the Universal Simulation to go and prepare himself for the surprise journey.

But before he prepared anything for his journey, he needed to do something else first.

He laced up his running shoes and headed out for his daily run and other exercises to complete his daily quest.

As he pounded the pavement, his mind raced with excitement for his plan finally reaching the starting point.

The significance of the meeting between Aron and Alexander cannot be overstated, as it was crucial for Aron to at least have a face to face with Alexander before fully committing to the plan.

Aron was planning to invest billions of dollars to achieve his goals, and thus, he deemed it necessary to come face to face with Alexander before he fully committed.

After finishing his daily quest, Aron returned home and quickly showered and dressed for the journey ahead.

After he finished his dressing he picked up his watch and new phone and left for the garage.

He didn't need to pick clothes because if he decides to stay longer than a day, he will buy clothes from there.(FUCK, I really want to be a billionaire)

When he arrived at the garage he found Donald ready and waiting for him there, as he had been informed by Nova about the abrupt journey last night.

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Aron went to the sleek black car gleaming in the early morning light. He climbed into the back seat and settled in, the hum of the engine signaling the start of his surprise journey.

As they made their way through the city, Aron didn't try to start conversation with anyone, as his eyes were glued to his phone having a conversation with Nova, who was giving him a briefing about the information of Alexander that she managed to collect during the time he was training.

After traveling for some time the car pulled up to a private airfield, and Aron's heart skipped a beat as he caught sight of the sleek jet waiting for him on the tarmac.

He was pretty surprised that Nova had decided to rent a private plane for the journey and not just buy him a VIP plane ticket.

"Thanks' Nova" Aron thanked her as he was being escorted to the private jet.

Nova replied by vibrating the watch Aron wore as she couldn't speak when he was within a group of people..

...….

3 hours later.

The private jet Aron used for the trip touched down at Tampa International Airport, the closest airport to his intended destination.

Once all the necessary airport formalities were taken care of, they set off with a rental car towards the Gulf Coast beach resort, where the revolutionary leaders have been staying for the past three days and will continue to stay for one more week.

Aron was well aware of their staying period at the hotel, due to Nova having obtained information regarding the hotel's bookings and accommodation by having hacked into the hotel's network just the day before.

Throughout his journey to the hotel, Aron kept his gaze fixed on the stunning scenery outside.

He couldn't help but marvel at the natural beauty that surrounded him.

The lush greenery and crystal clear waters of the Gulf Coast were a sight to behold. As his car wound its way through the winding roads, Aron felt a sense of peace and tranquility wash over him.

For a moment, he forgot about the meeting that lay ahead, and simply allowed himself to be lost in the breathtaking landscape. It was as if time stood still, and all that mattered was the present moment. A/n(Damn)

But eventually, the car pulled up at the entrance of the beach resort, and Aron was brought back to reality.

After taking a deep breath, Aron stepped out of the car and made his way towards the hotel to complete his check-in process.

Thanks to Nova's access to the hotel's network, the check-in process went smoothly.

She had used her access to reserve the presidential suite of the resort for Aron, which would provide a private space for him to conduct the meetings without being noticed by anyone.

...…

Alexander could be seen sitting in his hotel room, surrounded by a stack of documents that had accumulated due to his focus on the previous day's meeting.

He decided to take advantage of the rest day and spend his time catching up on the documents.

While Alexander was working hard, the other revolutionary leaders were taking advantage of the resort's facilities without caring about their responsibilities.

They left all of their work to their secretaries to solve by themselves unless it required money, in which case they had to ask for approval from the leaders. Greedy bastards.

As he finished reading the document in his hand and prepared to move on to the next one, his phone suddenly started ringing, interrupting his focus.

The caller ID appeared as unknown, adding a mysterious element to the interruption.

As soon as Alexander answered the call, he spoke into the phone, "Hello?"

There was a moment of silence on the other end, and Alexander's mind raced with possibilities of who could be calling him and how did they get his number. He wondered if it was a trap or if he was betrayed.

"Hello Alexander,"

"Who are you?" Alexander asked the moment he received a reply from the other side.

"There is no need for you to feel anxious or suspicious.

My purpose for calling you is to arrange a meeting where we can meet face to face to discuss the ways in which we can provide assistance and support to you."

The person on the other end of the line quickly shifted the conversation to address Alexander's concerns and fears, hoping that Alexander maintains his composure after observing how he reacted to the call through Alexander's laptop webcam.

"How did you obtain my phone number? I have no recollection of sharing it with anyone," Alexander asked, still perplexed about how the person on the other end had managed to contact him.

"It appears that you may have accidentally sent an email from an unsecured device in haste. We were able to trace the email back to its source, which led us to obtain your phone number," explained the caller calmly.

Alexander was thoroughly frightened upon hearing the explanation, as it suddenly dawned on him that he had indeed sent those emails from his personal phone - the same phone he used to communicate with his loved ones and close friends.

When the man on the other side did not receive a reply from Alexander he continued.

"You don't have to worry about that anymore Alexander, because the moment you agreed to our offer you fell under our protection but before we conclude the agreement we need to see each other and have a face to face talk. So, when are you free?" Asked the man on the other side of the call.

When Alexander had the man say he was under their protection he calmed albeit small but not fully as the idea of it being a trap still lingered behind his brain.

"When would it be possible for you to come and meet me? I am available for most of this week."

"Then how about now?" The moment the question reached Alexander's mind, the door of his room was knocked which scared the shit out of Alexander.

Startled by the knock he put down the phone and quickly opened the drawer of his table to retrieve his gun.

With the weapon in hand, he pointed it towards the door and asked, "Who is it?"

A woman's voice came from behind the door, saying, "Someone has requested that we deliver a message to you."

"Leave the note under the door. I will retrieve it when I am ready," he said firmly, his finger hovering over the trigger as he prepared for any unexpected event.

"Yes, sir," the woman's voice responded before he heard the sound of footsteps getting farther and growing fainter, eventually fading away from the corridor.

When he heard the footsteps recede, he approached the door and peered through the peephole. He saw the hotel worker standing by the elevator, waiting for it to arrive.

As soon as the elevator arrived, the hotel worker got on it and left, disappearing from Alexander's view.

After waiting for a few more seconds, Alexander slowly opened the door while keeping a firm grip on his gun, ready for any unforeseen circumstances.

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After cautiously peering through the partially opened door and seeing that there was no one outside, Alexander opened the door fully and picked up the envelope from the ground.

He quickly retrieved it and hastily shut the door behind him.

As soon as he sat back down on his chair, the voice from the phone could be heard asking, "Did you receive our invitation?" It was then that he realized he had left the call running.

"Was that you? And how did you find out which room I'm staying in?" Alexander asked, his tone laced with suspicion.

"You'll find out later. But for now, inside that envelope, there's a key that will grant you access to the Presidential Suite through the elevator.

Come here, and we'll have a detailed conversation," the caller said before abruptly ending the call, leaving Alexander to contemplate whether he should heed the caller's request or not.

As he sat there, his mind racing with doubts and fears, Alexander couldn't help but wonder what kind of trouble he was getting himself into.

But something inside him told him that he had to go through with it, that he had to take this chance.

With a deep breath, he stood up from his desk, picked up the envelope with the key, and made his way to the elevator.

He had no idea what was waiting for him on the other side, but a gut feeling kept telling him it was his opportunity to achieve his dream.

Ting!

Alexander was jolted out of his deep thoughts by the sound of the elevator indicating that he had reached his destination.

The fact that he reached his destination earlier than expected, without the elevator making any stops, caught him off guard. This was particularly unusual given the size of the resort he was in.

What he didn't know was that one of the advantages of staying in a presidential suite is the privilege of using a special card key that grants exclusive access to the elevator leading to the suite.

If you happen to be the only occupant of the elevator, it will not make any stops on other floors, even if someone else has called it, until it reaches the designated presidential suite.

Once he regained his composure, he adjusted his suit and checked that his gun was still in place at his waist. He then took a step forward and exited the elevator, walking straight into the presidential suite.

"Welcome," a voice echoed through the expansive suite welcoming him.

As Alexander looked towards the direction of the voice, he saw a tall and attractive man walking towards him with his hand outstretched for a handshake.

Alexander reciprocated the handshake while simultaneously scanning the suite for any other occupants.

The man noticed his apprehension and quickly reassured him, "You don't have to be afraid, I'm the only one here."

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Upon realizing that his apprehension was noticed, Alexander attempted to conceal his true intentions by saying, "Oh, I apologize for the misunderstanding. I was just admiring the beauty of the suite as it is my first time being inside one."

Alexander attempted to steer the conversation away from his previous actions and also inquire about the man's identity by saying, "By the way, I'm Alexander. And you are?"

Realizing that he had neglected to introduce himself, the man replied apologetically, "Oh, pardon my manners. My name is Aron, Aron Michael." He then proceeded to formally introduce himself.

...

Aron was quite nervous to meet Alexander, but thankfully he managed to calm himself down and act confident in front of him.

He met Alexander and shook his hand with ease, seemingly unconcerned despite the knowledge that Alexander was carrying a loaded gun.

"Shall we have a seat before we begin our conversation? This may take a while. I hope you have no other commitments for today?" Aron suggested, despite being aware that Alexander was on a break and had no scheduled meetings.

Aron's intention behind this act was to reassure Alexander that he did not know everything about him, as he understood how unsettling that knowledge could be for someone.

"Of course," Alexander agreed to Aron's suggestion, and the two began walking towards the luxurious and comfortable looking couches.

"Would you like something to drink?" Aron asked as they settled into their seats.

"No, thank you. Can we proceed directly to the topic?" Alexander replied, indicating a desire to get down to business as he was still nervous about this entire ordeal.

"Alright then," Aron replied, and he promptly began discussing the topic at hand.

"There isn't much that's new or different from what we included in our offer to help.

The purpose of this meeting is solely for me to have a face-to-face conversation with you before I decide to commit to our agreement," Aron explained without beating around the bush.

"Before you decide?" Alexander repeated, emphasizing the word "you."

He was wondering whether Aron was the one who would be providing the help or if he was merely a representative of the actual helper.

"Yes, me," Aron confirmed. "Although I may not look like it, I'm a billionaire."

When Aron finished explaining and saw the dumbfounded expression on Alexander's face, he couldn't help but chuckle.

"I know it's hard to believe that I'm a billionaire at such a young age, but it's true," Aron said, noticing the disbelief on Alexander's face.

"Excuse me for asking this, But how old are you?" Alexander inquired about Aron's age, curious about how young he could possibly be

"23" Aron replied confidently.

Upon hearing Aron's age, Alexander decided to move past the topic and focus on their agreement, as the age of the person did not matter to him as long as they were able to provide the necessary help.

"But why would you want to help us?" Alexander asked, still trying to understand Aron's motive behind offering to help.

"To be completely honest, I am not helping you out of pure compassion or any sentimental attachment. Instead, I am assisting you because your success in reaching your goals and fulfilling your promises will enable me to achieve something that my country has unjustly deprived me of."

"What is the essential thing that has been unjustly taken away from you, to the extent that you have opted to assist a rebel group in order to reclaim it?"

Aron replied curtly, "Ownership and control," without providing further details. However, a tinge of anger could be detected in his tone.

As Alexander detected a hint of anger in Aron's response, he realized that asking for more information might not yield any fruitful results. Hence, he made a conscious decision to steer the conversation back to the main topic at hand.

"Could you please clarify how you intend to aid us in accomplishing our goal?"

"A great question, indeed.

My contribution will comprise both financial support and infrastructural support . Although the former might seem somewhat helpful, the latter is actually more significant," Aron explained.

He felt compelled to elaborate further as he noticed a surprised expression on Alexander's face upon hearing that Aron would be providing them with infrastructural support.

"Could you please elaborate on that?" Alexander inquired, eager to understand why Aron considered the infrastructural support aspect of his assistance more valuable than the monetary one.

"It would be more beneficial if you were to read and comprehend it yourself, rather than me explaining it to you," Aron responded as he reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone.

He began to fiddle with it, pretending to search for something to show Alexander. In reality, he was waiting for Nova to send Alexander the document containing the summary with the details on how his infrastructural support will be helpful to them.

tingiding!

Alexander's phone beeped, prompting a reaction from him. Aron noticed this and said, "Feel free to take a look. It's from me."

Upon hearing Aron claim that he had sent him something, Alexander hastily retrieved his phone from his jacket to see what Aron had sent him.

When Alexander unlocked his phone, he discovered that Aron had indeed sent him a file. Upon closer inspection, he realized that the file was quite lengthy.

"You can go ahead and read it now. We have enough time" Aron said.

Alexander didn't require any further prompting as he had already begun reading the document as soon as he opened it.

As Alexander began to peruse the document, the only words that escaped his mouth were, "Holy shit."

The phrase "Holy shit" continued to emanate from Alexander's lips as he delved deeper into the document.

After half an hour of intense reading, Alexander finally finished perusing the file. Excitement was evident in his voice as he eagerly inquired, "Is this plan for real?" His tone resembled that of a child who was eagerly awaiting confirmation from his father regarding the purchase of a new game console.

"Yes, the plan is real and will be implemented, provided that you still agree to our conditions by the end of this meeting," Aron confirmed.

With that being said, the conversation continued with a positive and uplifting vibe, as Alexander began to believe that this was not a trap.

The summary of the plan had given him newfound hope and optimism, which was reflected in his demeanor as they continued their discussion.

...….

[He left, Sir.] Nova's voice came from the phone the moment she saw Alexander get into the elevator and it started to descend.

"What is your evaluation of him?" He asked as he deactivated the shield rune that had been active and surrounding him throughout the meeting.

Yes, Aron didn't completely trust Alexander. After all, he had just met him for the first time and he knew that he had a loaded gun with him. Knowing the pain of being shot first-hand, he didn't want to take any risks.

[I was able to discern from the conversation that he truly desires the revolution to occur in order to liberate his fellow citizens from their dreadful living conditions]

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"You seem to have taken a liking to him" he remarked with a smile on his face, observing the way she had spoken about Alexander.

[Since we're going ahead with the plan regardless, it's better to work with those who truly care about their country. It'll be killing two birds with one stone.] Nova explains why he seemed to have taken a liking to Alexander.

'And It will also lessen the guilt that you will feel once you see the bloodshed and pain resulting from your action or the action of those you helped' Nova added but she didn't voice it loudly for Aron to hear, it all remained within her Quantum RAM (QRAM) .

She knew Aron how would feel because she had access to his brain data which she had downloaded from the virtual headgear with his permission.

From her understanding of Aron's personality, gained through analyzing his brain, she knew that he would feel guilty when he sees the bloodshed that resulted from his support.

Alexander's genuine concern for his country and its people could be the key to helping Aron overcome his guilt after seeing the positive changes that resulted from his help, which was a welcoming thing for Nova who cared about her master more than anything.

...….

Alexander returned to his room late at night, exhausted from the long conversation he had with Aron.

Despite his fatigue, his face shone brightly, indicating that the conversation had gone well.

He collapsed onto his bed, feeling like a log, and struggled to keep himself awake. His eyes grew heavier and heavier until he could no longer resist and fell asleep in his suit.

"What do you think attracted most of his attention from the plan you sent him?" Aron asked Nova for her thoughts, as he waited for the printer he had asked the hotel staff to send him.

Yes, a printer.

And yes to that question too, If you happen to be lodged in a presidential suite, you have the luxury of requesting almost anything you desire, and the hotel staff will do their best to accommodate your requests, provided they are feasible. Something like asking for a printer.

Despite the successful conclusion of the meeting, there is still a need for them to reconvene tomorrow, albeit briefly, to finalize the signing of the contract.

[I think it was the infrastructural support that attracted the most of his attention.

By simply reading the summary, he was able to deduce that the minimum cost required to achieve it would be approximately $500 million.

In addition, if we successfully establish the intended structure, executing the rest of the plan would be a breeze, as effortless as reciting the alphabet backwards while juggling flaming knives and solving a Rubik's cube blindfolded.]

Upon hearing her analogy, Aron couldn't help but chuckle and remark, "Your perception of what's easy is becoming distorted ever since you migrated to the quantum computers."

[It is really quite easy, sir] Nova was adamant about it.

"No, it's not easy," Aron playfully countered, clearly enjoying the banter. As it was very helpful in wasting time.

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Dingtirirng!

However, that notion was promptly thrown out of the window when he received a video, sent to him by Nova.

When he opened it, he found a three-minute video with a thumbnail featuring Nova blindfolded. He was dumbfounded to say the least.

"HAHAHAHAHAHA" When he opened the video and watched, he bursted into laughter at the sight of her standing blindfolded and juggling flaming knives, all while solving a Rubik's Cube and reciting the alphabet backwards.

He couldn't help but think that she had gone through a lot of trouble just to prove her point in their argument, from using a significant amount of her computing power to simulate the scene, to rendering it into a video, and editing it before sending it to him.

"Okay, you win," he finally managed to say after struggling to announce it multiple times, erupting in fits of laughter each time he tried, as the video kept replaying in his mind.

[YAY] Nova celebrated her win by making the phone play a firework video with her at the center of it receiving a trophy, before jumping up and down in jubilation.

When Aron saw this new video he started laughing again, this time getting to a point where he started crawling as he was having a difficult time breathing due to not being able to control his laughter.

After about five minutes of incessant laughter, he eventually managed to compose himself and regain control.

[Sir, are you alright?] Nova asked with concern, having seen Aron crawling on the floor just to catch his breath. If it had persisted any longer, she would have had to call for emergency services.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Thanks for the laughter, I haven't laughed like that in a long time," Aron said, holding his stomach which was aching from the intense laughter.

If he didn't already have a six-pack as a result of his daily exercise, he would have gained one as the result of this laughter.

"The printer is here, Sir," Nova immediately informed Aron that the printer he had requested had arrived, as she could monitor everything happening inside the resort and could see them bringing it through the elevator.

Ting!

The sound of the elevator arriving was followed by the opening of its doors.

"May we come in?" the hotel manager asked, even though the door was already open.

"Yes, come in" Aron said as he gestured with his hand for them to enter.

After receiving permission to enter, the hotel staff brought in a cart with the printer and laptop. They placed them on the table and connected them to power and each other. Once everything was set up, they bid Aron farewell and left the suite, trying to be as quiet and unobtrusive as possible.

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"Nova," Aron called out for her.

[I have already accessed the computer and wrote down the contract.]As soon as Aron had called her, she intuitively understood the purpose of the call and preemptively divulged the information without the need for any direct inquiry.

"Thank you," Aron expressed his gratitude as he made his way towards the table where the computer and printer were situated, with the intention of thoroughly scrutinizing the contract.

Once he was seated, Aron commenced reading the contract. Whenever he encountered a clause that he deemed necessary to include, he promptly relayed the details to Nova, who expeditiously incorporated it into the document. Similarly, if there was a segment that required elimination or modification, Aron promptly notified Nova and the necessary changes were made without delay.

After a continuous hour of meticulously examining and amending the contract - adding new provisions and deleting some, Aron eventually concluded the reading process. 𝗯𝐞𝗱𝐧𝐨𝘃𝐞𝐥.𝗼𝗿𝐠

"Print it," Aron promptly instructed the moment he completed reviewing the finalized version of the contract.

"Ziiing..." The printer immediately sprang to life and churned out the printed papers with such rapidity as if there was no tomorrow, the moment Aron issued the command.

After patiently waiting for approximately three minutes, the contract was eventually printed. The reason for the relatively long duration was that they had to print two copies, one for Aron and the other for Alexander to keep, after signing the document.

After retrieving the printed documents and inserting them into two separate binders, Aron placed the two contracts on the floor before he assumed a cross-legged seated position in between them.

He proceeded to shut his eyes and placed his right hand on one contract and his left hand on the other.

After a few moments of intense concentration, both of his hands started emanating a golden radiance, followed by the appearance of the runic word "Sáttmáli" slowly etching itself onto both contracts. As Aron continued to pour his magical energy into the words, the contracts began to emit a bright golden glow.

The word "Sáttmáli" means "agreement" or "treaty"

After continuously infusing magical energy for approximately five minutes, the contracts reached a critical point of energy saturation, causing them to attract nearby magical energies to themselves.

This resulted in the contracts being perpetually filled with magical energy. However, the amount they attracted was too minuscule to produce any significant results to allow for its use in other runes, leaving it to only be utilized for contract runes, and nothing else.

Despite this limitation, the fact that the rune could continuously recharge itself meant that Aron would no longer have to spend his magical energy to sustain it. However, this was subject to the condition that the magical energy within the contract rune never decreased below a certain level.

The runes inscribed on the contract had the function of identifying Party A and Party B, as well as selecting an individual to oversee and enforce punishment in case either party breached the terms of the contract.

By being a party to the contract, each individual would immediately be notified in the event that the other party breached any of the contract's clauses.

For this particular contract, Aron had designated himself as both Party A and the enforcer/overseer. This would give him the ability to detect the moment Alexander breached the terms of the contract and allow him to administer the appropriate punishment at the cost of his magical energy.

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The magic binding the soul in this contract renders distance irrelevant the moment it is signed. This means that Aron can enforce punishment on Alexander no matter where he may attempt to flee or hide.

However, this is all dependent on the condition that Alexander knowingly and willingly breaks the contract. Otherwise, the contract and its associated magic are rendered useless.

Aron had practiced tirelessly during the remaining four days he had in the accelerated Universal simulation after abruptly planning his surprise meeting, in order to avoid any mishaps with his plan.

"Runes are really convenient," Aron couldn't help but remark as he lifted his hands and saw the contracts still glowing golden, despite him having stopped fueling them with his runic energy.

[Indeed, Using runes reduces the chance of betrayal to nearly zero.] Nova mentioned that the chance of betrayal is nearly zero because runic contracts have different levels.

And Since Aron is still a beginner runic user, he can only make beginner-level contracts. Someone who has a higher level of proficiency in runic magic could potentially break the contract without fearing any retaliation. Therefore, there is still a chance of betrayal, albeit significantly reduced.

But in a world where he is the only human who can use runes, it didn't matter what level of runes he wrote. All of them would be impossible to break because the other party wouldn't even know or realize that they were under a runic contract.

Normally in a world where everyone can use magic, runic contracts can be distinguished quite easily as they always glow in different colors depending on their level. However on the current earth, the only ones who can see these colors are Aron and Henry, who for some unknown reason had accidentally mutated.

Allowing Aron to always be in the position of power the moment he signed a runic contract with someone. Since he also identifies himself as the enforcer, which implies that he is immune to any repercussions for violating the contract while he reserves the right to dish out punishment to the other party for breaching their end of the agreement. Pretty cruel move if you ask me.

But as a wise man once said, " if you can exploit something to your advantage. Just do it"( Sun Tzu, sponsored by Nike.)

"With this our agreement has been officially formalized," Aron stated as he signed his name on the second contract.

Aron seemed happy, the same could be said for Alexander, but he was having another thought in his mind as he had experienced an odd sensation, as if something had briefly embraced him when he finished signing the contract.

The sensation that Alexander felt was not unfounded. To those with the ability to perceive magic, a luminous golden aura would have been visible, enfolding and permeating Alexander the instant he concluded his final signature.

The radiant glow was a result of the runic contract, which had been established to keep a watchful eye on Alexander and alert the other party should he ever violate any of its terms.

Aron had also experienced the same illumination, but being the enforcer, he had the ability to annul the contract on his end, leaving only the one on Alexander still in effect.

"I am curious, Aron," Alexander asked as he shook his hand, "why enter into a contract that is not legally binding?"

"Well, for sentimental reasons," Aron replied, "having a contract to strive to uphold will bring us both peace of mind and enable us to establish mutual trust." He spoke without a hint of hesitation or deception, his expression unchanged which came as a surprise to Nova who was observing the entire ordeal.

Alexander appeared to concur with Aron's perspective, but in reality, he knew that if Aron failed to keep his end of the bargain, He held the power to tarnish his reputation and even expose him to the International Court for conspiring to overthrow a government by publicly disclosing the document. This thought provided him with a great deal of comfort.

"Excuse me now," Alexander announced, "I have a meeting starting soon. Even if it turns out to be pointless, I must at least feign interest until our plan is set in motion." With that, he indicated that he needed to depart.

"Certainly, not a problem. I'll reach out to you as soon as we're prepared to initiate the plan. If there is anything urgent or important, don't hesitate to contact me using my number," Aron assured him as he escorted Alexander to the elevator. They shook hands for the final time before parting ways.

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Aron waited until Alexander's elevator had departed before he turned around and headed back to the bedroom to ensure he hadn't left anything behind.

Once he confirmed he had not forgotten anything, Aron summoned the elevator again and made his way out of the presidential suite. He headed towards the resort lobby to complete his check-out process at the hotel.

After finishing his check-out, Aron made his way to the airport where his private plane rental was waiting to take him back to his home state.

...

Airport.

Aron's journey was uninterrupted, and he arrived at the airport without any issues. After passing through airport security and completing necessary procedures, he was escorted to the location where the private jet was waiting for him. 𝗯𝗲𝐝𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝗹．𝐨𝗿𝗴

Once inside the plane and after takeoff, Aron retrieved his phone and said "Call Sarah" Without bothering to check if his command was acknowledged, he put the phone to his ear and waited for a response.

Trrrrr!

As soon as Aron placed the phone to his ear, he heard the sound of the call being initiated. He patiently waited for Sarah to answer the call.

"Hello," Sarah greeted as he picked up the phone.

"It's been a while," Aron replied upon hearing Sarah's voice.

"Yeah, When will you be visiting? " Sarah pointed out.

"I'll be paying you guys a visit sometime this week," Aron promised, realizing that he had been ignoring his company.

"Ha, you better watch out. I might just sell the company if you continue to ignore it," Sarah joked.

"I trust you enough to let you handle things without my interference. Besides, many CEOs complain about being micromanaged by their board members," Aron defended his actions.

"There exists a fine line between granting autonomy and completely disregarding the existence of the company. Your conduct is fascinating enough to be the subject of an academic thesis, considering the way you neglect the fact that you are the owner of a multi-billion dollar organization." Sarah stated.

"I understand your point, but it's not a matter of me forgetting about the company. It's just that there seems to be nothing for me to contribute, even if I make an effort to assist," Aron clarified his perspective.

"You're right about that. We don't even have a product development team. You are the only one responsible for creating products," Sarah acknowledged what Aron said.

"HAHA" Aron couldn't help but laugh as he realized that his company was existing to simply manage his affairs while he focused on developing something else without the added burden of overseeing them.

Sarah joined in Aron's laughter at the absurdity of her earlier statement, especially now that it seemed to be true. "And speaking of your availability, I should tell you that we're expecting to reach 3 billion GAIA OS users by the end of the month. So, congratulations!" She congratulated Aron.

"Thanks, and congratulations to you guys too," Aron congratulated Sarah in return. He then turned his attention to the system interface to check the accumulated amount of sp.

Aron suggested, "How about giving a bonus to the workers for their hard work?"

"I already had plans to do that and inform you about it for your approval, Since you have approved it you don't need to worry about it," Sarah assured Aron.

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"Sure"

"Alright, so why did you call me?" Sarah asked, cutting straight to the point after their small talk.

"I'm calling to find out when you're available this week. I need the company's law firm to assist me with something," Aron replied, without beating around the bush.

"Since we're not launching any new projects at the moment, I don't have much to do besides approving a few documents. Is your request related to a new product?" Sarah inquired, curious if Aron was finally prepared to release a new product.

"No, it's something else. Although I will be releasing a new product, it will have to wait for a little while as I'm currently focusing on something else," Aron clarified.

"Sure, no problem. What will the new product be about?" Sarah asked, curious about Aron's latest idea. She knows that Aron has a history of coming up with innovative and groundbreaking products, and she is excited to hear what he has in store this time.

"This time it won't be anything major, just a game," Aron said, not wanting to keep Sarah in suspense.

The reason for Aron's decision to release a game was to earn more sp and buy a few new knowledges from the system to help him in his plans.

While Aron knew how to game the system, he was also aware that overusing this method would diminish its impact and ultimately reduce the amount of sp he could earn.

"I'll make sure to inform you ahead of time so you can properly prepare well for its release," Aron added.

"Sure"

"Alright, I'll come over to see you sometime this week to have a discussion." Aron said, indicating that the call was coming to an end.

"I will be waiting for you then." Sarah replied back.

"See you"

"See you"

With that, Aron concluded his phone conversation with Sarah.

Following the phone call, Aron opted to sleep for the remainder of the flight since he had no tasks to attend to.

...

7 hours later.

Aron could be seen sitting in his basement after he arrived from the airport.

Upon arriving from the airport, Aron did not immediately head to his basement as his younger brother, Henry, wanted to play games with him for a few hours. Eventually, Aron made his way to the basement where he was seen sitting.

After putting on his virtual reality headgear, he said 'login'.

Upon entering the virtual reality, Nova greeted him and said, 'Welcome back, Sir', while dressed in a stunning outfit

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"Thanks, you look great," Aron complimented after taking notice of Nova's attire.

[Thank you. What are your plans for the rest of the day before your visit to the company tomorrow?] Nova inquired.

"An inspiring idea came to me during the flight. I need to start practicing a few specific runes in order to bring the idea to life," Aron shared.

[What is the Inspiration?] Nova inquired, showing her curiosity.

Although Nova had the ability to extract information from Aron's brain data, she refrained from doing so without his consent. Additionally, Aron's system would block any unauthorized access, so even if Nova attempted to extract information, she would be denied access without Aron's explicit permission each time.

"It's a surprise," Aron teased, before adding, "I'll also need you to rent a private plane for a two-month period. I'll be using it to travel extensively around the country and the world to accomplish my plan."

[Sure] despite being curious she didn't ask for further details about his plan.

Nova knew that she could make an educated guess about Aron's plan based on the type of runes he was practicing.

Following that, Aron immediately started practicing his runes for the five days(In universal simulation accelerated time) he had, before he visited the company.

Aron didn't need to worry about getting enough sleep because Nova was always in control of the virtual reality headgear. She could adjust the settings to ensure that Aron's brain entered into deep sleep or REM (Rapid Eye Movement) when necessary, allowing him to rest even while he spent time within the virtual reality world.

The next day, Aron logged out of the virtual reality feeling refreshed. He completed his daily quest before cleaning himself up and preparing for his meeting with Sarah. After double-checking that he was fully prepared, he grabbed his phone and watch and headed where his car, driver and bodyguard was, ready to take him to the company.

"Good morning," Aron greeted Donald.

"Morning," Donald greeted back as he opened the car door for Aron to get in, and then closed it behind him.

He then took a seat in the front of the car before the driver started the engine and they began their journey to GAIA technology.

... 𝘣𝘦𝑑𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝑙.𝘯𝑒𝘵

Rina Rothchild's Manor.

Rina could be seen sitting inside her office.

It has been three days since she met and had a talk with Aron who had given him Ava.

Ava was still decrypting the encrypted backed up data and still had 4 more days before she completed this process.

Despite Ava's ongoing work with decrypting the data, Rina still had plenty to do. Ava was actively intercepting and analyzing all activity on the private network, and whenever she came across something important or useful, she would immediately inform Rina. This allowed Rina to stay up-to-date with the latest information and adjust her clean-up process accordingly.

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Her plan continued getting solid and solid the more information and consultation she had from Ava, which resulted in her being very grateful to Aron who decided to help her in her darkest times.

Although she knew that Aron had his own agenda for helping her, he didn't even try to hide it, despite that, she was still thankful to him for the help he provided to her.

...…

GAIA TECHNOLOGY HQ.

Aron arrived at the headquarter after a short period, where he was welcomed by Sarah who was waiting for him after he had informed him that he was on his way.

"You came quite early" Sarah said as she hugged Aron welcoming him.

"I said that I will visit, isn't it better for me to come earlier than late." Aron replied as he hugged her back.

"Of course, let's discuss this further in my office," Sarah agreed as she led Aron towards the elevator. They attracted the attention of some employees as they passed by. Aron followed silently, as he really wanted to have some privacy when he talked with her.

Once they arrived in her office, Sarah offered Aron some tea, which he accepted without hesitation.

"So, you mentioned that you need the law firm to do something for you," Sarah began the conversation after she had signaled for the secretary to bring them tea.

"Yes, I have a personal matter that I need their help with. Can you assemble a team from the firm to assist me?" Aron requested.

"What are they going to be doing? I ask because I want to ensure that we assemble a team with the right expertise and knowledge for the task at hand," Sarah clarified. She wanted to avoid any misunderstandings and make sure she fully understood the scope of the project before proceeding.

"I understand your concern, but there's no need to worry. I simply need them to assist with the purchase of a few companies in Eden," Aron explained.

"Eden? Isn't the government advising against any business dealings in that country due to the sanctions imposed on its dictator? You may be putting yourself at risk by pursuing this," Sarah cautioned, curious as to Aron's reasoning for choosing to buy companies in a country ruled by a dictator.

"I'm aware of the risks, but I believe that money can solve any problem. All we have to do is make the purchases, and I will handle any other issues that may arise," Aron replied confidently, displaying no signs of concern or fear regarding his decision.

"It's your money, so ultimately the decision is up to you on how you choose to spend it. I will form a team and have them contact you for further details soon," Sarah agreed, acknowledging Aron's decision while also ensuring that she would assemble a team to help with the project.

"Thank you," Aron expressed his gratitude for Sarah's agreement without any further questions.

Sarah chose not to ask any more questions, confident that Aron would provide any necessary explanations when he was ready.

Although he had received the answer he came for, Aron didn't immediately leave. Since he was already there, he decided to spend some time and be briefed on other details and the current happenings within the company.

...

Evening that day.

After spending most of the day at the company and being officially introduced to the employees as the real owner, Aron returned home. The employees were surprised to learn of his ownership and his presence at the company.

Despite the initial surprise of discovering Aron as the true owner of the company, the employees quickly shifted their focus to the exciting news of receiving a bonus at the end of the month. This announcement instantly made Aron a beloved figure within the company, solidifying his status as the most popular multi billionaire company owner in the world.

After having dinner with his family and spending some time playing games with Henry, Aron returned to his basement to spend the rest of the night in virtual reality.

'Login'

[Sir, You are trending online] Nova promptly notified him of his sudden popularity on Twitter and various social media platforms.

"Why? What did I do to deserve this attention?" Aron inquired, feeling quite astonished that he had become a topic of discussion on the internet.

[Well, one of your employees took a picture of you and posted it online with the caption 'We finally met our boss,' which caused people to discuss you as a peculiar boss who only just met your employees for the first time since the company's inception.

Others were surprised to learn that you are the sole owner of a multi-billion dollar company that has many investors clamoring for you to take the company public, with the promise of making you incredibly wealthy. Despite this, you have chosen to keep the company private, which has angered some who see a bright future for the company.

The reason for your current trend on social media is due to the news about the bonuses being offered to your employees. This news has made many people jealous, as they either aspire to work for your company or resent you for trying to win over your employees by offering bonuses during the month you introduced yourself. Some are even calling you a "people pleaser."

Your trend on social media has resulted in some individuals releasing your personal information, including the fact that you were expelled for plagiarizing a thesis. This has given ammunition for your haters to use against you and may have affected your newfound popularity with some fans.]

After hearing the summary, Aron couldn't help but chuckle at Nova, who was eagerly relaying the information to him.

Nova seemed unperturbed by his reaction and continued with her explanation, [What's even more amusing is that some of your haters are using a virtual assistant that you created to write their hateful comments about you, all while using a Gaia OS to do so.]

Nova couldn't help but chuckle at the sheer foolishness of their actions, which made Aron happy that Nova was even more enthusiastic about the topics surrounding him than he was himself.

[Your account is experiencing a significant surge in followers and has even been officially verified,] Nova reported.

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"My account? But I distinctly remember abandoning it. Why would they even bother verifying it?" Aron asked, sounding quite puzzled.

[Since I have access to your memories, so I also have your passwords. That's how I was able to take control of the account,] Nova explained herself.

"Ah, I see," Aron replied, sounding impressed. "But why did you do it?" he asked, still curious about the reason behind Nova's actions.

[I did it as a way for you to have a direct line to the public and to prevent misinformation in case someone tries to impersonate you and mislead others,] Nova explained her reasoning for taking over his accounts.

"Ah, I see. Thanks," Aron said, appreciating Nova's foresight. He had been so focused on other matters that he hadn't even considered these potential issues.

Aron was reminded of the benefits of having a powerful AI assistant like Nova. With her vast knowledge and ability to process information objectively, she could provide him with a comprehensive overview of any topic, immunizing her from any biases or prejudices.

Nova said [Your welcome]feeling quite happy.

Despite performing her duties by her own volition, Nova always felt a sense of joy and fulfillment whenever Aron expressed his gratitude towards her.

"Anyway, Since you are already doing it, continue keeping an eye on them and let me know if anything interesting happens," Aron instructed Nova before he resumed his runic practice.

He knew that he needed to master a few more runes before he could execute his plan and make use of his private jet which Nova had already rented for him.

Next day.

In the morning as he was doing his daily quest which had become a habit for him and he was not doing it to just complete the quest he received a phone call.

He paused his activity and retrieved his phone to discover that his friend Felix was on the other end of the line. Without hesitation, he answered the call.

After placing the phone to his ear, he greeted Felix with a simple "Hello".

"How are you doing?" inquired Felix, addressing Aron.

"I'm doing well, how about yourself?" replied Aron.

"I'm doing good too," echoed Felix.

"Why did you call me?" Aron inquired immediately after their exchange of greetings.

"What? Am I not allowed to call my friend anymore?" Felix asked, feigning offense at Aron's question.

"Don't play dumb, you know exactly why I asked. Why are you calling me in the morning when you're supposed to be at work? Do you want me to report you to Sarah?" Aron teased Felix, with a hint of humor in his tone.

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"I am working right now, actually. Sarah selected me as the team leader for the group that you expressed interest in. I called to inquire about your availability so I can come over and discuss the task you have for us," replied Felix, sounding proud of his newly assigned leadership role.

"Why you?" Aron retorted, abruptly interrupting Felix and reversing the positive momentum he had just established. (After all, what are friends for if not to humble and challenge each other?)

"She mentioned that I was selected as the team leader in part because you needed someone you could trust for this," replied Felix, affecting a tone of defeat.

"You can come visit me this afternoon. I have some free time then," offered Aron, deciding to spare Felix any further teasing.

"Greate, I will be visiting you together with the assistant project manager" Felix informed Aron whom he will be attending the meeting with at Aron's house.

"Sounds good. Just give me a call when you're on your way, and I'll make sure to prepare for your arrival," replied Aron

"Sure, I will do that. See you later then"

"Alright, I'll talk to you soon. See you later," replied Felix, bidding farewell and hanging up the phone.

With the call now over, Aron returned his attention to finishing his daily quest, putting his phone away and focusing on the task at hand.

...

Later that afternoon.

"Welcome!" greeted Aron as Felix and his assistant team leader Barry arrived at his house. He led them inside and then guided them to his work room, which had been empty for the past few months as he had moved most of his work to the basement.

"Thanks," replied both Felix and Barry as they followed behind Aron, taking in the beautiful surroundings of his home with admiration.

"Make yourselves feel at home," said Aron to Felix and Barry before he left the room to go and get them some drinks, knowing that their meeting was likely to take some time.

As soon as Aron left, Barry remarked, "Wow, this house is beautiful," making sure they were alone before speaking.

"Yeah, I agree," Felix replied. He had never had the chance to visit Aron's house before, as they usually met in a cafe or somewhere more central for both of them.

"How much do you think this house costs?" Barry asked, realizing that Felix was also impressed by the house.

"I think it's around 2.5 million dollars or more," Felix replied, not wanting to reveal an exact figure. He knew that if his colleagues found out he was friends with Aron, it could potentially make his work more difficult, with people trying to get on his good side.

"Damn, but still it is worth it" Barry was very surprised when he heard the approximate price of the house.

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"Yeah, definitely worth it." Felix replied, nodding in agreement.

But just as he was about to ask another question, Aron returned to the room, carrying a drink for each of them to sip during the meeting.

After giving everyone their drink, they engaged in small talk to get to know each other better before getting down to business.

"So, now let's talk about what I want your team to do for me," Aron said, as he opened the drawer on his desk, removing two small stacks of paper, each with about 40 pages, and handed them to both Felix and Barry.

As soon as they got the papers, they began reading through them carefully, taking note of any important details or instructions that Aron had included.

During the time that Felix and Barry were reading the stacks of paper, Aron patiently waited for them to finish. He knew that it was important for them to thoroughly understand the contents of the documents before they could have a productive conversation about the details.

After about half an hour, both Felix and Barry lifted their heads, indicating that they were done reading and were impressed with the report they had just read.

"You really want us to do this?" Felix asked, expressing his surprise at what he had just read in the report.

"Yes, I want everything in the document to be purchased within three months. Money is not an issue. Do you think you can handle it?" Aron asked seriously, his expression and tone leaving no doubt that he was serious and not joking around.

"Yes, we can do that. But for us to complete this plan within the given period of time, our team capacity needs to at least double," Barry said after thinking about what he had read for a short period of time.

"Consider that done" Aron agreed to Barry's suggestion without even asking for the reason.

"Also, we will have to pay a quite some of bribe money to the dictator for everything to go smoothly" Felix added wanting to know what was Aron's standing when it comes to it.

"I understand that and I have already set aside a budget for it. Just make sure everything goes as planned," Aron said, giving his approval for the necessary arrangements to be made.

"Also..." Both Felix and Barry continued to make their demands and suggestions while Aron either agreed to them or proposed alternative solutions that he had come up with Nova when he was constructing the plans.

The back and forth discussion continued for about four hours, during which Felix and Barry asked important questions and explored different courses of action with Aron before making a final decision.

"You can call me anytime if you face any problems while executing the plan. I will try to come up with a solution as soon as you inform me," Aron assured them before they left the meeting.

"Farewell, see you soon," Felix and Barry said as were escorted by Aron to where they parked their vehicle before they got in it and left.

...

Inside Felix's car.

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"Holy shit, what on earth is he planning?" Barry asked as soon as he was sure that they were a safe distance away from Aron's house.

Felix attempted to divert the conversation from the subject, stating "I am unsure, but we shouldn't dwell on it. Our primary focus should be on completing the task with utmost efficiency." However, his mind was troubled with intricate thoughts, which he chose not to voice out.

Felix had only managed to grasp the basic idea of the plan. Aron had informed them that he would be sharing a comprehensive report consisting of around four hundred pages to assist them in their strategizing. The objective of this plan was to establish a monopoly in a particular sector of Eden, thereby ensuring that no competitors remained in that specific sector.

The first step of the revised plan required meeting the country's dictator and offering him a bribe. The team anticipated a positive response to the bribe since the country's economy had been severely impacted by sanctions. The dictator was likely rationing his resources to avoid provoking citizen unrest, which could potentially lead to a revolt.

Once the team had successfully won the favor of the dictator, the plan would officially commence.

Under the pretext of modernizing the telecommunications industry and increasing internet usage to generate a return on their investment, the team would initiate discussions with the dictator about acquiring several telecommunication companies.

The team was confident that their bribe would secure the dictator's approval, especially since they planned to entice him with the potential tax revenue that would be generated from the growth of the industry.

With the dictator's blessing, the team would launch an aggressive takeover of all the telecommunication companies, consolidating them into a single monopoly.

At this point, the team would have successfully completed the first phase of Aron's report. The total cost for bribery and acquiring the telecommunication companies was estimated to be around 213 million dollars.

Despite the discussions they had with Aron, Felix knew that this was only the beginning and that the first phase was merely a small component of his grand plan. The realization that his friend was attempting something deeply sinister sent chills down Felix's spine.

3 Days later.

Rina Rothchilds mansion.

Rina arrived at her work room earlier than she typically did as today marked the final day for Ava to finally complete the task of decrypting and analyzing the encrypted data that had been backed up.

"Ava, is it done?" She asked, as she was eager to find out the identity of the person who had betrayed her and start the process of cleaning up.

[A few more hours Rina.] Ava replied back softly while showing a makeshift progress bar on her computer screen to indicate the expected completion time and ease Rina's anxiety.

"Okay," Rina said, as she sat down on her chair, her eyes glued to the screen, waiting for the completion of the task. She felt a mix of anticipation and nervousness, hoping that everything would go as planned and they could access the crucial data she needed.

...….

"So, you guys are leaving for Eden today?" Aron asked Felix, who was on the other end of the phone.

"Yes," Felix explained his reasoning over the phone to Aron. "We need to leave today to make it in time for the dictator's party. That way, we can get close enough to him to start a conversation. Hopefully, we can set up a meeting with him after that."

"Sure, just do your thing," Aron said before wishing Felix a safe journey, bidding him farewell, and ending the conversation.

[The plan officially starts] Nova said through the phone's speakers.

"Yeah, write to inform Alexander that the plan has officially started," Aron said to Nova, as he nodded in agreement to what she said.

[Okay] Nova immediately sent a message to the now highly encrypted personal phone, courtesy of Nova.

"The plan has officially started,

A seed of hope that we have planted,

With purpose and passion, we embark,

On a journey that's bright and stark."

When Aron saw the message Nova sent, he couldn't help but ask her, "Why send it like that?" as he turned and looked at the camera on his phone.

[I wanted it to be something uplifting] Nova answered without a shred of embarrassment.

"Anyway, let's start our plan as we wait for Felix's team to complete phase one," Aron said, giving up on asking any further questions about the topic.

"Let me notify the pilot to commence with the preparations. May I ask where we are headed?" Nova inquired with a curiosity to determine the starting point of their plan.

"London," Aron answered.

Upon speaking those words, Aron walked towards the table where his virtual reality helmet lay. He gingerly lifted it and placed it inside a specially marked container, where he then inscribed a protection rune on it. To ensure its continued remaining active, he continuously infused mana into the rune. Finally, he picked up the container and exited the basement.

After twenty days of training within the Accelerated universe, Aron finally made the decision to put his plan into action.

…

A few days ago, within the Accelerated universe's simulated time.

Aron could be seen activating a Rune that he had been training to reduce its activation time. He had finally succeeded in reducing its activation time to an instant.

After successfully activating the Rune, Aron deactivated it and got up from his seated position.

"Nova, it's time for us to conduct some investigation," Aron exclaimed with excitement as he began rubbing his hands together.

"Always ready, Sir," Nova replied promptly, teleporting to Aron to save a few seconds that would have been spent walking over from where she was previously sitting watching over him.

"Good. Now, compile a list of individuals who possess exceptional expertise in their respective fields. List every detail that you can gather," Aron instructed.

Upon receiving the order, Nova wasted no time and immediately put all of her idle computing power to work in order to fulfill the request.

In less than a second, profiles of individuals, their respective fields of expertise and their other information began materializing and hovering before them.

The profiles were multiplying at such a rapid pace that they soon spread out over kilometers, covering the vast expanse of their field of vision.

Nova did not stop at that, and the hovering profiles continued to increase as she relentlessly scoured the internet for more individuals, leaving no stone unturned.

Nova didn't simply rely on people's self-proclaimed expertise but also thoroughly investigated each candidate to ensure their legitimacy. As she approved those who met her stringent criteria, she simultaneously removed any individuals she discovered to be scammers.

However, since Aron's request was for experts from every field, Nova had to devise unique vetting criteria for each field to determine whether a candidate was indeed an expert.

For instance, if someone claimed to be a Quantum Engineering expert, Nova would conduct a thorough background check on the candidate, starting with the company they currently work for or previously worked at. She would then meticulously examine every thesis that mentioned the candidate's name and review all the projects they participated in, taking note of their level of contribution before considering them for the final list that she would present to Aron. This rigorous evaluation process was only for candidates in scientific fields.

Moreover, since Aron did not specify a limit on the number of experts needed for each field, Nova had to perform the same vetting process repeatedly for each field she searched through.

Aron couldn't help but feel completely overwhelmed by the sheer number of profiles presented to him by Nova. The number of profiles continued to increase the longer the time passed, as Nova was overclocking the shit out of the quantum computer.

The list….

[(Physics)

Lisa Randall - Particle Physics and Cosmology - United States, Cambridge, MA

Brian Greene - String Theory and Quantum Gravity - United States, New York, NY

John Ellis - High Energy Physics and Particle Astrophysics - United Kingdom, London

Frank Wilczek - Theoretical Physics and Quantum Field Theory - United States, Cambridge, MA

Kip Thorne - Gravitational Wave

]

[(Architecture)

Norman Foster - Sustainable Architecture and High-Tech Design - United Kingdom, London

Zaha Hadid - Parametricism and Deconstructivism - United Kingdom, London

Frank Gehry - Deconstructivism and Sculptural Design - United States, Los Angeles, CA

Renzo Piano - Sustainable Design and Technology Integration - Italy, Genoa

Jean Nouvel - Contextual Design and Postmodernism - France, Paris

Bjarke Ingels - Contextual Design and Urban Planning - Denmark, Copenhagen

Peter Zumthor - Minimalism and Materiality - Switzerland, Haldenstein

Sou Fujimoto - Organic Design and Spatial Concepts - Japan, Tokyo

...

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]

[(Chemistry)]

[(Biology)]

[(Engineering)]

[(Computing)]

[(Encryption)]

[(Music)]

[(Director)]

[(Leadership)]

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[(Hentai)]

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[(Porn)]

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[(Murders)]

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[(Racist)]

[(4chan)]

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(List the people you think are experts in the above fields above and other fields.)

The list continued, to infinity and beyond.

When Aron started reading through the list he was pretty surprised that Nova really included every list she could come up with.

"Why did you consider Mia Khalifa an expert in the field despite her retirement a few weeks ago?" Aron asked as he was puzzled when he saw Mia Khalifa's profile listed as an expert in the field, despite her having retired from it just a few weeks prior and having worked in it for less than six months (based on what was written on the profile). 𝒃𝙚𝒅𝒏𝙤𝙫𝒆𝒍．𝙘𝒐𝙢

"Well, even though Mia Khalifa worked in the industry for a relatively short period of time, she had a significant impact on the industry during that time. While my initial criteria for this field is based on the number of movies and categories a person has participated in, I made an exception for her due to her rapid rise in fame and recognition in the industry." Nova explained her reasoning for including Mia Khalifa in the list of experts for the porn category.

Upon reading several individuals profiles on the list, he ultimately deduced that it would take him a couple of months to thoroughly read every profile in its entirety.

Therefore, he resolved to simplify the list, but for that, he had to wait for Nova to complete the list which continued to expand during the half-hour that he spent reading through some of the profiles.

He patiently waited and waited, but time seemed to pass sluggishly, and before he knew it, an hour had elapsed, followed by two, and then three.

Realizing that it would take longer than anticipated, he resolved to utilize his time productively and resumed practicing his runes to prevent wasting his time idly.

A few hours later, still going.

One day later, Finally it was done.

[Sir, the list is now complete,] Nova informed Aron, who had just finished activating a rune.

"Why did it take that long?" Aron asked, as he was quite surprised that It took that long despite her using a quantum computer for the task.

[Sir, you may have forgotten that you are currently inside the Accelerated Simulation Universe,] Nova reminded Aron, who had been spending an increasing amount of time within it, gradually becoming acclimated to the accelerated time as if it were normal, as he could feel no discernible difference.

"Ahh..." Aron smacked his forehead in realization after being reminded by Nova.

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"So, how many hours did it take?" Aron inquired.

[It took precisely six real-time hours, which translates to 30 accelerated hours,] Nova answered precisely.

"How many people are on the list?" Aron queried, gesturing toward a swath of profiles that blanketed one side of the sky.

[127,754,420] Nova responded without any hesitation or equivocation.

"Holy shit," Aron exclaimed, dumbfounded upon hearing the staggering number.

[This number was after going through my very stringent criteria's and several filtrations] Nova clarified that the number was the result of going through her exceedingly stringent criteria and multiple filtering processes, implying that there were more individuals, but they did not meet her rigorous standards.

"Alright, let's begin by narrowing down the pool," Aron declared as he brought up the categories.

However, upon setting his eyes on the categories, he became frustrated and exclaimed, "Screw it!" Aron then turned to Nova, pointing to his head and said, "Access my brain data and examine what I intended to achieve by telling you to do this task."

[Wasn't it meant to be a surprise for me?] Nova teased Aron as she complied with his request.

Aron faced Nova before responding, "You have probably deduced what it is from my recent activities over the past few days." Aron then clicked the approve button that had been sent to him by his system, which asked him to confirm whether he genuinely agreed to grant access to his brain data.

Once Nova received the data from Aron's brain, she quickly identified his objectives for the task at hand, and promptly began narrowing down the profiles that were blanketing the sky.

The profile list continued to decrease until it reached a size where Aron could see the entirety of the profiles despite them still covering a large portion of the sky.

"Now, group them into their respective fields," Aron said, wanting to simplify the process even further.

After grouping the profiles according to their respective fields, Aron began examining each list one by one, eliminating some individuals from each of them.

After an hour of scrutinizing, Aron had eliminated all the profiles he deemed unnecessary, leaving only 5000 individuals who were deemed important enough to warrant his attention for his upcoming plan.

Aron had narrowed down the selection to only a few specific fields and they were deemed experts in their respective fields, out of the million possibilities that Nova had initially presented.

The remaining profiles consisted of the names of experts from the fields of Architecture, Physics, Chemistry, Engineering, Math, Design, Law, Agriculture & Food Science, Finance, and a few other important fields within those categories.

"categorize them based on the country of residence," Aron ordered after finalizing his selection of who to keep on the list.

[Yes, Sir] Nova immediately sorted the list based on the countries where the experts lived.

So, individuals like Zaha Hadid and Stephen Hawking were placed on the list of people living in the United Kingdom, while people like Frank Wilczek were included in the list of people living in America.

After the categorization was completed, there were over 45 countries represented on the list.

Upon seeing the number of countries he would have to visit, Aron began to feel exhausted before even embarking on the journey.

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Now back to the present

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Aron could be seen driving Alone in the car together with the box that still had the rune active due to him still providing mana to it on the passenger seat heading to the airport, where the private plane was already waiting to take him to the United kingdom so that he can begin his plan

Aron could be seen driving alone in his car with the box containing the VR headgear, still protected by the active rune that he had to continuously provide mana to remain active, on the passenger seat.

He was heading to the airport where the private plane was waiting to take him to the United Kingdom.

Aron chose to travel alone for this mission because he didn't want anyone accompanying him during the execution of his plan.

He knew he would be traveling frequently in the upcoming months, so he didn't want to burden Daniel and the other bodyguards unnecessarily.

With his current abilities, he was confident that he could protect himself from practically anything on Earth.

...…..

12 Hours later.

Aron gazed out the window as the private jet approached London Luton Airport, after a grueling 12-hour flight from the United States.

After the plane landed, Aron bid farewell to the pilot and informed him that he would be staying in the UK for about a week. He then went through the necessary procedures with airport security before leaving the airport in a taxi.

After enduring about fifteen minutes of traffic, Aron finally arrived at his destination and promptly checked into a presidential suite at the Icon Hotel.

After completing the check-in procedures, a hotel worker escorted Aron to his suite. Aron didn't object to the worker carrying his specialized box as he was confident that the rune would protect it from any harm.

When he entered the suite, he immediately went to the bedroom and slept. He had been feeling jet lagged after the 12-hour flight and this was the first time he had slept without logging in the VR in more than a month.

...

4 hours later.

After sleeping for a while, Aron finally woke up and checked his phone. He realized that he had slept for about 4 hours, as the clock on his phone showed that it was almost midnight, with two hours left before it struck twelve.

So, he woke up and sat on the edge of the bed for a few minutes to collect himself.

He then picked up the hotel phone and called the reception.

"Hello, sir. How may I assist you?" A female voice on the other end of the line immediately greeted Aron after answering the call.

"Does the hotel provide rental car services?" Aron asked, wondering if the hotel had cars available for rent or if he would have to take a taxi to his destination.

"Yes, sir. We do provide private rental cars and chauffeur services for our presidential suite guests," the lady on the phone replied politely.

When Aron heard the reply, he was quite delighted by the news.

"Can I request for a rental car? I have some work to attend to. When can it be made available?" Aron asked the receptionist after learning that the hotel offers such service for their presidential suite guests.

"Sir, our team can prepare it within ten minutes of receiving the notice," responded the receptionist with a courteous tone.

"Great, please have it ready as I'll be coming down within the next half-hour," stated Aron while specifying the exact time he would arrive.

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This allowed the hotel staff to ensure that everything was prepared and ready by the time he arrived.

"Certainly, sir," replied the woman with her usual polite tone.

"Thank you," Aron expressed his gratitude to the woman for her assistance before ending the call.

Following the call, Aron quickly made his way to the bathroom to freshen up before putting his plan into action.

After freshening up and changing his clothes, Aron made his way down to the lobby with his box in hand. As he arrived, he was greeted by a hotel worker who had been waiting for him.

The worker politely offered to escort him to the waiting car that had been arranged to take him to his desired destination. Aron agreed, remembering her voice from the call they had just a few minutes ago.

Upon arriving at where the car was, Aron thanked the hotel worker once again and handed her a generous tip of 1000 dollars for her help before boarding the waiting car that had been arranged for him.

The driver glanced at Aron through the rearview mirror and asked, "Where to, sir?" as they began the journey. 𝒃𝙚𝒅𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝒍.𝙣𝙚𝙩

Aron promptly replied, "Cambridge."

The driver acknowledged the response and continued driving towards the requested location.

1 hour later.

It took them nearly an hour to travel from their hotel to the city of Cambridge, and they arrived there with just thirty minutes to spare before midnight.

Upon arrival in the city, Aron directed the driver to drop him off at the University Arms Hotel, which was conveniently located in close proximity to both Cambridge University and the surrounding community.

"We have arrived, sir," the driver informed him.

"Thank you. And please find a place to rest as I won't be returning until morning before we head back," Aron said, as he handed the driver a thousand-dollar to spend for his rest during the waiting period.

After getting out of the car, he promptly started walking towards the community located outside the University of Cambridge.

As Aron approached the community, he looked for a secluded location and the moment he discovered one he immediately entered.

Upon entering the secluded spot, Aron uttered the word "STEALTH," activating a rune of concealment that rendered him invisible to anyone who was not skilled in the art of magic.

Once he was confident that the rune had taken effect, Aron left the secluded spot and seamlessly entered the housing community without being detected, despite walking through the streets.

The walk did not take long, and before he knew it, Aron had arrived at his destination: the house of Steven Hawking.

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Aron took a moment to survey his surroundings before proceeding with his plan. He knew that he needed to ensure that there were no witnesses to what was about to happen, as he intended to enter through the door without alerting anyone.

With the concern of someone looking to his side out of the way, Aron approached the door and rang the doorbell, just like any other guest would. However, he was no ordinary guest; he was an invisible guest.

Ding! Ding!.

After waiting for approximately three minutes, the housemaid finally arrived at the door and opened it.

Upon opening the door, she looked around to see who had rung the bell and saw nothing despite him standing before her, but she could not see anyone as Aron was concealed by the stealth rune.

As the maid was about to close the door and return to her room, Aron extended his hand and touched her head, immediately casting a sleeping rune before she could even react.

As she began to fall, Aron quickly caught her and carried her inside the house before closing the door behind him. In just a matter of moments, he had successfully entered the house undetected.

After carefully placing the maid on the living room sofa, Aron retrieved a helmet from the box he was carrying and placed it on her head. He then said, "Nova, it's time for you to shine."

[Roger that, sir,] replied Nova, as she immediately activated the virtual reality helmet and began downloading her brain data. After analyzing her memories, she searched for the location where Professor Steven was sleeping.

[It's done, sir,] Nova informed Aron before turning on the phone and displaying a map of the house, which was made from the house maid's memories. The map showed him the way to Professor Stephen Hawking's room.

After removing the helmet from the maid, Aron stood up and headed directly to the room where Stephen Hawking was staying, following the directions shown on the phone.

As he entered the room, he found Stephen Hawking sleeping peacefully on his bed, with his wheelchair parked beside it.

Aron took a moment to observe Stephen sleeping peacefully in his bed, before repeating the same process he did with the maid. He cast a sleeping rune on Stephen to ensure that he remained asleep no matter what happened, and then he placed the virtual reality helmet on Stephen's head.

This time, Nova didn't require any instructions from Aron as he had already put the helmet on Stephen Hawking and the cameras inside the room allowed Nova to see what was happening. She immediately activated the helmet and downloaded Stephen Hawking's brainmap.

[Done,] Nova informed Aron as soon as she completed the process.

When Aron received the confirmation that the process was complete, he removed the helmet from Stephen Hawking and carefully placed him back in the same position he found him in.

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After securing the helmet, Aron left the room and quietly closed the door behind him, leaving no evidence of his entry.

As Aron made his way out of the house he passed the living room and saw the maid still sleeping on the sofa, he suddenly remembered that he needed to move her room to prevent her from becoming suspicious or paranoid.

He set the box containing the virtual reality headgear aside and lifted the maid, guided by Nova who knew where she had been sleeping before opening the door. He carried her back to her room and laid her down on the bed, making sure she was comfortable before quietly leaving the room and closing the door behind him.

Aron left the house without any worries about leaving behind any physical or digital traces. He had already taken care of the physical evidence by putting the maid back in her room and leaving her sleeping peacefully.

As for the digital evidence, Nova had used the memories she had collected from both Hawking and the maid to fabricate a perfect replacement using previous footage in the system with some small edits. This ensured that there would be no signs of a break-in or any suspicious activity in the security cameras.

After leaving the house and closing the door, Aron breathed a sigh of relief that nothing had gone wrong during his mission.

Once he composed himself, Aron picked up his box and made his way to another house in the same community, as he had other objectives beyond Stephen Hawking.

Aron had a busy schedule ahead of him, with several houses to visit and repeat the same process he had done in Professor Hawking's house in about fifteen other houses he planned to visit.

Including that of Professor Peter Wothers(a renowned chemist), Professor David MacKay, Professor Sir Stephen O'Rahilly( clinical biochemistry and medicine), and Professor Sir Tom Blundell(structural biologist), among the many.

As he continued executing his plan, something important was occurring elsewhere.

...…..

Eden.

Felix woke up with a headache from having consumed too much alcohol at yesterday's party.

Despite his splitting headache, Felix felt satisfied with himself for managing to set up a meeting with the dictator scheduled for next week.

So, he decided to hold off on calling Aron to share the news, as he was aware of the time difference between their locations. He figured he would have plenty of time to inform Aron later and begin planning for the meeting with the dictator.

But the throbbing headache from the hangover kept interrupting his happiness.

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He got up and went to the bathroom to freshen up and prepare for the meeting they were going to have at noon. They planned to discuss their approach towards negotiating with the dictator in their upcoming meeting.

Fortunately, there was no need to start the investigation into the dictator at the moment since Aron had already provided them with all the necessary information. They only needed to reach a consensus on the approach to make their task more manageable.

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The meeting

"So, what approach should we take during the meeting?" Felix asked, looking at Barry and the other team members in the meeting room they had booked at the hotel.

"I suggest we offer him the bribe money upfront and directly state our needs," said the rookie team member, who was there to gain experience and may have made a naive suggestion.

When Felix heard the rookie's proposal, he didn't get angry, but decided to explain why it was a bad idea. "If we offer the bribe money upfront, the dictator will become even greedier since we've paid before receiving what we came for.

It's like giving a chef all the ingredients and payment for a meal before they've even cooked it. They might end up giving you a mediocre dish because they know they've already been paid." he explained calmly, making sure the rookie understands where he made the mistake and doesn't repeat it again.

When Felix finished explaining the flaw in the rookie's idea, the room fell silent and the rookie realized he had nothing else to contribute. He decided to sit back and listen to the rest of the meeting, like a passenger in a car being driven by an experienced driver.

"One option could be giving it to him in installments," suggested one of the team members.

"Agreed, we could use that approach. It will not only keep us in the dictator's good graces but also motivate him to expedite our acquisition by wanting more payments. This seems like the best option," said Felix, nodding in approval.

"So, are we planning to inform him that for every telecommunication company we acquire, we'll be giving him 5 million dollars in installments? By the end of the process, we would have spent a total of 30 million dollars in bribes, including the initial 10 million we plan to offer at the meeting next week," Berry asked Felix, seeking his opinion.

"Yes, that should work. There are only four telecommunication companies in the country," Felix agreed.

"Now, let's discuss the approach for bringing up the matter without upsetting him. We need to be precise and careful in our wording throughout the entire meeting," Felix suggested.

"Agreed," Barry said, "We don't want to come across as pushy or threatening. Perhaps we can start by expressing our admiration for the dictator's leadership and the strides he's made in developing the country's infrastructure."

"That's a good suggestion, but we need to be careful with our words. The dictator has done very little for the country, so he might think we are being sarcastic and trying to mock him," Felix cautioned against using that compliment.

And thus they began to brainstorm for their approach during the meeting.

While all of this was happening, Nova was monitoring their conversation through their phones and taking notes on everything that was being said. She planned to report back to Aron once he was finished with his current task.

...….

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After spending more than four hours collecting brain data from various households in Cambridge city communities Aron had finally finished all the people who were on the list.

Although Aron's brain data collection task had been going smoothly, there was one instance where he entered a household and discovered the individual he was meant to collect data from engaged in sexual activity with their spouse.

As a result, he had to postpone the data collection for this particular household and move them to the end of his list.

Upon returning to the household half an hour later, Aron was surprised to find the professor still engaged in the activity.

Despite feeling proud of the man's stamina, Aron had no choice but to wait for him to finish since he was the only person remaining on the list for Aron to collect brain data from in the Cambridge community.

During that period, Nova kept him company.

[Sir, Felix's plan has gone successful] Nova informed Aron about the ongoing events on Felix's side.

"So, when did they manage to set up a meeting with the dictator?" Aron asked Nova, curious about the schedule and how much time the team had to prepare for the meeting.

"They have a week to prepare," Nova replied, not only answering Aron's question but also answering the underlying meaning behind it.

"Have they already come up with a plan?" Aron asked Nova, his curiosity piqued about what kind of plan Felix's team had devised.

[They are currently working on the plan,] Nova informed him.

Afterward, they continued to engage in small talk about various topics for about twenty minutes until the professor finally finished.

This gave Aron a brief window of time, during which the man's wife went to the bathroom, allowing Aron to complete the collection of the brain data, which only took a few seconds for the initial reading.

As Aron finished collecting the brain data and was leaving the house, the professor's wife returned, drying herself off with a towel while saying, "You're not tired, are you? We have three more rounds to go." passing right besides Aron, who was holding his breath, even though he knew he was invisible to her.

"Honey? Honey?" the professor's wife called out when she didn't receive a reply from him.

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"What's wrong with him? He usually doesn't get tired unless he goes for a few more hours," the professor's wife wondered aloud as she covered her husband with a blanket. She noticed that he was sleeping like a baby.

"Haaah " Aron breathed a sigh of relief as he successfully left the house without encountering any problems.

"I wish you all the best," Aron said, looking back at the house before turning to make his way back to the hotel. He knew that his driver and rental car would be waiting for him there, ready to take him back to the hotel.

"How many people in the UK still need their brain data collected?" Aron asked Nova as he walked back to the hotel.

[754 people] Nova answered, making Aron want to jump from a bridge when he was reminded that he needed to repeat this for a few hundred times just in the UK alone.

After walking for some time, Aron finally returned to the University Arms Hotel.

That's when he realized that he had told his driver he wouldn't return until morning, so he decided to check in for the three hours he had to wait.

After completing the check-in process, he headed to his booked room. Once inside, he took off his coat, and laid down on the bed before falling a sleep.

...…

Rina Rothschild manor.

Rina could be seen sitting in her work room, engrossed in reading a document on her computer while Ava presented her findings on the decrypted and analyzed backed up data .

Rina had been listening to Ava's presentation since yesterday, as it was a lengthy one due to the extensive amount of data they had to go through.

However, despite the long duration, Rina did not feel tired at all because everything she was learning from Ava was valuable.

With the information she had now gained, Rina now had significant leverage over almost everyone in the family.

Despite having a wealth of leverage over almost everyone in the family, Rina didn't rush to take any action.

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She wanted to wait until she had heard everything from Ava, knowing that if Ava had made the presentation so long, it must mean that every piece of information was crucial. So she continued to listen carefully and take notes, waiting for the right moment to make her move.

As Ava presented, Rina took notes and asked questions to clarify anything that wasn't clear

Rina sat there, absorbing all the information that Ava presented, until finally, at noon,

[With that, you are updated on everything I considered important from the analyzed data] with those words Ava finished her presentation.

After listening to the entirety of the presentation, she decided to finally start taking action.

She pressed the intercom button and called for her secretary, Chloe, who she knew was one of the only few people within the family who were clean.

"Yes miss" Chloe said after entering her office.

"Call Terry, tell him I have something to talk about with him." She told his secretary to call for her head of security, the first betrayer she had to deal with.

"Yes" Chloe immediately left to go and call for Terry.

As she waited for Terry to come, she took another look at the leverage she had of Terry to ensure that their meeting didn't go differently from how she envisioned.

Terry entered Rina's office a few minutes after Chloe left to call him.

"Take a seat," Rina directed Terry as she motioned towards a nearby chair, her attention still fixed on the computer screen before her.

Terry complied silently, settling into the chair as directed. However, as several minutes ticked by without any communication from Rina, and with her attention still riveted on the computer screen, Terry began to feel increasingly anxious.

For Terry, the situation felt like the calm before the storm - an unsettling and ominous stillness that hinted at impending chaos or turbulence.

However, the uneasy silence did not last much longer. Rina abruptly rose from her seat and walked over to the printer to retrieve some papers that had just finished printing. She then went and sat down across from Terry.

"Alright Terry, I've received a highly troubling report that you've been informing my brother about everything I do. What do you have to say about this?" Rina asked, her tone serious and unyielding.

When Terry heard that question his heart almost left through his mouth but he still managed to remain calm and tried to explain himself.

"Ma'am, that report is completely false. You know that I've been working for you since your high school days, so why on earth would I do something like that?" Terry protested, his tone trying but failing in conveying a sense of anger and offense at the notion that his character was being slandered.

As Terry tried to act indignant, Rina couldn't help but chuckle at his display. Although she still felt a lingering sense of betrayal from the day she learned that he was one of the individuals who had turned against her, the irony of Terry's feigned outrage struck her as amusing.

"Ha! You really ought to take some acting classes, Terry. You're absolutely terrible at it," Rina exclaimed, unable to contain her amusement any longer. However, as memories of their past interactions flooded her mind, she found herself becoming increasingly angry at Terry's attempts to portray himself as a victim.

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Despite her rising anger, Rina managed to keep it under wraps, determined to see the meeting through without lashing out at Terry. She remained composed and focused, resisting the urge to slam the table in his face.

"Ma'am, I think there's been a misunderstanding on your end. I wouldn't bother acting if I knew I was innocent," Terry insisted, doubling down on his earlier protestations.

Terry persisted in his defense because he knew that any admission of guilt could prove fatal. It was widely regarded as taboo for a member of the Rothschild security team to betray the person they were tasked with protecting, and the consequences were severe - anyone who did so would be made to disappear, serving as a warning to others.

"Enough with the melodramatic performance, Terry. Do you really think I would base my accusations on mere speculation?" Rina's tone turned serious as she hurled the papers she had retrieved from the printer at Terry.

Terry scrambled to pick up the papers that had been scattered around him, curious to see what was written on them. To his shock, he realized that they were transcripts of his conversations with her brother's secretary spanning the past five years.

Terry was filled with fear and began to tremble as he comprehended the contents of the papers. He was perplexed as to how Rina had obtained them since he was certain he had deleted every conversation they had after each talk.

In a fit of fear and desperation, Terry lunged at Rina and began to strangle her. He acted impulsively, not thinking about the consequences of his actions or what he would do if he succeeded in killing her.

"Khghhkhghk" Rina fought for air as Terry tightened his grip around her throat. His eyes were bloodshot, and the veins on his scalp were bulging, demonstrating the sheer amount of force he was using. His entire body shook as he continued to strangle her.

As Rina was on the verge of losing consciousness, a loud "bang" echoed through the room. A gunshot had been fired, but she didn't have time to comprehend what had happened as she slipped into unconsciousness.

"RINA, RINA. " Chloe, the secretary, yelled as she moved the bleeding body of Terry off of Rina's unconscious form that he had fallen on top of after being shot.

"Call the doctor now!" Chloe shouted at Alex, the security detail who had shot Terry immediately after entering the room.

Alex quickly left the room to call the family doctor stationed in the mansion as quickly as possible.

...

Half an hour later.

As Rina slowly regained consciousness, she realized that her throat was sore and she had a pounding headache.

She opened her eyes to see the worried face of Chloe walking back and forth.

As Rina looked around, she noticed the younger man in a suit standing nearby, his hands clasped behind his back with a serious expression on his face, indicating that he was there for security purposes.

She tried to speak, but her throat was too painful to form any words and only hoarse gibberish came from her mouth.

Rina attempted to clear her throat and speak once more, but the pain was unbearable. Chloe acted swiftly by bringing her a glass of water and assisting her in drinking it.

Rina felt relieved as the cool water she drank soothed her throat and eased the pain. After a moment, she finally managed to utter comprehensible words.

"Who is he?" Rina asked in a hoarse voice while pointing at the young man in the room.

"I'm Alex, your new security detail stationed here since last week, miss," Alex explained without waiting for Chloe to answer Rina's question.

"Where is Terry?" Rina asked Chloe after she finally managed to recollect herself.

Chloe hesitated for a moment before answering, "He's... in the hospital. He was shot by Alex and is still receiving treatment at the moment."

"But how did you know I was in danger?" Rina asked, not quite believing that it was just luck.

"I didn't, I only came in behind him after he barged inside without even knocking or saying anything to me"Chloe replied, pointing to Alex.

When Chloe and Rina turned to Alex, he explained, "About 35 minutes ago, I received a text message ordering me to be on standby. Then, 10 minutes later, I received another one to come into the room as fast as I could. Aren't you the one who sent it?" he finished with a question as he was quite confused.

"Oh, yes, I did send that message. The event must have slipped my mind." After realizing that it was Ava who had sent the message as a contingency plan, she decided to take credit for it to avoid creating any suspicion.

Because she had never faced any significant threats or danger within her family, she failed to prepare for any potential contingencies. This oversight caused her to overlook the potential dangers when she attempted to comfort Terry.

She simply hadn't considered the possibility of something going wrong, as she had never encountered a dangerous situation before.

In her mind, she believed that everything was under control. She had devised an elaborate plan to turn Terry into a reverse spy, manipulating him into providing false information about her to her brother.

She thought that she had covered all of her bases, and that nothing could go wrong with her carefully crafted scheme.

But fate is a bitch, and she had experienced it first hand.

"Thank you" Rina thanked Alex for saving her.

"It's my duty, miss," replied Alex, giving a small bow to express his appreciation for her gratitude towards him.

"What did the doctor say about my condition?" Rina asked about her condition as it was the first time for her.

"After examining your condition, the doctor said that you're fine and the bruise on your neck should heal within a week," Chloe explained what the doctor had told them.

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Rina attempted to sit up on the sofa in her workroom, where she had been laying on inorder to receive treatment.

With Chloe's assistance, she was finally able to sit down on the sofa, and it was then that she noticed the blood stains on her shirt.

"Can I have a new shirt?" Rina asked Chloe for new clothes.

"Here" Chloe seemed like she had expected to hear that request as she had the shirt in her hands by the time Rina finished asking the question.

"Okay, can I have a moment alone?" Sarah requested, as she began to unbutton her shirt to change, in search of some privacy.

"Yes, miss," both Alex and Chloe responded, as they exited the room to provide her with some much-needed privacy and alone time.

After being left alone, Sarah removed her bloodied shirt and discarded it in the trash can, leaving her in a bra that hugged her ample bosom.

She quickly put on the new shirt that Chloe had handed to her, and then made her way over to her computer to take a seat.

As she settled into her chair, she gazed at her computer screen and murmured, "Thank you, Ava," expressing her gratitude for the assistance she had received from her.

[As always, your welcome] replied Ava calmly, feeling a sense of pride in herself for accomplishing one of the purposes for which she was created.

"Time to move on to the next phase of my plan," Rina declared, determined to continue with her scheme, even though she had encountered a stumbling block right from the start.

However, Ava interrupted her by locking the computer and stated, [You need to rest Rina]

"I need to continue, or they will just...haaaa...haaa..." Rina tried to explain to Ava, but she immediately broke down in panic and started gasping for air. She was having a panic attack from the memory of what had happened to her.

Even though it might seem childish for her to break down, it was the first time she had ever been physically assaulted by someone, so it was a traumatic experience for her.

Despite her initial decision to continue with her plan without pause, the sudden interruption by Ava locking her computer forced her to confront her trauma. This resulted in Rina breaking down in tears, as she was unable to suppress her emotions any longer.

The breakdown continued for a few minutes, with Ava silently watching Rina without uttering a word. Ava understood the importance of allowing Rina to confront her emotions and provide comfort while the pain was still raw, preventing it from becoming deeply ingrained and potentially haunting her in the future.

After calming down from the panic attack, Rina heard Ava's comforting words.

[You have me, so you don't have to worry. I will always be there for you, watching over you and protecting you] Ava said.

After hearing what Ava said, Rina felt even more calm and reassured. She realized that Ava had already kept one of her promises: "I will always protect you." It was evident that Ava had expected something like this to happen, no matter how miniscule the possibilities were, and had prepared for it.

This realization gave Rina a sense of comfort, knowing that she had someone looking out for her. This in return increased her reliance on Ava, which in turn extended to Aron, as he was the one who had created Ava to be her constant companion and protector.

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"But why did you call for Alex out of the many security guards?" Rina asked, curious about why Ava specifically requested for Alex's assistance.

[Mother recommended him after sending her a list of people who had not betrayed us. She thoroughly examined their histories and chose him because he was deemed the most unlikely to betray you] Rina replied to her question.

"If your mother chose him, then it would be wise to appoint him as the head of the security position, which has become vacant as of today. We can even use the fact that he was the one who rescued me to defend our decision to those who might question why we chose a newbie instead of someone who has been with me for a longer period of time," suggested Rina.

[That's what she also suggested] Ava agreed with Rina's recommendation.

"Then I'll inform them of my decision before I go to rest, as I really need to," Rina said while touching her neck, which was still hurting.

[Take all the time you need to rest. The plan doesn't have a time limit.] Ava responded with reassurance.

"Thanks," Rina said, expressing her gratitude to Ava. She then got up from her chair and made her way to the door, to go and rest in her room.

After passing by Chloe's table and informing her of her decision to promote Alex to the head of security as a reward for saving her, Rina immediately went to her room and slept.

...

Aron's side.

After sleeping for three hours, Aron was awoken by Nova, who reminded him that the driver had already woken up and was waiting for him. Nova had seen him through the CCTV footage of the hotel after she had taken control of the hotel upon their arrival.

"Argh…." Aron woke up still feeling tired, regretting not using the option to enter the VR and sleep there for a longer time. Due to the time difference of 5 to 1, he could have extended his sleep in the virtual world, but he decided against it.

He desired to have a few hours of sleep in the real world to reacquaint himself with the feeling, so as not to forget it. However, he knew that in actuality, there was no tangible difference between sleeping in reality and in the Universal simulated VR.

After cleaning himself up, Aron gathered his belongings and left the room, making his way to the reception lobby to check out.

"May I have your autograph, please?" asked the receptionist after completing the checkout process, recognizing that he was the young billionaire who had been trending on Twitter a few days ago.

"Sure," Aron agreed.

Despite feeling a bit weird about being recognized by someone from the other side of the world, Aron took the paper and pen the receptionist gave him and began to sign it. When he finished, he asked, "What is your name?" so he could write it on the paper.

In excitement, the receptionist replied with her name, 'Shamim,' glad that her request was granted.

Aron began writing the name "Shamim" on the paper, followed by "Wishing you all the best," but as he was about to hand it back to her, his phone vibrated, indicating that Nova had something to tell him.

As soon as he checked his phone, he saw a text message from Nova that read, "Write down these numbers on the paper." Without any hesitation, Aron took the pen and started writing the long sequence of numbers that Nova had displayed on his screen.

After finishing writing the number sequence, Aron smiled and handed the autographed paper back to Shamim, saying "Nice to meet you." before turning around and leaving the hotel.

"What is with those numbers?" Aron asked Nova after he left the hotel.

Nova replied playfully, [It's a gift from me to her if she can decode it. It also makes your signing's quite unique.] 𝗯𝐞𝗱𝗻𝐨𝘃𝐞𝐥.𝗻𝗲𝐭

"Then she won't be able to decode it in her lifetime," Aron said, smiling at the thought of Shamim trying to decode something created by Nova using a quantum computer.

[No, I made it specially for her. She can decode it if she uses her virtual assistant and her engineering skills well,] Nova replied to Aron, indicating that she had created it specifically for Shamim to solve using her knowledge and expertise as an engineer.

"She is an engineer?" Aron asked, surprised that someone with such a profession was working as a hotel receptionist.

[A very underappreciated one at that, unfortunately.] Nova replied back, feeling sympathy for Shamim.

Nova had taken a quick glance at Shamim's computer to know her motives and ended up seeing engineering drawings on her personal computer, which was open under the reception table just begging for her to hack it.

[If she solves it, It will solve most of her problems] Nova said in hope that she solves the message she left to her using Aron.

Aron exited the hotel and walked to the designated meeting spot where he and the driver had agreed to meet the previous night. Upon arriving, he saw the driver waiting outside the car, engrossed in his phone.

After exchanging greetings, they both boarded the car, followed by the driver asking, "Are we going back to the hotel?" He wanted to know the destination of their journey.

"No, I need to go to Oxford University," Aron stated the destination he wanted to go to.

"Okay," the driver acknowledged the destination and started the car to officially begin their journey.

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...

Hospital VIP room.

Terry had just come out of the operating room after undergoing a long and arduous surgery to extract the bullet that was lodged in his chest. Despite the surgery being over, he was still unconscious due to the effects of anesthesia.

Outside Terry's VIP room, there were two bodyguards standing guard. Their job was to prevent people from entering the room and to stop Terry from escaping. Terry had a punishment waiting for him after he recovered from the surgery, as he had tried to injure a Rothschild.

Terry's attack on Rina had sealed his fate and he had lost any chance of redemption. The Rothschild family viewed it as a significant event that required a lasting example to be made. As a result, Terry would face punishment to set an example and prevent such situations from ever happening again.

The head of the family believed that a significant example needed to be made, as this was the first time such an incident had occurred in the modern history of the Rothschild family.

"If he wanted to kill himself, why try to do it that way?" one of the bodyguards standing by the door asked the other. He considered Terry's actions to be worse than suicide and felt saddened by what was going to happen to him.

"He had better not wake up for a few years if he wants to keep living," the bodyguard said firmly, emphasizing the severity of Terry's situation.

"What do you think she said to make him try to strangle and kill her?"

"I don't know what it is, but it must be something of great importance to him for him to risk his own life and attempt to kill Miss Rina," said one of the bodyguards, acknowledging the severity of the situation.

As Aron was en route to the esteemed Oxford University, his mobile device rang, and he answered it promptly.

"Hello Felix," Aron greeted as he picked up the call.

"Hello Aron, how are you doing?" Felix reciprocated.

"How is Eden?" Aron inquired.

"The atmosphere here in Eden varies greatly depending on one's location. For those of us staying in a high-end hotel, the atmosphere is rather pleasant. However, during our commute from the airport to the hotel, we couldn't help but notice that the atmosphere for others seemed quite bleak," Felix conveyed his honest impressions of Eden without sugarcoating anything

Upon hearing Felix's perception of Eden, Aron thought to himself, "Not for long...not for long," before resuming his conversation with Felix.

"Okay, could you give me a summary of what's been decided so far regarding the plan?" Aron inquired, eager to hear about the progress made since Nova mentioned that they were discussing it a few hours earlier.

"That's precisely why I called you. We've arranged a meeting for next week, and we've also devised an approach to broach the topic with the dictator, with the hope that he might even assist us in our takeover," Felix updated Aron on the latest development regarding the plan.

"Congratulations on accomplishing the first step of phase one of the plan. Can you provide me with more details about the strategy for approaching the dictator during the meeting?" Aron inquired, wanting to know more information as Nova hasn't updated him about it yet.

"Alright, so this is what we've devised," Felix began updating Aron on the plan, delving into more details whenever Aron requested clarification or expressed a desire for further information.

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Meanwhile, the driver quietly navigated the vehicle towards their destination, feeling nothing but contentment. He knew that the man he was driving was a generous tipper, and he would also receive payment from the hotel for the transportation service, which would be included in the guest's checkout expenses. Since the guest was still checked in and availing himself of the hotel's services, such as the car he was currently riding in, the driver's earnings continued to accumulate.

An hour and a half later, Aron finally arrived at one of the many accommodation communities of Oxford University.

Upon arrival, he bid farewell to his driver and proceeded to walk into the community. After finding a secluded area, he cast a concealment rune on himself.

On that day, many professors missed their classes in various campuses of the university because they were found asleep in their offices. This peculiar event would later be referred to as "The Great Sleep."

...

The next day.

Rina had finally managed to recollect herself and partially heal from her trauma so she decided to immediately continue her plan of cleaning the people near her.

She walked into her office, gesturing for Chloe to follow her.

Chloe said nothing and followed behind her into the office.

"Where is Alex?" Rina asked, not having seen him on her way to her office.

"In his new office, Miss," Chloe answered.

"Okay," Rina replied after hearing Chloe's response. She then walked to her chair and began tapping on her computer. She printed out a piece of paper with names on it.

"Replace all of these people from this list with these," Rina said as she handed Chloe two pieces of paper - one with names of people to be removed and the other with names of people who would replace them.

Upon observing the sheer quantity of individuals who were set to be eliminated from her team, Chloe inquired incredulously, "All of these?" The number was so substantial that it could not be classified as a typical downsizing. It appeared to be more akin to an act of genocide.

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The cuts were far-reaching, encompassing a broad range of personnel from the chefs, cleaners, and repairmen to even the security team. Virtually every category of worker employed in the household was affected.

Without hesitation in her voice, Rina replied, "Yes, all of them."

Rina instructed, "If anyone asks, simply state that I'm still seething with anger over the incident and needed an outlet to vent my frustration." She used the excuse of being choked during the cleaning process as a cover for the elimination of spies who had been reporting to various members of the household.

Rina was not concerned about anyone connecting the dots, as she had studied the data provided by Ava. She knew that each spy reported to a different family member, and most of them were unaware of the other spies' existence.

Therefore, if anyone questioned the sudden disappearance of a spy, they would assume that their own spy had simply been caught in the crossfire of Rina's outburst and nothing more.

"Also tell Alex to always be within the vicinity of the office whenever I'm working" She instructed Chloe, who was on her way outside to accomplish the task she had given her.

"Understood, Miss," Chloe acknowledged the order before opening the door and making her way to Alex's office to relay the new instructions. She would follow this up by terminating some employees, just a routine Tuesday for her.

After seeing that Chloe had left and she was left Alone in the office Ava greeted her [Welcome back, Rina.]

"Thank you, Ava" Rina thanked Ava's welcome.

[How are you feeling?] She asked wanting to know where her mind is in the healing steps.

"Although I'm not fully over it I'm fine enough that I expect it to pass by the end of the month" Rina answered to her truthfully saying everything that she felt, without trying to sugarcoat anything as she fully trusted her.

[If that's what you are feeling then you can continue without any problem] Ava said, making her release a sigh of relief as her reply had reassured her that she was really healing and not just lying to herself.

"Yeah I know, I have already sent Chloe to solve the issue of purging the spies, All we have to do is wait until next week where every spy would be replaced and we can officially say that the purge has been completed wich we can then follow by starting to use our leverage to return to our position and maybe go even higher"

[Congrat] Ava exclaimed, acknowledging that Rina had finally taken a significant step forward in her plan, despite facing setbacks right from the start.

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"Thanks"

"By the way, did your mother send you the Morgan's plans ?" Rina asked, grateful for Ava's congratulations.

She was curious to know if they had received the plans and if so, she wanted to take a look at them.

"No, she hasn't sent them yet," Ava replied, delivering the disappointing news. "The last time I inquired about it, she mentioned that the plans were at 95% completion and would take another month to finalize as the Morgans were still fine-tuning them."

"Don't worry about it, Ava. We still haven't even finished the second part of our plan," Rina reassured her, sensing the disappointment in Ava's voice.

Afterward, they engaged in casual conversation about their plans and discussed their next steps, as Rina found herself with nothing to do at the moment.

...…

Aron, who had completed extracting brain data from the professors at Oxford University, was en route to Imperial College London to repeat the same process of downloading brain data.

In the following two weeks, Aron had plans to visit several locations to complete his collection of brain data from the United Kingdom.

His itinerary included Rolls Royce facility in Derby, University College London (UCL), the University of Edinburgh, several Aerospace and Aviation facilities, Biotechnology and Life Sciences institutions, and Space and Satellite Technology centers, among many others.

A week later.(Monday).

Felix and his team rose earlier than their typical routine, commencing their preparations for the meeting that was scheduled for the afternoon.

In order to be perceived as sincere, Felix and his team had to arrive at the presidential palace at least an hour prior to the scheduled meeting time. This, coupled with the fact that the palace was quite a distance away from their hotel, meant that they had to leave early.

"Since everyone is present, let's proceed," Felix announced upon sighting the final person who would be accompanying them.

Subsequently, they departed from the hotel to where the car was waiting to transport them to the palace.

Throughout the journey, they rehearsed their bullet points for the 457th time, striving to ensure that nothing went even slightly amiss.

After a three-hour car ride, they finally arrived at the gate of the presidential palace, where they were stopped.

Their cars came to a halt as heavily armed guards approached.

After the stop, the armed guards commenced a search of the car. The team was then instructed to open the boot, and a dog was brought in to conduct a scent inspection.

The security measures were exceedingly meticulous; the team was subjected to a bomb search and their phones and other electronic devices were confiscated.

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Upon completion of the search, they were eventually granted permission to pass through the gate. However, their driver was replaced with a guard who would take them from that point onwards.

They were guided through a labyrinth of corridors and grandiose rooms until they finally arrived at the dictator's private chambers.

The dictator, Adolf was seated at his desk, accompanied by his advisors. As Felix and his team entered the heavily decorated room, he looked up and gazed at them, attempting to act as if he didn't remember them.

Nonetheless, Felix strode forward confidently, his four team members standing steadfastly behind him like a sturdy wall of muscle and fortitude.

When Felix noticed the dictator struggling to recall where he had placed them, he realized that the leader was purposely trying to assert dominance over them. If the dictator truly had forgotten about their scheduled meeting, they would not have been granted permission to enter the palace.

He was certain that the dictator had conducted a thorough background check on them prior to the arranged meeting.

Nevertheless, Felix proceeded to play along with the dictator's facade and introduced himself and his associates, explaining where they had initially made contact with the leader and how they had arranged the meeting.

"Aha, so you're the individual who has been attempting to arrange a meeting with me since the commencement of the party," exclaimed Adolf, elevating his tone to give the impression that he had just realized who they were.

"Yes, Your Excellency," Felix replied confidently, bowing slightly. "We are honored and grateful for the opportunity to meet with you today. Thank you for taking the time to see us," he added with a forced smile, feeling increasingly uncomfortable with the dictator's poor acting skills.

He wondered silently to himself whether the dictator's assistants were hesitant to inform him about his subpar acting abilities.

"Very well, let's get to the matter at hand. I have several other crucial meetings to attend to," declared the dictator, underscoring the significance of his time and conveying his disinterest in the current meeting.

"Certainly. Your Excellency, before we commence, please allow us to express our gratitude for your agreement to meet with us," spoke Felix in a respectful tone, gesturing towards one of his team members to hand over the briefcase.

The briefcase was the sole item they were permitted to bring into the office, having undergone a search to confirm that no hazardous materials were present.

Upon noticing the briefcase, Adolf motioned to one of his aides with a nod, indicating for them to retrieve the briefcase and reveal its contents.

The aide obeyed and retrieved the briefcase from Felix's hand, placing it on the table before opening it while ensuring it was facing towards the dictator.

"Mmmmm..." Adolf exhaled heavily as he laid eyes on the freedom units filling the briefcase.

Despite being taken aback by the substantial amount of money before him, Adolf attempted to maintain his composure and act unaffected by the sight of the funds.

"Proceed," he instructed, struggling to divert his gaze from the briefcase.

"Of course. We require your assistance and approval for a matter," stated Felix, conveying a sense of dependence on the dictator's help as if nothing could proceed without it.

"Very well, let me explain," responded Felix, sensing that the dictator's ego had been inflated. The dictator raised his hand, gesturing for Felix to proceed and state the purpose of the meeting.

"We are interested in purchasing the Telecommunication companies in Eden," stated Felix succinctly.

"What benefits would I gain from assisting you with this endeavor?" questioned Adolf, seeking to understand what he stood to gain from the proposal.

"We are prepared to pay you fifty percent of the amount equivalent to that in the briefcase each time we successfully acquire a company," reiterated Felix, emphasizing the generous financial compensation that would accompany the dictator's assistance.

"Sure, that sounds good, but why should I allow you to buy them?" Adolf asked, feigning indifference to the amount of money he would be gaining, and trying to extract even more from them.

"After we buy and merge the companies, we plan to upgrade them with the latest technologies. This will allow us to increase prices, resulting in a larger income for us and a larger tax revenue for you," Felix explained, emphasizing the benefits for both parties.

Adolf still tried to appear unimpressed by their proposal. When Felix noticed this, he decided to give the dictator another reason to consider their offer.

"Consolidating the telecommunications companies under our ownership would result in all data coming in and out of the country passing through our network. This would give us the ability to monitor and analyze what your citizens are thinking, which would allow you to better manage and govern the country," Felix explained.

When he heard the last point, he immediately opened his mouth to agree to their offer as it had everything he needed - money, control, and more - without having to spend any of the country's money, which he considered his. They were even paying him. But just as he was about to express his agreement, he was interrupted by one of his aides.

"What is it?" he asked, seeming quite annoyed by the interruption.

The aid moved closer to him and whispered in his ear, reporting what he needed to say.

When Adolf heard what his aid was saying, his eyes lit up with excitement at the beauty of the idea.

"I agree to your proposal," Adolf, the dictator, finally said, much to Felix's relief. However, his relief was short-lived as the dictator continued with a condition, "But I have one condition. I will receive fifty percent of the profits from the merged company. Is that agreeable to you?"

Felix found himself at a loss for words and could only manage to utter, "Your Excellency."

When Adolf saw the expression on Felix's face, he decided to further elaborate, "I will be receiving half of your profits, and in return, I will be providing you with protection from any problems that may arise during your stay. Do you now see the need for me to receive half of my share?"

Felix quickly regained his composure after being taken aback by Adolf's greed. He replied, "Before we can agree to that, we need to consult with our company's leadership to see if they can agree to the last condition." He was trying to stall for time so that he and his team could report the latest condition to Aron.

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Adolf nodded and got up from his chair, speaking in a stern tone. "Very well," he said. "Make sure you give me your decision by the end of the week or I will consider the deal to be canceled."

Felix smiled in response and replied, "We will get back to you within the week with our decision, Your Excellency."

Following that, they were escorted out of the presidential palace by the same security guards who had accompanied them upon their arrival.

After reaching the entrance gate, they were picked up by their car with the security member as the driver. They were then given back their electronic devices and other belongings that had been collected from them earlier.

After that, the security driver returned their car to their regular driver. They then left the palace vicinity and headed back to the hotel to rest and report back to Aron about the dictator's last condition.

...…

In the office of the dictator.

"Did my last condition seem excessive?" Adolf asked the aide who had given him the idea.

The aid responded without revealing that it was his idea, as Adolf liked to see himself as a wise man. "No, Your Excellency, your demand was quite reasonable given the protection you will provide them. It is their failure to realize your generosity for not asking for more of what you deserve. I hope they come to understand it soon," he flattered him, knowing that he enjoyed being praised.

"Yeah, they are the ones who don't know," Adolf replied to his aid while stroking the dollars in the still open briefcase and salivating at them.

On the same Monday,

After spending the majority of the week on the road, Aron had successfully gathered all the necessary brain data from individuals on his list located in the United Kingdom. His exhaustive efforts have finally come to fruition.

Subsequently, Aron proceeded to the Icon Hotel where he had only stayed for about 4 hours but only used their rental car services to check out before heading to the airport for his next destination.

Upon departing from the presidential suite at the Icon Hotel, Aron generously rewarded his driver with a tip of 20,000 dollars for chauffeuring him across the entire country throughout the week.

Afterwards, he boarded the private jet that was waiting for him to travel from London to Paris, and then utilized a combination of trains and car rentals to travel to the location of CERN. This was necessary as many of the individuals on his list were located there, and he needed to collect their brain data.

However, Aron didn't just head straight to CERN, as Nova had arranged his journey to ensure that he had collected brain data from individuals throughout the entirety of France before arriving at his final destination.

...

On the same Monday,

Rina Rothchild's mansion.

By Friday, Chloe had successfully terminated and replaced all the members on the list, resulting in significant commotion within the private network. Today, on Monday, Rina finally decided to embark on her journey back to the top.

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In her office, Rina could be seen sitting in front of her computer having a discussion with Ava about the steps they would need to take for her to regain power.

"Now that we have successfully completed the purge, let us begin our return," Said Rina

[Yes Rina].

Rina reached for her phone to contact a member of the company's board, but in reality, these individuals were all relatives with ties to the Rothschild family. So, it could be said that she was actually making a call to a family member.

"Hello?" came the voice from the other end of the line after picking up the phone.

"Hello, Hebel," Rina greeted the family member on the other end of the line with a hint of exhaustion in her voice, as if she had been through a lot.

"Why did you call?" Hebel asked from the other end, showing his curiosity about the reason for Rina's call.

Hebel had a feeling that Rina might be getting desperate and calling for help to return to her position within the family. This boosted his ego, as he was a member of the family who couldn't compete for the head position.

Therefore, having a family member who could compete for the head position beg him for help in desperation would be quite fulfilling.

"Are you available at the moment?" Rina asked in a voice that conveyed a sense of desperation, suggesting that she had been pushed to her limits.

"Although I'm busy, I can spare about fifteen minutes for you," Hebel replied, feeling a sense of ecstasy for having the upper hand in the conversation.

"Can I come and see you for a talk? I have something important to ask you".

"Sure, I'll be waiting for you at my mansion," Hebel agreed to the meeting, feeling a sense of satisfaction from Rina's apparent desperation.

"Okay, I'll be there in ten minutes," Rina replied, but her voice suddenly changed halfway through the sentence, forcing Ava to quickly take over and use a voice modulator, to ensure that Hebel didn't realize that the entire situation was just an act on her part.

Despite having fun with the situation, Rina wanted to maintain the illusion of desperation and keep up the act to achieve her desired outcome.

"I'll be waiting for you then," Hebel said before ending the call, wanting to assert his dominance in the situation.

Rina on the other side was laughing her ass off after recalling the excitement and sense of superiority in Hebel's voice on the other end of the line.

[Rina, you almost blew up your act] Ava scolded her jokingly, as she too was enjoying the act they had put on for Hebel.

As a wiseman once said, if you have to do something, you might as well have fun doing it. (SuntZu).

"Anyway, let's go. We have a meeting to attend," Rina said as she grabbed her phone and tablet, preparing to leave her office.

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"Alex and Chloe, follow me. We have a meeting with someone in ten minutes," Rina instructed as she walked past Chloe's desk, leading the way while the others followed closely behind.

"Where are we going, Miss?" Chloe asked as she walked alongside Rina, heading outside the mansion.

"We're going to Hebel's residence," Rina said as she climbed into the car that Alex had brought around for them.

Once they were all in the car, they began to make their way to Hebel's mansion, which was located inside their expansive compound.

The family compound was so vast that they had paved roads connecting the various mansions, making it easier for vehicles to move around.

Due to the large size of the family compound, each member had their own mansion. However, since it was not feasible to build all the mansions in the same location, they were constructed far apart from each other. This necessitated the use of cars to travel from one mansion to another within the compound.

As they rode in the car, Chloe couldn't help but express her concern to Rina. "Miss, why are we going to his house? You know he'll just belittle you if you ask for his help," she said in a worried tone. Meanwhile, Alex remained focused on driving.

"You don't have to worry about that, Chloe. I have something that will make him humble," Rina reassured her in a confident tone, as Alex continued driving without saying a word.

"Okay," Chloe replied, trusting Rina's judgment and not pressing for further details.

The journey continued in silence for a few more minutes until they arrived at the porte-cochere of Hebel's mansion. The car came to a stop and they got out, where they were greeted by a servant who immediately led them to Hebel's office.

After navigating through the ostentatiously decorated mansion that gave off a sense of insecurity, they finally reached Hebel's office. The maid knocked on the door to announce their arrival.

"Enter," Hebel said in response to the maid's knock.

"You can go in now," the maid said, opening the door for Rina and her secretary to enter.

Rina entered the room, followed by Chloe, but she stopped her and said, "I will be having a private meeting with him. You wait for me here." Rina looked at both Chloe and Alex as she spoke.

Upon hearing Rina's statement, Hebel's assumption was confirmed, and he became even more convinced that she was there to plead for his assistance, which only inflated his ego further.

After instructing Chloe and Alex to wait outside, Rina entered Hebel's office and closed the door behind her before taking a seat.

After Rina took a seat, Hebel remained focused on his computer screen, giving no indication that he considered Rina's presence to be more important than his current task.

Rina remained silent, allowing Hebel to continue feeding his own ego. She knew that the higher he rose, the harder he would fall.

After carrying on with his act of working for over fifteen minutes and observing that Rina had remained silent throughout, Hebel finally decided to acknowledge her presence, feeling that he had fulfilled his desire for asserting dominance.

So, he stood up from his desk and walked over to sit in front of Rina, finally ready to hear her reason for coming to him.

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Rina stared directly into Hebel's eyes and remarked, "You appear to have grown quite arrogant, making me wait for fifteen minutes before attending to me."

To Hebel, Rina's words seemed to be her final attempt at regaining her lost confidence.

"What can I say, I have something to do unlike you. So, I can't just be available all the time," Hebel said, while crossing his legs and showing that he was feeling quite comfortable and her words did nothing to him.

"Okay, go ahead and tell me, what can I help you with?" he said, after seeing Rina remain silent in response to his retort.

"I want you to give me your allegiance instead of my brother," Rina immediately stated her purpose for coming.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA" when Hebel heard what she said he started laughing at the absurdity of what the bitch said.

"Are you serious? Being choked by Terry seems to have broken a blood vessel in your brain. And on top of that, the reports of you firing nearly all of your employees in a fit of rage. Are you sure you're okay?" Hebel said mockingly while still laughing.

Rina said nothing and just remained calm during the entirety of the ordeal.

When Hebel saw that Rina remained quiet and serious throughout his entire mocking barrage, he finally decided to ask.

"Why should I do that? For you, a bird who lost her wings, of all people, why?" Hebel asked in a degrading manner.

"A bird who lost her wings?" Rina repeated Hebel's statement in a questioning tone, as if she wasn't quite sure what Hebel meant despite knowing what he meant.

"What else should I call you?" he jeered, "A jobless bum? A has-been? A washed-up failure?" Hebel continued to list off insults to berate Rina, relishing the opportunity to finally express his true feelings towards her and taking pleasure in doing it.

Despite Hebel's continued verbal assault, Rina simply picked up the tablet she had brought and opened it, paying no heed to his insults.

Afterward, she opened a picture on the tablet and slid it towards Hebel, who was still in the midst of his verbal onslaught. The sudden movement caught his attention, causing him to pause and take a look at what was on the screen.

As Hebel picked up the tablet, his eyes widened in shock as he saw the image displayed on the screen. In an instant, all the pleasure and satisfaction he had been feeling just moments before vanished, replaced by a sudden sense of fear and unease.

As Hebel progressed through the pictures, his apprehension grew with each passing moment. Each subsequent image revealed something that he knew to be true, something that he had kept hidden and did not want anyone else to know about.

With each slide, Hebel's fear and anxiety deepened, reaching a point where he could no longer handle it. He removed his leg from on top of the other, an indication of his discomfort and distress.

...

Hebel POV

"I have been doing exceptionally well for a while now, but this particular moment surpasses all of my previous successes combined." Thought Hebel as he continued to verbally berate Rina

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"Look at this bitch's desperateness. I'm berating her and she just takes it like a beaten dog with its tail between its legs. I can't wait to see the look on her face when I tell her I won't be helping her after all her desperate pleading. It's really satisfying to watch her suffer like this"

Hebel's mind was consumed with a feeling of superiority as he observed Rina's apparent desperation and her lack of response to his insults.

But based on what I know about her, she's not the kind of person who would take my insults quietly. It's clear that she's that desperate.

"Wait, why is she picking up her tablet?"

Hebel's thoughts immediately turned to Rina's actions as she picked up the tablet she had brought with her into his office.

Anyway It's not important enough to make me stop berating her, As I'm enjoying it quite a bit.

Hebel couldn't help but wonder, "Why is she sliding the tablet to me? Is there something she wants me to see?" His curiosity got the best of him, causing him to momentarily pause his verbal assault and reach for the tablet to see what Rina had in store for him.

"FUCK" Hebel cursed inwardly as soon as he saw the first picture on the tablet.

"I'm fucked" Hebel thought to himself as he glanced at the second picture.

"We are fucked" Hebel thought to himself as he laid his eyes on the third picture.

"Everyone is fucked" thought Hebel as he saw the fourth picture on the tablet.

...

"Who would have thought that Hebel and a few Rothschilds are cucks?" Rina said in an amused tone, completely different from the desperate tone she had on the phone earlier.

"Where did you get them?" Hebel asked, his hands were trembling with fear.

"You don't have to worry about that. Let's hear you mock me a little more," Rina said mockingly to Hebel, who had just been mocking her a few seconds earlier.

"This is FAKE. This can't be real. You must have fabricated this to trick me, didn't you?" Hebel shouted and asked in denial, desperately searching for any reasonable explanation to the images he saw on the tablet.

Upon hearing Hebel's weak attempt to deny the truth, Rina simply replied, "Keep swiping on the tablet, and you'll see for yourself whether it's real or not."

Upon hearing Rina's confident words, Hebel's fear intensified, but he reluctantly followed her instructions and continued swiping through the pictures on the tablet.

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As he continued swiping through the tablet, Hebel's fear grew with each passing image until he came across a video that he remembered recording.

"You like that big dick, huh?" asked the man in the video, while he was fucking Hebel's wife.

"Yes, I like it," said Hebel's wife in a voice filled with ecstasy and orgasmic afterglow.

"Tell it to your husband," said the man in the video, while grabbing Hebel's wife by the throat from the front like a hook and pulling it up, causing her to arch her back and look at the camera or specifically the man behind it.

Then, she said, "I like his big d**k," While maintaining eye contact throughout the moment, following which Hebel's wife fell back down and began shaking from having another orgasm.

Hebel, who was watching the video, couldn't handle it anymore and quickly swiped to the next one on the tablet.

Hebel quickly slid past several more videos of his wife with other men, not wanting to dwell on the videos.

He continued to do so until he came across one that made his heart sink - it was a cuckold orgy involving few members of the Rothschild family and their partners, including their bulls.

Their wives were being lifted and f**ked by other men, while they, the husbands were sitting on chairs across the room, recording and stroking themselves as they seemed to be quite aroused by the scene unfolding in front of them.

There were no more videos on the tablet, but Rina had additional ones that she chose not to reveal.

"What do you want?" Hebel asked, realizing that he couldn't use his excuse of it being fabricated anymore in front of such irrefutable evidence.

"I already told you what I want when you first asked, so I won't repeat it again," Rina said, looking at Hebel with a smile on her face.

"Okay, you have my allegiance. Is that the end?" Hebel said with a tone of reluctance and unwillingness to comply.

"Not like that. Say it with sincerity in your voice, as if you are begging me for it. And do it while you're on your knees," Rina instructed, shifting her sitting position to a more relaxed one and crossing one leg over the other to assert her dominance.

When Hebel heard the words, he almost chose the option to commit suicide rather than obeying Rina's command. However, Rina added to her statement shortly after, seeing his expression.

"When the family head finds out that you're risking tarnishing the Rothschild gene by having your wives fucked by men who are not approved by the family, what do you think he'll do? Personally I don't care about what you do behind closed doors, but I believe the family head will kill your wives and make an example out of you all," Rina threatened in a stern tone.

When Hebel heard this, he finally broke down and went down on his knees, crawling towards Rina.

He loved his wife deeply and knew that the family head, despite being inactive for a few years, would return and take drastic measures to punish him, his wife and the others.

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The thought of his wife being brutally killed in front of him to set an example for their actions terrified him.

"I swear on my wife's life that I will give my allegiance to you and never betray you for as long as you keep my secret," Hebel said, putting his head on the floor and speaking in a groveling voice that showed complete submissiveness. He had accepted his defeat and knew that there was no way out of the situation

"Now, that is how you swear your allegiance," Rina said as she placed her foot on Hebel's head while he remained bowed, awaiting her command to lift his head.

"When is the next board meeting?" Rina asked, despite already knowing the answer as Ava had informed her about it after intercepting the news from the private network. She continued to move her leg, squishing Hebel's head beneath her foot.

"There will be a board meeting next month to approve one of your brother's proposals," Hebel said, his head remaining on the ground while being stepped on by Rina.

"Good. Who else was involved in the cuckold orgy and other similar activities?" Rina asked, testing Hebel's loyalty and submissiveness to her.

"It was Yoel, Yoram, Uria,..." Hebel started listing the names of people in the last video he watched. He knew that Rina already knew who they were from just the video footage.

After he mentioned them, he started listing other names of people who had attended other orgies that they had arranged. He didn't want to be the only one who was being threatened.

"Looks like you have really accepted your fate," Rina said, realizing that he had mentioned all the people she knew about and had evidence that they were involved in the orgies. While she knew all of them, she had only shown Hebel one video to test his submissiveness in this specific moment.

When Hebel heard her say that, he let out a sigh of relief for having mentioned all of them. Otherwise, he would have been in trouble for not mentioning them.

The realization made Hebel even more fearful of Rina than he already was. It meant that Rina likely had even more evidence against him than what she had already shown, and based on his actions, cuckoldry might be the least of his problems if his assumption was true.

'I shouldn't attempt to go against her unless I am confident that I can escape unharmed,' Hebel realized. However, to him this seemed like an impossible task since Rina could have a backup plan in which, if he failed to stop its release, it would send all of the information to anyone she deemed powerful enough to use it against him as leverage or even the family head for worse.

Hebel's assumption was correct, but he was wrong about where the backup data was stored.

Once Ava finished decrypting the data, she immediately sent it to her mother. She had finally found a way to send a large amount of data without raising suspicion by initiating it on the day when the private network was due for an update.

This ensured that no one would be suspicious of the increased electrical usage and other observable parameters out of her control, as they would assume that the network was just using the resources to upgrade itself.

Nova received the data and analyzed Rina and Ava's plan, making some improvements by using her computing power to optimize the plan for each individual based on their personality profile created from the analyzed data.

This ensured that if Rina used the plan, every member she targeted would be threatened in the most effective way possible, using their fears just enough to make them swear their allegiance to her and not choose to go down together.

Rina followed Nova's advice and used the threat of cuckoldry to intimidate Hebel, as Nova had determined that it would be the most effective tactic for him.

Nova's analysis showed that this threat would cause Hebel to fear the unknown and unspecified damaging evidence that Rina possessed but had not revealed yet, and would be more likely to maintain his loyalty without her having to reveal any further evidence.

"Wait for additional instructions regarding the upcoming board meeting," Rina informed Hebel before getting up and heading towards the door to exit the office.

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"Of course, I will wait for your instructions, Miss," Hebel responded respectfully, raising his head which had remained bowed since he pledged his allegiance to her.

Rina smiled upon hearing his response, but she didn't turn back to show it to him. Instead, she continued walking towards the door, opened it, and left without glancing back at Hebel even once.

"Let's leave, we're finished here," Rina said to Chloe and Alex, who were waiting for her outside the office. 𝒃𝙚𝒅𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝒍.𝙣𝙚𝙩

"Yes miss" Chloe replied obediently, and started walking behind her. Alex also followed them silently, without saying a word.

After getting into the car, Alex began driving them back to Rina's mansion.

"Did the meeting go well?" Chloe enquired about the meeting's success upon noticing Rina's neutral expression, which usually signaled deep contemplation about something.

"It went extremely well, to say the least," Rina answered without giving any further explanation, prompting Chloe to refrain from asking any further questions and allowing Rina to continue her thoughts.

...

Rina's POV.

"I can't believe it worked, holy shit," Rina thought to herself, but she maintained her calm exterior in front of Chloe, but on the Inside, she was freaking the shit out of herself.

The reason being that despite having Nova's plan since last week, she didn't use it during her talk with Terry that almost resulted in her neck being broken. Instead, she had used the plans she came up with Ava.

But during today's meeting, she had followed Nova's plan precisely, except for a few of her improvisations

Rina's anxiety stemmed not from the success of Nova's plan or the fact that it was a plan created by an AI, but rather from the realization that Aron was the one who had developed the AI with such advanced capabilities.

The way she saw it now, Aron was an otherworldly being who should not be trifled with.

This realization resulted in Rina making a solemn oath to never betray him under any circumstances. This didn't imply that she had planned to betray him before, but rather it heightened her sense of loyalty(?) to him far beyond that of her own family. In fact, she was now prepared to betray her family before even considering betraying Aron.

"What plans does he have to gain by helping me with all of these resources?" Rina was questioning the motives behind Aron's immense support for her. She couldn't help but wonder what he had in mind, as the resources he was providing her with must have been significant. Rina speculated that Aron had to be gaining something equally or even more valuable than what he was investing in her.

She began to think about what she or her family possessed that would justify the enormous resources he was investing, especially given that he had a powerful AI at his disposal.

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She concluded that the reason behind Aron's massive investment in her and her family could only be their political power and connections. However, she hesitated to consider money as a factor because she suspected that Aron, or someone on his behalf, was responsible for the person causing chaos in the stock market through anonymous financial firms, earning huge returns for several months. This left only their political power and connections as the possible reasons for Aron's investment.

Coming to that conclusion didn't solve the mystery, but instead raised more questions. What was Aron planning that required their extensive political power or connections?

The focus was on the "extensive" part, as if he needed only a small political connection, he could have gone to smaller families that had them, instead of investing his resources in her.

Rina's mind was flooded with questions, and she couldn't stop wondering what Aron's true intentions were. Why did he need their extensive political power and connections in such a short period of time? If he had enough time, he could have formed his own powerful connections and established a more concentrated political power. His AI was capable of predicting election results and even destroying competitors by releasing reputation-breaking scandals.

Rina's thoughts were spiraling as she pondered the purpose of Aron's investment in her. For every question she answered, more questions arose, and this cycle continued throughout the journey. Her view of Aron was gradually rising to the point where it was becoming absurd.

...…..

"Miss, we have arrived," Chloe interrupted Rina's thought frenzy, informing her that they had arrived at their mansion.

"Thanks," said Rina as she got out of the car and entered her mansion. She went straight to her bedroom to rest, calm down and maybe even rub one, as the overwhelming thoughts and emotions she was experiencing could cause her brain to shut down from excitement and happiness if not properly vented.

...…

France.

As Aron was heading towards école Normale Supérieure University as he had some brain data from there, he received a phone call from Felix.

"Hello," he greeted upon answering the call.

"How are you doing?" asked Felix upon hearing Aron's voice.

"I'm doing good, how about you guys?" Aron asked in response.

"We are doing very well," Felix replied.

"How did the meeting go?" Aron finally asked the question he had been curious about. Nova could have informed him about it, but she had left him to focus on driving, knowing that Felix would update him.

"Well, the meeting could be considered to have gone well," replied Felix.

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"Why do I hear a tone that suggests an 'if' is coming?" Aron asked after noticing a hint of uncertainty in Felix's response.

"You're not wrong about that. Here's what happened,..." Felix began recounting everything that had occurred, from their first encounter with the dictator to their departure from the presidential palace.

"What are your thoughts on the proposal?" Aron asked Felix after hearing the entire story.

"I think Adolf is being greedy. After seeing that we are capable of dropping millions just due to him agreeing to the meeting, he probably thinks that we are desperate and will agree to his needs without any opposition," Felix explained, sharing his understanding of dictators' thinking.

Aron asked, "Do you think he will actually cancel the agreement if we refuse his terms?"

"Yes, from the data you sent us, it stated he has a very big ego. Us trying to counteroffer might appear as if we are belittling his help and might result in catastrophic consequences," explained Felix.

"Okay, give me ten minutes to think about it before I return to you with my decision," Aron said.

"Sure," Felix acknowledged and ended the call.

The moment the call ended, Aron immediately pulled over to the side of the road and parked the rental car.

Following that he retrieved the Virtual head gear and moved to the backseat. He put it on and logged in to the virtual world, where he would have 50 minutes to consider his decision, compared to the limited 10 minutes he had in the real world.

Inside the simulated universe.

Aron quickly turned to Nova and asked for her opinion on how to handle the dictator's demand, saying, "What do you suggest?"

[I don't see any difference in agreeing to the condition or not doing so,] Nova said nonchalantly as she materialized chairs and a table for them to sit on during the remainder of their conversation.

"What do you mean?" Aron asked curiously as he sat on one of the chairs that Nova had materialized for them.

[How long do you think it will take to buy and combine the companies into a unified operation?] Nova asked, as she conjured a tea pot and cups, poured tea into them, and pushed one towards Aron to drink.

"About three months at the earliest," Aron answered after taking a sip of the delicious tea.

Nova took a sip of the tea before asking, [After the completion of the company acquisitions, how long do you think it will take for the revolution to be complete?]

Aron quickly responded, "The earliest would be six months and the latest would be nine months." As he searched for any connection between Nova's question and her opinion that the dictator's demand didn't matter.

"Ahaaa..." Aron exclaimed, finally realizing where Nova was leading him with her cryptic questioning instead of just answering him.

[You seem to have finally grasped the point I was trying to make,] Nova said to Aron with a content smile on her face, feeling proud of her master.(A weird thing nonetheless)

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Aron finished his tea and promptly logged off, only to realize that merely a minute had passed in the physical world.

Leaving behind a blushing Nova, looking at Aron's empty cup.

Aron quickly made a call to Felix to inform him of his decision.

"Hello," Felix answered immediately, indicating that he had been waiting for Aron's call.

"Agree to his condition," Aron said straightforwardly without any beating around the bush.

"Yes?" sked Felix in a surprise

"Yes, but under the condition that the payments are done annually in company time, meaning that the annual payments will start counting from the official start of the company's operations after consolidation is complete." He stooped to take a breath.

Then he continued "If they ask why, tell them it will take that long for the company to finally start making stable profits."

"Okay, I will wait a few days before informing them of your decision," Felix said. He didn't ask any further questions as he was sure that Aron, who had even investigated the dictator's personality, had a plan for this too.

"Sure, see you" Aron said goodbye to Felix and ended the call after receiving his acknowledgement.

Following that he immediately started the car and drove towards the university to collect his brain data.

...

As soon as Felix ended the call with Aron, he turned to his team members and informed them of Aron's decision to agree to the dictator's demand.

However, there was a condition attached to it: the payments would be made annually, and the counting would start after the company completed consolidation. The reason given was that this would be the optimal time for the company to start generating stable profits.

Upon hearing Aron's decision, they were surprised that he had agreed to such an absurd condition. However, they understood that they had to follow orders.

"Okay, let's dismiss for now and reconvene for a meeting tomorrow," Felix instructed his team members, signaling the end of the discussion. The members left the meeting room and went about their own ways, heading back to their respective hotel facilities to rest.

After everyone had left, Felix finally stood up and retired to his room to rest. He was feeling exhausted and stressed from the meeting, and sleep was the only thing on his mind.

...…..

Tuesday.

Rina woke up early this morning as she had gone to bed earlier than usual the previous night.

After cleaning herself, she went to her workroom to begin the second day of her raising from the ashes.

[Welcome, Rina] greeted Ava as Rina entered her workroom and sat down in front of her computer.

"Thanks, Ava," Rina replied gratefully.

[Will you start right away or will you wait for a bit before you begin] Ava asked, curious about Rina's plans for the day.

"Yes, I will start immediately. We still have around 15 board members left that we need to threaten and gain their allegiance," Rina replied as she picked up the same tablet she had used the day before.

She didn't have to upload anything onto it as Ava handled all the data transfer of important threat materials.

Following which she left her office at once, After seeing Rina leave her office with the same tablet as yesterday, Chloe knew not to wait for any further orders and followed behind her, together with Alex.

"This time, where are we headed?" Chloe asked, making sure that Alex knew the destination so he could drive them there.

"We are going to several places. First, to Yoel's, then to Yoram's, and after that to Uria's. I will let you know the next ones as we go," Rina instructed Alex on where to drive.

After hearing the destinations, Alex didn't hesitate and immediately started driving Rina to the first location, Yoel's.

Today Rina had planned on first receiving the cuckold orgy team's pledges of allegiance before moving to other board members.

She needs to complete the task of receiving all the board members' allegiance by the end of next week if she wants to have enough time to go over her instructions about what to do at the board meeting.

...

While Rina was on her way to receive Yoel's allegiances.

Nestled deep within the sprawling Rothschild compound, there stood a magnificent mansion that caught the attention of anyone who passed by. It was the envy of all who laid eyes on it, a true marvel of architecture and design.

The mansion was the second largest within the estate, overshadowed only by the infamous family head's personal residence. Its grandeur and opulence were unrivaled, a testament to the wealth and power of the Rothschild family.

The exterior was adorned with intricate carvings and decorative accents, while the interior boasted luxurious furnishings, priceless artwork, and state-of-the-art amenities. The mansion's lush gardens and expansive grounds added to its allure, providing a tranquil oasis within the bustling compound. It was Arieh's mansion, the next family heads mansion

Inside Arieh Rothchild's (Rina's brother) mansion.

"Sir, it seems that your sister is trying to make a comeback to power," Charlotte, Arieh's secretary, reported to him.

"What is she doing now?" Arieh asked Charlotte, wanting more details about Rina's actions.

"Yesterday she went to Hebel and seemed to have begged him for his support," Charlotte gave Arieh more details.

"Did he agree to support her?" Arieh asked, intrigued by the outcome of his sister's begging.

"Unfortunately, the bug we planted had run out of battery during the conversation as he was berating her, but according to our spy's report, he had denied her request shortly after the berating. She seemed to be trying to conceal her emotions as she left his mansion,"

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"Okay, that's good. But why am I hearing about this just now, when it happened yesterday?" Hebel asked, curious about the delay in receiving news about his sister's actions.

"As I had informed you last week, Rina fired nearly half of the workers in her house in a fit of anger after being choked by Terry. Among the fired people were our spies too, resulting in us receiving this news only from the side of spies in the house of Hebel," explained Charlotte about what caused the delay.

"So what has my sister done?" Arieh asked Charlotte for further information on Rina's actions after being denied support by Hebel.

"After the meeting, she simply returned home and did not visit any of the other board members' residences,"

"keep me updated on her. It's quite satisfying to see her struggle, even after being defeated multiple times," Arieh said to Charlotte.

"Yes, sir," Charlotte acknowledged the order and left Arieh alone to continue his work.

After Charlotte left him alone in his office, Arieh rubbed his chin, contemplating what his sister could possibly be planning by begging the board members for help, even though she knew they were loyal to him.

Although he had suspected that maybe she had a plan when she fired the workers and was just hiding her act of cleaning the spies, but when he heard that she had gone and begged someone that she knew was extremely loyal to him.

It seems that he had overestimated her, which was nothing but good news to him. Arieh knew that the family head was watching everything unfolding despite his inaction throughout the ordeal of sibling wars for power.

"Just when I thought you couldn't go any lower, you seem to have a knack for exceeding my expectations, dear sister," Arieh muttered to himself before bursting into laughter.

Thursday.

Felix had made a conscious decision to postpone taking action until the deadline set by the dictator had nearly expired and only one day remained to make contact with them.

"Hello, Your Excellency," Felix greeted as soon as he was informed that the phone was in Adolf's possession.

"Did you call to inform me that you've accepted my offer?" Adolf cut to the chase, not interested in small talk and wanting to make the most of his time.

"Yes, after discussing the matter, the headquarter decided to accept your proposal," Felix stated.

"Good. Then come tomorrow with the contract so we can sign it," Adolf said, his voice filled with a hint of excitement and joy.

"But the main headquarters has given us some conditions that need to be included in the contract for agreeing to your terms, Your Highness," Felix said, waiting for Adolf's excited voice to subside before adding his own input.

"What are the conditions? Go ahead and state them," Adolf said, but this time his tone held no hint of happiness at all.

"They've requested that the dividends be paid annually, starting from the day when the company officially begins operations after the merger, as a condition for agreeing to your terms," Felix stated, relaying the conditions as requested.

"Why start counting from that day? And why annually instead of quarterly?" Adolf asked in a displeased tone, clearly not happy with the conditions presented.

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"According to them, it'll take that long for the company to start generating stable income, thus making it possible for dividends to be paid," Felix explained, trying to shed light on the reasoning behind the headquarters' condition regarding dividend payments.

"Okay, then," the dictator replied after a brief pause, taking a moment to confer with one of his assistants who was also listening in on the call.

"Alright, then. I'll be sending you the contract shortly for your review," Felix replied.

"Send it over. I'll have my legal team review it, and we'll get in touch with you if there are any changes we need to make," Adolf said in a tone that implied he was doing them a favor.

"See you soon, your highness—" Felix began to say, but the call was abruptly ended by Adolf before he could finish his farewell.

...…

Rina Rothschild's mansion.

Rina had finally secured the oath of loyalty from all the members by leveraging evidence of their cuckoldry against them.

This meant that Rina had gained the support of six out of the sixteen board members that had already sworn their allegiance to her.

Today, Rina was officially starting to visit the remaining board members who had not been involved in the cuckoldry bullshit, the normal ones.

"Miss, are you feeling okay?" Chloe asked Rina as they drove towards the mansion of the seventh board member.

"What do you mean by that?"

"What I meant was, are you feeling well? You have been visiting different board members for the entirety of the week and it must be exhausting," Chloe clarified her question.

"Aah, I see what you mean. I'm planning something and I need their help, hence the visit," Rina explained her reasoning without revealing any more details about her plan.

She didn't reveal her plan to Chloe, not because she didn't trust her, but because she knew that the fewer people who knew, the lower the risk of it leaking would be.

After Rina explained her reason for the visit, the rest of the journey continued in silence.

...

Friday.

Felix and his team of three arrived at the palace for the contract signing, and were swiftly escorted to the dictator's office by the security team.

When they arrived, they greeted Adolf and shook hands. However, this time was different. Adolf didn't immediately start talking about the main topic and instead engaged in small talk with Felix, as if he was trying to hide his excitement and anxiety about signing the contract with them.

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"Your Excellency, is there anything else you would like to negotiate in the contract?" Felix asked, redirecting the conversation back to the contract.

"Nothing. I'm very satisfied with the conditions, and there's nothing I want to negotiate in it," Adolf replied promptly.

"May we proceed with the signing, Your Excellency, if it is not an inconvenience for you?" Felix asked politely, trying not to appear as if he was rushing the dictator to sign the contract.

"Sure, let's proceed with that," Adolf agreed to Felix's suggestion.

Afterward, they immediately moved to the chairs where two copies of the negotiated contract were sitting on both sides for them to sign and keep one copy each.

After sitting down, Felix discreetly reviewed the contract to ensure that there had been no tampering, without showing any sign of suspicion or distrust towards the dictator and his team, as he did not want to create any tension before the contract was signed.

After ensuring that everything was in order, Felix signed the contract without delay. Aron had given him the authority to do so, and he didn't want to waste any time in getting the deal done.

After Felix finished signing the contract, he exchanged copies with the dictator and Adolf also wrote his signature on it, officially ending the first part of phase one in Aron's plan.

After they finished signing the contracts, they shook hands and each person took a copy of the contract with them.

While they were shaking hands, Adolf turned to Felix and said, "Since we have already signed the contract, I have decided to help expedite your acquisition of the telecommunications companies."

"How will you help us?" Felix asked, curious to know in what way Adolf would assist them with their acquisition.

"Next week, I will send an invitation letter to the owners of the telecommunication companies for a private dinner. I will tell them that I have something important to discuss, and when they attend, you can present your offer to them. If they agree, great. If they don't, then I will invite them to be one of the first people to be accommodated in our soon-to-be-opened Gulag," Adolf said with a creepy smile on his face.

After hearing what Adolf said, Felix forced himself to smile despite feeling uneasy. He replied, "I would be very grateful for your help, your highness."

"It's nothing to worry about. The sooner your company begins operation, the sooner I will receive my dividends. So, rather than saying I'm helping you, I'm just expediting my dividends," Adolf said before smiling.

"That's fine by me," Felix replied, feeling surprised at Adolf's blunt and honest statement.

After the conversation, Felix and his team said their goodbyes and left the palace promptly. They knew they needed to come up with a fair and convincing price for the telecommunication companies. It was important to ensure that the owners would sell willingly, instead of being forced to sell by the dictator. If they were forced, they might agree to sell and then sabotage the company as soon as they escaped the country. The team had a lot of work to do to make sure the acquisition would go smoothly.

...…

Aron could be seen riding a train heading to the Max Planck Institute for Human Development after successfully collecting brain data from the staff at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics.

He had flown from France to Berlin after finishing the brain data collection of the people at CERN and most of France.

As there were only five more stops until his destination, Aron received a phone call from Felix.

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As soon as they exchanged greetings, Felix informed Aron about the contract signing and the dictator's plan to help expedite the acquisition of the telecommunication companies. Aron was slightly surprised to hear about the dictator's involvement but was also pleased with the progress.

Aron smiled and commented, "It looks like he's eager to receive his dividends as soon as possible."

"Yeah, it appears that his advisors came up with the plan after I informed them about our condition yesterday," Felix replied

"In any case, the sooner we complete the acquisition, the better off we'll be," Felix remarked.

"Yes, I agree," Felix replied.

"Take care," Aron said, bidding farewell to Felix.

"Alright, take care," Felix replied before they hung up. Aron then proceeded to stand up and move towards the train door, as he had arrived at his destination.

After getting off the train, Aron quickly put his phone on his ear and said, "Inform Alexander that we have completed the first part of phase one of the plan. We need to keep him informed, or else he may start to suspect that we are not moving fast enough to fulfill our end of the bargain."

[I will inform him, sir,] Nova replied, and promptly sent the ordered message to Alexander.

As she was currently monitoring him from his computer's front camera without his knowledge, to ensure he didn't do anything foolish like reporting their deal to anyone.

A week later, Friday.

Rina had finally finished collecting the oath of loyalty from all the board members, if you don't count her brother and the board chairman who she didn't try to make him swear his allegiance to her as he was the family head and her father.

Another reason was that no matter how she threatened him nothing will come out of it as he usually doesn't interfere with the competition between the family member for the next family head as he considered it the way to weed out the weak competitors for the next family head so nothing good will come from antagonizing him.

Following the completion of turning all the board members loyal to her, he contacted each member individually and gave them instructions on what to do in the upcoming board meeting.

She wasn't going for anything groundbreaking like firing her brother or something, as that would raise suspicion in her brother's mind that she had all the board members on her side due to him having heard about her visit to all of them through the spies in the board members' houses.

She knew that if she used it that way her brother would retaliate in an unexpected way, she wanted to prove herself to the family head so that it would make the family head choose her for her abilities in the company.

...….

Eden.

The atmosphere at the presidential palace was abuzz with activity as a grand celebration was underway, with the attendance of numerous influential personalities from the country. The ambiance was lively and dynamic, with guests mingling and interacting with each other. The air was filled with joy and excitement, as people from different walks of life came together to revel in the festivities.

To enhance the festive spirit, the palace was adorned with exquisite decorations, and the staff were all dressed in their finest attire. The guests were treated to a delightful spread of gourmet cuisine and an array of beverages. The mood was set, and everyone was having a splendid time.

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The event was not just an occasion for merrymaking, but also an opportunity for people to network and build new relationships. The presence of several powerful individuals added an air of significance to the celebration, making it an event to remember.

But despite all the festivities there were some people who had attended but were noticeably absent from the crowd, where guests were socializing and networking to form new connections.

The absence of these individuals did not go unnoticed by the attendees, especially since they were all from the same industry - Telecommunication.

Inside one of the meeting rooms located in the presidential palace.

The room was arranged with two rows of seating facing each other, with a long table in the center separating them.

If you knew who they were, you would realize that these individuals were the ones who were missing from the crowd.

As soon as the dictator finished his welcoming speech and officially initiating the ceremony, these individuals were summoned to the meeting under the pretext of having something important to discuss with them

As they waited for the dictator to arrive and begin the discussion, one of them couldn't help but ask, "What do you think he summoned us here for?"

"I'm not sure, but it's likely related to the telecommunication industry or something similar. After all, everyone who's here seems to be from that field," replied the man sitting across from the person who posed the question.

Before they could continue their conversation, the door opened and Adolf walked in. They promptly stood up to show respect. Following behind him was Felix carrying a briefcase.

"have a seat. We have something to discuss," said Adolf, as he took his place at the head of the table.

Felix stood beside Adolf, knowing that he would soon leave so that he could take his own seat.

Once he saw that the telecommunication company owners were attentive, Adolf wasted no time in beginning his speech. He didn't want to waste any time with them, as he had his eyes on a beautiful lady in attendance and planned to bed her by the end of the party.

"Perhaps some of you have already guessed that I have called you here to discuss something related to the telecommunications industry," began the dictator.

eaglesnov?1,сoМ "Yes, Your Excellency," they all answered in unison.

"Alright, that saves me a lot of time. I have brought my friend Felix here, as he has something important to discuss regarding your companies," Adolf stated, raising his hand and pointing at Felix to introduce him to the group.

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Felix simply raised his hand and gave a wave in acknowledgement, choosing not to add anything further as the dictator had already said what he needed to when introducing him.

"I will be leaving shortly, but remember, his words are my words," Adolf said before standing up from his chair and promptly leaving the room. Felix was left behind to continue the conversation on his own.

Adolf's parting words carried weight, making the company owners take Felix seriously and be willing to fulfill any orders he gave, as long as it was within their capabilities and not harmful to them.

After the dictator left, Felix took a seat in the chair previously occupied by Adolf and opened his briefcase, retrieving some folders that he then distributed to the owners of the telecommunication companies.

Upon receiving the folder from Felix, they immediately opened it and started reading its contents.

During this time, Felix remained silent, allowing the telecommunication company owners to read through the contents of the folders.

He didn't want to interrupt their reading or rush them in any way. He knew that the information he provided them with was crucial, and he wanted them to fully comprehend it before any negotiations began.

"You want to buy my company?" asked one of them after finishing perusing the contents on the first folder, without bothering to continue reading the following pages.

"Mine too?"

"Mine too?"

"Mine too?" chimed in the remaining company owners.

They were quite surprised that someone was attempting to buy all of their companies, and even worse, that he was giving them the offer with the backing of the dictator.

"Are you trying to strong-arm us by using the dictator as your backing and forcing us to sell at a lower price?" asked one of them with anger and frustration in his voice.

The man wasn't angry that someone wanted to buy his company, as he was already planning on selling it and leaving the country, since it was no longer profitable. In order to start earning profits, he would have to upgrade the infrastructure of the entire country, which he had no plans of doing. What angered him was the man's attempt to use the dictator to force him to sell it for a low price.

"Before you shout at me, first finish reading the documents in your hands. The price is on the last page, which I'm quite sure none of you have opened to read," Felix replied calmly. Despite them looking at him like a raging bull ready to jump at him at a moment's notice to kick the shit out of him, no matter the consequences.

When they heard him mention that the price was on the last page, they immediately turned to the last page without listening to anything else Felix said, eager to see the offered price.

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Once they saw the price that Felix was offering, their demeanor changed and they were more willing to listen to what he had to say. Especially since they were not emotionally attached to their companies and were about to be forced to upgrade their infrastructure to keep up with the fast-changing world of IT.

The amount they were being offered was unbelievable, more than what they would have gotten from selling their companies through normal means. However, as the saying goes, greed is man's greatest enemy.

They immediately composed themselves and exchanged knowing glances, realizing that if they were going to sell, they needed to exploit their situation to get the best possible deal.

"The amount is very small, you need to increase it by about 15 percent. So that we can sell it without any resentment," one of the owners said, trying to negotiate for a higher price.

When Felix saw the group's expression of wanting more money, he made himself comfortable on his chair by putting one leg on top of the other before he spoke slowly and clearly.

"This offer includes a ten percent premium based on your current valuation calculated from profits earned in the past five years. If you had read the contents in the folder correctly, you would have realized that we are the ones helping you out.

Your telecommunication infrastructure is about to become outdated, which will force you to reinvest any money earned in the following years to upgrade it. However, that infrastructure will be outdated again within a few years, resulting in no profit for you in the upcoming decade.

Furthermore, you seem to have forgotten that you will be forced to sell the company to me no matter the price I offer. Offering a ten percent increase was an act of mercy for buying your companies without your consultation.

But since it seems too high for you, I'm rescinding the offer and offering you only a five percent increase. Any further negotiation or haggling will result in me reducing the offer by five percent continuously until you end up paying me.

So, think carefully about what you will say from now on, or you might have to prepare yourselves to become the first visitors of the soon-to-be-opened Gulag.".

"They accepted our offer, and it appears that the dictator's words were the decisive factor in their swift agreement." Felix relayed the news to Aron.

"Has he asked about his $20 million remuneration?" Aron inquired while he was at Professor Janusz A. Zajdel's residence, where he was collecting professor's brain data, while conversing with Felix.

"He didn't directly state it, but he insinuated it, and in response, I assured him that I would transfer the money to whichever bank account he preferred," replied Felix.

"Once he provides you with the account number, forward it to me so that I can promptly initiate the transfer, as we wish to avoid any misunderstandings" instructed Aron.

"Sure."

"Now that we have completed Phase One of the plan, let us immediately start with the consolidation of the company without delay," Aron said.

"Of course. When will you be sending us the details for Phase Two?" inquired Felix.

"I just sent it to you now, read it and call me back if you have any questions?"

"Sure" Felix answered back and ended the call.

30 minutes later.

As Aron was leaving the professor's residence after completing his brain data collection, Felix called him back.

"Why did you call back so quickly?" Aron asked.

"I noticed in the plan that I am expected to assume the role of CEO in the new company,"

"Yes, is there anything wrong with that?" Aron asked, his head tilting to the side looking for anything weird in that.

"Are you absolutely certain that I am the best candidate for the CEO position? Wouldn't it be more appropriate to hire someone with specific expertise in that area?" questioned Felix, expressing his uncertainty about assuming the role.

"I understand your concern, but I have complete faith in you. You don't have to worry about doing justice to the role. Just ensure that you appoint a competent Vice President from the list I provided and seek their guidance to enhance the company. I selected you for the CEO position because I need someone I trust in that position. There might be occasions when I give peculiar orders, and I require someone to implement them. You meet all the necessary criteria, which is why I have faith in your abilities,"Aron explained.

"Alright, I'll contact you again once I've read through the entire plan with the team," responded Felix before bidding Aron farewell and ending the call.

...…

Two weeks later.

The Rothschild's compound was filled with luxurious mansion, but they were all eclipsed by the grandeur of the family head's residence.

Usually, there was little to no movement within the mansion as the family head disliked being visited for no reason. However, today was an exception as there were about sixteen cars parked at the entrance of the mansion. It was the day of the board meeting, and all the members were present, including those who were responsible for preparing the meeting room.

Inside the mansion, workers were shuttling back and forth, ensuring that nothing of importance was forgotten during the preparation for the meeting. Once they had completed preparing the meeting room, they immediately informed the board members.

After receiving the call, the board members began to move toward the meeting room to avoid arriving after the family head, or for today, the board chairman.

Inside the meeting room.

Hebel could be seen talking with his friends "Those who participated in cuckoldry and were threatened by Rina using it."

eaglesnov?1,сoМ Last week, one of them mustered the courage to reach out to the others to check if they too had been threatened with similar evidence. This led to them reconnecting, and they discovered they were all in the same predicament, forming a bond stronger than when they were mere bystanders watching their wives getting pounded by other men.

The board members were engaged in small group conversations when Arieh made his entrance into the room. As soon as he appeared, the members turned towards him and greeted him with nods, but Arieh didn't reciprocate the gesture. He swiftly proceeded to take the nearest seat to the chairman's position.

After Arieh took his seat, the other board members resumed their discussions but with a lowered volume. They did so to avoid any potential irritation to Arieh, as they were wary of him causing trouble for them.

The hushed conversations continued for a few more minutes until the door suddenly opened. The family head then made his entrance, with his secretary following close behind him as he elegantly walked into the room.

As soon as the family head entered the meeting room, all the board members, including Arieh, stood up to show their respect. They remained standing until the family head had taken his seat.

Once he took his seat, the family head nodded his head, acknowledging the greeting from the board members and gesturing for them to take their seats.

After the board members took their seats, the board chairman turned to his secretary. Taking the cue, she made her way to the podium and assumed her role as the secretary for the day's board meeting.

Without any delay, the secretary called the meeting to order, officially starting the board meeting.

The roll call followed promptly, and it was passed without any issue, as everyone was present, and the secretary could already see that.

The board members promptly proceeded to approve the meeting agendas. Unlike many other companies where this process could take a significant amount of time, here, there were no proposed items that would not pass.

This was because most proposals were brought forward only after gaining the approval of Arieh. In cases where Arieh did not approve a proposal, it would have to be under the direct orders of the family head for it to reach the meeting agenda.

Following the approval of the meeting agendas, the board members proceeded to discuss the CEO's report, followed by the financial report, after having passed the approval of minutes from the previous meeting.

The board meeting continued smoothly until it reached the part of the agenda where they were discussing new business.

During the new business section of the meeting, the board members would discuss new topics or proposals.

When they reached this part of the meeting, Hebel spoke up to propose a new topic for discussion. She had been instructed to do so by Rina.

"Shouldn't we discuss what happened to Miss Rina?" Hebel proposed, following the script he had been given by Rina a few weeks prior.

After Hebel proposed the topic, all the board members, including Arieh, turned to the family head to see if he approved for it to be discussed.

"I recall making myself clear that I intended to make an example out of Terry. Why are you suggesting we discuss this again?" asked the family head in a dignified tone, speaking up for the first time since he had entered the room.

"I wasn't suggesting that we don't make an example out of Terry. However, are we not going to compensate Rina for this blunder?" Hebel clarified, doubling down.

"Do you mean that we should compensate her for her injury?" Yoel asked, following the script.

"We need to demonstrate that if something happens due to a mistake of the vetting team, we must compensate her so that it is clear that it is not her fault," Hebel explained, giving his reasoning for the proposal.

Arieh was taken aback by this sudden change in Hebel's stance, as he knew how much Hebel despised Rina. "What happened to him? Why is he taking her side?" Arieh pondered silently, still sitting quietly.

"What do you suggest we compensate her with then?" The family head asked Hebel about the details of his proposal, wanting to understand the specifics of what was being suggested.

"How about we bring her back to work and appoint her as the head of Ally Financial?" Hebel proposed.

When Arieh heard Hebel's proposal, he smiled to himself and thought, "So that's where this was heading. Hebel, you sly son of a bitch."

Arieh smiled feeling happy, Instead of feeling angry or advocating against Rina's return to work, the position that Hebel suggested for her removed any opposition he might have had.

Ally Financial was currently in a precarious situation, as it had become collateral damage during their war with the Morgans. The company was embroiled in a legal battle with the United States Justice Department over their mortgage practices during the financial crisis, and the outcome of the case could potentially have devastating consequences for the company.

During the conflict with the Morgans, the company was used as a tool to deceive and mislead them, causing them to be unprepared for the next move. As a result, Ally Financial is still struggling to survive and is on the brink of bankruptcy. The fate of the company now rests on how they settle with the Justice Department regarding their mortgage practices during the financial crisis.

This made Arieh nod in approval at Hebel's sinister plan, unaware that it was entirely orchestrated by Rina (+Nova +Ava +Aron(?))

Arieh quickly moved to call for a vote, wanting to avoid any possibility of someone suggesting a better placement for Rina. He knew that Ally Financial was the worst of their family companies and hoped that everyone would agree to Hebel's proposal.

"Those in favor of the proposal, please raise your hand," the meeting secretary said, calling for the vote.

When everyone except the family head raised their hands, Arieh smiled to himself, thinking, "Ah, Rina, this is what you get for fighting me without proper preparation. Look at my people coming up with ways to fight for me and punish you without even a direct order from me."

Tang! Tang! Tang! 𝒃𝒆𝙙𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝙡．𝙤𝒓𝙜

The sound of the hammer hitting the board was heard, signifying that the motion had passed.

In that fateful moment, Arieh basked in the glory of his victory, a smile stretching across his face, his ego bloated with the satisfaction of having his way.

But little did he know, that the very hammer that sealed Rina's fate, also hammered the first nail in his coffin. The beginning of the end for a once-great titan, The downfall had begun.

In the hospital.

Terry, barely opening his eyes, woke up after three long weeks of recovery following his operation. His gaze was fixated on the ceiling, but it was evident that his eyes were filled with hopelessness and despair.

As the reality of his situation sunk in, Terry couldn't help but question his own actions. "Why did I do that?" he murmured to himself, his voice trembling with emotion. The memory of the incident that resulted in him getting shot was still fresh in his mind, and he couldn't shake off the regret and the pain.

The weight of his mistakes seemed to bear down on him as he lay there, alone with his thoughts. The once energetic and carefree Terry was now a shadow of his former self, consumed by the consequences of his actions.

Just as he was about to continue to berate himself for doing that and thinking of ways to save himself, someone entered the room but since he could not turn due to his body still being in pain he could do nothing but wait for the person to move to him so that he knows who he or she is

"You seem to have awakened and are healing quite well," a voice spoke as the person drew nearer to him.

At the sound of the voice, Terry's hope was instantly rekindled, as he recognized it to be that of Charlotte - the secretary of the man he was spying on.

Though it was a struggle to speak due to the painful bullet wounds on his chest that were still healing and making it difficult for him to breathe, he forced himself to respond. "Yes, miss," he managed to say.

"Good, that means you can hear and comprehend what I'm going to tell you now," she said.

Terry couldn't shake off the ominous feeling that gripped him, as he detected a foreboding tone in Charlotte's voice as she spoke to him. The unease that settled within him only added to his already considerable discomfort.

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After Terry gave a nod, Charlotte proceeded to speak. "Once you're fully healed, the head of the family will have a discussion with you. You'll serve as an example to all of the workers, and it's crucial that you remember to never speak about Sir Arieh, regardless of what they do to you. If you fail to comply, your parents and relatives will face the consequences," she threatened, her tone menacing.

Upon hearing this, Terry was overcome with an intense desire to scream at Charlotte for abandoning him after using him for over four years, under a promise that had yet to be fulfilled.

However, before Terry could even attempt to voice his thoughts, Charlotte turned and left without waiting for his response. She seemed confident that her warning would be enough to keep Terry from ever mentioning Sir Arieh's name, especially if he cared about the safety of his family. Terry was left alone, with only his thoughts and pain for company.

"You are abandoning me now!" Terry shouted in his mind, afraid that if he attempted to voice his thoughts aloud, he might rupture and reopen his wounds.

With the realization that his hopes of receiving aid from Sir Arieh were now dashed, Terry was overcome with a sense of desperation. He began to frantically consider alternative ways to save himself, knowing that he was now on his own. The weight of his circumstances bore down on him, and he was filled with a mix of fear, anxiety, and determination to survive.

...

Alexander was in his workroom back home in Eden, having returned about two weeks ago from attending meetings with other revolutionary leaders.

In front of him, his laptop was open, displaying the news that had been announced earlier that day.

[

A TELECOMMUNICATION JUGGERNAUT IS BEING BORN

The four major companies, TeleSignal, ComBros, Theory Telecom, and PeakPitch had been bought out for a whopping $150 million and were now in the process of being consolidated into one giant corporation named CONNECT.

The new company aims to provide high-quality and affordable internet connectivity to every corner of the country.

The spokesperson of the company stated that the company planned to invest more than $100 million to modernize the infrastructure, which would result in internet connection speeds almost triple the current speed and allowing everyone to have access to high-speed internet.

While some people raised concerns about the potential consequences of having a single entity control the internet connections of an entire country, the government seemed to have approved this consolidation as a way to improve the infrastructure inorder to attract further investments.

The new company also pledged not to increase prices before they were permitted by the government and would be subject to government regulations to ensure that they adhered to their promise.

Consolidation of telecommunication companies can have several benefits, such as more efficient use of resources and economies of scale, resulting in lower costs for consumers. Consolidation can also lead to more innovation and research and development, resulting in better quality products and services.

However, consolidation can also lead to monopolization, resulting in higher prices and lack of innovation.

Consumers can voice their concerns to the government and regulatory bodies to ensure that the new company adheres to its promise of providing high-quality and affordable internet connectivity to every corner of the country.

]

Alexander felt his heart rate increase significantly when he read the article, as he finally believed that Aron had really chosen to keep his promise.

Alexander felt a surge of hope when he learned that they had obtained the dictator's permission to buy the company a few weeks ago. However, without seeing any progress, he didn't dare to believe it would happen. Today, seeing the news article confirming the purchase, he finally realized that the countdown to the liberation of their country had officially begun.

Alexander knew what Aron planned for the telecommunication company beyond just providing affordable and high-quality internet connectivity.

This was why he was so excited after reading the news article, as he knew that the company's acquisition was a crucial step in their plan to overthrow the dictator and bring about a new era of freedom in their country.

"Now how are you going to handle the other revolutionary leaders who will try to block you when you start to use the telecommunication company to its fullest?" Alexander asked Aron, despite him not being within the room to answer him.

It was just his curiosity, as he was not seeing any way to do so without turning all the members in their groups into enemies unless he assassinated them and blamed it to the dictator, but that would not be the best choice.

Alexander sighed and turned back to his work, but his mind kept wandering to the possibilities of a free and just country. He couldn't wait for the day when they would finally be able to break free from the dictator's grip and build a society that truly cared for its citizens.

...

Rina paced nervously inside her office, alone with her thoughts. Hoping and praying that the plan she had come up with, along with Nova's help, had worked.

Her anxiety was understandable, as it was the first time her plan (along with Nova's) was being executed without her being present to oversee it.

Rina's confidence in her plan wavered as this was the first time she was not present to oversee its execution, which made her nervous.

This was understandable, especially since she had gained her confidence from using the plans to force the board members to swear their allegiance to her.

She continued pacing back and forth in her office until there was a knock on the door. Quickly, she composed herself and walked over to her chair before calling out, "Come in," and welcoming the visitor inside.

"What's up?" Rina asked Chloe after she entered the office.

"We received a letter from the head house" Chloe answered, showing the letter in her hand as she approached Rina and handed it to her.

Rina took the letter from Chloe and quickly opened it to see its contents.

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When Rina saw the heading of the letter, which said "Appointment Letter," she immediately stood up and hugged Chloe in happiness. Chloe was surprised but still hugged Rina back, even though she didn't know what had made Rina so happy.

"What is it, miss?" Chloe finally asked Rina after they separated from the hug.

"I finally got a position back in one of the family companies," Rina said excitedly.

When Chloe heard the explanation, she hugged Rina back in excitement. She had felt quite sad for her boss when she was relieved of all her posts in the family companies.

Riina did not stop her hug but also hugged her back again. After an awkward short moment followed, Chloe bid farewell to Rina and left her Alone in the room.

[Congrats on getting a position once again] Ava congratulated Rina after they were left alone.

"No, it was all thanks to you, your mother, and Aron's help," Rina humbly replied to Ava's congratulations.

[You're the one who worked hard to accomplish and bring the plan to life. All we did was give you the tools and guidance, but you did it yourself, Rina,] Ava said back to Rina, who was giving them all the credit.

eaglesnov?1,сoМ "Thanks for saying that" Rina expressed her gratitude to Ava for her kind words, as she had started to feel like she was simply being used as Aron's pawn and was losing her independence and free will.

Ava's words made Rina realize that despite the plans given to her by others, she always had the choice to follow them or not. She also came to the realization that she was benefiting the most from their cooperation and that she was becoming selfish.

Rina continued her conversation with Ava after she calmed down.

"Now that I have been assigned to the financial company, as you guys wanted, can you show me the plan?" She had previously asked to see the plans, but she was told that it was not yet completed and was still being collected.

[A few hours ago, the plan was sent to me. My mother said that it had gone through a few revisions to fit the conditions of your assigned company. Here it is,] Ava replied as she immediately pulled up the plan on her screen to show it to Rina.

Rina wasted no time and started reading through the plan immediately. She had been eagerly waiting for this information for over a month, being told repeatedly that it was not yet complete.

As Rina finished reading the first page, she had to pause and take a deep breath. The information on that single page had almost made her forget to breathe from fear.

"Are you sure that they really came up with this plan?" Rina asked as the plan was something a level higher than brutal.

Ava didn't directly answer Rina's question, but instead replied, "It gets worse, just keep reading." This implied that the following pages of the plan contained even more alarming information than the first page.

Rina didn't say anything in response to Ava's comment, but instead quickly moved to the second page of the plan to continue reading. She was eager to find out what other alarming details the plan contained.

As Rina continued reading through the plan, her heart sank further with each passing page. Eventually, the fear became so overwhelming that she began shaking uncontrollably. The information contained in the plan was beyond what she had ever imagined, and the consequences of its implementation seemed dire.

Ava saw that Rina was becoming overwhelmed with fear, so she quickly turned off the screen and said [Rina calm down] Ava said in a soothing tone, reassuring her. She was worried that Rina might faint if she continued reading the plan in her current state.

"How can I possibly calm down? Are you sure you read the plan? If you had read it, you wouldn't be so calm either!" Rina exclaimed, her frustration and fear evident in her voice.

Ava responded calmly, [Yes, I have read the plan.]

"Then why are you asking me to calm down if you have read the plan?" Rina questioned Ava with a trembling voice.

[I am calm because, firstly, I am an Artificial Intelligence, and secondly, I have read the entire plan. This includes not only the plan of the Morgans, but also the one created by Mother to counter it,] Ava calmly explained to Rina.

"Ooh" Rina said, realizing that the reason for not getting the plan earlier was due to it being incomplete and the need to create a counter-plan.

Remembering, Rina quickly returned to her screen to continue reading after Ava re-opened it.

This time, Rina remained composed and forced herself to finish reading Morgan's plan.

After finishing reading the Morgan's plan, Rina immediately shifted her focus to the countermeasures that Ana's mother had prepared.

As Rina began to read the countermeasures, her complexion slowly returned to normal, and the color began to come back to her face.

"Wow," Rina exclaimed. She couldn't help but be impressed by the countermeasures outlined in Ana's mother's plan. She was certain that if they were able to implement these measures before the Morgans carried out their own plan, it would result in slaughtering the Morgans for the second time in ten years.

...

One week had passed since Felix's appointment as the CEO of the soon-to-be merged company. He was now about to have the company's first official meeting with the vice CEO he had recently appointed.

The purpose of the meeting was to deliberate on the necessary measures to be taken after the completion of the ongoing consolidation.

Inside the meeting room, the CEO and the vice CEO Liam, sat across from each other, delving into the details of their discussion.

Thirty minutes had elapsed since the meeting began, and the CEO and the vice CEO had already covered a variety of topics. One such topic was the fate of workers with identical job roles across the four companies that were in the midst of consolidation.

"We will evaluate their experience and retain those who exhibit strong work ethics," Felix stated before moving on to other topics.

They continued discussing various topics until they finally arrived at the subject of upgrading the telecommunication infrastructure.

This time Liam interjected, "In order to upgrade the infrastructure, we need to conduct a thorough assessment of the current state of the telecommunications infrastructure in the country.

Following this assessment, we can develop a comprehensive plan for upgrading the infrastructure. Once that is done, we will need to secure funding for the project." His expertise in the matter was apparent.

"You needn't worry about the assessment of the infrastructure; we already have it," Felix assured Liam as he pushed a thick folder towards him. "Take a look at it," he added.

Liam received the thick folder from Felix and swiftly skimmed through its contents to gain a basic understanding. He planned to review it in greater detail after the meeting had concluded.

As Liam flipped through the pages, he was pleasantly surprised by the level of detail included in the assessment. It was comprehensive, leaving no stone unturned. It provided him with all the information he needed to know, and even highlighted areas that he might have overlooked as unimportant.

"This report is incredibly thorough. Who wrote it and when was it completed?" Liam inquired, curious about the amount of time that would have been required to produce such a comprehensive assessment.

"I don't have an exact date, and there is a dedicated team handling all the planning. However, the assessment should have all the necessary information for our plan," Felix answered concisely. He was also uncertain of the timeline as the assessment had been sent to him together with the phase two plans.

Liam moved the conversation forward by suggesting, "Therefore, we should act quickly and begin to develop a comprehensive plan for the infrastructure upgrade."

Without uttering a word, Felix slid another folder across the table to Liam for his perusal.

Liam picked up the folder and began to sift through its contents. "From the same team?" he asked Felix.

"Indeed it is," confirmed Felix, falling silent and allowing Liam to read the materials contained within the folder at his leisure.

As Liam perused the infrastructure upgrade plan, he was once again taken aback by its level of detail and thoroughness.

The infrastructure upgrade plan that Liam reviewed was nothing short of impressive. It outlined specific objectives to achieve such as increasing coverage, improving quality, and decreasing costs. What made it even more impressive was the timeline for the upgrade, which included goals for the short, medium, and long-term.

However, what caught Liam off guard was the budget for the short-term goals. The plan stated that it would be entirely privately funded, with a budget of 100 million dollars. The medium and long-term goals were left without a budget, as another round of assessment is necessary before any decision could be made.

The plan also detailed the strategy for introducing new technologies such as 4G/LTE networks, fiber-optic cables, and satellite-based services.

The short-term plan would be the deployment of 4G/LTE networks, followed by the installation of fiber-optic cables as a short and medium-term plan. Satellite-based services would be a long-term plan.

Furthermore, the plan addressed the challenge of increasing access to telecommunications services in remote and rural areas. This would involve the deployment of additional cell towers and broadband infrastructure.

Overall, the plan was comprehensive and well thought-out.

Liam was so impressed by the plan that all he could manage to say was a simple "wow".

Felix chuckled at Liam's reaction and said, "I told you we have a competent team working on this project. The plan is comprehensive and realistic, and it should help us achieve our goals for the infrastructure upgrade." 𝚋𝚎𝚍𝚗𝚘𝚟𝚎ｌ.𝚘ｒｇ

Liam nodded in agreement and added, "I'm particularly impressed with the inclusion of plans for rural and remote areas. It shows that we're not just focused on urban areas"

Felix nodded in approval and added, "It's our duty to ensure that they're not left behind in the digital age. It's a win-win situation for both our business and the community." not knowing the real reason Aron wanted the whole country to be connected to the internet.

Felix asked Liam, "Can you provide me with an estimated timeline for completing the implementation of the short-term plan?" Felix needed to report a timeline to Aron and was seeking information from Liam.

Liam replied, "Due to the high budget, we can hire different teams to work on similar projects in different parts of the country simultaneously. This way, we should be able to complete the short-term upgrade within three months at the latest.

However, I will need to review the plan in more detail to come up with a more accurate timeline, but I am confident that it won't take more than three months." Liam sounded assured while answering Felix's question.

After the brief discussion with Liam, the meeting came to an end, and everyone left to return to their respective offices in the rental building.

A month later.

After traveling extensively across Europe for two months, constantly moving from one place to another, Aron was finally returning home.

Aron boarded the private plane for his return journey to the United States after successfully collecting brain data from the list of individuals all over Europe.

"Is everything going smoothly?" Aron inquired from Felix over the phone during the flight.

"Yes, we are currently in the process of consolidating the user information from the four companies," Felix explained, updating Aron on their progress.

"Great, so the consolidation will be completed in the next two months as planned," Aron confirmed with Felix.

"Yes. We might even finish ahead of the scheduled time since the workers are highly motivated due to the attractive pay which is above the country's average," Felix explained.

"Okay, great. See you then," Aron bid farewell to Felix and ended the call.

After putting the phone back into his pocket, Aron asked Nova, "How many hours do we have left in our journey?"

[Approximately 6 hours, sir] Nova promptly replied.

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"Then I better get to work," Aron said as he retrieved the virtual headset from the box and put it on while adjusting his chair to a lying position.

"Login," he said as he entered the virtual reality system.

...…

Inside the Accelerated simulated universe.

"It's finally nice to have some time for myself after endless travels," Aron remarked, greeting Nova.

[You should consider resting for about a week after you land,] Nova suggested to Aron, concerned about his well-being.

"We can think about that after we land," Aron replied before proceeding towards an empty patch of land and opening the system's shop.

[ (Knowledge assimilation)

Involves transferring information directly into an individual's brain, enabling them to fully comprehend and understand a subject without the need for study or practice...

...

(Price: 100 million sp)]

Aron had finally accumulated enough SP to purchase the information about knowledge assimilation, and without any delay, he swiftly bought the knowledge on how to do it.

Following the buying of it, Aron immediately sat down to allow the knowledge of how to perform knowledge assimilation to be absorbed into his mind.

During the entire assimilation process, Nova watched as the knowledge was assimilated into Aron's mind, while also attempting to detect any potential new knowledge from Arons system. However, her efforts proved to be unsuccessful, as she was unable to detect anything important from Aron's system.

After completing the knowledge assimilation, Aron turned to Nova who understood the task and immediately began to access Aron's brain data.

Aron quickly gave his consent to Nova's attempt to access his brain data by pressing "Agree" at the system prompt that asked for his approval.

After Aron gave his approval, Nova proceeded to download his brain data. She quickly found what she was searching for and learned how the knowledge assimilation can be done.

Nova created two virtual people in front of them, and transferred knowledge to one of them. She then downloaded the knowledge and transferred it to the second person, and assimilated it to him.

Afterwards, she downloaded the brain data of the second person to check if the knowledge assimilation was successful.

After completing the assessment, Nova turned to Aron and said, [I can use the VR headset to initiate the knowledge assimilation, sir.

However, since the headset was not specifically made for this task, the assimilation duration will be quite long, depending on the amount of knowledge to be assimilated.] Nova explained to Aron.

"That also works, we will solve it as we go. Now create ten clones of me and assimilate the knowledge of runes into them. Then have them start practicing the runes," Aron said to Nova.

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Nova followed Aron's instructions and materialized 10 versions of Aron in front of them.

Upon seeing the identical copies of himself, Aron said "give each of them a distinct face," as it felt strange to him to see so many identical copies of himself.

Nova complied with Aron's request and altered the facial features of the clones before assimilating the knowledge of runes into them. She then teleported them to a remote location to begin their training in the use of runes.

[Sir, they have begun their training,] Nova informed Aron about the progress of his teleported clones.

"Great. Now that we have that taken care of, let's officially put the brain data we've collected to use," Aron said. He then pulled up a holographic map of the currently simulated part of the universe, which was just a small portion of the African continent.

"Send me to Lake Victoria," he requested after looking at the map.

[Yes,] Nova immediately acknowledged the order and teleported both herself and Aron to the coast of lake Victoria.

Aron took in the surroundings for a moment before turning to Nova and giving the command, "Create a town here with everything that any researcher in every field would need."

[How big should it be?] Nova inquired about the size of the town, asking if there were any limitations.

Aron replied, "large enough to accommodate four times the number of people on the list," and left the decision of its exact size to Nova after sharing his minimum requirements."

[Sure]Nova replied and got to work immediately and materialized a city, which included everything a researcher could ever need.

The city was not just a town but a fully equipped facility, featuring advanced laboratories and novel machines that utilized Nova's demigod-like powers to carry out even the most theoretical of experiments that researchers could conceive.

After that, Nova built a public transport system to connect the labs to the residential areas and recreational facilities located away from the lab.

[Sir, it's done] Nova informed Aron after completing the city according to his specifications and her own adjustments.

"Let's take a look," Aron said, and then he asked Nova to give him a tour of the city.

Nova eagerly obliged and took Aron on a tour of the city, utilizing the maglev transport system that traveled throughout the entire city. She seemed excited to show Aron what she had created, resembling a child showing her father her latest accomplishment.

After spending over five hours touring the city, they had finally completed visiting all the important parts of the city, despite stopping the maglev train for some time and starting to use teleportation.

"You really went out of your way to make it a good place for people to live," Aron complimented Nova after they finished the tour.

[Thanks] Nova felt very happy that Aron complimented the city she built.

"Now let's move forward. Create bodies and use the brain data we collected to complete them," Aron commanded, officially initiating the beginning of Lab City.

Nova followed Aron's orders and began to create thousands of bodies in the public square of the city.

If you knew anyone influential in a specific STEM industry who resided in Europe, you would have discovered them among the people in the square that Nova had materialized.

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Nova went beyond just materializing the bodies of the people, she also corrected any physical limitations they had in their original lives. For instance, Stephen Hawking was given a healthy and energetic body. Additionally, all the materialized individuals were set to the age of 25, ensuring that they were capable of performing any task they needed to.

Nova proceeded to upload the brain data into the bodies, effectively bringing them to life. However, she did not upload all of the data they had collected, as she had to manipulate some of their memories to ensure that they perceived their new environment as normal and did not become overwhelmed or distressed.

After finishing the brain data upload, Nova allowed the materialized people to control their own bodies and gave them time to adjust to their new surroundings.

After being given control of their bodies, the newly materialized individuals didn't cause any trouble or commotion. They simply looked at Aron and Nova and showed their gratitude before boarding the public transportation to return to their designated residences to rest.

To them, everything was normal as it aligned with their existing memories

After everyone left the public square, Aron turned to Nova and said, "Now do the same thing again but this time make them have a runic body and give them the knowledge of runes."

Nova followed Aron's instructions and repeated the same process. She materialized runic bodies and uploaded the runic knowledge along with their brain data.

After this group of people also left, Aron turned to Nova and said "When my clones finish training on the runes, assimilate it to them and have them try to implement it into their specific fields."

After that, Nova teleported both of them back to the place where Aron usually trained with his runes. Aron requested that Nova materialize a bed for him to rest, as he hadn't had more than a few hours of sleep at once during the entire brain data collection trip.

As for the materialized people, they would officially begin their research in their respective fields the next day.

Inside the universal simulation.

Twelve hours had elapsed since the creation of the new inhabitants, and the morning had finally arrived. The Lab city, shrouded in the perpetual glow of artificial daylight, slowly awakened as the sun raised.

The newly formed denizens, emerging from their dwellings, prepared themselves for the day ahead, heading to their respective laboratories and workplaces. Before setting out, they ate their breakfast that seemed to materialize out of nowhere which to them appeared as a normal thing.

Once they had finished their meal, they converged at the nearest public transport station to catch a ride to their destinations. The commuters, seemingly moving as a collective, boarded the communal transit system, eager to carry out their tasks and fulfill their roles in the vast simulation.

...

Lucas, a material scientist, boarded a bus to travel from his residence to his work office.

Upon arrival, he disembarked and was greeted by a towering building with white capital letters that read "Fusion Research Lab," denoting its purpose as a nuclear fusion research facility.

With no apparent security measures in place, Lucas made his way inside and took the elevator to the 8th floor, where his lab was located.

After entering his office, he swiftly powered on his work computer and began working on inventing a material that could withstand the extreme conditions inside the fusion reactor.

The simulation of material structures on his computer was constantly in flux as Lucas adjusted the variables based on previous simulations.

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As lunchtime approached, Lucas made his way to the lab's dining room to eat his food in solitude. However, his meal was interrupted when a man named Nolan joined him at his table.

"Nice to meet you, My name is Nolan," said the man as they sat down to eat.

"Lucas, nice to meet you too," Lucas replied, slightly surprised but not opposed to the company.

"I'm a technician in charge of printing, assembly and maintenance of various components. How about you?" asked Nolan.

"I'm a material scientist, I'm currently working on a material capable of withstanding the extreme condition in the reactor," Lucas answered back, introducing his profession.

"You said printing, what do you mean by that?" Lucas asked as that took most of his attention.

"Aaah, that is the new machine that arrived yesterday. If I remember correctly when you guys finish the simulation and finding the perfect material you are supposed to forward it to the fabrication department.

That department has been merged with us and whatever material you send we are capable of printing it perfectly using the new machine. That's what I meant about that," explained Nolan.

Following that they continued having small conversations throughout the lunch becoming very good friends.

...

Within the bustling city, there stood another building dedicated to nuclear fusion research - the "Fusion research Lab". Its golden nameplate shimmered in the sunlight, differentiating it from the white lettering of the other research facility.

Despite sharing a common purpose, the two labs had their own unique approaches to the same goal.

While Lucas was busy working on his material invention, the scientists in the golden building were quietly practicing their runes. 𝗯𝐞𝗱𝐧𝐨𝘃𝐞𝐥.𝗼𝗿𝐠

Each researcher was diligently focused on mastering their respective runes, which were fundamental to their work. Despite being involved in nuclear fusion research, the two labs were approaching their research in two different ways.

The facial characteristics of Lucas in this edifice exhibited a subtle dissimilarity compared to those on the opposite end of the building.

Presently, he was engrossed in practicing the rune of preservation that he intended to utilize on the material for his upcoming experiment.

...

A vast edifice stood on the outskirts of the city. The name of the facility, "Aviation Research Lab," was inscribed in bold white letters on the exterior.

Upon entering the building, one could observe engineers diligently sitting in front of their computer screens, striving to develop novel aircraft engines and aircrafts for diverse applications.

Their area of specialization made it evident that they previously worked in a research lab affiliated with Rolls Royce and Airbus.

...

As all of this was unfolding, Aron, who had just woken up from a nine-hour sleep, was observing the events with Nova. They watched footage from various research labs displayed on the screen.

Thousands of small screens were categorized into two distinct colors: blue screens displayed individuals diligently working on their assigned tasks, while golden screens portrayed people sitting cross-legged and practicing their runes.

It was evident that the blue screens were making more significant progress compared to their golden counterparts.

"Nova, how many ongoing research projects are there at the moment?" Aron inquired about the number of ongoing research endeavors within Lab City, which was currently being populated solely by individuals whose brain data had been collected from Europe.

[5,873, Sir] Rina promptly replied and conjured up a holographic screen displaying the categories of research projects.

Aron could select a category by pressing on one of them, and a list of research projects within that category would be shown.

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Aviation

Aerospace

Defense

Food and Beverage

Technology

Energy

Engineering

Telecommunications

Chemical Manufacturing

Materials

Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology

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.]

Upon seeing the list of categories, Aron selected "Defense" and was presented with ongoing research projects related to military aircraft, helicopters, missiles, submarines, radar systems, communication equipment, and other relevant subjects.

He then clicked on the "Energy" category and was presented with a list of ongoing research projects related to fusion being conducted by various labs, utilizing different approaches such as Magnetic Confinement Fusion, Inertial Confinement Fusion, Magnetized Target Fusion, Z-Pinch, Dense Plasma Focus, Laser-Driven Fusion and many more.

After perusing through a few of the other categories, Aron turned to Nova and remarked, "It seems like most of these ongoing research projects could benefit from completing the brain data collection within America to speed up the process."

Nova nodded in agreement and added, [Indeed. This will also give us an advantage as all research data will be shared amongst everyone who needs it.

It will bring together all the brightest minds to work towards a common goal, resulting in a faster pace of research and development.

With some of my demigod-like powers, we can even create theoretical material that they come up with and have them reverse engineer them]

"When do you expect the earliest experiment to yield results?"

[Since everything can be simulated here, we expect the earliest experiment to yield results in a few months, whereas it would have taken several years outside of this environment.]

"That's good. What happens after they finish the experiment?" Aron wanted to know how Nova reprogrammed their thought process when she manipulated their memories.

[After finishing an experiment, they move on to the next iteration of the research, continuing in this way until all problems are solved and the research reaches a certain level of maturity. Only then will they move on to the next experiment,] Nova explained

"I hope they don't suffer from depression, as it could hinder their ability to come up with innovative ideas," Aron expressed his concern. The thought of having to conduct research repeatedly, improving it until it reaches maturity and then moving on to the next one, seemed like an endless cycle.

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[Don't worry, their passion for research will keep them fulfilled, and to address the issue of loneliness, I'll be creating their ideal partners to keep them company,] Nova assured Aron.

She implemented this feature to prevent the researchers from losing their creativity, as everyone has their unique approach to generating new ideas.

"That's good to hear. Although they may not be real people, they are still created using their brain data, making them a sort of clone," Aron said in a sigh of relief.

"How long till we arrive?" He asked after a short pause.

[about three and a half hours]

"Remind me when there's only one hour left so I can log off," he said, then returned to watching the footage of the research lab workers intently focused on their tasks.

Aron continued to watch everything unfold for the next two and a half hours until Nova reminded him that he had only an hour left on his flight. He promptly logged off and spent the remainder of the flight in the real world.

He promptly logged off and spent the rest of the flight in the real world. Upon landing, he bid the pilot who spent quite some time shuttling him from one country to another goodbye, went through all the security checks and procedures, and then headed to the airport parking lot to retrieve his car.

After paying a parking fee of approximately 3000 dollars for having parked in the covered lot for more than two months, he finally left the airport to go home.

After spending a considerable amount of time traveling, Aron was finally driving back home. Although he had been in constant contact with his family, he still missed seeing his parents, especially his younger brother who loved to play with him.

"Brother!" Henry shouted as he ran towards Aron, who had just stepped out of his car.

Aron caught Henry mid-air, embracing him like a basketball, before setting him down and giving him a warm hug.

After he entered the house, his mother greeted him with a warm welcome, saying "Welcome back!"

"Thank you. How have you been?" Aron asked, settling into a seat in the living room as he continued his conversation with his mother.

"Not much has changed since you left. So, how was your trip to Europe?" his mother inquired.

"It was quite good. I think you should go on a trip with father. I don't recall seeing you two go on a vacation since my childhood," Aron suggested, encouraging his mother to take some vacation.

"During your childhood, we couldn't go because we couldn't afford it," his mother replied, her face reflecting the hardships of that period.

"But now there is no such problem," Aron affirmed, determined to help his parents live their lives without any regrets and to encourage them to do what they truly desired.

"What about Henry?" his mother inquired, revealing her hesitation to go on a trip without him.

"You can simply ask for permission from his school, and if they don't agree, I can take care of him for the two weeks you'll be on vacation," Aron suggested, offering a solution to his mother's concern.

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"I'll talk to your father and let you know what we decide," his mother replied with a smile on her face. She was pleased that her son had not forgotten about them and still wanted them to enjoy a good life, despite his newfound wealth.

"In that case, I'll spend some time with Henry, as it's been a while since we've played together," Aron said, and after his mother nodded he got up and headed towards his room.

He was sure that Henry was there as his play station was still inside his mother's room, as he was caught playing in the middle of the night once again.

Upon entering the room, Aron found Henry playing FIFA 2014. He quickly grabbed the second controller and sat beside him, saying, "Let's see if you've improved while I was away."

"What will I get if I win?" Henry asked, his face displaying confidence in his imminent victory.

"What do you want?" Aron replied with a grin.

"I want to go to Disneyland again," Henry declared.

"But you have to win first," Aron replied, turning his attention back to the screen and selecting his team as they restarted the game.

Henry wasted no time and selected his team, and they began the playoffs. He leaned forward, showing his intense concentration and determination.

Aron couldn't help but smile as he watched his little brother's focus. However, he quickly returned his attention to the screen, not wanting to get distracted from the game.

...…

That night.

After playing games with Henry for over three hours and winning the shit out of it, Aron finally retreated to his basement, which also doubled as his workspace. Henry, who was upset over losing, ate his dinner silently, trying to act as if he didn't want to talk to Aron.

He only managed to soothe Henry after he promised to take him to Disneyland, which caused Henry's upset act to disappear like a mirage.

[If you were going to agree to take him anyway, why did you continue to win the game then?] Nova asked.

With a mischievous grin, Aron replied, "It's more fun to play that way." He chuckled as he recalled Henry's expression during the game. "And what are siblings for if not to tease and have a little fun with?" he added, before breaking into laughter.

[What do you plan to do tonight?] Nova asked, realizing that Aron didn't have any specific plans from her memory.

"I have to increase the speed of brain data collection, but I'm really tired of traveling across the world to do it myself.

So, I need to find someone to help me with this task, and I'm here to do the research and select the team for it." Aron explained as he put on his virtual reality helmet and logged in.

Inside the Universal Simulation.

Aron greeted Nova and then immediately took a seat that she had materialized for him after he logged in.

[Are you officially starting to assemble your private forces?] Nova asked excitedly.

"Yeah, since the plan in Eden is already in its second phase, we have less than six months to complete the third phase once the second phase is done. That means I have less than ten months to assemble my forces and make them powerful enough to handle the upcoming tumultuous conditions," Aron explained.

[The time frame is adequate to build a strong organization, but it would be more effective if we don't start from scratch,]

"I know, that's why I'm going for the people that no one would think of using," Aron said with a smile that revealed he was planning something devious.

He immediately turned to Nova and said "List all of the American soldiers who were discharged from the military due to heavy injuries in the last 10 years?"

Nova followed Aron's command and projected a holographic screen in front of him, displaying a list of all the American soldiers who had been discharged from the military due to severe injuries. The list contained over 50,000 people.

After a brief glance at the list, he said, "Remove all those who have no extensive combat experience."

Nova quickly removed the names of those who had no combat experience, causing the list to shrink down to less than 20,000.

Following another short look he said, "remove those who have family members to take care of them."

And just like that the list was narrowed down to about 4,000 people.

"Remove those who have not received special forces training"

The list fell down to 1,400 people.

"Remove those that are still loyal to the country"

This time, it took Nova a little longer as she had to comb through the remaining people's entire digital history to determine whether they met Aron's criteria.

After a thorough investigation, Nova narrowed down the list to a mere 380 individuals. These unfortunate individuals had suffered war injuries, had no one to care for them, and possessed special forces skills that they were unable to utilize due to their injuries.

However, the most significant common factor amongst them was their lack of loyalty toward their country.

They harbored resentments towards the Veterans Affairs and other government services for mistreatment, as well as towards their military leaders for giving foolish orders that resulted in their injuries and the shifting of blame to them, resulting in the loss of their rightful disability compensation. 𝒃𝙚𝒅𝒏𝙤𝙫𝒆𝒍．𝙘𝒐𝙢

"How many of them do you think will accept my offer and pledge their allegiance to me if I offer to treat their conditions and restore them to their peak?"

[More than seventy percent of them] Nova replied.

"Just that much? I thought it would be higher." Aron asked in surprise.

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[Quite a few of the individuals on the list are contemplating suicide and might take their own lives in the next three months if nothing changes for them.] Nova explained in a cold and detached tone.

To Nova, anything that was not related to her master or deemed important by her master was just a collection of data points or data sets in her database. She had no emotional attachment or significance to them.

"How many of them are in the state?" he asked, disregarding Nova's unfeeling tone as he was familiar with her programming and understood why she behaved that way.

[Seventeen, Sir] Nova answered while displaying a holographic map of New York state that showed where the individuals in question resided.

"Oh, a few of them are located about 30 kilometers from here," Aron said as he zoomed in on the map to locate the nearest individual.

After examining the satellite images of the location of the person closest to his own, Aron commented, "It seems like he's living a very harsh life."

Nova revealed, [He is one of the individuals I suspect may resort to suicide. Presently, he is barely holding on by using powerful painkillers to which he is addicted. However, it won't be long before he runs out of money to purchase them, and that's when he may take the fatal step.]

"Can't he just beg for the medicines?" Aron said not connecting how will someone kill himself when he can just steal or beg for them?

[According to his records, it shows that he has a very high self-esteem and he can't bring himself to ask for help despite his worsening situation,] Nova explained while presenting the report on the man.

"That will make it easier for me to persuade him using his self-esteem. All I have to do is promise to give him his previous body back and he will be loyal," Aron replied after reviewing the man's history.

Within the solemn confines of the military courtroom, an atmosphere thick with tension engulfed the air, saturating every nook and cranny and casting an ominous shadow upon the faces of the gathered spectators.

The culmination of the proceedings had arrived, and the destiny of a courageous soldier, whose life had precariously teetered on the edge of judgment, now lay in the hands of the presiding judge.

General Robert Sinclair, a figure of distinction adorned with graying temples and eyes that bore the weight of his responsibilities, sat upright behind the elevated bench. 𝑏𝑒𝘥𝑛𝘰𝑣𝑒𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

His gaze, a fusion of resolute determination and a profound commitment to justice, swept across the room, commanding attention from every individual in its path.

The time had come for the judge's final pronouncements and the delivery of the verdict, a moment that held the collective breath of all present in suspense.

Without hesitation, he commenced the delivery of his verdict. "Throughout the course of the proceedings, it has become abundantly clear that you knowingly disobeyed the direct orders issued by Central Command. This decision, unfortunately, resulted in the catastrophic outcome that we are currently facing.

In light of these circumstances, this court-martial has reached a verdict of guilt on the charges brought against you. The repercussions of your actions are undeniably severe, as the loss of life is an irreparable tragedy that not only affects your fallen comrades but also deeply impacts their families and our entire nation.

While acknowledging the significant injuries you sustained while dutifully serving our country, this court recognizes the sacrifices you have made. We understand that you have endured physical and emotional hardships.

As a result, we have decided to show some leniency by reducing your sentence to two years of probation instead of imprisonment.

However, it is crucial to acknowledge the grave breach of trust that occurred in this situation. As members of our armed forces, it is expected that we all adhere to the established chain of command and uphold the orders issued by our superiors.

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By willfully disobeying these orders, the consequences were dire, and we cannot overlook this fact. Therefore, it is with a heavy heart that I must also pronounce your dishonorable discharge from the military.

This dishonorable discharge carries significant consequences. You will be stripped of all VA injury compensation, including your retirement fund, as these benefits are reserved for those who faithfully fulfill their duties until the end.

The decision to revoke these privileges is not taken lightly, but it is an unavoidable outcome of your actions.

John Smith, as I deliver this sentence, I urge you to deeply reflect upon the events that have led us to this moment. It is my sincere hope that you fully comprehend the gravity of your choices and, in due course, find a path toward redemption and healing."

As the judge concluded his verdict, he firmly grasped the gavel, its weight descending with force upon the unyielding gravel, resounding through the courtroom.

"TANG"

The resounding echo of the initial gavel strike filled the courtroom, symbolizing the profound weight of the judgment that had just been pronounced.

"TANG"

With the second resounding thud, the fate of all those present was sealed, leaving behind a somber reminder of the irreversible consequences that awaited them.

"TANGGG"

"AAAAAH!" John Smith was abruptly awakened from his dream, startled by the reverberating sound of the third strike of the hammer resonating through the courtroom's gavel.

His chest heaved, rising and falling with each strained breath, serving as a visible testament to the weight he bore. Within the boundaries of his sleep, haunting recollections of the death of his team members, betrayal of his country and anguish resurfaced, fueled by the unrelenting grasp of post-traumatic stress disorder.

It served as a cruel reminder of that fateful day when the nation he had bravely fought for, the very nation that had inflicted profound wounds upon his being, chose to abandon him in turn.

After taking a few moments to regain composure, he mustered the strength to extricate himself from the comfort of his bed.

Engaging in a fleeting struggle with his own body, he wrestled with the task of standing tall. His one leg, blessed with unrestricted mobility, dutifully obeyed his commands. However, the other leg bore the enduring marks of nerve damage inflicted by a ruthless explosion during a treacherous mission. Its movement restricted, it remained a perpetual reminder of the sacrifices he had selflessly made in the line of duty.

With a determined stride, he made his way to the kitchen, dragging his impaired leg behind him. Upon reaching his destination, he endeavored to open the refrigerator, relying solely on the grip of his lone hand.

Retrieving a bottle of water, he painstakingly made his way to the couch in the living room, lowering himself onto the seat. With a sigh, he switched on the television, intending to spend the remainder of the night there, well aware that sleep would elude him after the haunting remnants of his dream.

Despite the television blaring in the background and his eyes seemingly fixed upon the screen, it was evident that his mind wandered far from the images that danced before him.

Lost in the labyrinth of his own thoughts, he remained physically present but emotionally distant, as if existing in a realm beyond the confines of the living room.

His mind wandered, reflecting on the circumstances that had led him to his current state: a dishonorably discharged soldier, both physically and metaphorically, standing on his last leg.

Usually, he possessed the capacity to calm his own mind and suppress the resurgence of these agonizing memories.

However, today unfolded as a different tale, for he found himself besieged by haunting visions. The faces of his fallen comrades from the ill-fated mission materialized before him, intermingled with the countenances of their grieving family members who held him responsible for their tragic demise.

To compound his torment, the visage of the general who had orchestrated his downfall to protect his own reputation appeared, wearing a wicked smile and taunting him with malicious intent.

Each memory, like a serrated blade, ruthlessly cut into his very essence, amplifying the excruciating anguish that lay dormant within. Tears welled up, streaming down his cheeks in a torrential cascade, their silent descent conveying a profound sorrow that inundated his fragile and vulnerable state of being.

Overwhelmed by the weight of his emotions, he found himself standing on the brink of despair, teetering perilously on the edge of a cliff.

He mustered the strength to rise from his seat, reaching out to grasp the bottle of painkillers resting on the table. Desperate to bury the agony he felt and save himself from the cliff, he sought solace in the numbing relief they offered.

Upon opening the bottle, he discovered its emptiness, serving as a stark reminder that he had exhausted his supply of pills and lacked the means to replenish them. Overwhelmed by frustration and unable to contain his emotions, he flung the bottle across the room in a fit of anger.

After enduring the torment for over 20 minutes, he reached his breaking point, unable to bear the pain and the push any longer. Desperation consumed him as he slid his hands into the crevice where the sofa's seat cushions met the armrest, extracting a concealed gun that had been stashed there.

Caressing the cold, unforgiving steel of the Heckler and Koch Mark 23 SOCOM in his hands, he found himself caught in a treacherous moment of contemplation.

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Time seemed to stand still as he weighed the weighty decision that lay before him. The pain, an unwelcome companion, persistently gnawed at the fringes of his thoughts, a constant reminder of the anguish that enveloped his existence.

After a mere few minutes, he loaded a bullet into the firing chamber, raising the gun to his head. With closed eyes, he sought to gather the courage needed for what lay ahead.

As he took a deep breath, he began to pull the trigger slowly, allowing his mind a moment to surrender at any given instant.

Just as he was about to pull the trigger and end his life, a voice pierced the silence of the room, asking him a poignant question, "Are you truly going to proceed with that?"

John Smith was overcome with fear, startled to the core by the sudden appearance of the man. Reacting impulsively and without hesitation, he instinctively opened fire, unleashing a barrage of bullets at the unexpected intruder.

BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG.

He emptied his entire ammunition onto the man before finally turning his gaze upon him once more.

"Are you finished?" the man uttered, inducing a near-collapse in John's trembling form. The realization dawned upon him that he had discharged every bullet from his gun at a close range that could be deemed point-blank, and yet the man sat there unharmed, seemingly unaffected by the barrage.

"Who are you?" John asked, his voice trembling with a mixture of shock and fear.

John's mind was in a state of contemplation and wonder, questioning whether he was immersed in the afterlife or if he was experiencing an exceptionally potent moment of clarity due to stress reaching a breaking point or if the veil had been lifted allowing him to perceive the unseen.

Aron pulled up his car, parking it approximately one kilometer away from John's residence. He switched off the engine, retrieved the key, and stepped out of the vehicle. With fast strides, he began his journey on foot towards John's house.

When he was approximately three hundred meters away from the house, he carefully assessed his surroundings. Assured that there were no individuals nearby, he immediately activated the concealment rune. Instantaneously, he vanished from the sight of any potential onlookers or observing entities.

Upon reaching the house, Aron meticulously searched for a quiet entry point. He carefully surveyed the premises, quickly spotting an unlocked window that had been closed but not secured. With a gentle push, he gradually opened the window and silently slipped inside the house, skillfully maneuvering his way through.

Upon entering, Aron discovered John sitting on the spacious sofa, his face revealing signs of having just awakened from a distressing dream. Aron noticed John's immediate action of powering on the television, as if seeking solace or distraction from the unsettling experience.

Aron decided to settle into a single-seater sofa, curious to observe the unfolding events in the coming minutes. He positioned himself comfortably, anticipating what would transpire in the immediate future.

Aron remained seated, his gaze fixed on John as tears welled up and streamed down his cheeks. He witnessed John's desperate actions, watching as he reached for the painkiller medicine on the table, only to discover it was empty. Frustration mingled with anger, evident in John's attempt to contain his emotions, which ultimately failed. In a fit of rage, he flung the empty bottle across the room. Aron continued to observe, his heart heavy, as John grappled with profound thoughts about life.

To Aron's surprise, he witnessed John's hands slipping into the crevice where the seat cushions met the armrest of the sofa. As John retrieved a hidden gun, his touch caressed its cold surface while he contemplated his next course of action. Aron's breath caught in his throat as he observed John, the hesitation etched on his face, raising the gun and placing it against his own head. The weight of the moment hung in the air as John slowly began to pull the trigger.

Aron maintained a vigilant gaze, observing the harrowing scene unfold mere moments before the firing pin would release, sealing John's fate with a bullet through his head.

He immediately deactivated the concealment rune and broke the silence, asking, "Are you truly going to follow through with that?" scaring the shit out of the would have been dead John.

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Aron, had to deactivate the concealment rune that had veiled his presence as it was necessary to deactivate the rune to ensure that his voice could be heard, as leaving the rune active would have rendered his words concealed as well.

But his materialization from out of nowhere ended up scaring the shit out john who in return immediately started firing a barrage of bullets to Aron.

"Shield," Aron said, swiftly responding to the sight of John aiming the gun in his direction. He immediately activated the shield rune, infusing it with a surge of magical energy, ensuring that the impending bullets would pose no harm, effectively nullifying their impact. 𝗯𝗲𝐝𝐧𝗼𝘃𝗲𝐥．𝗰𝗼𝐦

Aron maintained the shield, until he was certain that John had exhausted the entire magazine of his gun.

...…

As soon as the events unfolded, Nova immediately sprang into action, promptly intercepting all phone calls within a one-kilometer radius. With precision, she filtered through the calls, specifically isolating the emergency phone calls intended for the police. She focused on selecting only those callers who were reporting the shooting incident, leaving out any unrelated calls.

Once Nova completed the isolation process, she took on the role of the original callers, assuming their identities as she continued with the conversation with the emergency services. She then humbly apologized, claiming to have misunderstood the sounds of a neighbor starting their car as gunshots, all in an effort to avoid arousing suspicion within the emergency call center.

By taking this approach, Nova aimed to ensure that these calls would not be abruptly terminated by her interception and raise suspicions.

Meanwhile, for the ones who had initially contacted the emergency services to report the incident, Nova skillfully continued to impersonate an emergency operator. Engaging with them adeptly, she inquired about crucial details such as their location, any sightings of the shooter, and other relevant information.

Nova then advised them to vacate the vicinity or lock their doors, assuring them that the police would be dispatched to investigate the incident.

...

"Who are you?" John asked, his voice trembling with fear as he gazed at Aron, seeking an explanation for the extraordinary turn of events.

"I'm Aron," he introduced himself in response to the question, his voice calm and reassuring. "Someone to help you from your current predicament"

"Where did you come from? You just materialized out of thin air," John asked, his fear still palpable as he tried to comprehend Aron's sudden appearance before him.

"I was here for more than half an hour, you just didn't see me. Like this," Aron answered, and then activated the concealment rune again, immediately disappearing from John's view before reappearing shortly after.

"How can you do that?" John asked, his mind racing as he attempted to comprehend and find a logical explanation for what he had just witnessed.

"A magician never reveals his secrets," Aron replied, a faint smile playing on his lips, maintaining an air of mystery around his abilities.

"So, you're a magician? Was it all just a trick?" John inquired, beginning to calm down as he started to believe that what he witnessed was simply a display of magic. However, before he could fully process his thoughts and question why Aron hadn't succumbed to the barrage of bullets he had fired, Aron preemptively provided an answer.

"Not a magician, per se," Aron clarified, realizing the limitations of using the term as a figure of speech.

"You mentioned that you can help me. How exactly can you do that?" John inquired, his previous concerns fading into the background as his focus shifted to the potential help that Aron had offered.

"I can help you with anything," Aron responded calmly, a warm smile gracing his face, emanating a sense of confidence in his ability to fulfill the promises he made.

"Then can you help me with this?" John asked, striking the leg that suffered from nerve damage, his hand still clutching the empty gun, symbolizing his frustration and the burden he carried.

"Yes, I can even help you with that as well," Aron replied, pointing at his amputated hand.

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"What do you want in return? I don't have anything of value with me," John expressed, his mind torn between skepticism and the undeniable evidence of Aron deflecting the bullets fired at him. As he recalled the distorted bullet casings scattered on the ground in front of Aron, some shattered into multiple fragments as if striking a metallic surface, he questioned his initial assumption that they were mere blanks.

With a flicker of hope, John chose to believe that the man could offer him relief from his pain. He didn't even entertain the idea of complete healing, knowing deep down that such a possibility was impossible.

"I want your unwavering loyalty to me," Aron stated calmly, maintaining his composed and steadfast demeanor.

Upon hearing Aron's request for loyalty, John's mind raced with a flurry of thoughts. "What does my loyalty matter in this situation? Could he be after military secrets? But my security clearance must have been revoked long ago, and any vital information I possessed would have been updated. Or perhaps he wants my organs?" John's mind spun with speculative possibilities, grappling with the uncertainty of Aron's intentions.

While John was engrossed in contemplating the underlying motive behind Aron's request for loyalty, Aron chose to give him the space to ponder, refraining from immediately addressing any misunderstandings that might have arisen.

After several minutes of contemplation, John finally found his voice and spoke, "I'm not certain what you stand to gain from my loyalty, but if you can relieve me of this pain, I solemnly swear, in the name of God, that I will break the oath I made to never trust anyone again, following the betrayal I experienced from my own country." His words revealed a profound sense of desperation, as he believed he had already reached the depths of despair, with nothing further to lose.

Upon hearing John's response, Aron's smile widened, exuding a sense of reassurance. "Very well. Now, go to sleep, and when you awaken, everything will be over," Aron said before he moved with remarkable speed, placing his hand on top of John's head while uttering an incantation. "Sleep," he said, activating the sleeping rune in an instant.

"WhAt?" John barely had time to comprehend the words spoken to him before a wave of drowsiness swept over him.

As he struggled to stay awake, the only fragments he could recall were the words "Good," "Sleep," and "Over." With his eyes growing heavy and his consciousness fading, a final thought crossed his mind, "Damn, he must really be after my organs." Succumbing to the overwhelming fatigue, John slipped into a deep slumber, "It doesn't really matter anymore" his mind at rest accepting his fate as this was better than the pain.

As John's body began to sag, surrendering to the effects of the rune-induced slumber, Aron swiftly intercepted his fall, gently laying John down on the sofa, ensuring he was in a comfortable position, providing support for his weary frame.

[You seem to be thoroughly enjoying your play as a magician] Nova remarked once she was certain that John had fallen into a deep sleep.

"No, I was merely assessing the extent of his depression," Aron replied, carefully lifting John's leg from the ground and positioning it on the sofa to ensure his comfort.

"You seem to have missed the mark. He ran out of pills today, not within your projected timeline," Aron said, playfully teasing Nova.

[I said within three months, and today falls within that time period, so technically, I am correct,] Nova retorted.

[However, it seems my approximation was off. He must have been using the medication at a higher dosage than previously calculated. Perhaps his body became accustomed to the normal dose, prompting him to consume more and deplete the supply sooner than expected.]

"Regardless, let's get started. It will take me a considerable amount of time to fully heal him using only the basic healing runes," Aron said, preparing himself for the extensive healing process.

With everything in order, Aron extended his hand and confidently uttered, "Heal," activating the healing rune he had diligently practised during his preparations for the brain data collection journey.

It was to serve as a contingency plan in case he unintentionally caused harm to someone during the collection process.

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When the rune was activated, a gentle, pulsating golden glow emanated from it, enveloping John's body and starting to heal John's body.

However, a noticeable issue arose—the healing process was incredibly sluggish, to the point where it would be easy to assume that nothing was happening at all.

This was a consequence of utilising a low-level healing rune, which lacked the potency required for swift regeneration for the heavy injuries that John had sustained.

Upon witnessing this, Aron swiftly initiated the reactivation of the identical rune, as there was nothing preventing him from doing so. However, in doing so, he would consume more magical energy to sustain the simultaneous activation of both runes.

Fortunately, when it came to magical energy, Aron possessed an abundance. Thanks to his runic heart, which was fortified by over two hundred billion runic lines, he possessed what could be deemed as boundless mana.

Similar to someone who stumbled upon an infinite glitch, Aron began relentlessly activating one rune after another, maintaining the continuous activation of them for over an hour and a half.

Astonishingly, he managed to activate more than ten runes per second, leading to an astounding accumulation of over 50,000 active healing runes.

Aron's runic heart tirelessly operated, absorbing mana from the atmosphere to replenish the energy that had been expended mere moments ago.

Again and again, he tapped into a tremendous amount of mana to sustain the activation of over 50,000 healing runes, all in an effort to expedite John's body's healing process.

John's physical form had become completely obscured, concealed beneath a radiant golden silhouette.

The glow emanated from the collective healing light emitted by the expansive array of over fifty thousand runes, tirelessly working together to mend and restore his body.

But for those without the ability to perceive magic, a remarkable sight unfolded before their eyes.

The amputated hand could be seen to have begun to regenerate visibly, steadily reclaiming its original form.

The other changes occurred in John's nerve-damaged leg, which had been mere existence due to a lack of funds for amputation.

The damaged nerves within the leg initiated a process of regeneration, intricately reconnecting with the existing nerve network throughout his body.

Subsequently, the muscles in the leg, which had experienced atrophy from disuse, commenced a remarkable regrowth.

This remarkable process persisted for over an hour until the new hand had been fully regenerated and the leg had completely healed, returning to its normal state.

"What do you think would happen if I keep the Runes active even after his wounds have been fully healed?" Aron asked Nova, intrigued by the complete regeneration of both the hand and leg, now restored to their prime condition.

After a brief pause for calculation, Nova responded, [Although I cannot offer an absolute certainty, from my calculations, I believe that no detrimental outcomes or any harm would be experienced by him.]

After hearing her answer Aron said "Then, let's see what will happen," making the choice to persist in keeping the runes active. He was captivated by the possibilities of what they might do now that they had fulfilled their purpose of facilitating healing.

As a consequence of his decision, the runes embarked on the process by infusing vitality into the bones and fortifying them. This fortification persisted until it reached the threshold of the low-level rune's capabilities.

Following the completion of bone reinforcement, the runes shifted their attention towards revitalising and strengthening the organs.

Their restorative influence effectively repaired any potential damage that might have accumulated throughout John's lifetime. This rejuvenation process aimed to restore the organs to their peak condition, facilitating optimal functionality.

Subsequently, the runes turned their focus to the muscles, initiating a healing and strengthening process. Meticulously nurturing the muscles, they unlocked their inherent potential, pushing them to unprecedented levels of strength.

Once all these enhancements were completed, the runes finally directed their attention towards healing the skin, addressing any imperfections and scars that John had endured.

As a result of the comprehensive vitalization and strengthening of every aspect of his body, the 35-year-old man appeared rejuvenated, exhibiting the youthful appearance of an individual in their mid-20s.

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Typically, such an outcome was not expected or intended. However, the excessive concentration of runes infused into an ordinary individual led to an unexpected mutation in their function.

"That's enough time for something to have happened to him" Aron said and promptly ended supplying mana to the runes, officially concluding the process two hours before dawn.

"Holy mother!" He exclaimed in astonishment as he laid eyes on John's transformed face, now appearing younger and resembling someone in their mid-20s.

After observing John's now young face with a mixture of surprise and awe, he said, "Now, let's see what other changes happened to you" brimming with excitement and curiosity to see what other changes occurred to the man

Following that, Aron swiftly rose from his seat and retrieved the virtual headset. He then proceeded to place it on John's head before saying, 'Nova, your time to shine."

Nova immediately powered the VR headset and downloaded the brain data of John.

[Done,] Nova informed Aron, indicating that she had finished collecting the brain data.

Aron promptly removed the VR helmet from John and proceeded to cast the cleaning rune on it. After taking a seat, he swiftly put it back on and promptly logged in.

He was not worried about John waking up as he was sure that he would continue sleeping for a few more hours for his brain to get used to the new body. You can think of it as the software upgrading itself to accommodate the upgraded hardware.

Inside the Universal Simulation.

"What are the other changes that happened to him?" Aron immediately asked after passing through the gate, wanting to know the complete extent of the changes that had taken place within John's body due to the relentless barrage of healing runes he unleashed upon him for hours on end.

[Nearly every aspect,] Nova responded, conjuring a holographic representation of John's physique before delving into a detailed explanation of the remarkable changes.

[In addition to healing and regenerating his limbs, the extended exposure led to meticulous fine-tuning, revitalization, and fortification of his muscles, organs, and bones, pushing them to their absolute limits. In essence, you've transformed him into a super soldier, doubling his strength compared to what it was previously,] Nova elucidated, emphasizing the profound changes that occurred within John's body.

"That's fantastic! Absolutely fantastic!" Aron exclaimed with great excitement upon hearing Nova's detailed explanation.

After reveling in the momentary celebration, Aron posed a question, "Did any mutations occur, similar to what happened to Henry?" He desired to ascertain whether the circumstances that befell his younger brother were potentially replicable in other individuals.

[Unfortunately, no such mutations occurred in John's case,] Nova answered.

"That's a relief," Aron expressed with a sense of reassurance, pleased to learn that John had not experienced any similar mutations.

Nova inquired, "Aren't you supposed to be saddened by the absence of mutations despite the prolonged exposure?" She was curious about the reason behind his sense of relief rather than sorrow.

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"It's actually quite the opposite. If everyone underwent mutations simply from being exposed to concentrated mana for a certain duration, it would severely restrict my ability to employ runes in large-scale scenarios, as there would be a constant fear of unexpected mutations occurring," Aron explained, shedding light on his rationale.

"Has there been any change in his mental state? If I have to send him for therapy, it will pose a problem, considering that all the candidates appear to be experiencing some form of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)," Aron inquired.

[Due to the enhancements provided by the runes, John's brain has undergone strengthening, enabling it to recover from the emotional damage he had accumulated throughout his life.

When he awakens, all the trauma will appear to him as nothing more than a melancholic past,] Nova explained.

"That's excellent news," Aron replied, his voice carrying a sense of relief.

"So, what is his story?" Aron asked, wanting to know further details of his story beyond what he had read in the profile that Nova had prepared for him.

[There have been no significant deviations, except for the inclusion of additional information that reinforces the details provided in the previous brief.

He served as the esteemed SEAL captain leading a daring captive rescue mission for Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl.

The operation was initiated based on compelling intelligence obtained from the army's intelligence wing, which served as the catalyst for their determined pursuit. Upon arriving at the suspected prison's location, they were confronted with a formidable fortress, extensively fortified and guarded.

Faced with the imminent danger to his team, he made the audacious decision to override central command's orders and strategically retreat, intending to ensure the safety of his comrades.

Tragically, during the perilous retreat, one of his team members inadvertently triggered a concealed landmine killing himself and alerting the enemy, the following fight resulting in the devastating loss of the entire team, leaving him as the sole survivor haunted by the burden of survivor's guilt.

In a shocking revelation that surfaced later, it was uncovered that the mission had not received the necessary approvals from the upper echelons of command. Instead, it was a clandestine endeavor orchestrated by the conniving Bagram base commander, motivated by personal ambition and aspirations for promotion.

However, when the operation took an unforeseen turn, with tragic consequences, all blame was unjustly directed towards him and with the commander deleting any and all the evidence leading to him nothing existed that could prove his innocence other than his words.

As a consequence, he faced a court-martial, leading to the forfeiture of all his VA benefits, including healthcare, as well as the termination of all the privileges and benefits associated with his former status as an army member.

However, what truly shattered him was the relentless blame and anger directed at him by the families of his fallen team members, regardless of his attempts to explain the circumstances and share his side of the story.

This ordeal became the catalyst for his haunting nightmares, and in an attempt to escape the memories, he resorted to using the meager savings he had left to purchase sleeping pills and pain-reducing medications.

Unfortunately, this led to a dangerous dependence on narcotics, as he sought to numb himself from the relentless pain.

As you have witnessed, when his supply of narcotics ran out, he made the agonizing decision to bring an end to his suffering in the most drastic and irreversible manner.] Nova explained the new information presenting it alongside the visual footage she had collected from John's memories.

Aron gently wiped away the tears streaming down his cheeks, profoundly affected by John's tragic ordeal and the heartbreaking path he had chosen to cope with his pain. It saddened Aron even more because he could empathize with the depths of despair that led John to such extreme measures.

It served as a stark reminder of how he, too, could have easily succumbed to similar methods had he not received the system and support from his family that helped him navigate through his own challenging circumstances during that period.

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After taking a short time to recollect himself, he turned to Nova and said "Send his body to the Lab City and task them with reverse-engineering his physiology to explore the possibility of creating a genetic serum capable of replicating the same results.

This way, we can administer it to the members of my private forces. I can't be expected to always continue pumping magical energy for hours on end just to finish strengthening one person." changing the topic as it was a very painful memory to him despite having overcome the predicament.

[Yes, sir] Nova who was quietly observing Aron throughout the entire ordeal, immediately sent two bodies to the city, One was for the genetic engineering lab, while the other was assigned to the runic genetic engineering lab, having them start their research into reverse engineering and developing a serum capable of creating formidable soldiers.

"How is progress in the Lab City?" Aron inquired after he calmed down further, wanting to receive an update on the developments within the accelerated universal simulation, considering that more than seven days had elapsed in simulation time.

[There have been a few breakthroughs in the White Labs, but no definitive results yet. As for the Golden Labs, they are still undergoing rune training.

With tens of thousands of individuals, each practicing a different rune, once they master it, I assimilate that runic knowledge to all of them, eliminating the need for others to practice the same rune.

It will take a few more weeks for them to complete learning all the beginner-level runes before they can start applying them in their respective fields,] Nova explained, providing an overview of the Lab City's current situation while showcasing live footage of the ongoing activities.

To facilitate clarity regarding the methodologies employed by different labs to achieve specific outcomes, they had opted to designate them with colors.

The White Labs solely rely on technological approaches in their research, while the Golden Labs utilize runes as their primary tools or explore the application of runes within their respective fields.