Chapter 62: Oroboros

Three hundred million in the bank. Leon sat down in his office, staring at his new bank account after having cashed in the cheque. It was the kind of money that he had never thought he would see in his life, and now he had that amount lying around.

This meant things were now serious, more serious than he had thought they would ever be. He looked at the screen for a few more seconds, then took a deep breath.

"The money is not there to control you, but rather to be controlled by you," he said while tapping his finger on the table.

[Investment Complete]

[Investment Complete]

[Investment Complete]

While he was busy looking at his new money, his system rang out as multiple of his investments had worked out, and he was now making returns on them.

Every investment that he had placed his hand into a few days ago was now done, including the investment on the gate.

His phone buzzed, and he got massive returns from the gate and other platforms while, at the same time, his cashback into the system soared past ten million and kept climbing. His points also shot up, entering the millions in merely seconds.

"Oh my God." His voice could barely leave his throat. He got to his feet and stared at all the screens.

[Level up, you have gained a new skill]

[Clone: Create a perfect copy of yourself in everything]

The skill he had gained was briefly explained. It was also a pretty weird skill, as he had not expected to get something like that right now. It did not seem to have anything to do with investments at all.

But regardless, he was hyped out of his mind. He had grown so much in a short time that it was mind-blowing. Now the real game could actually start.

"With money, I have access to resources, and with resources, I have access to information. I can learn about the gates more easily this way."

Ring Ring

His phone rang. He looked at the screen and picked up the call. It was Kate.

"Hello."

"Leon, have you checked what is happening on all news platforms?" Kate asked.

"Not really. Is there some issue?" Leon asked.

"Someone leaked information that it was a singular person who had sold that core, meaning there is a new multimillionaire walking around the city."

"Huh? Shit." He walked over to his computer and clicked on a random news platform, and it was indeed true. They were asking who this mystery person could be with so much money now.

"That’s not good," Leon commented.

"You can only hide for so long when it comes to being rich," she explained.

"My advice for you will be to start building structure," she said.

"Structure? What do you mean by that?" Leon asked.

"Start creating a system around you. Up until now, you have lived as you wanted, but now you have to have structures around you, people to protect you and people to handle damn near everything.

This can be a hassle, but it is something that you have to get done, or else your information will become public, and you’ll not be able to leave easily.

Welcome to the world of being rich," she said and giggled at the end.

"Tch, you are laughing at my pain," he replied.

"I can’t help it."

They spoke a bit more and then cut the call. After she was done, Leon heaved a heavy sigh. He plopped into his chair and stared at the screens.

"Money comes with confusion, it seems." Shadow popped up.

"Yeah, I can already smell a lot of trouble coming from a long mile away."

"That’s why you have the system, isn’t it? It allows you to break the rules that confine the rich of this world. You do not have such rules at all," Shadow explained.

Leon’s eyes brightened when he heard that. Exactly. I don’t have to follow the rules the way they do.

Leon propped himself up to his feet. He walked away from the chair with a smile on his face.

"I think it’s time we start taking control of everything.

First, I need a location to create something that allows me to become a household name. For now, I am simply a nameless person with hundreds of millions."

"You want to build a company?" Shadow asked.

"Yeah, imagine I build a company that is destined to succeed. I could keep investing in my own company and making massive returns from the system without end."

"Oroboros," Shadow said. "A system that feeds itself in a circle."

"Exactly, and with the help of the system, I can easily take control of the monopoly because I’ll be creating products that no one can humanly copy," Leon explained in excitement.

"Seems you have a plan already, haha. So, do you want to think it through first or start already?"

"Oh, I’m starting already. There is no better time to take over the world than the present. Oroboros will become the name, and it will control everything.

First, we’ll start with smartphones. The world still depends on them for everything that they do. Everyone has one, and I’m going to create the best one ever."

"Do you want to learn how to do that or have someone do it?" Shadow asked.

"I could learn it in a few seconds with my stronger brain now and the system’s help." He said that and then started tapping away on the system screen inside the shop as he checked if there was a way to learn how to make phones fast. He came across too many to handle. Lots of information that he could access with only a click, and everything would be sent to his mind at once.

The issue was that it could take a while to assimilate, and he would need to sit still for a bit.

"It seems I’ll have to spend the whole night learning new things," he said and walked to his chair. He sat down and got ready.