Reborn as the Genius Son of the Richest Family

Chapter 1034  McTony’s progress

Meanwhile, somewhere in the Kings region.

A woman scratched her head. “Urgh… I drank too much last night. Where did I end up?”

She looked around herself, seeing nothing recognizable.

“I think it’s that way?” she muttered to herself as she picked a direction and started walking over.

Eventually, after scaling a ledge, she finally saw someone she could talk to for directions.

“You! Come here and answer my question,” she said to a lonesome farmer.

The farmer looked at her and her weird get-up. She didn’t look like she was from here. Her way of speaking was strange too. “Uh… can I help you, miss?”

“Yes, tell me where Kingsbridge Town is located,” the woman demanded, but with a soft tone.

The farmer scratched his head. “I don’t know where that is, miss. Sorry. But maybe you can ask the people in the truck stop. They’ll know where that is. Maybe you’ll even get to hitch a ride.”

The woman seemed offended by that. “What do I need to ‘hitch’ a ride for?”

Still, she walked to where the farmer pointed at.

But before she left, she turned around. “Anyway, thanks for the information. Take this and be grateful,” she said, tossing a large, glistening ore.

The man felt dragged down by the ore as he caught it. His eyes widened. This was pure gold! Weighing almost half his weight!

He turned towards the woman to thank her, but she was already gone.

“Who was that?” he asked himself.

Then, he turned forward to look down at the ledge where she climbed up from.

“Did she get lost because of this?

He was staring at a large crater on the ground, a few hundred meters in diameter. It was as if something large and heavy crashed into the ground and tore everything asunder.

Even the surrounding trees were burning and on fire—which was the reason that drew him here in the first place.

“What kind of creature could have caused this?”

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The woman continued walking until she finally smelled the hints of a civilization.

But there was something different now. A few years ago when she first visited Kingsbridge, the human town didn’t smell so… oily.

Not only that, but there were a lot of things different now. The town seemed to be besieged by monsters that uttered a guttural roar like vroom vroom!

“Hey miss! Are you lost?”

Eventually, someone saw her aimlessly wandering on the outskirts of the town.

The woman put her hands on her waist. “I am never lost.”

The villager looked at the woman with pity. In his eyes, she looked like a beggar, with her clothes full of burned holes as if she just survived a fire outbreak.

“You sure you okay? You want some food? You look like you need some food.”

The woman shook her head. “Unlike most of my kind, I do not derive joy from consuming sustenance. I just need to find Kingsbridge to search for someone.”

However, the villager was insistent. “Come on. These chicken burgers are famous here. It’s even said that even the infamous Draconians will bow down for a taste of McTony’s!”

The woman froze, her expression darkening. This was an insult that she couldn’t ignore.

But the villager didn’t seem to understand the gravity of the situation. He simply reached into his rucksack and took out a small box containing a single McTony Chicken Sandwich, their newest product.

And as soon as he revealed it, the woman’s eyes widened.

The smell was absolutely alluring.

She immediately snatched the box away from the villager’s hands.

The cardboard began to burn under her touch, revealing the chicken burger inside.

“Woah! Cool power miss!”

The woman ignored him. She focused on the chicken, inspecting its properties with great focus.

Eventually, she deemed it safe.

Then, she took a single bite. And as soon as the famous ‘spicy’ flavor of the chicken hit her tongue, her irises enlarged with amusement.

“What is this?!”

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McTony’s! Michael had been so busy with everything that he completely forgot about Reborn’s food-based subcompany.

Last he remembered, Tony and his son Remy were still trying to figure out how to make their chickens survive the long-distance journey for better delivery.

As far as he heard, they hadn’t achieved that goal yet. The McTony’s chicken was still only good for around a day or two, unlike the fried chickens from a certain chain restaurant that McTony’s was named after. Those chickens could be frozen and reheated for basically as long as they wanted. But because of the special ingredient in the McTony’s that caused that tingling, magical sensation in the mouth, their chicken was only good for consumption for a small amount of time.

“I wonder how McTony’s doing…”

“They’re doing great, Lord Michael.”

Michael jumped as he heard Sheina behind him. He didn’t even notice that she was there.

“Would you like for me to tell you the current situation for our subcompany?” she asked him with a smile.

He nodded.

As it turned out, McTony’s was slowly but surely increasing their reputation amongst the Rebornian territories.

It helped that their first branch was located in the truck stop of the Reborn highway, allowing for good visibility amongst the people travelling to and fro to the Nation of Reborn.

And due to their popularity, McTony’s established their second territory alongside another truck stop on the highway.

Then, the next branch popped up. And the next.

After months and months of constant progress, the McTony’s became synonymous with travelling. You had to buy McTony’s during your journey. It wouldn’t be complete without it.

And currently, the newest branch of McTony’s was located in between Angora City and Metropolis, which was how the Metropolitans were able to take home a box of left-over chicken.

“Miss Castelle is also planning on adding another branch of McTony’s once we establish our Road System in New Sparta,” Sheina added.

Michael nodded. That was a good idea. Maybe, he would even add the ice cream to the menu as a desert.