Chapter 6: Chapter 6: Janet’s Secret
It's been two weeks since we started our business and everything seems fine so far, but I'm worried that the clients will be too dumb enough to leak our info out to one of their friends, who are like the walking speakers of the school! If this gets into one of the teachers' ears then we will be put under investigation! Therefore, I need someone to act as a double agent that can monitor their every movement and report them back to me, but who can I trust? Wait…I think I know just the person.
I asked Hathor to check the amount of money I currently have in stock. She snapped her finger and my character's window opened.
Name: William Right
Age: 14
Talent: Entrepreneurship, Business Management
Ability/Skills: [Terror], [Background Scan]
Stats: STR:8
SPD:8
INT:7
STA:7
Money: $10,000
$10,000 huh? I should still have plenty of money leftover after using $1500 to unlock the store and the stock market! Unlock the store and stock market!
The store and stock market is now available for access!
You can use the money in the system to freely invest in any stocks you want. If you decide to sell the stock, the money will then return to the system and you won't be charged capital gain tax if you earn profits.
You now have access to the first part of the store. To be able to unlock the remaining sections of the store, you must upgrade the system to its next level! There are 5 sections in total and each section represents a different rank. Right now you can only purchase bronze-rank items from the store.
"Hathor, how do I upgrade the system?" I asked. "Are there some items I need to find?"
"Yes and no." She replied. "The higher the system level, the more requirements it will need to upgrade."
Hathor explained that the requirements for the system's upgrade will appear as a side mission after I complete the main mission and have the loyalty meters of all of the characters, who was chosen by the system, to reach at least 80%! The upgrade time will take about 1 to 5 days depending on the next level of the system and within this timezone, I can not use the system for anything.
"I understand how it works now." I smiled. "Thanks."
Now I have $8500 left in my account. I should invest $5000 into stocks and let it grow through time. I already got in mind of what to invest in to get high returns by 2017.
System, invest $1000 each into Amazon, Netflix, Tesla, Microsoft, and Apple!
Now investing into the requested stocks….
Investment completed. Here are your current investments in your portfolio
Amazon: 64 shares
Netflix: 20.5 shares
Tesla: 67 shares
Microsoft: 25 shares
Apple: 41 shares
Current money left: $3500
I have reached the required usage of [Background Scan]. It's time to upgrade the skill to its next level. Dive deeper into their background could definitely help me understand more about them and increase their loyalty meter quicker.
"Hathor, use $2000 to upgrade [Background Scan]!" I ordered. "I need to know more about my employees."
Hathor smiled and snapped her finger twice. The [Background Scan] screen is now starting to change as I see the amount of money continued to be deducted. I wonder what new function I will unlock next. Oh nice! The upgrade is done!
[Background Scan] has finished upgrading and has turn into [Deep Investigation lvl.Max]
[Deep Investigation]: Do a deep investigation into a person's background and find out everything about them! Here is the list of what you can find out about the person after using this skill.
Brief description
Hobbies
Likes and Dislikes
Talents
Current thoughts about William Right
Secrets about them that they know about and don't know about
Place of birth and date of birth with specific time
Chance of Betrayal
Family members
Total money in the bank account(Including values of properties and goods under their name).
Cooldown time: 30 minutes
For those people, who you already scan in the past, you can now view their full background by pulling their character page in your characters list! If you use this skill on someone who is already on your characters list, then the cooldown time will be reduced down to 15 minutes.
Oh wow, this is a really nice addition to the ability! Who should I pull out to investigate deeper? Todd's loyalty meter has reached 80% so he should be good for now, but I rarely know anything about Janet. Let's pull up her profile and find out more! Activate [Deep Investigation] on Janet Lisan.
Name: Janet Lisan
Age: 14
Loyalty meter: 50%
Hobbies: Shopping and online gaming
Current Thought About William Right: Cute, Talented, and Interesting
Talents: Proficient in Violin and Singing
Like: Todd Abraham, Puppies, Stuff Animals
Dislike: Cold Weather, Mud, Stains
Personal Secret: She still has feelings for the class president even though she's dating Todd
Unknown Secret: She doesn't know that she is not related to her father, Benjamin Lisan. Janet is the daughter of Lori Lisan and Benjamin's best friend, Edward Olani.
Birth history: Born in Stanford Hospital on 11/03/1999 at 11 PM
Chance of Betrayal: 50%
Family members: Benjamin Lisan(Current Father), Lori Lisan(Mother), and Edward Olani(Blood-related Father)
Total money in bank: $1,000,000
History: Childhood friend and girlfriend of Todd Abraham. Coming from a family of musicians, Janet is a professional violinist and singer. Her dream is to become the world's top musician. If Todd hadn't confessed his feelings on time, she would've chosen the class president. Janet finds William Right cute and interesting!
Holy..shit! What did I just read!? Feelings for that class president guy? Her current father is not her real father!? $1,000,000 in her account!? Who is this girl?
Your investigation of Janet Lisan has triggered a mission!
Janet Lisan has started to think that Benjamin Lisan isn't her father after overhearing her mother's conversation with a stranger on the phone. In the phone call, her mother mentions that Benjamin still doesn't know that Janet isn't his daughter. When she asked her mother about the conversation, her mother lied and said that they were talking about a different Janet and Benjamin! Help Janet finds out the truth!
Side Mission: Help Janet finds the truth about her background and parents!
Rewards: Janet's loyalty meter reach 100%, unlock a new character, random skill card
Punishment: Janet's loyalty meter will reach 0% and she'll betray the team!
Damn, I didn't know it'll be this complicated and deep, but having the meter reach 100% right away would save me a lot of time! I'll talk to her later about this because my goal right now is to get Leon onto my side!
After class ended, I head towards the soccer field to find Leon! In my previous life, Leon was the ace of our soccer team. Thanks to him, our school never lost a match! Unfortunately, Leon mysteriously disappeared from the team a week before the international tournament. The coach said that Leon was experiencing constant migraines and this causes him to lose focus on the field and his performance has become worse through time. Now the migraine became worse so he had to quit the team and get hospitalized for treatment.
From the side of the field, I can see Leon practice his shot and evasion. He turned his head towards my direction and saw me standing still.
"What are you doing here?" He asked. "I have nothing to say to you."
"You might not, but I do." I replied. "I'm going to need a favor from you and it comes with a benefit."
"I don't give a damn about what it is!" Leon continued. "Now go away!"
Looks like he's still mad at me from the fight that day. I know just the thing to convince him!
"You are the ace of our soccer team right?" I began. "If I beat you in a match, will you listen to my request?"
Leon stay silent and glared at me with a suspicious look on his face. He's probably thinking; "what is this guy planning"?
"On the other hand.." I continued. "If you win, I'll stand here and let you punch me as much as you want without fighting back."
Leon stood there and think about the deal for a minute. This is his specialty so if he takes this deal then he'll definitely win without a doubt!
"I'll take the deal." Leon grinned. "Don't regret it later when I beat you up!"
Hathor, spent my remaining $1500 to buy and upgrade the [Soccer Ace] skill card as much as possible.
You have spent $300 to buy the skill [Soccer Ace lvl 1]!
You have spent $1200 to upgrade the skill [Soccer Ace lvl 1] into its lvl 3 form [Soccer Star].
[Soccer Star]: The lvl 3 of the skill [Soccer Ace]. Gain the skills, knowledges, and experiences of a professional soccer player of a international team with 30 years of experiences.
With the ball infront of us, we both waited for the coach to blow his whistle to start the game.
*Whistle Blew*