2023-05-23 19:26:34
VKBoyHi, everyone. I changed the novel’s title from Beta’s Alpha System to ‘System Within: Million Dollars From Today’ as per my editor’s advice, so please forgive me for the inconvenience. The story didn’t change at all, so no need to worry on that front. Last but not least, thanks to the reader Lisa for her support. Much appreciated. Thank you one and all. Cheers.
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System Within: Million Dollars From Today CHAPTER 81
The mobile in Gabe’s hand dropped.Mia’s heart skipped a beat. She quickly picked up the mobile, but Gabe still looked frozen. He couldn’t believe that Mia had actually asked him to marry her. The woman who always looked beautiful in his eyes even without makeup just asked him if he would marry her. He thought this was a dream. It was too surreal for him, after all.“Gabe,” Mia hesitantly said, “will you be husband for a while?”Gabe’s expression slightly changed. “F-For a while? W-What do you mean?” He couldn’t get his head around that phrase. Was the happiness swelling in his just a short-living thing like the froth of boiling milk?“C-Can we talk privately in the park?” she asked.“N-No, let’s talk here,” he shut the main door.Mia right now didn’t mind what neighbors would think. She sat down on the second-hand chair. He sat next to her in another chair.“Gabe, you worked for a day in my house, so you somewhat know how my family members behave,” Mia said, locking her hands togethe
System Within: Million Dollars From Today CHAPTER 82
[You’re making a big mistake, Gabe.] Systa didn’t stop talking ever since Gabe left the house. He was on his way to the farthest UTS local base from his house because it was the headquarters of the city, and the governor wouldn’t visit any other bases. [She wants to use you to solve her problems. Why would you want to marry her for that? I’m betting that she won’t let you touch her or any other woman. When that happens, I’m gonna lose it.]“You talk like you’ve experienced this before,” Gabe muttered while driving in his car.[I have, which is why I know exactly what’s going to happen.]“What if I have sex with Mia then?” Gabe asked.[Hmph, you think you can do that?]“Give me one week, no, one month. I’ll definitely make her fall for my charm!” Gabe said. He was hoping a lot more would happen, but he didn’t want to talk about everything with the system.[If you succeed, then I’ll give you a big reward.]“Thank you.”[But if you fail, you will be punished.]“What punishment?”[You wil
System Within: Million Dollars From Today CHAPTER 83
Gabe hesitantly walked forward. Claire didn’t seem to be in a good mood, after all.(Is she really my opponent?) Gabe didn’t feel good because he didn’t fight a woman before. How was he supposed to fight a beautiful girl like her? This felt like too difficult of a task for him. “Uh, Ms. Claire? What are you doing here?”Claire didn’t want to directly admit that she was waiting for him. “Just wasting my time, that’s all.” She stood straight now. “I thought you weren’t going to come.”“Huh?” Gabe looked a bit confused. “Why?”“Well, your opponent this time is someone really famous,” Claire said. “It’s obvious that UTS doesn’t want you to win 50 matches in a row.”“W-Who’s my opponent? Is he ranked above 1 million?”“1 million?” Claire shook her head. “No, he’s ranked above 10,000,” Claire’s response sent a chill down his spine.“T-Ten thousand?” Gabe’s mouth opened wide. “H-How could they put me against someone ranked so high? How is this fair?”“Well, I think they’ve taken everything y
System Within: Million Dollars From Today CHAPTER 84
The governor winked at Rica before leaving the cage, and she did not like it. She came to Gabe and said, “You must win and erase that ugly smile from the governor’s face!”“I won’t just erase the smile but everything that’s positive in his expression,” Gabe frankly stated his mind.“Good,” Rica looked at the tab in her hand. The bettors were going crazy. “Whoa… this is beyond anything I’ve ever expected.”“What? Let me see,” Gabe tried to take a peek, but she turned the tablet’s screen off. “Hmph,” he acted like he didn’t care and then walked to the corner and sat down in the small chair.Leher also sat in the opposite corner.Time flew by pretty quickly, and Rica signaled them to get up as the time had come.“Killing is not allowed,” Rica explained the rules. “You can do everything else. You will win if your opponent admits defeat, or you’re the last one standing. Are the rules clear?”“Yeah, but who decides these rules?” Gabe asked.Rica squinted her eyes, “You don’t need to know th
System Within: Million Dollars From Today CHAPTER 85
A surge of adrenaline like never before flooded through Gabe’s body along with the messages that kept popping one after another.If there was anything that Systa hated absolutely, it would be losing pathetically. So, she supported Gabe with immediate urgency.Though losing to someone like Leher wouldn’t be a humiliating thing at all, neither Systa nor Gabe wanted that.“Oh, look! He’s standing up.”“It would have been so bad had he lost just like that. I guess he didn’t win 49 matches in a row by fluke.”“But at this rate, he’s going to get himself killed.”Most of the audience wanted to see a good fight, whereas a few were just worried for Gabe as they believed that he had no chance of winning.Rica was of the same opinion. She hoped that Gabe wouldn’t get up, but Gabe betrayed her expectations. He bore the great pain gripping his whole body and not only got back to his feet but attacked Leher with much greater speed and accuracy than before.The change in Gabe was too much to not no
System Within: Million Dollars From Today CHAPTER 86
Gabe started thinking about giving up on the match, but then he also immediately realized that he couldn’t afford to lose the fight and disappoint Systa, or she might just leave him.The betting ratios were heavily against Gabe at this point. It went up to 1:120.Out of habit, Gabe could hear the betting ratios in the speaker, and it didn’t help raise his motivation, either. 1:120 was something he hadn’t seen before. It just showed how unlikely everyone saw Gabe winning this match.[Healing the throat is complete.][Control your emotions and calm yourself down, Gabe, or you’re going to lose for sure.] Systa warned.“I’m so much stronger and faster than I ever was,” Gabe’s spat to the side. “I refuse to believe that I can’t match an old man’s reflexes.” He lunged at the opponent and threw his fist.Leher was waiting for that. He easily dodged the punch, but then Gabe was able to change his attack midway from a cross punch to a hook punch. Leher moved back this time; however, Gabe’s fis
System Within: Million Dollars From Today CHAPTER 87
“Pfft,” nothing stayed in people’s mouths whether it be liquids or solid food. Almost everyone spilled things onto one another.It was followed by a shocked silence.Only moments ago, people were saying Gabe couldn’t touch, thereby wouldn’t hit, and so will not beat Leher in this fight no matter what.However, the first of their claims was proved wrong in an emphatic manner because Gabe’s kick was so solid and loud, everybody, even the sleeping dogs, heard it.Moreover, Leher grunted audibly, suggesting that he felt the kick. Still, he didn’t get blown away because he locked his left arm around Gabe’s ankle and used it to stop his own momentum before spinning on his feet and using the momentum to try and throw Gabe into the cage where barbed wires were present.As Leher spun while still grabbing onto Gabe’s ankle, Gabe kicked with his second foot even from an awkward position. Leher guarded his face with the other hand, but the impact from the side was so strong, it shook Leher’s brai
System Within: Million Dollars From Today CHAPTER 88
There was no better example for ‘between a rock and a hard place’ than what was currently happening on the stage, as Gabe was on complete offense, not letting Leher move in any direction.Leher’s back was hitting the barbed wire. He wasn’t even wearing a shirt, so everybody could see how he was bleeding.Everytime Gabe unleashed a powerful punch, Leher was pushed back into the cage,and the metal thorns skewered through his flesh and shocked his spine to an extent. Not only was he losing blood, but he also had to succumb to the physical and mental trauma Systa put him through. It was like living in a real nightmare. Every attack felt devastating because of his current position.People who called Gabe ‘All Bark No Bite’ no longer called him that. Some began to root for Gabe, but most people still supported Leher.“Rookie Crusher all the way!”“C’mon RC! Walk him down!”“Win against that chick with your signature kick!”While the audience still wanted and believed that Leher would win, C
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Gabe’s attack kept all the four squad leaders at bay as the electricity that washed through their bodies did not leave to the ground.Instead, it stayed in their bodies, trying to cook them alive.They had to resist the lightning energy with their ethereal energies.At the same time, Mia was able to push Willow back, though her leg suffered a deep cut in the process.Half of her bone was also cut, but she was healing at a fast pace.Regardless, Mia wasn’t worried about these opponents right now because the lightning energy of Gabe was also filling her body.However, it did not hurt her.But it made her feel stronger, and she began to feel Gabe’s presence all the more. Not just his presence, but all the things he had done in the past were popping in her mind.So many new memories poured into her mind.From the memories of his childhood to recent incidents, all the strong memories of his life played in her mind like a fast-moving dream.Some of these memories really squeezed her soul.S
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“This is the end, youngling,” Willow turned into ten thousand different clones which looked like a giant swarm of illusion moving toward Gabe. “Phantom Dance!”All the figures of Willow attacked him in different styles all at once.It looked like Gabe’s entire body was burst to pieces.“It’s over already?” Fang snickered. “Heh, who gets to keep the omega system now?”“It’s not over,” Stark frowned. “Didn’t you see that flash of light?”“What flash?” Fang looked at Stark. “Did you see something that I didn’t?”Zephyr arrived where they were. “He used his lightning ability to move fast… so fast that my eyes also barely followed it.”“How the hell did he move that fast all of a sudden?” Fang frowned. “Where is he now?”Willow put her sword on her shoulder and looked down at the park miles below, a corner of her lips slightly curling up as she saw Gabe standing behind Mia now.“He released a burst of lightning at the last second. I thought he was defending himself, but he used it to pull
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Gabe could feel what happened to Mia, that she was sent flying down to the earth.He wanted to go and help her, but Stark and Fang kept him occupied.The narrow and precise attacks of Stark constantly targeting Gabe’s head were messing with his sense of distance.Fang also stayed closed and made sure to mess with Gabe’s timing by throwing attacks that unpredictably supported Stark.Clearly, they were seasoned fighters who didn’t put a single foot wrong.Even Gabe, who wasn’t much of an experienced fighter, could tell that these two had fought each other and together many times before.Otherwise, such perfect coordination might not be possible.“If I can’t overpower them with technique, I have to do it through other means…” Gabe leaked electricity into the cloud, which reflected it back at Stark and Fang, forcing them to fend off from these sudden attacks.“He’s able to use not just the ground but also the clouds to his advantage,” Fang harrumphed. “How annoying. Even though I’m covered
CHAPTER 497
More than two decades ago.“I understand about the alpha system, but why does the Patriarch want to find the luna system, too?” Zephyr was asking his squad commander at the time who was his own aunt.“He wanted to give it to his wife or his daughter, maybe?” Zephyr’s aunt said while smoking from a pipe.“Why?”“Haha, why you ask? Because it’s known to be the best support system,” she laughed. “I don’t know much, either, but the luna system is said to be driven by the owner’s feelings more than any other system. So, it is one of those systems where anger, happiness, and even sadness can be turned into strength. They say it can cast perfect illusions that make dreams resemble reality.”“What? That’s pretty fucked up.”“Yeah, it is a fitting system for any queen, as it has the capability to keep the alpha in check when everyone else fails,” she opined. “That’s why it’s a coveted system, but unfortunately, our clan never got hold of it. If you ever come across an opponent who wields that
CHAPTER 496
Bennie created a blue chain with her ‘vivre’ and threw it at Mia.Mia moved around to dodge it, but the chain traveled like a snake, bit on her shoulder, and dug its fangs into her body.Mia felt her energy being sucked away.“Stop struggling,” Bennie smirked. “We’ve been fighting before we learned how to walk properly. Did you think you could beat us because you were chosen by the luna system? From what I can see, you can’t even use it well. So, it’s only right that we take it from you.”As Mia’s energy was getting sucked away, yellow petal flowers began to form in front of her body.The flower slowly turned into a yellow rose.“Is that the luna system?” Bennie’s eyes lit up. “It does match the description I know of.” She pulled the chain and snatched the yellow flower, but Mia also grabbed the chain and didn’t let go. “Just give up already.” Bennie pulled the chain with all her strength.Mia roared, and the yellow rose burst into petals and duplicated themselves into thousands and t
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“Cloud Step.”Zephyr’s body seemingly turned into fog and disappeared into thin air, startling both Gabe and Mia.Mia couldn’t even tell which direction he went, but Gabe rushed over to her and blocked a powerful attack of Zephyr.“Bane Jolt.” Zephyr cried out, releasing a poisonous purple energy through his fist.Gabe was getting pushed back.“Let me help you!” Mia stepped past Gabe and thrust a kick in Zephyr’s ribs.Zephyr’s angry gaze shifted to her. He pointed his left forefinger at her. “Bone Bullet.”A sharp bullet made out bone energy pierced through her abdomen.It was so painful she couldn’t even cry. She staggered back in shock.Before Zephyr could shoot another condensed energy bullet, Gabe caught that forefinger and snapped it.Frowning, Zephyr pulled his hand away, but to his shock, Gabe released lightning and roasted that finger at the same time.As a result, the finger got burned to crisp and separated from Zephyr’s body.Zephyr’s eyes widened as he wasn’t expecting th
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Gabe held Mia in his arms and dashed away with all the power his legs could muster.“If only I could use that teleporting ability…” he was frustrated with the fact that his current level wasn’t enough to pull off such an ability even once.Nine members, like a pack of wolves chasing after two stray wolves, were after Gabe and Mia with the intention of killing them and getting their hands on the precious systems at any cost.However, the only problem they had was that Gabe was traveling on rooftops, and any major confrontation between both parties could destroy the buildings and disturb the citizens, even causing casualties in the process.Gabriel Agnar would severely punish them if innocent people were to get hurt in the process of acquiring systems, so the head of the Jaguar squad, Zephyr, cast a heavenly spell.It was almost like a magic spell, which condensed all the vapors around them and created a massive cloud at a ground level, which spread out for miles upon miles in every dir
CHAPTER 493
“Whoever manages to defeat that ‘worthless’ brat will get to keep the omega system.”The moment Gabriel Agnar uttered those last few words, all the nine standing members of the Jaguar squad rushed toward Gabe without a shred of hesitation.They were all elite warriors his grandfather had commanded, all intent on claiming the power that lay still dormant within Gabe."Stand down, brat," the third ranker Bennie called out, her voice layered with authority. "You cannot hope to win against us. Surrender, and you may yet find mercy."“You monsters who are ganging up on me, do you even know what mercy means?” Gabe retorted and countered Fang with a punch.Surprisingly, Gabe’s punch seemed simple but the weight it had was tremendous. Fang was pushed back.But at the same time Stark kicked Gabe’s face.Once again, Stark expected Gabe to be sent flying, but Gabe took the attack without even moving an inch.And it was Stark who frowned in response.Zephyr raised his hand, stopping others from a
CHAPTER 492
“It’s time to return,” Gabriel Agnar said, and these few words changed the body language of all the squad members.In that moment, they let their guard dawn, a small figure dashed in through their ranks and attacked their patriarch Gabriel.Gabriel saw through the first feint and responded accordingly, but the second attack also turned out to be a feint just to distract him so that they could pluck the severed hand out of Gabriel’s hand.And they managed to grab the hand, but no amount of pulling was enough to get the severed hand out of the old man’s grip.Everyone was startled after seeing the young kid who gave off an ethereal energy, which they could sense.This young kid was none other than Ulf.“What do you think you’re doing, kid?” Gabriel asked him.“Ha-ha, good afternoon,” Ulf replied awkwardly, “or is it evening now?” He grew triple in size and clenched his fists. “Omega Arts Secret Move…” He threw in a straight punch at Gabriel’s chest. “Final Fist!”Gabriel took the attack
