BUGH!
A hard kick slammed into Victor's arm as he tried to cover his face. He groaned softly from the pain. His entire body crumbled after the umpteenth kick from Jackson, his younger brother.
"YOU BASTARD! I've hated you for a long time, you shouldn't be the heir to the Lawen Innovate Group!"
Victor couldn't say anything. He didn't expect his parents and younger siblings to be this violent towards him.
A few hours ago was the Lawen Innovate Group's fifteenth anniversary. Victor is the owner of the company, which was inherited seven years ago by Randelf Omario Lawen-a famous and wealthy trillionaire.
Ever since Randelf died six years ago, Victor has felt resentment from his own family members. Victor knows full well that his parents would have preferred if Randelf had left Lawen Innovate Group to his younger brother.
"Why did you come back from Italy and seize an inheritance that should have been mine?" Jackson snapped back.
Victor slowly moved his hands away from his face. Blood oozed from the bruises on his face, but Victor didn't wipe it away.
"Jackson..." Victor's voice was weak.
Victor looked at Jackson. His eyes were blurry from the dizziness in his head.
"Why... are you... doing this?" asked Victor, coughing up blood.
Jackson grinned hatefully. Seeing Victor's weakened state brought him great satisfaction.
"Because I hate you. Lawen Innovate Group should have been mine, but grandfather gave it to you instead!" Jackson snapped.
Without answering, Victor's eyes looked at the people around him. No one was helping him now. Even Amber and Richard just looked at him without compassion.
Victor had a personal secretary. But his personal secretary was already lying weak after being attacked by his family's bodyguards.
"Ah... we gave Jackson the best education, but Randelf gave the whole company to you," Amber retorted.
"What makes Randelf choose a useless, insubordinate child like you to be the heir?!" Richard said.
Amber immediately stepped closer to Victor who pleaded through his eyes.
"You ruined everything, Victor! You're the son we didn't need!" Amber snapped while delivering a high heels kick.
The kick hit Victor square in the jaw, causing him to cough again.
Victor felt his throat ache terribly now. His whole body was broken.
When he moved his arms, his bones seemed to have cracked. For two hours he was subjected to wooden blows from his family's bodyguards.
Thirteen bodyguards against two, Victor and Fredic-his personal secretary.
"Mama... please stop..." Victor said softly.
Victor already knew they wouldn't listen to him. Their hatred was far greater. But Victor really couldn't take the pain anymore.
Inside Victor's chest, there was a slowly building anger. Victor just wanted his family to stop hating him.
"We wanted to destroy you for a long time, Victor. But we couldn't find an opening," Richard said.
Silently, through the pain, Victor clenched one hand into a fist. His eyes were closed feeling the hatred and anger towards his family members.
"Now, we need to get rid of you so that Jackson can lead the Lawen Innovate Group!" Richard continued.
"Victor, don't you realize, you're still a stupid and useless kid? You never even accomplished anything in school!" Amber said.
Victor remembered. He was indeed one of the stupid students at school. He had never gotten first place, achieved any academic or non-academic achievements like Jackson, not even going into business.
Ever since Randelf gave the flagship company Lawen Innovate Group to him as an inheritance, Victor had been trying to get into business.
The flagship company thrived after being managed by Victor. Everyone from the conglomerate admired him. He gained many business contacts and lobbied for businessmen from overseas.
Unfortunately, Victor could not get the love of his parents and younger siblings.
"If... you want to... kill me..." Victor paused his words for a moment. "Kill me... now."
Better to die and give Lawen Innovate Group's main company to Jackson.
Victor thought that might be the best thing.
"Kill you?" asked Jackson as he walked over. "I was going to do that tonight, asshole."
Victor tried to surrender himself.
After Jackson said that, Victor vaguely saw two bodyguards coming. The two men were carrying a large, long, thick piece of wood.
As the two men raised the logs in each hand, Victor arched a smile. The next second Victor's entire body immediately felt tremendous pain from the blows of the two logs.
Then, three other bodyguards approached with the same sticks.
The five burly men repeatedly swung the wood at Victor's body. Hitting Victor without pity was like hitting a pile of garbage.
Victor had given up.
As his body felt numb with pain, Jackson approached and kicked Victor hard in the face.
"Enjoy your death, asshole," Jackson said as a parting shot.
The last thing Victor witnessed before everything went dark was his body being lifted by several men.
Then, Victor's body was thrown from a ten-meter cliff into the river.
In the midst of his body being tossed to the bottom of the river, an unfamiliar voice echoed in Victor's brain. As his body was on the brink of death, Victor knew a miracle was coming his way.
SYSTEM: ULTIMATE MONEY REVENGE SYSTEM ACTIVATION IN PROGRESS
SYSTEM: CONGRATULATIONS, USER! YOU HAVE FOUGHT FOR TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS OF YOUR LIFE. NOW YOU ARE ON THE VERGE OF DEATH
SYSTEM: THIS IS THE LAST OPTION, DO YOU WANT TO ACTIVATE THE SYSTEM AND RESUME YOUR LIFE AGAIN?
[YES] [NO]
***Victor breathed laboriously after his eyes opened suddenly. His body sat up in shock. For a few seconds he was just stunned while regaining his composure.'What did I just see? Did I have a bad dream?' Victor asked himself.
Victor's eyes looked around. He was now in a small room, full of alcohol bottles scattered around, and only one long vent.
This was not his room.
Victor turns to look at himself which is... shocking! How could he only be wearing a dull t-shirt and torn shorts?!
Even the bed is only big enough for one person, it's not covered in expensive silk sheets, and there's only one dull pillow. Wait, where exactly was he now?
While Victor was still feeling confused, he noticed a full-body mirror. Victor, who was both curious and panicked, immediately approached the mirror.
"Oh my God..." Victor muttered after seeing himself in the mirror.
The man in the reflection of the mirror was a fairly fat man with unkempt hair. Who is Victor looking at now?!
[DING!]
SYSTEM: HELLO, USER! WELCOME TO YOUR NEW LIFE!
Victor was startled after hearing the echo of the voice just now. He looked around the room, even checking outside the door. There was no one coming.
"Who are you?" asked Victor in a worried tone.
SYSTEM: I am the Wealth Money Changer. The system that has given you the opportunity to live a new life.
SYSTEM: You will now live as Benyard Owlen, an office boy for Lawen Innovate Group.
Victor was confused. The name of the company...
"Isn't that my company? Wait, what do you mean you'll be living as my company's office boy?" Victor asked again.
SYSTEM: I understand you're very confused right now. However, I'm going to identify Benyard Owlen's personal data as well as start explaining it to you.
Before Victor could ask, a blue holographic screen suddenly appeared in front of his face. Just like a projector screen.
Victor was so startled that he took a few steps back. He blinked repeatedly, but the holographic screen did not disappear from in front of his face.
SYSTEM: Personal identification of Benyard Owlen start...
[DATA DIRECTIONS]
[NAME: BENYARD OWLEN]
[OCCUPATION: OFFICE BOY LAWEN INNOVATE GROUP]
[AGE: 25 YEARS OLD]
[DEBT: $75,000,000]
[FAMILY: NONE]
[TOTAL WEALTH: $34.99]
[ULTIMATE DREAM: REACH THE PINNACLE OF WEALTH AND PROTECT LORD VICTOR FROM SNEAKY CONGLOMERATES]
"I still don't understand anything. Explain to me who you are," Victor urged the system voice that appeared.SYSTEM: You can call me Emanuella, I am the system. I've been living inside you and turned on after you were on the brink of death.Victor was stunned. "Death threshold?"SYSTEM: Would you like to play your last memory as Victor?"Yes! Of course! What happened to me?!" Victor asked urgently.Soon the holographic screen displaying Benyard's personal details changed. The screen now showed the last time Victor was tortured by his parents and his younger brother.Then, Victor winced in shock after witnessing the scene of his body being thrown into the river."Did they kill me on purpose?" asked a stunned Victor.SYSTEM: Yes, your family members tried to kill you, but you chose to continue your life. That's why I helped you to come back to life."Why as someone else?" Victor was confused. "Is this really real? I'm in someone else's body like what happens in movies and books?"SYSTEM
"Honey... I'm happy that you're finally the CEO of this company.""Finally, I can get rid of Victor and we can have our relationship.""Will you officially have Victor's inheritance? I can't wait to marry you..."Victor froze in front of Jackson's half-open study door. His gaze was transfixed by the sight of a woman sitting at the desk, hugging Jackson from the side, and her hands rubbing Jackson's bare chest.It was Emily. His wife.It took Victor a moment to make sure his vision wasn't wrong. His heart denied that Emily would ever do such a thing. But the woman's voice sounded like Emily.SYSTEM: Take control of yourself, Victor. Go inside and deliver the drinks.Victor: No. Victor felt his heart pumping rapidly as his heart stabbed. This was not what he had expected.During their six years of marriage, Victor didn't think Emily was having an affair with another man. This was because their relationship had been very warm and romantic. In fact, Emily repeatedly gave gifts and support
"I feel very sorry for the accident that happened to Victor as the owner of Lawenn Innovate Group.You all know that Victor was the leader who kept Lawenn Innovate Group in its heyday for many years.I know everyone in this room feels the same sorrow as I do. I hope you all pray for Victor's safety."On the stage of one of Lawenn Innovate Group's grand corporate rooms, Jackson stood as CEO. VIP guests, investors, and media reporters filled all the seats."Really, my feelings are very mixed right now. The accident that happened to my brother Victor broke my heart, but I'm also relieved that the Lawenn Innovate Group company didn't fall into the wrong hands." Jackson continued his previous sentence.Jackson sighed heavily and showed a troubled expression. Victor's photo, which was displayed on the LED projector screen, made Jackson look sad."I can assure you that Lawenn Innovate Group will thrive in my hands. I will not waste the opportunity I have now."The sound of thunderous applause
"Wow! You have this much money, Benyard?!" Pablo was shocked after seeing a large brown envelope containing a pile of money.Before Pablo could order his right hand to beat up Benyard, who was controlled by Victor, Victor deliberately placed the briefcase of money on the desk.Now, Pablo wasn't the only one gaping at the pile of money in Victor's briefcase."How can you have this much money, huh?!" asked Pablo with a hearty laugh.Victor could barely contain a sardonic smile. As Randelf had once taught him, people would turn out to be very good when it came to money."Of course I'm getting a bonus from my work so far."Pablo's eyebrows immediately furrowed. "Your work?" he asked, then laughed mockingly. "You're just an office boy. You've been complaining about not having any money. What kind of work are you talking about?"Victor was confused. There was no thought in his brain. His answer was just a spontaneous attempt to avoid Pablo's suspicion.SYSTEM: Tell him you're making good pr
[PERSONAL INFORMATION][NAME: SEAN DALLIN HARRISON][AGE: 35 YEARS OLD][OCCUPATION: Owner of The Golden Lane Restaurant, former employee of Lawen Innovate Group][Relationship with Benyard: Five years ago, Sean was the one who introduced Benyard to Lawen Innovate Group's HR. After Benyard got a job as an office boy at Lawen Innovate Group, Sean provided Benyard with a rental house and some money to survive]Wait. A former employee of Lawen Innovate Group?Victor was in disbelief after reading the writing on the system's hologram screen. As a result, his entire body froze.During this time, Victor could not recognize each of his employees. Now, seeing the condition of his former employees in person made Victor awkward."How are you, Benyard? You should have come a long time ago!" Sean said enthusiastically.Victor tried to digest what was happening now. He had never had to deal with an employee who was no longer with the company."I'm... fine," Victor replied, he was still awkward to
[MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!][CONGRATULATIONS! YOU'VE DONE A MISSION! PLEASE GO TO THE MISSION REWARD MENU TO SEE YOUR REWARD!]After getting the order, Victor deliberately stepped aside into a small alley in the middle of two buildings. Victor made sure no one saw him. Then Victor pressed the 'Reward Mission' menu displayed on the system's holographic screen.[REWARD MISSION][+$50.000.000][UNLOCKED ABILITY: Lie Detector][Level Point: 10,000][Benyard Level and Point: Lv. 1 - 20,000/50,000]Reading the information that appeared made Victor dumbfounded for a moment. Victor still couldn't digest how there could be a system that added up the amount of wealth like this.Even when Victor opened Benyard's cell phone and saw the transfer of $50,000,000, he almost threw the phone. Victor had worked hard over the years to build his wealth. Yet this system delivers wealth in an instant?"Who exactly are you, Emanuella? Are you the human who secretly stalked me?" Victor asked in disbelief.SYSTEM:
[NEW MISSION: Go meet Chef Hanna at The Lasagnna restaurant. Negotiate for Chef Hanna to become a reviewer of The Golden Lane restaurant's food menu] [MISSION CONDITIONS: Use your 'Charming' ability. Combo the ability with your 'Negotiation' skill points until it reaches a maximum of 50 points] [INSTRUCTIONS: Ability and Skill menus are located in the 'Personal Information' menu. Follow the instructions to perform the combo ability] After reading the mission explanation written on the system screen, Victor was again dumbfounded. It took a while for Victor to digest what he had just read. Victor was now outside the hospital. He managed to sneak out and complete his disguise as a hospital office boy. "Wait. What do abilities, skills, and combo abilities mean?" asked Victor in astonishment. SYSTEM: Abilities are non-physical abilities that you possess, Victor. Abilities are granted from the moment the system is activated, you don't need to complete missions to unlock abilities. SY
SYSTEM: Victor, you have traveled almost twenty-four hours in Benyard's body.SYSTEM: Every twenty-four hours, you will automatically exit Benyard's body. You will take turns being 'awake'.Victor furrowed his brow after hearing Emanuella's words, the system. He still couldn't understand what the explanation meant."Explain to me in more detail, Emanuella. What does 'awake' mean?" Victor asked.SYSTEM: Awake is the moment when you will exit the body you control. Since you only get a 24-hour time limit, the owner of the body you're controlling also only has 24 hours before it switches back to you.SYSTEM: When you leave the body you control, you don't have complete control.Victor was naturally shocked after hearing Emanuella's explanation. He glared in disbelief after hearing that."What did you say? How did I get out of Benyard's body? What about my mission?" asked Victor, looking worried.SYSTEM: You must find a way to make Benyard understand your existence and get him to cooperate,
Benyard, Victor-who stood beside Benyard without being seen by anyone, and Daniel did not move at all during Jhonny's funeral. Benyard and Daniel looked at each other with mixed expressions of astonishment, confusion, and disbelief at yesterday's events.Benyard did not expect that someone would kill Jhonny so suddenly. While watching Jhonny's coffin being buried, Benyard tried to find the possibility of who killed Jhonny.While Benyard was still focused on the funeral, Hansen - the detective who met them - slowly walked over. Hansen walked sneakily sideways behind Benyard and Daniel's back."Excuse me. You are Mr. Benyard and Mr. Daniel, right?" Hansen asked. Benyard was somewhat surprised to have a finger on his back. With an astonished expression, Benyard turned his gaze towards Hansen. "That's right. What's wrong?" Benyard asked a counter question.Beside Benyard, Daniel also looked at Hansen. But Daniel did not say anything at that time. He just watched Benyard and Hansen in tu
"If you mix this chemical active ingredient with the flower pollen...," Arthur spoke softly as he put the liquid active ingredient in a small laboratory vial, mixing it with the flower pollen.Boom!Arthur and Benyard suddenly stepped back in surprise at the reaction of the explosion of smoke from the two mixed ingredients. They coughed briefly while waving the smoke in front of their faces.The color of the liquid in the small vial turned bluish-purple. Benyard was stunned to witness the process of changing the color of the liquid before his eyes."This can usually be an ingredient to activate narcotic compounds if mixed with other chemicals. Unfortunately, I don't have those other chemicals yet," Arthur said."So, what is the liquid in your hand useful for?" asked Benyard. Arthur gave an enthusiastic smile, then replied, "It's a potion to strengthen immunity. Everyone who takes drugs, they also buy this and consume it regularly. So, the effects of narcotics on their bodies can't at
"Benyard Owlen."Benyard stopped what he was doing to pull the grass out of the field. When he looked back, he was surprised to see Andrean coming. He watched Andrean with a puzzled look.Andrean's leg was in better condition. Andrean was no longer using a cane to support his leg. He could now stand as before without the cast, but his steps were a little limping."Oh my. You came again," Peter, who was next to Benyard, spoke instead.Benyard had to squint his eyes because of the sunlight. He didn't know why Andrean had come to him again."Aren't you tired of constantly coming to me, Andrean?" asked Benyard who was looking at him seriously.Benyard slowly stood up from his sitting position. Benyard looked at Andrean with a very annoyed look in his eyes."Were you so happy after defeating me that time?" asked Andrean in exasperation. The curve of a sardonic smile spread across his face.Benyard raised his eyebrows. He had no idea why Andrean would ask such a question."Ah, you feel your
"Benyard, I've gotten information about Arthur."After almost a week had passed, Daniel came again to Benyard's visiting room. Daniel immediately handed over the folder of documents he was carrying through the gap under the divider between inmates and visitors.The curious Benyard finally accepted the folder and opened it slowly. On the front page was Arthur's ID. The ID paper had the symbol of the National Narcotics Agency."I got information while he was working at the National Narcotics Agency. There is a lot of information on what narcotics projects he researched. He has six years of experience at the National Narcotics Agency," Daniel explained to Benyard.Benyard frowned, somewhat surprised to hear Daniel's words."Six years? That's quite a long time," Benyard said, giving his opinion. "What made him resign from his job at the National Narcotics Agency and choose to join the company that ended up framing him?"Daniel said, "In my opinion, Arthur has a very pressing need, Mr. Ben
"So, how did you learn about narcotics?" Benyard asked as he approached Arthur who was reading a book.Every inmate here had their own free time. Only two people in each cell can get that free time. Right now, in Benyard's cell, it was Benyard and Arthur.This is the perfect moment for Benyard to find out information from Arthur in as much detail as possible.The two of them were at the edge of a quiet field. There were only about five inmates relaxing here. Some of the inmates from the other cells who were also getting free time were wandering around or staying somewhere else."Why are you suddenly asking such a question?" asked Arthur who looked at Benyard in astonishment.Benyard curved his smile with a facial expression that implied meaning. On the other hand, Benyard immediately lit a cigarette before finally taking a deep drag. He exhaled the smoke while calming himself down."It's nothing. I'm just curious, because I've never met anyone who studies narcotics. Even to the point
"Benyard, you know what? Since your fight with Andrean, you've suddenly become the topic of conversation," Janson approached Benyard who was looking at the plant in front of his eyes.After resting for a while in the prison's maintenance unit, Benyard decided to join the planting activity. The schedule was moved to the afternoon so that Benyard could have time to rest.Hearing Janson's words, Benyard turned his gaze away briefly. He watched Janson with a puzzled look. Then he turned his gaze back to the plants."They're wondering exactly how you beat Andrean in your fight," said Arthur who was busy fertilizing the plants.Benyard immediately frowned. Wait. He beat Andrean?"What do you mean I beat Andrean?" Benyard asked Arthur.Instantly Arthur stopped the movement of his hand, then he looked at Benyard with a look of astonishment in his eyes."You don't remember what happened to you after the fight?" Arthur asked."Too bad you didn't join the conversation in the infirmary, Arthur. H
"Benyard, are you okay?" asked James who was already looking at Benyard with a worried look.Benyard slowly opened his eyes as he groaned. His head felt very dizzy now. But he tried to adapt to the light in the room."What happened to me?" asked Benyard who wore a confused expression.James let out a long sigh with his eyes closed. He lowered his head automatically because he felt so relieved."I thought something very serious had happened to you," said James in an agitated tone.Benyard furrowed his brow in confusion. He did not remember what happened to him last time. All he remembered was the fleeting image of him confronting some men. There were sounds of yelling and whispering mixed together."I don't really remember anything, James. What happened to me?" Benyard asked later.James whose face initially looked worried gradually turned into a look of astonishment."You don't remember at all?"Benyard shook his head with a very innocent expression."I only remember the sound of yell
"Benyard Owlen. Can you do this kind of work?"Benyard stopped moving when he heard another man's voice behind him. He recognized this voice. Although he had only heard it once, his brain had immediately recorded this man's voice as a danger to be avoided."Isn't someone like you used to living amidst glamor and power?"Without having to look back, Benyard already knew that the man behind him was Andrean.Andrean did not come alone. There were other footsteps scraping against the asphalt as well. It wasn't just one step, but several.Benyard knew that Andrean came with several people. Meanwhile, he was cleaning the back garden area alone."Ah, you're here at last," Benyard replied with a rude sigh.After saying that, Benyard slowly turned around. Benyard saw Andrean coming with four other male prisoners.Benyard almost held his breath after seeing so many people in front of him. The problem was that they were all definitely against him. Meanwhile, Benyard was not with James, Janson, P
"I can already read from your aura. You are indeed an important person who will have various meetings for your business affairs, even after you go to prison."Benyard looked annoyed at Janson who was giving him an expletive. This was the umpteenth time Janson had not stopped mocking him. I didn't know if he was just joking with Benyard or if he was really mocking him as a CEO."Janson, stop it. You're going to make him angry. Just look at the disheveled look on his face," Peter retorted, wiping Janson with his small towel.Janson hissed with a sardonic glance at Peter as he held his slashed hand."It hurts, Peter. Why do you use that stinky towel of yours so often to attack others?" Janson said in exasperation.Peter immediately chuckled without feeling guilty at all.On the other hand, Benyard was still stepping from the hallway of this prison cell. Actually, he did not intend to walk with these four male prisoners around him. But they suddenly appeared beside him and followed him wa