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,