This doesn't mean that Adam is dumb. It only means that the assassin of Serpent Hand is very experienced and skilled. Compared to an assassin with years of experience, Adam who is only a mere student can't compare to him. Not to mention, Adam doesn't have any Ultimate Talents related to seeing through the disguises of others.
“I know that compared to those experienced assassins, a mere student like me can easily be fooled and tricked by them. But no matter how I console myself of my incompetence, it still is frustrating to be tricked by an assassin that I could easily kill with my guns.”When Adam gnashed his teeth and spoke furiously, he took out a grenade from his jacket. Pulling the pin on the grenade, Adam immediately hang the grenade on the doorknob of the locked door.Stepping back to the edge of the room, Adam took cover behind a bookshelf to shield himself from the impact caused by a grenade’s explosion. After taking cover, only several seconds had passed and Adam immediately heard a loud bang behind him.After waiting for a few seconds, Adam came out of his hiding spot and saw that door was completely obliterated with even the surrounding wall being pulverized. Cracks spread on the wall and even the explosion had caused the floor to be destroyed, revealing the first floor below it.Yes, currently,
“You, a poor man?! The chairman of a top conglomerate proclaims himself as poor?! Who the fuck do you think you are fooling?!”A man dressed in the bodyguard uniform of the Savannah Conglomerate wildly yelled in anger as he threw his knife like a dart toward William, but the knife purposely avoided a centimeter away from William’s face.But it was still enough to cause a minor slash wound on William’s cheek as blood trickled out from it. The sharp pain on his face made William know that the assassins from Serpent Hand were starting to lose their patience.Yes, the man dressed in the bodyguard uniform of the Savannah Conglomerate was not part of the bodyguard team of the Savannah Conglomerate but one of the assassins of Serpent Hand who had infiltrated the bodyguard team of the Savannah Conglomerate.And in the command room aka the 25th floor of the Savannah Branch Building, there were a total of three assassins of Serpent Hand. Joshua who was also an assassin of Serpent Hand was taske
“How did you come here? Weren’t you locked by Joshua in the second-floor guest room? Even if you had come out of it, the elevator had shut down and it would take a long time for you to ascend here.”Hearing William’s question, Adam knew that William and the rest of the people inside the command room were already informed by the assassins that the examiner was replaced by Joshua.But since Adam planned to keep Satania’s existence a secret until he was powerful enough to protect himself, he decided not to answer William’s question.“It’s a trade secret. You only need to know that I haven’t failed any commissions yet.”‘Because this is my first commission. So of course, I have yet to fail it.’Hearing Adam’s reliable words, William and Amelia didn’t mind if he didn’t tell them about it. After all, all mercenaries had their own secrets and they would overstep their boundaries if they forced Adam to tell them about it.Of course, they didn’t know that Adam’s words were him finding a loopho
Although Adam said that he likes to be free, it was true, but that was not the main reason. He only became a mercenary just to complete his talent achievement task.If not for that, he wouldn’t even bother becoming a mercenary when his net worth was already in the hundred billion and even in the trillion if his cryptocurrencies and stocks were included.Adam was the second major shareholder of Zeria, but that doesn’t mean he wasn’t a shareholder in other top conglomerates. He had already obtained some shares in other top conglomerates such as Orange, Saudi Armaco, Arpabet Inc., and even Savannah.But of course, his shares were not as exaggerated as in Zeria since he was only a minor shareholder in those top conglomerates with at least 5% shares. Although, the accumulative net worth of those shares was enough to make Adam a trillionaire even if his cryptocurrencies weren’t included.And since he was already that wealthy, why would he risk his life to become a mercenary and earn mere mi
“Your name is Adam Spencer, is it?”“Yes, Father.”Adam replied politely to William while drinking a cup of coffee afterward.Both Adam, William, and Amelia were currently having a private conversation inside one of the guest rooms in the Savannah Branch Building.Two sides were sitting on two couches with a table in between. On the right side was William while on the left side were Adam and Amelia. On the table were three cups of coffee.Adam at this time had already taken off both of his two snipers but still had equipped his two pistols as well as his bulletproof vest and jacket filled with ammo and grenades.William and Amelia didn’t mind Adam’s weapons on his body since they knew that Adam wouldn’t kill them using them. And they were well aware that the assassins of Serpent Hand hadn’t given up yet so it was better if Adam was equipped with weapons so he could protect the two of them.The bodyguard team was already cleaning up the aftermath of the battle while the tech team was r
“Although I don’t mind protecting Amelia every day, we have to deal with the Serpent Hand as soon as possible.”Hearing Adam Spencer’s suggestion, both Amelia and William agreed to it. They had already known about Adam Spencer’s true identity as well as how Adam Spencer became the second biggest shareholder of Zeria.Because of that, they were well aware that Adam Spencer was very capable and reliable. Since he suggested that, then he must have a solution to deal with that problem.“Sigh, if I could, I would have already dealt with that. Unfortunately, no matter how much money I offered to Serpent Hand, they won’t agree in failing the commission they have received. Even when I had told them that I would pay thrice the commission fee, they still wouldn’t agree.”William sighed as he explained that even he was helpless in preventing Serpent Hand from assassinating his daughter.Serpent Hand was so stubborn regarding this since they would never drop a commission or else that would affect
-Ding![Talent achievement task completed successfully!][Talent: Ultimate Bodyguard][Description: With my mortal body, I will protect them! Their pain and suffering, I will bear them all!][Characteristic: Guardian’s Sacrifice]A week had passed and Adam and Amelia were currently in the living room on the 24th floor in the Savannah Branch Building. While Adam was sipping the morning coffee, the notification for the talent achievement task rang in his mind and the system screen appeared in front of him.Afterward, Adam felt that his body became stronger and he felt that he had gone through many battles. Because of that, he no longer had trash physical attributes and he possessed various martial arts but it was mostly for the purpose of defending someone.And as the Ultimate Bodyguard, Adam’s endurance attributes were improved more than his strength attributes. So even if his physical attack power was lower than his defense, he still preferred it since his specialty was his long-range
Although a week had passed and Serpent Hand ceased to exist which allowed Adam to complete his talent achievement task of protecting Amelia, that also meant that he had spent a week staying with Amelia in the Savannah Branch Building to protect her every day.In other words, Adam and Amelia had stayed in the Savannah Branch Building without leaving it. They hadn’t attended classes for a week straight but neither the two of them cared about it.After all, the purpose of going to school was to prepare for one’s future to have a job and earn money. But their status as billionaires had defeated the purpose of going to school.Perhaps, the only reason why Amelia and Adam still bothered to attend school was just to experience their youth without having to regret it in the future.Because of that, Amelia and Adam still planned to attend school and experience the youth of school life. They only skipped classes for a week straight due to the threat of Serpent Hand possibly being bold enough to
Hearing the question from the chairman of Zeria, Adam was about to reply, but he heard a notification sound in his mind which halted his words.-Ding![Talent achievement task triggered.][Achievement condition: Negotiate with the chairman of Zeria and obtain 10% more shares from the chairman of Zeria, eventually replacing the chairman of Zeria and becoming the new chairman.][Awarded talent: Ultimate Businessman]Adam had already grown accustomed to the sudden appearance of system screens so he had also developed the skill to read the text displayed on the system screen as fast as possible.To give himself more time, Adam activated his bullet time skill just to increase his perception of time.That gave Adam enough time to read the contents of the system screen and knowing that it was about another talent achievement task, he was overjoyed!As for the talent achievement task forcing him to take 10% shares from the chairman of Zeria, Adam didn’t care much about it.After all, he didn’
Unlike most conglomerates in Japan and Korea which were called Zaibutsus and Chaebols respectively, the conglomerates in America were mostly public conglomerates.At least, the Zeria was such a public conglomerate and because of that, it wasn’t expected for the chairman to hoard the position for his family.Well, the shareholders wouldn’t mind it if it's someone from the chairman’s family line again if the successor was competent such as what happened in the Savannah Conglomerate.The shareholders such as the fourth shareholder knew of the notoriety of the granddaughter of the chairman. Surprisingly, in the family line of the chairman, only the chairman was excellent at business yet even the chairman’s sons and daughters weren’t suited to become chairman.The fact that the chairman chose her granddaughter meant that she was the best option he had yet that granddaughter of his was barely capable of leading Zeria.At least, they knew that if the granddaughter of the chairman became the
After saying his introduction, the chairman spoke again, “I am already getting old. Someone needed to inherit Zeria before I die so I have decided that my granddaughter will inherit the chairman position for Zeria.”“Do any of you disagree or not?”Although the chairman possessed 51% shares of the conglomerate and had voting rights in his shares, there were still some restrictions imposed on him as the majority shareholder.At least, his decision could be waived if at least 45% of the voting shares were used to go against his opinion. However, that restriction would only work on crucial decisions that would change the company as a whole and such a situation was one right now.After all, the change of chairman in the company would mean that the company would change as a whole. If the chairman that had inherited the former chairman’s shares was an incompetent person, then the value of the company would lower and the company would be ruined in that person’s hands.As if everyone had come
When the pair of old men and a young woman entered the meeting room, Adam noticed that the rest of the members in the meeting room seemed to have become more serious.‘Judging from the expressions of those shareholders, that old man should be the biggest shareholder in Zeria, aka the chairman of Zeria.’‘As for that woman, she is either the chairman’s secretary or she a relative of that old man?’When Adam thought of the latter, he felt that he seemed to have guessed the reason for holding the shareholders’ meeting.Of course, that was assuming the shareholders’ meeting wasn’t held to reprimand him for his absence from the conglomerate.The old man sat on the chair while the young woman stood behind him at the side.From the sitting position, Adam was sitting near the old man and the young kid from before. Their sitting position was nearest to each other as they both held the highest shares in Zeria compared to the rest of the shareholders.The old man has white hair due to old age as
Adam saw some middle-aged men and even old men come out of their luxury cars. But the one that attracted his attention the most was a young kid who seemed to be a ten-year-old.But even that kid was accompanied by a neatly dressed butler as well as several bodyguards.‘That kid must be the son of a big shot. Or he is probably one of the shareholders in Zeria and his shares must have been inherited from his father or grandfather.’When Adam thought of that, he didn’t care much since he was confident that all of them were human and he could easily kill them with just a bullet.He could even deal with hundreds of well-trained and well-armed bodyguards let alone just a bunch of them. His background and money might not be the greatest, but Adam was very confident in his combat skills so he didn’t have anything to worry about.He could even defeat Ultimate Humans who were said to be the pinnacle of human limit let alone normal humans like them.With that confidence in mind, Adam entered the
Spending his time in his underground laboratory, Adam barely had any breakthroughs in his research for the recipe for the beautification pill. However, it had only been several hours since he started and he knew that such a difficult task couldn’t be completed in just a day.But since it was already his bedtime and he had to deal with the shareholders’ meeting in Zeria tomorrow, Adam decided to end his research and continue after he was free. Anyway, he wasn’t desperate to create the beautification pill and he had plenty of time to create it.With that in mind, Adam went to his room and slept.When several hours had passed and it was already morning, Adam woke up on his bed and did his daily morning routine. Having remembered his crucial attendance at the shareholders’ meeting as it might possibly decide his future in Zeria, Adam immediately dressed up for the occasion as he wore a business suit.After finishing his preparations, Adam who didn’t want his suit to be dirtied immediately
“Boss, I apologize. The chairman of Zeria didn’t say anything about the reason for the shareholders' meeting. The chairman only said that attendance is obligatory.”Hearing that even his subordinate didn’t know anything about it, Adam could only sigh and wish that the reason wasn’t about himself. Otherwise, he would be forced to use his justice fist to control the chairman of Zeria so that he could take over Zeria.After all, he needed Zeria’s backing if he wanted to have the background to go against the military and government as well as support his father-in-law.Knowing that his subordinate couldn’t offer any more useful information, Adam only sighed and said, “Just keep an eye out for any suspicious actions in Zeria. Report to me if there is. Also, when will the shareholders’ meeting be held?”Hearing his boss’ question, Adam’s subordinate replied, “It will be held tomorrow at one in the afternoon. The meeting’s location will be in Zeria’s main headquarters on the top floor.”Afte
When Adam heard the report from his subordinate, he became curious about why Zeria had held a shareholders' meeting.“Did you inquire about the reason for the shareholders meeting held by the chairman of Zeria?”Adam was so busy dealing with the military and the UH Foundation that he barely had any time to even hold a public conference and announce his ownership of the second-biggest share in Zeria.After all, Adam was the second biggest shareholder of Zeria and he still had yet to officially announce his ownership of the second biggest shares. Although it was already transferred under his name, Zeria was a public conglomerate after all and they would hold a press conference whenever a new shareholder took place.It was for the sake of credibility and fanfare. Zeria made themselves known to the public because of that.So, Adam was already contacted by the chairman of Zeria regarding his upcoming press conference long before and Adam had put that on hold due to how busy he was. It was
“Yeah, yeah, I don’t care about those. I better get my end of the deal after I finish a few more missions.”Although Adam didn’t care about it, he still had to act as if he cared about it so that the military wouldn’t be suspicious that he had other motives for helping them.When Trevor heard Adam’s words, he nodded his head, “I will tell that to my higher-ups.”Receiving Trevor’s reply, Adam knew that Trevor was only a sergeant and he didn’t have much power in the military compared to those generals. Trevor was only doing his job so Adam didn’t blame him for it.“Are there any missions or not?”Knowing that the missions of the military had a high chance of triggering a talent achievement task, Adam asked Trevor about it out of curiosity.In response, he saw Trevor shook his head and answered, “As for now, there aren’t any missions related to the Ultimate Humans or the UH Foundation.”After receiving Trevor’s response, Adam didn’t bother about it anymore and left the military camp but