The Tycoon's Odyssey

Chapter 2: 2:Passing The Test

[Calculating the results.]

[Host didn't give in to temptation.]

[Host has passed the test.]

[Congratulations, host.]

[Binding to host's consciousness.]

[Scanning host's condition....]

[Multiple bone fractures and concussion in the head detected.]

[It is found that the host is currency unconscious and bound to be paralyzed for the rest of their life.]

[Speeding up recovery.]

[Treating the host's body....]

[Enforcing accelerated metabolism... healing the host's injuries.]

[Waking host's consciousness....]

[Beep...Beep...Beep...]

Evan felt as if his consciousness was being forcefully pulled in.

And when he opened his eyes, he was greeted by an eternal, endless expanse of darkness.

"What is going on? Am I dead? Is this hell or heaven?"

[Host, you are still alive, for now.]

A blue screen flashed before Evan's eyes, displaying a series of notifications, startling him.

"Wait! Aren't you that damned system that caused me to fall?"

[Host, stop accusing me. I saved your life. The previous quest was a trial to test the host's willpower to resist temptation.]

[Host fell because of his excessive bad luck.]

Evan suspiciously stared at the screen for a brief moment.

"Out of all people, why was it me whom you graced with your divine presence?" Evan asked sarcastically.

[It's because of the good deeds and karma of your past life. The Worldly Laws are awarded with this grace but for this, you need to pass the trial which you did by refusing the previous quest.]

Evan frowned, wondering what good deed he had done.

'Worldly Laws...Karma...Doesn't that mean God exists too?'

[God is an abstract for the World Laws that govern all sentient beings. Different beings perceive it in various ways, but in the end, it is all the same.]

"So tell me, what are you going to do?"

[The system's function is to assist the host in reaching the pinnacle.]

"Great!"

Satisfied, Evan clicked on the next one.

[Do you want to peek into the host's life now?]

[Yes] [No]

"I don't know what it is, but why do I have a feeling that this thing might change my life."

After pondering for a moment, he clicked 'YES'.

Swoosh!

The darkness distorted and a movie started playing along with subtitles.

[20 years ago...]

[After birth, taking advantage of a huge commotion, the host was exchanged with another boy.]

[The one who did this took the host and left in an orphanage.]

[The culprit behind this is none other than the one who adopted you.]

"What?"

Evan, who always felt that nothing could shock him, suddenly felt as if his world was turned upside down.

The shock from the revelation was strong enough to make him collapse if he were in the real world.

"Why...No, first tell me who my real parents are?"

He was more curious about his real parents than those cheap stakes.

[Sorry host, this is something you have to find out on your own. But I can give you a hint: your family is one of the wealthiest in the world. The people who took you initially wanted to kill you, but their plans changed at the last moment.]

Evan gritted his teeth upon hearing this.

He felt frustrated rather than happy.

Wealthy parents mean that they have a noble status and to such people, he was nothing but a bottom-dweller villager, someone who disgusted them.

If his parents had been ordinary, even if it was difficult to find them, once found, they would have loved him with all their hearts.

But now....

"I should just bury it in my heart instead of harboring faint hopes."

[Don't be a sad host. I am there to accompany you on this long and lonely journey.]

"Fuck your system."

"Are you sure you're not cursing me to remain lonely all my life?"

[Host, given your bullshit luck, I'm just relaying the best plausible scenario for now.]

Hearing this, Evan almost spat blood.