World Domination Begins With Getting a System in a Modern World-Chapter 40: Leslie’s Thought

After Brian had left, Patty and Leslie continued their shopping but it wasn’t with the same enthusiasm they had when they initially walked into the mall.

Their encounter with Brian had ruined the atmosphere for them. This was especially so for James, as the usual smile on his face was no more, and instead, it was a very chilling expression that was now on his face.

Patty and Leslie wanted to stop shopping immediately and go home when they saw the look on James’ face, but he refused.

Seeing this, they could only continue their shopping but with worries expressions.

What James said to Brian continued to replay in their head. Patty and Leslie were aware of James character, what he’s capable of. They were also aware that he never forgives anyone that slights him. Especially one that insulted and degraded them.

There were previous incidents and instances in the past when James beat up boys and men that gave Patty and Leslie trouble.

The first of those incident was when Brian was harassing Leslie and trying to force her to kiss him. After one of her friends came to report to James, with uncontrollable rage, he rushed to the hidden corner of the school and nearly killed all of them.

The next day, Brian’s father came to the school to raise hell but after he got to know what actually happened, he only glared at James before leaving.

Another of those incidents was when he and Patty was at a grocery store, trying to get something and a drunk man, in broad daylight, groped Patty.

James beat the man into a half date state but he still wasn’t satisfied. If it wasn’t for the storekeeper who held him back till the cops arrived, and took the man, who was a serial offender away, James would had killed him right there, as he actually had the intention.

Actually due how bad the man was beaten, James was nearly sued but the video evidence from the CCTV camera in store that caught the incident, vindicated him.

Even till today, James still hasn’t forgotten that day and the man’s face.

Remembering these incidents and coupled with James’ words, Patty and Leslie knew that Brian’s fate was all but certain. And this made them extremely worried.

The both of them made a decision to talk James out of going after Brian, as they don’t want him to walk down a path he will never return from, but they also knew that their chances of success are extremely low.

***

Hours later, the two ladies were done shopping. They got into the car and James started driving towards home.

The atmosphere inside the car was uncomfortable and suffocating for the ladies, and James’ silence made it even worse.

Leslie looked at James worriedly and turned to look at her mother, who was seated beside him.

The two ladies’ eyes met and they didn’t need to say anything as they immediately understood what needed to be done.

Patty turned to look at James and she sighed when she saw that he still had that cold expression on his face.

"I know that you’re angry because of what that boy said but you don’t have to be. You don’t have to be because you already gave him the beating he deserves. He only said what he said to get under your skin. Don’t let it affect you," she said, with a small smile on her face.

Immediately, Leslie chipped in.

"Mom is right, James. You already beat that pig faced Brian into a pulp, there’s no need to go after because of what he said. The truth is that his words were more like the rambling of a lunatic," she said.

James sighed when heard what Patty and Leslie said. He understood what they were trying to do but that wasn’t going to stop him.

But that doesn’t mean that he has to continue wearing the cold expression on his face. He was aware that it was making them scared.

"Sigh... I understand that the both of you are worried about me and what I’m going to do, but you don’t have to worry. I won’t do anything drastic," James said, and smiled as he looked Patty sweetly, and looked at Leslie’s reflection in the rearview mirror. freeωebnovēl.c૦m

"I won’t kill him but that doesn’t mean I won’t break a couple of his bones. I made a promise to be the man of the house and as such, I must protect and provide for the both of you. And also, destroy anyone that disrespects or harm you," he added, as he muttered to himself.

Patty and Leslie sighed in relief when they heard what James said. The fact that he said that he won’t do anything drastic was enough for them.

They knew that they won’t get any result if they push any further than that.

"You guys don’t have to worry.

Leslie smiled as she looked at James’ handsome reflection in the rearview mirror.

She found it very hard to believe that the same boy who was running away from bullies in elementary school and early middle school, had become so manly.

James wasn’t always the person he was. Before he became like this, Leslie knew James to be shy, smart and introverted.

This always made him a target for bullying and he was bullied on various occasions. But after his parents died and James came to live with them, he changed and almost became a new person.

He was no longer shy and instead of being bullied, he started beating them up.

Leslie was shocked the first time this happened and she remembered the icy look he had on his face, as he beat those kids senseless.

***

James parked and got out of the car. He walked to the trunk and helped Patty and Leslie with their shopping bags.

The three of them walked into the house and after dropping the shopping bags on one of the sofa, he went up to his room.

Walking into his room, James took his seat at his workstation and turned on his PC to check the current stats of his memecoin project.

"$480M. Good. Ralph should be contacting the CEX very soon. Everything is going according to plan," James said, and nodded in satisfaction.

Everything was proceeding as planned. It has been barely two days and the memecoin was almost at the threshold he set for it.

If things continues like this, completing the mission would be very effortless for him.

"Now, time to check my unread system notifications and my Info screen," he said, as he called up the system interface.

[You spent $14,000. 10x rebate has been applied. You have received $140,000. The money has been sent to your bank account.]

[You spent $824,860. 10x rebate has been applied. You have received $8,248,600. The money has been sent to your bank account.]

[Host Info Screen]

[Name]: James Zolomon

[Age]: 21

[Stats]

>[Strength]: 10

>[Agility]: 9

>[Intelligence]: 9

>[Charisma]: 6

[Financial Status]

>[Account Balance: $0 ($7,685,011.48)]

>[Networth: $7,586,845.7 ($24,563,372.64)]

[System Resources]

>[Stat Point(s)]: 0

>[Lottery Ticket(s)]: 0

>[System Point(s)]: 0

[Mission(s): Stable Source of Income (Ongoing)*]

[System Store]

***

James smiled widely from ear to ear, in happiness, after he was done going through his Info Screen.

The happiness evaporated the anger he was feeling feeling previously and the tightness he was feeling in his chest was no more. He still plans to deal with Brian but for now, he wants to focus on other important things.

"$7.6M in cash. Good. Good. Good," James said, with his smile widening.

Even though he was completely out of rebate eligible funds, seeing the huge amount in his bank account, James didn’t bother about it.

The main reason why James didn’t bother about the lack of rebate eligible funds is because of his networth in bracket.

"The more than 51M tokens I have is now worth $24.5M. And it will continue to increase as long as the price of the memecoin continues to increase in the future. Which, of course, is granted."

"The next thing to do now is start investing my money. Which begs the question of where I should invest it," James said to himself, as he fell into deep thought.