Chapter 76: Chapter 76: The Taboo Tariff
Ethan was still lying on the floor, processing his father’s goodbye, when the System reverted to its usual malicious cheerleader tone.
[Here are your rewards for Lena, Champion! Enjoy!]
Ethan expected another cash cascade, considering how thoroughly satisfied he’d left Lena after three orgasms. But to his surprise, only a few notifications popped up.
[Have Sex inside a bank building during business hours - $100,000]
[Have sex with a financial advisor - $150,000]
[Rob a financial worker using only your cock - $250,000]
[Drive a woman crazy for you in under 1 hour - $500,000]
[Have public sex in a financial zone - $2,500,000]
[Inspire more couples with your act to become exhibitionists (4 couples) - $4,000,000]
"Hey, hey, hey, System! There’s a mistake here!" Ethan sprang up. "Where are the rewards for vaginal sex, for the blowjobs, for all the times she came?"
The System cackled. [Hehehehe! Did you seriously think you’d get money every time you fucked a woman? This is not a checklist system, Champion. Every thing you do and every reward you get will not be repeated. You’re running out of easy tasks, hehehe...]
[From now on, you’ll have to be more creative. The list is only a guide; if you see something that’s not there, you can do it, and there will be special rewards for secret immoral acts.]
Ethan was stunned. He’d done the exhibitionism because it was easy and hot, but he expected all the cumulative money. He had received $7.5 million, but he expected more; according to his quick calculations, maybe $12 or $15 million, based on what he’d gotten last time.
"Shit... So things aren’t that easy," he cursed.
The System burst out laughing. [You always fall for the same thing! When will you understand that life isn’t that easy? I am a System, not a charitable foundation helping you for nothing. Now, your rewards will increase more and more in quantity, but your performance must be of quality. You don’t pay attention to the small details. The first time you fucked Chloe, there weren’t so many rewards, but with Victoria there were. Why is that?]
Ethan thought for a moment. "Because it was in an outside location and she wasn’t anything to me?"
[Exactly, kid! This system rewards lust, the forbidden, the deliciously damn taboo in society. Want serious money? Follow this list.]
A new list of tasks appeared on the screen, far surpassing anything Ethan had seen before. This was dark, immoral, and frankly criminal.
[Fuck someone in front of their parents]
[Fuck someone in front of their children]
[Fuck someone in front of their grandparents]
[Fuck someone in front of their aunts and uncles]
[Fuck someone on top of a grave]
[Fuck a widow on the day of her husband’s burial]
The list continued, becoming more and more degenerate and dangerous.
[Fuck an officer who tries to arrest you using her own handcuffs and baton as a dildo.]
[Fuck in front of the President of the United States - $1,000,000,000]
[BONUS: Fuck the President’s wife in front of the President +$10,000,000]
[Fuck in front of the Pope inside the Vatican, atop the papal throne - $1,000,000,000]
[Fuck a Muslim woman, in Mecca, at the Rahaba Mosque - $1,000,000,000]
They were just places and scenes to fuck, but any one of them would cost him a bullet to the head if he was lucky. Plus, there were bonuses for fucking the family members of the planet’s most powerful beings.
"Do you want them to kill me, damn it?! I couldn’t even get near that place, and you want me to profane them!"
[I saw you thought there were very few places left, so I was correcting you. There are many places, and very delicious ones, Champion... but the ’easy’ places, those are what you are running out of.]
Jason knocked on the door. Ethan opened it.
"It’s done, Boss. The man signed. Title transfers to your name before midnight. Your financial advisor will handle the final details. This building is now yours," Jason reported.
"Excellent work, Jason. Now, come in. I need you to see this," Ethan replied.
Jason entered and closed the door. Ethan pointed to the laptop, where the Data Analysis System—the legacy software—still showed a complex display of stock market graphs.
"The program... I recognize the proprietary language. Is that... is that the program? The Version Beta?" Jason asked, his eyes widening slightly.
"It’s his. But this is not the Beta. This is the Final Version," Ethan corrected. "My father kept it hidden. He told me he made us millionaires through this, but he never told me, believing I needed to struggle to value it."
"I can’t believe he finished it," Jason murmured, shaking his head. "He and Vincent Halbert were using the Beta, but your father always refused to share the final code. That’s what drove Vincent mad with jealousy and greed."
"He trusted you, Jason. He mentioned your name in the final video. Did you know what they were doing with Vincent Halbert?" Ethan asked.
"I knew they were building something that would control the market, Boss. They were a team—your father, me, and Vincent. But your father was the genius. I’ve wanted to avenge him since the day Vincent Halbert ordered the hit," Jason confirmed.
"Then we’ll use the genius that Vincent tried to steal against him. We’re not going for a public shootout, Jason. We’re going for a financial annihilation. Tell me about Vincent Halbert’s operation now."
"He has control of Future Technologies, the company the three of us founded. He holds the majority shares, and he’s using the Beta program to keep the stock artificially inflated," Jason explained grimly. "There’s a council still loyal to your father.
"I want blood, Jason. I want him to watch everything he stole burn," Ethan confirmed. "Now, give me the current intelligence on their operation. Who is he using to move the dirty money?"
So you don’t want to rebuild the company, do you? You want to destroy it.