It's alive!

After I moved in I began my hunting for lifespan. I will tell you that being a teen, skeptical and ambitious makes you an excellent client for me. I managed to swindle 30 years of lifespan of 4 teens for 200k for each of 5 years of their lifespan, for the total of 800k, the cost of making a small movie studio. I decided to them to remember a random lucky event too after the deal was successful but this time I added a clause that If they feel the need for more money and want more you can go to the park near the movie studio, sat under the big tree and close their eyes. Only on Sundays at 12:30 PM.

After those deals, I was 1.2Million poorer but I now had +5 lifespan years.

I only had 150k of money left, but I wanted to buy a little stats points. My solution? Simple. Small time deals stacking up. I decided to make deals of 1 year of lifespan for 1k of money. It seems little no? But if you are gambling and losing, 1k for a supposed deal with a "god" is a good thing.

My method was simple, I went searching for a different casino for preys on the gambling machines. So if they fall sleep on the machine is not rare. After our quick deal, I would leave a chip on a blind spot of every casino, the bathroom. Even then I would go with a good disguise I bought online for around 5k. Of course, all my preys were men, since I couldn't go to the woman bathroom. Of course, the contract would say that the deal was considered done when I left the chip on the designated place if they didn't get it in time before someone else noticed it they can only blame their bad luck.

I would also be closer to the bathroom than my client to ensure I would be first.

After 2 weeks of 1-year lifespan deals, I was finally able to gather 75 years of lifespan on me. I had enough for 7 stats points since they cost 10 points each increase. I needed 10 to complete my quest.

I decided to put 4 points in STR making it 14 STR (70KG), 2 points in INT making it 25 (IQ: 110) and 1 point in AGI 12 (-0.036s).

I remained with only 5 years of life left and 80k. I have to try to make a big deal and maximize my money for lifespan. Like the first deal, but I didn't have a lot of cash left.

I wanted to complete the [Purchase 10 stat points] because I really wanted to know what could he gain with another . Last time he obtained pretty cool ability for desperate times. Since the description of "What would you obtain?" is vague enough for giving me hope for something good to appear. I would welcome anything, stats increase, new skills, lifespan, a solid gold bar, anything really! I wanted to complete all the easiest missions first to be able to plan a more solid plan with all of my abilities at my disposal.

With no other alternative, I kept changing casinos and making 1-year lifespan deal for 1k each. After 30 more deals and another week of doing, I finally was able to reach that 30 lifespan threshold.

Anyway, I tried to add 2 more points to points to STR. I could only add one point and then a blue screen appeared that said:

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Please increase your level to be able to add more points manually to this stat.

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It seems that I have a limit per level too to add stat points. If 5 is the limit for manual stat allocation, the natural grow stat would be the same too. Why would I think that? Video games! And Balance!

If there is no limit on stat allocation then there is no point to try to increase the overall level. Makes sense to me.

I added my final point in AGI making it 13(-0.039s).

I was back to my 5 years of life expectancy and only with 50k left.

What expression would my mom make if I told her that I won a 2.5Million dollars a month ago and I only had 50k left on me? Probably she would beat the shit out of me HAHA!!

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Mission Complete. Purchase 10 stat points. (Reward: 1 x Lucky Draw)

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I immediately use the skill and the familiar box with a '?' appeared in front of me. I slowly reached with my hands inside the box and felt little rounds things, the size of lotto balls of those old lotto games. I decided to pull one after a minute and the box disappeared.

What was in front of me was a lotto number 451, and immediately transformed into a red precious stone. I didn't know what was kind of stone was that.

I decided to look online and I was 80% sure that this was a red diamond and looked bigger than the biggest known yet, the 5.11ct Moussaieff Red Diamond. Among the colored diamond gemstone family, the rarest color of all is the red diamond. In fact, there are only perhaps 20 to 30 red diamonds known to exist, and most weigh less than half a carat. The size of half a carat is approximately 5.2mm. The stone lying on my hand is approximately 10cm.

I was numb, looking at my old pc screen that I kept into my new place for sentimental value and because I didn't have time to buy a new one. After a couple of seconds, I screamed on my empty apartment "I HIT THE JACKPOT!!!!"

Why was that? Because each carat of this precious stone is 1Million each. And the price for a complete 10cm red diamond is gonna be at least 15 times more if my calculations are right.

"IM RICH! DRUGS AND HOOKERS FOR EVERYONE!!!!"

My neighbors only told me to shut the fuck up before they called the police on my supposed rich ass.

So I tried to calm down after shouting, I have to get used to deal with this large amount of money. Either way, this kind of money is not equal to the precious lifespan that can make me almost a superhuman.

I have to options now, I could call Jamie or call the old mafia guy. Jamie would guarantee my anonymous state but I don't know if he really is gonna be able to pay me the amount of money this gem deserves.

After a heavy consideration, I have no other choice than to call.

I called the pizza place made all the speech that they told me, cut the call and waited for the call. I decided to call the old guy since this kind of deal needs secrecy. What more secrecy than the underworld? Sure they will charge a hefty commission but my name will remain anonymously and I will make a deep connection. Plus they surely know how to make an invisible offshore account and not some of those "Swiss bank accounts" that are not reliable anymore.

After 2 hours of waiting a familiar tug voice called me and said over the phone "What do you have?"

I calmly answered "A really good thing that your boss would like to have"

He was silent for a moment and said: "Are you putting your life on the line for that statement?"

I stuttered and said "S-sure thing! I guarantee that your boss would like this!"

He grumbly said "Ok, I hope you don't make me waste my time kiddo, I will send you a location, go there and wait for me, go alone and unarmed"

After saying that he hanged up.

I did what he asked me and they sent me a coordinate. Like those movies of spies! Anyhow, I went to the location with the help of my Asus phone. I gathered information about the shop from the internet, but they were extremely nice, suspiciously nice. Like if someone forced them to write a good review.

I went inside the store that only said outside "We buy! We sell!". I arrived and the thug greeted me and said: "Come inside and go to the booth on the left and wait for me there".

I did what he said and after 5 minutes he came to the booth alone and put a gun in the middle of the table of the private booth. He looked at me and said "Show me what is worth my trouble coming to this place"

I smiled and thought about and we were both transported in there. He arrived before I finished writing. And told him facing my back to him, I will be done in a second kid, wait for a little.

He cautiously seated at the end of the bar table with a little gun pointed at me. When I looked at him I was a middle age man with black hair and scars in my face. I was a typical thug who became aged and owned a bar. With a hint, a shrewd look my transformation was complete.

In all of those 1-year lifespans deals I was bored a little while and did some experiments, basically, this room was my world, I could change anything at my disposal but I couldn't physically harm them. They, instead, could harm me, if they punched me it would hurt. If I cut my whole leg off when I came back to the real world my leg would be numb for a couple of minutes and then it could go back to normal.

So I had a few risks if they intended to harm me. Of course, firearms couldn't work with me. In my world, I have a sci-fi shield all the time that absorbs bullets. But I couldn't make my body stronger than diamond, I could appear to be diamond but is all fake, a skin.

So I looked at him with my new looks and said "If it makes you feel safer or better you can point your gun at me or even shoot, I don't mind it at all"

The thug looking man was perplexed and aimed for my shoulder to shoot.

*BANG*

1 meter before the shoot came to my shoulder the bullet just disappeared on thin air.

The anxiously looking thug was scared and continued to empty his clip on my body.

*BANG BANG BANG*

*CLICK CLICK CLICK*

I continued cleaning the glass and said to him "No more bullets eh? What a shame, it had a kinda melody that I liked to hear. It reminds me several should morning after that sound, extremely pleasing thing."

He began to panic and tried to lift from his seat when the seat transformed into a majestic electrical chair that tied him on the spot.

I smiled while walking slowly to the end of the bar: "Not so fast kiddo, I want something from you, and you are going to give it to me"

He looked perplexed and tried to talk with the gag on and that I didn't even bother to pull out of him.

I looked and told him "I don't care about you, on your intentions, or whatever, I have a pawn in front of me that has an important part of the chessboard. The kid in that booth has a red-gem cursed with the ancient curse of the world. He got that in a fucking poker game that an archeologist lost, that archeologist was supposed to die in a fucking cave-in! But no!! Your puny god wanted to save his life thus advancing the curse to display itself! I can't allow that you get it?!"

Since I was making that speech the surroundings got darker and darker the further I stepped closer to him. And when I said if he gets it I was just a few centimeters of his face and my face was morphed again to a similar middle-age man but with a have tint of demonic properties.

After he nodded and peed himself at the same time. I made my widest smile and clapped my hands restoring all the lights and my original middle-age face of before. And continued "PERFECT! I JUST LOVE ADORABLE PEONS THAT WOULD LISTEN REALLY WELL! So little peon, you need to exactly this. The kid is gonna give a gem, don't ask anything. Make the appraisal right there, give him a good price consulting on your boss, transfer the money and done. You tell your boss that the kid has some potential to bring good stuff for him that there is no need to kill him. You can convince him, right? Well if not, too bad for you. If the kid dies the curse that I put on you will increase the fear little by little until you grow insane but always remember one thing "The red gem smiles on you", you got it champ?"

He frenetically nodded and I said "Okay, sign this contract that says that you will do that and I will not do anything to you and be done for. Oh, two more things, I'm not a devil, just a god bored enough to play with mortals, and second, you can't say, record or transmit in any way or form anything that happened here. Okay, sign with blood then!"

He quickly read the document and signed. After that, I smiled and disappeared. He regained conscience and immediately grabbed the gun and pointed at me.

I panicked and said "HEY HEY HEY! WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT?!"

If he really shoots at me at this distance I'm pretty sure I can't dodge that bullet.

He was frozen and silent in place for a while why I was sweating balls, and finally, he lowered the gun and said "Show me what do you have for us"

I reached my hoodie pocked at retrieved the red diamond from my and showed to him. He was fearful looking at the gem and said "OKEY OKEY, I WILL CALL SOMEONE ELSE TO COME HERE TO APPRAISE THE GEM"

After he said that he disappears and after a few minutes an old man walked by.

He looked at the gem for 15 minutes and talked with the thug outside and said.

"Yes, it's an authentic complete red diamond. With this size and perfect shape, the value is not less than 1 Billion. If you auctioned with the right people could go even more than that!"

I held my breath, it was much more than I expected. The thug then smiled and said to me "My boss said that you are a weird and courage kid, that he liked your boldness. Not even having any doubts about dealing with us. Not even afraid of us robbing you. He's right, you are weird. If he was another type of boss you could be already dead, but he liked your boldness, wait for a little"

After a brief call to his boss, he approached me again and said "We can buy you jewel at 1 Billion. We can make you an invisible foreign account to you to use your money. But if you plan to use it here you need a cover business to slowly transfer the money to your main account, either way, that's not our problem. Deal?"

I quickly nodded and handed him the jewel, he smiled and gave me the account number and check password for the account. I left the store and quickly went to my apartment. My heart was beating so fast it was almost out of my body. Jesus fucking Christ, I need to have enough backing and be strong enough not to feel this way anymore.