Kidnapping

I look at the phone, contemplating whether to pick it up, especially knowing that her family is one of the families rumored to control country A. This puts complications in our relationship especially since I am not the one who is in the relationship in the first place. The three major problems with this relationship are that one, her family may or may not kill me at first sight. I investigated some of the crimes rich dads do to prevent their daughter's boyfriend from ruining them selling their daughter off or just out of pure blind and stupid love for them.

AN: Shut it, I don't want to hear about our weird thoughts when you hear love, father, and daughter in the same sentence. I miss the times when a father loving his daughter (like a father and not the weird shit) is normal. If you didn't have the thought then comment on this paragraph.

The second problem is that I don't even know her of course, I remember chatting with her but I was not involved in that relationship, and none of the original Alaric's feelings for her came to me at least I think they didn't. The third problem and least of my concerns are that I don't even know her face so I don't know if she fits my preferences in the first place. Plus, she may have been lying about it all in the first place and she is a he. I am already drenched in sweat remembering all the conversations we had, I wanna puke right now.

I contemplated the choices before I gave up and decided to wait it out, I didn't want to deal with her at midnight in the middle of the night. Since I am homeschooled even though tomorrow is Monday I can wake up whenever I want. Usually, I don't do this I go to sleep at 2 am and wake up around 5 am, it changes depending on the needs. 

{6 am monday}

I had the best fucking sleep of my life since I became a detective every day was a workday and a normal sleep cycle was out of the question for me. I quickly did my daily routine and came downstairs, I had a to-do list for today to open my first company. Last night before sleep I experimented with the system and then sleep took me over. I found out that the system is a powerful tool that allows me to invest in various fields, such as biotech, AI, or space tech, to unlock groundbreaking knowledge and technologies. 

Once I reach a certain investment threshold, the system grants him complete knowledge of the chosen field, providing not only theoretical insights but also practical expertise and hidden secrets that are typically inaccessible. In addition to knowledge, the system generates blueprints for advanced technology for the field, enabling me to create innovative solutions within the field. It is also able to establish a startup, turning its investments into tangible ventures. The system's investment requirements vary depending on the field—harder-to-enter industries like biotech or space tech demand larger investments, while fields in perfect competition require less. 

"System, tell me how much I need to invest in AI," I said, AI is a very competitive field since it has yet to be ventured into deeply. Plus, it doesn't require much regulation from the government nor does it require any high-end costly items just a computer would suffice.

[1,000,000]

The system dashed my hopes instantly, due to the high price what the fuck did I just see. How does creating a company that quit everyone with incremental knowledge about programming can create cost 1 fucking million. Although, my parents were well off all of it is now gone nearly only 300,000 is left of the original 50 million but these are just liquid assets. If I were to sell this house, all the bonds and stocks my parents owned I will probably get more than 20 million but I would rather not have to deal with that since it will put me at risk much faster. 

Plus, I don't want to give up something that the original MC's parents worked so hard for. I sat there in silence and thought for a while before sighing, "I am sorry" I said to no one but a photo of my parents and sister. I decided to sell this house off to gain some capital and then I will buy it back. I promised myself before deciding to go outside for breakfast. I grabbed my coat left the house and locked the door, I was going to walk to a nearby restaurant to ease my mood when everything went dark. I was still able to feel my body as I trashed around, my years of training kicked in although this body was not mine after spending a day I realized the exact specs of this body.

He is by no means a lazy kid he is a gym fanatic,c, especially with the gym he builds in his basement. He frequently went there and worked out drinking protein shakes, since he was originally vegetarian just like me. AN: He is not a vegan, a vegetarian not a vegan to different things. He is very fit he is probably driving me to my peak but this kid falls short because he has not built the muscles to fight. 

I used my pushed my arms back into the man's gut and then took his arms that he was keeping on my neck and twisted them now he is bent and his arm is being twisted in my hands. I felt a strong force on my arm as I fell to the ground, I removed the blindfold to see 2 ruff men in a suit. "Interesting choice of clothes for kidnappers" I muttered before getting up, one of the men came at me with a punch which I barely dodged not because I didn't see it coming or it was difficult but because it allowed me to surprise the other dude with a kick on the chest and used the inertia which on my body to feel on the other dude. I then rolled away from him, I saw he was getting up and used a series of kicks to keep him down and got up. 

The other man also got up and charged at me, before I caught his fist wincing a bit at the pain but powering through it and punching the man straight across his face. I then knocked him towards the other man and both fell on the side of a car and I kicked them continuously until they gave up. I was about to walk back home when I felt a sharp pain in my back, the 2 who attacked me were still in front of me so I turned to see another man in a suit this time he was bald. He was stabbing an injection into me, I looked at him angrily before raising my hand and slapping him on his bald hair. I always wanted to do that since one of the people I worked with in my past life was this paranoid, bald, black man. I hated him, not because he was black but because he was annoying me the entire time.

Do you know how rude it is to analyze and try to create a fucking contingency plan for a person when he is telling you about the case? It is pretty rude and I wanted to slap his bald head for the longest time but I finally had the satisfaction of doing it on this man right now. I saw as he fell clutching his head which had a hand print on it, I then continued to kick him before I fell. My second life sucks ass, I want a refund on my reincarnation.

When I woke up, all I saw was darkness I thought I had died but my all other senses said otherwise. I fell the wood on my hand and also the rope they used to tie me with, although I did not feel any on my legs rookie mistake motherfuckers but first I need to see the room. "Ahh, even after my best efforts it seems you fuckers got me. Tell me how much you want for my return" I said in absolute silence, and I continued "Ok, Fine but at least open this blindfold. I don't do well in darkness"

This time I heard a faint rustling before someone opened my blindfold, I winced at the light in my eyes before seeing that there were exactly 5 bodyguards on each side of a grand hallway. There are probably another 10 behind me too, making 20 in count the stairs that lead upstairs looked like that of a castle, and that combined with the fact that the expensive-looking chandeliers on top. I see the man behind my kidnapping is very powerful, but before I could act again I heard steps walking. The density of the steps, combined with weight, speed, and length on top of the ruffling sound I could deduce that these steps belong to a woman. "FUCK!!!, Veronica" I said loudly, before saying the second part still loud but just for her to hear as she walked into the light and stared at him from the top of the stairs. 

Her long, dark brown hair falls in soft waves around her shoulders, and her green eyes are sharp, almost cutting through him as they meet his gaze. Her skin is fair with a natural rosy glow, giving her an almost ethereal look. She's dressed casually, like a college student, wearing a simple blouse paired with a skirt that reaches just above her knees. It's nothing flashy, but the way she carries herself gives off an air of confidence and poise. There's something undeniably captivating about her like she could blend into any crowd, but at the same time, you'd never be able to take your eyes off her.