Novel Wait
Chapter 42 Doing the Right Thing
"27 million Gold Giblets, also known as, 2.7 billion dollars," I said like a sleazy car salesman. I really dragged out the word 'dollars'.
"Where? How? Who? What? Why?" He said.
"For where, I got it from a portal dungeon. For how, I did really well at a mini-game. For who, the president of the Kabutomi Corporation. His name was Ed. For what, it was a reward for completing the dungeon. And for why, why not?" I said.
"That was far less illuminating than you made it sound," he said.
"I know. I'll explain for real this time. I went to another portal dungeon with Victoria. The mission was to save the president's daughter, but the president turned out to be the president of a mega-corporation. He tried to not pay me anything, and then the system said that a "negotiation" mini-game had started and that it would determine the rewards of my mission," I said.
"So I played it like a game, and I won. I tricked the crooked business man who was not only going to not pay me, but have security escort me off the premises, and report me for trespassing if I refused to leave."
"Ok, but why is the amount so weird?" He said.
"I paid the estranged daughter of the business man for going along with my scheme," I said.
"How much did you pay her?" He asked.
"Ten perc… ent," I mumbled.
"What was that? I didn't hear you," he said.
"Ten percent," I mumbled, but slightly louder this time.
"Say that again?" He said.
"Ten percent! Ok? I paid her ten percent of the reward money," I said.
"Ten percent? Shame on you!" He said. "You will go back there and give her what she deserves, right now, mister!"
"She's not even real. It's just a game," I said.
"That's not the point," he said. "You should pay people what they're worth, regardless of whether or not they are real."
"You know how ridiculous that sounds right?" I said.
"I know, but the point is, you should do the right thing, regardless of the consequences. Or in this case, the lack of consequences," he said firmly.
"Ok, I'll give her fifty percent," I said.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Let's not be hasty. Fifty percent of three billion dollars is a lot of money," he said.
"Who's being stingy now?" I said.
"No, no, no. I'm not being stingy. I'm just being reasonable. You were the one who rescued her. Not the other way around. Twenty-five percent is more than generous," he said.
"Is that it?" I said, waiting for what I expected him to say.
"And you could throw a measly ten percent to your master. For training you," he said.
"I'll give you two percent, and you'll like it!" I said. "That's sixty million dollars! If you can spend sixty million dollars in the next lifetime, I'll give you more. Look, this isn't all for me. This is for the vampire sect as a whole. And the entire monster world.
I'm planning on creating a united monster association. Not just a vampire one."
"That's commendable, my pupil," He said nodding his head up and down. "And I am more than happy to receive sixty million dollars for being your master." He bowed deeply at me.
"You're ridiculous," I said, rolling my eyes. I started walking away. "I'll be back. Find a place you want to put the money."
"Ok. I'm proud of you," he said.
"Thanks. This is probably one of the most ridiculous things I will have ever done, but you convinced me it was right, so I'm doing it."
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I arrived outside the portal. I unlocked it with the key and stepped through it. I arrived back in the office, where I had left from. Everything was still grayed out and frozen.
I walked to the office room I knew Lara, the president's daughter, was in.
"I want to pay Lara more money," I said. There was no response for a few seconds.
[Are you sure?]
"Yes," I said.
The world slowly turned back to color and unfroze, Lara was standing in front of me staring at me.
"Aren't we done? Is there something else you wanted?" She said.
"I want to pay you your fair share. It took two people to rob your father blind, so you deserve half. I was being greedy before. I was wrong. I'm sorry," I said.
"Oh my god! Really?" She said.
"Yes. It's only fair," I said. I put my hand out. "Partners?"
"Yes," she said smiling. "Partners."
'System, transfer the money.'
[Money has been transferred. Remaining balance: $1.5 Billion]
That wasn't so bad. I still have a frankly unreasonable amount of money, and I know I did the right thing.
[Good Deed Recognized]
[100 Karma Points earned]
[Shikasa's Favor increased by 10]
[Lara's Affinity: +100]
[Karma tab unlocked in Shop]
"Here's my number," Lara said, handing me a piece of paper. "You can call me anytime."
"That's very flattering, but I have a girlfriend. Can I call you for normal friend things?"
"Sure," she said.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
The scene went gray and froze again. I made sure to lock the dungeon instance again. I put the piece of paper in my pocket and walked back through the portal. Now that I was safely outside the portal, I decided to open the Shop.
[Shop]
[Karma][System]
In the Shop menu, there were only two available tabs to open, Karma, and System. I clicked on Karma.
[Karma]
[Available Points: 100]
[Karmic Correction: Minor = 5 points, Moderate = 10, Major = 20]
[Karmic Correction: Correct a wrong or unfortunate circumstance by negating it or turning it into something good]
[Special Corrections]
[Correct Elder Ravenkin's master's death = 50 points]
Whoa! The implications of this tab were immense. Having the ability to correct wrongs would be game changing in my life. And not only my life, other peoples live too.
According to the Special Corrections section, I could correct wrongs that happened to other people too. I could do so much good with this tab! I loved this system. Just when I thought it couldn't be better, it adds a new mechanic that changes everything.