The news broke like a thunderclap across the financial world. R-Corp, the mysterious new powerhouse, had initiated a hostile takeover bid for the entirety of the Mathur Group. The offer was audacious, offering a 40% premium over the company's already battered stock price. It was an offer no shareholder could refuse.
Apex Media spun the narrative masterfully. 'Mr. R' wasn't a predator; he was a savior, rescuing a failing legacy brand from incompetent management. Veritas Legal Group executed the legal filings with surgical precision. For Suresh and Anjali Mathur, it was the beginning of the end.
They watched from their lavish home office as their life's work dissolved in a torrent of breaking news alerts. Their phones rang incessantly with calls from their lawyers and bankers, all delivering the same message: the fight was over before it had even begun. There was no defense. R-Corp's cash reserves were seemingly infinite.
Left with nothing, Suresh did the only thing a powerless man could do. He begged. He sent a message through the lawyers, a desperate plea for a direct audience with the man who had destroyed him.
In the Aethelgard Tower, Anya relayed the request to Raj. "He's asking for a video conference. He says he'll do anything."
Raj considered it for a moment, then nodded. "Grant it. I want to see their faces."
Suresh and Anjali sat before a large screen in their office. They looked older, defeated. The screen flickered to life, showing only the familiar, glowing blue 'R' logo.
"What do you want?" Suresh began, his voice raspy. "Is it money? Name your price. I'll give you anything. Just leave us our name, our company."
"My company now, Mr. Mathur," the cold, modulated voice of 'Mr. R' replied.
Anjali leaned forward, her face a mask of false sincerity. "Please, whoever you are... we have worked our entire lives for this. Show some mercy."
Raj felt a cold laugh bubble up inside him, but his voice remained flat and dead. "Mercy? An interesting concept. Tell me, did you show mercy to the curse you kept locked in your storeroom?"
Silence. A thick, horrified silence filled the room in Ludhiana. Suresh and Anjali stared at the screen, their faces draining of all color. The prophecy. The storeroom. This wasn't a business rival. This was a ghost from their own home.
"Who... who are you?" Suresh whispered, a dawning, soul-shattering terror in his eyes.
"I am the bill for your sins, coming due," 'Mr. R' stated, and then the line went dead.
After the call, a profound sense of finality settled over Raj. The rage was gone, replaced by a cold, empty peace. He turned his attention to his daily ritual, one last time for this chapter of his life.
[ Daily Check-in Complete. ]
[ Final Revenge Quest Reward: The Mathur Family Estate (Ludhiana) ]
[ System Upgrade: The Infinity System 2.0 Unlocked ]
[ New Module Activated: Global Conquest ]
A legal document materialized in his system's inventory. The deed to the very house he had been cast out of, acquired through the foreclosure of his father's now-worthless personal assets. The ultimate irony. The ultimate victory.
The system panel flashed and reconfigured itself, its design sleeker and more complex. The old quests vanished.
[ Main Quest Line: Personal Revenge - COMPLETE ]
[ New Main Quest: Build a Global Empire. First Objective: Achieve a corporate valuation of $1 Trillion. ]
The next morning, a sleek, black car from Titan Security pulled up to the gates of the Mathur mansion in Ludhiana. A man in a sharp suit, an agent from Veritas Legal Group, stepped out. He handed a single envelope to the stunned security guard.
Inside Suresh and Anjali's office, they opened the envelope with trembling hands. It was a notice of eviction. Their home, their land, every last vestige of their empire, now belonged to an anonymous holding company under the control of R-Corp. They were ordered to vacate the premises within 48 hours.
They had lost everything. Not just their money and their company, but their home, their name, their pride. They were ruined, not by a business rival, but by the ghost of the son they had thrown away. The prophecy had come true. He was the downfall of their house.
In Mumbai, Raj stood looking out from the top floor of the Aethelgard Tower. The city sprawled beneath him, a web of lights and possibilities. His personal revenge was over. The boy from the storeroom was finally at peace.
But 'Mr. R', the master of the Infinity System, was just getting started. The world was much bigger than Ludhiana. And he wanted all of it.