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Chapter 6 - Chapter 6: The First Calculation

Numbers came naturally now. Not because Adrian Cole forced them to, but because the system encouraged precision. Time passed in clean units. Seconds became minutes. Minutes stacked into hours. Hours into days. Everything had value.

He lay quietly and counted without counting.

Morning light shifted across the wall. The sound of a radio drifted in from another room. Elaine Cole hummed softly while working. Marcus Cole left at the same time every day. Consistency simplified prediction.

Adrian Cole opened the system.

Name: Adrian Cole

Age: 0

Status: Immortal

Shared Immortality: None

Currency Generation

$0.01 per second

$0.60 per minute

$36.00 per hour

$864.00 per day

$25,920.00 per month

$315,360.00 per year

Total Accumulated: $8,640.00

Spent: -$325.00

Current Balance: $8,315.00

The increase aligned with elapsed time. No deviation. No fluctuation. That reliability was rare.

Adrian Cole began calculating forward.

One year equaled over three hundred thousand dollars. Five years crossed one and a half million. Ten years passed three million. That was without investing a single dollar in the real world.

But money unused was wasted leverage.

The system shop opened.

Shop Categories

Knowledge

Potions

Skills

Assets

Knowledge was selected again.

Advanced Investment and Stocks Knowledge Book $1,500

The price was acceptable. The return would be exponential. Adrian Cole checked the balance again. Enough remained afterward. Margin existed.

Purchase confirmed.

Total Accumulated: $8,640.00

Spent: -$1,825.00

Current Balance: $6,815.00

Integration followed immediately.

Pain spiked behind the eyes. Stronger than before. The world tilted briefly. Breathing slowed. The sensation passed in under ten seconds.

When clarity returned, so did depth.

Market manipulation through timing. Insider patterns without insider access. Infrastructure investments disguised as stability. Compounding advantages layered over decades.

This knowledge was dangerous. Used incorrectly it would draw attention. Used correctly it would look like luck.

Adrian Cole closed the interface.

Intelligence rose again. Mental strain reduced faster now. Future integrations would be easier.

He watched Elaine Cole enter the room and adjust blankets. Her movements were gentle. Habitual. She smiled down at him without expecting anything back.

Marcus Cole returned later that evening. Tired. Shoulders tight. He checked the door locks again before sitting down.

Both parents lived reactively. They solved problems as they appeared. Adrian Cole planned years ahead.

That difference would widen.

The system opened once more before sleep.

Inventory

Investment and Stocks Knowledge Book

Advanced Investment and Stocks Knowledge Book

IT Knowledge Book

Programming Knowledge Book

Inventory Capacity: 25

Still plenty of space.

No potions yet. No skills. No physical enhancement. Everything followed order.

Currency continued accumulating as time passed.

Adrian Cole closed his eyes.

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