6 Betty

"Fuck off. I am not a liar. It's because my dad is a lawyer. Liar, lawyer, get it? Not even catchy and he got it from his father."

"Yup. Not very catchy."  Bryan said with a poker face.

Bryan just nodded without any expression. He wanted to go back and think of a money making plan.

He listened to Eddie's chatter as they walked back.

"You are bold. Trying to steal his girl." Eddie said.

Bryan smiled before speaking, "That's not the only thing I stole." 

"What?" 

"Nothing" 

They were  about to reach the dorms when a sound stopped them.

"Eddieeeeee!." Eddie shivered as he heard the call of the witch.

A tall girl walked to them. She was tall, short hair, almost a bob cut with well chiselled legs which seemed to be the defining feature of her personality which was a little flat otherwise.

"Do you want to die?" She asked him politely.

"Betty, did I do something wrong?" Eddie spoke with hesitation remembering his last mistake. 

The girl was Betty Green, his cousin. He feared her a little because of her violent tendencies.

Eddie was a little short. Okay, he was a lot shorter. Short and a little chubby , Betty reached around his shoulder to grab his neck.

"When did you do anything right? I saw it myself. Why were you running now?"

"Running?"

"I saw it. You ran after this punk who fought with Kevin. Do you want to die because of him?"

"I am not a punk. I am Bryan Best.." King replied, further annoying Betty.

"See? Only a punk would say that. You are dead Eddie. I am telling Uncle what you are doing in college."

Eddie did not know what he had done to have such a cute sister on the outside but devil on the inside.. He was the actual son but his father dotted on his cousin more than him. He had doubts about his adoption status as well.

"He is my friend and we weren't fighting. We just went to eat."

"Eating edibles? Do you think I can't smell it?"  Betty caught him again.

Eddie knew his sister's trait. She would not rat him out directly. This was extortion.

"What do you want? Just tell me directly."

"Huh! You are smarter than I thought. I want the stuff you had."

"I don't have it"

"Then bring it to me in a few days. The girls in my dorm want to try it but we don't want to do it with boys. You heard me right? Or should I ask uncle."

Eddie was reminded again of the power she had.

"Give me a few days."

"Good boy and stay away from him." She left after warning him.

Bryan was amused at how they were. He remember Bella and how he would pawn her in fake wrestling matches. 

"Sorry. She is my older cousin.  She is just worried about me." Eddie spoke as he rubbed his hand behind his head.

Bryan just smirked. 

They walked into their own rooms.

Bryan sighed as he opened his t-shirt. He had not expected to cause a sound when he punched just the air. 

[How much stronger did I get?] Bryan thought.

Bryan looked at his muscles in the mirror.

[The pain was worth it, I guess.] 

He went on all fours as he tried a few pushups.

[I can continue for hours.] He thought as he got bored.

It was time to get to work.

[What should I do? I need money to start with anything.]

Bryan opened his phone to look at the price of bitcoin. He opened the historic price charts. 

[Was I retarded earlier, I know it will breach 1200$. I just needed to look at historic charts to see if it had happened.]

[One month. It's almost September and price is almost 200$]

[How much do I have right now?] He looked at his bank balance. 

500$. This was all his allowance for the semester. 

[Mom wanted to give me more money but I asked her to save it for Bella.] Bryan remembered the scene.

[I need to make money asap. I just have a month.]

[The bot can drive, cook but he can't answer anything except very basic communication. I can't use him for anything really complex.]

[Wait, I got this.] Bryan thought as he fished out the parcel he had borrowed from Kevin.

He brought out the notes out of the packet as he counted the fat stack of Benjamins of the packet.

"1, 2, 3, ...., 47" Bryan counted the stack and added the three bill from his chest pocket.

"You are a good guy, Kevin. 5G and my own 500$" Bryan felt a little better knowing that he had gotten a lot done on his first day.

[I can't just do it everyday. He will probably find out.]

[Should I rob a bank?] Bryan thought.

"No, it is too risky." He paused a little and said, " at this stage."

[I don't have the system tools. Everything is so expensive.] Bryan already had decided to buy a mask which was worth 100k and a bulletproof suit. It would be helpful against heavy rain since it was also doubled as a raincoat.

[What do I need now? Money. That will come from the bitcoin boom in 2 months. I need capital to invest in it.]

[I hope Kevin is generous enough. I can freelance as well. I worked as a programmer at a good firm. Should I start working? No. ] He rejected the idea.

[I can ask mom for some money. Eddie seems rich enough. He should be able to pitch in.] Bryan was already looking for his potential money mints.

Bryan opened his laptop. It was an old HP which he had bought for school work. He made it work with patience.For a man used to 2020 technologies, this seemed like torture.

[Let's just check the University FB groups.]

Bryan quickly requested access to all groups on campus as he humbly posted his exemplary skills in both frontend and backend.

[Now, I wait.] He switched off facebook as he waited for his phone to ping.

It was almost 3 am and Bryan could not sleep. The gene potion made sure that he would not fall asleep ever again. 

[Fuck!]

He opened the laptop back on as he started to craft his strategy.

[I am right. This thing is more important than money if I want to rule this world.]

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