Chapter 1- An Average Man

Chapter 1- An Average Man

Allen was an average looking man with not so average life, before he died.

Allen grew up in a middle-class family of a developing country; and just like any other middle-class family they could never say that they had anything in surplus, it was always enough to survive the month.

Growing up he was determined to change his life for better, he dreamt of a life where he would have everything he desired through his hard work.

Pursuing his dream he worked harder and harder, scoring good marks in exams, going to college, university and got his PhD in Chemistry.

As he completed his studies with the hope of taking the big step towards his goals, he dived into the world of jobs. He got a job at a college to be an Assistant Professor and worked as a teacher. The day he got his first salary his chest puffed with pride and happiness. 

But as months went by he realized that with this kind of money he was earning, he would never reach his goal before death. He decided to change job and try a high paying one. After a few months of search he joined as a Pharmaceutical Company as a Chemist.

This job did change his previous state, although it took a toll physically and mentally but it also bought luxury to his life. He continued the job for the next 3 years until one day he saw a young man who was his junior classman in his college driving a luxurious car. Allen approached and asked;

"Hey man, looking at your luxurious life you sure have worked really hard to earn it?"

The boy smirked as if Allen was making joke, "Hard work fuu…, I barely work"

Surprised at the answer Allen asked, "Then how did you earn all these?"

"Well all I can say, you need to know THE route" saying this, the boy left, leaving a stun Allen behind.

Confused Allen asked many of his friends about the guy and what he got as reply made him depressed. It was not that he was angry or jealous of others achievements but depressed that even after all these years of hard work he didn't know how were people with so little afford living such life.

After that he became determined to make his path to the top, he started trying different approaches to achieve the wealth he aimed for but it always felt short.

He was slowly losing hope until one day he accidentally overheard a conversation of his manager who was preparing a big scandal in the company, his manger was filthy rich and Allen always thought it was due to his work but when he realized the content of the conversation his reality shattered.

When everybody left the office he decided to confront the manager and to his surprise the manager neither panicked nor felt threatened, just laughed. The manager asked Allen to join his side instead and told him about how many times he did it in the past, Allen at first refused but as the manager pursued, he agreed.

That day the manager took him to show the real wealth and wealth holder of the society and convinced him that it was the 'right way' to riches.

Allen after that was never the same and within the next two years he made money as if he had a magical printer to print money. Allen was always smart and creative and only need the direction and once he got the path he started to become the king of it.

Within the next few years Allen was living not just his but everybody's dream life. He would buy anything he want, date multiple celebrities and destroy anyone who got into his way.

Everything was going excellent until he got into an argument with the rulers of the country. They started to scheme for his fall and both side got into many kinds of conflicts. It was quite difficult for them to damage Allen as he was always steps ahead of them but it all went haywire when one of Allen's loyal subordinate betrayed.

In the next few days, he was declared the nation's enemy, a terrorist and many other things. They completely changed the nation's prespective of him and at last sent well trained soldiers in the façade of mafia to kill him.

"This is your last moment Mr. Allen, you will not live past today" said a man standing infront of Allen.

When Allen saw multiple fully-armed people surrounding him inside his house, he took a deep breath and spoke,

"I know I have done a lot of horrible things to reach where I am now, but I don't regret even one of my decisions.

I am someone who has lived in both sides of the reality; you know I was a teacher, chemist, scientist and a gangster.

While you all will hate me, despise me or criticize my life choices, let me tell you

I am a real Achiever in life."

He came forward and sat down on the sofa; he looked into the eyes of the man leading the group and nodded.