"Is it legal?" Eddie asked.
"Are you the police? It's not illegal but it's not exactly legal either."
"Sounds shady." He paused a little, "I am in."
"If Andrea can invest, it won't be illegal. I can trust her judgement." Eddie said as he made the decision based on the mind of a lovestruck girl.
"How much do you want to invest?"
"How much did Andrea invest?"
"10k"
"Fuck!"
"What?"
"How does she have so much money? She shouldn't have 10k lying around."
"Why?"
"I know her family. She is Betty's best friend and we have known each other for years."
"She said it's her sisters money."
"Hmm. That could be it. Still, if you scam us, just remember my dad is a lawyer and a good one." Eddie threatened.
"Don't worry, your money will safe and I will give you good returns."
"Okay. I have 10k in my account. It's my pocket money savings over the years. I had to buy that figu.. never mind. 10k is enough right?"
"I can work with more but it's alright if you can't afford it."
Eddie squinted a little as he tried to think of ideas to get more money.
"Are you sure it will be a profit? I can get more but." Eddie stopped as if trying to remember something. He even shivered a little as if remembering some fearful events.
"Eddie?" Bryan said.
Eddie said, "I don't know man. I will have to think about it. It's a bit risky if you fuck up. My dad will disown me."
Eddie had been thinking about mortgaging his car but decided not to for now. It was too risky for him.
"No pressure. 10k is already a lot of money. I will return it to you in a month."
"Okay."
They walked back to their dorm. It was at the same place next to the playground where the ball had almost hit Andrea.
It was Eddie's turn to get hit this time. The ball hit on the shoulder and he fell down. Bryan could have saved him, if he dived for it but that would have been too theatrical of a stunt to pull off.
"Motherfuckers, they are deliberately targeting me. This is the second time, this has happened." Eddie said.
"Do you have some history?"
"History, what history. I just went to their frat for the rush week. They tried to haze me and I ran away. It's definitely because of that." Eddie said.
A tall guy in the ground called, "Hey lads."
[Is he about to apologize? That would be for the best, they almost hit me last time.] Bryan thought.
"Pass the ball back." He shouted.
"Fuck them. I am complaining about them." Eddie said.
"No, don't. You don't want to be that guy." Bryan said as he picked up the ball. He threw it back at the tall guy with some extra force.
The ball raced towards the bully like a bullet before it hit him on the shoulder just like it had hit Eddie. The guy fell down much worse than Eddie had. It was over in a second. No one knew what to do.
"Wow." Eddie looked at the bully on the ground. He knew Bryan was powerful. He had seen him against Kevin's lackeys but this was another level. There was worship in his eyes. He wanted to have Bryan to take revenge for all the times he was bullied.
The other bullies did not come to fight, feeling a little intimidated by Bryan who could throw the ball like that.
"Let's go. I am sure they will be careful with their balls from now on." Bryan said to Eddie.
Bryan didn't think his action of teaching these guys a lesson would have this effect.
"Yeah, yeah. Bryan, I want to add more. I am ready to mortgage my car."
"You have a car?"
"Car. Of course, I have a car. I even have a house." Eddie instantly regretted. Why did he need to flaunt his riches now.
Bryan smiled.
"I know what you are worried about, but I am a student, just like you. We will be here in this uni for years. Don't you want to way rich? Just help me this time and I will make sure ,you won't have to work in your life." Bryan made him an offer
"I won't have to work anyway. My dad has left me a house and a car." Eddie replied.
"Didn't you say your dad liked your cousin more?" Bryan said.
"Don't change the topic."
"Fine, whatever you give me. I return the double before the end of this year."
Bryan made him an offer, he would regret not taking.
"Fine. I will put 50k in total. I can't mortgage my house. My dad will come to know and disown me. I have some other important things like watches and the car. I should be able to get atleast 50k total."
"That's good. Consider it a deal." Bryan extended his hand out.
Eddie shook it. The agreement was done. Bryan had found a big fish. The one missing piece of this puzzle was getting mom to finance his last bit.
As they were walking back, Eddie changed the topic, "Are you prepared for the chemistry test? I heard it has the same weightage as the mid-semester."
[chemistry. I had even forgotten we had to study that in freshmen year. No wonder students don't have time to code.] Bryan thought.
"Is it compulsory to attend?" Bryan said.
"What? I was thinking of taking your help and yes it is compulsory. I asked some guys and they said that you can't attend the mid-semester if you miss it tomorrow."
"Thanks for the heads-up. I will be there tomorrow."
"Will you study?" Eddie asked with little expectations.
"No." Bryan said without any hesitation.
Eddie was a little shocked realising that Bryan was even less worried about his grades than he was about his own.
[Does it mean that he is sure his project will work?] Eddie thought about it and thought about the 100% return which Bryan had promised and cheered up a little.
"Don't worry. Just look around. I am going to do the same tomorrow. Just sit next to guys who you think might know the test. Always worked for me." Eddie gave a tip before entering his room.
Eddie had promised to send his 50k in a few days after he was done with the bank stuff.
[60k. This would turn into atleast 300k. It's a lot but still not enough to redeem an intelligent bot. There's also the mask and the suit.] Bryan thought as he sat inside his room.
[I have to go home after I am done with Eddie. I can't wait for long.] Bryan looked for his phone as he booked the ticket for the weekend.
His home was in a suburb of Las Vegas where his mom taught kids in elementary school. The only other relative besides his mom was Bryan's little sister. His dad had passed away in an accident just before the birth of his little sister, Bella.
[I will make sure they don't have to work hard first thing after I am done with the bitcoin thing.]
There were a couple of days before the weekend. Bryan followed a routine where he spent most of the time in his room and only went out to meet Andrea after her classes. Classes which Bryan was supposed to attend as well but did not.
It was going great with 330 bitcoins in his wallet. The price was still fluctuating around the 200$ mark.
With nothing else to do, Bryan worked on his laptop to study some coding. He had thought of a thing, he wanted to do and the type of bot he would be redeeming first.
Bryan coded all night and was really bored after some time.
Needing a break, he remembered something.
[What does Andrea's sister do?] He opened the website.
It did not take even a minute for Bryan to realise what her sister did. It was writing but not the normal kind. It was one for all the men of culture.
Being one himself, he may have been improved by the system but it did get pretty frustrating after he read the escapades of the main lead of her sister's novel.
Bryan found something rising inside of him. It was his curiosity about Andrea's sister.
[I will have to take revenge for this on her little sister. Someone has to be responsible for this.] He looked down in thought