Landing at the Newark Liberty International Airport within New Jersey, Esmond connected with Carter first while entering a cab as he gave the driver the address for the Hilton Hotel, which Esmond wasn't a large fan of, after staying a night in the Adelaide Hilton Hotel, but his childish side thought 'screw it!'.
While on the way, Esmond pulled up the Wheel of Chance from the System Interface and spun the wheel with his consciousnesses control over the system which saved from looking like a food to someone when he used the System Interface.
Today had made it roughly a week Esmond had acquired the new System Function which only gave him one worthy item so far which was the Virtual World.
The last two spins gave Esmond,
[2465 – Gregorian calendar]
[Ugusta Star Empire]
[Space Cruiser Cloaking System V5]
And
[2096 – Gregorian calendar]
[Amenix Que Domain]
[MRCA F/A/S -70B]
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The cloaking system was a great item in Esmonds mind, as it was known to help the Ugusta Star Empire establish a fearsome Space Legion which could uncloak themselves within enemy territory, bypassing all of their border scanning and protective systems.
But it was pointless for the current Esmond who was still bound to the planet and struggling with one magical stealth fighter which continued to have problems Carter couldn't exactly figure out and solve.
One might assume with the knowledge of the [MRCA F/A/S -70B] fighter drones, Carter could understand the drones' systems and fix some of the issues plaguing the F/A- 37 Talon.
A big problem that Esmond picked up on the second he saw the designs and materials needed, was the processing chip required a material that wasn't anywhere close to Earth, Ogryx.
Like the graphite chips which could operate at 10,000 times faster than conventional microchips, even their size would be marginally smaller, Ogryx could go further, with a single nanochip managing and processing data for an entire planet if need be.
Why would you need such powerful chips for fighter drones you might think?
Well, it was because of the drones' capabilities…
They were small factories which could manufacture their own ammo and conduct repairs while in the air.
Because of the powerful chip and scanning abilities of the drone, it could harvest its own materials if the storage levels reduced during combat, because a large makeup of the drones was made of nanotech which was made from an alloy which needed Ogryx.
It's conductive properties and psionic characteristics gave it a great deal of value, because Ogryx allowed the body to improve while their cognitive mind was in a Virtual World.
The ore would be used in creating the Virtual Reality Devices, connecting the users' body with the Virtual World to improve their body through games and other media, without causing any harm to the user's body.
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*Tut… tut… tut… tut…*
*Ding*
[Zadris Race Genetics Acquired!]
[Host has Acquired – Zadris – a humanoid race who propagated on several planets within a star system on the far outskirts of the Proxima Lyrae galaxy]
[A major characteristic of the race is the third eye within the middle of their forehead which is always closed, unless they are practising the natural energies of their bodies]
[Psionic Energy]
[Because of the excess natural energy within their body, the race was able to expediate the growth of their people and reach the stars within a couple centuries, not being plagued by the religious groups and entities that affected countless races throughout the stars]
[Zadris Race Genetics will be added to the Spatial Ark Land!]
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*Ding*
[Attention!]
[Host needs to create summoning square within the Spatial Ark Land for the Zadris Race Genetics to appear…]
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'Right… this… this… really had to come back and bite me in the ass… for fucks sake…'
Esmonds finger was about to dial Carters number but as the news from the notifications entered his mind, he paused and cursed in his mind about his misfortune coming across a race he never expected to see again.
That was because of Esmonds decisions in a past life to first absorb the race into his camp as the Crown Prince when he came across the race, but news broke about one of their charming abilities which made them the most sort after race.
Even more so than Elves and Dwarves…
Their ability to focus their psionic energy into simple stone and other materials helped them achieve the ore Ogryx.
By chance if they focused their energy on gold or steel it would create a hybrid ore which made the gold highly conductive and steel incredibly flexible which could be controlled, as well as plenty of other new characteristics.
So as the news of their ability hit the Intergalactic Network, Esmond was the most hunted man in space.
But it wasn't some outsider that caused his death, instead his father, the emperor, had him executed and his body sent to an Intergalactic council for his bounty.
After that, his father farmed the Zadris race like livestock and sold them throughout space to dozens and dozens of empires, kingdoms, domains, sects, and plenty of other organisations.
Eventually the race died out as the Zadris women wouldn't give birth many more, having gone through torture, humiliation, rape, and plenty of other atrocities.
The men of the race had all been wiped out long ago during Esmonds demise, as Esmonds wife at the time was a Zadrisian Princess and she'd given birth to a healthy Prince, but he didn't consider the conditions and connection with their lover meant everything to the Zadrisian people.
It was the backbone of their reproductive system and love culture, which only left them to die out, as their life expectancy lasted for 150 to 200 years, but it depended all on the conditions of their lifestyle.
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"Fucking hell, did you see what the system rewarded me with?"
'Hmm… yeah…
You, ok?'
Carter felt worried about Esmonds, because he remembered how hard Esmond worked in order to try and keep them safe from external forces, but his own father was the one to stab him in the back just so he could gather the bounty on his head.
Not just that, his wife and son were both sold into slavery before his own eyes because the owners wished to see the 'helplessness' in Esmonds eyes as he couldn't do anything to save them.
The only thing that kept him sane in the next life was the fact his wife wasn't abused before his eyes, or his son wasn't beaten like they were after his death.
Only fortunate thing about it all was knowing his wife killed herself as did his son when they overloaded their psionic energy and blew up the spaceships with their owners.
That was one of the best and worst things about the rebirth skill, which would show him his past life and what happened to those closest to him in his new life, helping achieve some closure.
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"I'm fucking swell…
Just fucking… swell…
Argh… *sigh* can you organise the summoning square the system is asking for so I can bring them to the space at least."
Esmond didn't want to deal with the Zadris people cause of the danger it pertained plus the guilt he still carried for coming across them in space.
It was an unfortunate accident that led him to the Zadris people, but his decision to stay back and learn from the people caused the father to send a fleet of the empire to search for him and in his urgency to find his son, the emperors forces broke several codes of the Intergalactic council.
However, it was all forgiven once they learned about the Zadris peoples amazing ability.
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'I already have the drones doing the job.
Only issue is we need to layout the square before your residence within the space… meaning it would be close to the cabin…'
Carter also lived in the cabin and didn't want to ruin the beautiful surroundings and garden he'd worked hard to make, just to put in a large flat concrete square before the cabin, ruined the aesthetics he'd created.
"… *sigh* more work… alright let me get back and ill design something…
Hey… you know how I said to make some housing for the families of the recruits right?
Could you build a small town that they could wonder in and build the square there?"
'Seriously?
You want two alien races to interact with each other already?'
"If it's our people… then yes for sure.
The Zadris people don't look much different than humans anyway.
Even the third eye looks like a small amber dot on their forehead at most, which you could say is part of their religion at most…"
Carter didn't object to the idea, but he was waiting to see how Esmond would react standing before the Zadrisian people.
'For now… go enjoy America!
The so called 'Land of the Free'… absolute morons I tell you…'
Esmond smiled and laughed a little in the taxi.
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"I agree it has many problems, some of which I can't believe are problems that still exist to this very day…"
He was referring mainly to the gun policy of the United States and the behaviour of particular police officers who thought of themselves as beyond the law.
Carter had found a great deal of footage that showed officers going well beyond the confines of the law and in some cases, open corruption which astonished Esmond.
It wasn't the only nation, as no country was completely free of such behaviour unless there was a high degree of satisfaction among the people about their living conditions.
But it still concerned him about the level of freedom some police departments had.
In the end it all went back to the laws and judicial system created within the American government that lacked on many fronts.
A major point Esmond liked to thing about was the 14th amendment which was adopted on July 9, 1868, yet blacks, Chinese and other races that were littered across the United States were still prosecuted and judged differently.
It'd been less than a hundred-year people of colour to be able to freely do many things that they were once restricted from doing.
The reason why all of this bothered Esmond was he knew the United States would put up a great fight to stop his goals for complete unification of Earth.
That wasn't all, he already had some information from both Anton and Carter that the United States government had asked the Australian government to investigate him.
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The reason why they were looking into Esmond was because of his movements all over the world, from Africa to Europe and now the United States within a short period of time.
Some of those investigating Esmond tried to trace back the $2 billion Australian dollars that entered his account, however all leads sent them into a dead end, which stirred them to start looking.
Carter knew of their actions, as did Esmond, so he was starting to understand the control America wielded and it wasn't pleasant.
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"Have you found anyone like I asked?"
Knowing his actions might lead someone to be suspicious of his actions one day, Carter was tasked to find a CEO capable enough to take care of the business and follow Esmonds instructions without trying to further their own agenda.
'Only one comes to mind, even though I'm still conducting my searches, he would be the least expensive person to hire, but he does have a great deal of experience.'
"Who?"
'James Trudell, the person your parents hired to teach you during the summer.'
After completing his year 12 studies in December of the past year, in 2007, Esmonds parents organised classes for him, with the tutor being a close family friend.
The two families had always been close since Esmond could remember, having come across them several times during their family trips around the world.
They even had a daughter, roughly the same age as Esmond.
Her name was Isabelle Trudell, and just like Esmond, she had a knack for studying and her heightened intelligence made it difficult at times to get along with others, but like Esmond, she'd come to control her urges to blurt out whatever was on her mind.
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Esmond couldn't believe his tutor and dear uncle that bothered him greatly when they would play FIFA, always losing to him, would be a greatly accomplished businessman that could help manage his corporation.
There was a great deal James would be able to accomplish where he might faulter and lag behind with the lack of knowledge and understanding of the business world, heavily relying on Carter.
It had already caused him to stand out in front of the United States government that they had people investigating him.
"Organise a time for us to sit down when we get back home.
For now, help me to prepare meeting the New Jersey head of Waste Management."
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'*Sigh* How did I even get stuck with this?'
Crista Hoffman was sitting behind her desk, exhausted after reading through the new file that was put on her desk by her supervisor.
She'd been working for the State of New Jersey for close to 2 years now and worked out of the State governments contracting department that worked closely with small to medium sized businesses to create a contracting opportunity for the people looking to expand their operation.
Problem was, in the two years she'd worked within the department, the number of businesses that were selected didn't come from the pool of candidates that went through her department.
Instead, they were selected based on who they knew and private cooperation between businesses and people of power.
Going through the new file, 'Primal' a recycling, dismantling and waste control management business that offered a great deal of opportunities for the people of New Jersey when it came to jobs and growth of the industry.
However, she knew things wouldn't go easy for business, because first they weren't a local business and second off, they were going about receiving the State Government contract without meeting the people with real power.
'I'll have to take things easy and let them down before they put all their hopes on this contract…'