Drake rushed into the airplane and only then did he relax. As he felt the plane taking off he started to review his situation in more detail. Th thought to himself,'Ok, so let's presume Justin Holoman did sabotage my gear, maybe it was a simple revenge scheme. I don't really get it though, why would Justin of all people resort to petty sabotage, maybe it was because I outed him. That would make the most sense, he was probably on some sort of secret mission, which is why no one was told the real reason for all the land grabbing in the area. Hmm… but this..'
Drake was now thinking that this incident, although traumatic in its own right, might've been a blessing in disguise. Drake now had been conversing with the two battle brains in reality to test if they were similar to the ones in the game. Sure enough, the two sub brains definitely behaved very similarly as the game, but Drake was starting to notice something. As more time was going by and he was talking with each brain more and more it seemed like they were starting to gain personality. He had noticed it before but thought that he was going crazy but now he was sure, General was starting to sound eerily like an army commander who has seen many wars and had smoked every day throughout his life. While Eco was starting to sound more and more like the typical stereotype merchant, all while still retaining a little bit of monotone in their voices, though it was slowly going away.
General said,"My lord, after reviewing more of your memories I have come to support your decision to stay in the southern union. It would seem that you could easily make money to support yourself in the game as well as in reality. For my advice after combing over alot of information I recommend either to partner with the "Rivera Group" or the "Santina Family"."
Drake nodded his head in appreciation, he had been going over who to form a partnership with and had asked General to narrow it down for him. He had brought very interesting groups to Drake. The Rivera Group would be known as the most staunch supporters of the game throughout even the next 6 years, supplying the game with estimates up to 127 billion by the time Drake had died in his previous life. Then there was the "Santina Family", a very large family that grew very fast in game and had numerous rankers in the top 100 from their family, spending billions to increase their strength by even a single point. Both were very good options and Drake honestly wanted both but knew that it was likely never going to happen and decided he would try to partner with the "Rivera Group". This would give him a little more leeway as the Santina's would probably outpower him eventually anyways.
The general then said,"My lord, I am a little unclear on the history of the last 70 years or so, and for some reason I am unable to access certain memories, could you tell me the state of at least the north americas?"
Drake thought to General,"Not a problem, I don't have anything to do while we fly in this plane. Hmm.. ok, around the year 2065 the United States of America, Canada, Mexico and Guatemala formed the United Coalition of Nations to Suppress the rising powers in the east, such as the Indo-Chinese Communist Party, The French Revolutionary party and the Spanish-Brazilian Alliance. However this would be a short lived union as the French Revolutionaries simply stated non-aggression and focused internally. Then the Communist Indo-Chinese suddenly had a huge uprising in its states, which the government was still fighting against in gruesome guerilla warfare the last time I checked in my previous life."
Drake sighed and continued on,"After 2 of the 3 "enemies" that made this union happen suddenly weren't a threat anymore the coalition started suffering heavy resistance. Canadian Provinces started to protest against the union and the former southern United States such as Texas, Florida, and Georgia quickly followed. Then the northern regions of Mexico joined in after support from the former texans, after receiving a lot of support from all the other southern states Texas declared that in accordance with the annexation laws from the previous United States, they could become independent at any time. It was a ridiculous claim that had been disputed many times before and no one ever thought they would actually use it."
The general said in his mind,"Ok, I understand more of it now, but the picture still isn't clear enough, please keep explaining."
Drake nodded his head to no one but himself and thought,"After Texas seceded their was heavy sanctions and resistance, however former Luoisana, Georgia, Florida, Arkansas, Alabama, and South Carolina of the United States as well as Northern Provinces of Mexico such as Chihuahua, Coahuila, Neuvo Leon, Tamaulipas, Durango, and Zacateca all seceded along with Texas and they become a united nation called the Southern Union. Shortly after, about 3 months I'd say, The canadian Province of Quebec declared its own independence, and only about a month later, the former Mexican provinces of Baja California, Senora, and Sinaloa, along with the former American and Canadian States California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Yukon, and Alaska formed the Western Union.
The general said,"Is there anything else?"
Drake nodded his head once more to no one in particular and said," Yes, actually, New mexico eventually seceded as well and joined the Souther Union, then a former American bureaucrat eventually took over the Former canadian provinces in between the expanding Quebec which was annexing the former Canadian provinces to the north and east as well as Ontario. Seeing a Grab for power he seceded with the former Canadian provinces Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and after about three months annexed its northern neighbors. The Former coalition couldn't keep its hold on Mexico and eventually Mexico also declared its independence along with Guatemala creating the Hispanic Alliance, which afterward kept expanding till it got to the border of columbia."
The general did what felt like a nod in Drakes mind and said,"Hm ok, and what of the rest?"
Drake sighed and said,"They rebranded as the United State, where the rest of the former united states would form under one state and a council of 5 leaders would determine the fate of their country, which often led to sabotage and political and economic strife. This is the reason they wanted my house, Texas and California had most of the oil used beforehand, but now they had next to none, which was why the United State gas prices were starting to skyrocket."
Drake could feel the plane was starting to land and was thankful that he didn't have to worry about his safety anymore, Justin Holoman couldn't touch him in the Southern Union, he had little influence here.
General said to him,"Ok, now that I have a clear understanding of this world I will start formulating plans in case you ever need them, until then I will maintain defense."
Suddenly Drake was hit with the exact feeling he had in the game, A big brother watching over him, but still a little creepy. Drake decided not to pay it any mind and thought to Eco.'Hey, Eco, You there?"
Eco responded saying,"Oh.. My lord, yes I am here, how can I help"
Drake was starting to like being called master and my lord and smiled, he was going to gain alot from just having access to these brains of his. He responded,"Yes, I need your help with the Rivera Group, they will need something to convince them I can be profitable and worth their money. Search my memories and see if anything in the southern union or anything to major businesses happened in my past life, this should give us some valuable information about how to coerce them."
Eco responded in malicious glee,"Of course master! This one will be happy to do as you have commanded"
Drake got off the plane and grabbed his bags from the conveyor belt. He left and went to one of the banks he had an account at and took out 1 million from it. This was a bit of pain for him but he wanted to be in a wealthy, safe area, so he decided to get something in a VIP area. Galveston Heights and Pier was the safest and wealthiest area Drake knew of and many rich people owned houses in this area, as well as the main headquarters for the Rivera Group, it was a perfect place. After filling out paperwork for his new home and paying 945k on it he went into his new home and instantly fell exhausted on one of the showcase beds that had been left in the house.
As Drake was falling asleep on this new comfortable bed, in this new warm house, he thought to himself,"This is the beginning, I can only go up from here". Drake steeled himself to always push further into the unknown and without realizing it, slowly fell asleep.
==Authors note==
Hey guys, I'm trying an alternate version of north america here obviously but the geography I am describing in the future might get confusing without visual representation so I will include a Imgur link so you can view a map representing this idea in a simple form. https://imgur.com/a/0ifOcVR