Every morning, Jaden got out of bed bright and early and let himself wake up slowly, enjoying the warm morning sun and his first cup of coffee of the day. Then he would wake his body up with a few stretches before getting dressed and prepared for a productive day at work.
Breaking this routine? Out of the question!
Even on his vacations, Jaden would keep the same routine. It helped him stay focused, relaxed, and prepared for whatever would happen during the day.
But what the hell was this!?
Waking up on top of a slick white bugatti was not his idea of a tranquil morning!
Jaden honestly couldn't remember much past his first sight of Manila. At some point he must have fallen asleep, but he seriously wasn't sure what happened. Somehow or another, he must have ended up inside Crisanto's building.
When he woke up his first thought was that he must be inside of some sort of science lab. But it was not like any sort of lab Jaden had seen when talking over finances with influential scientists in New York.
Was there any one thing in this lab that wasn't from a designer brand!?
Jaden wasn't into the whole designer brand thing. But he was pretty sure Louis Vuitton didn't design lab equipment.
Except, unless he was seeing things, they evidently did.
Instead of an examination table, there was a large Bugatti in the middle of the room, which Jaden was currently lying on top of. The pointlessly extravagant interior of the lab was so confusing that he hadn't even stopped to consider the consequences of the fact he was being researched inside of a science lab.
There was no way they wouldn't find out about his system.
To put it lightly, his normal life would be ruined.
Hold up! Hadn't he wanted to meet up with a scientist in the first place? It seemed pretty likely this was Dr. Vihaan Malik!
This wasn't quite what he had in mind, but it seemed maybe things weren't quite as bad as he thought.
Then the lab doors opened, with smoke filtering through them. Speakers hidden in the walls started blasting Filipino rap music, and in walked a man dressed in a white, obviously designer suit. He had a lab coat on, which had the Gucci symbol embroidered in the corner. His deep black hair was slicked back and he had a single diamond stud in his ear. Above his mouth was an impeccably maintained mustache.
Everything about him was extremely unnecessary.
Now Jaden was in a particular predicament. The Doctor with the most experience when it came to systems in the entire world, and Jaden had to not only convince him to get rid of his system…
But also to keep this whole thing between the two of them.
Dr. Vihaan Malik slicked back his hair. "All right it's surgery time. This looks fun."
Uh, no! Wrong person! Jaden did not need a surgery!
He sat right up. "I'm perfectly healthy! What do you mean, surgery time!?"
Dr. Vihaan looked startled at Jaden sitting up. He rolled down his sleeve and glanced at the largest Rolex Jaden had ever seen. And he had seen his fair share of Rolexes. "Ohhh my mistake, my friend. I have a bit of extra time, though. Want me to do it anyways?"
Hard pass! He was a completely irresponsible doctor!
"You can't just do surgeries for no reason!"
Dr. Vihaan turned away, covering one eye with his hand. "If only someone had told my parents that, perhaps this suffering…"
Save your angst for another time!
Jaden had to get this back on track. "Dr….Malik? Can I ask you some questions instead?"
Dr. Vihaan had pulled out a tablet that looked like it was coated with diamonds. Jaden rolled his eyes, he couldn't help himself. "This is…Crisanto, is this my birthday present?" Vihaan glanced at Jaden. "A system Crisanto has never seen before, huh? Cases like this are what make life worth living."
Before Jaden could get a word in, Dr. Vihaan had hooked up a whole host of sensors to him and pressed so many buttons Jaden couldn't even keep track. Of course, every piece of equipment looked like it was worth more than Jaden's entire net worth.
It only took a few seconds, and then Vihaan stopped moving around, a perplexed look on his face. He then punched the table, causing papers and clutter to fall to the ground.
That was probably a million dollars, just thrown away. Jaden knew his CEO would have shed a tear.
Vihaan screamed: "Damn you, Crisanto!! I'm sick of your endless pranks! He doesn't even have a system!!"
Huh…? Hold on, there must be a mistake! Sure, Jaden didn't like his system much, but saying he didn't have one was just an insult! He had certainly not been making all this up!
But yet, Dr. Vihaan continued: "Not much point to you staying here. You're just a normal person, I have no use for you in my lab."
Those words…they were what Jaden had wanted to hear so badly.
So why did they feel so wrong!?