When he heard that, Andres' motivation skyrocketed. Unlike the false promises of the Ruobber company, Patty could give him the benefits he needed. He felt himself improving with every interaction with Patty. He felt that if he continued to serve Patty, the closer he would be to achieving his dreams.
Every company in the entire world promised a chance to get a Teqx if someone was able to join their internship. Patty gave him his dream Teqx and asked for nothing.
Every company in the entire world promised that they would teach their employees the knowledge they need to become better Dreamers. They made false promises of making people stronger, richer, or more famous. Patty simply gave him a carrot that improved his cultivation. It was something tangible, not some promise.
Andres used to give 99% of his energy to the Ruobber company while he received no benefit from them whatsoever. Now, Andres was ready to give 200% of his effort, energy, and focus to making sure that Patty succeeded in whatever he was planning to do. He would be the hand that did anything!
DING DONG
A drone from the outside emitted a bell sound. Andres opened the door and saw a secure metal container that looked like a shoe box. He quickly took it inside and opened it. His eyes glistened as he saw his new 50,000 Chain Space Ring that could store 10 kg of items securely stored in red velvet linen.
"It's here, sir Patty."
Andres put the ring on his hand. Then he went over to Patty and took the Kores in his hand. With bated breaths, Andres activated the ring's space inventory to store the Kores securely. This was a high-tech ring that used the brain waves from the user just by wearing it.
"Good! Now, make sure that you deliver those to Leonard's laboratory," Patty said, still lying in his bed.
"I won't disappoint you," Andres replied and quickly went out the door with a pep in his step.
Patty smiled when he saw that. His plan of being lazy finally took shape. Just by laying in bed and doing nothing, Achram and his family would eventually give him all the high-quality Kores he needed. Then, Andres would come to him and deliver all those Kores to Leonard who would pay twice the market value for those Kores!
He would become a multi-millionaire without even leaving his house! It was perfect!
Of course, he didn't forget that he had to pay Andres something. He wasn't going to be like the Ruobber company.
Thankfully, what Andres wanted was something Patty had in droves.
He used 100 Yi Power he earned from Achram's fight and quickly re-invested it into the Magical Rabbit so that it would give him more Yi Power Carrots. He was thankful that all he had to do was to pay Andres a few of these carrots.
He was earning a few Yi Power every day so, it wasn't that much of a loss to him. And the best part of it was that Patty didn't have to do anything. He just had to give up a few Yi Power as a sacrifice. It was much better than doing more stuff and wasting his energy.
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Andres had to use public transportation for now. After all, he used all the money Patty gave him to buy the best and most secure Space Ring. Not only that, he had to walk a few ways towards Leonard's laboratory because the bus didn't go directly to that route.
It didn't bother him, though. Back in the Ruobber company, he was forced to act as a rickshaw for his superiors when traffic got really bad. Walking a few minutes was the least he could do.
He felt like he wasn't doing enough to earn the benefits that Patty was giving him. It felt like he should at least run a marathon before he earned a fraction of the value of that magical carrot. Yet Patty promised that he would give out a coupon worth 10 of those magical carrots!
He couldn't wait to finish this job and consume those carrots again!
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While Andres was having the time of his life doing his dream job, his superiors from the Ruobber company were having the worst time of their life.
They were supposed to be relaxing in their offices in the Ruobber main company headquarters right now, but because Andres was absent today, they were the ones forced to do the menial work.
They had just come back from a dirty job in the mines, and they felt the grime and oil all over their body. They weren't supposed to be doing this job anymore! After they finished their hellish internship, it should have been their turn to torture the interns, like their superiors did to them.
Their suits and company uniforms were completely dirty from the job. They won't be able to relax in the company because they'd be ridiculed by the other employees. And the worst part about it was that they didn't have an intern to do their laundry for them!
"That damned Andres! Does he think that he can still have a future in our company after taking a day off?!"
"Does he think the weekend is a day for relaxing? Even if it isn't an actual work day, he should still be groveling at our feet."
"Tsk. If he comes back, I'll make sure to teach him a lesson so that the next break he takes, would be the last."
Just as the two of them were about to enter the bus, they suddenly saw a youth who had the same short hair and thin build as Andres just a few meters away from the bus. He looked like he had just gotten off it.
They almost didn't recognize him. His back wasn't slumped, his head wasn't down, and his shoulders weren't folded inwards. And most of all, he didn't have that distinct miserable look on his face. He looked like a completely different person.
However, he couldn't change that walk. It was the walk of someone easy to bully. It was the walk of someone that they used as their personal butler multiple times before. The two of them followed him closely until they were finally sure that it was Andres!
"Look at that guy. That's Andres. What's he doing here?!"
"Instead of going to the company, he instead wanders around the city?! Is he crazy?"
The contract between interns and the Ruobber company was clear. If they missed even a single day of work, then the company had the right to revoke their promise of giving a Teqx at the end of the internship, especially if they didn't have any valid excuse for the absence.
Clearly, Andres was well enough to walk tall through the city streets, as if he had no troubles in the world. It looked like he wasn't even bothered by the fact that this was his last chance of getting a Teqx! He didn't have that scent of desperation that the Ruobber company preyed on!
"Wait…what's that?"
One of them noticed something glistening in his fingers.
"Is that…a ring? He didn't have that before, or I would have already stolen it from him."
The other guy's eyes were more vigilant. He noticed that this wasn't just a regular ring. It had a very similar design to a very famous Space Ring being advertised on the internet for having 10 kg of inventory! But that's not possible!
That ring cost at least 50,000 Chains! Even working part-time wasn't enough to buy a Space Ring that expensive.
"That's a Space Ring. And a pricey one at that."
"A Space Ring? He must be an idiot to spend so much on that! Doesn't he know that I'll just take that ring off him? Well, I won't deny him giving me an expensive gift."
The other guy was ready to confront Andres and take the ring off him, but the other guy stopped him in his tracks. He was the only one who thought about the possibilities of how Andres got that ring.
One possibility was that Andres was a secret inheritor; he was only pretending to be poor. That wasn't very realistic because there was no way Andres would endure through all that hellish internship for nothing.
The other possibility was very unlikely, but much more possible than the first one.
Andres was recruited by another company. That would explain how he had that ring. It must have been loaned to him or something. He didn't know why they would poach a useless youth like Andres, but it was the only possible reason for his new confident demeanor.
"He must have been poached. Does he think that he can get away from the Ruobber company without any repercussions? While he's having the high life, we're over here suffering?!"
"Let's tell the company. They'll surely crush the company that dares steal one of their precious slave interns."
The two of them quickly stopped following Andres and immediately returned to their headquarters to tell them of this news.
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Meanwhile, Andres finally reached the location of Leonard's laboratory. He hadn't even knocked when the door suddenly opened and a semi-bald man welcomed him in.
"Ah, you must be here to deliver the Kores. I'm Leonard."