After finding out that one day in the Infinite Realm was equal to one hour in the outside world, Grace decided to check the villa from the inside. But what she didn't expect was to find the building completely empty.
"Why is there nothing here?" She asked, turning her questioning gaze toward 2025 as it followed her inside the villa.
"So that you can arrange or decorate this place as per your liking. The original infinite realm had lands, forests, mountains, and rivers, but nothing else. This villa is a part of Dr. Kian's system programme." 2025 explained.
Grace nodded her head in understanding. After thinking about the current situation, she actually liked the idea of the villa being empty so that she could arrange things without any bother.
The basement was huge and it could easily be used to store a lot of supplies. She decided to use the ground floor as living space and the rest of its two floors for storage purpose as well.
"How big is this Realm?" She asked after a while, wondering if the name of the place had anything to do with reality.
"It's infinite, or at least is believed to be infinite because none of the scientists who worked on the jade bracelet's project ever saw the end of this realm. That's why this place was named as Infinite Realm." 2025 answered.
"And how am I going to unlock other areas?" Grace continued with her questions as she tried to learn as much about the system and the realm as possible.
"By leveling up." 2025 replied before it pulled up the transparent screen once again, showing Grace some stats written on it. "You can level up by completing certain tasks that are shown on the screen here. The higher your level will get, the more areas you will be able to unlock."
Grace settled down on the stairs and pulled the screen in front of her before she started looking at the displayed tasks and then moved on to see other features of the system. The more she read, the brighter the spark in her eyes became.
"Can I add my own tasks?" She asked 2025 when she noticed a particular task section.
"You can, but it should be a good one. You can't go around adding any random useless tasks." 2025 warned.
Grace fixed her icy gaze on the little creature before she asked, "How about a revenge task?"
2025 had to do a double take. It stared at her face for a moment and only when it was sure that she wasn't joking around, did it answer. "That's acceptable and you will receive points based on the level of punishment you will use in your revenge. Still, the minimum points for a revenge task is 5000. So, you will get that much for sure."
A smile curled the corners of Grace's lips as she returned the screen to 2025 and stood up. "That's good to know." She murmured much to herself before she once again turned her attention toward 2025. "I have already collected a batch of weapons, I will store it here soon. So you can consider another task done."
2025 got a little impressed with the woman as it had been merely over an hour since she returned to the past and had already started working so efficiently. "How many weapons though?" It asked while adding the task in the system.
"Six thousand and four hundred. Especially customized." Grace answered and watched as 2025 turned its shocked gaze toward her for a moment before it continued with its work.
A moment later, it finally spoke, "All done. You will get 10,000 points when you will store the weapons in here. Also, these 10,000 points will help you level up. You can then either unlock another area or keep these points for other uses."
Grace nodded her head in understanding before she took her leave and exited the Infinte Realm. Seconds later, she was back in the office and realized that merely twenty minutes had passed since Kevin left her.
Not wanting to waste any time, she decided to do some quick research and calculations. First, she looked up Dr. Kian on the web only to come across pages after pages related to him. The man was really popular... and handsome, based on the pictures that were flooding the internet.
She quickly found what she was looking for and closed the internet and her web searches. Next, she opened up a secret folder and started looking through the assets, properties, and everything else she owned... and she owned a lot of those.
Lastly, she checked her bank balance and was very much satisfied with the numbers she saw there. She had several accounts, some in different countries as well, and every single one of them was loaded from the years of hardwork she had put into Blackwood's business empire.
Just as she finished looking up everything that she planned, her phone buzzed with an upcoming call. She immediately picked it up when she saw the caller ID.
"Boss, everyone's waiting for you at the meeting room. I have also made sure to distract the outer circle so no one will find out about this meeting." Kevin spoke from the other end of the call.
"Good. I will be there in five." Grace replied before she ended the call and closed her laptop and computer. She didn't forget to lock her office before she headed to the secret meeting room.
Just like she told Kevin, she was there within five minutes. When she entered the room, she was met with several familiar faces. They all greeted her politely, their expressions serious as they knew that since such a meeting was being held, the situation was serious.
Grace fixed her gaze on the seven people who were standing around the long meeting table. She signaled them to take their seats before she too settled down.
"Boss, what is going on?" Kevin asked when he noticed her serious expression. He had been wondering about the reason behind this secret meeting, but he didn't dare to ask up until now.
Grace looked around the room at the only people she was daring to trust in her rebirth after the betrayal she had received in her previous life. She took in a deep breath and then finally dropped the bomb - "We are closing our base... tonight."