Getting A System In A Modern World

Chapter 157: Amarndo Silva

Armando Silva was in USA from a business deal and he decided to meet up with an acquittance of his, Lucas Anderson.

He remembered his first meeting with Lucas Anderson and the reason they became acquittances.

His business was going through a rough patch at that time. Business was slow and he was making losses months after months.

He wanted something to serve as a springboard to his success. Sometimes that might even turn his company to an international one.

Months later, he got hold of an information that there's a business contract that the state of California wants to award.

When he got this information, he felt that this was it. No, he knew that this was what was going to change his fate forever.

He immediately flew to the State and landed in California, to submit his bid for the contract but when he got there, he knew that he had no chance when he saw his competitors.

He realized this and decided to take a back door. He started trying to make acquaintances and this was how he met him, Lucas Anderson.

At first, he was skeptical at what a small company manager could possibly help him with but his doubts were cleared, when a meeting between him and the governor of the state was set up by none other than Lucas Anderson.

The meeting went well, too well actually, as he got the contract on words before the day of its awarding.

The rest was easy to guess. Silva got the contract and he was able to turn things around with it, and he became acquittances with Lucas Anderson.

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Silva arrived in front of Lucas' company building, Castor Corporation, and was met with a sealed building.

He was surprised to say the least, as what he was seeing contrasted the company building he knew.

He immediately took out his phone and started calling Lucas' number. The call went through but it wasn't picked even after incessant ringing, until it was forwarded to voicemail.

He called again but the same thing kept happening. After multiple calls, he decided to give up and investigate.

He started making calls to his trusted contacts and Lucas' friends that he knew.

After series of calls, he finally understood the situation and he couldn't help but sigh.

"It seems he bit off more than he can chew," Silva said to himself, as he looked out the car's window.

His first thought was to help out using his very affluent connections. As a member of the most powerful organization in the world, Silva has connections in high places but due to his position in the organization, these connections are vague. Very vague.

Silva wanted to help but he knew that it would take a lot to move the people that would be able to get the job done. He might have to pay a price, and from his understanding of the character of the other members of the organization, he knew that the price would definitely be a very steep one.

It would had been different if he was the one in trouble, as the organization would definitely not allow any of their members to go through any that would question their affluence.

"I should had made him join the organization sooner. Things would had been different if he was a member of the organization.

He looked at his phone and thought of making another call, as he wants to know the situation of Lucas' family.

He felt that since he can't help Lucas, then he can at least give a helping hand to his family. He felt that he could do at least this much as reciprocation for the help that Lucas gave him.

He made his decision and put a call through to one of Lucas' friends again, to ask about his family's situation.

Some seconds later, he hung up and sighed again.

"Lucas, what did you actually get yourself into? Your wife has left you now and your son is hospitalized. Who did you actually offend?" Silva asked himself curiously, when he heard of Lucas' finally situation.

Moments later, he told the driver the address of the hospital Lucas' son was admitted into and the driver drove off.

Few minutes later, ge finally arrived at the hospital. He got out of the car and walked into the hospital's lobby, followed closely behind by his security details.

At the lobby, he asked one of the nurses at the table for the ward that Lucas' eina was staying at and the direction. He was given the information he needed and he immediately made his way to the ward.

As he made his way there, he thought of what he could possibly do to help the boy's situation. From the information he gathered on his way to the hospital, Lucas' son, Daniel is just notorious as his father.

He also found out that his attitude was what landed him in the hospital, and he felt that there's also a possibility that it's the reason for the situation the family is in at the moment.

If he was to be candid, he knew that he shouldn't be helping out someone like that. He knew that there's no different between Daniel and the majority of the members of the organization, they are all d*cks.

Though he's not that much different, he's a man with principles. One of his principles is paying his dues a accordingly and also collecting them in full.

He continued thinking of what to do and he finally came up with an idea.

"Who knows? It might just work."

He got to the front of the ward's door and one of his men was about to push it open when he stopped them.

He heard a voice coming from inside the ward, a voice he believes belongs to Daniel, Lucas' son. The reason he stopped the door was being opened was because of what he heard him saying.

"Then what about me? What about my life? My future? Nobody cares! My fucking useless slut of a mother doesn't care! The bastard I have as a father cares even less!

Then how do I live?"

This statement brought a smile to his face.

'It seems he's already broken beyond words. All I would need to do is to just put the finishing touches,' He thought to himself.

His smile widened when he heard what was said next.

"It's all because of that bastard. That loser called Silas. I will kill him the next time I see him. I don't know how he did what he did what he did but I vow to kill. I will make sure I peel his skin, bit by bit, layers by layers. I will break his bone and crush them into fine dust.

I will make sure to put him through unimaginable suffering that would make him beg for mercy, and I will enjoy every single moment of it. I relish his pain."

'Good. Good. He already has a purpose and a target. This is just too easy." He thought, with a bright smile.

Silva wasn't someone malevolent from the beginning. Just as he said before, majority of the organization's members were d*cks and he wasn't that much different.

He wasn't going to just help Daniel. Especially since he's someone who is a menace to the society. The only way he can help is to put him to good use and he already has a plan on how to go about it.

There's a very ambitious project that the organization is currently undertaking and they have seen very significant progress on it lately.

Silva was confident that very soon. Just soon enough, he too will be among those people called the Phenomenals. His confidence was boosted by the new recruit they succeeded in recruiting, a monster in the area of gene editing.

Though that would be soon but too soon as the project is yet to be completed. This is where Daniel comes in.

He plans to help Daniel become one of the first people to become a Phenomenal through the project.

Though he may put it nicely like that, what he actually intends to do is to donate the already crippled and useless Daniel for the project. He wants him to be a lab rat to perfect the experiment so they would experience no mishaps during the later part of experiment.

"Open it," He said to the person standing in front of the door.

The door opened and he walked in. He said that Daniel was zoning out and didn't notice his entrance into the room, but made the situation even more perfect.

He looked at Daniel with a very peculiar look on his face.

"Why throw tantrums like a kid when you can actually have your revenge?" He said with a smile.

He saw Daniel quickly turned his head to look at the him. Since he told his men to stay outside and guard the ward, he was the only in it.

He looked at Daniel's face and he saw a mixture of confusion, and curiosity on it.

"How do you think I can achieve my goal and get my revenge? I have nothing." He heard Daniel ask, and he saw the wry smile on his face.

"You don't have to worry about mundane things. I can give you something better." He said in a very convincing manner.

"And what would that be?" Daniel asked curiously.

"Superpower!"