Hundred Times Income Multiplier System

Chapter 170 Recovering Personality

"You guys can play attacking. Leave the defense to me."r

The moment that Jack took over the position of defending, the opposing team had no choice but to run around with the ball but none of them dared to approach the Roosters' hoop. They were afraid that if they did, they would end up embarrassed and as a result, they would lose their confidence in basketball.r

As a result, the Roosters who were playing at a full force completely dominated them. Since all the opposing side could do was passing the ball to each other and making a few dribbles, they continued losing the ball while suffering the domineering attacks of the Roosters.r

The Roosters now no longer cared about the defense. The moment that they got the ball, they would all rush to score. This made their opponents sweat even more.r

For the first time, having gotten the opportunity to completely crush their opponents, the Roosters decided to use it to the maximum. Substitutions came one after the other as the players wanted to have a taste of beating their archenemy.r

This went on even during the fourth quarter. Although there were a few guys who had decided to give it a try and attacked the basket that Jack was defending, they all ended up with a failure.r

By the time that the fourth and last quarter ended with the sound of the buzzer, the Roosters felt dejected as they could no longer continue beating up the tied up enemy.r

On the other hand, their opponents were more than happy to see that the game had ended and they no longer had to endure the torture of staying in the same court as the monster.r

The end result of the game was actually 31-87. Since Jack had decided to play in the defense, the points that were scored by the Roosters had dropped during the last two quarters.r

But all the same, this was considered a crushing defeat and an overwhelming victory for the Roosters' opponents and the Roosters respectively. Now, the Roosters could finally raise their heads and claim that they had actually thrashed their archenemy.r

After the match, Jack received the long awaited system prompt.r

[System task completed. The professional basketball player skills now permanently belongs to the host.]r

He smiled as he left the court. Since he had completed his part, there was only one thing that remained. That was for him to receive the money that he deserved. After all, he didn't come here to play for free. He had to earn some money for showing off some of his skills.r

The coach and the players of the Roosters tried inviting Jack to have a meal with them but Jack refused. Why would he want to spend time with them when he had a beauty that was waiting to accompany him to venture the city?r

Seeing that Jack had no interest, the coach and the others didn't dare to continue bugging him considering that they knew that he had a terrifying background. So, they were lucky to have him play with them.r

After getting to the locker room, Jack took a shower before changing back to his clothes. After he got out of the changing room, he found that Celine, Johnathan and an unfamiliar baldy were waiting for him.r

The moment that he showed up, Johnathan went ahead and placed his arm around Jack's shoulder and said, "My good cousin, why don't I organize a few more games for you to play." Johnathan had a kind smile on his face as he asked.r

"Get lost. Don't think that I don't know what you are trying to plan." Jack pushed Johnathan away. How could he not know what this guy was thinking? He knew that Johnathan was simply thinking of using him to gain something.r

As for Johnathan calling him good cousin, since when did Johnathan start referring to him as such? Even after he received the body strengthening solution for him, this guy was shameless enough to continue arguing with Jack.r

So, for this guy to turn so nice at this point, he could already tell that this guy was thinking of how to use him to gain a few benefits.r

If it was true that Johnathan was in a lurch, Jack wouldn't mind helping him out. But the case where he was going to be used, that was something that he wouldn't agree. He would only help if he felt like doing so.r

Celine chuckled when she saw the grieving expression on Johnathan's face. She had been there when Johnathan muttered that he wasn't going to allow Jack's talent to be wasted. He wanted to make use of Jack's skills so that he could win the competition against a few of his enemies.r

Seeing that Jack could already see through him, she was happy. After all, she wouldn't want her man to be used by another person even if they were relatives, right?r

Wait a second, since when did she start referring to Jack as her man? Celine's eyes widened at the thought. She blushed as she remembered that this thought had actually been implanted into her mind by Johnathan who had been referring to her as Jack's woman.r

Jack looked at the blushing Celine and asked with a smile, "Has your heart been captured by my performance today?"r

Celine blushed further. But all the same, she turned her head around and pretended not to have heard him at all.r

Jack himself had not noticed that he had been transforming since the very first day that he had arrived in Inchoate city and received the system. The changes were not coming from the system but from himself.r

Previously when he was staying in the Alfonso family mansion, his heart was frozen from the moment that he lost his mother. Having nobody that he cared for in this life, having nobody that cared about him, Jack became superficial in terms of emotions and hid his true self.r

But, after he met with Celine, William and the others, he had finally began revealing his true self. The cold personality wasn't his to begin with. That was something that he had simply developed due to the environment that he was exposed to.r

Now that there was no need for him to hide his emotions, Jack had finally began opening up. Although he had yet to completely restore to his true personality, he was still in the process and it wouldn't be long before he managed to do that.r

Now, instead of his shallow smiles, Jack began smiling genuinely. But of course, the genuine smiles were only available for those that deserved it and not just anyone.r

Unfortunately, Jack had yet to realize that he had actually began becoming warm. The ice that had been in his heart had already began melting during the dance in the banquet when he interacted with Celine for the first time.r

Jack himself didn't know that the main reason for the change that he was experiencing was actually Celine. In front of her, he felt that he could actually be himself. And all of this came from the sense of familiarity that he felt towards Celine. Though, till this day, he had yet to figure out what was the reason behind the familiarity.r

Jack wasn't the only one that had been warming up. In fact, Celine had been warming up faster than Jack. The reason being that, the ice that was covering her heart was small as compared to the one that was in Jack's heart.r

The coldness and aloofness in Celine had come due to the fact that she was more concentrated in the matters concerning business. The issue concerning the family business had denied her the chance to interact with a lot of her peers.r

So, other than her parents and grandparents, she had only interacted with Faith, Wendy, Angy and another girl whose name was Husda. This Husda was the one that Celine had started the Eminent Beauty company for in Inchoate city.r

When she met with Jack, Celine was no longer only showing her bright side to him. Instead, to people like Johnathan, she had warned up to them and would occasionally joke with him.r

Seeing that Celine was blushing bit she was actually not admitting that it was true that he had captivated her with his performance today, Jack shook his head and turned his attention to the baldy.r

For some reasons that Jack didn't know, the baldy was shaking and his forehead had accumulated sweat in that it was already trickling. The baldy kept on wiping his forehead with his handkerchief in about every thirty seconds.r

Jack couldn't help but try to feel of the temperatures inside the locker room were that high for this guy to actually sweat this profusely. But he didn't detect any abnormality in the temperatures. Although it was true that it was still summer, it was also true that the locker room wasn't that hot for a person to sweat while standing there.r

Jack could only think that this guy was sweating because he had been running or something.r

But just then, he noticed another abnormality. That was, this guy seemed so scared of him. Every time that Jack's gaze would fall on him, this guy would actually flinch as of he was afraid that Jack would beat him up.r

And, for some reason, this guy was stealing glances at Johnathan and Celine. Jack couldn't understand what was going on here. As long as he could remember, he had never interacted with this baldy.r

Just as he was about to question Johnathan, Johnathan took the initiative to introduce the baldy to him.r

"Jack, this is the guy that had organized for the match and he's the one that is supposed to pay you after you won the game. You made him win a project that is worth a few billion dollars after all." Johnathan stated. At the same time, he threw the baldy a knowing glance.r

The baldy was already terrified of Jack's background. And from the way that he was interacting with Johnathan, he could see that Jack seemed not to treat Johnathan as a superior person to him, but as an equal.r

Nervously, the baldy cracked a smile and spoke. "Mr. Jack, I would like to thank you for your assistance today. For that reason, I would like to offer you a compensation of $500M for taking your time to come here today."r

The baldy then continued, "I would also like to tell Mr. Johnathan that the deal that you proposed has been officially accepted by me. You will receive 60% and I will take the remaining 40% of the profits."r

Then, to Celine, he looked at her with an apologetic gaze and said, "Miss, I would like to offer you 12% shares of my entertainment company, The Rose."r