After Lin Ye left, Damon shut the door behind him as fast as he could. With his back against the door, the man looked at the glowing screen with crazed excitement.
His heart rate steadily increased, as did his pace of breathing, due to the stream of excitement rushing in.
The purple screen that hovered in front of him displayed his new status:
[Name: Damon Crown]
[Age: 18]
[Systems: Passerby's Life Script System, Infinite Cashback System]
[Life Script: Unable to See]
[Inventory]
His name and age were the same, but there was a new addition to the system tab as another notification popped up.
[Plundering Successful!]
[Infinite Cashback System
Type: System
Description: For all things the host considers wealth and uses for their consumption, a cashback of ten times that value will be rewarded.
Additional Abilities: Inventory]
{Note: The system is now integrated with the main interface and can be managed via the common screen}
[Cashback
Description: Anything that is considered wealth and is consumed will be rebated ten times the original amount.
The source of this cashback will be untraceable and perfectly fabricated in case of controlled assets, so the host never has to worry about the origin.]
[Inventory
A storage skill that can be accessed by the host anytime with a simple mental command. It can store any non-living material without any upper limit on time or number of items.]
The system and the new ability's instructions now appeared in front of Damon, who couldn't help but laugh at the features.
A cashback-type system—one of the main tropes of urban novels—it's a wet dream for all readers.
'I mean, who doesn't love money? More exactly—easy money.'
This cashback system was literally a gateway to infinite money. These kinds of systems were highly desired by readers, but too bad there weren't many great novels on them.
There may be hundreds if one were to look for them, but most are disappointing. Some have poor backstories, making the novels distasteful. Others include nerfed versions of the power. Some authors intentionally make the MC dumb for the so-called plot, while others tie conditions to multiple women for forced romance.
These systems have huge potential—too bad they're wasted by authors.
"But I ain't gonna be like them!"
Damon remembered how frustrating it was to read novels with this system. Motherfuckers had so many ways to make money and live a wealthy life, but all were wasted and dumbed down. Not to mention new heroines popping up every second chapter like Pokémon episodes.
"With this power, I'll set a new record for getting rich."
Damon had absolutely no reservations about this power and wanted to use it to its full potential. But he still knew his limits. He could, in one day—if he played his cards right—become the richest man in the world... but yeah, let's not do that.
It wasn't about nerfing or going back on his words. It was about the attention this wealth could bring. Damon may be a hater of low-key protagonists, but he still understood the idea of lying low. In his old world, he might not have cared, but in this one, he needed to—knowing it's a novel world where new characters that want to cause trouble pop up every chapter.
Damon would become wealthy using this power, that was true—but with the control that was required.
Next, Damon looked at the Inventory option—the standard power every protagonist has. It puzzled him that his original system didn't have this, but he didn't ponder much about it.
Mentally commanding "Inventory," he tried putting the carry bag he received from Lin Ye inside.
With a casual command, the bag vanished into thin air, leaving Damon's hand empty—before returning as he ordered again.
"That's pretty cool."
Inventory had always been a cool power that protagonists possessed. Though excited about the new Inventory, his heart didn't tingle too much over it.
Looking at the common interface again, he noticed the change in his own life script. The previously detailed information about him was now reduced to one line: unable to determine his future.
The same had happened in the original book. With the gain of another system and the ability to obtain others, Damon's previously predictable future had now changed into that of an anomaly in fate's plan.
A big change—cosmically speaking—but not something the current Damon could explore now.
Closing the system screen, Damon placed the takeout on the table and once again opened the door.
'I wanna try the cashback feature!'
The reason this time was simple—to experiment with the new system functions.
Going down the stairs of his old apartment building, Damon looked around at the smelly, slum-like neighborhood.
The previous Damon, after leaving the orphanage two years ago, had begun working part-time jobs along with the compulsory schooling the government had enrolled him in—like all other orphans.
Living as frugally as he could, he had found this apartment for rent. No matter the condition the neighborhood was in, getting an apartment or a room at a cheap price to live in was already a big deal for Damon.
Going to the nearby cigarette stall, Damon looked at the jar of cheap chocolates and purchased a few.
[Sent D¢ 10.00
From DKF Bank A/C x2476
To ******]
A small purchase of 10 Dragon Coins—the standard currency of the Dragon Country he currently resided in, with a value of 100:1 USD.
[Credit Alert!
D¢ 100 ***]
'It Works!'