Raymond did not sleep that night. He sat in his small apartment, staring at his phone's banking app, refreshing it repeatedly as if the numbers might change. Ten trillion dollars. The amount was so incomprehensibly large that his mind could not properly process it. He had lived his entire adult life worrying about paying rent on time. He had gone hungry more days than he could count. And now he possessed enough wealth to feed entire nations.
The Elite System's interface hovered in the corner of his vision, a translucent screen that only he could see. The system had gone quiet after transferring the money, but Raymond could sense it was still there, waiting, observing. He reached out mentally toward the system, and it responded immediately.
"What do I do with this?" Raymond asked aloud, f
