The morning of Professor Holt's midterm, Ethan woke at five-thirty to find a new System notification waiting.
[SPECIAL REWARD UNLOCKED]
[ACHIEVEMENT: First Major Enemy Destroyed]
[NEW ABILITY: Market Foresight (Level 1)]
[DESCRIPTION: Access to historical stock data from 2016-2018. Use wisely large movements will attract attention.]
[ACTIVATION COST: 100 Reversal Points per query]
[WARNING: Insider trading is illegal. The System cannot protect you from federal prosecution. Operate intelligently.]
Ethan sat up in bed, his heart racing. Market Foresight. Direct access to future market data. This was the kind of ability that could turn his five hundred dollars in poker winnings into generational wealth if he played it right.
But first Derek.
He'd sent the email to Dean Morrison at mi
