He lost both of his parents due to a bank heist at the age of 14. Due to his young age, he joined an orphanage, but it turned out to be secretly owned by a group of gangsters.
He was exploited together with the other children in the orphanage, before finally, at the age of 16, he joined the gang, being valued for his intelligence.
Working for the gang as an accountant in charge of the income of the gang, he used all the money that he earned to purchase books on accounting. He wanted to study, gain real skills, and see if he could join a legitimate company as an accountant.
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Who would have expected that due to his effort, one night, just as he was done reading, a holographic screen popped up in front of his eyes.
[System binding... Binding completed.]
[System activating... Activation completed.]
[Welcome to the Information to Mastery: Points Store System, Michael Santos.]
[Experience full. You have acquired beginner level accounting skills. +1 SP.]
He would have never thought that this was going to change his life completely. As long as he acquired information on a particular field, and studied it, the system could allow him to master the skills, even without doing physical practice.
[Experience full. Level up. Accounting skills upgraded to intermediate level. +10 SP.]
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But that was not the craziest point. Using the store points that he received by acquiring skills, he could purchase anything from the store.
[Used 10 SP to acquire 100% shares of Riverside Hotel.]

Watching videos was efficient as always.


Usually, it would take almost 3 days for him to be able to advance a skill from the beginner level, to the intermediate level.


But, this time was shortened, as after waking up the following morning, Michael watched the videos, and by the time that he was about to take breakfast, he received a prompt from the system.


[Experience full. Level up. Cyber security and information assurance skills upgraded to intermediate level. +10 SP.]


In actual sense, he could have managed to advance the skills to the intermediate level on the same day, yesterday.


But, John and the others came to visit, so, he could not continue watching the videos. Otherwise, within less than half a day, he would have succeeded in getting a skill at the intermediate level.


Chapter 69 - Another Advanced Level Skill