A little after 1 AM.
Rhodey returned to his residence, looking a bit tipsy.
As soon as he opened the door, Red Devil pounced on him.
Rhodey caught him in his arms.
"Red Devil, were you a good boy at home today?"
Rhodey smiled as he rubbed the husky's head, checking various parts of the house to make sure he hadn't torn anything apart, then he smiled and vigorously rubbed Red Devil's belly.
"Alright, go play."
Rhodey let go, and Red Devil ran off like he was frolicking.
Sitting down on the sofa, Rhodey immediately summoned the system interface.
After midnight, he could sign in again today.
Rhodey hadn't signed in on the way home, but now that he was back, he naturally wouldn't wait any longer.
"System, sign in!"
Ding~!
A chime rang—
"Congratulations, Host, for signing in and acquiring the Bristle ability, from the Mutant Hedgehog."
Bristle ability?
What kind of trash ability was that?
Rhodey was speechless.
He had thought his luck today would be as good as ever.
But he got this instead?
However;
Not giving up, Rhodey still checked the information displayed on the system interface, just in case this Bristle ability was more powerful than he imagined?
[Unactivated Ability]
[Bristle ability. Ipsilon Class]
"...."
Seeing the information displayed on the system interface, Rhodey was completely speechless.
Trash Bristle ability!
It was only Ipsilon Class.
Damn~!
"My luck was clearly good today!"
Rhodey muttered to himself.
"System, what should I do with useless abilities like this? If they are randomly strengthened, will their potential increase?"
"No," the system replied, "The system's strengthening does not change the inherent potential level of the ability; it only alters the effect when the ability is used."
"So, if it's originally an Ipsilon Class, even if it's strengthened a billion times, it's still Ipsilon Class? It just performs a billion times stronger than normal?"
Rhodey asked, based on his understanding.
"Yes."
The system replied.
"However, if the Host does not need this ability, you can choose to decompose it."
"Decomposed abilities can be converted into proficiency for other owned abilities, increasing their development level."
Rhodey had originally given up completely, after all, a billion times was just talk; he didn't believe he could randomly get such a high multiplier.
Getting a few tens or hundreds of times would already be considered lucky.
What's more;
It only enhanced the manifestation of the ability, not its essence.
And what was the essence of an Ipsilon Class ability?
It would completely change a person's appearance!
Rhodey didn't want to turn into a hedgehog; how could he continue to live in human society like that?
However;
Hearing the system's subsequent explanation, Rhodey realized that useless abilities could also be decomposed.
And decomposed abilities could be used to increase the development level of other abilities.
This was good!
In the future, useless abilities could all be decomposed, which would save Rhodey the process of developing these abilities himself, saving a lot of time.
"In that case, decompose it."
Rhodey instructed.
"Are you sure you want to decompose the [Bristle ability]?"
"Confirm!"
Why keep trash abilities for the New Year!
Decompose it quickly!
"Successfully decomposed [Bristle ability]!"
Rhodey saw that the Bristle ability was indeed no longer present in the unactivated abilities section of the interface.
"Add the decomposed proficiency to the Teleportation ability."
Rhodey instructed.
The Rapid Self-Healing ability had already been developed to its maximum.
After all, it only had Delta Class potential.
Level 2 was the limit.
But the Teleportation ability was different; it was inherently Alpha-level, and it involved the spatial domain, with the potential to break through Alpha-level and reach Omega-level heights!
Therefore, adding to this ability would absolutely not be a waste.
Just think, a Level 2 development was already enough for Rhodey to teleport with a deserted island of ten thousand cubic meters; if he continued to raise it.
How powerful would it become?
So, just add it!
No need to keep it.
As Rhodey's command was issued, he felt as if he had practiced the Teleportation ability thousands of times.
Although the development level on the system interface still showed Level 2, Rhodey's actual proficiency in using this ability was already much greater than before.
If he decomposed five or six more trash abilities like Bristle, he believed he would soon be able to raise the Teleportation ability's development level to Level 3!
At that time, Rhodey could try again to see if he could teleport with an even larger island.
....
The next day.
Harry brought a good bottle of wine to Rhodey.
The two of them had a few drinks at noon, and Harry looked much more relaxed than he had yesterday.
The smiles on his face also increased.
Before leaving, he told Rhodey to wait two days.
After he finished dealing with the company matters, he would bring the share transfer agreement for the 0.5% shares he had promised him.
Rhodey also said there was no need to rush.
He didn't believe Harry would deceive him on such a matter.
In the next few days.
The Osborn Group was in a state of chaos due to the murder of five major shareholders.
The remaining minor and medium shareholders could no longer unite against Harry, and Harry took the opportunity to win over a group of smaller shareholders, uniting with them to divide some of the shares left behind by the five deceased major shareholders.
Harry himself obtained about 2.3%, bringing his total shares to 9.8%, almost ten percent!
Besides that, some shares were distributed among the smaller shareholders, but a significant portion was also taken by people supported by the Military.
Harry had no choice in this matter.
On one hand, the Osborn Group needed the Military's support, and on the other hand, the Military was too powerful for him to offend.
Anyway, this outcome was already very good for him.
Not only did he no longer have to worry about being kicked out.
Moreover, his position within the Osborn Group was solidified, and his influence grew.
The only troublesome thing was probably that the FBI found him, seemingly suspecting him of being involved in the deaths of the five major shareholders.
Regarding this,
Harry had already prepared himself mentally.
After all, he was the most suspicious person in the deaths of those old guys.
It was normal for the FBI to suspect him!
However, with Harry's current status and position, even if the FBI suspected him, they couldn't touch him without evidence.
At most, they would arrange for someone to monitor him.
A piece of cake!
....