Getting A System In A Modern World

By the time Silas got back home, it was already quite late but his dad and Kim were still up, waiting for him.

Immediately after he walked in, Kim walked to him and hugged him tightly, while caressing his hair lightly.

"It must had been tough," She said as she continued to caress his hair.

Silas' instinctive reaction was to push her away but he knew that he would be hurting her feelings by doing that.

Also, he knew that she meant well and she was trying to help him relief ths guilt and emotional turbulence she thought he would be experiencing from taking a life.

Silas smiled when he thought of this. He knew that Kim was really doing her best to be a good mother to him and his brother.

Even though she wasn't their birth mother, she has taken care of them like how their birth mothers would, if they were alive.

Kim continued to hug him for a good minute before she finally released him from the hug. She smiled and tugged lightly at his cheek.

"You must be hungry. Let me get you something to eat. You can go up to your room and freshen, it would likely be ready before you're done.

"Thanks,"Silas nodded with a smile.

He wanted to tell her that she shouldn't bother preparing anything but stopped when he saw the look oin her eyes.

It was a look that held different emotions but the one that stood out the most is the determination burning brightly in her eyes.

Kim smiled and went to the kitchen, while Silas walked to his dad and said his greetings before going up to his room to freshen up.

He initially wanted to discuss something with his father but he decided to wait till after he's done eating dinner as he also wants Kim to be present.

Few minutes later, Silas was done freshening up and was now seated at the dining with a plate filled one of his favorites foods.

He wanted to eat slowly but seeing the food in front of him and how good its aroma is, he rushed it like a hungry wolf.

It didn't take him a long before he was done eating and was now seated in the living room with his Dad, and Kim.

A slightly serious expression could be seen on his face.

"Son, do you have anything you would like to tell us or discuss with us?" Chris asked when he the solemn expression on Silas' face.

"Yes, Dad. We will be leaving tomorrow," He replied as he looked at the two of them, waiting to hear whatever question they might have.

"If by leaving, you mean..." Chris asked in confirmation.

"Yes, Dad. We will be leaving for Venezuela tomorrow," Silas replied in confirmation.

"They have already made their move and I don't want what happened with Daniel to repeat itself. This is the reason why I want us to leave earlier than planned."

Chris' eyes narrowed to a slit when he heard what Silas said.

'There are already making their move, huh?'

He knew that if it's just as Silas said, they will have to move out immediately. He knew that the US government are already taking counter measures against Silas after he displayed his strength. They would do anything in their power to restrict and tie him down.

He knew that Silas wants to get revenge on the US government but the fact that he's yet to do anything means that ge currently lacks the strength to do so.

"What about Alex? What about the company? What about the staffs?" Kim asked.

"Alex is fine. His recovery is swift and he will be out of the hospital within a week. About the company, I will be transferring everything to Venezuela.

About the staffs, I will contact all of them tonight and send them a severance package as compensation. That's the best I can do for them. If they want to push for more, I will direct them to the culprit and have them face the US government," Silas replied.

Just as Silas said, compensating the staffs was the best he can do. Beside that, there's nothing else.

Kim lowered her head in thought when she heard Silas' response. The truth is that she's worried.

Chris had already taken his time to explain everything to her and she finally understood why what happened happened.

Just as Chris, she knew that the best decision would for them to leave the county but she was worried about the safety of where they are going.

She has already been reassured by Chris multiple times but she knew that no matter how much she tries to forget what happened, there's no way that their lives will ever remain the same.

The three of them continued to discuss about different things. Kim asked whatever question she wanted to ask and Silas did his best to reply those he could.

It was past midnight before they finally decided to go to bed. Chris and Kim went to their room, and Silas went to his.

Inside his room, Silas started sending emails to the staffs, now former staffs of Kurt Technologies and he also sent them a severance package of $1 million each.

Yes, it's much but Silas, it isn't. There's a also a reason for this; Silas needs as many lottery tickets as he can get.

He plans to undertake a lot of projects after arriving at Venezuela and he would need system points to them. And the fastest way to get system points without exchanging for money is through the lottery.

Silas initially intended to have Luna to pick up whatever scraps are left of the Pods that were being used for beta testing, but he changed his mind.

The reason he wanted to do that is because he doesn't want anyone to take it and study its technology. But he decided against it.

He will let them have it and he will allow them to study it as he knew that it's going to take forever for them to understand how the Pod works.

On second thought, when he remembered about the mysterious group that Luna told him about, he decided to have her pick them up.

Who knows? Since they can create blaster guns, they might have the technology that can allow to study the Pod. And Silas doesn't want to leave anything to chance.

Instead of focusing on that, Silas decided to go to bed. They will be leaving the country by noon and he wants to get enough sleep before then.

He knew that immediately his leg touched the soil of Venezuela, he will have very little time to rest.