I'm Trying To Go Broke, So Why Do I Keep Getting Richer?!-Chapter 250: Loophole

Yang’s eyes widened in disbelief.

"Divine punishment..." Yang mumbled, his voice trembling slightly.

"It is all my fault... I shouldn’t have come to the world of living. My presence will only bring pain... But as long as you don’t tell others about my appearance in this place, we can stop any further karma that my presence would attract."

He reached out his hand and placed it on Yang’s shoulders. Or at least that’s what he pretended to do.

In reality, he kept his hand merely a few millimetres above Yang’s shoulders to make him feel like he was touching his shoulder while not letting him feel any physical senses of touch.

"Remember... If you tell them about seeing me, it will open a connection to the land of the dead and ghosts will flood this place in massive numbers, never to return. You won’t do that, right?"

Yang immediately shook his head like a child, absolutely believing the story. After all, even he didn’t know if he could actually kill a ghost.

Moreover, it was said that ghosts could possess people. What if he was possessed by an evil ghost? He absolutely couldn’t let them in.

"Good. That way, we can limit the punishment to this place only. At least this world and every other place will survive..."

Leo had tears in his eyes as he looked at Yang, showing extreme regret as he walked like an old man with his hands behind his back, his shoulders downcast.

He casually walked a few meters away while Yang could only watch his lonely back.

’Is he still looking? Come on, stop looking! Do you want me to walk all the way until you can’t see me?’ Leo thought in silence, his lips twitching.

His footsteps didn’t slow down.

Fortunately, right then, what he was waiting for happened.

BOOM!

There was a loud explosion that blew up the entire building. Fortunately, the building was sturdy so the entire structure didn’t fall apart.

Still, it was enough to attract the attention of many people as the sound alone was so loud. It managed to wake up many people from their sleep.

Skrax was even more perplexed as he felt that the sound appeared to have come from the direction of the bank.

His expressions twisted as a bad feeling surged in his heart. Without a second thought, he rushed towards the main branch, his thoughts being a mess.

Meanwhile, the explosion also caught the attention of Yang. Even though the explosion was somewhat close to him, it wasn’t enough to affect him.

He was simply taken aback, believing Leo’s words even more. So this was the divine punishment he was talking about.

With that, if that was even a little suspension in his mind, it was gone. He truly believed Leo’s words even more than he initially did.

After watching the entire building on fire, he looked back in the direction of Leo. However, the young man... Or rather, the young ghost was nowhere to be seen.

The ghost had truly disappeared into thin air.

He didn’t know that the moment he turned around, Leo immediately ran away, and only when he was at a safe distance that his teleportation couldn’t be felt, he disappeared back into his ship.

One after another, many prominent people started arriving at the sight of the explosion.

Skrax immediately fell on his knees, almost pulling his hair in disbelief as he screamed, "My money!"

It was the only opportunity for him to make a comeback, and somehow it was also gone.

He looked at Yang with bloodshot eyes, asking, "Why are you here? Did you see anything? How did it happen?"

Even Ulien, who had arrived, was looking at the flames with a frown.

Yang was about to tell about the divine punishment, but he remembered Leo’s words and immediately closed his mouth.

After a brief period of tense silence, he answered, "I’m not certain. I arrived here after the explosion. I’m just as confused as you."

Skrax didn’t know that he was here much before the explosion. He also couldn’t make things too difficult for Yang, remembering that the person was strong to a frightening extent.

He was as strong as Ulien in his own way. It wasn’t wrong to say that he was one of the two strongest people in the Alpha Corp.

If he didn’t know Yang any better, he might have even thought that Yang caused the explosion after stealing the money.

However, he could still see some burnt notes falling from the sky. It was clear that the explosion happened while notes were still inside. And with this explosion, it was gone

Skrax wanted to cry but no tears came out.

Meanwhile, Ulien silently watched Yang. He knew that Yang was very bad at lying. Every time he lied, there would be obvious signs. And he had seen such signs now.

The only thing he didn’t understand was, why? Why was Yang lying about it? He didn’t, for a moment, believe that Yang did it to sabotage the company or take the money. After all, he knew Yang’s straightforward personality.

It made him even more confused about the reason.

Slowly, more and more people started gathering at the sight of the explosion, their expressions turning solemn as they watched the flames.

However, they didn’t feel much bad. After all, it was common knowledge that the bank was shutting down. They didn’t know that it was filled with money that could even make a massive force’s eyes go green with greed.

Some even believed that Skrax did it intentionally, only to take the insurance money while closing the bank in a dignified manner.

That way, at least he could avoid some embarrassment.

It wasn’t just one or two people that were thinking this, but they didn’t express their thoughts out loud. On the surface, they appeared sad and offered some empty words of support.

And just like that, the last bastion of the Alpha Corporation’s Legacy in the financial sector, had shut down completely. With the end of the main branch, the Alpha Bank was dead.

With that, Skrax’s dreams of succession also died.

....

Meanwhile, far away from the flames, Leo was sitting in the Commander’s scene, watching the scene.

He genuinely felt bad for Skrax. Even though it was only temporarily, but he knew what Skrax must be feeling.

That guilt only lasted for a brief moment as it was replaced by a strange smile when he saw a familiar screen appear before him.

Inside his mind, a familiar, cold voice chimed in.

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[System Notification]

Warning: Significant asset loss detected at ’Alpha Bank Main Branch.’

Analyzing Cause...

Finding: Catastrophic electrical failure caused by ’Well-Intentioned but Highly Incompetent’ maintenance by the Owner.

Finding: Improper storage of flammable materials contributed to the spread.

Conclusion: A series of unfortunate, non-malicious accidents.

Reward: Since the Host was ’trying to help’ and failed miserably, no penalty shall be applied.

In addition, due to the Host’s grief over the loss, a ’Consolation Participation Trophy’ has been added to the inventory. The lost money will also be added to the loss of the company at the end of the month calculation.

..........................

Leo let out a long sigh, though his eyes were sparkling with triumph.

"Sigh... all that money, gone. I really am a terrible electrician," he said to himself, a smirk playing on his lips. "I should probably go buy a very expensive meal to drown my sorrows. It’s the only way a grieving boss can cope."

Although he had considered the possibility that this trick might work, at the end of the day, it was only a guess. Now that he finally had a confirmation screen that the loophole had worked.

At this moment, he felt like he had missed a lot of opportunities in the past. If he had known this trick worked, he might have been using it more often.

Although it was technically the same as doing insurance fraud with his system, he couldn’t care in the least. As long as it worked, it was all that mattered.

While he was thinking about what to eat to celebrate his massive success at accumulating a loss, and which places to target next to increase the losses with his ’well intentioned’ repairs, a screen appeared before him.

[Warning: The exception is only a one time thing. If there are any losses due to the host’s direct action, it will not be considered a loss for the company next time but a personal loss for the host]

Leo wasn’t certain if the system knew about his intentions, but at the precise moment, it came up with an announcement.

It was as if the system was clearly telling him that the loophole only worked because the system hadn’t warned him against it previously.

Since this wasn’t mentioned in the rules, the system gracefully granted him a one time exception while it strengthened the rules and made it more clear to avoid any further losses.

The announcement poured cold water on Leo’s plans.