further Planning

He told Ina that he was going out for a while and would be back later, and she said goodbye.

He went outside the door and teleported to his apartment to create a few rules.

For this, he needed some rest.

"What if no laws applied to me," he said.

"What if I owned a nightclub in the center of town, where 'illegal' gambling was also tolerated."

"What if I owned several restaurants spread around the city that also tolerated 'illegal' gambling?

"What if I were invulnerable."

"What if I had a good reputation in all circles, but that didn't stop anyone from working against me to damage their reputation or take over my influence."

"What if I knew, would, that someone was working against me".

"What if I could access any knowledge at will".

When he closed the app, he had access to memories he had never actually experienced.

These rules should open up some possibilities for him. So, he could already generate income officially and thanks to the first rule he could even have the money from gambling officially. Even if he didn't need it, but this way he could also find new victims. Then the thought came to him that Doris Ryan wants to try to take over his status.

He searched for information about Doris Ryan and also found it as a memory.

He was able to access information himself that would not be readily available.

Carl knew where she lived, what businesses she officially owned and those she owned through straw men, how much money she had, and he had only scratched the surface. He even knew what she looked like.

Doris came from an Irish mafia family, her father had put all the business in her hands and she quickly built a reputation in the underworld. She was known for getting her way. Whether it was through ****, threats or even ****.

That wasn't good if she had him as a target, he would have to worry about that too.

But he still had plans for his former boss and colleague.

Then his two former classmates who showed him up, yes he was very vindictive.

He wondered what they would all be up to right now and found that he knew it too.

His former boss would be meeting with a friend at her house tonight.

His former colleague would be going out tonight with acquaintances after taking another crack at her mother.

When he drilled deeper, he found out that she was a gambling addict and also liked to gamble in his nightclub and was planning to do so tonight as well.

That was promising. After all, he could also lend money on his terms.

The classmates still wanted to meet over the weekend, but had not yet decided what they would do.

It was meanwhile already late afternoon, and then also still Friday.