The Author's POV

Chapter 20

C.B pharmaceuticals stock crash.

Matching the timing and potential payoff that I could make from exploiting this information, I decisively started making preparations.

First things first, opening my watch I checked my bank account.

Student: Ren Dover

Age: 16

Balance: 9.897 U

Withdraw Deposit

"Hmm...a little bit under 10,000 U"

Should be about enough, but...

Pondering for a little bit, I sighed and organized my thoughts.

A month after the academy had officially started, Thobias Church, head researcher of C.B pharmaceuticals was found dead in his high-security apartment complex.

All the news agencies and big guilds were shocked by the news and immediately reported it to the media and their respective guild members.

The news spread fast, reaching all major figures' ears in the span of minutes.

It was the first high-profile assassination that had occurred in decades, with many starting to fear for their lives as a result of this accident.

[Thobias Church, a forefront name in the potion-making industry is found dead in his home with one slit on the throat.]

[Forensic evidence indicated that he was assassinated by rank 37, Silent creeper, of the villain list.]

[This can be inferred from the clean slit on Mr. Church's throat, which is a signature assassination method adopted by rank 37, Silent creeper]

[Later when investigators were investigating the scene, another stunning revelation was discovered.]

[The recipe for the [Body enhancing potion] was found missing.]

This revelation shocked the pharmaceutical industry.

Potion recipes were an alchemist's biggest secret.

Each potion, such as the [Body enhancing potion] had various variations to them.

The variations occurred depending on the alchemist who was making the potion.

Some, being far more effective than the ones available on the market, while others performing far worse than the ones available on the market.

The better-performing ones would be sold to distinguished buyers, while the worse performing ones will be either discarded or illegally traded in the black market.

In the case of Thobias Church, because he was a highly acclaimed alchemist, his [Body enhancement potion] which only he knew the recipe of, was considered to be the best in the market.

As C.B pharmaceuticals head researcher, he had every right to decide who to sell and who not to sell the potion to.

In this case, his [Body enhancement potion] were each sold to the high-ranking guilds who needed it for when they needed to perform a raid.

With him gone, suddenly a gap in the [Body enhancement potion] market appeared.

The result of Thobias Church's death had a bigger impact than what people had predicted.

Especially on C.B pharmaceuticals the number one pharmaceutical company in the human domain.

two hours after Thobias Church's death was announced, C.B pharmaceuticals stock plummeted by 17%, falling from 123.71 U to 102.68 U

Later that evening, 5 hours after the first plummet, C.B stock further plummeted by a further 43% reaching 58.53 U.

Due to investors dumping the stock to try to mitigate their losses, the stock further fell until it stabilized at 21.65 U.

A staggering 82% stock decline.

The result of such decline almost caused C.B pharmaceuticals to file for bankruptcy. If not for the fact that they had a lot of liquid assets available to them due to the nature of their business, they would've most likely have crumbled.

downfall, W.V pharmaceuticals the second-best pharmaceutical

solid week, it found its stock constantly increasing, rising from 58.93 U at the beginning of the week, to

A dramatic 89.12% rise.

use this incident which will happen in about three weeks' time to

stock. Meaning that I will bet on both C.B stock falling, and

I should be able to make a

although I would be able to make quite a bit of money, it would still not be enough to pay for the

some quick cash so that I could invest as much money

more money I get before the event happens,

with three options to solve my short-term

a. Sign up for a mercenary

Get

Go to

two options

First, being a mercenary.

strength and rank, I would at best be a

the tasks that most mercenaries wouldn't want to take. Like looking for a missing pet, or taking care of some

was quite poor, and the effort in proportion to the income

also undesirable, as I was

looking for a short-term job which makes finding a job that pays a

with my current set

leaves me with one

Entering a dungeon.

was essentially a pocket dimension that led to a

the world as a

pocket dimensions that

of the crack, depending on the rank of the

rank dungeon can only be accessible for those who are B or lower rank. If an A rank were to enter the dungeon it would immediately break

the monsters

were excellent places to

wars, artifacts from

be found inside

condensed source of energy, which revolutionized

cores and replacing them as a source of

than any other sources of energy, but they also didn't produce

into a frenzy, as not only did they not produce pollution, but later it was shown that just a single

a city with a

a single core contained

be sold for a substantial price, which meant that dungeons were essentially gold mines for those who were looking to make

corpses, humanity's study on biology

diseases became something of the past, and slowly biology divided into a new branch called 'alchemy', where they specialized in

many opportunities to change their life, but that comes along with a

of dungeons was extremely high, as no one could predict what could

and only allowed those who had a

impede some unscrupulous dealers to take advantage of the

I

you're wondering why I was not using my knowledge to find a dungeon that has not

for

his stats were around C to D+ rank which meant that D-rank dungeons weren't that useful for

hand, who was only G+ could only enter at best an F ranked

more or less pleased with my week's

===Status===

Name : Ren Dover

Rank : G +

Strength : F -

Agility : F -

Stamina : F -

Intelligence : G +

: G

Luck : E

Charm : G

:

raising half of my stats to F-

could be considered

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