Chapter 1: An uneventful life

In a small sized bedroom, a man wearing a Nike hoodie and a pair of Jean pants is  holding his phone browsing through the internet for the latest news , his handsome youthful face indicates his young age which seems to be in the early 20s, his somewhat developed arm muscles tells of his healthy routine and his hardwork at the gym, his short black curly hair worn to the side making his haircut look clean.

"huuu" the young Matthew robberts sighed. He was looking at the new Google post exposing another famous influencer for his crypto scam, the said influencer seemed to have ripped off approximately 500k dollars from his young and poor fans, or at least that's what the article says.

 

'no matter how many times it happens. It still amazes me how can people fall for this' Matthew thought, his jealousy and frustration causing him to curse silently 

'Damn it, people are out there making millions just from introducing this basic pyramid scam bullsh*t, Yet here I am, barely paying off the bills, not to mention the college debt, Seriously f*ck america' 

Matthew is struggling, working a part-time job at McDonald's for about 5 months,  earning the bare minimum of 10$ per hour, yet his life seems to be going nowhere. He always dreamed of being rich, having enough money to not worry about literally anything. After all, Being constantly under the pressure of paying bills, saving up as much as possible, going as far as cutting off his diet, the stress of that is something Matthew wishes he didn't have to experience, specially as a college graduate. 

'f*cking rich people' he was always jealous. He loathed them, thinking they were full of sh*t 'imagine having so much money that you literally have no idea what you could do with it, and then you go off to complain about 'mental health problems' and say the infamous "money can't buy happiness" line'. 

The young Matthew, looking a bit frustrated, got up from his bed, went to the kitchen to get something to eat. He prepared himself a simple chicken salad dressed with a sweet and sour vinaigrette and topped off with a couple small lemon slices. he liked sour and citrus flavors since he was a child, basically anything that has lemon in it, a lot of the time he tried convincing his friends that lemon cakes are underrated, only for them to make fun of him. 

"haa" after eating his fill and satisfying his hunger he quickly changed to His to his workout clothes, going out of his apartment to visit the gym, he picked up his phone and called his 'best friend' jacob.

"yo Jay, hit me up at the café later on, we need to discuss something" Matthew says casually, "what do you want d*ckhead, you know I'm busy as hell this weekend" an annoyed young voice came off the phone. 

"umm…why do you think I'm calling you if it's not important?" he said. 

"... Okay fair enough, but we can't take too long" his so called friend replied. 

"I promise you we won't, I'm going to the gym right now, after I finish, I will take a quick shower and we meet 2.5 hours from now". 

" It's 5pm right now. Ummm… yeah sure, see you later Matt" says Jacob or 'jay' as he hung up.

'What a prick' thought Matthew or 'matt' as he continued towards the neighborhood gym. After a 2 hour session of lifting and bench pressing, Matthew made his way back home, took a refreshing shower before changing into a new pair of pants and a classic white T-shirt. Taking his phone he noticed that there's still some time left before the meet up so he decided to check out the new one piece manga chapter that just dropped. 

'oda is really something else, that middle-aged man somehow managed to drop chapters every week for the past 20 years for one piece. I would imagine that I might turn insane if I did it myself, not only that but the quality stays pretty consistent' Matthew thought as he finished scheming through the chapter.

'maybe I should just make my own manga, have it published, gain an audience, gather enough reputation, and then start my own NFT scam' matthew often wondered why his high-school 'friends' used to call him him a piece of sh*t , ' It's not my fault if people actually buy into it, right?'

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Entering the café, Matt took a seat near the window, not minding the occasional stares that people give him due to his athletic body. Sitting down while waiting quietly for Jay to show up, sure enough a couple minutes later, a 5'9 tall fat young man showed up, wearing a classic business suit with sunglasses on, his 5 expensive rings that decorated his right hand spoke of his rich background, his above average face that even the body fat around it failed to hide its charm, he is basically the embodiment of what you would call a young master. 

'again with those rings, each of them cost almost 5k each, that's almost a third of my student debt' Matthew eyed Jacob whom he calls a best friend while feeling quite envious internally. Jacob quickly took a seat on the other side of the table and ordered a shot of espresso. 

"say Matt, what do you wanna talk about?" 

"Jay how has your day been, we haven't-" 

"just get to the point. I haven't got all day for you" 

"u-umm s-sure" Matt seemed to be puzzled as to why his best friend seemed so cold today. 

"Jay how about you lend me some money, not much, just 7k to start off" 

"..."

"the money will obviously be returned after, so just give me some time" knowing that this isn't enough to persuade he continued

"..." 

"there is this etherium crypto currency That I wanna invest into, with its value skyrocketing this week I'm guaranteed to make a decent profit" 

"... you haven't changed at all, you are still the same" 

"huh what do you mean Jay??" 

"tell me Matt, how long has it been since you graduated college" 

"w-well, you could say it's been a year" 

"and I imagine you have been unemployed since, working a sh*tty part time job" 

"... You are correct" 

" so now tell me, how many times did I loan you cash? Without getting any of it back" 

"wait this time it's really gonna be different! Aren't you my friend?" Matthew's expression is slowly turning into a frown. 

" 'a friend', that's a weird way to describe it, as far as I recall, we rarely met each other since high-school, I would say c'acquaintances' is more like it" says Jacob, his tone never changing from its usual casualness and calmness. 

"... If we have never been friends as you say, why would you give me money to begin with?"Matt said, feeling quite speechless and confused. 

" *sip* oh Matthew, you know we used to be quite popular back in the day, working together as the classic school thugs duo who were desperate to make money, the tall athletic 'red beast' Matthew, and his Lackey the fat blond haired 'yellow beast'. To this day I'm still wondering why they called you the 'red beast' , ahhh how nostalgic" says Jacob quietly as he sips on his espresso. 

"but you know since my father's success, bringing his company's net worth up to millions of dollars, my family situation turned into sh*t. My parents matthew, they gradually grew apart, barely interacting with each other, as if we were no longer a part of that loving family of 3." his tone slowly turning emotional, making Matt flinch. 

"... " Matt sipped on his lemonade that he just ordered while listening attentively. 

" it changed me… Idk how or why, seeing the ones I love so unemotional, so indifferent… sometimes I wonder if this wealth is a curse. Matt, I no longer wish to be the 'yellow beast' " jacob finished his espresso as he stood up, ready to leave the café. 

"..." Matt's facial expression slowly turned back to its earlier mildness 'seems like that didn't go as planned, Jacob just what the hell happened to you' 

A couple minutes later. "huuu" he sighed as he paid the bill, turning back to leave the cafe he spotted an old man entering the café in a hurry, his clothes were haggard, his hair a mix of gray and white just as you would expect from an old man. He slowly opened his coat revealing a bomb attached and his expression turned lunatic. The people watching wore expressions of fear and confusion, Matthew Roberts included. 

"TERRORITS–" yelled a lady as the bomb detonated, the fire engulfing Matthew as his mind is still in shock ' what the f*ck' 

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