Umbrella Chapter 7 - Premium Gacha (Patreon)

This was something that often caused him to not sleep during the nights because he had a hunch that the more he got from the Gacha System, the harder his life here in this new world would be, and the more dangerous things would come. 

More powerful enemies would challenge the peace of the world, and when the anomalies started appearing en masse around the world, then it would be the time when the real fun would become.

At the same time, he was planning to start the dominance of the Umbrella Corporation in the field of Military Technology and Arms Dealership. From the small guns and assault rifles, he would then start manufacturing bigger weapons.

But for that, he needed to find the right people because even though he was handling the research together with Catherine Halsey, who was in seventh heaven now that she got unlimited access to the funds of the Umbrella.

However, Alexander also told her that she needed to present something that could be sold immediately; thus, right now, instead of focusing on genetic research and so on, she was focusing on researching and upgrading the weapon designs.

Those would make billions for the Umbrella, and afterward, she can focus on her aspirations of breaking the limits of human mortality and creating the superhumans that she always wished for.

He had to admit that she was far more ambitious than she let out, though he rather enjoyed working with her. She was one of the rare people that could actually keep up with him, on the intellectual side.

Which of obviously a great plus.

***

Next Day, VIP Suite, New York Continental Hotel

"How is the audition for CEO going?"

One of the things that Alex wanted to get rid of as soon as possible was the burden of being CEO of the company and dealing with all of the useless administrative stuff and paperwork.

Because the Umbrella Corporation was just established only a short time ago, there wasn't enough time to find a proper CEO for the company, so Alexander was taking the place of the CEO as well.

Much to his great distaste.

He spent a few hours of a day doing paperwork, even though he managed to pass a part of it on to Takemura, but there were still many things that required the personal attention of the CEO, and such a state was absolutely unacceptable.

His attention was needed at another place, especially in the research area, because there were many things that he could research. He had five samples of the Progenitor Virus that needed to be researched, uncovered, and remade into the Super Soldier Serum or something along those lines.

And yet...

And yet he was spending half a day reading through papers, signing them and often wanting to die from boredom.

"We have received several tens applications, and after filtering, we have thought of only three suitable candidates."

Goro Takemura answered as he passed Alex three folders of the three people who were applying for the position of CEO of the Umbrella Corporation. Finding the right person for the job was indeed a tough task. 

Suddenly, he noticed one person among the three who was more notable than the others, and it was rather a familiar sight. 

"Meredith Stout? Graduated from Harvard summa cum laude and worked for several huge weapon manufacturers, including Senior Executive Position and Junion CEO position at Lockheed Martin, age: 26, certified genius with IQ of 164 points."

He read out of loud before deciding on her. For several reasons apparently, and her beauty playing one of the factors, certainly indeed. 

"Call this one of personal interview. You can now excuse yourself, Goro."

Seeing Goro Takemura giving a slight bow and exiting the room, Alex decided to put his attention on the Gacha. He had collected a lot of the Normal Grade Gacha Tokens, approximately one hundred, because he wasn't using them at all. 

At the same time, he also completed another of the Achievements from the Achievement List. 

[Congratulations to the Host for completing the Achievement of the Achievement List - Obtain Arms Contract from the United States Military and obtaining a Premium Grade Gacha Ticket as a reward.]

He immediately used the Premium Grade Gacha Ticket.

[Gacha is now rolling!]

[Congratulations! User Alexander Ashford has received (7th-Level Intellect Enhancement). The user may access the reward within the inventory.]

Alexander didn't waste any moment and directly used the 7th-Level Intellect Enhancement, as he immediately entered the realm of the Super Geniuses. The very moment it happened, Alexander felt like a whole new world opened in front of him, and many problems that he encountered during this research were instantly solved. 

Afterward, he looked at the hundred or so Normal Grade Gacha Tokens before he decided to use them in the Gacha. 

[Gacha is now rolling!]

[Gacha is now rolling!]

[Gacha is now rolling!]

[Congratulations! User Alexander Ashford has received (Ordinary Sword - Trash). The user may access the reward within the inventory.]

[Congratulations! User Alexander Ashford has received (Coding Knowledge - Rare). The user may access the reward within the inventory.]

[Congratulations! User Alexander Ashford has received (Fusion Core - Unique). The user may access the reward within the inventory.]

[Congratulations! User Alexander Ashford has received (T-Shirt - Trash). The user may access the reward within the inventory.]

[Congratulations! User Alexander Ashford has received (Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū - Legendary). The user may access the reward within the inventory.]

[Congratulations! User Alexander Ashford has received (Muramasa - Legendary). The user may access the reward within the inventory.]

[Congratulations! User Alexander Ashford has received (Old Computer - Common). The user may access the reward within the inventory.]

[Congratulations! User Alexander Ashford has received (Paralen - Trash). The user may access the reward within the inventory.]

[Congratulations! User Alexander Ashford has received (Playing Cards - Trash). The user may access the reward within the inventory.]

[Congratulations! User Alexander Ashford has received (Mission Invokator - Transcendental). The user may access the reward within the inventory.]

This series of notifications continued for several minutes, though, unfortunately after the initial luck that he had, the rest of the things were utterly useless. Most of the things that Alex obtained, he also sold back to the Gacha in exchange for the Credits, earning himself around 8,000 Credits.

The most valuable things that he obtained from the Gacha were Fusion Core, (Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū - Legendary) and Teigu Muramasa.

Each one of the things gave him a tremendous boon, especially the last two things because they were. Muramasa was one of the most powerful Teigus in the world of Akame Ga Kill and Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū was considered one of the most powerful fictional sword style.