Cosmic Editor

Chapter 15: Works & Housing

I will be using the third POV from here on out. Remember, if you have anything you feel I should add to the book, then please comment. I see them and will reply to you.

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"Let's start with a new house first; pull up all houses for sale in Abuja... There's bound to be some good ones," David said.

[Normal or spicy houses] Nous asked in a weird tone that made David believe that she was grinning.

Completely matching the artificial intelligence, David too began to grin, even though he didn't understand what it meant by spicy houses, but he knew it would all work in his favor.

"Spicy please!" David said it out loud without a care.

It may not be advisable to trust someone he just met as much as he trusted Nous, but his situation is currently different. He was the editor, a being supposedly above even the gods.

Though, truthfully, he couldn't exactly be proud of said status since he didn't actually see what it entailed. It was like in the anime 'Dragonball'.

Due to Chichi's heritage, her husband was a king, and her sons were princes, but due to the lack of a physical kingdom or responsibility, none of them actually took said position seriously.

even though her father was the recognized king of the whole planet. He currently had no responsibilities, so he couldn't exactly say that this was what he did.

He could guess what he was meant to do based on the title alone, but since he didn't have responsibility for now, the title and power were just there.

[Okay then, here is a list of all the estates that have been seized by the government from either politicians, fraudsters, or even drug lords. Don't worry, you can actually buy them, just with a bit of secrecy, but it's legal] Nous said as a large holographic page appeared before him.

It was truly a list of various houses, but from the images shown, he couldn't exactly call them houses anymore.

"Does that one have a private runway in it?" David asked, surprised.

The worst part is that it wasn't even the only one. Many of them had private runways or helipads. The compound around these buildings was so massive that you could probably fit at least six modern villages in there, and there would still be enough space for a very large market.

"Wouldn't this be too expensive for us to afford?" David was quite concerned.

[Like I said, due to the nature of the buildings themselves, no one wants to buy them; hence, they are just kept, and now they are quite affordable. Never forget that Nigerians are quite a cautious bunch]

"That does make sense," he replied.

Thinking about it now, David came to the realization that while these estates may be on the high end, No sensible Nigerian would agree to buy them, and if Nigerians don't want to buy them, no, foreigners would want to stay there.

After all, nobody, in reality, boldly buys a place that the locals tell you comes with a lot of baggage. Even he, with all his current power, had second thoughts immediately after Nous told him of the origin of these estates.

It was common knowledge that politicians were brutal. Hell, election periods are one of the most dangerous periods in Nigeria. Drug lords are naturally dangerous; after all, no normal person would go push something that practically every country in the world is fighting against.

Worse, he or she is successful in doing so. The said person is dangerous. Fraudsters are the most meek in this situation, but some of them do have screws loose, so just the act of them hearing that their houses have been purchased while they were in prison would make them come for you.

"So, like, how much are we looking at here?"

[The cheapest costs around 147 million Naira, which is probably the same price as any random land you can find out there; the most expensive costs about 400 million Naira] Nous said as images of the estates appeared on the screen.

The cheapest estate in question was precisely the one he had once pointed out to have a private runway or landing strip. It was huge, but not as big as the most expensive, which was basically an entire mountain.

How does one even purchase an entire mountain in this day and age? The rest of the country will be complaining, and there was this one guy somewhere who just woke up in the morning and said, 'You know what? Let's buy a mountain'.

The mountain came equipped with everything the others did, and unlike many of them, it was actually close to society. Just below the mountain was a large town, so that could also serve as a win compared to the rest.

"How much do we have now, exactly?"

[Roughly $10,000,000 or five billion Naira. You currently have five hundred thousand downloads] Nous said in a smiling tone as fear and shock immediately appeared on David's face.

Quickly opening his income page again, David could see the original amount earned and his actual profit after taxes, and true to her word, five billion Naira were sitting in that account.

He had gone from a common man to a self-made billionaire in just an hour or so. It was only 6:47 AM, and entering the gaming industry truly was a good idea.

"Nous, am I now a billionaire?" David said, resisting his urge to scream and dance.

[Yes, you are, sir] Nous replied in the same tone as David, who immediately jumped from his seat, and for some reason, tears began welling up in his eyes.

For an even worse reason, it was a mixture of tears of joy and pain. Joy, because he was now a billionaire, and pain, because he had spent years searching for ways to make money only for him to become a billionaire in seconds.

Advanced technology was a huge cheat in and of itself. What could one not achieve if they had the right level of technology?