Chapter 101 Father''s Whereabouts, New Business Idea [Bonus Chapter]


    Ss'' thoughts were all over the ce as he tried toe to a decision.


    To be honest, he didn''t want anything to do with his father again, but just like Kim said; no matter what happened, Chris was still his father.


    Ss thought of this and let out a deep sigh.


    After he woke up the next morning after having a fight with his father the previous night, his hate, anger, and other negative emotions towards his father dissipated, but it didn''t mean that he had forgiven the man.


    Ss closed his eyes for a brief moment and sighed again.


    "Fuck it. That man is making me sigh so much." N?v(el)B\\jnn


    "LUNAR, search for my dad," Ss told LUNAR telepathically, with the aid of the Gear''s neural interface technology.


    He finally came to a decision and decided to go with the flow and see how things goes.


    After a few seconds, Ss got a surprising response from LUNAR.


    After scouring through the inte, institutions'' databases, and CCTV cameras, LUNAR pinpointed Chris'' location to be at a rehab center.


    "What the fuck is he doing at a rehabilitation center?" Ss thought to himself in confusion when he heard about his father''s location from LUNAR.


    "I went through the institution''s database and found out that he admitted himself into the institution to be rehabilitated for alcohol addiction, and his stay is going to be 90 days long, with 89 days left."


    Ss couldn''t help but smile when he heard what LUNAR said.


    "Is he really trying to change himself?" Ss thought with a smile.


    Ss closed his eyes and let out a deep breath as his thoughts finally settled.


    He thought about it deeply and felt that since his father was putting in an effort, he should give the man a chance.


    "Is this what they mean by blood is thicker than water?" he thought to himself.


    "For Alex''s and Kim''s sake, I guess I will have to give him a chance to be the husband and father he could never be," Ss thought to himself, as he finally made his decision.


    He looked at Kim who had her face in her palm, her body shaking slightly as she sobbed, and he sighed.


    "Does he really deserve you?" Ss thought to himself when he saw her beautiful older figure shaking slightly as she sobbed quietly.


    "Kim... It''s okay. I found him," Ss said with a smile, as he tried to make her stop sobbing.


    Kim slowly raised her head to look at Ss when she heard what he said, and Ss felt a sting in his heart when he saw her slightly swollen eyes.


    "Love? Such an enigmatic and confusing emotion."


    Kim was surprised when she heard what Ss said.


    "You found Chris?" she asked in surprise, and Ss nodded.


    "When? How?" she asked again, and Ss smiled in response.


    Kim saw this and understood that Ss wasn''t nning on telling her anymore than what he already did, but she didn''t feel offended.


    At this point, she already knew that Ss had a lot of secrets that he would love to keep and protect, and as someone who was his stepmom, she had to respect his privacy and help him keep his secrets.


    "Where is he? Is he safe? Can we go see him now?" Kim asked multiple questions at once.


    "Kim... You don''t need to worry. He''s fine and he''s safe where he is. As for seeing him, I don''t think that''s a good idea at the moment. He''s at a ce where he can get help and change himself for the better, and I think we should give him time to find himself. We will pay him a visit when it''s time," Ss said, as he tried to calm Kim down.


    Kim''s shoulders slumped as she copsed back into the sofa when she heard what Ss said.


    She closed her eyes for a brief moment and let out a breath of relief.


    "Since you say so, I will trust you," Kim said with a smile.


    She felt happy hearing that Chris was safe and in a ce where he could get help. She hoped that he would ept the help and change for the better for the sake of the family.


    "Thank you, Ss. I''m sorry that you have to see me like this again," she said, as she wiped her tears and straightened her sitting posture, regaining her authoritative aura and confidence.


    In a heartbeat, Kim made a quick transformation from her previous vulnerable self to her authoritative CEO persona.


    Ss saw this and shook his head.


    "Women are definitely the strangest creatures to walk the surface of the."


    "I guess this means that I can go ahead with the n of us moving out?" Ss asked.


    Since the problem about his father''s disappearance and unknown whereabouts had been solved, he felt it was time to move ahead with his ns.


    "Yes, we can move out, but please make sure it''s not far from the office, from where your father is, and Alex''s school," Kim said, as she agreed to his ns.


    "You don''t need to worry about that. I will take those into consideration before choosing the ce and Alex can change schools if he wishes," Ss said.


    Besides catching the rats in his office, Ss had other reasons foring to the office; he wanted to show Kim his new business idea.


    ELLA was still in free trial mode, and it wouldst for three more weeks before the premium version was released, but there''s a slight difference to the premium version he nned to release now.


    He initially nned to release an AI mobile assistant as the premium version of ELLA, but he decided to put that on hold due to the reaction he received when ELLA was initially released. Ss'' new n was to leave ELLA as a chatbot for an undecided period of time to before the premium version would be released.


    So what was his new business idea? Simple, it was a game!


    Yes, a game. A kingdom-building, gacha game with hero elements, to be precise!


    What was special about a game and a gacha game at that? Ss was actuallypletely oblivious to its glory until he tried the VR version of a popr gacha game.


    So what was the difference between a traditional game and a gacha game? What made him think it was better than traditional games?


    The first reason why Ss felt that gacha games were better was because of their high profitability.


    Ss knew about this as he experienced it personally when he spent $10,000 on the gacha game he yed.


    This was only possible due to the game''s lottery-like experience, which was the gacha.


    So the question was, why spend money on a game? The answer was plentiful, actually, but one that Ss would give was, why shouldn''t he?


    Gacha games were more flexible than traditional games, and even more so due to the majority of them being free-to-y models.


    Unlike regr gacha games, Ss nned to create one that had some slight differences.


    "Kim, I have a new business idea," Ss said, and Kim''s eyes sparkled.


    He had a new business idea? Kim could remember how pressured they were under even though ELLA was still in the free trial period. Still, she was curious.


    "Let me hear it."