He lost both of his parents due to a bank heist at the age of 14. Due to his young age, he joined an orphanage, but it turned out to be secretly owned by a group of gangsters.
He was exploited together with the other children in the orphanage, before finally, at the age of 16, he joined the gang, being valued for his intelligence.
Working for the gang as an accountant in charge of the income of the gang, he used all the money that he earned to purchase books on accounting. He wanted to study, gain real skills, and see if he could join a legitimate company as an accountant.
….
Who would have expected that due to his effort, one night, just as he was done reading, a holographic screen popped up in front of his eyes.
[System binding... Binding completed.]
[System activating... Activation completed.]
[Welcome to the Information to Mastery: Points Store System, Michael Santos.]
[Experience full. You have acquired beginner level accounting skills. +1 SP.]
He would have never thought that this was going to change his life completely. As long as he acquired information on a particular field, and studied it, the system could allow him to master the skills, even without doing physical practice.
[Experience full. Level up. Accounting skills upgraded to intermediate level. +10 SP.]
….
But that was not the craziest point. Using the store points that he received by acquiring skills, he could purchase anything from the store.
[Used 10 SP to acquire 100% shares of Riverside Hotel.]

During almost an entire month, Villa number 5 had not seen guests, with only Adrian and Lucas occasionally coming by.


As Michael, during all this time, he had remained within the villa, without going out.


He had been so much focused on acquiring SP, with an average of 4 skills pushed to the expert level on each single day.


It had become something like a routine, waking up early in the morning, pushing a skill to the expert level, after a break, pushing it another skill to the expert level, then lunch, yet another two skills before he went to bed.


The following morning, it would still be the same routine, which was quite boring if one had to admit.


Even for Michael, it was kind of tiresome, but what other choice did he have? He had an advantage, considering that he had the system. But still, he needed to put in enough effort, in order to be able to succeed.


Chapter 229 - Guests