The Reincarnated CEO Banker Returns for Revenge
Jonathan Raines was once the towering figure behind Rainescorp Bank—a visionary CEO whose legacy was etched into the vaults, systems, and culture of the institution he built from the ground up. But in his final moments, confined to a hospital bed and weakened by illness, he was betrayed by the two people he trusted most: his son Eli Raines, and his protégé-turned-Chairman, Voss. Together, they orchestrated his removal, dismantled his influence, and buried his name beneath a wave of corporate reform.
Six years later, Jonathan awakens in a new body—young, anonymous, and staring directly at the skyscraper that once bore his name. With no credentials, no allies, and no proof of who he was, he applies to Rainescorp’s trainee program under the same name: Jonathan Raines. The system flags him. HR dismisses it. But Chairman Voss feels the echo immediately. Eli, now Vice President of Ethics and Reform, doesn’t recognize his father—but something about the man’s posture, cadence, and unconscious tics begins to haunt him.
Assigned to the Risk Division, Jonathan begins a slow, methodical infiltration of the bank’s symbolic terrain. He pretends to struggle with the new systems—systems he and Eli designed together in the final months before the betrayal. His mentor, Lena, grows suspicious as he fumbles basic tasks but demonstrates uncanny fluency with legacy protocols long since deprecated. Surveillance officers note his eerie resemblance to the founder. The AI system begins to glitch, quoting Jonathan’s old commands. And Eli, increasingly unsettled, tries to rationalize the impossible.
As Jonathan embeds himself deeper into Rainescorp’s infrastructure, he initiates a series of ritual overrides—mentoring interns, manipulating reform initiatives, and quietly restoring fragments of his original architecture. Each move is precise, symbolic, and emotionally detached. He does not seek redemption. He does not want reconciliation. He wants control.
