Richard is back again at his house in Happyland, Tondo. Luckily, his mother and little sister weren’t there. Otherwise, they would have seen his clothes and would get suspicious on where he had get that.

Though if things were to come to that, he’d say it came from the thrift store and he was looking for another job.

Another though again, they’d say he has a job at Divisoria as a cellphone repair shop, he could say to them that he is looking for better opportunities.

But good thing that they weren’t here as those won’t be used.

He headed straight to his bedroom on the second floor and closed the door behind him.

Then he opened the briefcase again and saw the money stacked neatly inside.

Bundles upon bundles of cash.

For several seconds, Richard simply stared at it silently.

He could simply repeat the process, reconstruct an item, and then sell it by a huge margin. The Rolex worked so could he do that again? He needed over four million pesos to upgrade the system.

He could reconstruct another useless watch to another Rolex watch and sell it to that same store.

They looked at him like he was legit, so there’s no problem if he came there tomorrow and started selling other Rolex watches to them.

"Okay, that would be the plan."

However, he can’t just return tomorrow with another watch. That would not make it natural. He needed to wait for another day to come there and sell a watch.

So in that case, he can just return next week and reconstruct seven useless watches from Rolex and sell them to them in a bundle.

Then again...

Richard quickly frowned afterward.

"No. That’s stupid."

He immediately realized the flaw in his own thinking.

Seven Rolex watches in one bundle?

That practically screamed suspicious.

Especially coming from a random guy from Tondo claiming to be involved in "buy and sell."

One luxury watch?

Believable.

Two?

Still manageable.

But seven pristine Rolex watches complete with boxes and papers?

That would absolutely attract attention.

Questions.

Background checks.

Maybe even law enforcement eventually.

Luxury watches were not cheap gadgets people casually sold in bulk.

These things cost as much as cars.

Some even more.

Richard rubbed his chin thoughtfully afterward while pacing around his room.

He needed balance.

Enough profits to level up the system quickly.

But not enough attention to make people investigate him seriously.

The moment powerful people started digging into his life, things could become dangerous very fast.

Especially once they realized he had no legitimate supplier.

No business history.

No wealthy background.

Nothing.

Just a former cellphone repair technician suddenly moving luxury products around.

That alone sounded suspicious as hell.

Richard slowly exhaled afterward.

"Okay... slow and steady first."

He needed to think long-term.

Not greedily.

The system was already overpowered enough.

There was no reason to rush recklessly.

Still...

The excitement inside him remained impossible to suppress completely.

Because even with cautious calculations, the numbers still looked insane.

Let’s say he sold one Rolex every week.

Around six hundred thousand profit each.

That alone already meant over two million pesos monthly.

Two million.

Monthly.

Richard genuinely paused afterward.

Because even now, his brain still struggled to normalize those numbers.

Two million pesos monthly was celebrity-level income already.

And that was just from beginner-level reconstruction.

Beginner.

The word itself honestly made him excited.

Because if Level 1 already produced this kind of money...

Then what the hell could higher levels do?

Okay, if that’s the case, how about other materials? Like jewelry. Like those things are popular in Manila, especially in parts of Manila where they trade gold regularly.

That honestly sounded much safer than repeatedly selling Rolex watches.

Because unlike luxury watches, gold jewelry circulated everywhere in Manila.

Pawnshops.

Jewelry stores.

Buy-and-sell markets.

Ongpin.

People traded gold constantly.

And most importantly?

Nobody found it suspicious if somebody sold a few pieces occasionally.

Especially in places like Manila where jewelry was often treated almost like emergency savings.

Richard immediately crouched beside one of his drawers afterward before rummaging through random junk.

Then after several seconds, he found it.

A broken necklace.

The chain itself already snapped months ago.

He bought it before from a random surplus pile near Recto because he originally thought the clasp mechanism looked interesting.

Richard held the necklace up carefully afterward.

Honestly, it looked worthless.

Fake gold plating.

Probably brass underneath.

Maybe even stainless steel in some parts.

The thing probably was not even worth two hundred pesos.

Then Richard slowly opened the system interface again.

Immediately, blue holographic windows appeared before his vision.

[Object Detected:

Damaged Necklace]

[How would you like it reconstructed?]

The system asked and Richard thought for a moment. Okay, what makes a gold expensive? Like there are different grades.

Different karats.

Different weights.

Different kinds of finishing.

If he just told the system to "make it gold," what kind of gold would it become?

Would it become 10K?

14K? 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

18K?

24K?

Would it become too soft?

Would it look fake?

Would it be hollow?

Would the chain snap easily?

The Rolex reconstruction worked because the system had copied a very specific model.

Meaning the key was detail.

The system did not just magically guess the best version.

Richard had to command it properly.

The more specific he was, the better the output became.

Richard slowly sat on the edge of his bed while holding the broken necklace in his palm.

"Okay..."

He inhaled deeply.

"Let’s not be stupid."

A blue screen appeared again.

[Awaiting Reconstruction Command.]

Richard stared at the necklace.

Then spoke carefully.

"Reconstruct this damaged necklace into a genuine 18-karat yellow gold necklace."

The screen flickered.

[Command Accepted.]

[Insufficient Detail Detected.]

Richard blinked.

"...Of course."

Another screen appeared.

[Please specify:

Gold purity

Total weight

Chain style

Alloy composition

Markings

Finish quality

Clasp type]

Richard slowly nodded.

So that confirmed it.

The system worked based on details.

If his command was lazy, the result might become useless.

Or worse.

Suspicious.

He quickly searched his memory from random gold-buying videos he had watched before.

In the Philippines, pawnshops and jewelry buyers usually tested gold using acid tests, density, magnet checks, and sometimes XRF scanners if they were more advanced.

Gold jewelry also had markings.

18K.

Sometimes maker’s marks.

18K meant 75 percent gold content.

The remaining 25 percent usually came from alloy metals like copper and silver to give strength and color.

Pure 24K was almost 99.9 percent gold, but it was too soft for daily jewelry.

22K was common too, but still softer.

18K looked safer.

Richard looked at the necklace again.

The size was decent.

If reconstructed into a solid 18K chain weighing around thirty grams, it could be worth serious money.

But not too crazy.

Not suspicious like selling a half-kilo gold bar.

"System, reconstruct this damaged necklace into a genuine solid 18-karat yellow gold curb chain necklace."

The blue screen brightened.

Richard continued, making sure each word was clear.

"Gold purity must be exactly 75.0 percent by mass, marked as 18K and 750. The remaining 25 percent alloy should be copper and silver only, balanced to produce a warm yellow-gold color and enough hardness for normal daily wear."

The interface began forming lines of data.

[Command Detail Increased.]

Richard kept going.

"Total finished weight should be thirty-two grams."

He paused.

Then corrected himself.

"No. Make it thirty-five grams. Solid links. Not hollow. Chain length twenty inches. Width four millimeters. Curb chain style. Smooth polished finish. Strong lobster clasp. Include a small flat hallmark plate near the clasp with 18K and 750 engraving."

With that, the system acknowledged the command and began reconstruction.