Chapter 233: 13,500 Dollar Penthouse, The Viral Ender Wants to Sue! The Superstar in his phone
It was a short video related to the Mat-Gala.
But that was not what caught his attention.
Rather, it was the caption and the person in the video.
Caelus’s body began to visibly tremble upon seeing the person.
It was a girl. She wore a gorgeous dress and walked down a red carpet, capturing everyone’s attention.
The caption read, "Singer Sylvia Reign at Mat-Gala Event with her gorgeous dress."
Caelus was stunned.
He replayed the video multiple times, but it still did not change the caption or the girl in the video.
"It really is Sylvia." Caelus was stunned beyond words.
He checked the comments. Everyone was complimenting or praising Sylvia without fail.
The numbers under each post kept climbing as he watched.
But the way they commented made it clear that Sylvia did not just pop out of nowhere in the industry to become a star.
"It is a similar situation to Freya." He turned to the Ender of Life, who was snoring away in Chad’s bed without a care in the world.
That was when the door to his dorm opened. Chad came in with a bored look while scrolling through his phone.
He looked up and froze.
"????" He became baffled seeing the girl on his bed, and then he stared at Caelus in disbelief.
"Who?" He took a dramatic step back.
However, he quickly squinted his eyes, finding the girl familiar.
"Wait... Is this not the heiress of the Alisson Colgemorte Group?"
"Keep your voice down," Caelus gestured to Chad with a shushing look.
He let out a weary sigh.
"What is going on here, Caelus? You only went out for an hour." Chad’s lips twitched.
"It is a long story, but she is someone I know," Caelus replied. "She is tired after running around the neighborhood for days. Hence, I let her sleep here for now."
"Is that so?" Chad asked with some confusion.
Seeing how calm Caelus was, maybe that was the case.
In the end, he chose to trust his friend.
"Where will I sleep now?" he asked bitterly.
"You can sleep in my bed," Caelus replied. "I can sleep on the floor just fine. She is someone related to me, after all."
"No need," he shook his head. "I would not want to have my friend sleep on the ground."
"If someone heard that I let someone with an S-Rank Talent sleep on the ground, then there would be trouble."
In the end, Chad decided to sleep in another place. He had friends everywhere in Queens, after all.
But before he left, Caelus showed him the video of Sylvia.
"Why are you acting like you are just finding out about her?" Chad looked at Caelus strangely. "She became famous last month after she published her song. Now, there is not a single person who does not know her."
"She is one of the youngest talents to be invited to the Mat-Gala, and she is a student here."
"???" Caelus wore a confused expression on his face.
"What?!" He could not believe his ears.
"What do you mean she is a student here?"
"She is not just a great singer, she is also a powerful evolver."
"Is she here right now?"
"Of course not," Chad shook his head. "She is rich. She lives in an expensive penthouse somewhere in Long Island City. I am not sure where it is."
An expensive penthouse in Long Island? That would be roughly $13,500 or more per month. That was already above his paygrade in the domain, which was roughly $8,160 per month.
Caelus clicked his tongue. The gap between her world and his was wider than he had thought.
"Also, dude, you are famous now." Chad hastily spoke as if thinking about something, taking out his phone.
"The incident you had with the Direwolf Gang, someone recorded it and posted it on Engram." As he spoke, he showed the video to Caelus.
The video had 340,000 likes and two million views already.
Engram was the biggest social media platform on Earth.
Caelus had also posted a few videos five years ago when the world was in a lockdown due to a virus, but they never gained traction. Now, people who posted videos got rich and became influencers. Those who did not reach that level had to grind in the domain for extra money.
"Does no one care about the fact that I killed them?" Caelus asked, baffled by the absurd situation.
"Why would anyone care about that?" Chad looked even more confused. "The Direwolf Gang is on the ’if seen, kill’ list. If you go to the police station, you could grab roughly $500 for this."
"What about the guy posting this video? Can I sue him for showing my face on camera without my permission?"
"..." Chad’s lips twitched upon hearing this.
Was this guy that desperate for money?
"It is going to be a pain to do it," Chad replied. "And you also need a good lawyer. Do you have enough money for that?"
Caelus’s face darkened hearing this.
The world sure was cruel, was it not?
He sighed. The poor got poorer while the rich got richer.
He had to break the balance with his overpowered cheat, or else he would be stuck being poor.
He was going to see himself in an expensive penthouse too.
It was only a matter of time. With his cheat, money would not stay a problem for long.
But before all that.
Now, it was time to go find Sylvia.
He turned to Chad.
"How do I find Sylvia?"
"I wish I knew too," Chad said with a sigh.
"..." Caelus fell silent.
"Come, let us go out." Caelus dragged Chad out.
He needed to find Sylvia, but first, he needed to pinpoint her location.
Just then, as soon as they left the area, many students were coming out of their dorms.
"What happened?" Chad pulled in a student and asked.
"Do you not know? Sylvia Reign is back on campus."
