Becoming A Tech Tycoon Begins With Regression novel Chapter 222

Marìa,for the first time in a long while, was actually relaxing.

Her apartment had been upgraded to resemble those five star hotels, and she didn't even have to worry about fixing anything.

Usually, an apartment upgrade meant an increase in rent, but not this time. Her tenants were like family to her, and she knew of the struggles each underwent, so a sudden rent increase would make them uncomfortable.

With a sigh, she leaned back on her couch.

Being this comfortable felt strange, so much so that it almost felt like a calm before the storm.

"I can't be thinking like that," She muttered, shaking her head, before switching her line of thinking, "I wonder how Ethan how Ethan is doing."

Speaking of which, she looked at her wrist where a high quality smart watch was strapped.

It was a gift from Ethan, one he had instructed her to never take off. The expression he had when giving it to her showed that he was completely serious.

He even seemed a bit...scared?

"I wonder why he made such an expression," María muttered.

It was like Ethan to show that much emotion, he usually... What did her anime obsessed tenant call it again?

Ah that's right,  or something.

So she just promised not to take it off to help

calm him.

But it wasn't like keeping the watch on was a hard task, besides, from what she heard, it was a trending product from that company, OmniTech.

Every aged person right now had it, so it wasn't like she'd feel awkward having it on when going outside.

Besides the looks, even its functions were surprising.

Like this, she didn't even need to go to the hospital for regular checkup, after all, the watch informed her if anything was wrong.

Even now, it was running checks in the background.

A faint blue ring appeared along the edge of the watch's face, slow and steady, almost like a heartbeat. María glanced at it with mild curiosity, tapping the screen once.

A clean, minimalist interface came to life.

[Daily Scan Complete — Subject Health: Optimal.

Heart Rate: Normal

Anomalies Detected: None.]

She chuckled softly. "Fancy little thing, aren't you?"

Technology had come a long way. Back when she was younger, something like this would have been impossible to even imagine.

But suddenly, they now had their very own personal diagnosis doctor right at their finger tips...or rather, wrists.

According to Ethan, this thing was barely ever wrong, and he had also set it so that each report was sent to him even if nothing was wrong with her.

[Cardiovascular Anomaly Predicted in a few years, regular visit to a certain medical center recommended.]

They had just returned to California the previous night, but just before they could thinking of reaching the contacts that the collector allowed them, they had been somehow knocked out, and they were now somehow in this hotel. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

"You can stop hiding behind that mask now," Jian, who didn't seem the least bit intimidated, spoke up, "after all, we know who you are."

"Do you?" Ethan's avatar asked with a small smile on its face.

His smile made the two reconsider, did they really know his identity? Was OmniTech really Ethan Carter?

Was he sloppy enough to just let his identity be found out like that?

"What makes you so sure that you do?" Ethan continued, "what if the identity you know is just a trap to flush you out?"

He was right, they hadn't even taken the time to confirm whether or not the information was correct.

But even the Collector believed the information, so it had to be right... Right?

Jian's confidence wavered for just a fraction of a second.

Madam Xu noticed it immediately.

"You wouldn't have brought us here just to talk in circles," she said calmly, folding her hands on her lap. "Whether you are Ethan Carter or not doesn't change the fact that you intercepted us. That means you already know what we intended to do."

The avatar tilted its head slightly, it seemed he was actually thinking about her words before saying.

"Correct," Ethan replied. "You were going to use Maria Alvarez as leverage."

"Since you know her," She muttered looking directly at the screen held up by one of Irina's men, "that means —"

"It means I expected you to be foolish enough to do this," Ethan cut her off, "and I'm glad to see I wasn't wrong."