"Th-This is me?"
"That man who spent money like water and held power over the world... was really me?"
Flender tremblingly reached out a hand, as if trying to touch that unattainable dream.
Then he looked at himself now.
Although Shrek Academy had become famous, he was still dirt poor.
To scrape together travel and lodging expenses for the Little Monsters, he even had to take on low-end advertising endorsements!
"What... what did I miss out on?!"
Flender let out a heart-wrenching wail in his heart.
If I hadn't insisted on running that lousy academy back then...
If I hadn't met Xiaogang back then...
Could I have reached the pinnacle of life, just like that version of me?
Beside him, Zhao Wuji's eyes had turned red with envy. He grabbed Flender's arm and shook him.
"Boss!
Look at me in that world!
I'm the Chamber of Commerce Security Chief!
I command over a thousand Soul Emperors!
I even ride in an eight-man palanquin when I go out, Boss!"
The most awkward one, however, was Yu Xiaogang.
He looked at Flender on the Heavenly Screen, who had risen to greatness because he "never met Yu Xiaogang," his face shifting from green to white.
So...
I'm a jinx?
I was the one holding Flender back?
Without me, Flender would have become a business emperor long ago, instead of staying in this lousy academy and playing at "theoretical teaching" with me?
"N-No, that's not how it is..."
Yu Xiaogang trembled as he tried to defend himself, but the strange looks from those around him made him feel like he was sitting on pins and needles.
Even Liu Erlong, looking at that high-spirited Flender, had a glimmer in her eyes unlike anything before.
That confident, powerful man who held everything in his grasp was