Gotham City's Simple Folk, Batman Close to Billions

Russell had thought the identity the system assigned him was a scumbag. He had been right—the guy was indeed utterly rotten—but Russell had vastly underestimated just how rotten he was.

The original owner had been the young master of a wealthy family. Before this unfinished building became a ruin, it had been his family's property. As for how it had ended up in such a state of poverty that even the toilets were crying to be fed...

For that, one could look to Batman and Iron Man as examples: their parents had died in accidents, and they had inherited the family businesses.

Of course, compared to those two, the original owner had not been that rich. He was more like a budget, poverty-stricken version.

But he had not been poor enough to reach Spider-Man's level!

From this, it was clear that the system's chosen original owner shared some similarities with Russell. Both had suddenly inherited an estate, lost all motivation to strive, and become the sort to muddle through life waiting for death.

With such a perfect start, he should have risen against the odds. The difference was that Russell had received the system, while the original owner lacked self-discipline. Without his parents to keep him in line, he had been led astray and picked up some bad habits.

Eating, drinking, whoring, gambling, smoking; scamming, swindling, abducting, deceiving, stealing. Just to get a few rounds of gambling in, he had even cheated his friends out of money.

As everyone knew, once someone got hooked on those vices, forget billion-dollar tycoons like Batman and Iron Man—even Black Panther, whose family literally owned mines, would not be able to withstand it.

Sure enough, the original owner had squandered his family fortune faster than The Flash. Then he had played the victim and