HBWnovel Chapter 171: A Rich Bat is a Happy Bat
Chapter 171: A Rich Bat is a Happy Bat
Chapter 171: A Rich Bat is a Happy Bat
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"I can make you rich... rich enough to impress a princess."
- Jafar (Aladdin)
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<(Bruce Wayne POV)>
"My god, that was fun. I don't think Lex Luthor will be recovering from that anytime soon. Maybe he will even have nightmares about this day if he is really as prideful as I think he is." I chuckled to myself after I finally finished shorting all the Lexcorp stocks I had been holding on to for the last few days. Roughly, it was only about 1 percent of the company, so I didn't have to report my holdings, and thus neither Lexcorp nor the SEC were aware of the sale before it was too late. Normally, this type of shorting would have been counterproductive for me since the market would have quickly stabilized even before I could make any profit but due to the crash, stock traders were so spooked that even the slightest dip in Lexcorp stock prices made them start dumping their shares like crazy. Of course, I didn't make as much profit from the sale as I made from my other major investments, but it was worth it since I knew how much this would annoy the junior Luthor.
"The market is closing now, Bruce. Is there anything else you would like me to do?" Cortana asked as her hologram bent over my shoulder from behind me as if she was also looking at the computer screen before suddenly turning her voice seductive, "I can do anything... and I mean anything."
"My my, Cortana. You seem to be getting bolder and bolder every day. *Sigh* I wonder where my little innocent angel who used to be a hardcore otome weeb has disappeared to." I joked while doing my best to ignore the feeling of the huge pair of breasts she was pressing on my back. "The way you are evolving, I think you might be on course to become one of those 'ara ara' milfs soon." I teased.
Ever since I had installed and enabled my newest hard light hologram technology in my cave a few days ago, Cortana had been using it almost exclusively to tease me. At first, it seemed funny because of the laughs she was able to keep cracking at my expense but now, it was honestly becoming a little bit annoying because of the constant boner I had to hide under my pants. I mean there is only so much teasing a man can take before finally losing his balls... pun intended.
Additionally, my hard light technology was based on the diamond-light holograms from the show Red Dwarf with a few minor changes. So, Cortana in this form couldn't just replicate the different levels of... the softness present in the human body perfectly to the 't' but also had access to more unique advantages like super strength, super speed, and even some amount of light manipulation abilities. Of course, it wasn't even a question that she was gladly using these advantages without the slightest hesitation to constantly flirt with me for some reason.
"I see. At least, now I know I am not working for a company that wants world domination because they simply want to make more money." Cortana giggled before adding, "By the way, you should treat Alfred better from now on. Since he, Miss Leslie, Vicki, Selina, Helena, Talia, and Nyssa invested their savings in your bank's investment division, they are officially multimillionaires now, especially Alfred. With how much money he now has sitting in his bank account, he might not hesitate to leave his job if you ever piss him off." Cortana playfully warned.
"Yeah, if that's ever happening." I chuckled as if it was a joke. "Alfred works for me because he cares for me and the Wayne family... correction, he cares for all of us including you, Ace, and even Miss Whiskers. If he cared for money, he would have left a long time ago. I mean the man literally banged a queen. If he ever goes public with the story, the money from various license deals with podcasts and shows alone will be worth a fortune." I could not help but laugh aloud.
"By the way, I wonder what Slade is currently feeling, now that he has lost his opportunity to quintuple his wealth. It was his own fault since he couldn't bring himself to trust my Gotham Merchant Bank's ability to make money through investments. He thought he would be able to make more by investing in professional hedge funds even though I tried to give him subtle warnings about it. Now that I think about it, there is a possibility that he might even try to kill himself if he ever hears that everyone else except him made millions of dollars today without lifting a single finger."
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