Cursed Immortality

"So, Mr. Jacob, we have finalized our deal with your company!" A tall, handsome man held a campaign glass as he purposed a toast to Old Jacob, who seemed to be in his late fifties.

Old Jacob looked outside the glass wall, as he can see the entire city from this floor, which was a thousand meters from the ground. His eyes were calm and uninterested in anything as he looked at the city from the very top. It was like he had lost his interest in the entire world itself.

"Mr. Jacob?" The tall man called again.

Jacob finally looked at the man with a faint smile and nodded. "Yeah, whatever. But I still don't understand why you purpose a personal meeting while my sons can do the same. You should know I'm about to retire, and my sons will inherit my entire legacy."

A wily glint flash past the man's blue eyes as he said, "I know and I'm very grateful that you agree to this meeting. I'm an admirer of yours, Mr. Jacob. You have changed the entire weapon industry in twenty years."

Jacob didn't even feel anything as he said, "I heard this thing for a long time. So…" His eyes suddenly turned sharp as knives, "Why did you want to meet me? You even gave my Son a billion just to arrange this meeting.

"If not for your relationship with that greedy brat, trust me. I'll blow this entire city from the face of the earth and no one will even ask why I did it. So, last chance, why do you want to meet me before I'm out of here?"

The man's eyes were filled with shock now, as he looked at the old man who was still as sturdy as a tower and his muscular build clearly wasn't from just exercise.

"Alright, since you already know about my Deal with Ryan, I'll come straight to the point. Everyone with my status knows you only show just a fraction of your research to the world and you have far more to offer, but for some reason, you held back on us…"

Jacob suddenly shook his head and cut the man's speech, he said, "I've seen countless people like you who sound like they wanted to change the world for the better, but in the end, we all know you're just a power-hungry businessman who wanted to control the world. I'm not wasting my time with you anymore." Finished, he starts walking toward the door.

The man suddenly panicked and blurted, "Please wait, I heard your wife has terminal cancer and you've been searching for a cure or anything that can prolong her life. I can help you with that!"

Jacob's footsteps come to an abrupt halt and he finally turns around. There were ripples in his eyes, which were as cold as stone just a few moments before.

"What kind of help?" He asked.

The man sighed in relief. "My relationship with Ryan is quite good. He told me about how you are searching for anything that can prolong life or get rid of that terminal cancer.

"I'm not threatening you or using this as leverage to demand things from you. I just want to trade with you. Anything that is not released to the public will be enough, and I even give Ryan half of the profits from this technology. We can sign a contract if you like." He quickly guaranteed Jacob. He knew threatening this old man was like playing with an atomic bomb naked!

Jacob deeply looked at the youthful man and said, "So, that little bastard is with you in this, huh?"

The man wanted to say something, but Jacob wasn't done.

"Fine, you win, but I'm warning you, the moment this thing comes out in this world, no one will be safe anymore. No bulletproof glass or bomb-proof technology will be able to stop this thing.

"So, I'm asking you again, do you really want this? People will be able to kill even you while you're drinking here from a city away. Think about it carefully or I can offer you billions for your information and 2% shares of my company. What do you think?" Jacob offered.

However, greed shone in that man's eyes and he answered without even thinking as if he didn't listen to Jacob's warning at all.

"I want it. Wealth means nothing when you can leave your name in history!" He said with full of confidence.

"Heh, you're a lunatic. But since you wanted to go down in history, I'll give you the Quantum Rifle Technology." Jacob merely chuckled with a dark glint in his eyes.

'You dare to use your mother to trap me? I'll make sure you'll regret it!' Jacob's eyes turned freezing.

"Quantum Rifle Technology?" The man mumbled with ecstasy and disbelief. He knew what quantum theory was, and it seemed Jacob has some kind of phenomenal breakthrough which was never revealed to the world.

Now, he can take credit for it and become the richest man on this planet, even surpassing the current richest man who was standing right in front of him!

'Swaying that greedy prick was worth it!' He thought with ecstasy.

He didn't waste more time in case Jacob change his mind and quickly opened a secret safe and took out some papers and a tattered cloth which looked extremely ancient.

Furthermore, he placed the papers on the table, which was the contract that stated Jacob would give this aforementioned technology to his company and won't reveal it to another company, nor can he disclose it was invented by him.

Half of the profits would be given to Jacob's second son, Ryan, as well, which was the deal between them.

But if Jacob played them after the deal was finalized, he will lose half of his fortune!

Jacob didn't read nor did he sign it and looked at the man. "Tell me the information. If it is worth the Quantum Rifle Technology, I'll sign it."

The man didn't delay and lay the tatter ancient map on the table. "This is the ancient map passed down to in our family. This led to an old shrine. I have already extracted the contents of this place and found an ancient book.

"After deciphering it, we found this was an ancient exercise, a martial art that can not only give fifty years of extra life if practiced successfully, its practitioner would never fall ill." He told.

Jacob looked at him like he was looking at a clown. "And I'm supposed to believe that fantasy shit? Even if that's true, do you think my woman had time to practice this shit at this age? Are you fucking we me?!" He abruptly stood up in fury.

The man seemed to predict it and said, "I know it sounds absurd, but do you know my age?"

Jacob's eyes suddenly widen slightly as he looked at the youthful appearance of this man. "Did you practice it?"

The man smiled mysteriously. He took out a folder and place it in front of Jacob.

Jacob opened it and saw pictures with dates and they were clearly quite old and these kinds of cameras weren't used in this modern age.

Jacob saw every photo was from this man in front of him!

"If you think they are forged, you can have someone check them. I'm currently 59 years old, the same age as you or might be older. As you can see, I've found this technique in my youth and practice it ever since and I maintained my youthful appearance.

"It's just a pity I can't cultivate it on the second level because that is just impossible. But if you or your wife can practice this technique for five years, I'm sure you buy her more time and yourself included." The man assured with confidence.

Jacob's heart was now beating quickly as he looked at those pictures. Even he could tell they weren't forged, and the man in front of him was the same person in the pictures. But he still has his doubts.

"If you can give me the real ancient book to examine, I'll sign this contract. As you know, I'm a man of my word or you can come to my research facility if you don't trust me." Jacob said, he was already half convinced, and this was the first time he saw hope in this so he didn't want to let this chance go.

The man smiled. "You can have the original book. My family had a copy. I know you'll make the right choice, Mr. Jacob, and if you want, we can…"

Jacob stood up. "No, this is the first and last deal between you and me. Unless you can offer me immortality itself, don't try to play any tricks."

The man sighed regretfully, "Can you tell me why you didn't want your research to change the world?"

Jacob smiled skeptically. "Why didn't you want to share this technique with the world, then?"

The man chuckled, "We are both the same in the end."

Jacob shook his head, "You are a blind lunatic, while I'm long past this stage!"