The two men noisily walked around the store looking for things to take. By the time they were done, both of their trolleys were filled to the brim. “I’m only letting you off this time because you’re giving these to us for free. Now pack it up for us.” “O-okay.” The woman nodded and tried to pick up the checkout bags beside her, but they kept slipping out through her fingers. “Hey, do you think we have all the time in the world to spend here?” “I-I’m sorry.” She finally stabilized herself enough to pick a checkout bag and packed everything they had in their trolleys into different bags before handing it over to them. They dropped the bags in the trolleys and we’re about to wheel it out when one of them caught sight of the cash spilling out from the cash register. “You have money here. Were you just going to let us walk out of here empty handed?” “W-what?” The woman blinked her eyes, consciously shielding the money from their sight with her body. The thug sighed and turned to
“Are you looking down on me because you’re taller? I’ll kill you!” The one who was shoved back by Leon screamed and rushed towards him with his knife in hand. Leon flexed the rope of the earpiece as he waited for him to get closer. As soon as he an arm reach away, he reached out and put the ropes around his neck then tightened it to suffocate him. The thug tried to stab him on the abdomen by moving his hand backward, but Leon slanted his body backward, slammed his elbow into his shoulder and swept his legs off the floor then placed his foot on his chest once he was on the floor. Then he bent over and forced out the knife which the thug was clutching tightly. He straightened up again and glanced at the second thug who was still standing at the spot with a shocked look on his face. “You’re not coming to help your friend. Didn’t you say friends help each other out?” The first thug frantically struggled to get Leon’s foot off him all no avail before he looked towards his friend for
Calvin Heinz walked into Rust District a few minutes after the thug had led Leon away to meet Rex Mercer. When he saw the first opened store in the district, he was surprised and walked inside. However, instead of seeing a sales attendant, he saw ten thugs groaning painfully on the floor. He walked to one of them, turned him over with his foot and deadpanned, “What happened here?” “He’s a monster! That man is a monster!” The thug grabbed his leg and repeated in a trembling voice, his eyes widened in horror. Calvin stared at him blankly for a moment before a thought occurred to him. He shook the man’s hands off his leg and demonstrated with his hands as he asked, “This monster you’re talking about, is he this tall and is he lanky and looks like he has no strength in his arms?” Hearing him describe Leon heightened the man’s horror. He quickly scurried away from Calvin and hid his face away in fear. His reaction confirmed Calvin’s suspicion. He had been looking for Leon all over t
The day was still bright, so even though the club was open, it only had a few people partying and drinking in it. Leon caught the attention of some people when he walked in because of his height and how good he looked, but none of them approached him. He stopped one of the people walking around the club and asked, “Can you point me towards the direction of Rex Mercer?” The person nodded and pointed a corridor at the right side of the room. Leon thanked him and walked towards it. Rex Mercer didn’t bother to put guards at his door as he knew he had the entire district in his control. Furthermore, his men swarmed every corner of the club like bees. Hence, he felt he was safe and no one could come to harm him without the knowledge of his men.There was only one room in the corridor pointed out to Leon. He walked to the door and kicked the door out of its hinges after trying to unlock it but found out it was locked. The door flew across the room before it slammed on a chair and f
Rex was greatly provoked by Calvin’s words.This was his district, everyone here listened to whatever he said. He wasn’t about to have some losers speak to him however they wanted. “Don’t just stand there, hack these disrespectful idiots to pieces!” He clenched his fists tightly and turned towards his boys, hollering at them loudly. They nodded and immediately began walking towards the two men. However, Leon and Calvin didn’t react to them. Calvin massaged his jaw with his palm as a pondering look settled in his eyes, his eyes pinned on Leon. “Why won’t you say anything? Are you looking down on me because you won against me the other day? I accept, you’re stronger than me. Which is why I’m here to become your disciple.” Leon didn’t give any thought to what he said as he outrightly refused, “No.” Calvin lowered his hand and thought for a moment. “How about this then? Take me under your wings and I’ll deal with troublesome people like these for you. Order me to do whatever you w
Leon returned back to the store afterwards. The thugs he had beaten earlier were nowhere to be found again. So he stood in the middle of the store and called out to the store owner, “Miss, It’s me. The one who was sent by Emma Mitchell to get what she bought from you.” There was silence for a second before he heard a creaking sound behind him and turned to its direction to see the store owner emerging from the back of the store, her eyes pinned on him in disbelief. She stopped in front of him and voiced out her anazement, “Y-you’re really back? But how…how are you back in one piece?” Leon walked to the boxes on the floor and pointed at one of them with a blank look on his face, “I’m running late with them already. Can you check and replace the missing item?” “S-sure.” The woman nodded immediately and got to work. As she moved around the store looking for where the item was, she kept glancing back at the door. It was clear she was wary of the sudden silence and feared a thug woul
Leon stopped walking as soon as he disappeared from her sight. Hence, he heard everything she murmured to herself. When he heard her ascending the stairs, he continued walking to his room. So she knew Rust District was a dangerous place and still sent him there. It was a good thing he hadn’t gotten careless and didn’t forget to tell Rex Mercer not to say anything about meeting him. His boys were also to say nothing about what happened and to make sure no one believed the store owner if she suddenly decided to speak up. A few hours later, Aria got home. She went to her date as usual. This time, she was meeting a fat, bald headed director of a toy company. He kept making obscene jokes which made her very uncomfortable. She tried to keep a respectful face throughout, but after staying still for an hour, she came up with an excuse of being under the weather and went home with Leon. That night, she packed the clothes they’d be wearing in South Ville before settling down to go throu
For the next three hours, the car was silent. Dean didnt even have the will to play his shooting games. They arrived in Carlin Hotel a few minutes after Ryan and his family. The hotel’s compound was spacious and was a building with over fifty floors. While Aria and Leon got their things out of the fourth car, Emma and Dean got out of the car and waltzed into the hotel. Anthony took his time looking around the hotel before he unhurriedly walked into the hotel as well. Aria and Leon dragged the bags and suitcases into the lobby to find Dean waiting for them impatiently. “Mom says to bring the bags to our rooms before you go to yours.” He said and began walking towards an elevator without helping with the bags. Anthony walked up to Aria and helped her with some of the bags. But they had just gotten to the elevator when it opened and Emma stormed out of it with a furious look in her eyes. Dean ran after her immediately while Leon and Aria glanced at each other in confusion before