"I am not late, am I?" Mark said as he removed his sunglasses.
"No. You didn't tell me about my father's sickness? You punk!" John bellowed."Father told me to never tell you. But still, I will let him go to surgery. It was a low chance to heal his wound but at least it was not zero percent." Mark said."I thought that he was okay! Since when?" John shouted."He was checked but it was just a cyst at first. When they examined it, it was cancer. Operating was the only option. We tried to chemotherapy him but the cancerous tumor has been only stopped."It stopped the spread of the cancer cells but it was not enough to eradicate it. He was healed recently but I hope that he will be fully healed if he undergoes surgery to remove the tumor. You didn't tire him out this day, right? Tell me he rested," Mark said."Well about that, um he played a bit with my son," John said to him."You what? There's a high chance of his surgery to open!" Mark shouted."It's okay son. I have recovered now but don't worry. I will rest a bit to recuperate. I need to teach my grandson about my learnings and it was my own choice."Don't worry I've rested a bit. For now, how about you join me for dinner? What do you want to eat?" Merlin said to him."Well, I want to eat first. I was just worried so I overreacted a bit. Maybe I was just hungry. So where's Roan? I need to teach him too! Can I? I heard that you teach him too right?" Mark said."Yeah, you can teach him all you want. Let's get inside first. How about a coffee? You want a coffee?" asked Merlin."Okay let's cool off for now. I thought there will be a war that will break out. We can talk after you sipped a coffee," said Merlin."We will be having a family reunion! Let's eat. I have brought you beef. What do you want it to be? How about a grilled steakhouse kebab with garlic butter? It will be delicious!" Mark said as he puts his shoulders on his brother."So we're okay now?" asked John."Nah! I won't be a thing to your martial arts older brother. How much martial arts will you teach to your child?" Mark said."As many as I can!" John said."Hahahahaha! You never cease to surprise me, brother. I can only teach him police training. But I bet father was what the best for him," Mark said."You mean his Ranger skills?" John asked him. Quite wondering what his reply would be."Yeah! He was like a Scout Ranger with his training. I am happy that he learns fast and doesn't break his mind after all that training," Mark said."Yeah, you are right!" John said.They all went inside the wooden home of their father. The porch has lanterns and a rocking chair in it. They entered the living room with a brown couch in it.Cling!Sounded the door chime at the top of the door."I forgot about the beef. I will get it first," said Mark.Mark brought his chilled beef and his ingredients. At the same time, Marlin exited his room."Uncle Mark! What took you so long?" Yuan asked."I went to the market first and brought beef. Let's grill it!" Mark said to him."Yeah!" Yuan said to him.They immediately prepared the food. Mark defrost his beef. Yuan prepared the charcoal to grill the beef.In their kitchen at the back of their house. With the charcoal started to have embers. Mark then prepared the ingredients.Tanaka cooked rice and served the plates on hand. Mark skewered the meat that was alternated with baby potatoes and grilled it to the embers of the charcoal.Pssshhhhhttttttt!Sounded the skewered meat in the grilling stove. Marlin was fanning the flames in the stove. Mark was with his father and he taps his shoulders."So how is your work?" asked Merlin to Mark."It was pretty busy in the office. I am glad I had a day off,""Yeah. Just like the old days. I am one of the best scout rangers but I am an alcoholic. We always drank when we return home. It led to my liver cancer. So son, don't be like me. Your body was your only capital in this life. Don't harm it." Merlin said."Yeah, you are right," Mark said sadly.Marlin was just listening to their talks and was fanning the grilled meat."I am really tense at work. But my co-workers are hard working. So I am relieved to see them. Some of our agents died and many police are slain by syndicates."Every police that dies are visited by me. And when I go to their funeral, I am blamed for their deaths. Some slapped me because I am putting them on missions that caused their deaths," he said."It was not your fault. Well, partly but it was not entirely. You as a head were a heavy burden that carries their lives."You are just doing your work and they do their job. It was normal for them to blame you because they lost a loved one. All you have to do was comfort them.", Merlin said.Mark and John continued their talks and they finished grilling it."Let's eat!" Mark said.Tanaka prepared the soy sauce and sliced the lemon then mixed it with the soy sauce. She prepared the rice and lets it cool on the table.It was easier to eat it when the rice cooled down. They prepared the table and the grilled beef was cooked. Marlin brought the plate full of skewered meat and he smells the aroma of the meat.The salt that was sprinkled itself made the flavor of the beef heighten and it made the umami flavor of the beef above the potato."Let's eat everybody!" Mark said.They all sat at the chairs and they all ate together."Oh! It's yummy! The umami was just right when it was dipped into the soy sauce that was mixed with lemon. It will heighten the flavor of the meat!" Yuan said."So we will train again with firearms? I have brought you my licensed firearms. Don't worry I have it attached with silencers," Mark said to him then winked."I have Long Machine Gun, Assault Gun, Sub Machine gun, Sniper and Shotgun. I have night vision goggles on hand to lighten up the darkness," Mark said."Okay Uncle, I will be training with you later on. I am enjoying the food. I am pretty excited though," Marlin said."Hey, don't forget my martial arts that I will teach you later on," said John."Yeah yeah, but let me learn uncle Mark's first," Roan said."Okay, but I will make it harder for you if you will choose him first," John said."Bring it on!" Roan blurted out."Yeah don't cry later on," John said to him then he bites the skewered meat. They ate until they were full."Let me digest first, I am full," said Yuan as he rests a bit."I will arrange the firing range first. Let your food be digested for now," said Mark."Thanks!" Yuan then takes a nap.He went to the firing range and he saw his uncle lining up the weapons."Here are your night vision goggles. Put it on first." Mark said then handed him the Long machine gun."It was called M4LMG, a long machine gun that has a big capacity with seventy-five bullets. Its strength was its bullet numbers and its range. Fire it to the targets," Mark said."Okay!" Yuan replied.Marlin lifted the machine gun and aimed it at the targets. With the night vision goggles on his eyes, he saw the target was green. It was three circles and a dot in the center.Prrrrrrrrrriiiiiiitttttttttt!!!Sound of the gun with a silencer in it. Yuan then reloads it in one second."It all hit the mark! Very good! Now use the submachine gun and run while firing the targets," Mark instructed.Immediately Yuan grabbed the PDW–57 and ran then fired the visible targets. It was muffled by the silencer and only the clanging metal was sounding."Was that good enough?" Yuan asked."You need to be faster to draw your weapon. The submachine guns were the ones that excelled at close combat. With its fast draw, fast firing speed, and fast reload speed."It will be the best in close range. Better use their strength to the fullest. Next was the assault gun. Have a try with the AK–47. I adjusted its attachments to be as accurate as possible. Go on try it," Mark said to him.Yuan then grabbed the gun and it was lighter than the long machine gun he used earlier.Yuan then aimed at the sight with a red dot sight. He fired it and hold it tight.Chagachagachag!It sounded like a proper gun. It was also silenced."The strength of the assault weapons was its accuracy and its range. You can shoot farther enemies with it as long as its recoil was at its lowest and it will be accurate," Mark said."Now the sniper. We have DL–Q33. It was extremely damaging compared to the faster firing rate ones," Mark said.Yuan then grabbed the weapon and fired it at the target.Phishiw!Sounded the sniper. Yuan then reloaded and he was surprisingly agile."Good! Now the shotgun. Its strength was close attacks. Anyone can fire it but many were slow reloading it. Practice reloading it as fast as you could," Mark said."Yes!" Yuan said to him.Click! Click! Click! Click! Click! Chokchuk!Roan finished reloading."Good! You are fast enough to reload it but you need practice. Your performance is excellent and can rival the best police right now."But please don't tell this to anyone. It was not right to teach young ones to handle these guns. They say keep out of reach of children," Mark said then chuckled."Yeah, I won't tell anyone!" Yuan said cheerfully."Now go to your father because he is waiting for you," Mark said to him as he taps his shoulders."Yes, I will!" Yuan said.He removes his night vision and jogs towards his father."Dad! I'm home!" Yuan shouted at him."I have been waiting! Wear your taekwondo uniform and I will teach you different martial arts!" John said."Okay, dad!" Yuan said to him.In the backyard of their house. Stood a dojo of their father. Yuan entered the dojo and stepped on the wooden floor. He was waiting there as Yuan was in his taekwondo uniform. He entered the dojo and there, he was wearing his karate uniform. "So you've shown at last! I hope you are prepared for the worst for making me wait," John said while he was sitting on the floor, cracking his knuckles in the process. "I will let you enjoy in the meantime. And ease the pain of making you wait. Father," Yuan said then bowed. "Oh, so you were conversing nicely now. Come here, let's talk a bit," John said."What is it?" Yuan asked curiously.Yuan then sits in front of his father. "Show me what you have learned in six martial arts that I have taught you," John said."Father, I have memorized all moves in that six martial arts. What will you teach me?" Yuan asked."Hmm, okay! What is the hardest for you to master?" his dad asked."It was the Kung Fu I guess? It was very broad. The second hardest
Yuan together with his family was at the airport. "We will just take a cab from here. Let's find a taxi that will take us to Subaru estate," said John. "Yuan, when we arrive. Please speak Japanese to your grandfather Subaru. You have to be careful of what you speak or what you do," Tanaka said."Yes mom, I am very excited though. Can we eat Japanese food in there?" Yuan asked."Of course son, we will. And honey, please don't mention your martial arts to dad. He doesn't want his grandson to be tainted with other martial arts. So let's keep it a secret okay?" Tanaka said."Hmmm, I will surely make it a secret. This grandpa of yours was obsessed with him being the heir of the clan. Acting like a high-class person that was looking down on me," "I can't even say that I am prideful of multiple martial artists for his presence. Don't worry son I will endure this for you. Well, you can learn all you want from them. So good luck now," John said."Okay, dad. Grandpa was obsessed with preser
Yuan was outside of their house. He opened the door and saw his uncle."Hello, uncle! Shall we start?" Yuan asked while his hands were on the back of his head."Yes, we will start! Better prepare your self and I will train you to the fullest. I hope you can cope with me," Daisuke said."Yes, you can train me to the fullest. But I won't hold back a bit," Yuan said confidently. He was excited to test his mettle."Yeah, I like that! Don't hold back because it would not be even enough to surprise me. Your armor was colored brown. "It was nice! Let's use a wooden sword. I will warn you, It will be hard to beat me with sword skills," Daisuke said."Uncle! You're a cheater! You are a samurai but you learned ninja skills. Well, I will be like you in the future but still, it was not enough to be a samurai? You are pretty strong being a samurai," Yuan asked."It was because your mother always beat me in sword skills. She was a monster when it comes to katana. Sadly, she was a girl so she could
Yuan was evading his strikes and Daisuke was getting faster and faster. "Yuan is getting faster on evading. He is coping up now.", Harutobi said."Yeah he is faster now but it was still not enough. Maybe in due time. He will beat me in swordsmanship," Tanaka said."He will be a great samurai in the future. Let us not hasten his growth but build up his core," Harutobi said."The next training is to make him a proper ninja. You can train him himself if you want," Harutobi said to her."No, Daisuke was better in ninja skills. He can train him better," Tanaka said."If that is what you wish," said Harutobi.They continued to observe Yuan and Daisuke stopped his attacks."Okay, that's all for now. Let me rest a bit," Daisuke said."But uncle, I am not satisfied yet," Yuan said."Yes, we are finished. I used my fastest attacks and It was evaded so there's no use in prolonging it. You will train your ninja skills later on. Rest a bit now, I will get changed," Daisuke said.He then taps his
Helicopters arrived from here and there. While Yuan was just happily watching from his seat. He was happy and curious as to what faces he would see. Boys and girls were getting out of the choppers of his age and some have domineering auras. They would be his schoolmates from now on and even potential classmates.More and more students arrived and they came from different parts of the world. The last student of the academy has arrived by helicopter. The whirring of helicopters resounded every hour nonstop and they came from any direction of the Island. And the students who arrived came out from the said choppers. The helicopters then landed on the helipads and Islinda immediately gathered them for their briefings.Yuan then prepared for their extraction. He saw prodigies from all over the world. All were extraordinary. What skills or talents do they have? Yuan was excited to see and know them. They were welcomed by Islinda and they entered the briefing rooms to be given instructions
They were headed to the canteen to eat first. They went stride to the Halls and saw more buildings outside their current building. Looking out the windows, they saw the sun was about to set. They were feeling a bit lonely as that day will pass by like it was nothing.The world was at stake and they were here training. The others were worried too about the world. Thinking that many were dying and turning into zombies day by day. While they would train here. They were also thinking about the zombie pandemic currently happening in this world. Yuan was with Pete and he was talking about all of the new friends that he met that day. He was excited to let Yuan see them. Minding that he was talking a lot about them. One was the lucky guy that he mentioned earlier and a girl that was a Jiu-Jitsu champion, another one was a female sniper then the kendo world champion that was a male."I will let you meet them soon. This is too exciting!" Pete said as he giggled a bit. Yuan was also excited. H
They finished eating and Islinda guided them into the briefing room. Yuan and the others walked inside the room. They were still talking as they arrived at the room and took their seats.Many students were already making friends with the others and Jake was steadily making new friends. He has surpassed anyone when it comes to having friends and he was still not sweating it.Shiro was surprised by every friend that came to talk to them. Making their group the center of attention.Islinda then went to the front and made her announcement, "Welcome everyone to the briefing room! We will discuss some things before you all will proceed to your training properly. Make this a final briefing before you take your flight as birds soar in the winds."You will all be introduced first to the virus. The virus is highly contagious and can spread fast in the way of direct contact. Luckily it is not airborne but it can still spread fast. Bites from the zombies will make you turn in just several seconds
Islinda was watching on the monitor and saw a distress signal from the lab that was under them. Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!Sipping her coffee, she then almost choked in fright that it was from his dad."Islinda my child, we are overrun by zombies now and we will not last long. The vaccine is nearly completed and will be under human trials. Though the hope of humanity will be passed to you. You must complete it no matter what the cost....bizip...bizip....bzzzzzzzzz.""Father!" Islinda shouted. "Miss Islinda, what should we do?" asked her assistant. "Assemble Team 1! We don't have much time. I hope my dad is still alive," she said to him."Team 1? Them?" he asked."Yes!" Islinda said to him in a louder voice.It was then, they assembled the first team.1. Ninja / Samurai - Shin2. Mechanic / tinker / IT - John3. Survivalist / trekker / Scavenger - Eli4. All-star athlete / martial artist - Dice5. Police / Ranger - Berts6. Copycat - YuanThe female scientist then clapped her hands an