"What do you mean?" asked Victor with an offended face. "You think I'm just like you?""Yeah, you're doing all this because they're your brothers, and I'm doing all this because of my family."Victor laughed. "Haha, I can't believe you're using family as your excuse to defend yourself.""Why shouldn't I?" asked Xiel, confident in his words. "After all, before becoming a mobster, I was just an ordinary boy too."Victor looked at Xiel coldly and seriously. Xiel laughed at his expression."Why, is there something wrong with what I said?" asked Xiel, "Or did I make you remember something?"Victor leaned back, leaning against his wooden chair."I don't understand what you mean.""If only you understood the biggest reason I'm doing all this, maybe you could understand my actions... since our fates are not that different."Victor glanced at Xiel sarcastically."Are you looking for pity so that I can take pity on you and let you go for free?""Aren't you that kind-hearted guy?""Tsk. I'm also
Axielo walked the deserted corridors of his house. It was dark and silent, the moonlight being the only illumination.It was an unfamiliar sight in his palace, for it had never looked so deserted and dead as this."Mother...?"She walked with slow steps, as if afraid of stepping on the shards of glass on the floor.She almost made a wrong turn, but finally found her mother's unlocked room.Axielo's small feet entered without making a sound, afraid that he would disturb his mother's sleep."Mom?"But apparently, his mother wasn't asleep.She was standing on the balcony with the door wide open. Her pajamas were waving in the night breeze, and she seemed to glow standing in the silvery full moonlight."Mom, why is our house so dark? Was there a power outage?"Elina Stancy did not move or turn her head, leaving Axielo a little confused."Mom?"Xiel called back, and when Elina turned around-she was surprised to see the woman crying."Mom... what happened? Why are you crying?"Xiel seemed t
Violet walked in with an angry expression, she didn't wait long and opened the apartment door like she was chasing something.Violet rushed to the place where Xiel was, still tied to his chair and without hesitation she aimed her gunshot at Xiel's head.Seeing that, Xiel didn't seem to panic.The one who panicked was Victor, who had just returned from the kitchen."Wow... Violet, what are you doing?" asked Victor, his orange juice spilling a little as his hands were shaking.Violet said without turning to Victor. "I think he's better off dead.""What are you talking about?""You know what? Soon the legal process will be underway, and my brothers will still be labeled as the main culprits while the real culprits are still roaming free without feeling guilty.""Roaming free? I'm bound here," Xiel replied casually."Even being kidnapped didn't enlighten you, you still won't say anything!"Violet pulled the trigger, and Victor sprinted to intercept her."Victor! What are you do
Victor was outside the bathroom while he let Xiel do his thing.Xiel remained within Victor's reach since their hands were cuffed together."You're not trying to get those cuffs off, are you?" asked Victor, suspicious that Xiel was taking so long."It's already a hassle to clean up my pee with one hand, and you think I'm trying to do that?""You just need to flush it and there are toilet tissues to clean the rest. Why are you so struggling?""Shut up before I drag you inside to wipe my thing."Victor was silent. For a while he let Xiel and Violet go to the office first."About my offer earlier... have you considered it?" Victor asked.Xiel was silent and left as soon as he was done."I told you that I'm not interested, right?" Xiel walked out first, pulling Victor along.It seemed like he already felt at home in that house despite his status as a kidnap victim."Isn't your main goal right now to unlock that file? I said I could do it?""How you do it?" asked Xiel, facing Victor. "I sp
Rodhe rushed to Xiel's apartment after the call, and he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Xiel already at his seat, looking at him casually."Long time no see, dude," Xiel said, smiling wryly.Rodhe approached him with a relieved smile."You're back!""You thought I was dead?""But you're okay, right? They didn't hurt you, did they?" Rodhe suddenly panicked, twisting Xiel's body as if scanning for an injury even if it was the size of a needle.Xiel pushed him away. "I'm fine. They didn't hurt me at all," Xiel said, but Rodhe froze at the sight of his face, "Yeah... maybe a little.""But you don't have to do anything, I'm here now. Problem solved."Xiel returned to his computer screen, continuing the work that had been delayed.Rodhe pulled out a chair and sat beside him."What's going on? Tell me," Rodhe said."As you know, I was kidnapped. The people who kidnapped me were the that twins' siblings, they forced me to confess my guilt to the police and turn myself in so the twins co
[You will temporarily use the skill 'Pandora Key'][Basic Purchase Skill will be inactive for one week after 'Pandora Key' is active][Do you want to continue the transaction?]Victor paused, considering."So, in order to use Pandora Key, I have to exchange the Basic Skill?" he asked, "but the exchange won't last forever. That is, the Basic Purchase Skill will be temporarily disabled after I use the Pandora Key. I won't be able to make any transactions with the wealth of the system...."Victor looked critical, thinking very seriously."Alright, no problem. There's already a lot of wealth in my personal account anyway. At least it's more than enough to last for a week without using money from the system," Victor said, looking calmer before falling silent again. "But the truth is that the Basic Purchase Skill is also very useful in times of urgency like when I saved Violet and Vania. Not only because of the unlimited use of the budget, but because of the items that were immediately in m
Victor opened his eyes in an unfamiliar place.A street he didn't know the name of, but it looked familiar.He looked around in confusion, it felt like he wasn't supposed to be there, and the sound of screeching brakes woke Victor up.Victor covered his ears tightly as the sound of the car hitting something sounded very loud, he turned his head to where the car was -not far from where he was.Victor was shocked, he was shaking and scared. The feeling intensified when he saw a small and weak hand, drooping from inside the car, making Victor round his eyes when he saw the silver bracelet that he recognized so well."Mom..."Victor's legs were shaking, but he kept running towards the badly wrecked car while shouting at his mother."MOM! MOM...!"Someone held Victor back from coming closer. Victor struggled, but there were more and more people holding him back. Even so, Victor didn't see anyone coming to help his mother."CALL AN AMBULANCE, SAVE MY MOM! PLEASE, CALL FOR HELP NOW!" Victor
"What do you mean?"Victor was dumbfounded, shocked by Violet's words about Dylan's missing news.Vania stepped forward to explain."That day I came to ask you if you knew where Dylan was. I had business with him and I couldn't reach him. I thought he was at your house, but apparently, he was not.""So?""I didn't find Dylan at his house either, even his mother called the office and asked where Dylan was.""So he disappeared...? Since when?""Since you lost consciousness.""Three days...." Victor looked worried, his face turned serious and continued to search for possibilities of where Dylan might be. But the more he thought, the more he felt dizzy."Ouh... I feel so dizzy," Victor said, lying down with people looking at him worriedly."Dylan's missing case is already in the police and they're now investigating where Dylan is. They're also trying to trace Dylan's cell phone, we just need to wait for the good results."Victor didn't say anything, just thought about Dylan even though he