A stream of blood trailed down the chief's head, and covered the floor around him, soaking his uniform in blood. Several boxes on the floor as if there was a fight."How did this happen?" He asked."That's the mystery sir, we checked the security footage and you will be shocked at what you see," the officer replied."Show it to me immediately," he instructed and followed the officers to the security room. Tristan stood for a while unable to take his eyes off the chief's lifeless body, until Max tapped and snapped him back to reality before he followed the detective to the control room on the second floor."Look at this sir," the officer said as he showed them images from the security footage, and then finally, the video.The video started with an empty place, no one was there, just the shelf full of boxes. And almost two minutes into the video the chief came into view from the left side of the screen.He had something in his hand wrapped in a white piece of cloth as he walked towards
"What do you mean?" Tristan's heart skipped a beat."What is going on, is there anyone at home right now?" He inquired relentlessly and Max got into the car and started the engine."No one is at home right now sir, your mom's at the warehouse with a client currently, but the house is surrounded, that's what I was told," Max replied as they drove out of the gate."Why, by whom?" He asked."They are not sure sir, but I guess the man after your life sent someone, surprisingly, they are not making any moves right now according to what they told me, and they don't seem to have any guns on them." Max retorted."Take me home," Tristan interjected."Are you sure that's the best idea, sir, there are twenty-two of them in total. I reached out to the others and told them to make sure Ariana and your mom don't come home until we've resolved anything." Max said." Well that's a good plan, but I need to get home to see what's going on. I took down more than forty men the last time, what's twenty me
"She's in the twelfth classroom by your left!" The principal exclaimed, not that she wanted to but she was overwhelmed by the fear of being shot and killed on the spot."Useless b*tch," the man exclaimed and knocked her off with a blow, leaving the principal almost unconscious on the ground. They both stepped out of the room immediately and headed for the direction the principal said, and at the same time, one of the guards that had been assigned to keep an eye on Ariana noticed their movement and placed his hand on the ear pod and muttered."Get Ariana out of there now!"____The pupils were listening to their teacher, unaware that something had happened to their principal. The teacher casually explained what she had written on the board when suddenly a man barged into the classroom startling everyone."Excuse me, sir, can I help you?" The teacher asked, but the man did not respond, rather he went straight to Ariana and took her by the hand."Don't touch her!" The teacher yelled."H
As the car got near his home, Max slowed down the drive, as both he and Tristan tried to observe the scenery from after, they could not see a single person as reported, but they met three police vans parked outside."What happened?" Tristan asked himself, contemplating whether or not it was a good idea to come out of the car or wait, and while at it Max said,"Ariana's school was attacked, they came for Ariana.""I knew it!" Tristan exclaimed in fright,"Hope they got her out of there on time?" He asked fear and worry washed up on his face."They did, but Ariana's ankle is injured, and it's not such a good idea to even take her to the hospital right now, what should we do?" Max asked, and for once in his life, Tristan was short of words.He felt so bad that Ariana had to get hurt for something she had no clue about, but he was quick to think of an immediate solution."System heals her!"/ -5 gift points// Processing… // Successful/" Good," he sighed in relief." That's not all sir
While struggling to stand up, Tristan noticed that a man had run out of his bedroom, the smoke in the air made it impossible to see anything clearly, but he stood up briskly and ran in the direction that he saw the man leave. Using the screen, he caught up with the man in no time and grabbed him from behind, punching his face like he wanted to kill him on the spot.The man he caught fought back, but surprisingly, Tristan overpowered him even without the help of the system's strength enhancer.It appears that his days of constant fighting had made him a master in the art itself, and he was doing it effortlessly./-1 exp point/Being close to the staircase wasn't the best idea either, because in no time they both slipped off the edge and rolled down the stair, luckily Tristan had the system's shield to keep him safe but the man he fought with already sustained several injuries on both his hands and face most of which were bruises from the fall aside from those Tristan inflicted on him.
Sitting in the car with the bodyguards, Ariana held onto her legs, wincing in pain, the burn from the bruise was also unbearable, and with the bodyguard driving like a maniac, Ariana felt sick, but to her greatest surprise, the pain ceased and she couldn't understand why.Knowing how long bruises lasted whenever she got one, it was only fascinating to see how the bruise healed so quickly and the pain in her ankle was gone."Where is Uncle Tristan?" She finally asked the bodyguard."Uhm… he's on his way to meet you soon alright? Just relax and maybe take a nap." The bodyguard replied."But where are we going?" She asked again, unable to hold back her curiosity."You'll see," the bodyguard replied and turned around to smile at her briskly, he intended to make her as comfortable as possible, whilst keeping an eye out for any threats."Okay," Ariana uttered, and rested her back on the seat, with her eyes turned to the window watching the buildings and the street moving i
"Don't tell me to calm down Tristan, I want the truth this time, what is going on?" Tristan's mother did not give him a second to be relieved, posing one question after another at him and demanding immediate replies."Our house was attacked," Tristan snapped out of frustration, he couldn't bring himself down to disrespect his mother, but the woman was making him go insane with multiple questions."What?" She exclaimed, Tristan took out his phone and showed her several pictures to further buttress his point."Look, this is what is left of the house we all left this morning, I was just glad that no one was at home when it happened. And as soon as I heard of it, I had to send for you and Ariana to be brought to this place just to be on the safe side." He explained and took his seat on the couch.His mother stared at the phone screen with her jaws dropped, she couldn't believe her eyes nor could she imagine how it all happened." Who did this? " She asked." I don't know," Tristan retorte
A few hours drive in another city, a secluded estate lies a mansion, a three-story building, well furnished from inside to the outside. From mere looking at it, it's easy to tell that it is a house owned by one of the richest people in the world.This was where Tristan had slept, with Ariana and his mother the previous night, and he had bought the house without a second thought since it cost three hundred and twenty million dollars.Tristan did not just buy this house because it looked exquisite, but because of the security features that it came along with, the multiple surveillance cameras, total lockdown sequence, intruder detector (which goes off when a surveillance camera records any suspicious activity as programmed to do).He had to admit that the house was cheap despite these features. He didn't feel completely safe nonetheless because he wasn't going to stay indoors all day, and now that he was in another city entirely, things would be disorganized for him, bec