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Rise of the Commoner: Johnny Burns's The Lost Heir Chapter 16: Grandfather
Johnny gasped as he thumped his chest at the sudden revelation. This man in front of him was claiming to be his grandfather. He just couldn't see it. The man looked around his age. It was impossible for him to be his grandfather, even if he had a natural youthful appearance. He could have accepted if the man looked the same age as Johnny's father, but he drew the line at looking Johnny's age.However, the guy, who had been bothering him before, wasn't talking. In fact, he was keeping his head bowed, like he was afraid to even look at the gentleman. If he wasn't going to call out the man for lying, then it seemed that he really was Johnny's grandfather. That was a real doozy, and Johnny wondered how it was possible."Surprised?" Johnny was trying to come up with an excuse for his behavior when his grandfather continued, "I don't mind. I haven't really shown myself in public since my son took over. I presume most people have already forgotten about me."When his grandfather put it like
Rise of the Commoner: Johnny Burns's The Lost Heir Chapter 17: Accident
At least that was what Johnny had intended when the kid suddenly breathed fire into his face just as he picked the kid up. His immediate reaction was to drop the kid and shield his face from the flames. It was only when the kid hit the ground that he realized the mistake he had made. The kid immediately burst into tears, wailing for everyone to hear."Did he just seriously drop a kid?" a person said."Unbelieveable," another person said. "This is going to be our future head? How could he be scared of a little fire?""Where are the parents? I'm sure they're going to come after him for dropping their kid," someone said.Johnny instantly knew he had been set up. Someone purposely sent the kid his way, knowing this would happen. He couldn't believe someone would put a kid in harm's way just to get to him. No, that wasn't right. He should have known this would have happened. If it were his theory that someone from the family tried to get rid of him as a baby, they would have no problem get
Rise of the Commoner: Johnny Burns's The Lost Heir Chapter 18: Counterattack (1)
Johnny crossed his arms as he said, "I see. Since everyone is dead set on serving justice, we should ask the kid what happened and what he wants.""That's absurd," the man from earlier said as he took a step forward. "You're going to harass a child just because things didn't go your way.""Are you deaf?" Johnny snapped. "How is what I'm suggesting harassment? Since the kid is the victim, it's only natural that the victim gets to decide what he wants as compensation.""Isn't asking a child a bit much?" a person whispered."Who would ask a child?" another person asked."I don't know what you're up to, but I won't let you get away with this," the kid's father said as he glared at Johnny.Instead of reacting to the words, Johnny just waved a hand to motion for them to get a move on. The faster they got on with it, the faster they could get this over with. It was a bit of a gamble to take this route since it could still turn against him, but he was counting on the idea that the kid wasn't
Rise of the Commoner: Johnny Burns's The Lost Heir Chapter 19: Counterattack (2)
Johnny did just that. "As everyone knows, I just recently became a blessed so there are many things I'm unaware of. One of them being that Anthony was also a blessed and could produce flames already. I'm sure anyone would be shocked if flames were thrown at your face."There was grumbling as a person said, "You still dropped the kid."He tried to lock eyes with the speaker, but he couldn't find them in the crowd. "I already admitted it was my fault. It seems everyone is glossing over how I've had no prior experience with other blessed. I still have the instincts of a regular person. I wonder if this is how you treat all family members who have only recently become a blessed.""Of course not," someone said."So I'm just the exception. I'm quite flattered, but I don't need the special treatment," he said with his voice dripping with sarcasm.Now no one was daring to speak up. If they still tried to blame him for what happened, it would be the same as saying that no one in the family cou
Rise of the Commoner: Johnny Burns's The Lost Heir Chapter 20: Find the Culprits (1)
[This is interesting. Can you tell me more about this family thing?]Johnny could feel the corners of his mouth twitch, but he forced himself to remain calm. For some reason, it was being quite chatty out of the blue. He had thought it would be busy harassing other blessed, but that's not what happened. Shaking his head, he decided to completely ignore the system for now and focus on his mission. This wasn't the time or place to be distracted by the system.After his grandfather had assigned him the task, Johnny had accepted it because he had no other choice. If he had refused, he might have lost his grandfather's support. Besides, it wasn't like he didn't want to. The only issue was how he had to do everything on his own. He couldn't rely on anyone to help him track down the culprits.His enemies wouldn't leave evidence out in the open for him to find. Well, it might be possible, but that would only happen if they really did look down on him and those around him. The only way any evi
Rise of the Commoner: Johnny Burns's The Lost Heir Chapter 21: Find the Culprits (2)
"I can protect you," Johnny suddenly said.The two stared at each other with very different emotions. Johnny managed to keep a straight face while Zoey stared at him in disbelief. She couldn't believe he just said that. Did he even understand what he was saying? How was she supposed to take him seriously when he offered an impossible offer? She knew very well that he wouldn't be able to protect her from the other family members.Just because he was the heir didn't mean he could do whatever he wanted. In fact, since he was the heir, there were several things he couldn't do. That was when it was a normal situation. He was just someone who appeared out of nowhere. He probably didn't even have a base of support. She didn't count their grandfather or Johnny's parents.As she thought that, she immediately understood why he didn't just accuse her of being a threat and dealt with her accordingly. He must have wanted to convert her to his side so he could start properly building his support ba
Rise of the Commoner: Johnny Burns's The Lost Heir Chapter 22: Finding the Culprits (3)
Johnny didn't get very far when he felt something grab him by the back of his suit. It was so sudden that he nearly fell backwards, but he managed to catch himself in time. However, he felt his back ache from the awkward position he got himself into. With a grunt, he stood up straight and felt a heavy weight settle on his back. Looking behind him, he was able to catch a glimpse of a child clining to him. "Can you get off of me?" he asked as he tried to reach behind him to get her off. "Where are you going, uncle?" the girl asked instead. As he internally told himself to be patient with her, he said, "I'm looking for someone." "Who?" she asked. "It's not someone you know," he said as he gave up trying to get her off of him. "Tell me. Tell me," she chanted as she finally jumped off of him. He took a moment to thank the heavens that she was no longer clinging to him like a monkey. "I actually don't know their name. I'm looking for the person who got Anthony into trouble." When he
Rise of the Commoner: Johnny Burns's The Lost Heir Chapter 23: Finding the Culprits (4)
The girl eagerly said, "Mom and dad told me to stay put and behave. Anthony was there too, but he was so annoying, so I didn't want to play with him. Then Uncle Charles showed up. He looked really angry, so I stayed away. Then Uncle Charles talked with Anthony. Then they walked out together, and that was it."As she told her story, she waved her arms around excitedly. More than once, she almost smacked Johnny across the face because of how excited she was. It was surprisingly simple and not hard to understand. Johnny had been worried that he would have to endure some convaluated child's tale, but apparently he had been worried over nothing."So you're saying Uncle Charles took Antony away? Which room were you playing in? Was it the same room as before?" he asked."No, I can show you," she said.Johnny nodded and allowed her to lead them out of the room into another. The room they entered looked like an actual playroom. He hadn't known about this room earlier, but he supposed it was be
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Hello everyone. I forgot to add a note in the previous chapter. Anyway, I just want to thank all my readers who have been following along. I really appreciate it. Now for the news you have been waiting for.Johnny's story has ended and turned out shorter than Billy's story like I expected. With its end, I currently have no ongoing stories on this site.I've decided I'll take a break from the site. How long the break will last I'm not quite sure. Hopefully, the break won't be long, and I have a new story up within the year, but we will have to see.Just like with Rise of the Demon King: Caleb Gonzales's Rat Race and Rise of the Desperate: Billy Wood's Save and Restart System, I might do a rewrite or remake of it.If I do go through with this idea, then I'll just immediately go to eBook and paperback, and it would be very different from the one here. We will have to see, and I'll let everyone know.As I stated before, if you want to stay in contact with me, you'll probably have to use F*
- Rise of the Commoner: Johnny Burns's The Lost Heir
Chapter 96: Deal (2)
"By the way, I don't mean to rush things, but the time limit for the hour is until I return," she said.That certainly caught Johnny's attention as he demanded, "How long is that?""A couple more minutes," she said.A couple minutes wasn't a lot of time to come to a life changing decision. He still needed more time to think. Did he really want to take a chance and accept the offer, which meant leaving everything he knew, or should he stay and weather whatever the system had in store for the world? Weighing the pros and cons of each decision, he could feel sweat forming on his head."I need to go. Have you come to a decision?" she asked.After a brief moment, he said, "Yes.""Well, what's your decision?" she asked."I'll take the offer," he said.She smiled as she said, "Good choice."Suddenly, Katherine slumped over alarming Johnny, who rushed to check up on her. She appeared to be still breathing, and there didn't seem
- Rise of the Commoner: Johnny Burns's The Lost Heir
Chapter 95: Deal (1)
"Okay, I'm listening," Johnny said."I'm glad to see you can be reasoned with. I've heard of others who aren't so fortunate," the intruder said."Others?" he said."We'll get to that later," she said as she attempted to make a waving motion.Unfortunately, Katherine's missing limbs made that a moot point. It honestly made Johnny uncomfortable seeing Katherine's body attempt to do something an ordinary person could do. He wasn't the only one put off by the situation. The intruder grimaced as she settled back into the wheelchair."Anyway, I'm here to give you a proposal from the system," the intruder said."What?" Johnny snapped."You heard me right. The system would like to offer you a deal, and it's up to you if you want to accept this," the intruder said.Johnny's mind whirled over what she said, scarcely believing what she just said. The system wanted to offer him a deal? This was completely unplanned. He had never heard of t
- Rise of the Commoner: Johnny Burns's The Lost Heir
Chapter 94: Visitors
Johnny blinked. "Wait. EVeryone?"He couldn't believe what Frank was saying. Was he crazy? Did he really want to let the whole world know about the monsters being able to receive messages from the system? It would be complete chaos. Johnny was exactly advocating to tell no one. Far from it, but he couldn't see how it would help anyone to inform the public about this information."Well, not everyone," Frank said. "I'm referring to the authorities as this is a matter of security.""Will they take it seriously?" Johnny asked."It's hard to say. It's possible everyone will think it's a joke, but it's also possible that some will take the warning seriously," Frank said."I see," Johnny simply said."If that's all, I'm going to take my leave and let you get some rest," Frank said as he stood up.Johnny nodded. "Got it."Right as Frank was about to go out the door, he said, "Actually, there are some people who want to talk to you if y
- Rise of the Commoner: Johnny Burns's The Lost Heir
Chapter 93: Aftermath
Johnny's eyes snapped open as he sat up abruptly. His mind was moving at several miles per hour as he scanned his surroundings. He had to stop her before she got away. However, the monster was nowhere in sight. He wasn't sure how long he had been out cold, but he supposed it was a bit much to expect the monster to linger just because he told her to stop.More importantly, he was no longer in that place considering the lack of lava. Taking a good look at his surroundings, he deduced that he was back in his own world, which set him on edge. How did he get back? As he wondered who or what had brought him back, the door to the room swung open. He stared at the sight of Frank leading the backs of doctors and unknown men."Johnny, you're awake," Frank said as he rushed over to check on him.A tad bit uncomfortable with how Frank was acting, Johnny asked, "Frank, what happened?"Frank grimaced. "It's a bit of a long story. First, we should make sure you're okay."As soon as he said that, Fra
- Rise of the Commoner: Johnny Burns's The Lost Heir
Chapter 92: True Form
As Johnny stared at his mother, wondering why he felt uneasy about the whole thing, it finally clicked. "You're not my mother.""What are you talking about? Of course I'm your mother," she said.Johnny shook his head as he took on a relaxed stance. "No, you're not. I don't know why you're pretending to be here, but you should just give up now. It's not going to help you in the long run."The woman also dropped her stance and shrugged her shoulders as she said, "Well, this is unexpected. How did you know?"Rather than admit that it was just his gut instinct, he said, "I have no reason to tell you.""I suppose I should have figured you would say that," she said calmly.She was far too calm for his liking. He knew nothing about it here other than she was a fake, which didn't mean much in the end. It wasn't like he would have gone easier even if she was his mom. However, it did explain why she killed his father without batting an eye, but it begged the question of where his real mother wa
- Rise of the Commoner: Johnny Burns's The Lost Heir
Chapter 91: Unexpected Turn of Events
Johnny ignored his father, as he was just relieved that his healing power and fire power helped him survive his father's attack. His fire power apparently gave him some resistance to fire, and his healing power healed whatever managed to get past his fire resistance. He took advantage of his father's shock to lunge at the man and return the favor.He landed several punches before his father recovered from his shock and shielded against the punches. Johnny didn't let up and continued to barrage his father with punches, hoping to get past his defenses and continue his original onslaught. After some time, his father apparently had enough and roared as he unleased a wave of flames. With a grunt, Johnny was forced back, though he was unharmed.His father glared venomously at him as he snarled, "That's enough. I'm going to end this."With a bravo that he didn't completely feel, Johnny said, "Just try it. You're just going to fail again."As his father was about
- Rise of the Commoner: Johnny Burns's The Lost Heir
Chapter 90: Meeting the Family
While Johnny didn't like the idea, he didn't have much of a choice. Sticking around wasn't going to do anything except waste time and put himself in possible danger. With no one else with him, he had no one he could rely on if he was suddenly attacked by a bunch of monsters, which was a serious risk. He didn't want to take that risk."Where do we meet up?" Johnny asked."We'll try to continue with the plan and head for the head of the family's office," Frank said.Just as Johnny was about to protest that idea, he heard a loud animalistic roar. He frantically checked his surroundings and didn't see anything. Before he could feel relieved, he heard screams and shouts on the other side. He placed his hands on the rubble, hoping to at least find a small opening to get a better look at what was happening."Frank? What's going on? Are you okay?" Johnny asked frantically.There was no response except more shouting and fighting. He was completely in the da
- Rise of the Commoner: Johnny Burns's The Lost Heir
Chapter 89: Confronting the Burns Family
Even though Johnny had said he wasn't going to let the matter go, wasn't it a bit much to storm the Burns family's home just days after his decision? He thought it would take a couple weeks to prepare. They couldn't take down such a powerful family in just a few days. What was everyone thinking? He wondered if they all had lost their minds."Johnny, is something the matter?" Frank asked as the car headed for their intended destination. "You don't look good.""I just can't believe we're moving in now," Johnny said."You have nothing to worry about. Everything has already been sorted out," FRank said."Are you really sure we're good to go?" Johnny asked."You have nothing to worry about. The plan was already in motion before you decided to throw your hat in the ring. It's been modified to include your involvement," Frank said.Frank might have said it to reassure Johnny, but it didn't in the slightest. Johnny had been at the meeting discussing
