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Mia had come home. Standing alone on the rooftop, watching the stars thicken in the night sky, she was talking with Irene who was a common friend of Mia and Jessica back in school.“Are you saying that you’re thinking of making your marriage permanent?” Irene was not at all expecting this. “Where is this coming from? Are you sure you’re right in your head? Or did he already help your family members settle in their lives or something?”“It’s not that, Irene, but… a lot has happened in these past few weeks, and…” Mia spoke slowly, but there was no hesitation in her voice, “I think Gabe is the one.”Irene went silent for a bit. “He’s the one? I never expected to hear such words from you. Do you even know what the words you said really mean?”“I think I do,” Mia said. “I’m not with him right now, but I want to be with him.”“Ah-huh… it seems Gabriel did something to capture your heart in such a short time,” Irene sounded surprised. “But you are the one who set up a fake marriage with him.
Whom did Gabe call when he was at his lowest? What about when he couldn’t buy pills for his aunt? When he couldn’t afford even one meal a day for both himself and his aunt? When he couldn’t pay the television bill even though television was the only thing that was giving some entertainment to his aunt when he’d go out to work during the day and sometimes even during the night? When he got dumped by Kiera on his wedding day?Nobody.Not a single soul cared, except for maybe Nicole, but he didn’t cry in front of her. He didn’t take his daily troubles to her. He always tried not to show his weak side in front of his aunt, for he was a man.Gabe had a mobile, which had many numbers saved on it, but he didn’t call anyone. Because he probably knew in the back of his mind that nobody would give a shit. Even if someone did, Gabe had seen and experienced enough in life to know that these people would likely use the things he would say against himself.Kiera was a prime example. She told his se
Gabe incessantly attacked David with the heavenly thunder sword, creating tremendous reverberations with every strike, causing the neighborhood to shake. An earthquake of almost five magnitude was felt by the people around the city. It didn’t cause any property damage, but it was continuously felt for a prolonged time, which scared many citizens.Rica and Alexander, who were sparring in an underground facility, also felt the tremors.“These are abnormal seismic waves,” Alexander opined. “Let’s stop the practice and head to the source of these vibrations.”“I was getting close to beating your ass, though,” Rica said. “Is it really necessary to go now? I’m sure someone will take care of the issue.”Alexander’s gaze turned cold.“Ha-ha, I was just kidding, Dad,” Rica quickly changed her mind. “Let’s go.”Meanwhile, Gabe and David were still clashing. David created a large aerial barrier in their vicinity so that the noises and vibrations wouldn’t go outside. Even the people were also not
In a nearby building, the waters had entered their house and just left, but the items on the ground floor were all thrown out of their places, so it looked quite messy.“I’ve never seen or heard of a natural disaster like this,” the father of the house was telling his family members. “Let’s stay in the basement until things calm down. The water won’t come here, so don’t worry.”“But those scary sounds have gone, Dad,” the teenage son said. “Let’s go out and check how things are.”“No! Let’s stay here for a bit longer.”“But it’s so uncomfortable here. The air feels musty,” the son complained.After arguing with each other, they finally came out of the basement, only to see a woman in skimpy clothes unplugging their CCTV footage harddisk.“Thief!” the son cried out. “Dad, she’s stealing our hard drive. She must have stolen other things! Stop her!”The dad saw that Rica was slim and appeared weak. “I don’t want to hurt you, so give back all the things you stole.”“Do you see me carrying
Sansa was running fast on rooftops, but Rica was still able to catch up with her. Sansa stopped on top of a five-floored building, with similarly tall buildings in vicinity. Sansa’s wound on the back had stopped bleeding, but she didn’t look like she wanted to continue fighting. “There’s nowhere you can run away,” Rica grinned, placing her big blood wind blade on her small shoulder. “Unfortunately, you don’t seem to be carrying any systems on you, but that’s fine. As long as I capture you, I’m sure we’ll be able to get a lot of information from you. After all, the Agnar family has much more brutal torture methods compared to you guys who only know how to imitate others.” “Do I look like I’m afraid of you?” Sansa growled back. “Heh, why don’t you quit barking like a dog and show me what you’ve got?” Rica snorted. “I will crush you at your full strength.” Sansa could see that Rica was underestimating her. (Fine. Let’s use this to my advantage.) She clenched her fists and created wat
A few minutes later.Sansa came out of a well, her clothes completely soaked, but she didn’t care about all that. She sat down next to the well and focused on healing herself.She received a nasty chest wound and back wound, so she had to exert a significant amount of energy to close the wound. The pills she consumed also helped quicken the process.After she completely recovered, she got up and took her mobile out. Her mobile wasn’t working properly, but she could see that there were missed calls from Russell.“Why did you have to tell us about that man having a system, Brother?” she muttered under her breath. “Why are you so trusting?” She clenched the mobile. “Now, I feel bad because you got hurt as well. How can I show my face to you now?”She remembered that a few years ago, she asked Russell why he was giving the Hacking System away.Russell told her, “A few days ago, a politician came to threaten me to support his campaign. That night, I had a dream of hacking his electric car,
Mia had no idea who Alexander and Rica were. This was her first time seeing them. However, like the instinct of a prey facing a predator, she felt that these were both dangerous people.She took her eyes off them and continued to walk normally.{Good. Keep acting like this.} Stemmer told her.“Who are those two?” Mia asked. {Why did I feel a chill when I looked at them?”{They are probably the ones Gabe fought.}“What?” Mia stopped.{Why did you stop? Gabe isn’t here anymore. Judging by how those two are looking around, they clearly didn’t defeat Gabe. And they didn’t get defeated, either. If you fight such people now, you’re going to get crushed.}“How do you know for sure that Gabe left this place safely?” she asked him.{I know it for sure. Just trust my word on this and get out of here.} Stemmer insisted.Mia reluctantly started to walk away.At the same time, Alexander kept looking at Mia. Rica saw that.She nudged his elbow. “What, Dad? Do you want me to tell Mom that you’re dro
Rica hit the wall hard enough to make cracks in it. But it was the nasty pain that gripped her abdomen that made her cringe. Nevertheless, she landed on her feet and touched her belly as she angrily glared at Mia. Mia looked surprised because she thought she connected well with that punch. Her hand was still aching, after all. But then Rica started to grin. “So you really have a system with you. The stupid smart system that I have isn’t cooperating with me, or I wouldn’t have taken this route. And I’m going to give you one last chance. Give me the system, and I’ll let you go. I don’t want to beat a soft-looking woman like you.” “I told you that I won’t give you anything,” Mia responded, tightening her fists. “They all say that until they taste my fists,” Rica said and stepped forth. “This is going to hurt, so brace yourself.” Mia was someone who had little to no fight experience. The moment Rica stepped forward, Mia’s hand automatically moved. She punched the air with her right