Jackson Moreno

“Then what do you want after this? Do you already have your own ideas?” Mr. Jack asked.

“I've thought about it, sir, but I'm not sure if you, Mr. Sky, and Mr. Lily are willing to make it happen,” Ivo replied.

“Hmm, just say it,”

“I want to go back to my country, sir,” Ivo ventured, though his words sounded hesitant, “I want to go back to Italy to see Mr. Festo,” he continued.

“I want to see him once more to confirm the grudge I have. I'm not sure what I thought after I got here. After killing that villain there was somehow some relief, perhaps because I felt satisfied that I had finished off the villain who killed those closest to me,”

“But, in the corner of my heart that I don't know where. There's a nagging feeling and I'm always reminded of the face of Mr. Festo, whom I met only once,”

“My mind tells me that he's the real brains of the crime, but I don't know how to satisfy my helplessness. Besides being far away, even I who have lived this long have not been able to do anything that can make him get his karma,”

“Maybe that's what's making me upset and bothered, sir,”

Ivo was finally honest with the thoughts stuck in his mind. Mr Jack understood the situation and smiled as usual in response to Ivo's naïve revenge story.

“Yes, I understand. I could help you get the revenge you want. But... do you want to kill right away, or do you have other ideas?” once again, Mr. Jack asked. Although it sounded casual, Mr. Jack wanted to confirm Ivo's determination.

“Can I see it first, sir? I want to confirm something with my own eyes. Besides, there are things I want to do at my place,” Ivo answered without hesitation, and as he had expected, Mr. Jack just smiled in approval.

“Alright, I'll organize a plan first with Sky and Lily. You're going back to Italy with them, not with me. I still have a lot to do here, Ivo,” Mr. Jack replied.

Ivo smiled and bowed his head briefly.

'What kind of man are you, sir? You're a mafia leader. Your group members are also very numerous, but how can you be this good? The mafia is more ruthless than street criminals, right? But you're different, Mr. Jack. Why?'

In his heart, Ivo kept asking himself about Mr. Jack's kindness to him.

“Don't look at me so seriously, Doctor. Just relax, haha,” Mr. Jack chuckled at Ivo's stare, ”Ask what you want to ask. We'll replace this training session with a story exchange,” he continued.

“Ah, I didn't mean it that way, sir. I dare not offend you or ask you more questions. My life up to this point alone has been a great gift from God through your hands,” Ivo replied with a sad smile.

“Well, let me guess what you might want to ask me. Maybe you want to ask me why I'm being nice to you. I know you're not quite satisfied with the answer that I saved you because you saved my life back then.”

“I know you're a man of great curiosity, and I'm honored to be the subject of your curiosity,”

“Yes, I suppose it's exactly like that. How did you get this good, sir?” Ivo said in response to Mr Jack's guess.

“Well, I'll tell you something about the origins of my fate-breaking kindness. You can believe this or not.” Mr Jack looked calmer than before; even his face looked happy. Ivo could see it at this moment.

“Before this I was an evil, inhumane, power-hungry human being. I was an orphan who grew up with money from stealing and other bad things, and when I was a teenager, my foster father who was a criminal took me along with him to help him commit crimes,”

“To make a long story short, my life from childhood to adulthood was not good. There was no good in me before I met my wife, Jasmine,”

“You might not believe it, but when I met my wife, our situation was like heaven and earth. She was a female officer from the Asian team who was attending a military event in America, and I was a dirty, bloodied, helpless son of the mafia.”

***

Jackson Moreno is a twenty-five-year-old young man who is now better known as Black Jack.

In the dense wilderness of Amazone, famous for its various wild and dangerous animals, Jack has to maintain his vigilance against the wild animals in the thick forest and hide from the mafia that is hunting him.

At that time, the leadership of the Black Dragon had just fallen into Jack's hands. However, his foster brother did not accept the will of the late Black Dragon leader. Because he felt that Jackson was not capable of leading the largest mafia group in America.

A massive coup took place, and civil war was inevitable for both of them. However, Jack avoids the battle between his brothers in his group as much as possible.

But there was no way he could let go of his adoptive father's will and give the top position of Black Dragon to his notoriously petty and arbitrary brother.

Black Dragon split into two camps in the civil war. In Jack's camp, only he remained after an all-out battle in the Amazone forest.

Meanwhile, his adopted brother's camp left him alone, along with four of his notorious and merciless confidants.

“Search him until you find him! Catch him dead or alive!” said one of the mafia chasing Jack.

At least five to six people were chasing him. Previously, dozens of people had been slaughtered by Jack alone with a firearm in his hand. Still, unfortunately, the bullets ran out at the wrong time.

No matter how fast or powerful Black Jack was, there was no way he could perfectly dodge the hail of bullets coming his way. Jack took a shot in the leg, making it difficult for him to move.

With shaky steps and without any weapons on his body, Jack could only hope for fate to survive the target of his foster brother.

Unfortunately, while hiding in a thick bush, a poisonous snake passed by and pecked Jack's leg, which resulted in him being paralyzed by the deadly poison from the snake.

“Am I destined to die like this, God? I'm willing to die but later, after finishing off those cruel humans like my brother. Please give me another chance. I will repent to you,” Jack pleaded in a groan of extreme pain.

Amid Jack's wailing, a tall, stout man with a firearm in his hand laughed at the sight of his brother in pain.

“God will indeed give you one last chance, haha!” his triumphant laughter echoed throughout the forest, “But only to admit your defeat in front of everyone, that I am the true leader of Black Dragon!” he said arrogantly in front of Jack.