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“See, I will be honest with you. You aren’t the first to be brought here for having designs on the young master’s woman, but many who thought they‘d be able to avenge themselves were long dead since the young master is not just a nobody, but the son of the Police Department’s Commissioner. You can’t sue us or him, so, you should just forget anything called revenge and travel as far away as you can from the young master’s woman, otherwise…”The person, probably the only human being who still has a trace of humanity in him within the police station sighed and then stood up after applying ointment to the last spot on Mark.“You can leave after wearing this,” The person threw a pair of pants and a shirt at Mark, and then they turned around and left.Mark remained seated and wouldn’t react for a moment. He appeared unusually calm and quiet at the moment, only he knowing what was on his mind.Eventually, without still having any emotion, not even the slightest fluctuation of it, Mark stood up while cringing madly at the great agony that was transmitted to his brain from the single movement.He shut his eyes and clenched his fists, also biting his teeth hard against each other to keep him from crying out. He finally wore the oversized clothes.Done, Mark looked around, at the place where he was now certain that would give him scary nightmares from then on and then he forcefully dragged his feet to the exit, unable to lift them at all while he ignored the killing pain each movement was causing him.Mark spared no glance at the cop members who were happily mocking him when they saw him leaving; his silence and calmness were just so scary that some of the cop members felt slightly uncomfortable, but they completely ignored the feeling since they were certain that Mark would never be able to do anything to them.Only if they knew better...As soon as Mark got out of the building, the sunlight that pierced his eyes immediately made him shut them tightly.But suddenly, they were snapped open in the next moment and before anybody knew it, the scary calmness that Mark had been holding was destroyed, and a massive amount of hatred that made hearts pound oozed out of him.His eyes turned completely red, and he went insane, shooting out an amount of hatred that no human being should have ever had for another person.It was a level of hatred that would turn someone into a beast, knowing nothing other than causing pain to the world and making the owner of the hatred the greatest human enemy and number one villain of all time."You..." he growled like a beast, glaring at the three people standing in his front who had mockery and not even the slightest trace of pity etched on their faces.“Me, what?” Gazing at Mark as though he were a clown, Gab, who was presently embracing Rebbeca tightly and proudly playing with her butt as though it were a toy asked with a mockery tone and facial expression. His eyes, however, were constantly flashing at Mark with coldness, as though he still wasn’t done with him yet.“Muhahahaha… Look at him. I almost wasn’t able to recognize you again; it looks like you’ve been served what was befitting of you,” Rebecca’s mother also mocked.“I love you so much, hubby!” Rebecca turned to Gab and gave him a deep kiss, then she began to laugh at Mark, mocking his look and praising her man.Mark began to breathe at the top of his lungs, trying to hold back his great rage from getting out of hand, but he finally lost it, and he was about to unleash it when Gab, who as expected wasn’t done with him opened his mouth again and spoke.“You are still here when you should rush home to go save your filthy and trashy mother and sister.”Mark, “_”His head suddenly stopped working, and then his heart skipped and began to pound in his chest.He was overcome by an abrupt fear.“You… you… you. What... what have you done to… to my family?”His voice became raspy and dark, but as though they didn’t feel the scary emotion in it, the three exchanged gazes and then burst out laughing.Rebecca’s mother then mockingly imitated him. "You... you... you... what have you done to... to my family?”“You better go now before they say goodbye to the world,” Rebecca laughed out loud, acting as though what was happening was the best thing she could ever witness in her life“I… I…”Mark became so greatly agitated that without another thought, he turned around and began to limp-run away, not minding the greater and worse pain it was causing him.“Look at him. Hahaha. Such a fool. That's what you get for daring to lay your foul hand on my man!” Rebecca giggled happily.“He can actually still run; it looks like those bastards hadn’t touched him at all,” Gab voiced out angrily.“Future son-in-law, you are the best." Rebbeca's mother laughed like a witch. "What an entertaining movie you are giving me.”Although Mark heard all this, he couldn’t be troubled now, as he had something much more urgent and bothering in his hysterically pounding heart at this moment.“Mother…”“Sister…”He began to pray fervently that nothing had happened to them.*****“So pitiful.”“Our biggest prayer every day is to not have a child that will bring about our downfall.”“Sigh… with how kind and hardworking the mother and daughter duo were, to think that they would end up being thrashed and rendered homeless because an unfortunate son had offended someone he shouldn’t have offended.”“But I heard that it was the landlady of the house who instructed them to be thrashed and expelled; how could it have anything to do with that gentle boy?"“Aish. What do you know? Have you forgotten that I’m a friend of Rebecca’s mother? She told me yesterday that her daughter had acquired a wealthy and influential young man from a powerful family as a new boyfriend, and due to jealousness, the stupid boy had offended the wealthy young man, thereby gaining his wrath. To punish him, the influential young man decided to purchase his family's home and make the landlady do what she did.”“He deserved it, but… but isn’t that too excessive? How could he…”Hearing all t
***** Even before Rebecca, her mother, and her new boyfriend were spotted, everybody had already rushed toward the vehicle that brought them over. They were all utterly amazed by the expensive car which none of them had seen before in real life except in movies.Their eyes began to glow as they waited for the car’s door to open, and as soon as it did, they circled the three and started giving the short and not-so-handsome Gab idolization gazes“Is that the wealthy young man?”“So handsome!”“Welcome, Young master, my name is…”“Young master, I am…”Ignoring Mark and his problem, everybody there began to throw all sorts of flattering words at the young man, praising him to the peak.“Ahhh!!” With his tears mixed with his snorts, Mark's sob increased upon witnessing the scene that was going on.Although he didn't want to accept the reality, Mark ultimately understood why everybody, despite having a good relationship with himself and his family refused to offer any hand of help.It
*****“Mister, did you and the two patients brought by you all fall from a skyscraper?”“I…” Mark couldn’t respond after hearing the question he was asked. He even failed to see the pitiful look being given to himself by the doctor. “Will… will my mother and sister be okay?”The doctor, “_”He couldn’t help but keep quiet for a brief moment, then he shook his head. He had been extremely curious before, but since Mark didn’t want to say anything, he couldn’t be bothered. Well, it wasn’t that he was bothered in the first place anyway.“That’s right, however, before any treatment could be performed on the patients, Mister will need to deposit a small amount of money.”“I…” Mark turned into a statue for a moment. “Mo… money?”The doctor, “_”He couldn’t help but suddenly gaze at Mark s though he were a fool. “Yes, money.” He responded again, giving Mark a gaze that asked; ‘Don’t you know that you will be paying money in the first place when you bring over a patient? Two patients in critic
*****“Do you know what day this is ?” With his face now turned to a scowl and all the traces of smile previously on it completely gone, making him look utterly infuriated, the middle-aged supervisor, who was standing before Mark questioned, then before Mark could respond, he snapped at him.“Three fucking days! You are returning three fucking days after you’ve asked for just one day off and you still dare to ask me for the money I was owing you? Even daring to tell me to borrow you some money to it, do you take me for a fool who could be easily duped?”Mark’s heart pounded in his chest and he became greatly nervous again.He had thought that luck had finally decided to shine upon him when he saw the usually hateful and furious supervisor smiling at him, which prompted him to ask what he needed, but…Mark swallowed hard. “Sir… sir Supervisor, it’s… it’s okay not to borrow me any money again, but… but the money you were owing me, could… could you return that first?”“Did you hear yours
***** [ The Face-Smacking System Host’s Profile. [Name: Mark Thumpson] [Age: 19years] [Race: Human] [Account Balance: $0.42] [Strength: Danger! (A single shove to the host is all that is needed for you to lose your life.)] [Technique(s)/Talent(s): 0] [Point(s): 0] [Property(ies): 0] ---------Locked for the time being and will gradually be revealed based on the host’s level------- ] As though it were a suspense movie, Mark watched the sci-fi-like screen that was suspended before him, raising his head for a while and unable to believe that it was real. Had someone been paying any attention to him at this moment, they would have concluded that something had happened to Mark or that he had gone insane, needing medical attention, especially with his appearance. ‘You… you…’ Mark hesitated greatly after he was convinced that he wasn’t hallucinating. He was now uncertain if this ‘system’ of a thing was like the ones he usually read about in novels and see in movies, but just at
***** After searching for a moment but seeing no other person who looked like they had spoken apart from Mark, all gazes were directed at Mark again. Nobody could talk for a brief moment, and then slowly, everybody exchanged blank gazes. “Did that… that homeless-looking boy did not just claim to have the ability to treat a person, did he?” “This… hahaha, what a joke.” “I will rather eat my shit than believe that someone like this, who resembles a person who had just been dehumanized for committing a theft is a doctor.” “What a fool?! Does he think we are joking here?” “The punk!” Everybody resumed discussion with a changed topic, having zero belief that Mark could do a single thing. Even the jade beauty, her revitalized expectancy instantly dashed, and her eyes became filled with hopelessness once again.“Grandfather, please, wake up! Wake up” She resumed shaking the old man while pleading for him. Like everybody else, her conclusion as soon as she saw Mark's appearance was
***** As soon as the words left Mark’s mouth, he was left aghast, as though he had never expected to utter such words.Literally, Mark was the one who had spoken, but it wasn’t out of his will, it was the arrogance of the high medical skill now present in his head that influenced and subconsciously let the words out of his mouth. After a moment of stupefaction, Mark’s face slowly returned to normal, since the question he just asked was nothing but the right thing to inquire. It was as though he had just spoken the most reasonable thing on earth. Nevertheless, nobody would react for a moment after he had spoken, and then very slowly, with a great shock, every head turned in Mark’s direction. Seeing that it was him, they gasped in astonishment. “It’s this beggar again,” someone mumbled, then before the old man, bodyguards, or the jade beauty could speak, they brought it upon themselves to act, trying to make the Jackson family owe them a favor. “Bastard, what did you just say?”
***** “This… this shouldn’t have happened. What’s going on exactly? I did exactly what I should have done!” The doctor became incredibly nervous in the blink of an eye and beads of sweat covered him as he watched his patient having a tremendous seizure while releasing a massive amount of foam from his mouth. Being a doctor, a high-level one at that, he shouldn’t have been that affected and he should have quickly thought of a solution, given how this wasn’t the first time a situation would get out of hand. He however failed to maintain his rationality once he recalled Mark’s words, together with what he was witnessing right now.He was greatly nervous and terrified.He started fidgeting around, not knowing what to do again.Meanwhile, watching her grandfather trembling hysterically as though he were about to kick the bucket, the jade beauty had become completely pale. She was so agitated that goosebumps had covered her skin. “My… why does my grandfather’s condition suddenly get wor
*****“Sir commissioner, who would have thought that you’d also be invited to this banquet? My name is Rashmond and I am the CEO of Rashmond Medicines. Please do take care of me in the future.”“Brother Rashmond, nice meeting you. Please, make sure to also take care of me in the future.”Deep within the estate, inside a not-too-big hall that was elegantly and beautifully decorated, with bright light illuminating it, making it resemble a day, groups of influential and affluent people were busy building connections with each other right now.Although it was said that the banquet wasn’t open to the outside, the descendants of the Jackson family had invited a few of their friends, so, it still has up to fifty outsiders in it right now.Everybody was presently acting as though they didn’t mind, but it was obvious that they were already fed up with their nonstop waiting for the Old Master of the Jackson family, the main reason why most of them were there. Whether big or small, everyb
*****Mark, “_”‘Who knows me?’He couldn’t help but suddenly frown slightly before turning his head in the direction where he was being called.The following second, his mouth gaped and he became dumbstruck.“Mister, are you entering or not?”“I…”Mark quickly turned back when he heard the grumble of the driver of the taxi he was just about to enter.He hesitated for a brief moment, then he shook his head.“I’m incredibly sorry, sir, but I think…”“You are not going. Nonsense.”The driver, a grumpy-looking man hissed angrily, then not allowing Mark to finish his words, he pressed hard on the pedals, almost stepping on Mark’s feet.“Why are people always angry these days, anyway?”He shook his head and turned around, just in time to see the jade beauty who had been running toward him reach him.“Mister Mark!” She called gently, looking as though she would tear up.Mark was confused and he couldn’t help but feel uncomfortable and a bit irritated by this sight that made h
*****As though the people inside were a group of country’s threat, who were being chased by all the various security departments of the country, an incredibly fast speeding car could be seen on a long tarred road right now, and even the slightest divergent and collusion could cause the most fatal accident that would take the passenger’s lives. “I…”Inside the car, the mouth of the Jade beauty, who had never been snapped upon or gotten furious upon by her grandfather before since she came to the world was opened wide with shock and disbelief, but feeling his present state, she breathed in.She still wanted to convince her grandfather to slow down, but she was able to tell that his present state gave no space to a no, so she gently nodded her head and then continued searching hard.Honestly, although she was greatly amazed by everything about Mark, which she had learned from her grandfather the previous day, she still felt that he was being greatly overestimated.The jade beauty
*****“You… you guys just did what?”Still at the gate. The mouths of the Grandfather and Granddaughter duo were incredibly wide open with both shock and deep disbelief at this moment and they were presently busily gapping at the second security guard who had begun to shiver hysterically, looking like someone who had been imprisoned in a hundred years old ice.The guard wasn’t able to respond, and his heart was bleeding really badly as he sobbed within, wondering how he had unfortunately been partnered together with his stupid colleague.Meanwhile, seeing the look on the guard’s face made the grandfather and granddaughter duo realize that the guard was really serious, that they had truly sent Mark, with whom he had made up his mind to build a perfect and seamless connection with, away.“Just pray that I will be able to find him and convince him to come back!”The old man finally growled after a long time had passed and then his body released a strong killing intent that made the
***** Back at the gate. After driving Mark away, although the rude security guard did not feel entirely satisfied that he wasn't able to fulfill his desire to oppress and break a few of his limbs as he had intended, he still felt invigorated. It was as if he had just taken a refreshing, cold bath after enduring days of scorching heat and dirt. “When last had it been since I was able to use my power as a security guard to this level of satisfaction? The feeling is so great and amazing!” As though he had just achieved something great, the rude security guard still sighed with contentment, still standing before the gate and looking through the rectangular window on it. “I’ve always been respectful to every single person I come across ever since I began to work as the security guard of this estate, because a single word from any of them could ruin my entire life completely, but tonight, I finally managed to slightly curb my hunger of using my power... but how much I so much wish for
***** Immediately following the echo of the abrupt voice, silence enveloped the area outside the gate. It was so profound that one could hear a pin drop. A moment later, the few people present there shifted their vacant stares toward the direction from which the scornful voice, which was filled to the brim with disbelief, emanated. In the luxurious car parked outside the gate, the driver, a short middle-aged man, turned his blank gaze towards the rear. His mouth hung open in bewilderment for a prolonged moment the next second, until... “You little troublemaker. Haven't we made a conclusion before we left home to do our utmost to avoid causing any disturbances here today?!” The short man emitted a low growl, barely audible to the person seated in the back seat of the car, looking completely helpless and frustrated. Upon hearing his father's voice and sensing his deep concern, Gab directly understood his fear, which was that he might have offended someone he shouldn't have offende
***** “Who are you, and why are you on the property of the Jackson family?” Mark, who had been standing in confusion in front of an incredibly tall and massive black gate, was suddenly startled back to his senses. He quickly looked around, trying to search for the source of the sound, but no, he saw nothing. “Brat, are you deaf or what? What are you looking for?” Mark, “_” He couldn’t help but suddenly frown slightly after a second of blankness, but then he sighed. “I’m here for the banquet of the old master of the Jackson family,” he said calmly, finally locating a tiny sound system, where the rude voice that was speaking to him had originated. The sound system was incredibly small, but Mark was amazed by its quality, projecting sound in a way that one would think was coming directly from the speaker and not from a projector. After Mark’s slight amazement, he waited for a response to his words, but he saw and heard none coming. This silence, however, persisted for several
***** “That stupid and useless wretch actually dares to hang the call on me?! What the audacity? How dare she?!” At this moment, an aged man, who was radiating nothing, but strength, power, and authority was consumed with intense fury. He paced about, his body emitting a strong killing intent that could make anybody die from fear. He began to puff heavily, feeling like going on a killing spree. The old man with grey hair was Mark’s grandfather, Maria’s father. He had never liked Maria since the beginning of time, instead, all his love had always been toward her stepbrothers and stepsister. He had mostly always acted indifferent toward her and would never praise her, no matter how many positive things she had contributed to the family or how much she worked for its growth. The hatred and intense disgust towards her began when Maria declined to marry the man of his choice. The man he believed would have elevated his family to a position of great power and prestige in the co
*****“Father please I need your help! Anything at all! Please! My children, your grandchildren are now homeless, and they’ve known nothing but suffering all their lives! Please! Just a small apartment where I could slowly pay back in the future will do!”Mark's mother spoke rapidly, acting as though she was eating something incredibly hot without pausing or punctuating her words.It was as if she was fearing that she might lose the courage to convey her purpose for calling if she ever stopped even for a moment.Once she had finished explaining her purpose, however, a prolonged silence that made her feel a great discomfort followed. She waited patiently, but no response came. This led her to suspect that her father had disconnected the call.Just as she was on the verge of checking the cell phone’s screen, to ascertain her thoughts, though, a burst of hysterical laughter echoed through the cell phone.“Kakakakakaka!!!”The laughter wasn’t only long, it was loud as hell and fi