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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 was because he had offended someone as powerful as Gab, and since they were scared that they would become Gab’s enemy and offend the other party by helping him, they all ignored his pleas for help.Mark lost all hope and his heart shattered into countless pieces to never become whole again.He was so devastated and greatly anguished.‘This was my fault!’'Everything was my fault!'He clenched his fists with all the strength he could muster, cursing himself in his mind for bringing about his family's doom.Mark felt that everything was still a nightmare.While he was doing this, Rebecca, her mother, and boyfriend, who acted as though they couldn’t see the crowd, ignoring them finally got to him.“Is that blood tears I’m seeing falling from your eyes?” Gab suddenly asked with a hint of playfulness, immediately making everybody look at Mark’s face.They were all shocked at the sight they saw.As Gab had stated, the tears falling from Mark’s eyes were no longer the normal tears; instead, they were blood-red tears.The heart of almost everybody, Rebecca included, trembled.“This…” Some people swallowed hard.“For someone to sob blood tears, this…”“How could a person sob blood? What sort of experience could they have gone through, a young one who isn’t even twenty yet at that?”A trace of pity finally appeared in the eyes of many for Mark, and they felt like helping him.However, Gab became deeply infuriated when he saw all this, making Rebecca’s mother, who had been paying attention to him instantly notice, making her nervous.She discreetly pinched her daughter.“This is what you deserve, scoundrel. Is it still blood you are crying? Hahaha. How dare you lay your filthy hand on my future son-in-law?”“That’s right.” The traces of pity in Rebecca also disappeared as she realized that she had almost made her new cash cow dissatisfied. “If anybody must be blamed, it is you. You said I was cheating on you when I have never even dated you before, and you even dared to lay your hand on my man, thinking he was a nobody like you.”“This…”Everybody was stumped.‘She has never dated him before?’ They couldn’t think, recollecting the lovey-dovey couple they once knew who would never part from each other.A moment later, everybody understood what was going on, and nobody blamed Rebecca.It was the hope of everybody living in the slum to encounter a wealthy person who would elevate their financial position and status, and now that Rebecca had snagged a lucky person who wasn’t just slightly wealthy but incredibly wealthy, they all felt that they would do the same as her and deny someone like Mark who had nothing without any hesitation.‘You should have focused on how to get out of this slum instead of being in love.’ The few ones with human emotion in the crowd sighed after a while.Although they pity Mark, the slum is a place where the wealthy ones are placed high and treated like gods, so they all soon ignore Mark and resume flattering the young man, Gab.“That’s what he deserves…”“The scoundrel…”Mark’s pale and dried lips trembled. His blood tears increased, and he finally ignored everybody when he realized that they wouldn’t help him, then after a lot of effort, he eventually carried his mother on his back and his sister in a bridal position in his arms.Done after multiple pains compared to the one he got while he was getting beaten in the police station, Mark finally forces himself to stagger forward, with each step causing blood to ooze out of the countless wounds on his body.Looking at him like this, the fragile-hearted ones in the crowd finally weren’t able to hold it again.They sobbed.Some even tried rushing to Mark to help him, but they were furiously stopped by their family, getting infuriated that they were trying to put them in trouble like Mark had done to his mother and sister.As for Mark, while he was passing through Rebecca and her accomplice, he swore in his mind, swearing to make them pay even if he were only left with just a single life.The heart of the trio trembled slightly, but then they became furious again.“Scoundrel! You still want more?” Gab glared at Mark.*****“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
*****Everybody glanced at the jade beauty upon hearing her shout and they all frowned slightly, the doctor included. “Are you still going to let him stay and continue disturbing my work?” The Doctor asked with a cold scoff, but the lady didn’t look at him. “Can you really heal my grandfather?” She inquired, gazing at Mark who was about to resign to fate and give up on the mission when he realized that he was about to be thrown out, shocking everybody, Mark included, especially when he saw the slight hope in her eyes.“She… she didn’t just ask the hungry beggar that question, did she?” Even the doctor couldn’t control his shock again, then his mouth opened widely. Back to Mark. After a moment of astonishment, his face gradually returned to normal, then he slowly heaved in and out before finally scrutinizing the patient whose seizure was only increasing by the moment, to check whether he could still treat him.After a second, Mark nodded his head slightly with a look of certainty a
***** At first, nobody could understand what Mark was doing, since it just looked as though he was merely sticking out needles randomly on the patient’s body, but eventually, someone realized what was different and called out. “Why… why does it look as though an image of a dragon is appearing every time he is about to insert the needles? Could… could I have seen wrongly?’ “Huh…” Everybody was confused when they heard this person, causing them to quickly squint their eyes at what Mark was doing, but when they still ended up seeing nothing different from what they were seeing before, some people thought that the speaker had exaggerated greatly, causing them to glare at him. “Could it be that you are in partnership with that swindler?” One of the on-lookers glared. “That’s right, ‘cause I’m still looking for the dragon you said to have…” “Ah… I’ve seen it. I’ve really seen it. Look very well at the top of each needle. Dragon seemed to always appear for a brief second before disappe