Blow off steamElian returned to the dojo, his heart racing with anticipation. Today was the day he would prove himself worthy of being a teacher at the dojo. He would face off against all four of the dojo teachers, one after the other, in a series of fights that would test his skills to the limit.The first fight was against Sensei Tanaka, a master of hand-to-hand combat. The two of them faced off in the center of the dojo, their fists clenched and ready.The fight began, and Elian and Sensei Tanaka circled each other, sizing each other up. Sensei Tanaka threw the first punch, a powerful jab that Elian dodged easily. Elian countered with a swift kick, but Sensei Tanaka blocked it with his arm.The two of them exchanged blows, their fists flying back and forth in a flurry of movement. Elian's training kicked in, and he began to anticipate Sensei Tanaka's moves, dodging and countering with ease.Sensei Tanaka was impressed, but he refused to back down. He launched a series of powerful
Phone callElian trudged into his apartment, exhausted from a long day of teaching. He collapsed onto his bed, not even bothering to change out of his gi. Within minutes, he was fast asleep.Meanwhile, in Michael's office, a different kind of meeting was taking place. Michael was on a phone call with Doctor Lee, the man in charge of his secret protocol."Doctor Lee, I need you to hurry up and track down Elian with the synthetic robot soldiers," Michael said, his voice urgent."I can't let him release those recordings. It would ruin everything.""I understand, Michael," Doctor Lee replied. "But building twelve synthetic robot soldiers, controlled by an AI, is no easy feat. It takes time and resources.""I don't care about the resources," Michael snapped."I care about results. I want those soldiers ready and deployed as soon as possible. Can you make that happen?"There was a pause on the other end of the line before Doctor Lee spoke up."Yes, Michael. I can make it happen. But I need
Live-in“Atlas!” an angry lady's voice could be heard even from a mile away. This shout came from the Erikson family mansion. The Erikson has been a well respected family in Vasterly Nation due to one simple fact; Wealth.Atlas Parker, orphaned at a young age but worked double shifts at a restaurant to pay his intuition. He had been fortunate, or rather unfortunate to once run into Cheyenne Erikson who had come into the restaurant to escape from a few thugs. Atlas didn't know what had transpired or why she was being pursued by thugs, but he knew he had to do something, so hid her inside the kitchen and pretended nothing happened. When the coast was clear, Cheyenne Erikson came out and thanked him. That simple act had attracted her to him. They dated for a few weeks, he never knew exactly who she was until one fateful night when they were attacked by thugs whose aim was to pressure Cheyenne to accept the marriage proposal of the young master of the Michaelson family; Chador.Cheyenne h
RushApproximately ten meters from the Oceania Corporation, in an alley filled with trash cans, a lifeless body of a young man laid there in eternal silence.There was no heartbeat, no movement. The once ironed white shirt was now bloody and muddy. It had already been a few minutes since the deed was done, yet no one came to take a look. A life was snuffed out just like that. But in that ominous, sorrowful situation, a miraculous thing was happening... Even though he was confirmed dead by his assailants, and his heart had stopped beating, somehow his mind was still working.. or rather something else was going on in his subconscious mind.«Data collection complete. Host matches the requirement of the system. Host's current status: Deceased. Injecting revitalization serum to Host. Host current status: critical. Injecting advanced healing serum to Host. Host current status: Salvageable. System booting in progress. Time required: One hour thirty minutes.»Thump.. Thump.. Thump..The hear
Trouble comes[VERSALEEN TREAT UPPER RESTAURANT. VISTASKRIS NATION]The woman with a melon-seeded face, black hair and an appearance of 85 points, casually glanced at Atlas who was seated on the opposite side, drinking coffee, a look of disdain appeared on her face.For a while, the woman used a somewhat arrogant tone and said;“So this is all you can afford now? It is a pity that you have been reduced to such state. If you are hungry, I can order better food for you, besides I earn an annual salary of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).”Although Atlas was a bit handsome, Helen could not help but have a look of disdain on her face. This man had once tried to woo her, luckily she didn't fall for his words of a bright future, hence she will be here having coffee and soda biscuits for breakfast. Helen clicked her tongue in arrogance and picked the glass of juice in front of her and drank it casually.Atlas had to admit that although Helen was indeed beautiful, her lofty tone and disdainfu
True WealthAtlas drove the Lamborghini bull, galloping all the way. He was like a dazzling laser light, attracting attention wherever he went.After a while, Atlas came to a public parking lot. He stepped out of the car, with a driving permit and a registration certificate with his name written on it.“Damn! This is too good to be true. Perhaps I'm still lying by the alley battered up and all these is just a dream.” Atlas could not help but wonder if all these was truly real? He had just gone from a penniless live-in son in-law to a Lamborghini owner.. all in a few minutes.At this time Atlas's phone vibrated again.“Huh!? Didn't the message say it will need about twenty three hours before it delivers more rewards?” Damien muttered as he read the message on the phone screen.«Ding!Wealth System has sent Newbie Package ahead of schedule. Does Host wish to receive the Newbie Package?»'Is that a trick question or something? Of course I would be more than happy to receive this package
You're not dead?The cab stopped in front of the Erikson residence. Atlas came out, paid the cab driver and turned towards the mansion.He then walked towards the front door. Just as he was about to knock on the door, he heard some boisterous laughter coming from the inside.“Young master Chador, since you are so sincere about Cheyenne, we can be straightforward. Let us just settle on a date.”Atlas was stunned. He reckoned that the voice belonged to Carrie; his mother inlaw and Cheyenne's mother.Missus Carrie, you're being too polite. Since we're going to be family in the future, don't be so formal. Just call me by my name.” a very familiar voice sounded in Atlas's ear. This was a voice he could never forget in his lifetime; the voice of the man who sent thugs to kill him.“Sure, sure, you're so young and eloquent. Cheyenne is so lucky to have met you! As her parents, we can rest assured now!” Carrie's voice was heard.“However, I heard her husband..” Chador voice trailed off as he
"Jordan! Stand down!” Chador's voice came from the inner room. Even he had felt the massive killing intent Atlas had released and he involuntarily shivered. He knew a confrontation will result in his loss, so the best thing was to let the Eriksons deal with this.“This is family affair. Go out first.” Mister Erikson then came out to check out the cause of all the debacle taking place in his residence.Jordan reluctantly but obediently withdrew his hand. He knew his boss was trying to leave a good impression on the Eriksons, so he only glowered at Atlas again, and the left.Cheyenne's parents were full of resentment, but they did not dare get physical with Atlas; the scene of Jordan being frightened by Atlas was very fresh in their mind. Atlas's terrifying gaze intimidated them, and even the brutish Jordan had some scruples about Atlas. However as they looked at Damien's cheap clothes and calm expression that was almost the same as the past, their worries vanished.'I was thinking too