2. A Strange System: Got Reborn Chance

"Mr. Leo Hanstried Werlock. We meet at last. What about your debt?"

Leo's steps stopped after seeing Mr. John, the loan shark boss, approaching him. Leo suddenly made a wary gesture.

"Are you trying to escape?" asked Mr. John with a smirk.

Leo didn't expect Mr. John to come to him under these circumstances. His body was enduring pain. He slowly walked backwards, but suddenly his body was restrained.

When Leo looked back, he saw four of John's bodyguards looking at him sharply. Leo was immediately shocked.

"Where do you want to go, Mr. Leo? You can't escape our debts?" John asked.

Leo felt an instant sense of urgency. This was a dangerous situation. He looked between John and the four bodyguards behind him in turn.

"I'm not trying to escape, Mr. John, I'm trying to find a place to stay," Leo retorted.

John looked incredulous at Leo's words. When his feet stopped two steps in front of Leo, he grabbed his chin.

John looked into Leo's eyes with a piercing gaze. His fingertips almost gripped Leo's cheeks.

At the same time, Leo's hands were held behind his back by John's four bodyguards.

"Pay your debt now, asshole. You can't keep defaulting and dodging!" John snapped at Leo right in front of his face.

Leo closed his eyes as he felt the grip of John's hand on his cheek hurt. The pain made his cheeks cramp.

"I-I'll pay... but I can't... now," Leo stammered back.

John grinned. He further tightened the pressure of the finger grip on both of Leo's cheeks.

The pressure of John's finger grip hit the bruises on Leo's face. The sensation of pain made Leo groan in pain.

"I can't take rejection anymore. I don't want to know how you're doing," John said with emphasis.

"I'll pay..." Leo replied with some difficulty.

John then threw Leo's face roughly. A split second later, John slapped Leo across the face with no regard for the wounds there.

"You're really making me angry. If you're so poor, why do you have to go into debt?!" John asked snapping at Leo.

Leo's body was somewhat unsteady after the heavy blow from John. Leo held his cheek, trying to neutralize the pain on his face.

"I really hate someone like you," John said while pointing at Leo's face.

While Leo looked at John with a slightly downcast look, John continued, "Someone like you has too much style by going into debt, when you're nothing more than a loser!"

John pressed Leo's forehead back with his index finger. The look on John's face was furious.

"If you can't pay your debts now, I'll have to take stern action against you," John said.  

Leo was somewhat surprised when his body was suddenly pulled from behind. He hadn't had time to put up a fight so he was jerked back a few steps.

Four of John's bodyguards dragged Leo's body to the land by the large lake. At that moment, John took the cigarette out of his mouth and shoved it into Leo's cheek.

"Arrrghhh!" Leo cried out in pain.

John didn't care about Leo's moans of pain.

"This is payback for a loser like you," John said.

Four of John's bodyguards kicked Leo's legs until he fell to the ground.

At that moment, John kicked Leo mercilessly. Then John's four bodyguards also delivered punches and kicks to Leo's body.

In the middle of a quiet atmosphere, the torture Leo received left him helpless. His body was already drooping limply on the ground. His vision began to blur as his consciousness diminished.

"Oh, my God. I haven't had my fill of teaching you a lesson," John said bitterly.

Leo looked at John with a wide-eyed stare. His whole body was in pain. It felt like that second Leo wouldn't survive much longer.

Leo closed his eyes while coughing. He had resigned himself to his fate that might leave this world.

"Let's just throw his body into the lake," John said.

Without further ado, John's four bodyguards bound Leo's body. There was no resistance from Leo. As his body was bound and lifted forcefully, Leo began to lose consciousness.

The last thing he remembered was Leo's body being thrown into a large lake. At the same time, his eyes closed slowly.

He was losing consciousness.

***

[DING!]

[WELCOME, USER!

YOU'VE ACTIVATED THE REINCARNATION SYSTEM AND GOTTEN A CHANCE TO LIVE AGAIN]

DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THE CHANCE TO LIVE AGAIN?]

IF SO, YOU WILL GET THE REVENGE SYSTEM GUIDE!]

IF NOT, YOU WILL DIE]

The echoing voice in Leo's mind made his consciousness slowly recover. Leo's body was drifting sinking deeper and deeper into the lake.

His condition was very weak. But at that moment he thought of Liona's family who tortured him and Mr. John who threw him into the lake just like that.

What the echoing voice said in his mind was intriguing.

Leo couldn't feel anything other than a sense of revenge.

"I don't want to die..." Leo's inner voice said.

"I want revenge on all of them..." Leo said again angrily.

"Will you be able to avenge my anger on them?"

[Of course! I am the Revenge Reincarnation System. I can do everything]

The longer Leo watched the moonlight dimmed as his body sank deeper and deeper.

"I want them... to feel what I feel..." Leo said softly in his heart.

[Do you want to take the chance to live again?]

"Yes, I want to live again."

[Alright!]

[REQUEST ACCEPTED!]

[ACCESS TO LIFE CHANCES IS ACTIVE! USER AND SYSTEM WILL START SYNCHRONIZATION...]

[... SYNCHRONIZATION COMPLETED!]

[CONGRATULATIONS, USER!

YOU GET A SECOND CHANCE AT LIFE! THE SYSTEM HAS CHOSEN THE LIFE YOU WILL LIVE!]

[After this, your data will appear in the next life!]

[LEO HANSTRIED WARLOCK]

[SON OF THE MAIN HEIR OF THE ARAIZONA GROUP]

[TOTAL WEALTH: $100,000,000,000,000,000,000]

[WEALTH ASSETS: ARAIZONA GROUP MAIN COMPANY, ARAIZONA CENTER LAND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, THREE ARAIZONA RESORT CLUB HOTEL BUILDINGS, AND UNLIMITED OTHER WEALTH ASSETS...]

Leo couldn't react to anything. He just looked at the bright screen in front of his face.

Leo's body soon jerked upwards. With a faint glance, Leo saw someone pulling his hand while untying the knot on his hand.

There was another person who untied the ropes on Leo's legs.

The two people then pulled Leo's body and lifted it to the surface of the water. The two burly men had no trouble carrying Leo to the edge of the lake.

At that moment Leo coughed, his chest so tight. Before he recovered consciousness, he felt his body being forced onto the ground. He was soaking wet.

"Lord Leo Hanstried Warlock! How are you?" One of the men asked with a worried tone of voice and gaze.

Meanwhile, another man performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation by pressing on Leo's chest. Providing breathing assistance.

Until finally Leo coughed harder and felt a lot of water spewing from the mouth.

"Mr. Leo, are you feeling better?" asked one of the men on Leo's left side.

Leo moved to look at the man to his left. He frowned, not recognizing who the two men near him were.

"Who are you?" asked Leo.

The man frowned, then extended a hand.

"Abraham, my nickname is Bram. I am your personal secretary, Mr. Leo," said the man named Bram.

Leo also frowned in confusion. He looked at Bram's hand.

Who is Bram? Wait, what does he mean by private secretary?

"My name is Hans. I'm your head personal bodyguard, Mr. Leo," said the man on Leo's right.

Leo's gaze alternately looked at Bram and Hans. In his entire life, he never seemed to know who the two of them were.

"Wait. Don't joke around. I've never had a personal secretary or a personal bodyguard," Leo replied with a chuckle.

Bram was confused and awkward, as was Hans.

"Actually, you've been missing for a long time, Mr. Leo. You are the main heir of the Araizona Group of the Araizona family."