With the pain still stalk up in his heart, and his eyes almost clouded by his emotions, Jim could barely register the words that were just spoken. What he couldn't believe more was the fact that Karen stood there and watched these people humiliate him.
"Kneel you piece of scum! And I might just be grateful enough to let you walk on one foot!" Jaden's words came once again. This time, more furiously. Jim's eyes interlocked into theirs, his hands clutched tightly as he spat right on Jaden's face. "Kneel? Guess you are the one who's more delusional here!" Jim re-sorted, attempting to walk away. Shockwave ran through the crowd, finding Jim's action unbelievable, their lips far apart with shocks, and their hands high over their lips. Beforehand, Jim was ready to do anything for Karen. Do all her dirty work or even kneel before her even though he didn't know his offenses. But right now, it was all over. All he could do was think of how much of a fool he has been all these years. Loving a dog. The crowd ran dry with words. Their throat was itchy but no one would dare to speak. Jaden wasn't just powerful because his family had money, he was the heir of one of the most powerful families in the city. The Keys family. Apart from that, his family held one of the highest positions at Ravers University. No one had ever dared to talk back to him. Let alone spit on his face. "Chicken Jim! How dare you? Where did you get the guts to do that?" Karen vibrated, lodging words at Jim who simply Ignored her. Jaden's life flashed right before him in a split second as he touched his face to clean out the mess. His face had gone from white to a red ball of pepper as the rage coursed under his feet. "You are going to beg me! Beg me to take your life for doing that." The words came with a blazing growl. With just a simple call, a gang of thugs owned by the Keys family called the Serpents hadalready gathered around. The sight of them sent cold shivers down the spine of everyone, some were already making their way out of the arena to save themselves from the trouble. And those that remained didn't dare to bring out their cell phones from their pockets out of fright. "Is he the one?" One of the gang members, having seen Jim by the way, held him by the collar of his shirt at Jaden's face. "I knew it right from the very beginning! It's over for the bitch!" Noted a girl that was standing right next to the crowd. Her face twisted with disgust at the thought that they had to have poor children in their schools anyway. "At least we're going to have one less bitch in school!" She noted. Jaden, with a cruel twist to his face, spat on Jim's face multiple times, slapping him on the face until his lips bled. "You thought you could get away with your crime, didn't you? Too bad even if you were to hide under the sea! Or under the miserable stink of poverty, I'm still going to find you there!" However, the beating, and the aching pain in his face that ran throughout every vine in his body, Jim still let out a painful and a burst of sorrow-filled laughter. "I told you all! He is gone mad already and there's nothing anyone's going to say to me that would change that!" "Maybe you think You're powerful Jaden! But without your family wealth, you know you're just one empty miserable Jaden! And one day, I am going to remind you of these words. And my instincts which can never be wrong tell me that this day is already upon us." Jim smiled even in his pain. With the words cutting deep right through Jaden's heart, all the veins in his body tightened, Popping out from every region possible as green fine lines. "Remind me of those words in hell!" Jaden lodged kicks, slaps, and blows at every part of Jim's body. His eyes darkened, his ears bleeding and his face had turned miserable. "I'm going to make sure that I end you here today. At least then, we are not going to put up with a miserable you in this college anymore." "You know you can't do that Jaden. Even if you're rich, I'm protected by the school's stakeholders who have placed me under the scholarship program. They are going to find you and serve you justice. You will lose everything Jaden!" "Justice?" Jaden couldn't help but laugh out loud, his evil laughter ripping through the thick veil of the night sky. "Is that the delusion that had been going on in the poor head of yours? Too bad let me tell you the truth!" Jaden drew forward until Jim could feel his hot ruthless breath. "The schools don't care about you! They are just using you... The poor boy that was given a scholarship to promote their image." "You think you would be given a good job after college? Do you think that members of the high class would want to fight with some poor scumbag? Too bad Jim, you were never even supposed to get a certificate. Everything that the Chancellor told you... Too bad, they were lies!" All of Jim's life flashed before his eyes in a few seconds. There was no way that could be possible. Jaden was just trying to break him and nothing more. "Oh! That should mean that I'm lying right? Just think about all those that ended with scholarships from here! They are either mentally unstable or wrapped up in some scandals!" The words pierced right through Jim's heart. The revelation that the future he was trying hard to fight for didn't even exist made his legs fall to the bottom of his feet. Making a difference for his children, so that they wouldn't have to go through the same suffering that he did. "Now, back to what I was doing!" Jaden kicked him hard to his stomach making him spit out blood from his mouth. "Now you know, you can never be nothing like us!" The gang joined in as commanded by Jaden. Jim's pain increased until he could barely feel most parts of his body. His heart quickened, as he thought about all the lies that he had been told. His girlfriend, his future, the stupid scholarship. His life had been built on a foundation of lies. "I think that he is going to die!" One of the youngest recruits of the gang said with the fright of a little child. "So what! We would be doing the world a favor by sending him back to that pit hole called hell that he shouldn't have escaped in the first place." Karen laughed. "That's why I love you!" Karen and Jaden kissed once again before Jaden turned around towards them and shot. "Kill him! Make it look like a fight or something! I can bet you know what to do!" He ended up walking away. Jim's hatred for the high class ran to its peak, every part of his body tightened as the life that remained gradually sucked out of him. "I only wanted a good normal life with a family that I can call my own. But they took that away from me. In their so-called first-class agenda." And the last crush on his head ended him... Until a bright blinding light shined right before Jim. And his thoughts were clouded with the possibility that he wasn't dead yet. [Compatible host with suitable bloodline detected] [World conquering system Launching…]The bright light that shunned jolted Jim back into consciousness. His face dropped at the moment with confusion."Am I supposed to be in heaven already?" His eyes rolled down from the perfectly designed high ceilings to the exquisitely tiled floors.A hologram before him. His eyes met with a man on a white apron, beaming a bright smile at him and touching his chest with a strange tool that his cloudy vision could barely make out."This wasn't exactly what I envisioned heaven to look like!" Jim spun his head around, as his vision gradually sipped back, taking note of the high ceilings and a perfectly glazed floor that he only got to see in movies."You're awake already!" The doctor's spine ran over with shock."This is... Rather incredible I must say! I guess the observants didn't see well or you are another explanation of a miracle!" The doctor shot a warm smile at him.Who could only stare at him? Blankly, without an idea of what exactly was going on around him."I wasn't also told t
"Who do you think he is?" "How do you expect me to know! But we all know who he is going against! The trafficker! Is he out of his mind?" A young man whispered to his pregnant wife right beside him.There was someone who was standing in the crowd. Clinton is one of the highest ranking people in Ravers University by wealth from the southern campus.Though Jim was from the east campus, news about the garbage collector had already spread all over. Giving him a reputation that he didn't even realize existed."Maybe that's his wretched sister of course! I won't be surprised!"The crowd shifted their attention to this new voice. He was extravagantly dressed in his designer's suit and the excessive amount of Jews laced his body in a failed attempt to make up for his not-so-handsome look."And who are you?" A member of the crowd was forced to inquire, disgusted by the growing amount of Clinton's pride and intimidating voice."Clinton Clave! I'm sure that I don't have to tell you much about t
"Mr. C Clave! Is there a problem? Your cough doesn't sound too right?" Said Mr. Jail with his voice pitching to a mocking tune.Clinton wouldn't dare to respond to these words. He stared at the crowd that was still praising him and back at Linda who was still smiling.at him.Multiple possibilities raced through his head. The amount in his account was way less than that. But he could not tell the crowd that he didn't have such an amount of money. Not after everything. The large lump that he had swallowed was stuck down his throat.But quickly, he braised himself up, cleaning off the sweat before anyone in the crowd or the beautiful damsel would notice anything."Fifty thousand dollars! That was what you think is too much for me to afford?" Clinton scoffed.His shirt was all sweaty for no reason once again no matter the control he tried to pull. The only thing that he could do now was use his family account and face the wrath of his father when he got home.With a large lump going down
They were still stunned, thinking that they had been stuck in some sort of dream world.It was beyond what they could dare to imagine. The best candidate, Clinton, wasn't able to pay the Jailer. Not even Miss Linda.But it turned out to be him? Jim?Mr. Jail kept on refreshing the machine, not wanting to believe his eyes.He had never had anyone taking away a potential client in the past and it was not going to start happening now.Not especially from this sort of worthless person."If you aim to break the machine, you can by all means continue. Cause I have already been debited!" These words from Jim together with the screen of his debit receipt finally made him stop his acts.He sneered at them, his hands clenched with the raging effect that caused his blood to boil as he stared at the young girl who was still on the floor.He felt hopeless with nothing he could do about this situation."How's this even possible? I think that this is some sort of scam! It should be investigated pro
The feud between KK co-operation, the company that controlled almost ten percent of the city's wealth, and Linda's company, widely known as the Heretics to most people in the city, was known to most people in the city.The KK has always hated the Heretics, fighting with them since anyone could remember the city was even built.But their fight has always been business wars until recently. The current head of the KK was known for his ruthless nature, pulling anyone from his path to achieve his aims, no matter who and how many persons got hurt in the process.And with Linda now the heiress of the Heretics family, his hatred has only grown into full-blown rage.One that even Linda was having failed attempts trying to escape from. Unless there was a heavenly intervention for her, her end was going to be tragic."The highest bidder gets the land and the contract company construction too!" Jim who was already browsing through the web noted.With the information that he had gotten about the d
"Don't worry sir. We will get him off from the way even before you realize that he was there" The people who had once treated him like he was some sort of trash now revered him, showering him with so much respect at the sight of the cash."You know what Mr. Lawson is going to do if he finds out about what's happening here right?" Jude continued to shrink backward his steps and the earth shuddered right under his feet from his fright.However, his words compared to the amount of money that they were going to get from this were going to do nothing to stop them.They launched at him, some by his arms and others by his legs, beating him up thoroughly.He yelled but no one was going to help him now.He stared at Jim with the fright of a little child causing him to tremble. So weak that he could not even bear too little pain."Please forgive me! I promise that I'm not going to tell you! Or do anything stupid. You can see him now!" The guard easily checked out while Jim still kept his face h
"First Mr. Lawson! Thanks for what you did back there..."Jim appreciated however, his words were waved off in an instant with the wave of a hand.Mr. Lawson who once treated him with so much respect and dignity outside seemed to have transformed into a different person. Suddenly looking distant and cold.Drawing off his phone from his pockets, he lets out a satisfying exhale. Replacing it and returning his cold attention to Jim.The rumors were true then. The rumors that Mr. Lawson was a puppet for the rich class and nothing more.He would do anything that he was told to remain a second-class citizen of the city while in the real sense, he was more of a double-edged sword.He wasn't just used by the powerful people of the city... But his name spread to the four corners of the earth.Jim's face crept with disdain as the initial mood on his face disappeared."You want me out of here as soon as possible and I can assure you! The feeling is mutual!I'm here to get the construction site!"
After initiating the transfer, Mr. Lawson got the alert almost instantly. It shook him like a vibration running right through his body.He could only visualize the amount in his account, still forcing his mind to believe that it wasn't true."If you don't mind, I have got other things to do!" Said Jim, just watching them stare into his cell phone was tiring.Mr. Lawson was knocked out of his thoughts with a sense of rising urgency and a strong shiver.He didn't care about the family that Jim was from anymore. Not for someone who had saved him from the harsh realities of the KK cooperation whoever was the hidden force behind it."I will get everything done right away sir!" Mr. Lawson with his voice ever growing with gratitude.With a dash, he fixed everything that was needed and Jim signed the documents, transferring the owner of the property."Sir, if you need anything in the future, don't forget to contact me!" Mr. Lawson shoved his cards at Jim.Though he hesitated for a while, he e