Most avaricious people are afraid of parting with their possessions, and once they experience the ease of life, they will long for something more luxurious than they currently have. Bryan, who has very lofty ambitions, is no different. When his father's sister, Auntie Anne, adopted Bryan, he began to fantasize about a simpler life, free from the complexities he had experienced before. He was initially content to give the couple, who provided him with a decent life by working hard at their jobs, all he had, especially when his uncle Solomon put him in charge of their farm produce's processing department.
However, with the birth of John, his aunt Anne's only son, everything began to change. He became aware that his foster parents were no longer paying much attention to him after the birth of John, his aunt Anne's only son. Feeling neglected by his foster parents, particularly due to their increased focus on John after his birth, he made the decision to visit his biological parents to express his frustrations. And there he expressed his grievances, which were initially just an outburst of resentment until, at the instigation of his biological mother, he and his father devised a plan to restore everything to its previous state. Their plan involved removing John from the picture to regain the attention that Bryan felt he deserved.
When the time came to execute their plan, Bryan agreed to take John hunting in the woods, leading to the next phase of their scheme. He purposefully tripped John, causing him to sustain injuries. Subsequently, he brought John to the cliff's edge on their way home, pretending to care for his injuries.
Upon arriving at the highest point of the cliff, he shoved him. When he saw him fall and hit his head on big rocks, he waited for nearly 30 minutes to watch John fall. Once he was certain that John had stopped moving, he believed that John had died. He then went back to their Aunt Anne's house to tell her that John had an accident and that he lost consciousness as well, so he was unable to prevent him from sliding down the cliff.
However, when John's body was retrieved from the cliff, despite his injuries, Bryan was shocked to discover that his foster brother was miraculously still alive. With the assistance of his real father, he devised a second plot while John was recuperating in the hospital since it was even worse that his foster parent would discover what he had done to his foster brother.
And now when he believed their strategy was perfect, they were surprised to see the odd John standing in front of them. Despite the fact that the two individuals he had decapitated were in front of him, a demon-like John hardly moved and did not even blink his eyes doing the brutal slaughter.
"Who are you?" "You're not John, are you?" A little worried, he asked.
He tried to convince himself that he wasn't his foster brother, who depended on him for practically everything. Bryan was taken aback by the brutal execution of John that he witnessed, but his father recovered from the event right after. Some of his other employees hurried to Bryan's office after hearing another yell for help. His four men discovered their two friend's dead and the two severed heads on the ground when the door opened.
"Sir! What happened?"
"Don't look at me that way! Kill that youngster immediately!" Benny yelled at his guys.
"Eh, sir, what happened to Oscar and Rowdy?"
"Don't ask too many questions. Just follow my orders, idiot!"
"Yes, yes sir!"
'Are you sure about what you're going to do?' John asked the four newcomers softly. Despite the two individuals he had just slain being in front of him, John's face remained stoic and composed, revealing a calmness that belied the intense events unfolding around him. The four people were a little unsure after hearing from John and observing his aura.
"Stupid people! What are you holding out for?" Bryan yelled with fear.
John had already achieved his objective of making the four doubt themselves this time. He was aware that he couldn't defeat all four at once with the powers of his present body, but instead of displaying this, he used his vast combat expertise to come up with a solution right away with the aid of his virtual assistant. At Bryan's yell of order, John was soon encircled by his four men.
While John only nodded and prepared, his virtual assistant was keeping an eye on what was going on outside, particularly his father's position, which was close by and had already neutralized Benny and Bryan's guys.
'Guys, I am giving you an opportunity.' John calmly said to the four men standing in front of him.
'I will explain to my father that you accompanied these two disloyal father and son here because you and your family were coerced and threatened, and I will pardon your error.'
A handful of the four hesitated, but they were compelled to hurry in after hearing someone fiercely devoted to Benny and Bryan yell at them. The four men acted to execute the command, it was same that time when a sudden burst of movement, John rapidly got to the person in front of him. Because of his slightly smaller frame, he docked and slashed his dagger upwards, hitting the man from the chest to the neck. It instantly dropped to the ground, dead.
Slash! Swish!
Then another same explosion, John immediately was in front of the next person to him before the body of first person he attacked's hit the ground.
Blag!
His second opponent was similarly insta-killed and collapsed again. After that swift fluid motion, John rolled and moved a few meters away from their location before the other two's strike could reach him. As a result, both opponents suffered severe injuries to their necks and shoulders as their blades and machetes collided.
Ahhh! Ahhhhhh!
The person with the knife wounds on his neck was already hissing blood in his throat, nearly gurgling his own blood in his mouth, the one with the machete has wound on his shoulder, instantly writhed in agony.
John's still-weak body sustained internal damage during the outburst of that strike as a result of the high mobility attacks he learnt from his future self. His energy reserves were instantly exhausted, leaving him pale and causing his legs to tremble uncontrollably, signaling his extreme fatigue. The very act of rising up was exhausting little strength he still had left. Despite nearly all of his major organs suffering internal damage from being pushed past their limits, John maintained his strength and stayed upright.
Realizing that their position was untenable and his men were at a disadvantage, Benny made a swift decision to release his son immediately, driven by a mix of fear for his son's safety and a recognition of the dire circumstances.
"Go right now, Bryan; I'll take care of this!" He told his son right away.
After considering his options and hesitating for a while, Bryan took up the money-containing bag and tapped a secret button on the back of his cabinet behind the desk, which revealed a secret tunnel to his office. As John had difficulty moving, he allowed Bryan to go and simply stood there, observing Benny's movements. This was done to keep the person in front of him from realizing how bad things were on his side.
"CV".
'Yes master.'
"How far away is my father?"
While he was in such state, Benny abruptly charged at him while brandishing a knife weapon that was about half a meter long.
BOOM! BLAG!
Benny's attacked was desperate but decisive, since it involves his son wellbeing – Bryan future. But just as his strikes was about to hit John, he abruptly stopped in position when he was just a meter or so from John and the knife's edge was just a few millimeters from John's neck. His knife refused to move closer John's neck skin no matter what he did.
"You truly have guts to take this action within my house!"
A booming voice nearly broke Benny's eardrum. Solomon entered floating in midair, shattering the door.
Shortly after, Benny's body was struck by an extremely powerful force, and it burst in front of John. His body erupted like fireworks, and then everything in it turned into tiny flames that burst, burning him up and turning him to ashes before he hit the ground. However, despite the fact that this occurred in front of John, it appeared as though not a single portion of Benny's bursting corpse struck John.
That was when John's body failed and he lost consciousness while he was waiting for that time, his body began to gently drop to the ground, but his father caught him before it could.
Coupled of minutes, in the next room. When John woke up, the first thing he saw was his father's face. John felt an energy enter his body that calmed his emotions when he smiled at him.
'Hey, son, how are you?'
'I believe I'm all right, dad.'
'Hmmnn. Good son.'
'Why didn't you inform me about what happened to you and your stepbrother? I conducted my own investigation and understand the full circumstances of your situation,' his father inquired, expressing concern and a desire for transparency.
'I'm sorry dad, I don't want mom to be depressed. I tried to solve it in my own hand, because I know that if she learns about my stepbrother deed, she would be upset.' John's justified his actions to his dad. Because of John's knowledge of the future, he accurately evaluated his father's abilities and understood that hiding the truth was pointless. Consequently, he made the conscious choice to disclose everything to his father.
'I observed your actions from a distance, son. While your martial skills are commendable, there is room for improvement in your physical condition,' his father remarked, hinting at a tailored training program to enhance John's abilities.
'I will create a workout program specifically for your body; we must strengthen your weakened constitution.'
'Yes, thanks, dad. Uncle Benny would have murdered me by now if you hadn't shown up on time.'
'That will not happen, son.' Solomon's resistance to what his son has just expressed.
'Anyway, let's get going immediately. Your mother is undoubtedly very anxious at the moment.'
'Additionally, we shouldn't discuss this problem with your mother, particularly with regard to Bryan.'
"In any case, he's already gone." 'When we get back, I'll explain to your mother what happened here.'
"I admire your foresight, son; it's especially necessary for your personal growth."
After personally investigating the situation, Solomon recognized that his son needed to prioritize avoiding a repeat of the near-fatal tragedy. His son needed to believe in his own abilities and not in anybody else, not even his brothers or relatives. Genuine development and prosperity would only come by having faith in his own abilities.