"Boss, we just got intel that the Chairman of the Round table was assassinated. It was a silent job, sniped cleanly as he walked towards his limo. We got the intel late, so other networks already got the news."
Sky Long who was drinking his tea choked, assassinated? The situation is already heated with many of the round table members disputing on what territory they run.
"What was he doing before his death?"
The spy opened a document that he prepared for Sky Long, in it contained different images of the chairman walking into and out of different buildings.
Sky Long was handed the document and read it carefully for any clues. His instinct tells him that something occurred before the chairman's death.
His gaze looked at a certain photo, which was the chairman walking into a building and left with a huge box.
The box although looked normal, was filled with locks, and the chairman had his hand cuffed to the handle.
He then looked at the chairman minutes before his death, the box wasn't in his hand no more. He quickly recalled the previous announcement; his mind went blank.
The memories flooding back to him, his wife and son dead on the ground, his hand with a sword so beautiful shining brighter than any star he has ever seen.
"Sky Yun, he is searching for it, isn't he?"
He grabbed his phone and told the spy to keep an eye on the situation at hand.
"Oho~ Young man! It's been a long time since I've spoken to you!"
"Do you need anything?"
"Listen, the underworld is currently in chaos. I just need you to know this; do not, and I repeat do not, search for the artefact I had told you to find."
"Old man, I was about to search for it - "
"DO NOT, AND I REPEAT DO NOT, SEARCH FOR THE ARTEFACT."
The old man cut off Sky Yun's sentence with a clear and loud statement.
After the conversation, his previous positive attitude he just had completely gone and his body slouching on the chair.
"Sir, we just got word that the Hashimoto Clan and the Italian Mafia had agreed to a partnership and that the new chairman will be both Franklin Russo and Kazuma Hashimoto."
Sky Long didn't answer, the spy felt the atmosphere thicken with killing intent and stood there with shivering legs.
"Leave."
The simple command caused the spy to run out of the door. Sky Long sat there with his head looking at the ceiling above him.
Sky Long stopped talking, Sky Yun sat there staring at the old man and both haven't spoken a word for a few minutes.
"Old man, if this sword is real… Then shouldn't you run…"
Sky Long looked at Sky Yun, and nodded his head.
"I have thought about running many times, but that would be disrespectful to my son and wife…"
Sky Yun folded his arms, the situation is dire to the point that anything can erupt and the whole underworld will be in chaos.
"I will come out of retir- "
"No."
Sky Long interrupted Sky Yun, he had retired Sky Yun at first to find the sword but now he wishes for Sky Yun to stay away from the underworld.
"You have a girl, one day you will have a child. Kid, the world we we're a part of is something too dangerous. Look at me, I had a family whilst being a mercenary, and both, my wife and son, ended up dead."
Sky Yun just looked straight at the old man, and nodded his head.
"Life is not a game, young man. We live only once, and in the world we're a part of, you should understand that the outcome of your life, would be death."
Sky Long lowered his fedora once again and stood up, he called in his bodyguards who were in the car and walked towards the café door.
"Listen up, I'll be here for the charity ball. I know your sister is coming, so I want to tell you a secret. The head of the triad, Dong Dewei, will be in attendance. The Chen Family knows this also, and wishes for Chen Fei to meet him, and perhaps sway Dong Dewei in helping the Chen Family."
Sky Yun heard this and slowly stood up, the bodyguards' legs were shaking and even the old man, who felt this intense killing intent pouring out of Sky Yun, felt dizzy.
"So, they wish to give my sister's body in order to gain support for the triad?"
Each word, filled with immense power caused the bodyguards to faint. The old man sighed and picked both of the men up before turning to Sky Yun.
"That man, your father. He really is a piece of shit."
The old man walked out, Sky Yun stood there and was breathing heavily. His sister is innocent, and the love apparently given to her by that bastard was so much that she cherished him. Yet, he is willing to sell his daughter just so that he can gain a favour from the triad?
RING RING~
His phone was ringing, and he checked to see who it was.
It was Ling Xue, Sky Yun calmed down and answered the phone.
"Yun, how are you?"
He heard her voice, and slowly he regained his usual demeanour.
"I am okay. How is your father?"
"You mean our father! Sheesh, anyways he is fine and when he heard that we got married at first, he stood there shocked. Afterwards, he kept telling me to 'get him a grandchild' soon. I haven't seen him this happy ever."
Ling Xue chuckled, at first, she had thought that her father would be mad about marrying without his consent but it seemed he was delighted.
"Listen, Xue'er. I am currently busy, call me tonight."
Sky Yun hanged up without allowing Ling Xue to answer, his mind was occupied with the thought of his sister being sold to the triad.
He closed his eyes, he slowly drifted to a deep sleep.
The same nightmare repeated again, the girl dying in his arms and the tears he had wept all coming back to him.
But it was slightly different to what he usually dreamt however.
DING~
"H-hey brother Yun…"
The following day after the old man visited, Chen Fei came to the shop in the morning. She hesitated at first, after all, yesterday shocked her completely and realised that her brother was not who she thinks he is.
When she walked, she sees Sky Yun sitting down on his usual chair, book in hand without greeting her back. At first, she felt angry but after awhile she realised that it is how he is as a person.
Sky Yun looked up, and placed his book on the counter and stared at Chen Fei. Chen Fei felt uncomfortable, the stare he is giving her is different to how he was yesterday.
"Fei, you are not going to the ball."
Sky Yun then grabbed his book and continued to read as if the conversation never happened, but Chen Fei raised her eyebrow as she didn't understand what he meant.
"What do you mean, I have to go. This concerns the Chen Fami- "
Sky Yun looked into her eyes once more, Chen Fei felt her bones shiver and her legs wobble. She felt frightened.
"Oho, the Chen Family? You want to know a secret that I found out?"
He started to chuckle coldly as he stood up slowly. Chen Fei then sat down on the chair and started to breathe heavily; she has never seen her brother act like this.
"I just got word that the Chen Family is selling you off like a fucking slut to the Triad in order to gain a good impression. So tell me, this is the sort of family you chose to be a part of?"
Chen Fei didn't believe anything Sky Yun had just said, selling her off? She believed that her father wouldn't do such a thing to her.
She looked at Sky Yun, ignoring the dark atmosphere surrounding the room and stood up with a disgusted expression on her face.
Sky Yun sighed and removed the killing intent he had displayed. He can't prove to the girl who loves her family that they do not care about her at all.
'She will soon find out the truth, then I'll save her. Fuck me, the Triad will really be annoying in the future'.
He wasn't scared of the Triad, in fact, he once killed a whole corporation, which was easily more powerful than the Triad, by himself during a mission in South Africa.
His plan was for Chen Fei to go with the Chen Family's plot, and save her by killing off the Triad head in secret.
Seeing Chen Fei leave the café, the day was the same as usual. Customers came and ordered and Sky Yun continued to read his book in silence.
The charity ball will happen in 3 weeks' time, which is good for Sky Yun as tomorrow, he shall go to his post as instructor of the Chinese army.
He had received a package with his uniform and a manual. The manual contained simple knowledge, including what he must teach to the troop and also what would happen if a situation arrived.
The next day, he closed his shop with a sign saying 'closed for the month' and prepared his suitcase for the journey to the camp.
After a few hours of travelling to the camp, he finally arrived at the gate which had 2 men standing guard with guns in their hand.
"HALT! State your business."
One of the guards saw Sky Yun walking towards the gate and halted him, Sky Yun was tired and couldn't be bothered to respond so he just took out his pass which was given to him through package.
The guards looked at the pass, and scoffed.
"This could be forgery, how could someone as young as you have a pass with the highest authority?"
The guard didn't buy the fact that a young man that looked like he was in his mid to late twenties had the authority to visit the camp with the highest authority which had the same power as a general was able to have.
Sky Yun was fed up, the journey was already tiring yet he was in this situation. He then just walked passed the guard.
"Where the fuck do you think you are going?"
The guard rushed up trying to subdue Sky Yun, but that was a mistake.
Sky Yun reacted with a spinning roundhouse kick out of nowhere which hit the guards head. The guard then dropped to the ground unconscious and the 2nd guard who was his partner rang a bell.
"What is going on?"
The guard who saw the man walking to him saluted with a stiff motion.
"General Wu sir! This man came in with a pass we suspected to be forgery, and then kicked the guard who was trying to subdue the imposter!"
General Wu turned and saw Sky Yun who had a cold expression on his face. He realised that the situation had caused Sky Yun to be annoyed and sighed.
"Sorry, Instructor Sky Yun. We did not expect our guards to not accept you through the gates although I was the one who prepared the pass."
The guard who had heard that stood there with a dumbfounded expression on his face.
Sky Yun, who heard General Wu's apology, turned around and walked into the camp.
General Wu who saw this, quickly followed on. He turned around and gazed at the guard and mouthed 'see me later'.
"So, Instructor Yun. Let me direct you to the living quarters and get you settled."
General Wu then walked towards the living quarters which was a huge apartment-complex type building.
They walked inside, and went to the highest floor, where all the generals were placed.
Many of the soldiers glanced at Sky Yun, who was being led by the general who was very respectful which caused a slight uproar.
"Yo, do you see that young guy being treated respectfully by General Wu?"
"Yeah, he looks weak as fuck though hahaha"
"Hahaha, true true…"
A few of the soldiers mocked the young man, not because of hate but merely jealously as the soldiers don't get to be treated well by the generals.
"Here is your living quarters, Instructor Yun. Tomorrow will be your first day on the job, so I'll come and take you to the yard where we train the troops. Now, will you excuse me…"
General Wu walked out of the room and Sky Yun threw his suitcase on the ground and jumped to the king-sized bed.
He closed his eyes; he wasn't tired physically but after the old man had told him about the Chen Family's plot caused him to feel a headache.
But he knew that the charity ball will be the end of the Triad, as he planned to eliminate any threat towards his sister at all cost.
He removed every thought of the issue, and focused on the task of training the troops. This was the first time he has ever trained anyone, although unwilling to do so he wanted to keep the title in order to have some influence in China.
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