Kapitel 9: A New Weapon
"Playing, what do you mean playing?" Joshua asked with angry tone and look on his face. If the person right in front of him wasn't Reed but another person. He would've immediately ordered his men to beat the living shit out of him already. But sadly he couldn't as the person was Reed.
"Well, Daniel here wanted to play a game, and so I played with him and it clearly shows that I was better at playing the game compared to him." Reed replied straightforwardly as if he didn't do anything wrong.
"Oh, and what game did you guys play together called?" Joshua questioned Reed. Looking for a way to trap him.
Reece replied back,"It was called 'Who Could Punch The Fastest and Hardest,' It was game who could punch the hardest. And it's clearly evident that I was the one who could punch the hardest." He then turned to Daniel with a smile to his face and spoke again "It was game you started, right Daniel."
Daniel wasn't stupid as he saw that his dad didn't immediately beat Reed up. He now knew that Reed's family was either equal to his family. At this moment seeing the look in Reed's eye as he spoke to him, Daniel felt as him the devil himself came down to punish him.
"Yes dad , it was all just a game I created and wanted to play with him." Daniel lied to his dad in fear that if he didn't play along with Reed, he would be punished even further in life. It was a pretty smart choice that he did, since if he didn't, Reed would've beaten him up even more in the future if he had the chance.
Seeing his son agreeing to inviting Reed to play a game, he knew that he couldn't pursue any longer with what happened to his son.
"So how would you explain to the group of kids laying on the floor over there" Joshua pointed out to the group of kids that were laying on the floor in pain.
"It was because of Daniel being so weak He could only take a single punch from me before he could punch back.. Daniel couldn't win the game so he asked all the other kids to play with me at the same time. But it's clear that I was better than all of them. Right you guys? Reed called out to the kids.
"Yes, we were asked by Daniel to play with him and we lost fair and square," one of the kids said and the rest nodded in agreement. They too were scared of Reed beating them up again. And seeing that Reed's family was another strong family that was on par with Daniel's, they knew if they didn't agree, there would've been a price to pay.
Humiliation. That was the only thing Joshua felt. Not only was his son beaten up to a pulp. He tried to overwhelm Reed with numbers and still lost. Plus the fact of his own son being beaten up at his own banquet brought the humiliation to a whole entire level.
But what could he do? Nothing, that's right nothing. Not only did he not have a backbone and fight back, he actually went along with Reed to not get into anymore trouble. Joshua now planned to discipline his son when he had the chance after the party.
"My son did nothing wrong as you can tell. So can you please stop interrogating my son." Reece who has been watching from the moment the fight between Reed and Daniel to now has finally spoken up.
When he saw the conflict between his son, he wanted to intervene and stop him but after seeing how confident Reed was, Reece stood back and watched as it all happened as he hid in the crowd.
He couldn't help but guess how strong his son was but he was sure that his son was a bronze grade 5 which certainly surprised him.
He couldn't help but feel proud seeing his child being so powerful and overbearing. But at this moment he knew that this situation had to come to an end.
"But" Joshua tried to say something but was interrupted by Reece.
"But what? Your son said that they were just playing and those kids over there said that they were playing as well. So tell me, what did my son do wrong?"
Joshua couldn't refute him as his son didn't even try defend himself or told the real situation. He couldn't reprimand Reed in anyway even though he knew that what he was told didn't actually happen. It was just him, everyone knew that they weren't actually playing a game. But who would want to go against the Aniston Family who was at the top of the four great families. Yup, no one would dare, unless they were insane that is.
Seeing that Joshua didn't try to say anything, Reece then called over to Reed.
"Reed, it's time to go home seeing that we caused such a disturbance. We should leave before it escalates anymore. And don't worry about Aily, as I told your mom to take her to the car already"
"Yes, dad" Reed answered back to Reece and started following Reece who was was walking towards the exit of the room.
Watching the two leaving the room Daniel asked his dad
"Dad, who are they? No one else would dare to talk to you like that unless they were like us. Members of the four great family."
Joshua replied back to his son clenching his teeth in anger "The man's name was Reece and the child of beaten you up was called Reed. Reece being the head of the Aniston family while Reed was his only son, so he is the sole heir to the Aniston Family."
"The Aniston Family!" Daniel widened his eyes in shock. As a member of the four great families, Daniel was required to learn everything about the other three families. through the lessons he learned that the Aniston Family was very powerful family that could even wipe out his own family if they ever wanted.
No wonder Reed was so overbearing and dared to beat him up so much. Daniel was even happier that he played along with Reed. He couldn't imagine what would happen to him if he were to see Reed in public again if he didn't do what did.
Even though Daniel was cheering himself up, his dad was mad to the bone. He couldn't but feel mad about what happened. He surely knew that the beating of his son will spread across the whole entire city. It was truly humiliating since it affected the houses reputation.
"That kid Reed, he will truly be a dangerous individual in the future." Joshua thought to himself. He came to conclusion seeing how overbearing and calm he was after the while he had the confrontation in front of. He felt the Reed was looking at him as if he was a cow being prepped for for slaughtering. Joshua had these feeling only twice in his life. And each time the feeling appeared saved his life.
"Was attempting to kill him really the right choice? I feel like I signed my death warrant instead," Joshua questioned himself as he looked down at the floor.
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Back home at the Aniston House, Reece was questioning Reed to learn what really happened back at the banquet. Reed explained how Daniel was being overbearing by threatening him that he would destroy Reed's family and that the only way he could apologize to Daniel was if he licked his shoes.
Hearing Reed's explanation, Reece found it acceptable as he knew that if he was in Reed's show, he would've done the same.
Dad, I'm pretty sure the news of me beating up Daniel will have spread all over by tomorrow morning. I'm pretty sure the other three great families will be even more cautious after hearing about me being so domineering," Reed said to Reece.
"Yeah, I'm pretty sure that your right. You should start laying low and don't do anything outrageous anymore as, the more things that grab the attention of the three great families, the more likely they'll see you as a bigger threat and attack us even earlier." Reece replied back with worry in his voice.
"Yes dad, I understand." Reed said back with a smile.
" Dad I have a question."
"What is it," Reece was curious what Reed wanted to ask as his son rarely asked question.
"Can I have a look at the blueprints for the weapons we are making?" Hearing Reed asking for the blueprints for the weapons they were making, Reece couldn't help but feel astonished. The last thing he expected was Reed asking for weapon blueprints.
"Why do you want to look at our weapon blueprints?" Reece didn't want to immediately say no to Reed as he knew Reed wouldn't ask such a question without a reason. So answered back with a question of own to figure out why.
Seeing that Reece didn't say no immediately and asked why, Reed smiled and said
"I want to compare your weapon blueprint to my weapon blueprint. So that I can see which is better."
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