บท 1: Only One Alive
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White Village, Rainbow District, Western Plain Region
January 17, year XX01
BANG! BANG! BANG!
BOOM!
BOOM!
Gunshots and explosions could be heard everywhere.
"Captain! Those b*st*rds are persistent! They have a lot of heavy equipment, so we can't advance any further. What should we do?", a soldier anxiously said to the man beside him.
"Hahaha! Jimmy what are you so anxious about? Those guys from Noel's group are about to make their move, so just relax and enjoy. And isn't this what we discuss in the meeting last night? Don't tell me you were dozing off again at the time?", a middle-aged man with a crew cut and blond colored hair beside him said.
The man had a very well built body. One could tell the muscles on his arms were strong by just by looking at them. He was wearing a black shirt with a military vest on top and camouflage pants partnered with military boots. There was a half-smoked cigarette in his mouth. He squinted his eyes like an eagle that was ready to dive on his prey while he was looking at his subordinate.
"Wha- What are your talking about sir? O- of course I was listening at the meeting. W-what I'm saying is what should we do to those rats after we taken down their base!!!.", the soldier reply in panic after he saw his captain's eyes.
KABOOM!!!!!!
Few moments later, there was an explosion in the middle of the enemy's ranks. Those guys panicked because a lot of their comrades were killed by that explosion. Some tried to back off so that they could run inside of their base if the situation took a turn for the worse. But the moment they turned their backs, they were greeted by gunshots of machine gun rifles.
RAT TA! TAT! TA! TA! TA!
RAT TA! TAT! TA! TA! TA!
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In a dark room inside the base, a 9 year old boy opened his eyes. He had a slim body but not too thin to be called malnourished, his height was slightly taller than the kids of his age. His shirt was like a rag, there were a lot of holes in it. His shorts looked odd because of their uneven edge and they were over-sized for his build.
But even though that was the case, you could notice that his face was quite clean. He had a pair of clear round eyes with a gray color, coupled with his naturally long eyelashes. His brows were in a perfect arc that matched his eyes. He had a sharp nose while his lips were rosy red in color. One look at him and you could see that this kid would become a handsome man in the future, which contradicted the clothes that he was wearing.
The boy frowned. He woke up not because of the commotion outside, but because of the metallic smell that assaulted his nose. After his eyes adjusted to the darkness, he realized that he was under a bed.
Then a drop of liquid fell on his face. He wiped it with a finger and discovered that it was blood. He didn't get shocked because of it, since he had been trained by the organization to get used to these kind of things.
He crawled out from under the bed and stood up. After taking a look around, what he saw were bodies, dozens of bodies of kids similar to his age. They had gunshots wounds on their heads, slit throats and stab wounds on different parts if their bodies. After a pause, he recovered quickly, which was unnatural for a kid of his age. He touched his chin with his right hand and trying to recall what had happened.
What he remembered was quite blurry. All he knew was that last night, the boss gave them their last training. All of them had to kill each other and whoever survived until dawn would be given their freedom. By the looks of it he was the one that survived. But would his freedom be given to him? And why didn't he have any kind of injuries on his body? Well, it was not important anymore because of what was happening outside. The hideout was being attacked.
Since he didn't know what the result of the battle outside would be, he found a corner of the room and sat over there. He leaned on the wall and waited for whatever was going to happen next.
A few moments later, the door of the room was sent flying by an explosion. Then two people in SWAT uniforms came in rushing while pointing their guns with flashlight everywhere.
When one of them realized what was in the room, he started cursing, "F*ck those b*st*rds! What have they done to these kids?".
"Call the captain and report what's in here.", said the other man beside him.
When the other guy left, he continued looking around the room. Suddenly, he noticed a kid in one of the corners of the room, sitting and looking back at him curiously. His heart almost jumped out of his throat, he even nearly pulled the trigger of his gun.
Fortunately, he regained himself almost immediately as he took a deep breath to calm himself down. And after a few seconds of silence, he shouted to his colleagues outside. "Tell the captain that there is a live kid over here!!!"
...
In the temporary military outpost in the Rainbow District, Captain Springfield and his Lieutenant, Jhon, were sitting inside his tent and having a discussion.
"How are our casualties?"
"Not bad Capt'n. Unfortunately, Felix died, but the others just have some minor injuries.", replied by Jhon almost instantly.
"How about that 'Snake Guy'? Have you found his body?", said the captain while frowning his brows.
"Unfortunately, it is a no, Sir. I think that guy got lucky escaping this time.", said by Jhon while looking down at his feet.
"Got lucky? This time? If you're saying that that guy just got lucky, then shouldn't we at least see some of his traces? But there's NONE!!! WE GOT NOTHING!!!! And 'this time'??? It has happened EVERY. SINGLE. TIME!!!! That guy managed to dodge us EVERY SINGLE TIME!!!!", the captain shouted out of his frustration due to the repeated failure of capturing the Boss of Black Serpent Mafia.
After calming himself he said, "How about the boy that we found? Did you discover anything about him?"
"Based on our investigation of the site, he should be one of the kids that had been kidnapped by the organization and raised to become one of their killing tools. And based on the traces that were left in the room…", the lieutenant paused for a few seconds before continuing, "Based on the traces that were left in that room, they should have been left in there to kill each other. That kid is the last one that managed to survive. But there is something strange, that kid didn't have any injuries on him."
"It's fine, just let me monitor him for the time being. How about his identity? Anything about his background?", said the captain while putting a cigarette in his mouth.
Jhon immediately replied, "We verified the identities of the other kids, most of them are missing kids that have been reported for the past years while the others don't have a clear background. Some of them are maybe sons and daughters of the mafia people. Unfortunately, he is one of those that don't have a clear background or worse, son of one of the Mafia guys".
.....
In the canteen of the camp, there was a boy that was eating... no, no it should be sweeping the military food off the table.
The people of the special force that were watching started talking about the kid.
"Whoa! This boy really knows how to eat."
"How many servings has he had already? Five? Six?"
"Is there some problem with my taste buds? Or is the food that Old Lu makes really that good?"
"Oh! Look at that mountain of plates!"
"Say, will our food supply last until tomorrow?"
"It doesn't matter anymore. The operation is already over and we are going to leave tomorrow."
Suddenly, Captain Springfield entered the tent and frown his brows when he saw the commotion. But when he saw what was on the table, the cigarette in his mouth almost fell out. He choked on the smoke because of what he saw.
After few coughs he said to the agents, "*Cough* *Cough* OK boys, that's enough! Go to your tents and pack your things. We are going to leave when the Federal Army comes to take over of the things here.".
When the crowd dispersed, he looked at the boy and said, "Not done yet kiddo? You almost consumed all food that was meant for an entire squad."
The boy paused for a few moments before continuing his eating spree.
The captain laughed out loud when he saw the kid continued eating and was not afraid of him. If it was one of his subordinates, they would already be trembling in fear. But this kid was not in the least bit afraid of him; he was being completely ignored, just like air.
"OK, kid tell me about yourself, what is your name? ", said the captain while taking a puff of his cigarette.
"How about introducing yourself first before asking someone else's name?", the boy said while not being intimidated by the captain's presence at all.
The captain burst out laughing when he heard the kid's reply to him. "Hahaha! I'm starting to like you more and more little kiddo. OK, I am Captain Bernard Springfield of the Brutal Special Force Unit of the Federal Special Action Force. How about yours, kid?"
"They called me 'Uno' or 'First' in the camp because I was always ranked first in any activity that was held at the base. But my real name is Shin Kinghad, I guess?", the boy said, not really sure about his name.
"Your name 'you guess'? You're not even sure about your own name?" said the captain while frowning.
"For as long as I can remember, I grew up in the organization since I was 3. Unlike the other kids that knew a little bit about their background, I don't know anything about myself besides the name that is engraved in this necklace. ", replied the kid while showing a black lace around his neck with a tiger's fang as a pendant. And on the surface of it, there were the words 'Shin' on one side and 'Kinghad' on the other.
When the captain saw the necklace, he fell into a deep thought. He felt that this thing was quite familiar to him but he couldn't recall where he had seen it. After a few minutes, he gave up on thinking about it.
He looked at Shin and said. "From the looks of it, you don't have any relative to contact for now. Do you want to go to the 'Federal Orphanage'? Or if you are willing, how about come with me to my home?".
"Why would I go with you? Even though I am just a 9 year old kid, I'm not an idiot, ok? I've been through a lot of training in the organization, so despite my small body, I have a sharp mind you know?", Shin said, trying to sound like a wise man.
Captain Springfield almost laughed again when he saw the little kid acting like an adult. Then he tried to tempt the kid with his weakness. "Kid, there's a lot of delicious food in my house and much better than that crap you are eating."
Shin almost started drooling when he heard the words 'delicious food' and 'much better'. The food that was given to him in the organization had always been boiled sweet potatoes and dried meat. Sometimes, there were some salted vegetables.
When the captain saw that kid's reaction he smirked.
But when Shin saw that smirk, he refused right away, "No, I'd rather go to the orphanage than go with a cunning old man like you. At least there, I don't have to make many adjustments, because being there doesn't differ much from being in the organization."
"Kid! Didn't you say that you were always place first in the organization? Coincidentally, I know someone that is always placed first in my house and is the same age as you. How about having a match with him? If you win, I'll do whatever you what, I can even treat you to any food you want. But if you don't manage to win, you'll do what I say. How's that?", said the captain when he heard Shin's reply.
After some hesitation, Shin nodded his head slowly. Even though he had a lot of training, he was still a kid, and what was more, he couldn't fight the temptation of food even if he wasn't confident that would not lose to anyone at his age.
When the captain got Shin's answer, his lips formed a huge grin and he thought to himself 'I can't wait to see that little rascal's reaction at home when he sees his match.'
.…
Central District, Royal Capital City of the Main Region of the Soaring Continent.
There was a huge Villa beside the Taal lake. And in its backyard garden, a 9-year-old boy was practicing his martial arts. He had blonde colored hair with sharp golden-pupiled eyes, sharp jaws and an average height. One look at him and you would know that he was a young master of an aristocratic family.
Not far from him you would see two old men watching his moves while drinking their afternoon tea.
The one on the right had the same color of hair and eyes as the kid. He had a muscular body and was wearing a military uniform; you could see five star badges on each of his shoulders, signifying that he had a very high rank in the military, a General of the Army. The pressure that this man gave was heavy, as if you were being buried alive even though he was just standing there.
On his left was a not so ordinary old man, because he was wearing a traditional white daoist outfit. This old man had a head that is full of white hair while his beard almost reached his belly. When you looked at this old man, he gave off a very mysterious felling, like he could become a part of the nature at any given moment.
While he was fondling his beard, he said to the man on his right, "Old Demon, every time I see this grandson of yours, I'm always amazed to think that he can do those kinds of moves at such a young age. As expected of the young master of 'Springfield Family'"
.The General that had been addressed as 'Old Demon' gave a side-eye glance to his old friend. "Old Monster, if you are jealous of me having this kid as a successor of my skill, just say so and don't go beating around the bush".
He then took a sip of his tea before continuing. "And if you want to teach that kid a few moves of yours. I don't mind lending him to you".
"Bah! Although that grandson of yours is amazing, he is not suitable to learn my skills because of his personality. It will only destroy his foundation if he does. What this kid really lacks is a suitable rival that can grow alongside him. If he can't find one, then sooner or later he will be stuck at a bottleneck that is hard to overcome", replied the old man in the daoist shirt.
"Too bad there is no one that can rival this kid's talent in this region. I can't bring him to the other regions or else that grandma of his will get mad", the old general sighed when he talked about this point.
"Hahaha! The famous 'Demon Fist General' is sighing because he is afraid of his wife. I'm sure those people of the council will laugh at you when they hear about this", the old daoist burst out laughing when he saw his old friend is acting like this.
The Old General gave a deadly glare while rebutting, "At least I'm not a forever single old man like you! At least go and find a disciple of your own so that you can you know the feeling of having a family! Or else no one will learn your skills and your so called legacy will be buried by history and will be forgotten in the flow of time!"
"*Sigh~* Too bad I can't find a suitable candidate to inherit my skills". The Old Daoist said after finishing his tea and continued watching the kid practicing in the garden.
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บท 2: Shin Kinghad
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For as long as I could remember, I had been living in this hell since I was 3 years old. How did I know? It's because I happened to see the record book of all the children that had been brought here.
When were they brought here?
What were their ages when they were brought in?
Where did they come from?
What was their background?
For how long had they been in the camp?
How much did they improve?
Practically everything they knew about the kids was in there. Some of them were found from the streets or the slums, with no parents and no clear background.
I tried to find something about me, but unfortunately, all I got was my age when I had been brought in and the place where they took me from. It was in an amusement park in the 'Eastern Blue District'. Aside from that, I've got nothing.
In this place, we had to follow a very strict schedule.
Waking up at 5 in the morning to some martial-art training.
Taking different kinds of lessons after breakfast and then continuing after lunch.
Medical and medicinal knowledge, different kinds of languages, all kinds of musical instruments, various types of visual arts, science and technology, and mathematical knowledge.
They would teach us all kind of things.
In the afternoon, we had to do some obstacle training and then sparring with the other kids afterwards.
Then go to sleep after dinner.
Here Strength was Supreme, while Knowledge was Power.
If you were not strong enough, you were going to get beaten up so badly that you couldn't even feel your own body anymore.
If you were not smart enough, there was no food for you to eat.
If you were not good enough then you were going to sleep on the floor with no blanket.
I had been living this kind of dull life for almost 4 years.
Beating up others so that I would not get wasted.
Outshining everyone to get some food.
It was like living in a dull, monochrome world. And I thought I was going to live like that for rest of my life.
Until that girl entered the camp. Clear blue eyes that were full of life, a perfect, oval face, long and soft silver hair and a smooth jade-like skin. She was an energetic and charming girl.
She always smiled at others as if she was not affected by what was happening in her surroundings. Treating other's wounds when they were hurt, sharing her food with those that failed the test and encouraging everyone to do their best.
Then I found myself too close to her. We were always talking to each other when we had some time to spare. There was nothing that I could share with her, but she always used to tell me about the life outside this place. Sometimes, she even talked about her family. She always treated me as her little brother.
I don't know why, but I just got attracted and became dependent on her. And I promised myself that I would protect that beautiful smile of hers.
But life is too cruel. I couldn't do anything to save her when she was executed in front of everyone. And what was worse was that she was executed because of someone else's fault. They said she was trying to escape, but truth was, she was preventing others from escaping. They accused her so that they wouldn't get punished when the warden discovered their plan. They betrayed her and pushed her to her death.
I hated myself at the time for being too weak to defend her innocence! I hated myself for failing to protect that smile!
And because of that, I trained even harder so I could avenge her death.
Even though I had become stronger than them, I still couldn't kill them yet. All I could do was beat them and break their bones during sparring matches. And even though I was always first in everything, I felt really empty because I couldn't have my revenge. So all I could do was wait. Wait for the perfect opportunity to send them to meet her on the other side.
Then one day the Boss presented me the perfect opportunity to strike.
...
A car was traveling to Royal Capital City. And inside it, Shin was sleeping peacefully. A few moments later, he opened his eyes after a long dream and muttered to himself, "So that's what happened".
Even though he was quite confused because of some missing events in his memory, his lips still formed a bright smile. He looked outside the window and whispered, "I have finally avenged you Big Sis. I hope you are happy over there."
When Captain Springfield saw that Shin had woken up and was whispering something to the air, he smirked and said, "Still dreaming? We're almost there, so you should adjust yourself to face a new environment".
Shin gave a side-eyed glance to him and said, "I'm a trained young mafia agent and not some ignorant caveman that doesn't know anything about the world OK?"
The corner of Captain Springfield's smile twitched when he heard Shin's reply. "Hey kiddo, you should learn how to respect your elders."
"But not all elders are respectable." Shin's rebutted. Then he continued to look outside the window.
...
In a Villa in the outskirts of one of the City in the Western Plains Region, a man was lying on a bed. His right arm was swathed in bandages, while his right leg was wrapped in plaster. This man had a triangular face with small, cunning eyes. He had a diagonal scar on the corner of his brows. He was 'Snake Head', the Boss of the notorious 'Black Serpent Mafia'.
A man in a suit entered the room while holding a pile of books. After he put it on the table beside the bed, he turned around to leave, but he stopped his feet when he heard Snake Head's voice.
"What's the progress?"
The man turned to face his boss and said, "We are doing our best to find that B*stard's location. He is going to suffer an outcome worse than death for betraying us!"
Then he helped the boss to get into a more comfortable position before continuing, "As for that kid at the base, we have encountered a very troublesome situation. He was taken away by 'Bernard Springfield' into the Capital City of Main Region to be taken under his wing. And by the looks of it, he is going to adopt the kid so that he can monitor him more closely."
Snake Head fell into deep thought when he heard about the kid being brought into the Capital City of the Main Region, deliberating the pros and cons of the situation. After some consideration he said, "Forget about it, if he is planning to adopt the kid then it is not an ordinary trouble anymore, because there's an 'Old Demon' guarding that place. What about the experiment?"
"Unfortunately, we failed to read deeper into his memories. We couldn't even penetrate his inner mind, as if there was something preventing us from going farther, let alone rewriting it. All that we could do was to erase some of his recent memories regarding the camp."
When Snake Head heard that, he said, "OK, forget about that boy for now. Don't do any stup*d stuff against him without my permission if you don't want to alert those in the military. Just focus all your thoughts in completing 'Project Eve'".
"Alright Boss", after saying that, the man in the suit turned around and left.
After his subordinate closed the door, Snake Head stared at the ceiling and muttered, "In the end, I couldn't even confirm my suspicions in these past 6 years. Shin Kinghad, are you really the son of that man?"
.....
The car that Shin was riding in, finally reached its destination.
The moment Shin exited the car, he couldn't help but stare at the huge Mansion that majestically stood in front of him. He couldn't even move his eyes away from the giant statue of a dragon sitting in the middle of a fountain.
The Dragon was 5 meter tall, looking towards the heavens as if challenging their authority. The boulder under its feet had the words 'Springfield' engraved on it.
He only came back to reality when Captain Springfield called out to him, "That's enough of dozing off, let's go inside."
When Shin heard the captain and saw him walking to towards the door, he caught up to him and asked suspiciously, "How did you get a place like this? Is the salary of a special force captain high enough for you to afford this?"
Captain Springfield froze and shot a deadly glare to Shin. But Shin didn't get intimidated and continued to throw his verbal attacks, "No, that shouldn't be the case. Maybe your parents are rich to begin with or your wife is a very successful woman. A muscle head like you couldn't have that kind of money".
"Kid, will it kill you if you keep your mouth shut?" The veins on captain's head started popping out when he saw that Shin didn't plan on stopping.
Walking into the hall, Shin's eyes got attracted to a map that was drawn on one of the walls.
He wasn't attracted to it because it was a complete and very detailed map, but because it was very rare to see this kind of an old-school artifact anywhere. In this age of Advance Technology, where almost all of the people were using 'Advance Watches', you could practically search anything that you wanted to know.
Moreover, this map was extremely detailed with Cities, Plains, Rivers and all kinds of different places present on it.
The world was divided into seven major continents. The Soaring Continent, Deep Blue Continent, Clear Sky Continent, Dark Continent, Sun-Moon Continent, Silver Wing Continent, and Lost Soul Continent.
Each Continent was further divided into Regions. Soaring Continent had five Regions: The Eastern Sea, Western Plains, Northern Blue, Southern Fog and Main Region.
While Shin was engrossed in studying the map, he heard an Old man's voice coming from beside him, "Impressive isn't it? It cost me a large fortune just to invite the World's Best Geographers, Cartographers and Navigators to make this."
Shin was about to say something, but the moment he turned his head to see who it was, he froze in his place, because the pressure that was being released by this old man was terrifying. The more Shin look at him, the heavier the pressure on him got. It was as if the whole world was being pressed onto him.
The man that was standing beside him had a very muscular and well-built body that was two meter tall. Compare to a 9 year old kid like him, this old man looked like a giant. He was the 'Demon Fist General', Samuel Springfield.
The moment Samuel Springfield heard from his son, Bernard, that he found a kid in the Black Serpent Mafia's hideout, he asked him to bring the kid to the Capital City so that he could take a look at him.
He knew that the Organization had a very high training standard since they had highly skilled special agents. Even though these agents rarely showed themselves, they would be an immense threat when they did.
And since he was looking for a suitable opponent for his grandson, he wanted to give it a try. But when he saw that Shin was able to hold himself straight for a few minutes, he was surprised. Even though Shin's forehead was covered in sweat, he still managed to endure the part of the pressure that the General had released.
"The willpower of this kid is abnormally strong for his age." He muttered to himself before removing his aura.
He looked at Shin and said with a wide grin on his face, "Not bad kid, you have a very strong mind. You have a very high potential".
He turned to Captain Bernard, "You should bring him to his room so that he can rest. Your wife took the children to visit her parents. I guess they will be back after a week or two". After that, he left and entered one of the corridors in the hall.
When Shin was sure that the Old Demon left, he looked at Captain Bernard and asked, "Hey Old man! Who was that Older man earlier? "
The corner of the captain's mouth twitched, "That's my father, Samuel Springfield, the head of this household".
Shin was at a loss for a moment when he heard that. He came back to his senses when he realized who it was. "The Demon Fist General!!! Sure enough, those old monsters are scary."
"You know my father?" asked the Captain while looking at him with a raised eyebrow.
"Of course! He is one of the people on the 'must watch out for and never provoke' list on the organization", said Shin while looking at the captain as if he was an idiot.
"You...." Captain Bernard got pissed when he saw that look. 'This kid is treating me like I'm just some John Doe on the street'.
"Never mind then. Let's go, I'll show you where you are going to stay for the next few weeks, since your opponent is not here." He led Shin to his room while sighing to himself, 'Kids these days'.
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