Genius....such a grand word.
I used to be called such, I used to be one. People hailed me as one.
That was until I met a 'true' genius.
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Having a stare down contest with the blessed infront of him, Li Sheng firmly gripped the metal pipe with both of his hands.
"For an unchosen mutt like yourself, you sure carry yourself very well. Though, I do not know if it is Courage or Foolishness."
Jeferson, who expected Li Sheng to waltz into his turf after making that 'bait' plan, stared down at Li Sheng which was standing so bravely infront of him despite the pressure that he was emitting.
"You talk too much. Let's just get this over with"
Li Sheng, despite already breaking out in cold sweat because of the terrifying pressure that the man before him was emitting, chose to stand on his ground as he then struck an orthodox stance with the metal pipe as if it was a longsword.
Watching that, Jeferson just rolled his eyes in vanity before landing it on a nearby thug, which was his underling.
He looked at the weapon strapped to his underling's waist and upon seeing it, he called his underling to hand out the sword to Li Sheng.
"Hand that sword over to that helpless mutt over there....better to give him some chance to struggle"
His underling, which was flabbergasted from his sudden orders...did not have time to ask why as he was just yelled at to hurry up.
Upon handing the sword over to Li Sheng, as if his pride was hurt. Vein popped up to the lad's temple and took offense to Jeferson's gesture of 'kindness'.
"....are you looking down on me?"
Mumbled Li Sheng with obvious fury on his tone.
"I am."
Jeferson replied with nonchalance in his voice, like he was deeming Li Sheng as someone unworthy to even be cared about.
To be fair, he really didn't care about Li Sheng nor did he care about his subordinates getting destroyed by Li Sheng. He was just doing this for money anyway, so why would he even care? When all is done, all is done.
Taunted. Li Sheng reigned in his thoughts and took deep breaths to calm down. After a moment of doing so, he finally eased his mind as he regained his composure and brandished the sword that was handed ovee to him.
"I will make you regret that decision"
"Yeah sure, whatever."
Jeferson just casually replied while yawning.
Holding the longsword that was handed over to him, Li Sheng rushed forward to Jeferson and drew back his sword to perform a full power horizontal swing and cut through Jeferson's body.
But his attempt of doing so was rendered useless when Jeferson just casually dodged the swing by shifting his body to the side.
But that wasn't Li Sheng's everything.
Like what he did to Luna, he used the sword's weight as a momentum to let him carry his body and perform a twist for him to deliver a swift heel kick towards Jeferson's face. But unlike what he expected, his kick did not land on Jeferson's face.
Instead, the guy just easily dodged the kick by moving a little away from Li Sheng.
But it was not over still, Li Sheng once again tried to do another attempt.
Upon regaining his balance after that kick, he then swang another full power horizontal strike at Jeferson. This time though, Jeferson just casually catch the sword's blade with a whip's handle.
"Are you done?"
Jeferson asked Li Sheng who had his mouth slightly agape upon seeing that his full power swing was just easily blocked with a single...little...piece of metal rod and in one hand at that.
"If you are done, then it is my turn"
Jeferson uttered casually before willing his whip to wrap itself around Li Sheng. And in an instant, not even giving the latter a time to react....the whip coiled around Li Sheng's body like it was a Boa Constrictor trying to strangle its prey, which made him then let go of the sword.
"Wha—"
"Well then, goodnight"
Before Li Sheng could form a sentence, a fist came flying to his face and knocked him out.
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Feeling a pain struck unto my head, I winced as I was soon then jolted awake from a familiar bed. The cold floor of a prison.
I tried to get up but as I did so, I soon realized that I had restraints all over my body. Chains were binding me as I cannot move around freely.
'Home sweet home'
I grumbled inwardly before finally giving up to break myself free and just chose to conserve energy, I could already tell what had happened to me.
I must have lost against the blessed. So much talk about 'hunting' one. How laughable, I really was way too arrogant. Now I am stuck in a prison.
Come to think of it, why was I not killed? I thought they were going to kill me....is that not the case? Were my calculations wrong? Or....not.
Thinking about what could possibly be the reason why I was kept alive, I felt another presence besides mine inside this cell. When I looked up from the ground, I soon realized that I was not alone in here.
My subordinates are also here together with me in this cell, they were playing cards.
"Bro! You cheated! You really had the joker yet did not admit you lost!"
"Because I didn't! It was just one Joker!"
"THAT IS CONSIDERED A LOSS, DUMBASS!"
I could hear them shouting to each other as they were playing Jo-cards.
Noticing that I was finally awake, one of my subordinates, Hedin, beamed up in glee and then swiftly ran towards me to settle beside me.
"Boss! You are finally awake!"
Following him, my other subordinates Kel and Rast also dashed towards me as if they were missing me. These brats.....they might be older than me but they sure act like someone younger than I am.
"Yeah yeah, I am awake. So....what really happened to the Gang?"
I asked the three of them, getting straight to the point and avoid any yipyaps.