1. The Truck Did It Again

In a city called Jiaxing, there is a famous clan in the city. The clan's name is the Ji clan which can be said to be one of the top forces that exist in Jiaxing city and the small towns around it.

One day, the weather around Jiaxing city was very bad. The rain accompanied by strong winds forced the majority of people to stay indoors. Moreover, the lightning split the dark sky and illuminated the world for a moment. And the loud bangs could be heard over and over whenever the lightning bolts struck mother earth.

At the same time, a joyous occasion happened in the manor of the Ji clan. The grandchild of the Ji clan patriarch was born, or rather, his two grandchildren. It was twins, a boy and a girl.

A loud voice of a baby cry could be heard.

"Congratulations, young lord. The babies and the mother are safe and sound." A midwife who delivered the two babies congratulated the father.

"Hohoho. I didn't expect that my daughter-in-law would give birth to two children. It is worth celebrating."

"Father, it's not a time to celebrate that thing. Yuling is still in her weakest state right now."

The father of the two babies is Ji Hao. He is the second son of the Ji clan patriarch. And Ji Hao's wife is called Ji Yuling.

Ji Hao is a handsome young man in his twenties. He has fair skin, light brown eyes, and short dark brown hair with a longer fringe on both sides of his face. He wears a close-fitting attire, designed to be more free and unrestrained, utilizing white-green and pale purple as base colors to invoke the feeling of a wandering swordsman.

And Ji Yuling is a beautiful young woman in her early twenties. She has fair skin, maroon eyes, and straight knee-length white-beige hair that fades into an ashy color at the ends.

Well, that was her original appearance. Currently, her appearance looks so messy with sweat running down her face after giving birth to her children.

At that moment, Ji Hao's father slapped his head in annoyance.

"You fool! Who said I'm going to celebrate right now? Even though I'm old, I wouldn't be so dumb as to hold a celebration for the birth of your two children now!"

"Fucking old man!! You don't have to slap my head! What if I'm being silly because you keep slapping me on the head?"

"You're already silly, it doesn't matter anyway."

The nannies beside the midwife immediately helped to clean the babies.

When the father and son argued with each other, the midwife voiced out her thoughts.

"Lord patriarch. It's weird."

Ji Hao and his father immediately glanced to the side, looking at the midwife. Ji Hao's father is called Ji Luoxing. He was a man in his fifties with black hair that appeared to be growing some grey hair. There is a cut in the area of ​​his left eyebrow down to below the eye, and it makes his appearance look scary.

As if understood from their glance, the midwife explained.

"The babies are healthy. I have no doubt about that. However, the baby boy didn't make any sound at all. Different from the baby girl who let out her cry."

Both Ji Luoxing and Ji Hao furrowed their brows.

From her explanation, it was indeed strange. Maybe the baby boy was asleep while his eyes were closed with his breathing calm and peaceful. That was why Ji Luoxing and Ji Hao didn't really feel anything strange about the baby boy.

— — — —

In the middle of the night, the baby boy was awakened by the baby girl's loud cries.

The baby boy slowly opened his eyes, revealing a pair of charming crimson eyes. At that moment, his eyes twitched for a moment.

"Unfamiliar ceiling, room, and atmosphere." Those were the words he wanted to say. However, he couldn't say anything at all as his chord vocal prevented him from doing so. Instead, he heard an immature voice when he said that.

He felt he was dreaming because he felt his body didn't want to follow his thoughts. As soon as he raised his hands, he was dumbfounded.

"Wdf happened to me?" He screamed inwardly.

Naturally, no one could answer him. Rather, no one would be able to hear his thoughts.

He still vividly remembered what happened earlier before his consciousness was swallowed up in darkness.

— — — — —

A young man in a tight-fitted outfit in black stood on the top of a skyscraper. If everyone could see, they would comment on his proper body build as his muscles were visible from his tight-fitted outfit.

Since his head was covered by a tight hoodie, his face was not that visible. However, if one were to look at him 2 meters from the front, his face looked youthful with above-average handsomeness.

"Haah. That damn-ass superior of mine is always making unreasonable demands. He didn't give me any time off after flying from Japan to Indonesia. Well, my applicant is the president of a nation after all. So my superior couldn't refuse."

The young man didn't have a name. He was only given the code name "Ryū" which was interpreted as a dragon by his superior since he was an orphan who was adopted as a child.

Ryū was adopted when he was 4 years old. And 15 years had passed since then. In those 15 years, he'd been given adequate education. With one condition, Ryū must join an underground organization where he must be trained in various skills in infiltration, reconnaissance, assassination, and so on.

His proficiency in any weapon is top-notch. Starting from the sword, dagger, polearm, archery, throwing knives, light firearms, and heavy firearms.

In the modern world, weapons such as a sword or a dagger are no longer commonly used since the advent of firearms.

Despite that, Ryū is still using a sword, dagger, and throwing knives while doing his job. It's not that Ryū has supernatural powers like magic or has the power to control Qi in his body to create Qi blast which doesn't require firearms, it's due to Ryū's own satisfaction.

In his childhood, he happened to watch a certain tv show about the ninja world where the shinobi and kunoichi in that world used ninja techniques that caught his eye. Especially when they formed hand seals before releasing certain techniques. It was really delightful to watch.

Since then, Ryū trained eagerly to become a ninja. He also foolishly tried to form a few hand seals, believing that he would successfully perform a technique featured in the tv show.

Too bad he was too delusional. All of his attempts failed miserably. It couldn't be helped since he was still a kid at that time.

Still, his hard work paid off by acquiring a zero presence.

Although it sounded ordinary, such a skill could hide Ryū's presence if he wanted to and no one would find him even if he walked in the middle of the street. Even the HD camera couldn't capture his figure clearly. He didn't understand how it works, but as long as he concentrated enough, his presence seemed to disappear from the world. No matter how tight the security is, no one can find his trail if he uses that skill.

Ever since Ryū acquired such a skill, he has never touched firearms again. He only used his short sword, kunai, shuriken, and throwing needles to do his job and complete all the missions provided by his superior.

Due to that skill, he earned the nickname of the misty ninja.

As long as Ryū could live up to the superior's expectation, the superior didn't prohibit Ryū to do as he pleased.

Ryū's achievement at the age of 17 aroused the jealousy of the other people in his organization. But, no one complained in the slightest because Ryū's strength was a real deal.

At that age, he was already the best in the organization by overshadowing the veterans and earning their respect.

Japan and Indonesia had a secret agreement after Indonesia's new president was elected. And the agreement is a purge of corrupt ministers.

Ryū was chosen as a "cleaner" due to his skill and efficiency in carrying out missions.

After arriving in Indonesia, Ryū didn't stop moving at all. He immediately carried out infiltration to find suspicious documents and hacked private information of the targets from the internet.

After all the information was obtained and the targets were proven guilty, he met with the president in person for a follow-up plan.

By drafting a new law to execute corruptors, the president is not afraid to publish the deeds committed by the perpetrators after executing them.

So, he just said, "Do it!"

And Ryū immediately acted by killing those corrupt ministers.

Relieved that his mission was accomplished, he immediately changed his outfit to ordinary clothes and rode his motorcycle onto the highway.

"This city is too crowded. Maybe, I should leave for another city to spend my holiday." Ryū commented after seeing the many vehicles crossing the highway when the time was almost midnight.

Then, he rode his motorbike to the flyover which was less crowded because the flyover could go directly to the next city without having to stop at traffic lights.

Ryū rode a motorcycle while enjoying the scenery. However, at that time, his instincts screamed for danger.

By reflex, Ryū swerved his motorbike to avoid the danger.

However…

*Bang* *bang* *bang*

Several bullets were fired from the gun.

Since Ryū rides a motorcycle, he doesn't use his ability to erase his presence or it will cause trouble. However, he didn't think it would put him in danger.

At first glance, Ryū immediately recognized the face of the person who drove a car and shot him, and that person was none other than someone in the organization who was jealous of Ryū's achievements.

Ryū dodged the first bullet, but not the second and third ones. Knowing that he would fall to the road as he lost his balance, he took some throwing needles from his special bag and then threw them at that person. Those needles magnificently pierced through that person's vital points and died on the spot.

The flyover at midnight, which is only lit by dim lights, will make the road look prone to accidents. And sure enough. As soon as Ryū fell, a tanker truck traveling at 80 km/h grabbed his body.

Ryū, who was run over by a truck weighing over 30 tons, felt his sight begin to dim.

"Fuck! I was careless, I should have known that someone would target me. Good thing I sent that guy to Jesus at the last moment." Ryū grumbled secretly.

At that moment, a lot of people surrounded him, checking his condition. Some of them recorded using their phones and one of them seemed to call the police, or maybe an ambulance.

"Ah. I can't hear them anymore. And my sight is already blurry. If I knew this would happen, I would have confessed to my crush on campus." Ryū said playfully in his mind.

And not long after, he was swallowed up by the darkness.