FIRST FIGHT

"It's a little too early for dogs to be barking. Right? Don't you feed your dogs well?"

Alex walked calmly with hands behind his back looking at three men who were seething in rage.

"You…Are you looking for death that much? Open this gate if you dare you bastard. "

"If you are a man open this gate and let our fists communicate with you bastard."

Expecting Alex to cower and back off, the gate was opened.

Immediately, two men immediately rushed over to pin Alex down.

"Wait. Alex don't provoke them"

Aunt Agnes came back and shouted at Alex worried that he would suffer but she was too late. The two men had already rushed up to Alex to beat him up.

Just as they were about to pounce on Alex , Jean shouted  for them to stop.

"Wait. Wait a minute. Did I hear that right? You are actually that bastard Alex Cruz who got adopted by that old politician?"

If someone saw the joy in Jean Santos's face at this moment, they would be mistaken he was very happy to be re-united with a long lost brother. On the contrast, Jean Santos  was going mad in envy looking at Alex's handsome face and clothes. The guy looked no less than a top actor or model , over 95 points out of a hundred.

"I didn't know you were also blind and deaf on top of being mute."

Alex answered indifferently as the two guys stood to his left and back, blocking his only two escape routes.

"Do you think just because you live in Manila you have the right to talk to me like this? Do you believe it when I tell I can have them break your legs?"

Jean Santos puffed his chest threateningly, his face a scary thing to behold because of rage.

"I usually don't care when others threaten me but you are the first person to make me feel like shutting you up. As of these dogs of yours, the answer is no. "

The two  muscular guys grimaced in pain as they restrained themselves from punching Alex.

"Aunt, please go back inside. I'll talk to them."

Seeing his aunt panicking , with the inevitability of a fight, Alex did not want aunt Agnes to get too worried.

" Alex , be careful. Don't get into a fight. Talk like grown ups. Okay?"

Alex smiled reassuringly and nodded.

When aunt Agnes disappeared into her office, Alex looked at Jean Santos threateningly.

"What are you up do . Why are you here?"

"mmh, I used to beat you up in the future. How dare you provoke me. Are you not afraid that you might not be able to go back to Manila? "

Jean Santos looked at Alex seeing the same weak boy who never fought back in the past.

"No wonder you are so dumb. Turns out your perception of the world is no much than that of when you were five years old."

Alex used to avoid fights generally back then and also never fought back when bullied  because aunt Clara hated fights , and also because it would cause more trouble if he fought back against Jean Santos.

By continuously ignoring jean's insults and bullying, he had developed a numb and indifferent attitude towards Jean, always making Jean look like a clown.

This had infuriated Jean Santos multiple times and that is where his hatred for the orphanage and its inhabitants stemmed from.

"How dare you talk to the young master like th…aaah!"

Before the guy at behind him could finish, he was sent flying by a single slap.

"I said it is too early for a dog to bag. Are you deaf?"

"You…you.."

The guy was very aggrieved with a few teeth missing. However, being a normal retired soldier in a peaceful era with no actual combat experience, he was no different from a normal civilian in front of Alex. 

The other guy seeing this, he took a few steps back fearfully. The two had witnessed fights and tournaments in  the army between experts and there was nothing like this slap.

To make it worse, this guy did not even strain when slapping. He just casually threw his hand and an adult man was sent flying three meters away making him unable to get up.

As of Alex, he was even more surprised. 

"Is this my new energy? Its actually not bad at all. This is actually fun. This is the first time I have slapped someone."

Alex thought happily. This was his first fight in his life actually.

Jean Santos looked at the place where his goon was sent flying and could not believe it at all.

"How is this guy so powerful?"

Were it not for the blood and the knocked out teeth, Jean Santos was more than willing to admit that the two were in cahoots and working together.

"You haven't answered my question yet. What are you doing here?"

Alex asked coldly walking slowly towards Jean Santos who was instinctively backing away step by step.

"You…Alex, you better not mess around. Stop moving or you will regret it."

Jean Santos answered ,his previous arrogance and confidence long gone.

"Threats again. Did I not say I hate it when you threaten me?"

Alex continued walking towards Jean .

"Stay back Alex. If you d…aah. What the hell are you doing? How dare you break my finger Alex? Are you tired of…Aaah"

In the eyes of the guards who's eyes never left Alex, the guy seemed to have just disappeared from where he was. Before they knew what had just happened, they had a sound like a pig being slaughtered from their arrogant master.

The index finger that Jean Santos had just used to threaten Alex was bent in a very weird unnatural angle. Just as they were about to react, another threat was about to be spout out by Jean Santos when it was stopped with the following right middle finger bent facing the opposite direction.

"If you continue to behave like a barbarian, I can only teach you as your grandfather. Now be a good grandchild and don't let grandpa repeat himself. Why are you here.? " 

Just as Jean was fumbling with words as he clutched his right hand swearing under his breath, Alex heard Sheba .

\' Master, it is done. I have collected all the evidence you need. I also have a lot other incriminating pieces of evidence pointing to different crimes that are enough to end the Santos family in its entirety.'/

"Good, that is good. Post the non sensitive materials online and let them sweat for a while before we give them the final blow. I'll leave that to you but I'll do the final blow myself to feel better."

\'Yes master.'/

Looking at the sweating Jean Santos and his cowering guards, Alex lowered his voice ,slightly squinting his eyes and deliberately pausing before saying,

"Don't think I do not know what you are up to. I am in a good mood so I will let you go this time. This is your last warning. You have half a minute to be out of site."

With how he phrased the words, it came out like an Imperial decree and the three did not know how they got out there.

Seeing the blue Toyota pickup leave, Alex closed the gate and headed to the office talking to Sheba.