56. Jay's Past and a Little History of the Dark Zones

(Jay's past - about three years ago)

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The place of Ballar is located between Rubando and Mahat, but in actuality, it is still a part of Rubando, just like Rubando which is a part of San Francisco.

Ballar can be considered a place of smiles and fun.

Although a not-so-wide territory, people from various places frequently visit this place for its charm.

Ballar is also called the Land of Flowers.

All houses in it have flowers and beautiful shrubs surrounding them. All roads have flowers and various plants planted beside them. All pathways have flowers planted side by side. The place is clean and the place is safe.

If on an aerial view, the place can be seen to be filled with many plants of various species.

This is one of the attractive traits of Ballar. Added to that the hospitality of the people, one can say that Ballar is a paradise of San Francisco.

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"I'm going to school now Grandpa." Young Marvin called out to his Grandpa while walking down the stairs.

"Take care kid, you're Grandma is in the neighborhood. Make sure to buy some sugar on your way home." In the living room, an old man in his sixties is reading the daily newspaper.

Marvin, or should say, Marvin Medina, is a bright and cheerful boy of 8 years of age.

A third grade kid and one of the top students in their class.

As he got out of their house, Marvin picks some nice-looking flowers that he can place in the flower vases in their classroom.

"Hey Marvin, wait!"

As he is walking, a voice called out to him. Looking behind him are the young Mark and Natalie, his two best friends.

Marvin is feeling grateful for his two friends for being with him ever since he came to Rubando.

Both of Marvin's parents died. His mother died while giving birth to him, while his father, who tired himself all day to support his son died of over-fatigue when Marvin was 5 years old.

Thankfully, his grandparents are here to take care of him. He doesn't know any other of their relatives, but he only knows some of his grandparents' friends whom he can ask for help if needed.

The three of them walked to school, with flowers in their hands.

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"They are really so shameless. After the fall of the Pirate Group, they declare themselves as the greatest gang here in Rubando? Such shamelessness, those Knuckle Gang bastards need to be taught a lesson!!!"

In a house located not too far from Ballar, a man in his thirties is throwing a fit out of anger. This man is known as Cap, the leader of their group, the Scorpion Group.

Just yesterday, he received a message from the leader of the Knuckle Gang, infamously known as Red Knuckle. The leader said that he needs the Scorpion Group to merge with the Knuckle Gang and of course, Red Knuckle will be the overall leader. Cap and the others will be under him.

Red Knuckle also said that if any groups or gangs will not comply to him, the Knuckle Gang will not hesitate to wipe them out.

Right now, some of the smaller average-sized groups and gangs have no choice but to join Red Knuckle out of fear. Only few large groups joined him. This made the gang grow bigger and stronger.

Cap, as the leader of the Scorpion can't take such shamelessness.

Due to the fall of the famous Pirate Group few years ago for an unknown reason, some of the strong groups started making their moves.

Pirate Group is a strong group of the Underworld of unknown origin that has their influences spread Nationwide. The influence spread to every point of the country and of course, even Rubando.

All other groups didn't dare provoke them in fear of getting killed.

Right now, the Knuckle Gang made their move to dominate the dark zones of San Francisco. In order to achieve such thing, they need to swallow every groups and gangs for their strength to increase.

Although some are really against of it, they had no choice but to join or fight.

Cap, the leader of Scorpion Group decided to fight. True, they are a large group but weaker than the Red Knuckle, but they can't stand being under anyone.

Cap who calmed himself called his right hand person to send a message to Red Knuckle.

A message to fight it all out to death, and the battlefield will be Ballar.

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"Who does he think he is?" Red Knuckle received the message by Cap.

"Does he think he deserves to challenge me?"

Red Knuckle paused for a moment before giving his orders. Orders to prepare since he will accept the challenge.

"The Scorpion Group is known for their boldness to fight without caring for their lives. Tsk, how can such humans exist? Let's see, if that is the case, hmm."

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On the other side, Cap received the response.

"Two days from now, I will make sure we will not be the only one to leave this world."

As Cap said that, few drops of blood seeped out from the pores of his skins like sweats.