Chapter 1: Light in the Darkness

Parallel Universe, Earth

Time, 1998

John traveled here when he was in his forties in a previous life and 

occupied the body of a baby that had just been born.

A Chinese-American mix baby, with delicate features and a cute face.

In his previous life, he was from the Xia kingdom, but this rebirth was in Mexico, in a parallel world.

Since he had come to his senses he has been collecting information about this world.

From what he has learned so far, this world is not extraordinary.

There is no cultivation of immortality, no superpowers nor gene warriors in this world.

This world is similar to the world in his previous life, except some popular movies and novels are missing in this world.

Movies such as Iron Man, Superman, etc, have not been in this world, the superhero concept itself is in its infancy.

John's parents despite being gangsters, doted on John a lot, so the first 12 years of his life were pretty happy.

Unfortunately, when John was 12 years old they lost their lives to gang vandalism.

Since then John has been living a pretty miserable life with his uncle who was a drunkard and didn't care much about John's well-being.

At first, John thought that he would write scripts for movies and invest in some films using the wealth his parents left him.

But as soon as his parents died, all of the gang property was divided among, various drug lords.

They were long since unable to restrain themselves and wanted to get the piece of the pie.

As for John, who will care about a 12-year-old kid, who doesn't even have the power to bind a chicken.

As for his father's former friends, when a tree falls, birds and beasts scatter.

In Mexico, which is a den of gangsters, involved in specialty business, there is no such thing as loyalty.

Here where ghosts and gods dance and kill at slightest disagreement, you never know when a stray bullet will fly from somewhere and take your life.

John also feels very insecure, who will feel safe when his life is on the line.

Knowing this, since the time his body entered the growth period and his mind matured enough, he has been exercising regularly.

But no matter how much power an ordinary person gains through exercise, he will still die with a bullet.

It's not that John hasn't tried, to activate his golden finger, Since the time he had consciousness he checked all the rings he could check for grandpa.

He has called 'system' till his throat hurt and prayed for all Gods and Buddhas but he is an ordinary person till now, he has not gotten any awesome cheat or some powerful skill.

So, since his parent's death, he has lost all hope for some cheat and honestly found a gang to do menial jobs.

Why not go to school, learn knowledge, and be a successful person?

Well, for one here, in Mexico where most people work in specialty business, there is very little concept of education.

Most people work for druglords or gangs and are in illegal business. Most importantly it needs money for education, which John doesn't have.

It was afternoon, John had just finished work in a green plant facility of a drug lord named Duka.

It was time to get off work, but today John's walking pace was more brisk, it can be seen from his expression that he was in a particularly good mood today.

As for why he was in such a happy mood, despite his destitute life, it was because today was his 18th birthday.

Because at the age of 18, he was already an adult, and he could get rid of his drunkard uncle.

His uncle, Mortini, was a lazy drunkard, who didn't care about John's life and was always greedy for the money he earned through his hard work.

Mortini was not John's guardian or anything, the reason was the house, the only property that was not snatched away in his parent's inheritance.

Mortini had the house deed, and John couldn't transfer the house to his name, because he wasn't an adult.

But that problem will be solved tonight when he turns 18, John was determined to solve the problem of loser Mortini as soon as possible.

Find a way to kick Mortini out of the house, John wasn't afraid that Mortini would make a fuss, after all his uncle was a coward, otherwise, it wouldn't be that only the house was left from the entire inheritance.

John's house was a 15-minute walk from the farm, it didn't take long to reach his home.

The door wasn't closed, but it didn't matter there wasn't anything of value in the entire house anyway.

But John was still unhappy, he had quarreled with Mortini over this issue many times over the years, but where would a drunkard who was not in his senses most of the time care about this problem?

As soon as John entered the house, a strong smell of alcohol impacted his senses.

John quickly covered his nose, instead, his eyes were drawn to the pathetic excuse of his uncle.

John quickly walked to the side of Mortini, who was lying on the ground in the doorway without any care of the world.

John knew it would not be easy to wake up unconscious Mortini in a gentle way, so he resorted to a more effective method.

John aimed the edge of his shoe at one of Mortini's exposed legs and kicked down.

"ouch" As soon as the kick went down Mortini woke up due to severe pain.

"Litte bastard what are you doing, I am gonna fuck you" 

When Mortini saw John standing in front of him in a kicking posture, he was so angry that his teeth tickled.

"Good dog doesn't stand in the way, get out" John himself had enough of this useless piece of shit, who didn't work and was always focused on spending his money.

'I have to get this bitch out of my house and life as soon as possible' John thought as he walked into the kitchen.

When Mortini saw John going into the kitchen, he knew there was something to eat.

"Little bastard make me something too, I am hungry" Mortini shouted at John's back.

John was so angry at this bastard's shamelessness that he laughed in anger. This shameless man remembered him only when he needed to eat or he needed money.

But John has already decided to kick him out of the house first thing tomorrow after he transferred the house to his name.

So, he decided to teach this bastard a lesson.

"What did you say" John turned around and walked toward Mortini step by step with obvious anger on his face.

When Mortini saw John walking toward him, with the obvious intention of beating someone on his face, Mortini was intimidated.

He was already a cowardly person, coupled with the fact his body was already empty due to long-term alcohol addiction. 

He knew he was not an opponent of a young and angry man like John, so Mortini counseled.

Mortini quickly raised his hands above his head and said:

"Ok OK, I won't eat, won't eat" 

With that said, Mortini applied oil on his feet and quickly slipped away, afraid that John wouldn't be able to bear any longer and beat him.

When he saw that Mortini was running away, John didn't chase him.

He quickly cooked himself a bowl of noodles and ate while it was hot.

It was 11:55 at night, John had already done the chores of the day, and now he was lying on the rooftop counting stars, waiting for his 18th birthday.

He was already planning to sell the house and go to New York to make a living.

He had enough of this hard life, where his life was not under his control.

He was a lawyer in his previous life, he was sure he would do well in a society full of elites rather than a society full of gangsters, killers, and addicts.

In this excitement and anticipation for his next lifetime time soon reached noon, and he was officially 18 years old and an adult.

"Beautiful life here I come" with an excited howl John wanted to get up and prepare for tomorrow's plans.

But he quickly noticed from the corner of his eyes that one of the stars was shining more brightly, no, it wasn't that it was shining more brightly it was like it was falling towards him.

"Shit"

It wasn't like, it was falling toward him, by the time John came to his senses, all his eyes could see was only blinding brightness.

The falling speed of that light was incredibly fast, one second it was like a brightly shining pearl in the sky, next second it was already upon John.

Before he had time to react, he was hit by that light and he instantly lost consciousness.