THE LONG LIVING VLADIMIRO BRANDI
28 September 2009
When Maria Lucia opened her eyes, she realized that she had been tied, hands and feet, to a chair. The same fate had befallen her grandfather Vladimiro, who was on her right, a short distance away. In front of them there was a Japanese man, never seen before, and that obnoxious doctor she had met at the hospital. She focused her gaze on the Japanese, gathering all the energy necessary to produce an intense laser beam, which not only did not have the desired effect on the target, but bounced back towards her, as if deflected by an invisible protective barrier, with the result that she was knocked unconscious again and weaker than before.
"Power of concentration, my dear," said Professor Whu lighting a cigarette. "I advise you to desist,
