GENESYS

TWENTY

After having his talk with Anna, Leon traveled all the way to Lance Airlines and bought a ticket for a flight to London.

After 4 hours of traveling, he landed at his destination.

It was already dark when he arrives, being in an unfamiliar place, Leon is worried. He walked back and forth in alleyways trying to find a particular bar. On his fifth try, he spotted a building shining with blinding lights. 

'Is this the place?' He wonders, the place looks sketchy and has a similar vibe as a strip club. 

He steels himself and walked inside. The whole place is packed. In front of the bar is a stage with a lot of beautiful women dancing without clothes. The men below the stage were all howling like a bunch of dogs, tossing their money around. 

'Strip club?'

Leon quickly walked out of the bar and looked at the sign outside, making sure if it was indeed the right place. [Wild Dog]

This is his first time here and he knows little about the place. He only stumbled about it by accident while surfing the dark web back in those days that he's rummaging everything to find some way to feed his family. If not for his eidetic memory, he would have completely forgotten about it.  

[Wild dog - with the right price we can even bite the butt of a king.]

Wild Dog is an assassin organization, by going here Leon had already made up his mind to hire them to kill everyone in Hell's Lending.

Just by thinking about those bastards that threaten his family, his blood started to boil. Finding his resolve, he once again entered the bar. Ignoring the deafening music around him and the arousing women in front. Leon walked directly to the bartender. 

The bartender station is pretty desolate considering that this is a bar. The place has beautiful waiters to take orders so there is no need for the customer to go to the bartender, they can just sit, order, and enjoy the show.

“Hi handsome, I’m Clare, you can just sit here and enjoy the show, and I'll take care of your drinks for you.” A sexy waitress walked by Leon, trying to seduce him.

“No thanks.”  Leon politely declines and continues pushing his way toward the bartender station.

The bartender is an old man who seems out of place compared to the outlook of the whole place. After seeing Leon sit, he bows and greets him.

“Good day sir, may I know your poison?”

“One shot of brandy please.”

The old man took a glass of brandy and with his shaking hand, gave it to Leon.

“And a shot of rabies.”

As the old bartender hears the word rabies, his hand stop shaking, he straightens his posture and smiles.

“One moment sir.”

After the minute had passed, the flirtatious woman from before arrived and sat beside Leon. 

“Follow me in the back and let's talk about your order,” Clare said, her flirtatiousness from before is now nowhere to be seen.

Leon follows Clare in the back of the bar and into a soundproof room. Clare sits on the couch and signals Leon to sit in one of the chairs.

“So who do you want us to kill? Mr. White.”

Leon's expression suddenly stiffened. ‘How did they know my name?’ He looks around trying to find a way of escape when Clare looked at him and smiled. “No need to be anxious Mr.White. We’re not going to hurt you. The only reason we know your name is because you're a legend around these parks.”

“Legend, you say? hahaha.” ‘Legend my ass, I'm only managing a rundown cafe, how can I be a legend in the world of assassins?’

“You might not believe it but there is no assassin organization in the world that doesn’t know your name. To tell you the truth we are pretty annoyed by how many people asked us about you.”

“Me? Why would people asked about me?”

“Nothing much, there all just wanted to kill you,” Clare said nonchalantly.

“Are you sure it was me? You must be joking right? I never offended anyone.” In the span of 2 seconds, Leon arrived behind Clare and put the knife he was hiding to her neck. Ever since the incident about Hell’s Lending, Leon became more vigilant in his surroundings. Ready for anything or anyone who would dare threaten his life.

Even with a knife in her neck, Clare's expression never changes.“Relax Mr. White, we weren't going to kill you. We didn’t want to die after all.”

“What do you mean by that?” Leon asked, confused.

“Well, you might not have offended anyone in the real world but you pissed off a lot of people in Genesys. And I'm using the word a lot here as an understatement. You offended so many powerful people Mr.White so you tell me, why are you still here in front of me alive and kicking?”

“Are you telling me I’m being protected?” With Leon's question, Clare just smiled without saying anything.

Leon sighs and walks back to his seat. There is no use making a fool of himself. The moment he made a move toward Clare, he immediately notices a dozen guns being aimed at him.

“I don’t suppose you would tell me anything about it right?”

“Well, It's not really a secret that Neo corporation is protecting you. It’s not a big deal really and it’s not just you. They just want what happened in Genesys to stays in Genesys.”

“I don’t suppose that protection extends to my family would it?” Leon hopefully asked.

“That I don’t know," Clare said, shaking her head. "That's enough chitchat don't you think? Care to tell us what do you want for us?”

Leon take a deep breath and said in a serious tone. “I want Hell’s Lending annihilated.”

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