THE UNSHAKABLE ONE

I hold the pawn in my hand. And instantly I get hit with nostalgia. It's the most expensive asset I owned back in my broke era. It had 20% left of its shelf life. Ugly with scratches that made the piece look like a face burnt off. It's funny 'cause I started with this piece before moving to ivory premium expensive pieces. It cost me 50 pesewas back in Abuakwa, Kumasi. That was the only piece I could afford. The seller took pity on me and took my water money. I went to bed on an empty stomach. Like a bad memory, this piece has stayed with me till the very end. It reminds me of where I came from and how far I've come. And also anchors me to never feel too proud or big of myself. Just gratitude and confidence that I can achieve anything I set my mind to. Also, it's the only thing that didn't steal from me, lie to me, or try to take advantage of my loyalty like a lady and a family I died trying to protect. I set my sights back to the expensive ivory 50 million chess piece. African blackwood ivory. Had it Unerschütterliche custom made. And it cost a lot more than my first two houses and all my cars. It feels overpriced if you don't understand the value it brings to my life. But 50 million is the whole point. Only I can have this customized masterpiece. With it, I collapse multiple billion dollar companies and buy them for nickels on the dollar. With each move having a purpose. The board is set into two black and white. Or my favour good or bad. And I don't see the difference anymore. Whenever I close my eyes, the chessboard visualizes in my mind. Then I picture white my actions and black what could happen or go terribly wrong when I move the white piece. In that way, I calculate 1000s of scenarios alone for 8 days before execution on the 9th day. And they always pan out how I planned every single move to the end. Scenario A: I can hit them hard, super directly. With the element of surprise on my side. Then they fight back hard. I lose half my army but completely wipe them out. Scenario B: Or I let my mastermind attack them from the shadows. That way they don't know how to counterattack or fight back. So they lose gradually over time. I lose nothing. And they disintegrate and crumble on their own. Scenario C: I use human psychology to its legendary level. People always have problems or issues with each other that never got resolved. Only avoided. And those build over time. So I cause internal strife. I defeat them from within by causing chaos, dividing them on matters fundamentally not that important. Like how the elite create comparisons with everyone trying to prove how they are more important or better than the other person. 'Cause if 2 people fight, the one who started the fire wins everything while those fighting die. The minute I opened my eyes, I knew the pattern, sequence, and scenario to use. My fingers got to typing crazy fast on the phone. With one move, one command, and one sequence activation, I turned someone's life 360 degrees. "Now!!!" A man 3000 kilometers away is just opening a new mail he just received. Kwame Asante is his name. A billionaire and a patriarch. And he's never been turned down or heard "no" in his life. There was a time he looked at me and classified me as a potential boy boy to bend as his sword and executor. I remember how his eyes looked all over me, scanning me like dog vomit. A human shield for his daughter and all his shortcomings. Like a fall guy. And aside from that, I was nothing like the rest of we broke people. Funny how I never forget a thing. And remember everything to the last word. The colour on his face evaporated instantly. And I saw the terror and fear on his face from the bug camera I had installed that he has no idea of. Thinking his office is his safe space. If only he knew I've been watching him for 2 years. He reached for his phone just like I knew he would first. And it rang that second. Then a second email brought forth another crisis to give him a heart attack. From his offshore accounts to his investments, his government contracts, reputation, and everything he owns came crashing down like dominos. I checked the other monitors all around me, observing everything. Like an angel watching earth and reporting to God. And it was all connected to me. A woman at her high end business lets out a deafening scream as 2 billion cedis her husband gave her to take care of herself as he returned to the USA just got siphoned away. With her swift dark government contracts exposed as a politician loses his entire career and gets a chance to walk away if he bites and talks on his co partner. Her business collapsing with a better business option operating at half her price. And a private equity acquisition of her business by me. Just to take all that money back by hacking. I did all that by moving 1 chess piece. And everything happened in the pattern and sequence I wanted it to. I had no joy. Even as I defeated my enemy. I guess that's why people say it's best to let karma deal with your enemies. People believe revenge is about pleasure. Only to do it and feel hollow and empty on their end. It's simply about balance with me. After taking everything from me, putting me in prison after all my loyalty to protect them. They changed my worldview to show me the world isn't fair and is a bastard or a b***h. On the day they tried to kill me, I nearly died. And somehow survived. But something inside me died forever on that day. It was my innocence, and my belief in goodness. I walked to my window in a skyscraper mansion in Accra. I came in that night just to get this fabulous show. Accra shines and glittered with golden and red blinding lights. With millions of lives and millions of stories untold. With most never hearing my story. They'll know about me when they realize that a pawn can become the master. They'll learn of the name I forged in prison, in the military. And the name I built through years of hell. "Der Unerschütterliche." It sounds like a prayer confession to God. "The Unshakable One." I reached into my pocket and pulled out a small part of a playbook. Bound in black leather with gold lettering on the cover. I picked up a pen to write. "Why not let me tell you a true story. Not a fairy tale or happy ever after or easy-going version." I pulled out the 50 pesewas worn-out pawn. "In addition, I'll tell you about the 4 lies they made us all believe." "The lies that keep you and me broken, unloved, and left behind." The same lies that after breaking made me unshakable. "Follow me through the journey of how I moved from pawn to rook to the knight to bishop to queen and eventually to king." "Never underestimate the weak. Everyone started weak. Imagine what an enraged weak person chooses to do to rise." Der Unerschütterliche, The Unshakable Playbook