Vati, followed by Vasco and Abderaman, enters a noodle restaurant, they sit down and order food.
Abderaman: "What you're asking for is difficult but not impossible." My father also tried to gather and control all the criminal groups in this city, but he ended up in prison.
To succeed, he focused on casinos and other gambling games, and with all the money he earned, he bribed the police to use them to attack his competitors.
But just when he was about to take control of the entire underground market in the city, politicians targeted him to bring him down."
Vati: "Hmm, and can you do what your father did and succeed if I intervene to neutralize these politicians?"
Abderaman: "As I told you, it's going to be extremely complicated, even with the criminal and informational network my father left me."
A waitress walks past them, and they all three discreetly look at her backside.
"But if the politicians who secretly control the black market are thwarted, there will be a slim chance of success."
Vati: "Alright, and what does it take to succeed ?"
Abderaman: "Violence and money ! A lot! "
.
.
The three are already home when night falls.
Vati is resting in his bed while Vasco plays his PSSP when suddenly they receive a message on their Biscord group.
Looking at it, they see an SOS message from Abderaman.
Abderaman: "SOS, I'm stuck in a casino with some mobsters, come to this address."
Vasco: "What happened ? Are you okay ?"
Abderaman: "I underestimated them, they were much better prepared than I thought." And now one of my uncles has been killed.
Vasco: "We need to call the police."
Vati: "No, I'm coming.Vasco, you're coming too, and you, Abderaman, buy some time."
...
Vasco: *breath* "I'm here. I managed to get out without my parents seeing me. I went out through my bedroom window, hehe. And you? "
Vati: "I am an orphan, so I went through the door."
Vasco: "Oh, so what are we doing?"
Vati: "We climb up to the roof to destroy the electric generator, and when all the lights go out, we go in and beat everyone up."
Vasco: "gulp... Yeah... Great plan... But are you sure about this? Those people are not joking! They killed someone.
Vati: "You don't have to worry, your role is not to fight, you are here to recruit people."
So, when I beat them all, I'll give you the credit so you can have more street credibility.
Vasco: "Oh, I'm stressed, I just wanted to be a basketball player."
Vati: "Let's go !"
The two enter a building next to the casino and go up to the roof.
Arriving at the edge, Vati leans forward.
Vati: "Climb on my back."
Vasco: "What!?"
Vati: "We're going to jump from there to reach the casino roof, it's more discreet.
So climb onto my back !"
Vasco contemplates the large empty space between the two roofs.
Vasco: "... *sighs* when I'm with him.It's better if I stop thinking, it's better for my health, I don't want to die of a heart attack at such a young age !"
Vasco complies and Vati gains momentum.
Dad: "You better not scream."
Vasco: "Haha, why would I do that Haaaaa
* closes her mouth with her hands *
mmmmmmh"
Vati lands gently without a sound and drops Vasco.
He approaches the electric generator, gets into a fighting stance, concentrates his energy into his fist, and strikes the electric generator, piercing through it.
"Haha, we finally found you! What's going on?
"Why did the lights go out?"
Abderaman: "Is it them?"
Vati cracks his knuckles and enters through the rooftop door.
Thanks to his superhuman senses, he has no trouble detecting bandits and mobsters and neutralizing them until he reaches the boss's office.
Boom
Boom
Boom
*door opens*
"Who is there ? I am armed !"
The casino boss and the mobsters tremble with his gun in hand, he aims at the door and fires in bursts without stopping. But when the door opens, one of his bullet-riddled henchmen falls to the ground, when suddenly a hand grabs his weapon and strikes him in the face.
"I will never again be foolishly caught by a firearm."
Abderaman enters the room with eyes filled with rage and picks up the weapon that had fallen to the ground.
Vati: "I'll let you handle this matter now."
Abderaman: "good."
...
The night was long and exhausting, but despite everything, in the morning, the three are on their way to school.
After the noon bell, Vasco and Abderaman headed to the roof where they found Vati sitting on the ground with his black shirt and tie, and Laura leaning against the fence, wearing sports tracksuits with the sleeves rolled up.
Vati: "How did it go?"
Abderaman: "After you left, I took care of the boss.
He gave me the passwords to the casino's secret bank accounts and, after a few more moves by my henchmen, the casino and the goons who work there belong to us."
Vati: "good"
Vasco: "Wow, what happened to you,Laura ? You are scarred all over !"
Laura: "Oh, that's nothing.It's a special training that Vati is putting me through."
Vasco: "What ! But it's not fair, he was supposed to train me !"
Vati, who was sitting on the floor, stands up and gives white pearl bracelets to his two henchmen.
Vasco: "What's the point?"
Vati: "to become stronger."
After a moment of reflection to process what he had just heard, a childlike smile appeared on Vasco's face.
Vasco: "Finally ! With this, I would become the best basketball player in the world! Hahahaha ..... How does it work ?"
Vati: "Put it on your wrist and shake my hand."
When Vasco does it, Vati channels his psychic energy into the bracelet.
Vati: "You just have to think of me to enhance your physical abilities."
Vati repeats his action with Abderaman and returns to classroom.
...
Terpsichore and Laura have been training for a week.They now control their psychic energy much better.
Laura undergoes grueling training with Vati to become better at close combat and to better utilize her psychic ability.
Terpsichore, on the other hand, didn't need to train to learn how to fight.
He instinctively knew which move to make to counter any of his opponents.
He therefore focused on increasing his psychic energy, a task he also performed with skill.
With a single thought, he could absorb the psychic energy of the environment and make it his own.
.
.
.
On the roof of a building several kilometers away, a man in a red suit and tie with red hair, eyes, nails, and lips is watching them.
??? :"Vati"