Only after locking the door and checking it twice did Om leave for the work. There were many cases of robbery recently when a group of people broke into people's house when they were not present there. He didn't want someone to take away the only bit of money and things he had at home so, he had to be very cautious when leaving for work.
After taking a taxi, it took Om about 1 hour to reach to his destination. He had left his home at 7'o clock and it was 8:05 now. He had to reach his office till 8:20 so, he still had 15 minutes left. Seeing this Om leisurely strode towards the company's main entrance. The company was quite a large one compared to the others in that area. There were fountains near the entrance and lush-green bushes and decorative garden around the company, making it more pleasing to the eyes.
When Om was about to enter through the main entrance of the company, suddenly two armed men with block clothes came and blocked his way.
"Sir, please come this side. We have to check whether your body has anything that could harm people. Please cooperate with us. You wouldn't want any trouble do you, sir?" Said one of the two men with a disdainful smile on his face.
When the two men blocked Om's path, he was a little confused but after seeing their face, he immediately recognized them. They were the two dogs who raised by that beast in human's flesh, Ravindra Gupta. Before, there had been times when these two 'dogs' had beaten up the previous Om. They had become one of his nightmares for the previous Om. And for them showing up now, it only means that Ravindra had told them to stop him from entering the company before 8:20 so that he could get one more reason to cut his pay.
This was the usual time for people to reach the company so, there were many who were about to enter through the main entrance when they saw the two armed men blocking Om's path. Some even stopped there and looked at Om with a hint of schadenfreude in their eyes.
"Haha. Serves him right. Who told him to poke his nose into somebody else business? If that day he had acted like he had not seen anything, nothing like this would have happened."
"You are right. In this era, you just have to act like you didn't see anything and who knows it might even save your life."
"Looks like this time he won't even get Rs 100 this month. Hahaha."
These three were the loyal 'dogs' of the department head, Ravindra Gupta. And they knew why all this was happening to Om. So, they started to enjoy the show with an interest.
After realizing that Ravindra wanted to to stop him at the gates till 8:20, so that he could cut more of his wage, Om was very angry. So, that beast was trying to cut off all the paths for me. I will make him regret doing all this one day. Om thought in his heart.
"Alright, go ahead. Check my body." Om nodded his head. He wanted to see how they were going to stop him.
The two men heard this and felt that there was something different about Om today but couldn't put a finger on what that was. So, they just pushed that thought at the back of their heads and went forward to do a full body checkup.
After not finding anything, they just stood up and stood beside Om. One of them went to the side and made a phone call. Without even looking back, Om knew that the man was calling Ravindra to ask what was to be done next. Om looked at them and then looked at his watch. He saw that it was 8:15 now. He said nothing and started walking towards the main entrance once again. But he was once again stopped by those two men. Om raised his eyebrows and asked them with a puzzled voice, "What do you want now? You have already checked my whole body then, what else is left? I have to go otherwise I will be late. See you again."
When the two men saw this, they wanted to catch hold of Om's arm to stop him but without even giving them a time to respond, two fist as fast as lightning were punched out by Om.
BAM! BAM!
THUD! THUD!
There was no suspense and drama. The two men were immediately knocked on the ground. Seeing these unexpected turn of event, everyone who was watching the whole drama, hurriedly entered the building, fearing that Om's next target would be them. The three loyal dogs of Ravindra were the only exception. They also wanted to escape but when Om looked into their eyes, they suddenly had goosebumps all over their body and their legs had frozen on the spot.
After he stopped glaring at the trio, Om tidied his clothes and started walking towards the main entrance, ignoring the two men that he had knocked out. The trio was standing at the entrance, blocking the way in for Om. But he didn't mind it. He just simply went past the trio. But as he was about to pass, his shoulder brushed past the one who was standing at the right. Although it seemed like nothing but suddenly,
THUD!
That person fell on the ground with a thud. Yes, he was knocked down with just a soft contact with Om's shoulder. This easily showed how much of strength Om had gained by those 6 Magical Peaches. An average person could easily be knocked out by Om now.
"Argh!"
That man groaned painfully. The other two wanted t help him up but didn't dare to move until Om had disappeared from their sights.
When Om came inside the company, it had already been 8:19. Om was on time today and that beast, Ravindra, didn't have any reason to cut his pay now.
The place where Om worked was on 3rd floor. So, Om took a lift and soon he reached his cabin where he worked. As he was about to sit down to do his work, Aditya, one of his fellow co-worker, came to him and said, "Om, department head is calling you down at the auditorium." After saying this, he left.
When Om heard this, he was surprised. Why did he call me down at the basement? What is he plotting now? Hmm. Let's go and see. Om thought.