Location : Web-Link Internet Café
Marcus decided to return to his villa after finishing up a few more jobs. His villa was only a couple of blocks away, so he started walking. He plugged in his earphones and turned up the music.
After walking a few distance, he felt that somebody was following him. Without alerting the follower, he continued his walk. He travelled some more distance to give the follower a sense of confidence.
'Who is this dude?' Marcus thought.
'Is it another murder attempt aimed at Leo?' Marcus was completely alert. Leo's body might not be able to show Marcus' full strength right now. He decided to wait till he had a glance at his opponent to choose whether to fight or hide. So, he took a right turn in the crossroads and hid himself waiting for the follower to show up.
After waiting for a minute, a black figure emerged on the corner where he took turn. The figure was visibly flustered at the sudden lose of his target. Marcus studied the man carefully.
The guy was wearing a black leather jacket. He had a black mask around his face. The guy was bald and had a deep scar on the right side of his head. He was tall and well built. A quick glance at his posture and you could feel a threatening aura. That was the sign of someone who had years experience.
'Who hired you?' thought Marcus, as he kept watching him.
He decided not to attack even when he saw the bald guy slowly moving past him. Marcus waited for some more time. Only after the bald guy vanished from his sight he made a quick turn and ran towards his home. He travelled through the shades so that the guy would not find him easily.
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Location : Sunshine Villa #10
The Sunshine Villa was famous among the upper-middle class families. It had a total of 200 villas and provided a fairly good security service. It was also really close to Crestview High School where Leonard studied.
After reaching his villa, Marcus double checked if he had completely thrown off the tail and decided to take a quick shower to wash off the sweat.
'I really need to give priority to getting back into shape.' He thought.
'I will look into a training facility nearby.'
*Grrrrowwwwlll* His stomach wailed.
'I guess I should to take care of my hunger first.'
Because of working all night, he was famished, so he ordered a take-out. While he was having the meal, he searched his phone for training centers close to him.
'Hmm, not this one.' *swipe*
'Not bad' *swipe*
'Too shabby' *swipe*
He searched multiple facilities, but none of them caught his eyes. After searching for a long time something grabbed his attention.
/Paradise Sports Centre/
'They not just have the advanced and sophisticated training equipment, but also veteran soldiers and martial artists as trainers.' Marcus started to read more about the Paradise Sports Centre.
The facility was established by former Colonel of Westland, Col. Bernard Sanders. He had a big reputation in the Kingdom. He was one of the main pillars of the Westland Country. The facility was created for training top-class fighters in the country. Although gym never won the Gold, they have won multiple Silver Medals on the Underground Martial Arts Festival conducted every year.
'Now this is what I am talking about. I can utilize the Paradise Sports Center's advanced and sophisticated training equipment to get me back into the shape. in no time.' thought Marcus.
He decided to check it out at once. He then changed his dress and went out. He hailed a taxi to the Paradise Sports Center.
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Location : Paradise Sports Center
"Hi. how may I help you?" The cute receptionist girl asked Marcus, as he reached the Reception Desk. He felt that the girl was checking him out. He quickly understood that the girl was not happy by the appearance of fat Leonard.
"I would like to know your membership programs." Marcus did not show the negative emotion he had about the receptionist. He was not there to flirt, but to train.
"We have four levels of membership programs available. They are Bronze, Silver, Gold and Diamond
For Bronze level members, the training time will have a daily limit of 2 hours. The training routine schedule will be provided to trainees weekly. However there will be no private trainings and there will be no free canteen credits available to the bronze level members. The membership will cost $1000 monthly.
Silver level will have the training time daily limit of 3 hours. A private trainer will be provided to every 20 members. The trainees will be allotted a free monthly canteen allowance of 100 credits. The membership will cost $5000 monthly.
Gold level members will have a daily limit of 4 hours. A private trainer will be allotted to every 5 members. The trainees will have 1000 credits as free monthly canteen allowance. The membership will cost $10000 monthly.
Now for the Diamond level members will not have any limitations in their training time. A private trainer of the member's choice will be available for you. The members will get a free daily canteen allowance of 10000 credits. The membership will cost $25000 monthly.
Please choose your preferred membership level, sir"
Although she did not like the look of Marcus, he was still a potential customer, which she could not afford to lose. So she tried to be as professional as she can and explained different membership plans to Marcus.
Marcus did not have to think much. He needed to spend lot of time at the Gym to get back to his previous form, so there was no need for wasting any time to choose.
"I will take the Diamond Level Membership." Marcus replied the receptionist which visibly shook her.
"The initial payment must be made for 5 months, Sir. Are you sure in choosing Diamond Level?" She reconfirmed his choice.
"Sure. It will be $125000, right? Here's the card."
He gave the card to the girl nonchalantly which made her more embarrassed. She never thought that the fat kid was the heir of any rich family.
'Thank god I did not say anything bad to offend him' She thought, as she quickly collected the card from him. She was really happy because signing a Diamond Level membership will provide her with a huge monthly incentive.
She took about half hour to finish the application. She then turned her tablet PC to Marcus and told him to pick his Trainer. However he declined her saying,
"I do not require a trainer. I have a strict training plan provided by a foreign specialist, which I have to follow to the dot. So it would be better to not choose a trainer."
Hearing that the kid already had a foreign trainer, she did not push him further.
"As you wish, Sir. This is you Membership card. Please safeguard it as it will not be replaced if you lose it. You will require it every time you use the training facility. The canteen allowance will also be credited to the card."
Finding that the simple lie of foreign specialist worked on the girl, Marcus laughed in his mind as he collected the card.
"Please follow me, Sir." She said as she walked into the corridor of the gym.