A man who seemed to be in his mid thirties entered the room clad in a professional black suit. He had short, well styled black hair, and a set of cold brown eyes. He was quite handsome to say the least, his figure was lean and went well with his face.
As soon as Zenil saw this figure, he let go of the man he was choking to death, and moved away.
Zenil gulped and looked at the man.
Vincent Parker, the lawyer who was friends with Zenil's now deceased parents had entered the room.
"Zenil, why were you choking that man?" Vincent asked.
Zenil went blank for a few moments.
"Who are you to this brat?" Gary's mother asked in her irritating shrill voice.
"I am his uncle, the acting guardian to Zenil." Vincent said.
"What's your name?" The principal asked as he typed something on his computer.
"Vincent Parker."
"Yes, checks out, you are indeed marked as the guardian." The principal said.
"Haven't you taught this brat anything?" The lady said, "How dare he go around bullying other kids?"
Meanwhile, the husband of this lady went into a deep thought after hearing Zenil's uncle's name.
"We are gonna press charges against you!" The shrill voice once again echoed through the room.
Ignoring her, Vincent asked Zenil, "What happened, kid?"
Zenil sighed and told Vincent about how he was bullied by Gary since the start of year, and didn't fight back because he didn't wanted to burden Vincent. Today, he lost his patience due to some unknown reason and ended up hospitalizing Gary. After that the situation escalated and, Gary's parents started abusing his dead parents, so he snapped.
"Calm down now, I am here." Vincent said as coldness took over his eyes.
"Who is your lawyer again?" Vincent asked looking at the bald man.
"Zhang Tianhua." Louis said, "The best lawyer in eastern Kayuliv."
"Zhang? From Klove Long"
"Yes, from that firm. Indeed. Scared now?" The wife said. She was quite confident.
On the other hand, Louis was a little hesitant and nervous. He had heard the name Vincent Parker somewhere, but couldn't recall.
Vincent took out his phone and dialled a number.
"Hey, Charlie!"
"Do, you have someone named Zhang Tianhua?"
"Tell him to call- wait, hold on."
"What's your name?" Vincent asked Louis.
"Louis Button." Gary's mother jumped in. Louis was still hesitant for some reason.
"Ah, yes tell your guy to call Louis Button, and nullify all of his contracts with him."
"Oh no, they didn't offend me. They just offended a nephew of mine, who I hold dear to me."
"Yeah, sure." After having the conversation with someone name Charlie, Vincent looked at Zenil with warm eyes.
"I took care of it." He said while caressing Zenil's head.
"Don't lie! Who do you even think you are?" The wife asked.
Suddenly Louis' phone rang. He hurriedly picked up the phone after looking at the called ID.
"Hello?" Louis said.
"Louis did you offend someone named Vincent?" The man on the other end said.
"Yes, I did."
"Oh, fuck. My firm is removing all the cotracts we had with you."
"You can't do that!"
"Well, before I hang up, let me give you an advice. Whoever you offended, just kneel in front of him, ask for his forgiveness, and return. You might not even make it out alive with your current attitude."
"What?"
"You have offended, the Vincent Parker. The best attorney in all of United States."
As soon as these words entered Louis' ears, his eyes widened, and he fell to his knees.
"Forgive me." He muttered.
***
After signing the paperwork and dealing with Louis, Vincent and Zenil left the school.
Currently they were both going to Zenil's home in Vincent's car.
"Zen, you can, no, you should rely on your elders." Vincent said.
Zenil slightly nodded, "Uncle, I had no idea you were this powerful."
A slight smile appeared on Vincent's face after he heard this. "If you knew I was powerful then you would have relied on me?"
"..." Zenil stated quiet.
"Zenil, let me tell you one thing. If your dad was still here, he would have beaten you to a pulp today."
"..."
"Do you know why?"
"Because I cause a ruckus?" Zenil said with hesitation in his voice.
"No, because you allowed yourself to be bullied. I know you are not weak. You only let yourself be bullied because you felt getting beaten once a week, and being a bread shuttle is better than fighting for yourself."
Zenil just looked at his uncle who paid his gaze no attention as he was focused on driving.
"You are strong Zenil. Even then you can rely on me. You have known me since you were a toddler, you don't need to hesitate to contact me if any problem arises." Vincent said as he stopped the vehicle in front of Zenil's home. "You can bully anyone you want. You can fight anyone you want. But, never let anyone else take away your respect, never back down, never give up."
"I will."
"Oh, also congratulations for getting a scholarship from Aurelian. I knew you'd level up soon enough."
"Uncle, I already told you, I was just lucky." Zenil said with a smile as he exited the car.
"Well then, why don't you come in for some tea?"
"Not today, I'll drop by next month. Bye."
"Bye."
***
"So, you are telling me this thug is from Elderwood, the third ranked school?" Zenil said.
Currently he was sitting in a classroom, wearing his new red themed Aurelian Academy's uniform. Audrey and Cyrille were sitting opposite to him. There was no one else in the room.
"Yes, Marcus, he is a very important asset to Elderwood. He is the pickpocket God in our city. None of the actual gangs have a talent like him." Audrey said. "He visits this specific place owned by Amroh quite a lot."
"But, he can't fight, so his involvement is futile." Cyrille said as she swiped the tablet on the table. "If we need to attack Autumn Grove, we should do so in one of the weaker locations."
"This prostitution bar, how tight is the security? Can Dexter alone deal some damage to that place?"
"It depends, as twice or thrice a week Amroh visits that place, so on those days the security is extremely tight, even professional bodyguards are there." Cyrille said.
"Do we have a fake id of any high posititioned person from Mountbay?" Zenil asked.
"Yes, we do."
"What about any high posititioned person from Elderwood?" Zenil asked, his gaze was set on Cyrille.
"No, but we can have White Atlanta forge one, but, why?" Audrey said.
"Atlanta is the one who has an alliance with Elderwood right?" Zenil asked.
"Yeah, there are two alliance withing the seven ranked schools, one between Elderwood and Atlanta, and one between Mountbay and Riverside." Cyrille said, "Why are you asking this?"
Zenil currently had an indifferent look on his face. "I am thinking of something, a plan was starting to form in my brain, but this is a road block."
"How smart is the leader of Elderwood?" Zenil asked.
"He is probably the smartest individual in the org, behind me that is." Cyrille said.
Zenil sighed. "You think to highly of yourself. Don't you?"
Cyrille looked at Zenil with annoyance on her face.
"Why target one enemy, when you could cause a fucking war?" Zenil said with a cold look in his eyes, and a dangerous smirk on his face.