The ax forgets but the tree remembers.
Taking revenge is frowned upon by many people, but not by Pablo. He doesn't give a shit. He made it clear to Cupid.
Cupid just shook her head and shut her mouth.
Pablo and Flashy walked side by side and Flashy was content after talking his heart out.
'But he still didn't tell me why he loves his father unconditionally. There must be something more. Well, I will eventually find it out.'
Pablo brushed it off and leisurely walked towards the Ego Reserve, the center of the city.
There were indeed direction boards hovering in the air and Pablo just followed the directions shown on them.
Everything was fine and…
"Hey Boss!" Flashy shouted all of a sudden.
"What is it? And don't shout like that." Pablo said. A sudden scream like that would give someone a heart attack.
"About those thieves. Weren't they able to vanish away? Like that night, they came out of the house after robbing it and disappeared. What if they vanished from the burning house as well?"
"And you are saying this now? Talk about timing." Pablo chuckled.
"I agree I am late but I am right, right? You can't just laugh."
"Don't laugh. He is right." Cupid took Flashy's side.
Pablo sighed. "Do you think I didn't know that? Of course I knew they could disappear."
"Then? What if they survived the fi-"
"First of all," Pablo interjected Flashy. "Not all five of them could disappear. Only one man among them had the power to vanish and I specifically threw glory matches closest to him. So what I mean is, in the fire, the man who could make everyone teleport, must have been the first one to die."
"Huh? How did you even find out the person capable of teleporting or vanishing among the five men?" Flashy asked a logical question.
"It was easy." Pablo replied. "The guy was wearing five bracelets. All four soldiers must have given him their belongings and money as he could teleport away. They must have done that in case, if they get trapped somewhere, their money would be safe with that teleporting man. Do you understand now?"
"Yeah. That makes sense." Flashy understood.
Cupid also nodded.
"And even if, by a stroke of luck, those soldiers are still alive and met me again, then they won't meet the same weak kid."
"Hmm?" Flashy didn't understand but when he looked in front of him, he smiled.
"Yeah. You are right about that." He said.
Pablo's lips curled up as well.
"It's about time…" He spoke and finally stopped walking.
He spread his arms and bellowed :
"About damn time!"
Pablo's shout garnered the attention of the people around him which were many.
"What a weirdo."
"It's a mad world."
"He is probably adopted."
People shared their views on Pablo just by his shouting but Pablo couldn't care less.
Although he was surprised at how him shouting had any relation to him being adopted. People were weird there.
Nevertheless, his eyes were focused only in front of him.
A wide entrance was in his view and above the entrance, in bold letters, the name of the place was written.
"The Ego Reserve." Pablo read the name and looked around. "It's well built that's for sure."
There was a wide, very wide entrance in front of Pablo and he was sure that even an oversized airplane could enter it easily.
It was a building type thing but not in height. Ego Reserve was focused on width. It was wide like a parking lot.
"It is very long and wide, Boss. A boy once got lost inside it, and he was found after three weeks. And it was the fastest time someone was found." Flashy shared some news about Ego Reserve.
Pablo gave a light nod and looked around.
Wherever he gazed, he saw only heads.
People, people and people everywhere.
Different scents, various buzzing noises. Everyone was excited.
"Is the crowd always this much?" Pablo asked.
"Well, I don't know. When I came here it wasn't this much." Flashy replied. He had no idea about the crowd.
Pablo sighed. "Anyway, let's just go."
"Oh. No. I can't go there. Only those who don't have a Ego can go inside."
"Fair enough. I will come back after a while."
Pablo started walking towards the wide entrance.
There were many lines of people around him and he joined one of the lines as well.
But it had been only a second since Pablo joined a line as a hand pulled him out.
"Just how eager are you, Boss? You need to know some things before going inside." It was Flashy. He pulled Pablo out of the line.
Pablo would have killed Flashy for such a behavior as the sudden pull on his body made him think an enemy attacked him. But he managed to hold back. Flashy would live.
"Tell me. Make it fast." Pablo said.
Flashy nodded and explained.
"First, you have to tell your and your parents name, then your address, then your desired occupation, like what you want to do, then they will give you a pass. Only that pass will grant you entry inside the Ego Reserve."
Pablo frowned. "I will tell them my name and I will tell them I am an orphan. My address will be the same as that burnt house. I also know which occupation to choose. I just hope they don't do a cross check."
"You know the address of the burnt house?" Flashy asked. Even Cupid was surprised. Pablo only lived there for one day and he knows its address? That was hard to digest.
"Stop acting surprised at every little thing." Pablo let out a tired sigh. "If you pay attention around you, you will get all the answers. The number of the house was written below its door and I learnt the name of all the streets we passed. I will manage the questions. It's no big deal. Just tell me, do they cross check the information?"
"Um. Yes. They do. But not if you give them money. They will let it slide." Flashy answered as fast as he could.
Pablo nodded and roamed his head all around.
He saw a tall, burly man standing behind Flashy and there were around one hundred people standing behind Flashy.
Pablo showed a smile. "The money problem can be solved."
Flashy raised his brows. "How?"
Pablo nodded and put both his hands on Flashy's shoulders.
After that, his smile grew wider.
Flashy didn't like that. "What… are you trying to do?"
"Nothing special. I think we just need a…" Pablo applied force and Flashy, being off guard, couldn't maintain his balance.
And Pablo used all his strength and he freaking pushed Flashy towards all the hundreds of the people.
And at that moment, Flashy learned that to get what you want, you just need a…
"Little push."
THRAMM!!
'I am dead.'