Ji hyun , after losing his family had nowhere to go. He was wandering in the streets of Japan still mourning the death of his family.
"When I thought I should call help, even their corpses were missing. Just who were those people?"
The people who saw the boy were gossiping and making assumptions about the boy and his condition. Ji hyun was in pretty dreaded situation.
"my clothes are all in mess. But what should I do now? Who were those people? Why did they kill my family?"
As he was thinking this many people started to notice him.
(In Japanese) "Hey! You see that kid over there."
"Yes, he doesn't look like he is from here. Is he?"
"is he probably an illegal immigrant? We shall stay away from these type of people."
"Yes, I think so too."
He could hear these people and understand them a little bit because he used to travel with his family from a very young age so he was able to learn basics of many languages. Meanwhile from afar, two men were staring at him.
"Look at that boy. Where do you think he is from?" one man said.
"I can't say but I think he is a rare asian blood because he looks like east Asians yet his color is not same, instead it is brownish."
"hey, don't you think if we take that boy with us and sell him in the next auction?"
"yes, it is a great idea conJi hyun ering we were not able not provide boss with rare specimen like him. Maybe he will even praise us for providing him with the boy."
They planned to kidnap the boy. As they approached the boy, Ji hyun who had been hungry because all the things happening to him has nearly lost all his energy. He was getting sleepy.
(stomach growling) "I am hungry."
"hey kid. Are you lost? Where are your parents?" said the man.
"I am not lost."
"and my parents….."
"oh you look hungry. Do you want to eat at place I know?"
"I don't have any money."
"so, I can't pay you."
"Don't bother paying. It will be on us." said the second man with a smile.
Ji hyun , who was hungry, decided to follow the men for food. Taking advantage of the situation, they led him in an alleyway.
Ji hyun started getting suspicious said "where is this place you were talking about?"
Suddenly one of the men grabbed him and put a handkerchief on his face. Things started to get foggy for him and soon he lost his consciousness. The last thing he knew was that both men were laughing.
***
In the high seas, there was an infamous ship where people from all over the world used to come and attend a great auction. Drugs, weapons, gold, looted items and even people were auctioned here. A place where good is devoured by evil, like a lizard catching the insects. This place was known as "the black lizard ship".
In a white room, Ji hyun found himself sitting in the middle. There was a man standing beJi hyun e who was whispering something in his years.
"ten thousand. One, two and three." Said the man.
"what does it mean? Who are you?" asked Ji hyun as he found himself unable to move. Then the man grabbed him with his throat.
"you will know soon. Till then, wake up."
As he said these words he broke the neck of Ji hyun in two parts.
"ahhhhh!!"(Ji hyun panting) "it was a dream!"
"uh! Where am I?"
Ji hyun who had been unconscious has regained his senses but he saw that he was locked in a cage.
"what is this? Why am I locked in cage?"said Ji hyun as he tried to open the cage.
"don't waste your energy." Told a voice in feeble tone.
"it will just waste your effort."
As Ji hyun looked behind he saw an old man who was also trapped just like him. He was very slim, aged and looked very weak.
"grandpa! Where are we?" asked Ji hyun .
"we are at an auction kid. We are the goods of these auction." He replied.
"goods? Do you mean that we are going to be sold?" Ji hyun asked with fear.
"yes, you see in this place bad people trade good people like us so it is the best if you just stay quiet."
While the old man was saying this, the auction was being started. A man dressed in black formal attire with a black mask covering his face began hosting the auction.
(Mic buzzing)
"hello everyone! I am your host today for this grand auction. My name, which I can't tell so there is no need for a name" the man said.
"today we have lots of goods like Columbian cocaine, American weapons, looted items from museums and rare kid of people from all over the world. They all have smuggled with very difficult."
"So make sure you bid a good amount of money so that all our efforts will be meaningful."
(A round of applause)
"Let the auction begin. First, let's bring out weapons."
"these bad boys have been brought here through the African nations. These weapons starting value is fifty million dollars. So who will be our first bidder?"
As the man said this, people started to bid.
"sixty million dollars!"
"sixty two million dollars!"
"seventy million dollars!"
"seventy five million dollars!"
Suddenly an old man dressed in formal black suit stood up and said "one hundred million dollars!"
"as expected of the top class mercenary group 'the Amazon'. Is there anyone higher than this amount?"
The crowd was silent. No one dared to speak of a higher amount.
"one, two and three. The weapons are sold."
The auction continued and people were bidding on all kinds of items. After some time the human trade started.
"now, we bring you a rare specimen, he is mixed asian boy I am sure all the people collecting rare boys are going to buy this boy for a high price, he is young and has strong and healthy body. So please bid on him open mindedly."
"two thousand dollars."
"three thousand dollars."
"four thousand dollars."
"five thousand dollars."
Then suddenly old man got up and shouted
"ten thousand dollars."
"twelve thousa..."
As the bidder was shouting the new bid, suddenly a bullet passed through his head and he was dead instantly. As people started to look that who was the one who shot him. They saw that it was the old man.
"no one tries to outbid The Amazon."
The masked host got nervous and decided to continue the auction.
(nervous tone) "hmmm! Ten thousand! One, two and three"
As Ji hyun watched that the guy who is going to take him, he was afraid. The old man just killed a man because he tried to be more interested in buying him than the old man. He didn't know what is going to happen to him? What does his fate hold for him? What will he do?
***
After the auction was over, Ji hyun was taken to another boat where the man waited for him. The guards of the ship took him to the boat. He was put in front of the old man.
"we have brought you the things you bought, Guns and the kid, both have been brought." One of the guards said.
"I appreciate your work but now I would be going to my base. So, I would like all of you to get off from my boat." The old man replied in an arrogant way.
"ok sir. It was a pleasure doing business with you." The guard said this as the other guard and he was getting off the boat.
The old man started to open a bottle of alcohol as the boat was getting away from the ship. Ji hyun had a very strange feeling towards the man. Even if he was young, he still understood that the man is his owner. As he was thinking what the old man will do with him, the old man opened the cage he was in.
"hey kid." He said "let's start with the introduction. My name is Uvanov krupetski and I am the commanding chief and owner of the mercenary group."
"what is your name?"
"my name is Ji hyun ." Ji hyun replied.
"just Ji hyun ." The old man said as he was opening the weapon boxes.
"okay Ji hyun , how did you got on that ship?"
"I don't know. There were two guys who offered me food and the next thing I know is that I was on that ship."
Uvanov looked at the kid with a serious face and said "where are your parents?"
"...."
"Well! Judging from your silence they are not alive."
"Listen kid, I know it will be hard for you but it would better if you tell me what happened to you."
The Ji hyun told him everything that has happened to him in the past days. Uvanov was surprised of what he had just heard.
"there are just too many things which are not known in your story."
"uhm! There was something on the man's shoulder I saw from cupboard."
"there was a white tiger logo and he said something about white tiger."
"Wait! Did you just say white panther?" Uvanov said with very shocked face.
"yes" Ji hyun replied.
"why would a corporation like white tiger would kill your parents? Who even were your parents?"
There was a moment of silence as uvanov was wondering.
"my parents were freelance workers. That is all I know."
"kid. Let me tell you about the white tigers." He said "white panther is an government organization which is used to clean up the mess created by a country."
"but it is unknown that which country manages them."
"within this organization there are those who are said to be able to create miracles."
"what kind of miracles?" asked Ji hyun as he was curious.
"I don't know. This organization wipes out anyone who know anything about them."
"but let me tell you this kid. Right now there is no one who can track this organization."
"so tell me, what are you going to do?" asked uvanov.
Ji hyun after hearing about the group who had killed his family, was shocked. There were too many things he didn't know. He felt that he didn't know much of his family.
"I want to know why they were killed." He said
"oh! So what will you do after that?" uvanov asked.
"I will avenge my family's death by destroying the white tiger corporation." Ji hyun said boldly. There was a glow in his his eyes which impressed him.
"take this." Uvanov said this as he passed a assault rifle to the Ji hyun .
"from now on you are my soldier."
"I will help you find out truth about your family. In return, you will serve me as a soldier."
Ji hyun who was hopeless a day before now saw a light of hope. This was an opportunity he would have heard in a fairytale. It was a perfect option to find out about his family.
"yes, I would be more than happy to kid." Ji hyun after saying this saw that Uvanov kept his hand on Ji hyun "s shoulder.
"ok kid. Welcome to the amazon."