GAME OF THE DEVIL

CHAPTER 21

"I feel like I'm forgetting a lot of things," Noah said.

"Nah, I just really don't care. Is it bad to not care? No, it's not bad to not care. Am I doing enough? I feel like I'm not even doing anything. Man, this is getting boring. I don't want to continue this anymore. I just changed my mind. This is boring as fuck."

Naois stared at himself, eyes gleaming bright with realization, "I want more freedom."

He let out a short chuckle, eyes squinting happily as he did, "Yeah. I want to do something else now."

"Like what?"

"I don't know."

"If you don't know then I don't know too."

"How about go for the third phase of the game?"

"Yeah, maybe that'll do for now."

"Pft," Noah held back a laugh, "You really are crazy."

He froze when the whole place shook. The mirrors surrounding him cracked, the ground beneath his feet vibrated and the giant ceiling led light panels illuminating the room flickered. A feeling that the world is about to turn upside down... sent exhilirating and addicting chills down his spine.

This time, he laughed out loud, to his heart's content... yet still having that sense of boredom.

"Took them long enough," Noah said.

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Matias Ivanov, the sixth child of Konstantin Ivanov and first of his mother, Felicia de la Vega who was a wealthy and intelligent businesswoman from the country of Sarzon. His full-blooded and youngest sibling is Isabella Ivanov while he has nine other half siblings.

Maliban sa pagiging anak ng isang Mafia Boss at ang ikaanim na tagapagmana ng sindikato ay isa siyang Police Detective na nagtatrabaho sa Voross Nationale Police o mas kinikilalang VNP. Masasabing mas active siya sa gobyerno kesa sa underground.

Noong una ay may interes siya na maging tagapagmana ng Black Jackal, ang sindikatong pinamumunuan ng kaniyang pamilya, dahil sa tipo ng kapaligiran niyang pinamumunuan ng lakas at kapangyarihan. Because of the type of environment he grew up in, hindi mapipigilang maimpluwensyahan siya nito.

Kaso simula ng pagkamatay ng kaniyang ina ay unti-unting nagbago ang pananaw niya. Dagdag pa nang makilala niya si Sahara Khatri na pumasok bilang isang katulong sa Ivanov Estate.

YEAR 20XX

"Do you need help?"

Gulantang na napatayo si Sahara (Age: 8) mula sa pagkalkal sa mga kagamitan sa opisina ni Delya Rineas-Ivanov, ang legal na asawa ni Konstantin, dahilan para mabitawan at mabangga ang iilang mga kagamitan na naglikha ng ingay nang mahulog sa sahig.

She froze on the spot, looking straight at the boy who was leaning his left shoulder on the door frame with his arms crossed in front of his chest and his right leg behind the other.

Her brows furrowed. Biting her lower lip, she thought, 'Fuck, I got caught.'

Mula sa gilid ng kaniyang mga mata ay kita ni Sahara ang dala-dalang patalim na handa niyang kunin mula sa lamesa sa oras na sugurin siya nito.

Ang buong atensyon niya'y muling nabalik sa lalaki nang marinig ang malalim na tawa nitong nakakahalina ngunit alam niyang may halong panunuya. She mentally scoffed. She probably looks like nothing but a joke to him right now.

"Don't worry. I don't have any plans on telling on you," he says, a glimmer of amusement in those golden tinted amber orbs, "For now."

Mas sumama ang tingin niya rito.