Standing in that scary place of his childhood, Aryan's mind was in turmoil. As soon as he saw the boss (Kenji), Kenji's vicious eyes also flashed. Kenji signaled to the two thugs standing nearby, "Go, see who he is and what he's doing here. Kill him if necessary."
As those two thugs approached Aryan, the Aryan within Aryan awakened. He beat them both so brutally that their screams were muffled in his throat. He twisted one's arm to shield him and slammed the other's head against the wall. Blood splattered on Aryan's face, but his eyes remained expressionless.
He walked straight to Kenji. Kenji exhaled smoke from his cigarette and asked in a cold voice, "
Who are you? And how dare you come to my place like this?"
Aryan's mind was blazing. Kenji had been killed. He had also killed the two thugs who had stolen his childhood. Aryan had seen their corpses with his own eyes.
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How is this possible?" Aryan thought to himself. "Five years ago, I tortured him to death. I took his place and led this entire gang to great heights. So how are they all alive? Was that coma dream so real that it altered my memories?"
For the first time, Aryan began to doubt his own understanding. Was he still asleep? Or had he awakened from his coma and entered a parallel world?
Kenji shouted again, "Answer! Who are you?"
Aryan didn't let his confusion show. He cast the same sideways glance at Kenji and said in a flat voice, "I'm not here for revenge, I'm here for business."
Kenji laughed, "Business? I don't have any business with slackers like you. Get out of here or the next bullet will be right in your head."
Aryan gave a menacing smile and leaned closer to Kenji, whispering something into his ear that made Kenji's face turn pale. Aryan mentioned Kenji's dark secrets, which only those in the highest ranks of the Yakuza could know. Aryan explained how Kenji would die within the next year if he didn't obey Aryan.
Kenji was shocked.
"You... how do you know all this? These things were just between me and the head of Japan!"
Aryan said calmly, "I told you, I'll take you to the top. Right now, you're just a neighborhood thug, but I can make you the king of this entire empire. In return, you have to do me one favor."
Kenji thought for a moment, then lowered his gun. "
Okay. I agree with you. But remember, if what you say turns out to be a lie or you try to deceive me, your head will be severed from your body. I will see the truth about you."
Aryan turned and started walking away. The same question still lingered in his mind—"
When I killed him, I was the boss of this gang. I made him cross rivers of blood. Now I have to start all over again."
Aryan took the metro back to his home. On the way, he kept looking at his reflection in the metro window. He couldn't understand whether the world had changed or he himself had changed. All these people he had erased in his 'dreams' or 'past' were standing alive before him.
"No matter," Aryan made a vow to himself.
"If God gives me this chance again, this time I will be even more ruthless. This time there will be no coma, no dreams. This time only the blood of reality will flow."
Aryan reached home and lay down on his bed. Tomorrow was Monday. He had to go to the office. He had to meet Komal and settle Rahul's accounts.