The Chief of Police's face drained of color.

"No, I mean... yes. Yes, you dare to pull the trigger."

“No,” Jose exhaled slowly, almost tired. “I don't dare to pull the trigger. Do you know why?"

"I... I don't know, Governor. Please, tell me."

“The last time I killed a man was during the rebellion, forty years ago. That man was the Governor before me. I swore to the people his blood would be the last I shed, so Vinland could finally know peace."

The Chief of Police nodded rapidly, desperate to cling to his words. “Yes, yes, Governor. You're right. Killing is useless. Especially killing me—"

"But I was wrong," Jose cut him off, his voice low and heavy.

"People whisper that I'm weak because I let the mockery slide. Because I don't punish fools who act like I'm blind, like I'm some impotent governor sitting on a crumbling throne. And truthfully..."

His eyes narrowed, his tone dropped to a growl. "I never cared about their little games."

But then Jose's face twisted, rage boiling over. His hand shook with fury as the barrel of his gun pressed harder against the Chief's forehead.

"But you crossed the line. You tried to touch my family."

"Sir-I swear-I didn't know about this! Please-"

י

"You speak of justice, but all you do is obey Bernard. How can a man like you sit at the top of law enforcement?"

"Governor-"

The shot cracked like thunder. The Chief's eyes went wide with disbelief.

Regret flickered for the briefest second-if only-but then his head hit the floor, blood spilling fast across the tiles.

Jose pulled out his phone and dialed. "Lee, I killed Bernard. And the Chief of Police."

silence on the other end before Lee, the head of Vinland

"For real."

Jose. About time you put those bastards down. You want help finishing off the rest? Plenty of them are

just clean up these two first," Jose

people will take care of it," Lee replied. Then his

a granddaughter.

planning to make her your successor, then you'll have to clear out a mountain of enemies inside

the storm

of work ahead of us. Let's start by

was about to undergo a brutal reformation—from the inside. Back at a small clinic in the Vancouver slums, Alex lay on his bed when he heard a knock at the door. He opened it to find Josephine standing there,

"What's up?" Alex asked.

I come in?"

and she sat on the edge

to ask this," Josephine said softly. "But do you think the old man Jose and Lucia

still have plenty of loyalists from the old days. All they need is time to rearrange

Josephine asked

test

whispered. Her voice trembled. “I just... I just want them to

"Alex, there's something

"What?"

twenty people were shooting at you and the bullets just froze in the air around you... how did you do that?" Josephine asked,

then?" Alex frowned, certain she shouldn't have

grinned proudly. "So tell me how do you do it?" "Ever heard of a superhuman?

leaned closer, excitement sparking in her voice. "Can you teach me to be

me to take you as my disciple?" Alex arched a

said, her smile wide and

chuckled softly. "Fine. If you really want to learn my techniques, you need a strong foundation first. Without it, everything else is useless. That means you'll have to start by cultivating internal

blinked. “What's

"You cultivate it by

listen carefully-it takes more

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