In this world full of ashes and ruins, the sun's light looked murky when filtered with the dark clouds. Despite all that, Gabriel's biological clock awakened him in exactly eight hours after he fell asleep. The craft offered him sufficient shelter and when he stood up, the intangible figure of a middle-aged man greeted him with a smile,

"Good morning, little child," He said, an amiable smile lifted on his lips. Gabriel's gaze swept over at that figure and his throat opened, imitating what he said, a small voice, filled with the innocence of spring, echoed. "Good morning,"

The middle-aged man's appearance contrasted the sweet smile that he revealed upon hearing the words of the small child before him. Clapping his hands together, he said, "Today, we're gonna play a simple game..."

"Game?" Gabriel mumbled,

"Indeed, it's just a simple, harmless game called Tag," The man nodded his head and the doors of the Cryogenic Stasis Craft opened, revealing the scorched and fiery scenery behind it.

"Okay, now go outside, you can find your playmates, lurking around." The middle-aged man inside the semi-transparent screen gestured and Gabriel complied as he walked out and swept his gaze around. With his clear outside bestowed upon him by his superior bloodline of the Baconaua, he spotted numerous beasts and all of them shivered when they felt the young child's gaze.

"The Game of Tag is simple, you must capture all those beasts and bring them here!" He instructed and Gabriel immediately hopped towards the lurking beasts with his arms stretched towards them in a big hug.

However, the beasts who witnessed the terrifying might that the young child before them displayed yesterday, immediately tucked their tails behind and ran towards the opposite direction. Some of the smarter beasts scattered while the other beasts continued running in a linear direction.

Dust sprung in the air and the land trembled upon the weight of the stampeding beasts. Gabriel paid no heed to this commotion, his sights focused on a single monkey that repeatedly leaped on thick branches of trees. The intricate movements of the monkey became comical and playful that Gabriel's instinctively followed it.

The small monkey whose visual appearance looked rugged and rocky bitterly ran towards the opposite direction. In hopes of escaping from the sights of Gabriel. However, how could he compare to Gabriel who ran towards it in glee? 

Soon, the monkey was cornered and leaned in resignation on the wall. Gabriel's expression flickered in delight and he grabbed the monkey by its head and ran towards the Cryogenic Stasis Craft. He placed the monkey near its door before continuing his mission of finding playmates.

Several minutes later, Gabriel found three other monkeys and his fixation towards them, made the middle-aged man give a bitter smile as he floated before the exit of the Cryogenic Stasis Craft inside a semi-transparent screen. His gaze swept over these beasts and when he saw their expressions of resignation, He praised his son's capabilities,

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"As expected of my child, you didn't disappoint me," He nodded his head in satisfaction.

"We'll start our playing now, but first, I need to activate the A.I Chip that I implanted inside your mind," He mumbled as a transparent keyboard floated before his hands. With a blur, rhythmic sounds of the keyboard echoed as a familiar feminine voice belonging to that young woman inside the semi-transparent screen echoed inside his mind.

[Beacon of Hope Artificial Intelligence Program has been activated!]

[Hello, world!]

These two words rang out and Gabriel looked around, his knitted eyebrows and dubious expression made the middle-aged man chuckle as he said, "Don't bother looking for it, that voice is inside your head," Gabriel accepted this explanation and calmed down, waiting for further instructions from the man.

"Now, I will impart upon you the knowledge of Krav Maga, it is a lethal self-defense technique derived from all sorts of concepts such as boxing, aikido, judo, karate, and wrestling," A small smile lifted on the man's lips as he spoke, Gabriel's visage revealed his confusion, but he still listened and obediently sat on the ground with the disheveled monkeys.

"Krav Maga is an aggressive fighting style that promotes efficiency. However, it also promotes avoiding frontal confrontation and using your enemy's strength to your advantage, it's a peak technique in fighting against enemies that are stronger than you..." He patiently explained and though the words sounded gibberish for Gabriel, he still nodded his head.

The middle-aged man's hands lifted and turned into a blur as the sound of keyboard taps echoed out. After furiously typing, a voice echoed inside Gabriel's mind,

[Imparting Krav Maga, Complete Knowledge]

[Attack and Defense Function has been calibrated to match the newly imparted knowledge!]

[Bestowal Completed!]

"Okay, now stand up," Gabriel stood up and stared at him as the middle-aged man lightly chuckled, "The Artificial Intelligence Chip has imparted upon you the knowledge of Krav Maga. But not only that, it also encoded Muscle Memory so that utilizing Krav Maga would be the same as walking in your backyard." A proud smile lifted on his lips when he spoke these words to Gabriel.

His finger lifted and tapped a button on the Cryogenic Stasis Craft as a shockwave spread out, the shockwave struck the monkeys and a crimson light streaked through their eyes. They roared and madly rushed at Gabriel's figure.

Witnessing the berserk monkeys, Gabriel's survival instincts triggered and his bloodline rapidly spun, crackling sounds echoed inside his body as he evaded a monkey who grabbed towards his neck. As he sidestepped, his elbow bent and struck the monkey, squarely on its abdomen, sending it flying towards the skies.

Another monkey approached him from behind. But Gabriel merely turned his body around and sent a kick on its torso. The force created an impact crater when it struck the ground as the monkey lost all signs of life. The fate of the two other monkeys was the same.

With a small smile on his face along with his refreshing chuckle, he joyfully leaped around and dodged the attacks of the monkeys while at the same time, controlled his attacks so that the monkeys wouldn't immediately die.

Witnessing his son beating up the monkeys with a playful smile on his face. The middle-aged man gave a light chuckle and said, "As I thought, it seems like this son of mine is a monster above monsters..."