Lucid dream was always a mysterious phenomenon. You could partialy know everything that was happening but never questioned why you were in that situation in the first place. There was all kind of weird circumstances you may find yourself in, for example being a death god like thing with only two eyeballs and a tounge and fighting against a robotic dinosaur like thing with six eyes; or being chased around by your own mother wielding a gigantic flaming sickle and a horde of angry demons and ghosts( for several weeks, I did not dare to displease Esteemed Mother because of that nightmare). Or for instance, getting into a mob fight, breaking into a criminal lair with a jetski and start firing wildly.

Things became even wierder when you could gain all kind of bizarre abilities from the dreams in reality. Now, I could proficiently use all kind of firearms, fight like a boss, drive car and do stuffs I have no knowledge of. Whatsmore, I also had unbelievable powers like superhuman strength, unlimited stamina( I’m still a virgin so I was not so sure...), move faster when running on all four( this was because your body would feel incrediblely heavy while running in a dream, my option was to run on all four to increase speed, don’t ask me why), breathe freely underwater( you can breathe in dream no matter where you were) and a lot of hidden abilities I did not know of or remember. That explained why I could singlehandedly fucked up the entire ambush like a real Agent 47.

“So that’s what happened”

“Is that so, I understand *Flip the table* understand your grandma. You haven’t told me anything.”

“Hey, my grandma is your mother, you know?”

Yep, the one sitting infront of me with a black face was second uncle. He was a man in his mid fifties, dressed like your everyday neighbor next door. I stared at the flipped table and the expensive laptop underneath it. You could have given me that. What a waste!

Sigh, I recalled the entire story to him while giving my own opinion.

“Let me get this straight, someone is aiming at my high-ranking member. Then there is this traitor who break my rule. My stupid son-in-law got tricked and stuck in the cross fire dragging you down with him.”

“Yeah, that’s the gist of it.”

“Alright, I will deal with the rest. You can go now. Also, keep this from Na please.”

Na was my second sister.

“Don’t worry. You know I don’t like trouble. Uncle, you have to be careful this time. Your opponents aren’t lousy thugs anymore.”

“I know. Since when a kid like you start teaching me about life.”

I got a feeling of bitterness in his voice. Life had been harsh on him, but what could I say, he had chosen this life himself.

“When it get dangerous, call me uncle. I don’t agree with your choice, but we are still family.”

“I promised your parents to keep you out of all this. A student should focus on studying. Don’t follow my foot step”

I shrugged and walked out of the door. You were too stubborn for your all good. I knew he had always felt guilty because he ruined the life of his two blood brothers. One was dead because of overdose, one was in the drug rehab center, never again had a future. That was why in order to redeem himself, he desperately expanded his influence to stopped drug trafficking which displeased a lot of people, including some corrupted high-ranking officials. This ambush was proof that he had overstepped their bottom line.

Fuck it, I would deal with it when the time came. Atmost, I would kill off a bunch of them and see if they dare touch my family again, secretly of course. It was not that hard actually, I got a few transformations under my belt including that stupid grim reaper form.

Sigh, since when killing people became such a normal thing? A few years ago , I was still a normal highschool boy leeching off my parents and playing game all day, heck, I didn’t even dare kill a mouse back then. Well, I was still leeching off my parents and playing game all day but you got the point.

*Ring Ring*

“Yes, I’m hearing mom. Yes, yes, I’ll be right back”

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The problem was how did I do that? Second uncle place was quite far from city centre. I didn’t have enough money for a cab. Poor student life. I could ask some from second uncle but I left so cooly before, it would be embarrassing to come back to ask for money. No, my manly pride wouldn’t allow it.

“Hey you, come here”

I called one of the lacky in his house. I couldn’t ask him but I I definitely could ask his surborndinate right?

“Yes, what can I do for you, sir?”

“I need a ride. So I will take that Ferrari. Tell him to send somebody to collect it at my place”

I pointed at one of the expensive cars in the garage. When you free-loaded something you had to do it with style.

“But that’s boss’s favourite car. Without his permission...”

“I’m sure he won’t mind.”

Beside it was not like I hadn’t wreck any of his expensive car, one or two more wouldn’t be a problem. I would not say that out loud though.

*BRMM BRMM*

Damn, it felt good driving a sport car.

Although second uncle did not involve in drug deal or prostitue but there were countless ways for a underworld lord to make money. Afterall, he had thoudsands of suborndinates to feed. He was not exactly clean but hey, at least he was not an evil overlord. Some people might think he was weak and decided to do something stupid. Such people did not live long. If anyone had a brain, they would notice that someone who controlled most of the South East region of the country would not be weak. Beside, me alone was enough of a detterance.

You must be wondering why a normal university student like me involving in all this mess?

Well, while we were enjoying showing off on the street, I will tell you a story. 3 years ago, when I was just enrolled in university and when second uncle started expansing his influence into this city. A lot of the gangs here were not happy about it. However, second uncle momentum was very strong. He took over half a city in less than two month. In one final desperate attempt, the rest of them teamed up for one big fight. That night was quite chaotic. It was the biggest open gang conflict in several decades after all. The police was pretty much useless at that point. Gun fights happened across the city. Gun control be damned. Gangsters chasing each other with all kind of cold weapons. It was like a war zone.

Then somehow, I got caught in the cross fire. Now that I thought about it, my luck was really bad for such thing to happen all the time. For fuck sake, I was just walking to a 24h store near my room and two sides just coincidentally clashed with me in between. Of course, my second uncle’s guys regconised me and they tried to protect me.

But that just made it worse!

Now that both sides focused on me, I got nowhere to run. Whatsmore, we were losing. So with no other choice, I destroyed the enemies with my barehands, and while I was at it, dealed with the rest too, one group after another, and they just kept coming. Eventually, the military stepped in but it was already over, our side won by a large margin. Let’s not even talk about cleaning up that mess.

Yes, I already had the superpower back then, I just didn’t have a reason to use it.

When the adrenaline wore off, strangely, I didn’t have the mental breakdown from ‘frist time’ like most anime protagonists like I would expect. Of course, I felt quite unease, mostly from the fact how I would explain this to my family. The most logical reasons I could think of was that I become numbed from all the killing in video game or I read too many novels to feel anything or maybe because I had already got used to it when I was in the ‘dreams’. No matter what, I did not think I was a heartless person and I did not feel the thrill from killing people so that was enough.

Luckily, second uncle did not ask any question and he even made sure no one leaked a word about me. Of course, I had to step in a few more times when some opponents required special kind of 'attention'. Well, that was pretty much it. I was sure the incident involved much more parties than it appeared on the surface. However, it was none of my concern as long as I got to continue my carefree life.

Or so I hoped. Life always bended you over and make you it bitches