Arriving in Beijing, Luca checked his phone for messages and there was only an address sent from Zeus’ phone number.

“That old man sure can be cute sometimes. I thought I would have to find a place to stay on my own.”

After a long flight he had finally arrived at Beijing International Airport and as soon as he passed through the gate he could see someone holding a sign with his name.

Luca grinned at the sight and made his way to the man holding a sign with his name “Did uncle send you?”

That man first bowed to Luca before speaking “I’m a member of the free zone administration and I’ve been tasked to take care of young master Luca until you settle and choose your own staff.”

Luca just nodded and signaled for the man to lead the way.

Thankfully there wasn’t a heavy traffic and after a little less than an hour on the road they arrived at their destination, a private district on the 2nd ring road surrounded by high walls and an armed security team on the entrance.

After proving their identities, they entered the condo before stopping in front of the only high-rise in the compound, Luca exited the car and looked around to familiarize himself with the surrounds before following the man inside the building.

“Young master Luca, this private area is called Moonlight Garden with Regency building at its center.” the man serving as his assistant began explaining as they made their way to the top floor “The apartment is 400 square meters and is already fully equipped with only the top of the line. On the first two floors of this building are the gym and spa free of charge for the residents and are open 24h. At the ground floor we have a restaurant if needed; as for its qualities, it is usually the first choice of businessmen trying to successfully conclude their deals.” As the elevator reached the top floor Luca noted that there were actually four huge doors made of kingwood.

“Currently, from the four available suites there are only two being occupied and young master’s will be the third.” the assistant walked to the door with the words south carved before punching a password to unlock the door “The south suite has been especially prepared for young master Luca.”

“Now if you could please come to the window.” the man assigned to accommodate Luca walked to the balcony before pointing and describing each location “The area around the building is equipped with outdoor pools, a running track that goes around the property and diverse courts for all residents to use. At the four sides of this private area we have a shopping mall at the south, a hospital to the west, the business district to the east and to the north is the main entrance to the condo as well as the access to the main roads. As a resident you have access to an exclusive entrances to the shopping and the hospital if you need some privacy; there will be guard post at all entrances and you only need to show them your resident pass.”

Luca’s balcony was facing the south allowing him to see the back of the mall and the side entrances to the shopping district and the hospital. It was a shame that he wasn’t able to see all four entrances as there was no apartment that took the whole floor but he was already satisfied for being able to get such a good place to live.

“Young master, if you need anything else I’ll get it done immedi…” before the man could finish what he wanted to say Luca interrupted him.

“It’s already enough.” Luca tossed a green coin, a symbol of the free zone to the man “Your services were excellent. I won’t need anything else, so you can report your mission as finished.”

The man bowed once and quietly left.

“With this I can assume that I’m finally away from Olympus. That little rat from the free zone was probably trying to check if I still had any relations with Olympus and all I could do was endure his actions but man was it hard to not squash him.” Luca stretched and looked at the view from his balcony “It sure is hard to try and live a normal life. If it wasn’t for me trying to live peacefully I would already have killed that annoyance a few times for all those fake attempts he made.”

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From the moment Luca came closer to the man in the airport he had already show signs of attempting an assassination on Luca a few dozen times but Luca simply ignored as if he didn’t notice anything.

Luca decided to go to the restaurant at the ground floor to eat something; while making his way to the restaurant he was mumbling to himself and as soon as he reached the restaurant he was surprised to the luxurious decoration.

He asked for a table in a quiet place to eat in peace and ordered a few dishes while pondering “From here to the free zone domain shouldn’t take more than 20 minutes so if I used the right amount of force.” he looked at his wristwatch and smiled.

At the same time in the free zone domain, the man that drove Luca to the apartment was reporting to the head of security of the free zone when he suddenly fell on the floor like a puppet had its strings cut.

That head of security rushed to see what happened to his subordinate and his face paled immediately.

The man that was talking to him a few seconds ago completely normal was now unconscious on the floor and both his arms and legs were broken in many places. He was still breathing but from here on the only choice he had was retirement from field work as he would never be able to exert any strength in his arms and legs.

*Ding Ding*

As the head of security was watching the man on the floor while deciding his next steps to verify the identity of the man that just arrived; the sound of a cell phone ringing woke him up.

He quickly looked through the unconscious man’s pockets and picked the phone.

“Who is it?” the head of security was sure that this phone didn’t come from his agent sprawled on the floor as it wasn’t the model assigned by the bureau and they weren’t allowed to carry their personal items with them in case of complications during missions.

“Hello hello.” from the other side of the phone came a young voice that he never heard before “I’m just calling to ask if you liked my gift? It’s hard to hold back when being provoked by such low level bugs.”

A chill ran down the spine of the head of security.

‘To call with such timing … he is not someone that we can easily deal with but...’ as he was analyzing his options, that young voice interrupted him.

“Don’t even bother trying to complicate things. The purpose of my coming is to live peacefully without much trouble. That was just a warning. I not going to cause any trouble as long as I’m not provoked.” Luca was inside the restaurant waiting for his dishes to be served while looking at the beautifully styled surroundings “I actually do appreciate your work in preparing such a good place and that is why you only have a cripple and not a corpse in front of you. Thank you for your services and I hope you have a good day.”

As the call ended, the head of security from the free zone was raggedly breathing and his shirt was soaked with sweat ‘Just talking on the phone and he could exert such pressure.’

“Fuck it! As if I would continue to poke my nose in the higher-ups battle.” the only reason why he decided to try and investigate the identity of this newly arrived was because his accommodations were personally requested by one of the higher-ups followed by orders that no one was to disturb this vvip guest.

Currently, there was an internal fight for power amongst the higher-ups of the free zone to elect who would be the next head of the free zone; and Luca’s accommodations were prepared by the supervisor from the opposite faction that was fighting for the position of head of the free zone and he thought that he could sell this information to his supervisor to earn some extra points, but his life was clearly more important.

‘What is the use of money and power if you are dead. I should just stick around the shallow waters from now on if I want to keep breathing.’

Back at the restaurant the waiter served a big piece of steak and a plate of pasta enough to feed two or three people “It is convenient that they have a la carte services for any type of food. I would probably start feeling queasy of chinese food if I ate it everyday.”

“I wasn’t all that hungry when I got here but watching that jumping clown and his circus tricks was actually good as it stimulated my appetite.” the last time Luca ate anything was some peanuts at the bar yesterday and he wasn’t fond of plane food.

He quickly wolfed everything down before ordering a cup of coffee to relax and digest his food.

This time he finally paid close attention to the restaurant, before he only made a quick check on the surrounds and noted the overly luxurious decorations but this time he actually paid attention to the small detail from the white cloths on the tables to the paintings on the walls.

Looking at the people in the restaurant he finally noticed that he really stood out from everyone around … he was the poorest looking amongst them.

“Guess I should change my clothes.” Luca noticed that even though no one mentioned anything but every time someone saw him they would show some scorn at him for his clothes.

Most likely they thought that he was some poor worker that finally got some money and wanted to eat in a fancy restaurant.