The Man of the Future

Chapter 12 (Betting 2 Friends)

The night finally came. The flickering stars accompanied the Full Moon in the boundless sky. In the Equatorial Space City, at the home of Mr. Jhon Swett, which is on the 20th floor. It seems he is happy. When Franco, his adopted son. Successfully get the Jade Buddha statue that he dreamed so much.

The two of them were chatting in the living room of the house, which was on the ground floor.

"Fran, you're great. It's not free of you, I sent it to Pusia's house. Because now you have the power equivalent to great people. You could say, you have entered the top 10 strongest young people on Earth, Mars and the Moon," said Mr. Jhon, praising his adopted son, who is also a young man, by still holding and staring at the Jade Buddha statue with full happiness.

"Dad Raise too much.... And it flatters me too much, sky-high. Maybe the goddess Fortuna was on my side. Anyway, I got the statue, by stealing the chance. Mark Well was so late in his feelings. So is the Red Commander from Mars, who is off guard. Foster father must have thought, I'm fighting Mark Well. Paid-in-law, with the biggest chance of the hunt. I'm just a thief, adoptive father." said Franco, explaining everything to Mr. Jhon Swett. Who seemed unconcerned with all the explanations from Franco. Because he was more concerned with the Jade Buddha statue that had been in his grasp.

"I don't care, how did you get this Jade Buddha statue. The important thing is that I have obtained this statue, without having to spend a penny," said Mr. Jhon, clasping the statue tightly, as if he was afraid of losing it.

Franco just smiled and shook his head at Mr. Jhon's words. Then speak in his heart.

"Dad Raise is really miserly and greedy. Wanting to get something but not wanting to sacrifice something" Franco said in his heart.

Franco then simply fell silent, observing the behavior of his adoptive father. Who is like a child, who is happy to get a new toy. Which he had wanted for so long.

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Time continued to pass, without feeling the night increasingly dissolved. The full moon, visible from the sky of the Equatorial Space City, looks larger and more beautiful, when compared to the full moon seen from the underworld.

Franco was still chatting with his adoptive father, in the living room of the 20-story house of Mr. Jhon's residence. Suddenly he appeared uninvited. One of Mr. Jhon's men. He looked hurried with a face that looked full of fear. It seems like there's been an incredible event that's been facing him, out there. Until it becomes like that.

He immediately reported the incident to his employer.

"Master!, Mr. Jhon. Mark Well wreaked havoc on the outside" he reported, to which Mr. Jhon was surprised to hear.

"Mark Well!, why is he here?. And without further ado create chaos in my territory?" said Mr. Jhon, staring at his men with a gaze full of probing.

He still doesn't understand why it happened.

And seeing that, Franco immediately opened his voice.

"He must have known, I am the thief of the Jade Buddha statue. No. I guess he can track me down so soon. He really deserves to be in the top 10 strongest young people on Earth, Mars and the Moon" Franco said, then walked up to Cray, his adoptive father's men.

"Cray, did he come alone?" ask Franco.

"No Mr. Fran. He came with a small robot, and a major member of a hit group from the Pacific Water City" Cray said.

"The three of them came together, straight from the mysterious temple. Cray do you know the name of the hit man from the Pacific Air city?" ask Franco.

"Nack his name, Mr. Franco," hearing Cray's reply, Franco seemed to think and try to analyze both names with his past.

"Why are they both very familiar names?. Is it possible that the two of them, were my 2 best friends first?. But it's not like Mark doesn't have the surname Well. And Nack doesn't live in the underworld, does he live in the ocean world?"

The questions continued to rule Franco's mind, until he decided to ask his Adopted Father.

"Father Raise, what exactly has happened during my seclusion, training with Pusia. 10 years ago?. Mark Well's name I've never heard before. Only Er Well as the last generation of the Well family did I hear and know his name. Then is that Mark Well, the next generation, from the cloning of Er Well?" franco asked, full of the big mark that was in his mind.

"Much has happened to Fran, as long as you've been with Pusia. The name Mark Well appeared and immediately entered the top 10 ranks of the strongest young people on Earth, Mars and the Moon. Less than 5 years ago. And even more surprising, it's not a clone of Er Well. He is only the adopted son of Er Well" explained Mr. Jhon.

"So he's not a real member of the Well family?" ask Franco back.

"Yes, he's not a native of the Well family. But his abilities and strength aren't too far away with the Well family. Especially with Er Well. Maybe the difference in strength is only 3 levels," explained Mr. Jhon.

Franco thought back and spoke in his heart.

"Possibly, Mark Well is Mark my best friend first, the bigger.", Franco said in his heart.

Franco still seemed dissolved in his own mind. Until Cray reported what he saw back.

"Mr Fran, Mark Well threatened to destroy this house. If Mr. Jhon does not come out and hand over the Jade Buddha statue to him," Cray said, stammering.

"So then yes, well Mr. Jhon and I will go out to see him. Lift Father, let's meet them, "take Franco to his Foster Father.

"But Fran, what if I just stay here" said Mr. Jhon, trying to find safety.

"No, I'm going to Lift, I'm going to have to come out. That Young Master Well, could have destroyed this house at will. Does Father Raise want to die in this house?, doesn't he?" finally Mr. Jhon wanted to come out, heard the words of Franco. And the three of them came out of the house to meet Mark Well and the others. Who was in the courtyard of the multi-storey house.

Confidently, Franco was still wearing his red robe. This time it was coupled with a slayer that covered his face until it almost reached his chest. Look at each other with Mark, after Franco faced in front of Mark Well. They seemed to be observing the strength of their respective opponents. Mr. Jhon, meanwhile, appears to be hiding behind Franco and Cray.

"Oh!, what a great you guys. It can knock out my father's elite, so easily," Franco said, then set foot back, advancing toward Mark alone.

"So you're Mr. Jhon's son?" mark asked, staring intently at Franco. Who doesn't care about Mark's question. Until he continues his words again.

"Only an elite army of trash, to me they are nothing but flies...!" timpal Mark, with all his pride.

"I like people like you, proud and have very high self-confidence. You're the same as me." heard Franco's words, Mark, and he took his eyes off into space.

"You and I are the same?, that's a big mistake. You and I are very different. I'm still me, and you're still you." said Mark heading toward Franco.

"Yes, I understand that. Because you and I are opponents. Okay!, what do you need to do here, and make a mess here?" franco asked, with that base.

"I don't like, by your pleasantries, Mr. Jhon Junior. I want the Jade Buddha statue in your father's hand" said Mark, pointing at Mr. Jhon, while Franco seemed to be smiling faintly.

"Franco, could it be the Franco we know Mark?" nack asked, whispering in Mark's right ear, with his big question mark on his mind.

"I don't know Nack, but it's possible. But it's likely that we should be patis first for now" Mark replied slowly.

"Well Mark," said Nack, then passed away from Mark's side, followed by Little Jean.

"Hi!, Franco. Quickly you hand the statue to me!" mark said, with his floor.

"It's not that easy, Mark Well, you have to beat me first" Franco replied, lightly.

"Well if so, what if we make a deal. Who was stronger and won in this fight. He is the one who has the right to own the statue. Do you agree with my proposal?" mark's proposal, to Franco. Who immediately stepped his foot, heading towards Mr. Jhon.

"Father Raise.., give me the statue," a look of surprise appeared on Mr. Jhon's face, when he heard Franco's words.

"Fran, are you crazy!. You want to hand the statue over to Mark Well!?" protest Mr. Jhon loudly.

"No, Dad, I'm not crazy. I'll make the statue a bet. To determine who is stronger between the two of us" Franco said.

"What!, do you want to make this statue a bet?, I do not want Fran," refused Mr. Jhon, loudly again.

"Dad Raise, not to get the statue. Many people have risked their lives. This is an unwritten law. If you want to get the statue, then you have to sacrifice something that we have" Franco said.

"I still do not want to, and do not want to sacrifice something that I have just to get this statue" said Mr. Jhon, firmly, holding the Jade Buddha statue tightly, holding it, with both hands.

"Alright, if the Father of the Lift remains firmly in the will and stance of the Father of the Lift. Please Lift me up face yourself Mark Well. I won't interfere in this business anymore. I'd better go back to the Pusia residence instead" Franco threatened, as he stepped foot, intending to leave his adoptive father.

Look at the earnestness of Franco's words. Finally, Mr. Jhon also gave up, for the hardness of his heart.

"Okay Fran, I'll follow your wish. But you have to promise to win this fight. This is Fran's statue" said Mr. Jhon, handing over the Jade Buddha statue to Franco, which he immediately took without hesitation.

"I can't promise, Father Lift up. But I'll try to do my best for Raised Father. And instead of us as humans, just knowing the past and the time that is running. As for the time ahead of us, we will never know. Although we have been able to make a time machine, which can penetrate the future. But is it true that the time that has been made by the time machine, is the real time. I'm not sure about that. Let time and destiny answer to our future" Franco said at length, then approached Mark again.

"This is the statue," Franco then put the statue on the floor of Mr. Jhon Swett's house.

"And now we fight, you'd better use your maximum shen" Franco said, challenging Mark Well.

"Alright, now we start, to determine who is stronger between the two of us," said Mark, then they both began to attack each other.

Visible with the whip in his left hand, Franco attempts to incapacitate Mark. But with his crystal sword in his right hand, Mark was able to fend it off even though he had to painstakingly do so.

The two of them continued to attack each other, and increasingly stayed away from that Jade Buddha statue. Until the time came they both had to face each other with their opponent's weapons. Which leads to their respective vital points. Franco's whip leads to Mark's chest, and so does Mark's crystal sword that leads to Franco's chest.

"We're balanced, Mark Well," Franco said.

"Not Jhon Junior, I'm the winner!" unexpectedly by Franco, Mark pulled the selayer he was wearing to cover his face.

There was a look of surprise on Mark's face, when he saw a tattoo with a red crescent moon on Franco's chin.

"YOU!. FRANCO BRES!?" mark exclaimed, letting go of his shock. When you find out who Franco really is.

"Who are you really?, until I find out my last name?" franco asked, full of astonishment.

"I'm Mark Kler" heard the name called by Mark. Franco then pulled the whip back to his left arm. While Mark, sheathing his crystal sword back on the sheath.

The two of them then hugged each other, releasing their respective misses.

"Actually from the very beginning my premonition was that you were my lost best friend, Mark," Franco said, in a soft voice.

"I'm also Fran, it looks like the prophecy has happened. Me, you and Nack have reunited" Mark said.

"Nack!, so he's Nack Sin, our old friend?" ask Franco.

"Yes, Nack come here" Mark called, and Nack approached the two of them, followed by Little Jean.

"Nack, he's Franco's a friend of ours" Mark said, and Nack saw a red crescent tattoo on Franco's chin.

"Franco Bres, huh?" said Nack briefly, directly hugging Franco.

The three of them also dissolve with their memories together 15 years ago. When they had to separate because they were adopted by different people. Without paying any more attention to the Jade Buddha statue that was walking by itself slowly. Unknown and realized by anyone.

"Mark, how does it feel to be part of the Well family?" ask Franco.

"It's normal, but fun too. Especially if Grandpa Well is telling his love story first. My father and I laughed at him. The time he never dared to say love to the woman of his dreams until now, when his age had passed 100 years, Grandpa's strange base. Still obsessed with his old love," hearing Mark's story, everyone laughed.

Mark continued to tell the story, unaware of the Jade Buddha statue, getting further away from them. Stay away because there is a force that moves it.