The Philippines, Cebu, Year 2015
Deep in the night, inside a large abandoned warehouse, a group of ten men wearing black shirts stood behind a young man.
Looking closely, one could still see the immaturity in his face. But when you stared into his eyes, all you could see was a dead gaze filled with indifference.
He was Raymond Sanchez.
"Vincent, is everyone ready?" Raymond asked the bulky man among the group.
Vincent, who stood just behind Raymond, replied, "Yes, sir. The abandoned cars are outside the warehouse. We can start the plan directly."
Raymond Sanchez had been in this world for several months. In his past life, he was the underground ruler of the entire African continent.
Although he hadn't been killed by his enemies, the ruthless march of time had still taken him. He wasn't proud of his achievements—because in the end, he had failed. Why?
His greatest ambition was to expand beyond Africa and rule Asia, perhaps even America and Europe.
But this time, the God of Death seemed to have noticed his ambition and gave him a second chance. Although the body he now possessed was Filipino, he didn't care. He thought it was a good starting point. Besides, he had a strange thing called a System.
From the system, he could gain everything that would normally take decades to achieve. He could buy anything he wanted—so long as he had the money.
Raymond Sanchez thought to himself, This plan must succeed. His new family was just starting to enter the world of politics. This operation would help him immensely in the future.
Raymond's father in this life wanted to become a Barangay Captain. It was the smallest administrative unit in the Philippines, but even though it was small, it was not far from being called a local king in that area.
What Raymond and his gang were about to do was to eliminate his father's political rival—under the guise of an accident.
Raymond didn't want to do it, but he had no choice. His father was losing due to a lack of popularity.
They couldn't compete in terms of charm, nor could they match the rival's spending on vote-buying.
So what could he do? The only option was to remove the obstacle entirely.
Thinking of this, Raymond Sanchez laughed grimly, clapped his hands, and said, "Let's go. Make sure you don't forget anything. If you do, tell me now."
Vincent nodded and quickly arranged his men to double-check everything. The men in black began inspecting the bags on the floor.
Inside the bags were multiple flammable materials—some of them volatile enough to cause explosions.
Vincent checked everything thoroughly and saw that each member had identical supplies. Satisfied, he turned to Raymond and said, "Sir, we're ready to go. Rest assured—we won't fail you."
Raymond laughed and nodded. This was the power of the system. Everyone recruited through it was absolutely loyal to him.
"Okay, go. I'll head home on my own. Good luck, everyone!" Raymond said as he waved goodbye and exited the warehouse.
As the boss, he didn't have to get his hands dirty. This life was already better than the one before. He didn't have to worry about betrayal.
I hope everything goes well. Otherwise, I'll be forced to do it myself, he thought.
Vincent and his gang were basically a bunch of thugs, not hardened killers. But Raymond didn't believe that ten thugs couldn't handle a single family.
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Libo, Don Quixote Subdivision
This place is relatively secluded and takes 10 minutes to reach the main road.
As the time is already 2 am, there's very few cars left and almost no one is walking outside.
Three toyota cars arrived not far from the subdivision.
"Follow the plan. I will stop the guards after that I will call you and you will go directly to their house."
Vincent said to the walkie-talkie and got a reply, "Yes, sir!"
So, Vincent drove his car to the gate of subdivision. He saw a sleepy guard waving at him and asked, "Hey, it's already 2 am. No one is allowed to enter."
Vincent left the car while one of the gang in the car replaced him in the driving position without the sleepy guard noticing it.
"Sorry sir, Boss Vingol told us to meet him as he has important documents for us to send. Can you let me meet him?"
Vincent said to the sleepy guard while getting closer and closer. He took something from his packet and turns out to be a brass knuckles.
When he got to the distance, he swung his right arm right away and punched the guard at his face.
A cut appeared in the guard's face, completely waking him up but he got hit by another punch again which completely fructured his cheekbones.
"Ugh--s-stop..." The guard said weakly, bleeding a lot from his face.
Vincent quickly jumped where the guard was. He punched the guard again but this time in the stomach and said, "Open the gates now!"
The guard who was about to pass out doesn't care anymore. He felt like he's about to die and all he can feel is that he's dying.
"Press that. Please stop beating me...."
Vincent did what the guard said and took out the walkie talkie, "The gates are open. Do it quickly and withdraw."
Two toyota cars arrived and passed the gate.
Vincent then took the guard and put him down, replaced him as a guard while at the same time staring at the guard to prevent him from doing anything.
"Don't do anything. If you make us fail, our boss will surely bury you and your family alive. Now, tell me where the CCTV area?"
The guard didn't say anything and just pointed.
Meanwhile, Vincent's people has arrived to the most luxurious house which just happened to be at the end of subdivision.
Nine people quickly took out the gasoline from their bags and then encircled the house while pouring it.
Then, four of them climbed on every sides trying to find a window or way to enter the house without alarming everyone inside.
Then, someone found a window opened which just happened to be the room of children.
Vincent's member signalled from others using hands with hush. He continued inside, saw the child sleeping and went downstairs to open the front door.
After opening the front door, two or three men went inside with bags. They look for electrical hotspot and found an outlet just close to microwave.
They helped each other as one strips the wires, bends them to arc, which would spark when powered. One went to overheat something so that it would start a fire.
Then, they took out something from their bags which is gasoline mist and sprayed it.
When everything was ready they all locked every exits. One who was still inside quickly started the set up and left.
The nine people quickly left as they drive away from the house.
Vincent who destroyed the CCTV and has been waiting received a response from his gang and knocked out the guard and left.
15 minutes later.
Bang! Something shortcircuited inside the hourse.
The gasoline mist made the flame even more powerful. The gasoline that was poured around the house, specifically the exits made the fire extremely harsh.
Meanwhile, Vingol and his family were still asleep. Due to the sound proof, they weren't able to hear the explosion of an appliance.
Not until the consecutive explosions.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The appliances started to exploded one after another. Now the downstairs are almost impossible to be used as an exit.
Mr. Vingol and his family woke up due to the explosions. Then, his expression changed as he smell burnt.
Likewise, Mrs. Vingol was also startled and woke up. She was also startled by what she smelled.
They both quickly left the room and went to their son. However, unfortunately, when they left the fire is already raging.
If they want to enter, they will be burned. Mr. Vingol still went inside and and saw his child screaming and crying.
Its room was already half covered by flame. It turns out that one of Vincent's men used all the gasoline mist in the child's room before leaving.
Now, the entire house except Mr and Mrs Vingol room is still fairly okay.
After Mr. Vingol took his child, he quickly screamed, "Wife, go back!"
Then, the three quickly ran almost nowhere to go. They realized they are trapped.
Even if they have to go back to their room, their window wasn't enough for them to escape.
The house is now 80% covered in flames. The Vingol family went back to the room and cried.
"Why?! Why is this happening? How could the flame burn so fast?!" Mr. Vingol screamed, the popular rival of Raymond's father.
The three are basically hopeless and all they could do was scream and cry. Now, the flame is everywhere.
Until the three of them are now swallowed by flames. They screamed. Screamed painfully. They kept hugging the children but it wasn't enough.
"Dad! Dad....ahhhh it hurts....." The children screamed.
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The kid went berserk as he keep rolling everywhere despite the flames.
The sound of wailing of the three kept on going until 10 minutes later, the sound was gone.
In the distance, Vincent saw the smoke coming from the subdivision. A huge smile appeared in his mouth and he took out a phone from his right pocket and texted someone.
"Boss, mission successful."
Raymond Sanchez, at home, reading a book while checking the clock on the wall suddenly heard a vibration.
When he picked it up, he saw a text message from Vincent.
'Boss, mission successful.'
A wide grin appeared on his face. The first step of domination starts from here.