A Tough Puzzle To Creak

JoJo POV

I assured the guard that I will be fine, so do what you have been told and walked in the leaders' directions while they are having a heated argument.

"You will pay for this Gregor, I trusted you… no, we trusted you…" The Russian gang leader said in an arrogant tone.

The leaders were frustrated, enraged, angry, or one could say we're feeling every negative emotion mankind knows off as in a few hours all their future plans, man, resource everything they once had were lost.

And to add black pepper to their wounds was that they lost to a mere child, who neither from action nor look was just an ordinary child."Gregor, remember the words." I said to him coldly, noticing he was having a hard time dealing with this situation.

To betray the person who helped you in hard times, no matter how cheap, self-centered, or egoistical he might be is not an easy task.

'Perhaps his bond with him was strong…. Nevertheless, I had shown him something invaluable, something which cannot be compared with, something that no matter how hard you try you will never get; if you continue you're the way you are…..' I thought deeply enjoying the drama happening in front of me.

"The hardest of choices, requires the strongest of will." He muttered and acted like he was enlightened while closing his eyes.

"Uncle Gregor, why? Why? Are you betraying us? Please tell me." A boy asked in desperation, apparent in his voice. He was still in disbelief that his uncle could betray them.

He was none other than the 2nd son of a Russian gang leader and then the next leader in line.

"Why, you ask me…." Gregor muttered emotionlessly, staring at the boy, slowly walking in his direction.

"Unlike you, sister, who is your and your father's puppet, I refuse to play a horse to a king who is considerably weaker than I am. Someone who is hesitant and doubtful will end up killing all of us." He paused, gave the boy's sister a stare filled with pity as he knew exactly how they would treat her.

"Every leader here expects the new one to fail to assert their power and to retain their crown… so all of us here have a plan to destroy you all." He finished his explanation.

His words leave everyone (Leader and their children only) in a complete state of bafflement, not just only because his words were with pure conviction, faith, and confidence in the kid he recently met, but because of how true they truly were.

They recently attempted to assault several locations in Gotham that either belong to a powerful crime family or more established gangs and in the end, they had to pay a hefty price for it.

They were all speechless or in a state of denial. "All of this… happens because of you, fuckin brat!!!" Finally, the Russian gang leader lost his calm and reasoning, as he was angry beyond reasoning.

'Ego as big as the planet, but as fragile as a thin glass.' I thought, observing the Russian mob leader holding on to his instinct of self-destruction.

He instantly spun around, raising his handgun and aiming it at my head. "Any final word-"

"Tell me, my friend, what is the difference between a king and a horse?" I asked him calmly, cutting him off.

Continuing the example, Gregor said, not even reacting to his previous action. Through this, I end up catching him off guard with this kind of strange behavior.

"What the hell you mean!" The Irish leader spoke impatiently, unable to relate to my words, interpreting the Russian mob leader hence, getting attention from everyone.

"I am not talking about the obvious stuff…. Like one is an animal, one has 4 legs or one walks on 2… I am not giving you a child riddle." I responded with evident disappointment in my remark.

"....." However, no one answers, or perhaps they don't have any to begin with, while I motion for my guards to lay down their weapons since the situation was far from dire.

"Form, ability, and power, that's what's puzzly." I continued, everyone heard with stress as they recall what Gregor said about being a horse to a king.

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A/N: I know, I know I took the dialogue from bleach but it sounds cool and is quite philosophical so I dropped it here. Hope you like it. Also I am dropped this FF as it getting boring to write. Enjoy the last chapter.