Chapter 55 New Stakes

I had never been put in a chokehold in my life. I had seen it on TV, but not even the visual stress and pain I had seen on the victims could prepare me for what I felt at the moment. With an arm over my neck and one pressing down on my head, I felt like I was being strangled under the sea. At first I panicked, totally foreign to the sensation, but as death finally came in sight, I clamped my hands around the arm of my captor and pulled. Stars were already beginning to swim in my eyes when my effort paid off with some results, but then they were limited as I was only able to release a little of the pressure on my neck. "What do I do, what do I do" With the small breathing room I had gotten myself, my mind had a chance to think and thankfully before I lost the strength in my fingers, scenes of Jackie in action flew into my head and without hesitation, I delivered three elbow strikes to the man behind me with all my might pausing as I was about to deliver the fourth when the clear sound of something cracking rang out. Silently my opponent's arms loosened around my head and not waiting for them to come, I gripped his right arm and with a groan bent over while pulling on it, flipping the bigger man over and slamming his back to the ground as hard as I could. "Bastard" Letting out heavy breaths and massaging my throat, I watched the man roll around on the ground clutching his side in pain. Still in disbelief of what I had just been through, I moved to take a step in the direction of my car, but instead, I fell to my knees, my body shivering still terrified by what I had just been through. It was easy for one to imagine themselves being in a death fight when they had never been in one, their feeble mind unable to conjure what the real thing was like. I was an over thirty-year-old man, yet I found myself spending several seconds on my knees paralyzed with fright and I would have remained like this for longer if my opponent hadn't finally gained a grip on himself and moved to stand up despite his obviously cracked ribs. "Like hell, I'll let you stand" I thought, the terror at the thought of him getting up vanquishing the fear in my body, my desire to live soaring past the roof. Faster than he could pick himself up, I stood up to my feet and raising my leg I launched a heavy kick at his face, planning to knock him out as I had to first one, but my opponent wasn't about to let that happen. Already on his knees just as my feet were about to hit his face, the man's hand shot out to grab it but sadly for him, as my kick hit his hand despite bracing for it, it sent his body lifting off the ground and crashing to side, the force behind it being too strong for him to handle. "Bastard" I muttered, my fear forgotten. This time not giving him any respite, I walked to his fallen body and gave it a kick, sending it skidding back and then I delivered a kick to his face wincing when a couple of teeth flew off and his mouth turned bloody. "That's got to hurt" Making sure my opponent was knocked flat out, I turned to the first guy I had taken down, studying his unconscious form for some second before releasing a kick at his face. Dealing him a second kick and only being satisfied when his nose broke and his face turned bloody. "That should keep them out for some minutes" I thought, my knowledge of fighting and knocking out people crude and supplemented by the things I saw Jackie and the others do. Looking away from the defeated men, I turned to my surroundings, conflicted on whether to be relieved or not that none of the neighbours had picked up on the conflict and anxious that the colleagues of these guys could burst out of the house any second. Though I had taken out two men I was still worried because while the first man was someone, I had seen back in Ninja Momma's nightmare, him being the guy she had been shooting at, the second man with his blaze hairstyle was unfamiliar and this meant that the last hulking one, the one who had attempted to smash me to paste back in ninja momma's dream was most likely inside the house. "Do I enter or not" Though Ninja momma had said not to call the police it seemed like the best option for me at the moment, because for all I knew there could be more than just that last guy in the house, a dozen men possibly and all of them with guns. It was too risky. "I'm out of here" I had just taken three ste0s toward my car when, [Ding New mission(optional) Save Mark and Anna from their kidnappers Defeat the leader of the kidnappers. Reward: 0.5% stake in Ford Motors. Possible bonus reward: 5-10 blank attribute points Blank attribute points: these are points that the host can add to any desired body attribute. Su mission (optional) Sёarᴄh the Novёlƒire.n(e)t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Kill the leader and all his goons Reward: 7% stake in Ford motors Mission duration: Tonight] On its own the blue screen popped up in my face, the previous mission cleared out and a new one was presented, and after reading the info on the screen. I screamed in my head. "Fuck you system, fuck you, fuck you." At the moment, Ford Motors had a net worth of about 17 billion dollars with a 0.5 stake in it meaning that I got 85 million dollars and a 7 percent stake giving me over 1.5 billion dollars. This was 2002, not 2025 when inflation had hit the economy several times, if I had I billion dollars in my account.... I couldn't even finish the thought as I blanked out lost in what I would do with the money, but this only lasted for a second as I shook my head and regained my wits. "Fuck you system" I cursed one last time and then "System, my profile" [Name: Marcus Lawson Title: Skilled seducer (+3 charisma, +2 stamina and +2 intelligence), Dirty Old Pervert Level/XP: level 4/ (760/800) Dick Length/girth: 6.6/3.7 inches Load Volume: 3.7ml PSDP:125085 Potential sugar babies:(2/3) Martha Taylor, Valera Taylor. Sugar babies:(1/2)Lucy Corlea. Body stats:( Strength: 7.4 (3.4)/ Agility: 4.9 / Stamina: 6.4(2)/ Intelligence: 7.9(2)/ charisma: 6.9(3.4)/ luck:0.1) Active/passive skills: Dominance aura(passive), Sweet hands (active), Daddy Knows Best(active), Nightwalker (active), MENTOR(active). Knowledge: ?? Equipped items: NOTA Mission: in progress Shop(Knowledge tree) Inventory: Nasty key, Lucy Corlea Apology card] I had left my knowledge box empty, having no pressing ignorance to eliminate but now, things were different, there were a lot of holes to fill and risks to weigh.