( Leo's POV )
"Are you sure you don't want to come with me to meet my mother? I think she would be thrilled to meet you, master–" Leo said, as he tried to convince Ben to come meet his mother.
"Nah, boy, you should go on your own. You're meeting her after a long time, so you should spend those precious first moments in solitude.
I'll meet her next time. Afterall we are here for two more days" Ben said, as he very considerately decided to not impose himself between a mother-son reunion.
"Are you sure master? What will you even do alone in this unknown city?" Leo said, as Ben shrugged his shoulders and pointed at the scenery around.
"I'll loiter around and explore, what else?" Ben said, as he patted Leo on the head and headed off in a different direction to where Leo was going.
Leo's destination was the central market where his mother worked in a Baker's shop, apparently she was a 'Gourmet Chef' and was currently learning the art of making different types of breads and desserts from an experienced senior baker.
In Leo's mind, the Gourmet Chef class suited Elena perfectly as she was really not built for combat at all.
Kind and gentle, she was the perfect housewife, however Leo seriously doubted if she could even kill a cockroach if she had to.
"Maybe I'll buy a nice restaurant for her…. I have enough money, I can definitely finance her dreams…" Leo murmured to himself on his way to the Bakery, as now that he was going to go meet his mother, Leo thought about how he could improve her life when he was there.
Absentmindedly, Leo reached the central market without changing into his 'Leo Skyshard' persona, as it wasn't until he saw his own reflection off the Bakery's display glass that he realized that he was still wearing the Virex Corps mask and Black Assassin Robes.
'Oops…. Guess I got to change' Leo thought to himself as he chuckled and kept moving forward, turning into a back-alley just behind the bakery kitchen which looked dark and abandoned.
Once there, Leo scanned his surroundings for any onlookers, however, once he could find none he slowly started to change, starting with his Assassin's belt which he loosened first.
At that point….. suddenly, Leo felt someone applying a choke-hold on his neck, as to his absolute horror, someone had snuck past his detection senses and seemed to be intent on killing him.
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( Ghost's POV )
Jacob felt fairly excited to meet his son Leo in-person for the first time in a long time.
Although he was aware that neither Leo nor Luke were particularly fond of him, as a father he did not really mind too much about those particulars.
The two little runts had formed from his seed and for him that was enough reason to love them for life, regardless of whether or not they loved him back.
It wasn't until he reached just outside the Bakery that he recalled that he was yet to kill his prey for today.
With only a couple gaming hours left for the day, Jacob felt that he was better off killing one individual now, rather than putting it off for later, as although he was within a city with abundant prey all around, playing it too close to the chest was never a smart choice.
Just then, he saw a suspicious man dressed in black robes enter the back-alley of the Bakery and since he was already near the Bakery himself, Jacob decided to target that very individual.
'Scouting my wife's workplace? What for?' Jacob thought as he sneakily followed the suspicious individual and waited for his chance to perform a silent takedown.
Up-till now, Jacob had not performed a threat analysis.
He did not inspect his target's level, as having full faith in his take-down abilities, he did not fear any player.
As the suspicious black robed man started to remove his utility belt and disrobe, Jacob saw his opportunity to strike and quickly activated his [ Silent Takedown ] maneuver.
Without making a sound, he snuck up behind his target and applied a choke-hold to slowly suffocate him.
In his mind, it was a done-deal…..
Once he applied the choke, he did not expect his target to be able to move a muscle, however, to his absolute horror the target swung his legs up in the air and then brought them down with enough momentum to launch Jacob into the air, reversing the choke-hold.
"What the fuck…." Jacob said out loud, as he could not even begin to fathom the sheer strength needed to perform this maneuver, as without having precise training, unbelievable flexibility and unfathomable strength, performing this counter was next to impossible.
*THUD*
Slamming into the garbage dumpster nearby, where the bakery disposed of its excess food waste, Jacob felt winded as he took out a pocket knife and faced his target while covering his vitals.
"Trying to kill me? You're out of your depth…." the opponent said, his voice and accent sounding not too different from Jacob's own, as Jacob felt a humbling gut-punch land on his abdomen.
*PHA–*
Jacob could not even see his opponent move in the shadows as whether it was speed, power, or technique, for the first time in his life, Jacob felt completely outmatched.
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-540 CRITICAL HIT!
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Brutally breaking one bone at a time, Leo did not give Jacob a simple death, but an utterly painful one, as without his daggers and utility belt he used his fists to end his opponent's life in a bare-knuckle fight.
To his surprise, despite the pain and the clear strength disadvantage, his opponent made the right blocks at the right time and even his movement was elite level, setting him up to counter perfectly.
However, the level disparity between the two was just too much for the man to overcome as whenever he blocked, he broke a bone, while his counters were too slow to pose a real threat to Leo.
"Fuck off eh, old man" Leo said, kicking him square on the face as he ended his life, as while he did not recognise the face at the start of the fight, by the end Leo knew exactly who he was fighting.
The opponent's face was unmistakably that of his dad and Leo showed him no mercy even after finding out who he was.