Therefore, as soon as the child saw Jake, he knew that his biological father had come looking for him.
The child had suffered too much in the past six years. He had been longing to have his parents. He instinctively was able to become close to Jake and like him, the six-year-old child was contemptuous to his adoptive father who had taken care of him for half a year. This kind of contempt made the remaining bit of compassion for the child in Vireo's heart vanish without a trace as well. Without any hesitation, Vireo drove that scalpel straight towards the child's neck. However, never in Vireo's wildest dream would he have expected that Jake's reaction was so fast when it was such a close call.
Ever since his family had fallen, Jake had no other abilities, but his ability to flee for his life was top-notch. Speed was key when it came to fleeing for life. He had to run fast and reach out his arm fast.
Therefore, right when the scalpel in Vireo's hand was just a millimeter away from poking into the child's neck, Jake pushed the child over. Vireo missed.
He turned his head back and glared at Jake with his eyes as red as the devil's. "I can't get rid of him, then I'll get rid of you first. It's all the same!"
Upon saying that, Vireo raised his scalpel and stabbed straight at Vireo's aorta. He was a surgeon, so Vireo knew better than anyone where the arteries were, which place was most deadly, and which place could b e fatal with just a cut. His movements were incomparably fast and accurate. However, Jake moved even faster. Anybody would be able to exhibit superhuman strengths when fleeing for one life. That was the case for Jake. Both of them then started running around with one going after the other in broad daylight. 1
While Jake was running, he shouted at the top of his lungs, "Help, help! This kept man, this freeloader, this man from a lowly background is trying to kill me! Help! Call the police quickly!"
Vireo, who was behind him, had reddened eyes, disheveled hair, hideous expression, and was holding a scalpel in his hand. He kept shouting crazily, "I'm going to kill you..."
In fact, Vireo also did not know who exactly he was going to kill at that moment. He had always been a calm person. However, he no longer was able to keep calm anymore at that moment. His mind was in utter chaos. He simply wanted to kill. All he wanted to do was to kill.
When he heard a woman's voice behind him shouting sharply, "Murder! My husband has murdered someone! My husband is a lowly man. He had been exploiting my family's wealth for years. He is a pervert! Quickly help me call the police!" Vireo immediately stopped in his tracks.
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