The Life Hacker System

"ahahah Uncle Snow I told you it would be funny"

"Kid you truly are a genius ahahahahah their faces were a picture"

"I know, you could see the hope in their eyes when Emily appeared but when she called out my name they all just paled ahahaha"

Emily finally spoke up.

"That was quite evil of you Taka."

A snort could be heard from Taka.

"They deserved it, being rude to Uncle Snow like that. They deserved much worse than just me embarra.s.sing them."

Taka"s killing intent permeated the air.

Snow realised it straight away but the only thing Emily felt was a drop in temperature.

Noticing Taka getting annoyed, Snow gently rubbed Taka"s head being careful not to disturb Fen.

"Taka, Thank you for getting angry on my behalf but you don"t need to, do you really think Miss Emily would let them get away with it?"

A light seemed to turn on in Taka"s mind, now he finally understood the situation.

Staying quiet for a while Emily spoke up.

"Taka?"

"What"s up?"

"Why do you call Snow, Uncle?"

"Why do I?"

"Yeah?"

"Well because it just seems natural, don"t cha think Uncle Snow?"

"d.a.m.n right kid ahaha"

Snow was clearly happy about Taka"s response.

"Is that really the reason Taka?"

Emily"s tone turning serious.

The childish tone in Taka"s voice disappeared and his aura changed.

Much to Snow"s surprise. He felt this was the first time seeing the true Taka, mainly because it was. Taka spoke.

"Emily?"

"Yes?"

"You should know by now that everything I do is for a reason? Correct?"

"Correct."

"The reason I refer to Snow as Uncle Snow is because I deem him as someone who has the capabilities of someone who can teach me something and be a mentor to me."

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Emily"s mouth gaped unable to shut it even by the time they had reached her research lab.

Snow couldn"t understand why she was still so stunned at Taka"s response. He spoke up.

"Is it that surprising that the kid thinks he can learn something from me?"

With no emotion in her voice whatsoever Emily responded.

"YES"

"Why?"

"If I said that even the greatest mind like, for example Einstein, doesn"t have the capabilities to teach Taka would you understand then?"

The tone in Snows voice changed from jovial to serious.

"What do you mean Emily?"

"n.o.body can teach Taka."

Confusion apparent on his face Snow asked.

"Why?"

"Well from my guess. . . . Taka is the most intelligent person to ever roam this planet"

It was now Snow"s turn to be gobsmacked his face paling.

Turning quickly to face Taka not knowing what to say.

"Kid, is what she said true?!"

"Yes Uncle Snow it"s true."

"Well if it"s true, what can I possibly teach you?"

Both of Taka"s eyes glowed visibly.

"Trust me Uncle Snow, you have much more to offer than you could possibly imagine."

Both Emily and Snow were surprised by his response but decided to leave it at that for now.

Back in the research lab Emily and Taka were talking while Snow was taking a break to get himself some food but he"d promise to bring Taka some on his way back.

Emily was interested in what tests Taka wanted her to run on him.

"So what tests do you want Taka?"

"Before we get to that, you need to promise me that whatever goes on in this lab, n.o.body else outside the three of us will know about it?"

Before continuing his sentence Taka paused and thought for a while before speaking up.

"That includes your father"

Alarm could be seen smeared right across Emily"s face.

"You know about my Father?"

"Not exactly, but I know that he must be someone special to be able to employ Uncle Snow. If my guess isn"t wrong from the deductions I"ve made and from the amount of influence you hold in this research inst.i.tute your Father should be either the owner of the inst.i.tute or at the very minimum the head of the inst.i.tute but there is always the possibility of him being both."

Emily was shocked but she barely managed to get her words out.

"The whole incident earlier . . . was you gaining information about the influence I held?"

Sitting back in his chair Taka calmly replied.

"Well not entirely. I really did do it because those idiots had annoyed me."

"So that"s how you figured out who my father was?"

As he was speaking Snow walked in.

"Well, yeah and the fact that I knew you wouldn"t be able to employ Uncle Snow yourself"

Confusion appeared on Emily"s face while Snow spat all the food he was eating out. Emily followed up by asking a question.

"Why do you say that?"

"Say what?"

Confusion now on Taka"s face.

"That I wouldn"t be able to employ Snow myself?"

Turning to Snow and speaking in a questioning tone.

"That"s obvious, right?"

Before Emily could speak, Snow interrupted.

"Kid, Say no more!"

"But Uncle Snow?"

"She doesn"t need to know."

Noticing that her existence was being completely ignored Emily got annoyed.

"I don"t need to know what exactly?"

Looking at each other, they tried to piece a lie together just by using eye contact.

"Taka tell me!!?!"

At a loss for what to do, Taka looked at Snow.

Snow released a sigh.

"Taka tell her?"

"But?"

"Its fine kid, she would"ve found out eventually."

Turning toward Emily, Taka spoke.

"Uncle Snow is. . . . ."

"Is what Taka?"

" . . . . The king of mercenaries"

A pin could be heard dropping.

Emily"s mouth gaped to the point her jaw almost touched the floor.

Even Snow"s eyes widened. This was totally not what he"d expected Taka to say. He was expecting Taka to tell her about him been ex-special forces or an ex-a.s.sa.s.sin, never in his wildest dreams did he expect his biggest secret to be exposed just like that.

He couldn"t help but ask.

"Kid . . . . How did you know?"

"When you introduced yourself as Darrius Witcher. I found it strange because when you spoke your name there wasn"t a hint of pride despite the fact you were ex-special forces, yet when you told me I could call you Snow the pride in your voice was so strong it was almost suffocating. From what I know there is only one such Snow along top ranking mercenaries which is more commonly referred to as "The Crimson Snow""

Shocked by what Taka knew Snow couldn"t hold back.

"How did you know, that was me though?"

With pride in his voice Taka spoke.

"There is a famous quote that many mercenaries follow it goes "Be like snow- cold but beautiful". After seeing your appearance it was pretty simple to put two and two together."

Intend of getting annoyed Snow merely chuckled.

"You really are a genius, Ay kid?"

Rubbing the back of his head, Taka seemed a little embarra.s.sed by the praise, well that"s how it appeared.

The real reason Taka was embarra.s.sed was because the only reason he knew who Snow was, was because of his dealings in his previous life, though if he didn"t have the intelligence he currently possessed he would never have figured out who Snow was.

During their whole conversation, Emily was quiet mainly due to the shocking information she had just found out.