Chapter One: Jiji Is Dead
“Standing 6.33 feet tall (193 centimeters), weighing 210 pounds (95 kilograms), and only twenty-five years old!”
“Five consecutive Super Bowl championships, five straight Super Bowl MVP awards, and six regular-season MVP titles!”
“Let’s welcome the legendary quarterback of Texas, from the Dallas Cowboys... Gavin King!”
The familiar opening lines, though boasting ever-growing accolades, failed to ignite any new passion within Gavin.
He had been living in this era for twenty-five years now—reborn from an Eastern millennial into an American of the 1980s, a life he had lived twice over.
During these twenty-five years, leveraging the foresight his time travel granted him, he had long achieved financial freedom.
And in terms of fame, from the moment he arrived, he had been far stronger than ordinary people—faster, stronger—and he had casually entered the National Football League.
Within just six or seven years, he had collected every honor available, becoming America’s adored football god and legendary quarterback.
Celebrations like this one had grown tiresome; the same few hundred legs milling about over and over.
So, as usual, after rolling around in champagne, Gavin slipped away from the familiar Victoria’s Secret angels and went to a room with the rookie Gigi Hadid.
This girl was born in ’95, only nineteen now, fresh as morning dew.
The key was she hadn’t yet been marked by Leonardo—making her appear even more innocent.
After some intimate conversation, Gigi went to the bathroom while Gavin lay back on the bed, fiddling with his phone, pondering how much charity money to donate to the girl.
She was young, her career just taking off, so a base price of two hundred thousand wasn’t a waste.
As for attitude—well, better than those familiar angels by far. He could sense she was earnestly seizing her chance, so he’d add another two hundred thousand.
Then he recalled her words about not charging fees and even wanting to pay him back out of pleasure...
Another three hundred thousand it was. This girl was sensitive by nature, adept at providing emotional value, wasn’t she?
Wait...
“Ugh...”
The sound of Gigi vomiting from the bathroom made Gavin frown.
Good, she was throwing up with gusto—suddenly the urge to donate disappeared.
But hey, at least she didn’t vomit on him, nor in his mouth...
So he decided to reduce the amount by a hundred thousand.
What the hell were those Victoria’s Secret angels? Vomiting was just as disgusting as a demon. Why the hell did this damn party villa have a see-through bathroom?
Fighting his disgust, Gavin glanced back at Gigi.
She was now slumped against the wall, vomiting uncontrollably.
He wanted to advise her to vomit into the toilet, but the filthy mess on the floor, already sprayed by the shower, was eye-watering enough—he didn’t want to get any closer to smell it.
But why was her vomit so red?
Was it too much red wine or maybe too many tomatoes...
“Ahhhh!!!”
The sudden scream jolted Gavin upright in bed.
The scream was so abrupt that even through the soundproof glass, it was unmistakable—and clearly coming from the yard.
He hurriedly got up, staggered to the window, and pulled aside the curtain.
In the dim light beside the pool, he saw two men in suits grappling and tumbling by the water’s edge, but the darkness obscured the details.
“Ugh, boring.”
Gavin shrugged. Seeing or not seeing didn’t matter—it was all just a story of ones and zeros.
Typical lighthouse people’s style, but that scream was far too loud. Could it be that the submissive wasn’t consenting?
That was crossing the line; mutual consent was ignored. Not even the big boss Red could do something like this.
Truly, lighthouse people played with flair.
* * *
Bang!
While Gavin was watching the gossip outside the window, a sudden heavy thud hit the back of his head.
“Hm?”
He turned, wondering if Gigi had fallen.
His eyes flicked toward the bathroom, and he swallowed hard.
He’d rather have Gigi fall and break her face than see her now—a grotesque demon wildly smashing her head and shoulders against the bathroom glass wall.
It was visually shocking.
“Fuck!”
As Gigi’s head crashed into the glass again, Gavin cursed.
“Are you all fucking crazy?”
He felt like he was losing his mind too.
Tonight’s hookup was a disaster. Gigi wasn’t supposed to have mental illness—had he triggered this with his own antics?
So he’d ended up with a lunatic?
Damn bad luck.
Muttering curses, Gavin headed toward the bathroom.
But just as he stepped forward—
Bang!!!
Right before his eyes, Gigi’s face slammed into the glass again. He clearly saw her nose bridge twist and break from the heavy blow; blood sprayed from her face!
*gulp*
Gavin swallowed hard and froze in place.
He stood stiffly on the carpet, motionless, watching Gigi mechanically smash her head against the glass.
Thud thud thud thud!!!
Gigi’s movements grew faster and heavier, like she was dancing a wild head-shaking dance.
Her once-beautiful face was now unrecognizable as human.
Bang bang bang!!!
Sudden gunshots rang out in the yard, making Gavin shudder violently.
“Ahhh, fuck, fuck, don’t go too far...!!!”
Screams and curses accompanied the gunfire outside, instinctively forcing Gavin to look around.
Soon, his eyes landed on two military swords and a large mounted fish displayed above the fireplace.
Naked, he rushed to the fireplace, grabbed one of the British swords, and began wielding it.
The sword was somewhat heavy, not fully sharpened—sharp but not excessively so.
Its polished blade was more a work of art than a weapon.
Yet this piece of art gave Gavin a rare sense of security.
Clutching the sword tightly, Gavin took small steps toward the bathroom.
As he moved, Gigi, still smashing the glass, twisted her limbs grotesquely and shifted direction, targeting Gavin’s position with renewed ferocity.
More and more blood smeared the glass in front of Gavin.
Crack...
Seeing faint cracks forming on the glass, Gavin steeled himself mentally to end Gigi.
He didn’t believe this was a prank.
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