Chapter 68 - John Yui

John Yui was once a so-called wandering martial artist. Wandering Martial artist is the term used for any martial artist that doesn't come from any of the established clans. His original name was John Dunphy, he had married into a very influential martial arts family and took his wife's last name.

Even though Martial Artists weren't as influential as they once were, they were still a class above the normal citizens. Even in the military, most high-ranking personnel were high leveled martial artists. Though there were some non martial artists that have ranks, the most they can achieve was becoming a first lieutenant, since the requirement for going above that rank was that you need to be at least a rank seven martial artist or have the strength of one. At that point, non martial artists would need to enhance their bodies by replacing their biological body parts with mechanical ones.

Martial Arts Rank go from lowest to highest one to ten. After that were the Grand Master ranks which were also ranked from one to ten. There used to be ranks beyond that level, but the last time any record of anyone that had surpassed the Grand Master rank was a few millennia ago. It was said that back then martial artists that were beyond the Grand Master rank could lift mountains and split the seas with a single punch. 

John was a rank four martial artist and had entered the Yui family whose Patriarch was at the Grand Master level. In the beginning, her family opposed their union since John was practically a nobody, while she was the genius of the Clan. Yet after much convincing the head of the Clan finally acknowledged John. 

After a few years in the family, John's ability rose into a rank five martial artist, and his wife gave birth to a girl. It was at this time John was at his happiest and felt like every day was a wonderful dream. Yet like all dreams, one would eventually wake up. 

His wife who was the most talented of all the people in the Yui Clan had died. She and her siblings all went to do a secret mission for the clan but upon their return, all of them were wounded and John's wife had died supposedly while protecting her siblings. 

At first, John believed every single word that his wife's siblings said as they recounted the events that transpired.

After his wife's death not much has changed in his position within the clan. He was still treated quite fairly, that was before the Head of Clan died. The moment the Patriarch died, he was replaced with the eldest of his children and that was when things started to change. 

John who had a relatively comfortable life within the clan was now being harassed. He was now treated coldly by those he once called brothers and sisters. At first, the form of harassment was small, but then it slowly grew. He was now pushed out of his house and was relocated to the worst part of the Clan's land. Not only that but he was no longer invited to any of the Clan's missions. He was then considered an outsider by everyone within the clan. 

Even though things were getting hard for him, John could still continue onward because of his dear daughter. Yet even that was taken from him. At the age of eight, his daughter had shown incredible talent one that far surpassed the talent of even her own mother the recognized supreme genius of the clan. 

After showing her talent to the clan so that her father would be treated better, a few days later his daughter suddenly disappeared. The entire clan and John tried everything they could to find his daughter yet no matter what they did they could not find a single trace of her. It was then the Yui Clan formally kicked him out of the Clan. Now that his wife and daughter were no longer present, he had no right to be in the Clan. 

Still, since he had a special relationship with the Clan, he was allowed to keep on using the last name, Yui.

Once he was kicked out of the Clan, John continued the search for his daughter. After searching for a long time John finally found a clue. That clue led him to believe that it was none other than the Yui Clan that took his daughter away. 

When he found out the truth, John quickly understood what happened. The Clan wanted his daughter's incredible talent for them to mend and mold. On the other hand, John was an eyesore to them. So they must've faked his daughter's disappearance and forced him out of the clan.

John wanted to report the incident to the police, but then he remembered the incident with the last commissioner so he was reluctant to rely on the police. He could ask for help from the Elite Dragon Brigade, but without enough evidence, they might not move against the Yui Clan. 

John then started to ask help from other people, he even asked help from the enemies of the Yui Clan, but no matter who he told his story to no one would believe him since he did not have any evidence to back up his claim. So in the end he finally asked the police for help, yet same as before the police could not make a move because of the lack of evidence. 

After doing everything he can, he found out that he could not do anything at all. He was unable to save his own daughter, and now that he thought about it, he was certain that the death of his wife wasn't as clear as it seemed. Even though he knew all this he still could not do a thing, not a single f*cking thing. 

Falling into despair and seeing no way out, John finally decided to join his wife. At least he knew that the clan would treat his daughter well since they currently needed someone as talented as her. After the death of their Grand Master, their Clan's position became rather shaky, so they needed someone with the potential to become a Grand Master.

John was sure that his daughter would become someone strong in the future, and hopefully, when she learns the truth she would gain the strength needed to do something about it. 

As John was ready to end his life, it was at that moment he had received a message that once again gave him hope. He looked at it and mumbled a name. 

"Fade."