[Special Ending]

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In the midst of the beauty of the flowers, which were carefully arranged and decorated elaborately and the delicate fragrance still pervaded the area as the coldness of the temperature kept everything intact, the extreme cold of the corpse was not as eerie as the elusive sight of the man staring at the soulless figure.

"Finally, no matter how you tried to run away from me, you can't escape me. Even your soulless body is imprisoned by me..." A voice said as he sat down on the beautifully carved wooden chair. He stared at the chessboard on the table and took a piece in his hand.

"..."

"You said that I could only admire your body, not your soul. But don't forget that your soul is in my hands now..." A thick hand placed the checkers on the board. "Chan... do you understand the real game of chess?" The man asked his closest subordinate, gently twitching a slight smile.

"Yes Khun Tan"

"The one that will checkmate often have knight and rook. The rook will walk in the transverse and longitudinal directions in 4 directions without any other piece. The knight can walk in an L-shape all around and can cross other pieces. But after all, how do we choose to walk and how to place the pieces? Whatever it is, it's up to us... Huh.

"So then, will Khun Tan choose a checkmate with a knight or a rook?"

"It depends on who is stronger..." His sharp eyes stared at the board thoughtfully.

"But above all we should remove the pieces that are useless from the board like pawns." Slender fingers play the game on the board while removing the pieces carelessly.

[T/N: 😵😵😵Guys, I know nothing about chess so please don't ask me if you don't understand this part. And please feel free to correct me!]

[Hospital]

In an expensive VIP room that was so tightly veiled that not even a ray of light could penetrate, darkness overwhelmed both the vision and the mind until it became completely black. The exhaustion that caused anyone to collapse like a guiding light suddenly disappears without a notice.

Three sheets of paper that were placed in front of him contained statement about the transfer of power to the head of The Main Family - Korn Theerapanyakul, whether it was the port that was in the name of Kant, or even some casinos that were all classified as family businesses.

"You have to accept it, Vegas. Because you will be demoted to the committee. It is a tradition from the generation of Lao Gong. If The Main Family or The Second Family was overthrown, everything must be belong to the winning side and the winner will choose whatever he wants." said a cold voice as he crossed his legs beside the patient's bed.

[Lao Gong: Great Grandfather (Teochew Thai language)]

"Huh... Are you stumped who will be the next The Second Family?" Vegas said with a slight sneer.

"Huh... This game is a lot more complicated than you think."

"It's not the end, isn't it?" Vegas looked at everything blankly. Finally, no matter what generation they were, they had always been in the game of their ancestors who believed that only the strong one could stand at the highest position. Theerapanyakul's people were some kinds of group madness who showed the power by pressuring their children kill each other in order to stay above the top?...

[T/N: This is so sick. Instead of encouraging their young to build their own empire, they forced them into a war to ascend the throne of blood]

The revenge of The Main Family and Secondary Family was also set on fire by A Gong. He chose the human vulnerability to play with the sensitive parts by bringing Nam Phung as pawn in this game to prove who could ultimately hold the power in his hands without compromise...

[A Gong = Grandfather (Teochew Thai)]

"I think you should sign it quickly and get it over with."

"Now you're all enter the field."

"Your house, The Main Family gave it to you as the last treasure..."

"I don't want that," Vegas said quietly, as if he had nothing to lose.

"Oh...and when you recover, you'll have to go back to the company to handle more The Second Family's paperwork and hand over all the clients to me." A smile filled with so much secret intention that Vegas almost couldn't bear to see this person's face. He grabbed the pen and signed everything and carelessly handed it back to the people of The Main Family. He had lost, he didn't want to hold anything back, the only thing he had to do now was finish everything because he knew right now he had no choice left.

When the people of The Main Family got what he wanted, he immediately left the room, leaving only a trace of loss, emptiness and darkness. Vegas was now stuck in a great hall with no way out...

"Vega, have you wake up yet?" Suddenly, a familiar voice opened the door with the bright light outside caused Vegas to squint his eyes to adjust his focus.

"Hia, I want to snitch on Phi Pete." Macau and Pete walked into the room together, turning on all the lights in the room.

"Macau! What did we agree?" Pete frowned at Macau. He put his bag on the sofa and was about to walk over to gag Macau's mouth.

"While waiting for me to take extra tutorial class... Phi Pete...Ahhh... Phi Pete secretly bought Mama to eat again." What Vegas was seeing made him smile a little. Pete and Macau were chasing each other in the room. He knew right away that only these two could make him forget the pain for a moment. The dazzlingly bright light as they opened the door indicated that they would be the one that guided the hope of life.

"I said it make you died quickly. Even so you're still eating it." Vegas said as if Pete didn't take it very seriously.

"But it's delicious, you know." said Pete, be displeased, and sat on the bed as usual.

"Hehe, P' Pete is really stubborn as Hia said."

"So, has anyone flirted with Pete today?" Vegas asked, staring at Pete quietly.

"No, even though my ears listen to P' TOP, but my eyes look at P' Pete. Today P'TOP's friend who used to reserve P' Pete didn't come close at all," Macau said, stretching out and laying comfortably on the sofa while pressing the remote to turn on the TV.

[T/N: 😱 😱 😱 Am I the last one on earth to know that Macau is really interested in Dr. Top??? I'm so ashamed of myself]

"You're crazy. Who's going to have evil thought on me like you."

"Who knows? I slept for a month. Every time that bastard came to check on me, he looked at you until he almost possessed you. If it were not that my wound is still hurt, I would rampage and knock down the hospital."

"Oh, you don't have to care about it. Over the past month bastard Khun Noo came every day to persuade me to return home and made the hospital in mess. "

"Huh?" Vegas asked while thinking quietly, showing a faint sarcastic smile to his lover, but Vegas' eyes could never lie to Pete.

"What's wrong?" Pete stroked Vegas' arm lightly.

"No... you want to..." Vegas was about to say something Pete knew very well, so he hurriedly spoke up.

"How many times have I told you that I have chosen to be here? And I don't think I am going anywhere..." Pete moved his hand to stroke Vegas' face, smiling. Vegas felt good every time just knowing Pete was always by his side. Pete was always his comfort, his hope, his happiness, and he couldn't have imagined that how could he live without Pete...

[Warehouse]

"The board is full of pieces..." The sound of the man who held all the power in his hands. At the same time, the sound of the greenhouse's door opening and the appearance of all the descendants of the family walked in.

"What kind of event are you doing here today, Pa?" asked the eldest son of the family with bright and sweet voice.

"Your voice is always giving me a headache." Korn blamed, shaking his head to Tankhun, Kinn, Porsche, Kim and Porsché, all walking nearby to pay respect to Nam Phung.

[T/N: How can a bright and sweet voice causes someone a headache??? 😂 😂😂]

"Why do Pa call us here?" Tankhun walked to join the four, looking at the figure of Nam Phung admiringly "Gow Phung is really beautiful. She is good-looking and bright. If she lived in this day, she would be a star for sure, right?" Khun turned to ask his father's opinion.

[Gow: Aunt (father side) (Teochew Thai)]

"Yeah... When you were a kid, Nam Phung loved you so much, Tankhun. Can you remember..."

"No." Tankhun shook his head.

"Um, Nam Phung stayed with us in the same house, just left when you started kindergarten. It just happened before separating the family. Even then, she still often sent toys to you."

"If Gow was still alive, there would be one more person supporting me. I want you to stay because my dad likes to offend."

"Oh, if I had indulged you more, you would have played more prank, you bastard."

"Hehe! Thank you, Gow, for loving me so much"

"Yes, Nam Phung loved you so much. She even named you Tankhun" Korn said, reminiscing about the past that he still had her in his heart all the time.

"Really? Thank you, Gow!"

"How about me, Pa? Did my mother-in-law love me?" asked the middle son Kinn, smiling slightly.

"Nam Phung also loved you, Kinn. But at that time both Pat and Nam Phung had moved from here. Therefore, we are separated from each other for a period of time." Korn explained.

"How about me, Pa? Kim, Kimhan. Such an adorable child that my mother would love me with all her heart." Kimhan raised an eyebrow at Porsché until Porsché had to forcefully thrust his elbow into him.

"She must love you, but it was the time Nam Phung had Porsche. Do you guys remember that the four of you used to play together?" Porsche and Kinn looked at each other puzzled.

"We have met before?" Kinn grinned and whispered to Porsche. "I probably had crush on you since I was a kid, and then when I grew up, I fell in love with you until I lost my mind." Porsche reached out to Kinn.

[T/N: Wow so Kinn was like 😍 💘]

"We're in front of my mother," Porsche scolded.

"As for me, I'm still jelly" Porsche said, joking.

"But Porsche and Porsché rarely came to meet Pa, because Tankhun liked to play hard, Nam Phung didn't dare say Tankhun to solve the problem so we rarely met each other."

"Ah! You annoyed me?" Porsche immediately turned to Tankhun. "You've been a demon since you were a kid," Porsche blamed softly but Tankhun just shake his head from side to side.

"Good Good"

"Pa am glad that we are reunited. Pa believe that Nam Phung is very happy too." Korn's elusive eyes glanced at the soulless body again before he glanced at the children who were teasing each other with a happy expression.

The picture that he was seeing was not that he didn't feel anything. All his children were his great moral support. But when the word "Theerapanyakul" and their succession and power must be continued, he had to find the strongest man to be sure of what his ancestor and himself had been striving to create, there was people who was strong enough to keep it going. Thankhun was like the wind, just blowing through made your heart feel refresh like Nam Phung, the cheerfulness of their home in the old good days. Whenever they were tired, just having a wind crashing their face for a moment made them feel relieved and come back alive again. That was his only weakness because he would never let this child be far away from him. As for Kinn, he was like fire that gave comfort and warmth and gave impatient at the same time. Decisiveness, prudence and responsibility would make him strong. But Kinn was still lack of determination, often sensitive to his weaknesses. Kinn was easy to read and his enemies could predict what was going to happen. As for Kim, he was like water. Still waters flowed so deep that they could transform themselves wherever and whenever with harmony, stillness and consciousness that would enable him to analyze the situation wisely. No one was able to figure out what exactly he was thinking.

[T/N: Even yourself, Khun Korn]

So between the fire and the water, would the water come to extinguish the fire, or the fire would evaporated the water? Well, we had to consider a bit of it.

[T/N: On behalf of the of Theerapanyakul ancestor, I would like to bet their money on the wind. Who's with me?]

"Kinn" Korn called his son's name in deep voice

"Yes Pa"

"Are you tired my son?"

"What's the matter, Pa?"

"Pa see that you have been working hard. You do everything for our Main Family." Korn stared at Kinn as he thought about it. Many events that he tested Kinn, whether it was the attack at the shooting gallery, or the assassination at the luxury bar. and many other events. The Second Family might have attacked the second son a few times. But there were some that were a test that came from his own handiwork.

"You know it right? How difficult it is to be a Supreme Leader. And what you have to deal with." Korn walked around Kinn with the rest of them staring at the situation from behind.

"Yes Pa"

"Pa saw the intention and loyalty to our family... Khun, you don't mind what Pa is going to do, right...?" Korn turned to look at the eldest son asking for his opinion.

"Kinn, he deserves everything, Pa," Khun said cheerfully with his younger brother when he knew what his father wanted to convey.

"I agree, Pa." Kim added, smiling at Kinn.

Korn slowly removed the Main Family Ring from his middle finger, causing Kinn to be extremely stunned by the situation in front of him.

"Pa... isn't it too fast?"

"Kinn, can you promise that you will love our family as long as you live." Korn said, handing the ring over to Kinn, who was still unable to process the situation very well.

"But..."

"I give you the supreme leader's ring first. When the time comes, I'll give it all to you if that day you really deserve it." Korn pulled Kinn's hand in with him and slowly put the ring that symbolized power on his palm.

"I will preserve, protect and defend The Main Family and will serve faithfully until my last day." Kinn held the ring and said what he felt. Even though his heart was not yet ready and Korn had not yet fully given everything to him, Kinn felt a new trustworthiness and responsibility that was about to begin.

"Thank you, son." Korn patted Kinn on the shoulder as a way of encouraging and believing in this child. Kinn turned to look at Porsche, who was smiling broadly with what his lover always deserved.

"And this... The Secondary Family ring." Chan handed another ring to Korn, who had personally pulled it from his brother's finger before the funeral ceremony.

"Pa, we will have a Second Family?" When the three sons saw the copper ring which was the symbol of The Second Family, everyone immediately had a troubled expression on their faces. Tankhun had a particularly worried look on his face, because he was someone who had always held the point of hating The Second Family.

"Pa will return everything to the person who deserves ..." Korn walked over his three sons and headed towards the Nam Phung coffin.

"Kant died, elder brother Wagim didn't inherit anything from the family and he didn't have any heir. So Pa would like to hand over The Second Family Ring to Porsche. " Korn turned towards Porsche and handed the ring over to him, causing everyone standing here to be stunned, confused, and unable to act, especially Porsche, whose expression suddenly became tense.

"Why are Pa doing this?" asked Tankhun in shocked, he couldn't believe his father would say this words because he knew that The Main Family and Second Family had conflict of interest from generation to generation.

"You are Nam Phung's son and Nam Phung is my sister, so you have the right to have it..."

"Pa... I..." Kinn, who stood still, being deep in his thought. The whole event was about to go against him because he saw problems in the future.

"Listen first. Pa do this not because of wanting you to fight each other, but Pa know that Kinn and Porsche love each other very much, so Pa want the joint between the authorities can repair the crack of The Main Family and The Second Family then we will be able to get along better. Pa believe that both Porsche and Kinn will help each other manage Theerapyakul with stability."

"But I don't..." Porsche said firmly. Korn gave a slight smile before continuing.

"What are you thinking, you came to live in Pa's house to help Kinn. And it's already working. Pa only entrust the work of The Second Family to you. It's only business."

"But I don't..."

"Porsche, listen to Pa. All this time, my family did many bad things to Nam Phung, and my brother was the one who caused it. Neither of us lived with our mother and father. So Pa don't know how to make amends. Therefore, Pa would ask to do what Pa wants to do. And it isn't for anyone else. Pa do it for Nam Phung. Nam Phung has the right to receive a lot from Theerapanyakul. As for the time when she was gone that Porsche and your younger brother had to be alone, Pa would like to pay a compensation and do my best... Don't go against my wish." Korn said in a firm tone and with a determined expression. Porch looked at The Second Family ring with confusion before his eyes landed on the figure of his mother in front of him, then slowly clutched the ring in his hand.

"Pa believe that the two of you won't disappoint Pa..." Korn patted Porsche on the shoulder and turned around, smiling at Kinn with anticipation. Kinn also sighed softly because he knew the purpose of his father this time.

"Are you okay?" Kinn walked towards his lover with a worried look on his face as Porsche also had a worried look on his face.

"Kinn, we're not going to hate each other, are we?" Kinn pulled Porsche into a tight hug and patted his head in comfort. Although the two of them knew how much they loved each other, Porsche's heart flickered as he couldn't imagine how he could hurt or hate Kinn in this lifetime. He didn't want it, didn't want it to happen, didn't want to change. He thought to himself how much The Main Family and The Second Family of Theerapanyakul lived with each other with hatred and strife.

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"Have they been back yet?" Korn asked Chan as he walked out of the greenhouse and went straight to the warehouse inside the fence.

"They're back sir." Chan bowed his head as he responded to his master.

"And is he following them?"

"He's coming." Korn picked up a cigar, lighted it and enjoy while smiling, being satisfied with what had happened. Everything was in accordance with the game that has been laid out, almost everything was left was the key pieces would follow the path as it should be.

"Chan, do you think love really make people weak?" Thick smoke was blown into the air with killer-like eyes that continued to follow the smoldering swell.

"Yes"

"Pa sent Nam Phung to test and control Kant. And if Nam Phung hadn't run away from me with death, I wouldn't have done this to her child."

"Pa..." The son's call ended the conversation. Korn handed the cigarette butt Chan and nodded for his son to follow him into the warehouse.

When the automatic door was opened, revealing inside of the warehouse, the front was just a normally warehouse which stored goods. But as he walked further into the mysterious and intricate back, there was a rust-colored door that blended in with the walls of the warehouse, which, if not noticed, would be invisible. Chan managed to press the password for that door to open before finding out...

"..." Behind the door was large hall. Twenty people, dressed in a black suit, was standing up from the conference table in unison.

"This is Khun Kimhan. Your new leader." Korn waved his hand towards the youngest son who walked three steps forward while slowly taking off his dark glasses. He grinned and greeted the people who were bowing their heads to pay their respect.

"From now on, we only accept orders from Khun Kim." The words of the decree echoed throughout the room. A secret organization that had been established for many years to counterbalance the power of the business of Theerapanyakul to competitors and business partners so that the power would not fall into the hand of anyone but Korn Theerapanyakul.

And now, during the transfer of power, he didn't know who would think of betraying or if The Main Family would be weak in the future. So he had this organization so that everything he built was still in his hands, and most importantly, it was a good test to know that between Kinn from The Main Family and Kim from the secret organization. Who would be stronger...?

[An abandoned port]

Several weeks later

"What's next?" Porsche was playing with the ring of The Second Family on his finger.

"Let's go with the flow first"

"I'm only worried about Kinn's feeling " Porsche said, sighing heavily.

"I believe that when that day comes Second Brother will understand." Vegas glanced at Porsche a little, then turned to look at the river for a moment and took a full breath.

"Must I betray Kinn?"

"We are not aiming at Second Brother."

"Um... I'm sure that Khun Korn didn't tell the truth... He lied about offering me to become a bodyguard, he cheated me, made me believe uncle Tee's words, and most importantly, I'm very doubtful about why he kept maintaining my mother's corpse. Why when he saw me, he didn't say anything..."

"So how a good person would kill his younger brother? He must be so cold-hearted." Vegas said with blank eyes, which Porsche understood very well the feeling of loss. One thing that gave him the courage to talk about the problem that remained unresolved with Vegas was because he thought that Vegas was in the same situation.

"What do you think of The Main Family, The Second Family?" Porsche asked Vegas.

" If it wasn't psychos who liked to see competition well, then..." Before Vegas could finish speaking, a dozen of black-suited men suddenly swarmed to the port and targeted them. Both Porsche and Vegas quickly drew their guns and pointed at the men.

"Khun Vegas." But before the gunfire started, Porsche and Vegas who were about to pull the trigger were stunned when the group of men stopped in front of them and slowly knelt down.

"We are ready to serve Khun Vegas. Please have mercy on us." Vegas lowered his gun when he recognized that these people were his father's former subordinates and they had survived the clash with The Main Family.

"Khun Kant was very kind to us. Since Khun Kant's death, we were being chased by The Main Family all the time. Khun Vegas, please have mercy on me. At least if we have to die, please don't let us die in vain. Let us protect the people Khun Kant loves one more time." Everyone bowed their heads in sorrow. Vegas turned to look at Porsche who sighed deeply.

"At least we have more manpower, don't you think so?" Porsche laughed.

"Uhm, are you ready?"

"Game On now."

---The End---

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Translator note: Thechampion is born to build his own empire, not to maintain other's. The Theerapanyakul have never heard of it?

I'm sorry for the late update. Many of you confused with the order of all chapters (main + special + VIP), so I will post the list of contents for your reference. And I would like to ask if you want me to translate the Christmas chapter. It's quite long so I'm still think about it 😑 😑 😑

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