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[Alexandr Korol]

In John Wick, even in the first part, they say: “Oh, it’s John Wick, it’s
something mythical, something otherworldly, something unreal. You can’t go
against him; if you cross his path, it’s over.” The point is that this is all about
Spirits. A unique, invincible person — in sports, for example, or some kind
of superhero — it’s all the “works,” in quotes, of the Spirit.
And here I recall an interesting moment from my “childhood,” so to speak.
There was this man, part of a certain “family,” people who were billionaires
in Saint Petersburg. They were involved in many things and owned
numerous companies. One of the co-founders was this man — small in
stature, looking a bit like Vladimir Putin. He was from the intelligence
services. Since I had known him from an early age — from my “childhood” —
and since I worked not directly with him, but in a small company dedicated
to production, radio, and so on, I happened to meet this man right when
these things began to happen to me. This was the start of the first novel,
“Alternative History”, when the messengers started coming and I began
hearing the voice. When all of this began and these “abilities” started
manifesting, I told him everything. But I explained it through examples: I told
him everything about himself, about the people he worked with — who was
thinking what, what that person at the table was thinking, what this person
was thinking at the table yesterday, who was lying, who was... well, everything.
I told him: “Show me a photo, and I will tell you about every person.”
I went on to tell him that this is some kind of force — that even if someone
wanted to kill me right now, if I were to walk down the street, I would
walk through the exact streets and alleys at the precise second and minute
so that no one would ever find me. And it’s not me doing it; I wouldn’t
even be using my mind. It’s not calculated by the intellect; nature simply
leads me that way. I described all these moments — how I always end up in
the right place on the right day at the right hour, and no matter what I do, it
all works, it all happens, and I don’t understand how. I described all of this
to him and asked: “What is this? Who are these messengers that come to
me, who know everything about me, who know exactly where to meet me
and tell me everything that will happen next? What is this, and who is doing
this?” And back then, that man got very scared. He said it wasn’t “them” —
because I had asked him, maybe it’s the special services doing this somehow?