00171. Jacob has a new hobby.

    Over a month passed by quickly and it was already the middle of February. The beginning of the year started out with a few minor issues for Theo. The first was the heroics the people from Naruto were doing.

    Theo wanted to test all the body cameras Tony created, so he gave people like Madara, Guy and a few others the cameras. They used them while they fought crime in different cities around the US. He did it for a few reasons, first was to test them. The second and main reason was because he was tired of sparring with them. Sure he needed it and it was good for his training but...

    Madara, Guy, Dai, Hashirama and a few others always wanted to spar with him daily. Sure some of them wanted to do it to help him train and improve. But Guy, Dai and Madara just wanted to fight Theo because he was currently the ‘strongest’ person and could fight them the longest. Theo was also sure Lee and a few other battle junkies would definitely join in on that list too once they each had a body.

    Was Theo actually the strongest? No, not even close to the strongest. But when it came to chakra and stamina, he was easily the strongest in that regard. Which is the main reason they fought with him. That isn''t to say they didn''t spar with other people, since Madara sparred weekly with Tao.

    The only reason he didn''t fight her more often is because she didn''t hold back and he always got wrecked hard. If he fought with Tao more often he would be too hurt to spar with Theo. Since broken bones took a day or two to heal properly and Tao would always leave Madara as a bloody heap on the ground.

    The first time Theo saw the aftermath of their spar he secretly apologized in his heart for ever thinking Tao was too rough in his own training. Madara himself found no issue with her ‘training’ methods and challenged her once a week like clockwork.

    All that being said, the ninjas who tested the body cameras earned a nickname for themselves. People started calling them the ghosts, because they would appear out of nowhere and leave without a trace. The only reason people knew they appeared was criminals would be tied up in front of a police station and video evidence of their crimes were posted on a special website Theo created.

    It wasn''t just everyday theft, robbery or assault cases either. They would collect video of all kinds of crimes and a lot of people you wouldn''t expect to see, started appearing tied up. Business owners and CEO’s of a few large companies, congressmen taking bribes along with the people giving them out.

    Needless to say, a lot of people were getting upset about what was going on and started trying to take down the website that held all the evidence. They even tried to remove it from internet search results and block it with ISP providers, but nothing worked. Theo also added more features to the site during that time to make it easier to search through the information.

    While normal people were easily convicted with the evidence provided. All of the powerful people used their connections to try and get out of trouble. The key word was ‘try’ but it didn''t work for most of them, since Theo made sure to shine a light on what was going on. A few were still able to get away from justice and at that point Theo took justice into his own hands.

    Depending on the crime committed Theo would figure out a proper punishment. Most of the people were rich with hidden bank accounts and money hidden in offshore tax havens. So Theo simply took away the money they couldn''t file claims against and then started to target their legitimate assets through other means. It was still on going but it worked, which is all that mattered.

    As for the people who committed heinous crimes such as murder. Theo always disposed of those types of people and made it look like a suicide, with a note explaining how guilty the person felt about their actions. Sure people were suspicious that it wasn''t actually a suicide, but Theo used an advanced mind control technique so there was no evidence of foul play.

    It did cause a lot of issues in certain circles of people and groups. But with no direct evidence all they could do is grit their teeth and bare it as everything happened. It was only going to get worse as time went on and Theo had access to more and more smart devices. Was it paranoid and very Orwellian? Sure, but Theo didn''t care since he knew how people were and would rather weed out problems before they started.

    Jacob picked up a ratchet as he said, “Sure. Since this is a complete rebuild, the next step is to remove the heads. You do that side while I do this one.”

    Theo placed his ratchet on one of the bolts at random and Jacob stopped him as he said, “The bolts need to be removed in a certain order. It’s normally the reverse of the tightening sequence, but it depends on the engine.”

    Jacob pointed to each bolt in order as he said, “Since this is a small block it goes like this.”

    Jacob watched as Theo put his ratchet on the proper bolt and smiled as he said, “Good, now give it a try.”

    Theo gripped the ratchet and gave it a good tug but the bolt didn’t move at all. After a few tries he used both hands and the bolt finally broke free, which caused Jacob to smile as he said, “Good job, I wasn’t sure if you would be strong enough to do that yet. These bolts should be torqued to sixty-five foot pounds.”

    For the next couple hours Jacob slowly worked with Theo as he taught him how to properly disassemble the engine. Once they were done, they cleaned up and gathered the others to walk home. On the way home Jacob took back out his phone and took more pictures of Theo and everyone else. Theo shook his head at his fathers antics and wondered just how many of the pictures actually turned out good... Actually he started to wonder how many photos he took each day. Hopefully he deleted the bad ones, otherwise he would probably run out of space on his phone soon.

    After they reached home, they were greeted by the delicious smell of something coming from the kitchen. While Jacob tended to be the main cook of the family, Daniel still cooked dinner a couple times a week and today turned out to be one of those days. As they stepped into the kitchen Daniel greeted them as she said, “Just in time, we just finished cooking.”

    Milly and Issac were in the middle of setting the table as Milly excitedly said, “Issac helped me make dessert!”

    Jacob started to take pictures of Milly and Issac as he asked, “What did you make?”

    Milly had a massive smile on her face as she said, “A double layer chocolate cake with a cream cheese frosting between the layers!”

    Issac nodded along with a smile as Jacob said, “Greet job you two. I bet it will taste great.”

    Jacob took a few more pictures and even had Milly and Issac show off their cake to get a few pictures of it with them before he finally put his phone away and the family ate dinner.

    After dinner Theo changed places with a clone and took off to go check in with Tony and a few other people before he started his training for the night. It was around two in the morning when one of his clones popped and he received some important information that made him frown.