"Are you sure?" the voice on the other end inquired.

"Definitely," Philip answered confidently, "This is the best time to strike. He is still missing. His two most powerful friends are not in contact with him. His sister is not a threat and neither is the last Elite Five."

"Get the plan into motion. Contact all our people and we strike," Philip said with a huge grin, "Call the board meeting to oust Kyle out as CEO Heir and brand Patrick as being incompetent to continue to lead."

"That was not what we agreed on," the voice hissed, "It was only to oust Kyle, not Patrick."

"Do you honestly think Patrick would leave this alone? If he remains in the seat, who do you think he'll get rid of first for having his son taken off?" Philip said with a laugh, "Did you really think that was possible?"

The voice was silent, realising that he had been played as a fool.

Philip was right.

As much as he hated it, it was too late to back out now. They had to go all the way and get rid of any potential threats.

He prayed that they would do this quickly, for he did not want to witness Patrick displaying the infamous Smith Anger. He had seen that happen before, and the Smith Anger was no joke.

Thus, he was unafraid when they were talking about bringing Kyle down. That boy was really unlike any Smith.

Playful. Happy-go-lucky. Frivolous.

Patrick had been tempered from young, being strictly brought up by his father and had even gone through the toughest military school. One had heard stories about how Patrick had beaten up fellow soldiers when they ribbed him too much.

Kyle?

Sure, he passed the Smith Heir Test - whatever that was.

Only those who went through the test really knew what it was, and Philip had revealed to them that a psychological test to try and make the other lose their temper. Since Kyle had taken it when he was so young, they had put it down to him not being matured enough.

Thus, it had given a false positive i.e. the results wrongly indicated that Kyle had been successful in withholding and controlling the Smith Anger.

It was due to that they agreed to Philips's absurd plan.

It was only after the dust had settled that the other accomplices found out that Philips had lied to them. Rather, he had not revealed the full truth.

The test was not a mere psychological test.

That was, of course, part of the test but only a minor part.

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~ Smith Heir Test ~

The test was split into three parts.

The first was the mind games. It was a way to test whether one can continue to be calm despite being made fun of.

Kyle, even from such a young age, would not respond to any sort of taunts, slurs and degrading remarks. He would either ignore such jibes or reply to each accusation calmly with clear eyes that it made those who were testing him, deeply ashamed.

They were only following a script, yet found that they felt guilty when the young child scolded them for their narrow-mindedness and pettiness.

They were also ashamed because if it had been them, they would have already flown off the handle and beat up the person and yet, this young Smith child did not?

It was beyond amazing.

The second part of the test was to watch an illusion (created by CGI) of their greatest fear (or what they perceived to be his greatest fear), being realised.

In Kyle's case, it had been seeing his twin sister being tortured and killed. Everyone knew about the 'abnormal' closeness Kyle had with Kay and yet, even with that scene, he did not react angrily.

Well, he was angry but it was within the acceptable level. If he had not shown any reaction, that would have indicated some psychological problem.

However, he did not go irrational with the Smith Anger to smash everything in his path.

He simply shouted angrily at those who were responsible for making such a horrible video. He sat there, his face full of wrath as he coldly detailed out every single thing he was going to do to the people responsible for it.

Suffice to say, that when those who had created the CGI's heard of this, they immediately quit and disappeared.

The last test was a physical one.

He had to fight skilled people. Six peers, to be exact.

However, since Kyle was so young, no one wanted to have strong, skilled youngsters to fight Kyle. After all, such skilled children were the future of the Nation. The next generation.

They could not risk the Smith Anger severely injuring those young children, and destroying their future.

So, in reality, Kyle had to fight adults.

The adults were told not to 'go all out' since Kyle was so young. Heck, he barely reached their waist. Those adults found the whole thing laughable but they complied. They were being highly paid, after all.

At the end of it, not only did they have to go 'all out', they seemed to have lost their rational thoughts and attacked Kyle far more seriously.

As a result, many were crippled and needed intensive treatment at the hospital. Turned out, those so-called 'adults' were the ones who had become angry and irrational because they were being beaten by a young child.

Kyle was injured heavily as well, but not as bad as the ones he had beaten up.

The fact that he could still maintain rational thought and thus, accurately control the situation meant that he would never let the Smith Anger cloud his judgment in his actions. He could be cruel and decisive, but only to those who deserved it.

The adults who had attacked Kyle the strongest were the ones who were crippled for life.