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Arc 5 – Slag that Dark Sentinel
Chapter 126

Before requesting for leave, Leo had already investigated the prisoner’s information and there seemed to be nothing special. The prisoner was from the main star, a level-one sentinel. He had joined the extremists when he was twenty and now at twenty-three years of age, he became one of the young leaders.

Like the other prisoners, there was nothing special about him that would be worth the other extremists taking such risks to rescue him.

The original plan was to wait for him to wake up and then Leo would interrogate him personally, but no one had expected that the man would remain unconscious until now and now, he was even on the verge of dying.

He had no choice. Leo could only change and head to the hospital. When Chi Zhao heard his explanation, he nodded thoughtfully, “Then hurry and go. Be careful on your way there. I’ll keep some food for you and warm it up when you’re back.”

The originally cold mood instantly warmed up with those words. Leo smiled and kissed the corner of Chi Zhao’s lips before turning around and rubbing Joey’s head.

“I’m leaving. Joey has to do his best to protect dad.”

After hearing Leo’s words, Joey nodded seriously in response, “Father should also come back early. Nine o’clock is bedtime.”

Nine o’clock was Joey’s bedtime, adults naturally wouldn’t sleep at nine. Joey had gone to bed earlier, thinking that it was the same for everyone. Leo was amused by his seriousness. When he got onto his hovercar, the smile on his face still hadn’t faded.

One big and one small watched Leo leave. With the sound of the door closing, the father and son duo blinked a few times before turning back to look at the food on the table.

The atmosphere had turned silent. Chi Zhao raised his eyes and looked at Joey who was busy trying to cut into his meat.

“Son, don’t you have anything to ask me?”

Joey placed down his knife and fork and looked up, “If I asked, would you tell me the truth?”

Chi Zhao: “……..”

This kid is really not cute!

There was a moment of silence. Chi Zhao also placed down the cutlery in his hands. With one hand supporting his chin, he knocked on the table, “Let’s do this. I’ll do it today only. From now until you go to bed, no matter what you ask me, I will tell the truth. Today only, okay?”

After blinking his pair of tea-grey eyes, Joey suddenly reached out and held up his little finger, “Pinkie promise. If dad lies, you will be a big tortoise in your next life.”

Chi Zhao: “……”

After he helplessly hooked his finger with his sons, Joey was finally satisfied.

Chi Zhao felt very complicated inside. Joey would rather believe in this old-fashioned promise than the words of his biological father. How much of a failure was he as a parent?

With his small head lowered, Joey thought for a while before deciding what he wanted to ask. He looked back up and gazed quietly at Chi Zhao: “Will we be moving in the future?”

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Chi Zhao was stunned. He didn’t expect this to be Joey’s first question. After a second of surprise, Chi Zhao shook his head, “I also don’t know, it depends on what happens in the future. The days ahead are still very long, and changes can happen. I can’t give you a definite answer.”

Joey pursed his lips and seemed to be unhappy with this answer. He looked away in thought for a while and then looked back. He clearly wanted to know the answer, but he would always act aloof and nonchalant, as if he didn’t care at all.

“Okay, then I’ll ask another question. Will you leave father again in the future?”

Chi Zhao now understood why Joey wanted to ask if they were moving in the future. In fact, those two questions were asking the same thing and that was, would the three of them be separated again in the future? Joey didn’t want to appear too childish and was too embarrassed to ask bluntly so he could only get answers using this method.

Chi Zhao found it amusing but at the same time he felt a little sad inside.

Although Joey had never said it, he probably also longed for a complete and whole family. No one wants to be a child of a single parent family. It was just that Joey was more sensible and didn’t want to pour more salt into his father’s wounds, so he never said anything.

Chi Zhao’s heart softened. He beckoned Joey over who immediately jumped off the dining chair and ran over. Just as he was about to throw himself into his father’s arms, he quickly stepped onto his brakes and then stood there waiting reservedly for Chi Zhao to speak.

Chi Zhao smiled. He lowered his head and said in a whisper-like volume, “Dad will tell you a secret. This is a secret only the two of us knows. After hearing this, you are not allowed to tell anything, especially your father. Understand?”

Wow…..A secret between adults.

Joey’s heart almost flew out but he nodded solemnly and tried his best to keep his true feelings from showing.

Putting his arms around his son’s soft shoulders, Chi Zhao said softly, “I love your father. Very, very much. Unless he doesn’t want me anymore, I won’t leave him.”

Even if Joey was less than five years old, he already knew what privacy was. His eyes widened in an instant and he asked very quietly, “Really?”

“Of course.” Chi Zhao raised a brow, “Didn’t I tell you just now? Today, no matter what you ask me, I will tell the truth.”

Although he still didn’t understand the relationship between adults, with Chi Zhao’s guarantee, Joey felt more at ease. This was more reassuring than hearing Chi Zhao say that they weren’t leaving.

Because not leaving was too shallow of a promise. There are many people in this world who obviously don’t love each other but still stay together, either for money or for power. They weren’t happy at all in life, but they deceived themselves into thinking that they were having the best life.

What ties a family together wasn’t just blood relations, there was also love that couldn’t be faked and the latter was the cornerstone of happiness. Dad loves father. That was the best secret Joey has ever heard.

The little one pursed his lips but eventually couldn’t help but let out a laugh. He made a promise with his milky voice, “I understand. I definitely won’t tell father this.”

This was a little secret between him and his dad. He was a child with principles and he definitely wouldn’t betray his dad.

Chi Zhao lovingly rubbed Joey’s head and then straightened up and told Joey to continue eating.

Before the system left, it heard this short exchange between the father and son. It fell silent for a long time before pretending not to hear anything and leaving.

Before leaving it also secretly used its newly acquired authority to delete this part from the daily records.

The main system just happened to be free today and was catching up with the live broadcast. Seeing the system invade his database for Chi Zhao and delete the conversation just now, the main system felt complicated inside.

Ah, the protective love of a father.

……..

On the other side, Leo who was unaware of the deal his wife and son had made had finally arrived at the hospital.

After going straight up to the top floor, there were already several people gathered outside the prisoner’s ward. When they saw Leo coming, they immediately straightened up, “Chairman, you’re here.”

“How is the situation?”

Leo didn’t waste any time and directly asked about the prisoner’s condition. The person opposite him furrowed his brows, “Sorry, we have tried our best, but his condition is very bad. There were initial signs of his brain deteriorating but at that time it was very slow and most people who have received such shock would display some signs of deterioration, so we didn’t take it to heart. We didn’t expect it to worsen so dramatically overnight. Right now, his brain waves are getting weaker and weaker and now it is almost impossible to be detected.”

This hospital had the best medical equipment on the main star but even the doctors here had never seen such a situation. They have tried to do something, but that deterioration was almost like the low tide, turbulent and irreversible. If it weren’t for strict security here preventing outsiders from approaching the prisoner, they would’ve suspected that an extremist had been sent over to kill him.

After listening to his subordinate’s report, Leo opened the door and entered the ward. The person on the bed appeared the same as before, as if he were asleep, but beneath that surface in the depths of his brain, his active brain waves were declining at an alarming rate. At this rate, this person would be deemed as brain dead in less than half an hour.

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Leo felt that something didn’t seem quite right.

The situation at the time was too chaotic but because the prisoner was special, Leo had paid special attention to him. According to his memory, that prisoner had never taken any action the entire time and when the fight started, he didn’t participate and never came into physical contact with anyone. It was only at the very end when his subordinates captured him, they might have used some force, causing him to stagger, hit his head and pass out.

It didn’t seem like a problem at first but when he recalled, Leo couldn’t help but feel that this person seemed to have turned a little sluggish before he hit his head.

The chairman wasn’t speaking so the people below didn’t dare speak up either. Only the secretary was still lost in thought. From the moment the chairman suddenly requested to use up all his accumulated annual leave, he felt that something didn’t seem quite right. In the past, even if the chairman was ill, he had never forgotten about his work but now he had cast it all away and disappeared completely after his request for leave was approved. Occasionally the secretary went to find the chairman to make his reports only to find that no one was around.

No longer caring about work, often not at home and also occasionally seeing him dressed up….What was even more concerning was that he was actually inside someone else’s house, cooking for them…..

The secretary sucked in a breath to stop the conclusion in his mind from being spoken and squeezed his mouth shut.

Although he couldn’t shout it out, he could shout internally.

The chairman has someone, the chairman has someone, the chairman has someone!——-

…….

No one knew what was going on in the secretary’s heart; everyone’s attention was on the prisoner lying on the hospital bed. Leo furrowed his brows as he looked at the lifeless man with unknown thoughts in his mind. Suddenly, the door to the ward was opened again.

The vice-chairman walked in, every step as domineering as usual. Seeing that Leo was also there, his footsteps stopped for a moment before he casually approached him and stopped a few metres away.

“Chairman, good day.”

Facing his rival who had tried to steal his wife, Leo didn’t give him a good attitude. He nodded coldly and soon looked away.

Vice-chairman: “……….”

The secretary hurriedly tried to fix up the mood. The vice-chairman rubbed his nose and felt a little embarrassed, but he thought about it again. How could he have known that he was Leo’s partner? They had kept it to low profile, could he really be blamed?

Thinking this, the vice-chairman regained his confidence. His expression sank slightly as he tried to bluff his way through, “Leopold, several professors from the Genetics Research Institute suddenly discovered that the prisoner’s state is similar to a case they have been studying. Before he dies, I will need to take him over. From now on, this person will be under the Genetics Research Institute’s authority. Don’t interfere.”

If this person died, there was no point for Leo to keep the body. Leo was in charge of the extremists while the vice-chairman was in charge of genetic research and advancements. The two would usually never cross paths and if he requested to take away a body, Leo usually wouldn’t say anything. This vice-chairman however had been floating around for too long and he had long forgotten about speaking more smoothly.

Leo narrowed his eyes, “Are you trying to steal someone away from me?”

Stealing someone was a rather strange way of speaking but from a certain point of view, it was also correct. The vice-chairman made a sound of affirmation and before he could say the words ‘So what about it?’, a chill ran through him. The vice-chairman only frowned but the others almost fell onto their knees.

“I have already warned you last time not to get close to my partner but now you’re trying to provoke me using this method. Don’t you think that you’re being too immature?”

The others who were still trying to remain standing: Huh?! —–The vice-chairman wanted to steal the chairman’s partner?! Isn’t this a huge scandal?? Wait, when did the chairman have a partner? Wasn’t it just an imaginary lover?!

……….

Leo’s eyes were dark and strong spiritual force flowed out from him non-stop. The vice-chairman standing opposite him however was confused.

Who’s provoking you?! The one who’s using spiritual forces to suppress people who have opposing opinions without a second thought is you okay?! You’re the one who’s immature!

Before he could speak, Leo on the opposite end revealed a wretched and cruel smile, “But, I accept your provocation.”

Vice-chairman: “…….”

I’m just here to fetch a damned corpse, do you really need to be like this?! I really can’t understand you married men!

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