NOVPUBChapter 129: Chapter 128: Reunion with the Brotherhood
Chapter 129 -128: Reunion with the Brotherhood
Chaoyang was not concerned by the online uproar; he had known for sure that doing so would cause a huge stir, especially using overload to burn down the server room of Walker’s Cross Building and making MI6’s secret documents public—after all, the opposition wasn’t an easy match, and the company burned in Bulgaria had already proved, they would never play by the rules. Only by striking hard at the hand these people stretched out, showing his willingness and strength to retaliate, could he make them feel a hint of dread.
However, this matter did not completely satisfy him.
Tyler never revealed any insider information until the very end, and his birth father, Edmok Taylor, or rather George. Flynn seemed to have evaporated from the world, leaving no trace thirty years ago and unsearchable in any direction, thus the clue to the Demon came to an abrupt end.
From Tyler’s reaction, it was clear that the MI6 leadership really did have a certain understanding of the Demon, but the related intelligence was not in the server room of the Walker’s Cross Building… This could only mean that the intelligence was of a higher classification, and the agency handling it was even more concealed.
Chaoyang carefully recalled the establishment process of Paradise and realized that Tyler’s involvement was indeed not a coincidence.
As a senior seed, he was acquainted with quite a lot of wealthy people, even including criminals like Wayne James. As long as Paradise still regarded these rich individuals as invitees, it was inevitable that Tyler would hear of it.
Even if it wasn’t Tyler who came, it could be another Sunflower seed.
But could Paradise possibly choose ordinary people as invitees?
Chaoyang believed not.
At least not initially.
The personal abilities and insights of ordinary people varied greatly, and coupled with their huge numbers, he really couldn’t count on these people to complete tasks.
Moreover, when the Gate of Destiny was being prepared for establishment, Tyler, Anthony, Qianyuan Meiko, and Zhang Zhiyuan all more or less used their real-life connections, the latter three offered corresponding compensation, but only Tyler stated he hadn’t thought about what he wanted yet and preferred to talk about it later. Looking back now, this was probably because he knew that making a wish to the Demon required a price, and so he chose this excuse to postpone it.
Since there were no issues upon review, this matter could be considered closed… Of course, he still had to make amends for the innocent people who were involved in the Twin Towers Bridge incident.
This was proposed by Ailuodi.
Chaoyang had originally thought she would bear a grudge about the Tyler incident, after all, he had hired her to obtain key information and had completely left her in the dark when taking retaliatory action. It wasn’t until the next day that she realized the news of the explosion was related to her and immediately made a call. Indeed, she was angry, but the details were slightly different from what Chaoyang had anticipated.
Ailuodi didn’t mind that he acted against Tyler. In her words, spying was an act of war, and it was normal for both sides to exchange moves; life or death depended entirely on personal skill.
She was angry about the City L citizens who got caught up when the Twin Towers Bridge was raised.
Chaoyang, too, was aware of this, so as soon as Tyler’s car passed the gate line, he immediately lowered the gate to prevent more vehicles from entering the bridge. The twenty or so cars that did drive in were quickly brought to a stop, but in the ensuing panic, there were still a number of collisions. In the end, there was one minor injury and seven damaged cars.
In Angel’s eyes, this was clearly crossing the line between good and evil, and what made her more upset was that Skeleton Hand was involved too. Fortunately, these mistakes were not irreparable, and she requested that a portion of her five million remuneration be used to compensate the losses of the innocents.
Chaoyang spent quite a while comforting her before she calmed down.
Since it was Tyler’s money anyway, he did not plan to be frugal with it. Aside from the five hundred thousand euros allocated to Skeleton Hand, everyone who went up on the bridge received one hundred thousand in compensation, and the one with minor injuries got two hundred thousand.
It took almost half a day for him to take care of these matters properly, and no matter who came looking, they could no longer trace the path of this fund.
As evening approached, Chaoyang unexpectedly received a text message from Ailuodi.
“Come back to the sanctuary quickly, you have a new visitor.”
This caught him by surprise.
But since the other party urged him urgently, he locked the entrance channel immediately and slipped into the other world.
After a brief darkness, he had arrived at the Paradise Base in the lower floor of the sanctuary. Walking to the ground floor hall, Chaoyang saw Ailuodi already waiting there for him. Her face was slightly pale, and she was panting, evidently moving back and forth had taken a considerable toll on her strength.
Chaoyang stepped forward, “I thought you wouldn’t be in contact so quickly…”
“Wouldn’t be in contact with you so quickly?” Ailuodi interrupted, “Should I sulk for a few more days and hesitantly make up with you? Please, we’re adults now. If you make a mistake, you have to own up to it. Throwing a tantrum won’t help with anything. Besides, Skeleton Hand also has a responsibility, after all, I was one of the initiators.”
“Alright… by the way, the compensation has been distributed, they will never know who sent the money.”
“Hmm. To prevent the same thing from happening in the future, I hope that when you cooperate with Skeleton Hand, you’ll trust us more and share your plans before taking action… at least tell me,” Ailuodi said earnestly, “If I had been there, such an oversight wouldn’t have occurred.”
“Agreed,” Chaoyang readily conceded, guilty as charged, “Who’s the new visitor?”
“Who else could it be,” she raised her eyebrows, “it seems your lure was successful.”
…
This time, Luowei Siya brought only Haiqi with her, given that they had confirmed the mysterious organization behind the sanctuary bore no enmity against the Miners’ Brotherhood, there was no need for more guards to accompany them.
Drinking the hot tea brought by a nun, Haiqi still had some doubts about her companion’s insistence on visiting, “Are you sure you saw my sister in your dream?”
“This is the ninth time you’ve asked me the same question today.” Luowei Siya’s answer was still patient, “I’ve also told you many times, it wasn’t just a dream… I didn’t just see her, I also spoke with her. I’ve known her for as long as I’ve known you, I’m very familiar with everything that you sisters say and do, I’m certain that it was Haiya.” 𝖓𝖔𝖛𝔭𝖚𝖇.𝔠𝖔𝔪
But her heart was far from as certain as she had appeared.
In fact, after seeing Haiya in her dream, Luowei Siya had hesitated for many days before deciding to tell Haiqi about it.
Ever since Haiya had been taken by the company and her whereabouts became unknown, everyone, despite not talking about it, was aware that her chances were grim. As Haiya’s sister, the impact on Haiqi was undoubtedly the greatest. Yet, she never showed too much sadness, worrying it would affect the Brotherhood’s morale. If she simply shared “seeing Haiya in a dream” with her, it would only make her more upset. Moreover, dreams are elusive by nature; what if it was all her imagination, how disappointed would Haiqi be?
Only when the infection flared up again yesterday did Luowei Siya resolve to act.
She could die at any time, and it didn’t matter if she died, but this tremendously real “reunion” would vanish along with her, and Haiqi might never learn of her sister’s fate.
She had no right to judge the truth for someone else.
Only by letting Haiqi meet the person Haiya mentioned herself would she not leave with regrets.
