NOVPUBMr. A seemed to have been waiting for Mr. Jones's phone call.
It could be said that he had heard his own researchers coming to him for complaint and now, he was only waiting for Mr. Jones to call him.
Sitting in his office, Mr. A looked at Mr. Jones in front of him. "It seems that the matter has been resolved on your side?"
"What did they tell you?" Mr. Jones asked back instead of answering.
"That the leader of City A Base is very partial?" Mr. A's tone had a hint of teasing and then he chuckled. "It seems that this should involve the other returnees… since it's not your son, I can only guess that it should be that rune master."
The two of them didn't mention Riya's name, but they knew very well who Mr. A meant with his words.
Riya's identity has been kept a secret but there were still people who knew about it.
Mr. A was among them.
Ever since she exposed her identity in that crack and saved the people who came back, there were more people who paid more attention to her. Moreover, her life experience was also completely dug up.
It was so much that they knew more things than the person herself.
After all, Riya would not remember every details of what she did over the years but these people could do it though the surveillance cameras and so on that was still left from before the earthquake happened.
"Yes. The research materials in Ruby's hand are given by her," Mr. Jones admitted frankly. "I have told her not to tell this matter to anyone else, but I don't know how tight lipped your researchers are."
This is a threat.
Mr. Jones knew that these researchers had found out about Riya's existence, but they didn't know Riya's ability even if she had made a move. Because at that time, everyone was too busy running away.
Aside from some people who were close to Riya realizing that it was her, the others only knew that someone was very powerful and managed to block the magic beasts in the crack.
But these two researchers were present.
They should know that there was someone powerful among the people who came with them and could provide this information to others.
So in order to prevent them from spreading this matter to others…
"I don't know when your style has become more violent." Mr. A arched his eyebrows as if he didn't recognize the person in front of him is Mr. Jones.
The two of them had communicated for a long time and Mr. A felt that Mr. Jones is a very reasonable person. The business cooperation they had in the past was also very pleasant.
It was to the point that Mr. A was relieved to leave City A Base in the hands of Mr. Jones and didn't meddle in his management.
But now, Mr. A felt that Mr. Jones was actually quite similar to his son.
Because Samuel's style…
It was far sharper and would bite the prey in front of him without hesitation. Moreover, Samuel always liked to take advantage of others and try to maximize the profits he could possibly get.
"The world is no longer the same." Mr. Jones leaned back against the chair. "It's more dangerous outside and I don't think that I can possibly protect my son if I didn't do anything for him."
Right now, Samuel is one of the strongest person in the entire world and no one dared to blatantly fight against him.
Peter was an exception.
That man really didn't know the word 'fear' as he kept on challenging Samuel whenever he could.
So Mr. Jones knew that if he wanted to protect his son and not becoming his son's weakness, he had to change his style to be tougher.
Yes, becoming a powerful magic warrior is important.
But it was also important to have other skills that could allow him to sit on this seat without other people coveting his position.
Mr. A chuckled. "I understand. There will be people taking them back to the capital city and after that, you won't hear from them again."
The words were cold and it was not like something that an upright person would say.
But who among them were really upright and kind?
They had seen so much of the darkness in the world and this period of time was indeed very special.
It would be impossible for them to remain the same as before.
"I don't think that you're willing to sacrifice the talent that the nation needed at will." Mr. Jones arched his eyebrows.
"Don't get me wrong, we won't take their lives. We're just making sure that they will not do anything unnecessary before they obtained the permission." Mr. A looked at Mr. Jones and then said, "After all, there will be time when the truth comes to light."
The truth comes to the light?
Mr. Jones blinked his eyes before realizing that Mr. A was talking about the time when Riya finally revealed her identity in public.
It was impossible for Riya to be hiding her identity for the rest of her life.
Well, it was not impossible…. That is if they didn't see her taking action on her own and risking the exposure in front of others.
If Riya truly didn't want others to know her identity in the slightest bit, the best choice for her to make was to hide far away and act as an ordinary person.
Is it possible?
It's possible.
As long as she didn't behave out of the line, it was not impossible for Riya to keep her identity secret for the rest of her life.
But this meant that she would not be able to interact like how she had done so far.
And perhaps, this also meant compromising her own improvement.
But Riya didn't do it.
And these people were smart enough to realize that Riya never planned to hide her identity for the rest of her life.
