Published at 2nd of September 2019 7:40 pm

Volume 5, Chapter 5

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On the streets Dark Sun roared by on a motorcycle No! He shouldn't be called "Dark Sua"

He bad already memorized the command that the emotion switch must be off. In theory, no expression would be able to be shown. However, there will always be things beyond the control of an order.

For example, during the modification experiments, Theodore had left the lacrimal glands alone.

When he had tears in his eyes and stoically refused to let them flow down, how could this person be the heartless Dark Sun?

Daren roared by on a motorcycle. Although there was a visor covering his face and others couldn't see his tears, he couldn't ignore the hot acid in his eyes. The emotion switch had long been unable to be turned off He was the one who understood this point the most clearly But he was unable to disobey the command of his father, Lance.

To make things worse, he knew exactly where Papa Avery was headed. He didn't even have to guess. He knew for sure that Papa Avery would look for Ezart, so the destination would be Yelan Academy This clear understanding left him with no choice but to go there.

But, if he really did kill Papa Avery, would he still be able to hold back his tears?

But if he didn't kill Papa Avery, Father would kill Elian and the others in his grasp At that time, would he be crying any less?

After thinking of these two difficult choices, he couldn't help but feel guilty. Why couldn't he defy Father? And with Gege and him suddenly being only brothers of the same mother, he voluntarily ran a comparison between the father and sons genes. The results were actually...

Daren's emotions were in turmoil. Ever since last night, questions kept coming one after another, catching him by surprise. He had absolutely no idea how to deal with them. Bewildered, he only wanted to break into tears. But he made the effort to remind himself that now wasn't the time to cry. He had to quickly think of a way to save Papa!

If Father wasn't present and giving others, could he suppress his abilities so he wouldn't be as strong as he was last night? As long as he wasn't as powerful as he had been the previous night Ezart might be able to keep him from killing Theodore.

He suddenly braked the motorcycle. He still hadn't come up with a solution. But when he looked up and to the side, Yelan Academy's familiar from entrance was already in front of his eyes.

He stepped off the motorcycle. Although he wanted to stay there for a while longer, his body began moving towards the gate involuntarily. The part of Father's order, the phrase "take the shortest amount of time possible" was, as expected, in full effect He didn't even delay for a moment, heading straight for the classroom to class D.

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"Ezart!"

Hearing his own name, Ezart, who had been sprawled across his desk to catch up on sleep, woke up. He raised his head. Surprisingly, the person standing in the doorway was Daren. And strangely, Theodore Avery was being carried on his back...

Ezart was a little disconcerted as he asked, "Were Elian and the others found that quickly? Also, why the hell is your dad here?"

Just then, Damn suddenly toppled sideways. Theodore had astutely jumped off early, preventing himself from being flattened by a nearly hundred-kilogram object.

"Dar?" Ezart stood up.

Daren didn't reply Instead, it was Theodore who hastily explained, "No, no! He isn't Dar. He's DSII!"

"DSII?" Ezart's head was even more in a fog. Why the hell did DSII carry Theodore to school?

"T-this is because..."

Theodore was going to explain his shocking discovery when he suddenly saw... A classroom full of students frozen in various bizarre poses. There was a person grilling meat, and the whole barbecue grill was on fire. He didn't even dare to turn to meat over. There were two people pointing guns at each other, like they really intended to shoot. But the guns in their hands still hadn't shot out any bullets. The teacher at the podium had his mouth open, like he had been in the middle reading out of the textbook when someone suddenly pressed the "pause button." There was no sound, but his mouth was still open and immobile.

However, everyone's eyes were looking in the same direction—they were all watching him and Ezart.

This made Theodore immediately shut his mouth. The secret behind the Solaris household was not something that could be told for an entire class of students to hear, unless he wanted to make the entire class history.

"Hurry and say it." Ezart was a bit impatient.

Theodore desperately winked, intending to hint to Ezart that there were too many people here for him to talk and such. But Ezart revealed a baffled expression and bluntly asked, "Are your eyes cramping?"

That made Theodore exasperated, and he irritably said, "Do you want me to say it in front of an entire class and a teacher?"

Hearing this, Ezart frowned. He turned his head to roar at the class, "Class dismissed!"

The students froze, a bit unused to hearing those two words coming from the mouth of someone besides a teacher. They still swiveled their heads to glance at the teacher on the podium... The podium was missing a person.

The students, one by one, revealed expressions as if they'd stepped in dog feces. Then their actions were extremely uniform. The female students grabbed their bags and rushed out of the classroom. The male students had it simpler. Their wallets were already in their back pockets, so they just directly dashed out. Because there were only two doorways in the classroom, it really wasn't adequate, and finally, the students kicked out the windows and jumped out to escape.

In the blink of an eye, Emit and Theodore were the only people left in the classroom. At most, DSII could be counted as a person too.

"It turns out you're a teacher here..." Theodore was only able to blankly say this one sentence.

"To hell with you!" Ezart shouted, "Hurry up and talk!"

Theodore came back to his senses at that roar. In a panic, he explained, "I discovered the truth! Dar, he... No, that's not right. He isn't Dar. It's another person. The real Dar has already gone missing. I have no idea when he disappeared. Now, it already isn't Dar..."

"Stop!" Ezart listened until his head was about to explode. He roared, "What the hell are you talking about? No one would be able to figure out what you're saying!"

Hearing this, Theodore also understood he had been speaking randomly He hurriedly took several deep breaths before he finally could use a calmer tone of voice to clarify: "I don't know when it was that Daren was replaced by someone, by a... replaced by a modified clone just like DSII. That modified human's call sign is DSX."

"Dar?" Ezart suddenly said.

Theodore stiffened, lifting his head up to follow Ezart's line of sight. He glanced at the door There was another Damn standing next to it.

"He's not Dar!" He immediately shouted.

Not Dar? Ezart suspiciously looked at the person in the doorway. He was dressed exactly like Dark Sun with a visor, red shirt, and jeans. Even their physique was the same. The lower half of his face that the visor couldn't block was also identical... He would have sworn that if they removed the visor, underneath it would definitely have been Dar's face.

"He's DSX!"

"DSX?" Ezart frowned while looking at Dark Sun, skeptically asking, "Are you sure?'

"I'm not wrong!" Theodore hid behind Ezart's back and incidentally ordered DSII to stand next to him before he ventured to poke his head out to say: "He wanted to kill me just now! If DSII hadn't blocked it, I would long be dead."

Hearing this, Ezart scratched his head and said, "Huh."

On the other hand, the other person, who actually wasn't DSX but the real Daren Solaris, didn't deny it, nor was he able to deny it.

Letting them think he was DSX was good too This way, wouldn't Ezart use his full strength to block him? Also, if it was like this, Gege wouldn't discover his presence, Elian-ge and the others wouldn't be killed by Father. This is what Daren reasoned.

Ezart frowned and asked, "If he's DSX, then where did that brat, Dar, nun off to?"

After hearing this, Theodore frowned. The question Ezart asked was precisely the question he was most afraid to think about He could only reply, "First get rid of DSX, then we'll take the microchip from his head. I'll try to back into the microchip to isolate Dar's whereabouts."

Ezart gave an affirmative grunt.

Hearing this, Damn's heart skipped a beat. This wouldn't do. If he let Papa remove the microchip, he would immediately realize he wasn't DSX Just like that he would be exposed. Then again, if he really did die, whether it was from a misunderstanding or not, Gege definitely wouldn't let the people who killed him off the hook.

Gege would definitely kill Papa and Ezart!

"So should I start attacking now?" As soon as Ezart said the two words, "start attacking," his tone grew more excited.

Theodore waspishly said, "Unless you're happy with standing there and letting him beat you to death!"

Ezart made a "tch" noise and attacked first, mercilessly swinging his fist to take down

Daren.

Right then, Theodore also hastily called on DSII, hid in the farthest corner of the room, and even had DSII stand in front of him. Like this, the physically weak doctor could finally relax a little. He concentrated on watching this battle, and even took a pen and paper out from his shirt pocket. He intended on using this opportunity to record DSX's fighting style.

Just how strong is this machine, DSX who isn't my creation? Theodore almost had an attitude like he was comparing his own precious baby Dark Sun to DSX as he watched this fight.

By that time, Ezart had already blasted out about a dozen punches each punch aimed at the face. But all of them flew past Daren. At the same time, Daren also extended his steel claws and responded with several slashes.

Ezart's dodges seemed to be more awkward than his opponent's. Originally, Ezart's speed wasn't too far from Daren's. If it weren't for the fact that Daren was wary of the power of Ezart's fists, and that to dodge them, he had to withdraw his attacks several times, Ezart would have long been torn into pieces by those silver claws.

To evade the silvery nails, Ezart took a step back. But he miscalculated Daren's speed. The result was his left cheek being grazed by two of the silver claws. Immediately, blood flowed down like water from a faucet. He wiped his cheek, getting blood on his sleeve as he cursed, "This thing's skills are just like that brat Dar's... Damn! It's totally the same."

It's the same? Theodore was stunned. It couldn't be? DSX was just as strong as his own Dark Sun?

Just then, though reluctantly, Damn had to obey Lance's command. So he took the initiative to attack, his actions faster and more forceful than they bad been just before. He had already gradually returned to the abnormal levels from yesterday night.

Facing Damn was like fighting a fleeting ghostly figure. With the speed of a striking snake, his attacks couldn't be seen. Ezart didn't have the ability to dodge them. After he took several slashes, he gave up on defending, launching into a full out offense with his fists. This forced Damn to slow his attacks in order to dodge the mulches.

Raining punches down, Ezart panted and roared, "I was wrong! This thing is even stronger than Dar!"

Hearing those words, Theodore took a blow even harder than the one just now. DSX is e-even stronger than my Dark Sun? He couldn't resist loudly denying, "It can't be"

At that moment, as if to prove he was speaking the truth, Ezart was kicked flying by Daren. He coincidentally flew in Theodore's direction. Stunned, Theodore watched as a huge object soared towards him... Ban!

"My god. Luckily..."

Theodore stared at the wall with a hole blown into it. He couldn't help but be grateful to DSII. Just now it was DSII who promptly pulled him away, allowing him to avoid the fate of becoming a meat patty.

Ezart was breathing heavily as he got up. Then he roared to Theodore at the sidelines, "This thing is definitely even stronger than Dar!"

After he finished shouting, Ezart saw Daren unexpectedly run over. But Damn's target wasn't him. It was Theodore. He saw at that guy, Theodore, frozen in place. What the hell was that guy thinking?!

Ezart just made a "tch" noise and went back into battle.

This can't be! Off to the side, Theodore thoughts were in a frenzy Without a human brain as a base, no matter the modifications, robots couldn't compare with real humans, especially when it came to "learning ability." Dark Sun could absorb all sorts of knowledge, which allowed him to grow stronger as he changed. However, as robots, DSII and DSX could only be "improved" manually.

If it wasn't like this, then why would he have bothered to painstakingly modify Dark Sun? He would have just directly made a bunch of DSI, DSII, DSIII... and on until he reached DSInfinitx!

Therefore DSX couldn't possibly be stronger than the real Dark Sun!

But Ezart said DSX was stronger than Dark Sun. If what he said was true, that could only mean one thing... Theodore suddenly had an epiphany He quickly shouted at the two people in combat, "Dar! You're the real Dar, right?"

This loud yell made the two fighters freeze, including Daren. This made Theodore even more convinced that the person in front of him definitely wasn't DSX and that his call sign was "Dark Sun.' Which meant he was also the real Daren Solaris!

Theodore excitedly gave an order to the virtual lover game console in his hands. "DSII, identify the microchip!" The love simulation game projected a youth who energetically responded, "O.K.! Identifying the microchip... Oh! Daddy, he locked the microchip. He's not letting me read it!"

Watching the silent "Dark Sun," Theodore couldn't help but laugh. Dar, oh Dar! At a time like this, locking your microchip is tantamount to saying you're guilty!

Although he didn't know why Daren would attack them... Dar was still alive! Knowing this was enough.

"I'm not Dark Sun!" At that moment, Daren suddenly opened his mouth to say.

Theodore laughed even harder, saying, "Stop pretending. You obviously are..."

Daren abruptly roared, "I'm not Dark Sun, and I'm not Daren Solaris! l’m DSX!"

Gege absolutely can't know of my presence, or else..

Ezart and Theodore both froze. The two of them both had the faint feeling that something was wrong What was going on? If he really was DSX, he definitely wouldn't have tried to refute this statement. Modified humans don't do unnecessary things, such as clearing up their identities with people they were about to kill.

Unnecessary clarification is an action only done by humans. This further indicated that the person in front of them was Daren. But why did he want to deny it?

"I'm not!" Daren raised his steel claws, and assumed an attacking stance, clearly intending to use a more direct approach to prove his words.

"Alight!"

As Daren was about to strike, Ezart suddenly started speaking. This made him abruptly stop his attack. He could only stand frozen and listen to Ezart say, "If you say you're not, you're not Anyway! That brat, Dar, was never this strong. So you aren't Dar!"

Speaking up until there he even looked away, haltingly asking the other person there: "Do you say that's right? Doctor?"

Is it like this? Theodore froze, staring straight at the person in front of him Is that Dar or DSX?

He still had yet to figure out the answer. Theodore suddenly noticed that the hands of the person in front of him were trembling. His nails kept reflecting silver lights, as if he was using a lot of effort to suppress something...

"You are DSX, not Dar."

After Theodore calmly finished speaking, he looked away and said, "Ezart. Stop fighting with him. We should flee quickly! DSII, lift me up?'

"O.K.!" After DSII finished replying, the youth on the lover simulation game disappeared. DSII's body started moving and used an arm to pick Theodore up.

Theodore instructed DSII and at the same time, advised Ezart, "Go to places with a lot of people. Use exaggerated actions to catch their attention! DSX won't want to cause a disturbance and let the Solaris Emperor discover where he is!"

After he finished speaking, Theodore silently added, In fact, the real DSX should be with the Solaris Emperor right now. If the Solaris Emperor finds out that he has a Dar beside him and then the news reports a new Dark Sun, he would definitely grow suspicious. And no matter what the reason is, Dc clearly doesn't want the Solaris Emperor to discover that the person with him isn't the real Daren Solaris, but instead DSX. Therefore, Dar definitely won't follow to crowded areas.

Ezart gave an affirmative grunt, and then forcefully kicked at the wall, blowing a large hole through it. Then, he turned his head towards DSII, saying, "Hey, DSII, exit through here!"

DSII was about to jump out of the hole when Dark Sun caught up, but Dark Sun was blocked by Ezart. Daren swung a fist at him... Ezart solidly intercepted the punch and used his unnatural strength to drag Daren in front of him. Face to face, he quietly growled, "I've been forced into helping you look after your dad. Brat, whatever you haven't resolved, go wrap it up quickly! After you're done, hurry and come back. You better listen!"

Following that a heavy blow to Ezart's face served as Daren's response. This hit made Ezart take two steps hark. And as he was backing up, he fell out the large hole in the wall.

After the sound of something thudding heavily to the floor, a few curses like "Damn, that really hurts," floated up from outside.

Daren stuck his head out of the large hole in the wall in time to see two people fleeing. Right now was class time, and destroying the wall obviously had drawn the students' attentions. One after another, they raised their heads to look. Daren hurriedly took a few steps back, to prevent himself from being seen.

At that moment, the microchip determined that there were too many students and too much surveillance equipment below. There was a high probability that he would be noticed or even captured on film. Therefore, the recommendation was that he should not give chase, and should directly return to the opera house to advise Lance to use a swarm of people to hunt for the two fugitives.

At that moment, he walked a few steps closer to the wall, and looked out the window, watching the two escaping people. He suddenly said "Hm," and turned around to leave.

After Daren left, a certain figure strode into the classroom. He wore Chinese-styled clothing and his entire body was covered in opulent jewelry. On the entire campus, other than Shain Baylian, it was impossible to find another person with these characteristics.

Shain Baylian examined the hole in the wall and looked in the direction Daren had left in. He couldn't resist letting out a chuckle. As he walked away, he said to himself:

"This situation is growing very interesting. Father would definitely wish to hear of this. After at this matter has a strong relation to his lover. That said, this time should I discuss a reward from him? I don't know if he would be willing or not to give me his favorite golden whip. Otherwise, that treasured ruby ring of his would also suffice..."

"Stay put!"

Shain Baylian froze and stopped his footsteps. He turned round and saw...

"Principal?"

Daren was riding on the motorcycle, but he wasn't returning to the opera house. Instead, he arrived at the toy store's door. After he stopped the bike, he immediately entered the shop.

"May I ask what you would like to look at?"

Seeing a strange, visor-wearing customer the toy shop clerk had to work to hold back his curiosity and maintain his professional, courteous demeanor. He then greeted the customer with a smile. He couldn't resist congratulating himself! He also thanked the two most recent, frequent, and peculiar customers for their training assistance. After dealing with the two customers who could crush the floor, now there probably wasn't any customer he couldn't deal with.

Daren pulled off his visor, asking, "Is the model ready?"

So it was this customer after all! The toy store clerk froze for a moment and hastily said, "It has already been sent over. I will immediately bring it to you."

Daren nodded. He reminded, "Also, the photo needs to be returned to me."

When he had ordered the model, he had given Gege's photograph to the shop clerk. Originally, he felt that he had a lot of these sort of pictures and things at home, so if the didn't get it back, it didn't matter. Who would have known that he now couldn't even return back home?

"Alright. I will immediately get it for you!"

Because it was currently morning, this clearly showed the customer wanted to pick it up early. The toy shop clerk hadn't placed the goods at the counter. Who would have known that the customer would suddenly arrive in advance? He could only hastily rush into the warehouse behind the store and begin turning it upside down to search for the model and photograph. At the same time, he prayed that his boss hadn't taken the photo to be auctioned off.

Daren nodded his head and quietly waited. It was possible that he would never be able to appear in front of Gege again, so he had to have at least Gege's model and picture!

If he had the model and picture, and was also able to see Gege on screen, maybe he could really follow Father's arrangement and let the flawless DSX stay at Gege's side. He would stay underground with Father, silently protecting Gege... And also protecting Father.

After all, Father's mental state didn't seem very good. Daren didn't know if he had always been like this, or if the gunshot injury to his brain had affected him. Allowing Father to act recklessly could harm Gege, and Father might also harm himself.

Again, his on microchip repeatedly responded that Father's arrangement was indeed the best for Gege... Right? If it's like this, it should be better for Gege, right?

"Here it is! Your model and photo, sir!"

The shop clerk rushed out, panting. He was holding in his hand a beautifully wrapped gift box. Although it was in a very hasty way, he still carefully placed the gift box on the table. He respectfully said, "This is the model. Please see if it is to your liking."

Daren immediately opened the gift box and lowered his head to see the figurine. The model was roughly thumb-sized. At the top was a crown and under it, a small conical box. All of its carvings were beautifully done. At the center of the box's surface was a ruby. The precious gem was encircled by a vine-like frame.

The box was beautiful, meeting his expectations. Especially fitting was the crown at the top. Although he felt it was truly suited for his brother, no matter how exquisite the shell was, it couldn't compare to the contents inside. He immediately pressed the ruby button.

The figurine inside was, of course, a model of Devon, from the shoulders up. It was crafted just as well as the outer shell. It was lifelike, especially the portrait's dazzling smile, winch was almost exactly the same as the one from the photo. The smile was virtually just a smaller version of Devon's laugh.

Gege...

Daren couldn't help but stroke the portrait with a finger. But the portrait was much too small, only a finger's length His action could hardly be counted as a caress. It was just a touch.

Model Gege would always smile at him. Model Gege would never say he wasn't allowed to do things, that they were too dangerous and such. Therefore, model Gege should be great. With it accompanying him, he should be satisfied Shouldn't he?

But... But why did he still want to see the real Gege so much?

Even if he saw Geges furious face, it was better than seeing a perpetually smiling model.

Even if he heard Gege reproach him, heartbroken, it was better than having a model that could never speak.

Even if he was given unreasonable demands by Gege, it was still better than having a model that would never ask him for anything.

"If it's like this, the best thing for Gege... Maybe it's not the best? Gege, are you like me, feeling that a flawed Dar is still better than the perfect DSX?"

"S-sir?"

The store clerk was a bit bewildered. He even asked, terrified, "S-sir, are you dissatisfied with the model? The parts you are dissatisfied with can be altered. Just tell me and we will keep the model here..."

Daren gripped the figurine, replying, "I really like it. It's just that the real person seems to be better."

"The real person?" The store clerk's head was in a fog. He said, "The model is just a model. How can it compare to a real person?"

Daren frowned for some time, until the store clerk almost opened his mouth to ask first, when he finally said, "You're right. DSX is just DSX He can't compare to me!"

After he finished speaking, Daren put the models necklace around his neck. He then left the toy store without glancing back

"Ah?" The store clerk stood stunned as he watched the strange customer leave. Although he was a bit bewildered... At least in the end, the customer had still smiled to himself, so he was probably satisfied with the model?

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