Published at 3rd of September 2019 10:23 am

Volume 5, Chapter 6

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"They forced you to flee?" Lance furiously growled.

"Yes."

Although he had clearly declared this already, Lance's words held a questioning tone, so Daren repeated his reply once again.

Slap!

Lance forcefully smacked Daren's face and roared at him, "The Theodore Avery problem has already made my darling Devon suspicious. If he finds Avery and Ezart, how could the situation be suppressed?"

After he finished shouting this, he suddenly stopped speaking. He suspiciously scrutinized Daren. Then his eyes narrowed dangerously as he asked, "You... Couldn't have done this deliberately, could you?"

Daren remained expressionless and only reported mechanically: "No. After Ezart unintentionally drank the experimental drug, his strength substantially increased. It became impossible to prevent others from taking notice before defeating him. The microchip recommended to first retreat and return for reinforcements."

Seeing the person before him still had Dark Sun's heartless manner, Lance could only maintain a skeptical attitude. Although he didn't disbelieve him, as to whether or not he still had full control over Dark Sun, he was uncertain on this point. Ultimately, he still decided that this matter could not be given to Dark Sun to accomplish.

"Return to your room. Without my command, you are forbidden from exiting."

"Understood."

After he finished responding, Dark Sun immediately turned around and left.

Lance watched Dark Sun's departing figure and his expression darkened. A killing intent rose in his heart. Rather than allowing the devil's spawn the opportunity to return to his darling Devon's side, it would be better to get rid of him once and for all...

"Unacceptable!"

He opened his eyes again. He murmured to himself "Endure it for a while. Now isn't the time to kill him. My darling child still seems to distrust DSX, so I still need the devil's spawn to instruct DSX on how to act. So endure it for a little longer!"

When he closed his eyes once more, Lance's expression had already calmed down. He pulled out a cell phone and dialed a number. As soon as the phone connected, he opened his mouth and said, "Zyle."

"Is there something, boss?"

"I have a matter for you to deal with."

******

Damn returned back to the from door of the room. As soon as he opened the door, several objects flew at him. After he reflexively turned his head away, those few objects struck the floor. He then discovered that those things were the eating utensils from lunch.

"Careful!"

Damn turned his head back around to look. Elian had yelled "Careful!" and then threw a pinch at him. Damn was a bit startled, but on the =face, he naturally still obeyed his orders and maintained an expressionless face. He then launched what couldn't be counted as a fierce attack.

At that moment, a shadowy figure flashed past him, though the speed wasn't fast. Doren grabbed hold of that silhouette. The figure's charging force was so great that he had to take a step back to regain his footing before he could stop it.

He lowered his head to look and discovered that the silhouette was actually Eloise. She dryly smiled and looked back to say, "It failed...... Elian."

Then, Eloise realized Doren was looking at her and she revealed a slightly embarrassed expression. The foot that was originally going to take a step out of the room was raised and unmoving. She didn't dare to step onto the floor.

At that moment, Elian hastily called out to Doren: "Dar, Eloise didn't step out of the room, so you can't kill her! The exact contents of the order were to kill us only if we take a step out of the room, right? Look, Eloise still hasn't stepped outside."

"Right, right!" To strengthen the argument, Eloise hurriedly withdrew the foot suspended in the air back into the boundaries of "inside the room."

Daren nodded his head. But he was very puzzled. What were Elian-ge and Eloise doing?

"You're too slow. Even specialized training has no use."

At that moment, Eli leisurely walked over, holding a stack of plates from lunch.

"What!" Eloise pouted and very vigorously retorted, "There's no one who can become fast after one afternoon of specialized training! If it was that simple then if I trained for a few days, wouldn't I be as fast as a missile?"

"In reality, forget missiles. You are currently even slower than you were in the past," Eli icily replied.

Hearing that, Eloise had to lower her head guiltily. But she still couldn't help quietly mutter, complaining, "The place that got kicked last night still hurts!"

"Elian too."

After rebuking Eloise, Eli turned his head. He coldly stared at Elian and said, "You were originally weaker than Damn by a lot. But you still warned him before attacking. How could you expect to stop him?"

"I'll improve next time! Ni definitely improve next time!" Embarrassed, Elian awkwardly laughed a few times.

Continuing, Eli said to Doren, "You too. The next time you return to the opera house basement, think hard to allow me to better read that you have already returned. This way, we can prepare first and things will also be more likely to succeed."

Succeed? Daren froze. Succeed in what?

"Succeed in escaping." Eli heard his thoughts and replied.

Damn was shocked. He used a blunt tone to remind them, "Don't do this! I'll have to kill you."

Elian hurriedly explained, "Don't worry. Eli and I will hold you back to let Eloise smoothly escape. Also, the two of us won't step out of the room. This way, you also cant kill us."

Hearing this, Doren became even more anxious. But he still could only maintain a heartless demeanor and warn, "There are a lot of modified humans here. No one could escape."

"No matter how it is, we have to try." Elian patted Daren's shoulder and comforted, "Don't worry, Dar. We'll at least try not to drag you down."

Clearly I've been the one always dragging you down... Doren sorrowfully thought. Ever since Elian and the others have brown me, I've constantly brought them trouble and danger.

"Clearly he's been the one always dragging us down. And also brought us a lot of danger. He feels people who know him never have a good ending." Eli coldly finished speaking and added, "Doren just thought these things."

"That's nonsense!" Elian furiously roared, "Those weren't your fault! How can those be blamed on you?!"

Eloise's actions were even clearer: She jumped on Doren and tightly hugged him until he started to hurt, but he also felt very warm.

Elian warmly spoke. "Dar. You don't have to worry about us. We said were Elite Combat Section students. The principal has even sent us on many strange and dangerous missions. But we haven't been toyed with to death by the principal! So right now, we definitely also have a way to escape. We wouldn't die easily, right Eli?"

Eli stared at Daren and said word by word, "Friends are used to take the blame for your own actions, Eloise has always thought."

"Eli... You couldn't have given me a different example?"

"Friends are used to take the blame for your own actions." Eli cooly replied, "This is the truth you have unceasingly thought in your mind and have taught me."

"Stupid Eli!" Eloise switched to launching herself at Eli, intendingi to pull on his cheeks as revenge. But Eli ascertained what she was about to do first and dodged out of the way.

Seeing the two people quarreling, Elian wryly smiled at Daren and said, "Overall, what Eli said was correct. Friends are for... going through 'thick and thin!' If they can't stand shared sorrow, then what kind of friends are they? What do you think?"

Even if he could answer, Daren really didn't know what to respond with. In fact, he never truly understood the meaning of friends. He even asked Gege and Papa, but still didn't have a real answer.

Elian patted Daren's shoulder and said, "In short, don't worry about us. We don't need people to babysit us. On the contrary, the three of us want to help you Or I should say, the four of us definitely can weather this ordeal together!"

Friends are people who can weather hard times together with you? Daren couldn't help but nod his head and then thought about the plan he had uneasily decided to make before.

At that moment, Eli froze and consequently had his cheeks pulled several times by Eloise. He glared at Eloise, warning to her to go and obediently play by herself in the corner. Then he concentrated on receiving the plan in Daren's thoughts.

Is this really the right thing to do? Daren uncertainly thought at the end.

"It is," Eli directly replied.

"If Eli says it is, then it is. You have to believe him." Elian hurriedly assured to boost Daren's confidence. He also nudged Eloise with his elbow, which made her nod vigorously in agreement.

This made Daren feel a little more relaxed.

Eli suddenly coldly faced Daren and said, "Sacrifice him. It's fine. You don't have to feel guilty."

Hearing this Elian suddenly began worrying again. He had nearly forgotten: Eli tended to do things ruthlessly. His methods were inscrutable... Dear heavens, just as long as the problem wasn't too big.

******

Five hundred political and business elites were so moved by the divine sound that they stayed at the opera house listening to encores until dawn before going home.

Devon looked at the newspaper's headline. He frowned. In his opinion, he didn't believe something like this happened. Perhaps those magnates and politicians really had quite a few people who appreciated opera, but all five hundred people were so moved that they didn't return home? It must be known that among those five hundred people, there were many of them who would have losses ranging from a million to several billions of dollars if they didn't pick up the phone for the entire night.

Listening to songs was worth a loss of a billion dollars?

Devon coldly laughed. If those kinds of people became business tycoons, it would be a miracle.

He set down the newspaper and yelled, "Start the computer." After he lifted up the coffee cup on the desk to drink a mouthful, the screen of the computer on the desk was already on. The screen displayed two windows respectively labelled, "Left Hand" and "Right Hand."

"Cloud morning, Solaris Emperor."

"Good morning, Dev."

"Morning. Yuer, you should call me Solaris Emperor." After his simple greeting, Devon corrected his secretary's incorrect term of address.

Yue Baylian threw him a flirtatious look and sweetly said, "You don't let me call you Dev, but you still call me Yuer?"

Devon rhetorically asked, "So do you want me to call you Yue Baylian from now on?"

"Of course not!"

"Nn." Devon nodded and took another sip of coffee before saying, "Progress reports. Yuer, you first. How does the search for Theodore, Ezart, and Elian's trio go?"

"There isn't a single bit of news..."

Devon glanced at him, frowned, and said with displeasure, "How can that be? On top of Elian's trio, how could Theodore and Ezart also have gotten away clean?"

Seeing that Devon was unhappy, Yue Baylian stopped his fawning act. He seriously gave his official report. "When they went missing on the evening of the day before yesterday, we immediately carried out a search. After following Theodore's tracks until Yelan Academy, it was like he evaporated. He completely disappeared. Following that, even Ezart disappeared without a trace. After Theodore entered the campus, the cameras inside and outside the school should have caught him on film. But the tapes were all removed by someone beforehand."

"Someone was helping them." Devon stated the obvious. His voice was frosty. "Those two don't have the ability to evade the grasp of the Solaris Federation."

"I also believe this." Yue Baylian braced himself to report, "However, as to who would aid them is something I still need some more time to investigate."

At that, Devon only made an "Nn," noise and then ordered, "Make finding them your first priority! Also, when you find them, don't tell Dar. First torture them for information and then verify the truth. Inform me at a later date."

"Very well." Yue Baylian nodded.

Devon's gaze shifted to the "Right Hand" window. As usual, he decided which report he wanted to listen to first. "Bill, talk about today's headline news first."

"Understood." Kyle immediately started reporting. "The dignitaries and business magnates not returning all night is highly suspicious, but according to the information we've received, after Lance finished singing the opera, in order to raise donations for charity, he sang his top classics from the past ten years and vowed to never sing those songs again after that."

Removed from publication from now on?

Devon frowned. If it was like this, it could be possible. Things able to be bought with money were worthless in the eyes of those politicians and businesspeople. However, for a good that was to be removed from publication and would be unavailable in the future, they might flock to buy it.

However, not a single person chose to go home, which was still suspicious. He hesitated for a moment but still ordered, "Monitor them for a while more."

"Understood."

"You may choose the next report."

"Understood, Solaris Emperor. The Solaris Federation's branch on the mainland seems to have encountered a large problem. The report from there was more serious than what I previously believed. As a result, I would like to immediately take a business trip there..."

Hearing this, Devon frowned. Although he heard Kyle mention this matter earlier, the timing was bad. So he hesitantly said, "So many things are going on at the moment. You still intend to leave?"

"The Solaris Emperor's side has Secretary Yue Baylian to Man ape things. At the same time, I can still direct the operations of the Solaris Federation's main branch over the computer. Recently, the main branch has been extraordinarily stable, so this shouldn't be a large hindrance."

Devon fell silent for a moment and looked at Kyle on the screen. As usual, Kyle maintained the cool and collected face of a secretary as he waited for a response. His hands constantly typed away and his eyes kept roving. Presumably, there were other additional files open on his computer screen.

After thinking for a moment Devon still agreed to it "Alright. It shouldn't matter. You should go, then!"

"Understood." Kyle nodded and smiled as he replied.

******

Solaris Emperor...

Kyle desperately listened for the Solaris Emperor's voice over the computer, and then looked at the seat in front of the computer. The seat that he usually occupied. During the past few years it could be said that he would most often be found there. Except now, someone else was sitting there instead. This made him feel very unsettled, perhaps even a little irritated.

That is my place!

Although he wanted to shout this, it was impossible for him. This was became he was firmly wedged between two modified humans and completely unable to move. Also, to keep him from making any noise, they had tape stuck over his mouth.

At that moment, the person sitting in his seat slowly stood up. He then turned around and used a hand to rip off the tape over Kyle's Mouth.

"Who are you?" Kyle abruptly roared almost as soon as the tape was off his mouth.

Even when Kyle looked again, he still couldn't believe it. The person in front of his eyes was actually... That person was exactly the same as himself! Even his voice, expression, and actions were completely alike. No wonder the Solaris Emperor didn't discover anything unusual!

At this time, that person finally revealed a smile that was unlike his own. It was a smile brilliant enough to make a person ill at ease. He wore this smile as he explained, "You may call me Zyle. I am your 'younger brother,' Kyle-gege."

"Bullshit!" Kyle rejected it in a heartbeat. He said with absolute certainty, "I never had a younger brother!"

"That is because..." Zyle softly said, "I'm your younger brother, made from your replicated cells!"

A clone! Kyle's facial color changed dramatically as it finally dawned on him. He sharply said, "Who is it? Who would want to suddenly replace me with a clone?"

"Who else?" Word by word, Zyle maliciously said, "Wouldn't it be your previous employer?"

Upon hearing this, Kyle was stunned. He sluggishly said, "Isn't, isn't he dead..." Halfway through speaking, he stopped of his own accord. He didn't dare to confirm it.

He originally had some suspicions. With "that person's" tenacity, could he truly have died so easily? Now that he discovered "that person" really hadn't died, he wasn't surprised in the least.

"H-he intends to seek revenge against the Solaris Emperor?"

But upon hearing this, Zyle started laughing, putting Kyle's head in a fog. As Zyle laughed louder and louder, Kyle felt a chill run up his spine, feeling that this kind of laughter was also unlike that of a typical person's. This laugh held no happy meaning. It instead made a person think of unbridled madness.

Zyle said as he laughed, "No! Nothing like that We all act for the sake of the great Solaris Emperor! Whether it is to replace you or to replace...... 'Dar,' these all are to ensure the great Solaris Emperor can live a worry-free, perfect life."

Hearing this, Kyle froze. Far from being reassured, he asked, the tone of his voice strange, "What did you say? Who did you replace?"

"Oh. The correct total is five hundred and two replaced people."

Five-hundred... Kyle was so shocked that his eyes almost popped out. He immediately knew which five hundred people they were. He couldn't help groaning, "You actually dared to something as insane as replace five hundred political and economic elites... Wait a moment! You really replaced Young Master Daren?"

Halfway through groaning, he thought of an even more serious situation. Five hundred politicians and tycoons, and adding himself made five hundred and one people. So that five hundred second person... Really was Young Master Daren! He truly hadn't misheard. Dear Heavens!

"Yes!"

Zyle uncaringly said, "Five hundred VIP's have all been replaced. Replacing an additional nobody shouldn't be a big deal, right?"

Of course it's important! If the Solaris Emperor discovers the little brother by his side is not the real Young Master Damn, who brows what will happen!

After countless images of doomsday scenarios flew though Kyle's brain, a sudden doubt flashed in his mind. It caused him to look at Zyle wonderingly and ask with confusion, "You aren't like a modified human. Even DSII isn't as human-like as you."

The insane laughter from just now didn't sound like a sound a robot could replicate.

Zyle coldly said, "Don't be so presumptuous. DSII is just an outdated product. Even DSX is much stronger than him. I also use a real transplanted human brain as a foundation. With this type of modification, in a way, I am also a real 'human.'"

A real human brain... Kyle suddenly had an urge to vomit. How many abominable experiments had his former employer conducted?

His flawed way of loving people was more terrifying than anything else! It turned out that the Solaris Emperor's way of doing the wrong thing to show his love had a long history behind it. Compared to his father, the Solaris Emperor's way of "loving people" could really be considered quite nice!

Ah! Kyle couldn't help but sigh deeply. Understanding the situation, he asked, "How is Young Master Daren?"

Zyle casually responded, "Locked up in the same place you are headed."

On the contrary, after hearing this, Kyle felt more at ease. As long as that person was alive, it was all good. If something had truly happened to Young Master Daren, then... He couldn't imagine what the Solaris Emperor would do next. No one close to the Solaris Emperor understood more clearly than he did about how important Young Master Daren was to the Solaris Emperor.

Kyle couldn't help but recall the year he helped the Solaris Emperor to search for Young Master Daren's location, and asked...

******

"Solaris Emperor, why do you care so much about Young Master Damn? Even though he is your brother, normally brothers do not value each other this much."

After he finished asking, Kyle added in his heart, Especiallg for brothers in a wealthy family to pay attention to each other. The exception is if they are competing for the inheritance. Then they will be acutely aware of the other's existence... Paying attention and hoping that the other dies quickly!

"This small..."

Hearing that question, the Solaris Emperor didn't immediately reply but instead extended his pair of hands to make an oval shape. Once Kyle wonderingly looked at that small oval, he then began narrating, "When Dar was this small, I saw him in the attic. I held him, then fed him, and then coaxed him to sleep. But he refused to sleep, only laughing happily, and kept grabbing my finger. If I tried to pull away my finger, he would burst into tears. It seemed like no matter what, he wouldn't let me go."

Infants are small, but... Are they that tiny? Seeing the Solaris Emperor's pair of hands estimate out a size around that of two fists, Kyle suppressed his incredulous expression with much effort.

"He was so small at the time. So fragile. It seemed that if I didn't hold him, didn't feed him, he would die."

The Solaris Emperor looked at the area his pair of hands had estimated out, and the look in his eyes became exceedingly gentle and emotional. With a tone full of nostalgia, he said, "When he was small, Dar would always cry, crying in the dark. But as soon as I came to see him, he would show me the world's most adorable smile. So there wasn't a day when I didn't try to go to see him. If only a single day passed when I didn't go to see him, all I could think of was him, worried that he would be crying in the dark again, alone. Worried that that irresponsible nanny hadn't fed him again, leaving him hungry, and hadn't changed his diaper, making him cry out of discomfort"

"So, I could only go see Dar everyday, starting from when I was ten until I was seventeen I only stopped when he disappeared"

Saying this, Devon raised his head, and looked at Kyle to say, "Bill, as soon as I'm not watching Dar, my mind is filled with how he looks, crying. So I don't have a way I can not care about him. Only by seeing him laugh can I truly be at ease."

Kyle nodded. He emotionally said, "Young Master Daren is your son."

He finally understood. The feeling he had felt before was that the Solaris Emperor was like a... like a "loving mother!" Actually, it wouldn't be "like" a loving mother. He had been a loving mother all along, because Young Master Damn had indeed been raised by the Solaris Emperor.

"Dar is my little brother?" Devon frowned at Kyle.

"I know." Kyle smiled and said, "But Young Master Daren was raised by you. So for you, he probably isn't only your younger brother, but also like your own child."

The Solaris Emperor fell silent for a while. Then wistfully, he acknowledged, "Yes. Dar isn't only my little brother. He is also like my own chili So there is nothing more important than hin."

"I understand."

"Understand what?" The Solaris Emperor froze.

Kyle used a professional tone to say, "No matter what it is, it cannot be more important than Young Master Daren. Therefore, when handling your affairs in the future, I will place Young Master Daren as the first priority."

Hearing this, the Solaris Emperor laughed for a long time. In the end, he praised his secretary, saying, "You truly are worthy of being my right hand. You always can grasp the heart of the matter."

The Solaris Emperor treated this world mercilessly, only loving Young Master Daren.

Because he began when he was ten, he has already placed all of his affection on the "little-brother-son" he had nurtured with his own hands.

******

"Seeing your sigh of relief, you actually were worrying about someone else?" Zyle looked at Kyle's expression and was somewhat dissatisfied. He said with particular emphasis, "Do you really not care about your on circumstances? You could be kept in an underground prison, never even being able to hope to see real sunlight again"

Instead, when he heard this, Kyle smiled. After knowing that Young Master Daren was still alive, he was even in the mood to taunt the other side. He intentionally laughed and said, "Without the feeling that you could die at any time without the slightest indication, how else could you be the Solaris Emperor's highest-ranked secretary? And you were even so kind as to not kill me on the spot? I thought today would be the anniversary of my death!"

Zyle coldly replied, "Not yet. In the event I encounter a problem that I have never faced before, I still need to ask you So wait for a few years, until the Solaris Emperor is accustomed to me. When you are no longer needed, that will be the true anniversary of your death."

Hearing this, Kyle's expression grew icy. He said, "And why would you think I would respond?"

Zyle revealed his brilliant smile again. He mischievously said, "Unless you want to see your household's Young Master Daren have his flesh sliced off piece by piece, you better answer obediently! Also, don't play any tricks in your replies, thinking that you'll tip off the Solaris Emperor."

Zyle pretended to kindly say, "Because as soon as the Solaris Emperor finds something doesn't seem right, your household's young master will certainly be the first to diet At all, the most important thing to my boss is to never allow the 'devil's spawn' to return to harm the Solaris Emperor!"

Hearing this, Kyle's facial color changed drastically.

"Alrighty. Time to send you away. After this, I still have to tend to the Solaris Federation's matters and then use my time on this 'business trip to deal with that troublesome Theodore Avery bastard. I'm really so busy!"

Zyle finished lamenting. Then wearing his brilliant smile, he said "What do you say, Mister Solaris-Emperor's-Former-Secretary?"

Unable to resist, Kyle silently looked towards the Solaris Emperor on the screen He wished hard.

Solaris Emperor, please discover this soon!

The people beside you have already Have already almost been completely replaced!

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