56 [52] "Aftermath of the incident"
[In the night]
Garrith Luterain was sitting in a white leather armchair, listening intently to the man in front of him.
"Sir, there are only three casualties, all the other neutralized guards and teachers were only poisoned with a powerful paralytic and will be unconscious for a few hours," said the young man.
Garrith raised an eyebrow and asked, "Who are the dead?"
"One was Cole Baker, Shawn Baker and a teacher at the academy, and a few teachers are missing," the young man replied.
"Did you investigate them?" asked Garrith.
"Yes, Headmaster, we found that several years ago, Cole was hunting Edward and Harold, but he couldn't make it, and we couldn't find out the exact motive. But from what I understand, I think it was revenge, and from what I found out, Cole hides all the time. The only place he was known to be was here, because of the meeting," the young man explained nervously.
"Mmm... Okay. And the dead professor, was he any relation to them?" asked Garrith.
"Yes, I found that in the shadows they helped Cole and his son. I don't know if it had anything to do with the hunt against them," replied the young man.
"Pay attention to the vice principal. If he has any suspicious attitudes or movements, let me know immediately. Ask the family to send my beast," Garrith assuredly.
"To the vice principal, sir?" asked the young man, surprised.
"Yes, be careful not to be noticed by him," Garrith warned earnestly.
"Yes, sir. I'll notify the family to bring your relative in as quickly as possible," the young man replied.
Garrith was silent for a moment and then said. "You are dismissed. If you find anything important, you can come to my office at any time."
"Yes, sir," the young man said, quickly leaving the office.
Garrith's face changed. 'One professor helping another awakened,' he thought very angrily. 'And he dared to kill him in front of representatives of other families.'
Garrith closed his eyes and began to remember what happened a few hours earlier.
[An hour earlier]
Jonathan Grane slams the table in anger, causing the room to shake slightly. "How dare they attack us? We have to find them!" he exclaimed angrily.
"Relax, at least there were no serious casualties," Suzanne Jenson tries to calm him, frowning.
"I kill that Cole," Jonathan adds more angrily, turning to Suzanne.
"Meticulously planned, that poison that paralyzes and renders us unconscious is not easy to produce," Mason Bryan interjects with concern.
"And who would believe that Ares has any connection to them, this is a very serious problem," Suzanne says with a serious expression.
Garrith looks at the angry academy members with his deep eyes and speaks calmly. "I will take care of what happened and take measures to prevent this from happening again. None of our members were hurt."
"We should inform our leaders," Mark suggests with concern. "What are the measures this academy will take?"
"We will increase security and I already talked to Ares so that he won't infiltrate again," Garrith replies....
"How can we be sure this won't happen?" asks Jonathan with disagreement.
"He promised me," replies Garrith in a deep voice.
"How can you believe his words? He's a criminal," replies Suzanne with distrust.
"There is no one more trustworthy than him in this situation," Garrith defends, scrutinizing everyone present with his gaze.
They all felt a shiver in their bodies as if a beast was about to explode.
"We will leave the subject here. If your leaders have any questions or concerns, they can visit us personally," Garrith concludes, releasing a bit of his aura and cracking the table.
'He's very angry,' Mark thinks.
'What could they have talked about to get an attitude,' wonders Suzanne.
'There's something he won't tell us,' Mason muses.
'Could it be that someone of us also has something to do with infiltrating these people,' Jonathan considers.
'If so, we can't trust anyone,' they all conclude silently.
....
Garrith wakes up to the vibration of a cell phone.
He answers the phone.
"I heard about what happened at the academy," says the voice on the other end of the line.
Garrith smiles and says. "Rumors travel fast, don't they?"
"When an incident of that magnitude happens, it has to get out," the voice replies. "What's going on, do you need the family's help?"
Garrith pauses for a moment before saying. "Not at the moment. You concentrate on the Luterain family. I'll take care of the academy."
"Be careful. I've heard that many families and organizations affiliated with the academy are not happy with your actions."
"I'll be careful," Garrith says before hanging up.
'If there are traitors in the academy, it is something that must be hidden for as long as possible until they can be eliminated,' he thinks to himself.
'Otherwise, the future of this academy will be very bleak.'
....
[In Korea]
[Korea Academy]
Han Seongik looks thoughtfully out a huge window.
'Who knew that an unscrupulous boy would dare to enter the world academy,' he thinks.
'When he has enough power, he'll be worse than Kayden, as he'll dare to go anywhere in the world without caring about the consequences of his actions.'
Seongik pauses, reflecting. 'This has nothing to do with me. I hope I never see him again.'
Noting the young man's relaxed, confident and arrogant attitude, Seongik thinks aloud. 'He is a danger to this country. With just one word or attitude, he can explode and cause harm.'
....[Shinhwa Association]
Inhyuk spoke with his hands behind his back. "President, we just heard from rumors circulating outside."
Jiyoung took a deep breath and replied. "No one would imagine that anyone would dare to enter the World Academy."
Inhyuk added. "The rumor has caused a stir in the world, many people are worried that someone like Ares, is free in the world."
"And by all accounts, Garrith Luterain has no plans to act," Jiyoung added.
"This does not involve us," Jiyoung concluded as he looked at Inhyuk."
Inhyuk nodded and said. "Yes, chairwoman."
"And by all accounts, Ares and Garrith had a private talk with each other and didn't fight," Inhyuk commented, raising an eyebrow.
"That conversation... many awakened ones would give anything to be able to hear it," Jiyoung added.
"Some say they made a deal, others say they were staging a showdown," Inhyuk continued.
"It's impossible to know what those two talked about, but one thing we can be sure of is that it was not a simple talk," Jiyoung said earnestly.
"I think so too, chairwoman," Inhyuk stated in a deep voice.
....
[In Frame]
A man was sitting in an elegant brown leather armchair in a splendid room.
"That fucker Ares keeps causing trouble" he said in frustration.
"This incident will make the World Awakened Academy take their security very seriously for a long time" he added, worried.
"And the opportunity I've been waiting for for so many years will have to keep waiting longer."
Andrei slammed the table, which shattered with a loud clatter. In an angry voice, he said. "Ares, don't let me find you, otherwise I will be sure to exterminate you."
"Your danger is far greater than Kayden's, such a daring and unrestrained youth" he continued.
"Your youth and power shows how talented you are, but all these facts prove that you cannot be allowed to live any longer. I have to find a way to eliminate you."
....
[Illuminati Headquarters]
A young man sitting in a white armchair affectionately and delicately caresses a white dragon sleeping on his lap, in front of him, there are three people sitting, two to his left and one to his right.
"Do you want to bring your heirs here to train them?" asked Ares with a raised eyebrow.
"Yes," all three said in unison.
"Let's see, why are they asking me if the decisions are theirs?" questioned Ares.
All three were surprised.
"Because this headquarters is very hidden," said Tina.
"Yeah, we thought we didn't want visitors," said Edward.
"They thought wrong. I just hope the location of the base doesn't leak out and that they have a good future," Ares said casually.
"Besides, should their heirs also belong to this organization because of what they have in mind?" said Ares in a serious voice.
"Yes, we want our family members to be affiliated with this organization," Harold said.
Ares looked at them seriously and then laughed. "Hahahaha, okay then. It will be good for the young people in this organization to interact and have a good relationship with each other. We don't want them to get along badly."
"I'll also be away for a bit for a while. I'll be with my younger brother," Ares added.
Harold, Tina and Edward were surprised to hear this.
"You have a younger brother?" said Tina in amazement.
"Yes," said Ares.
"No one knew that," said Harold.
"How old is he?" asked Tina with interest.
"He's 15 years old," replied Ares.
"Fifteen? My younger brother is that age too," said Harold.
"My successor too," said Edward.
"My siblings are 15 too," said Tina.
"Hehehehehe, what a coincidence that our heirs will be the same age," said Ares.
"And apparently you guys keep your relatives well too," Ares commented, petting Sylvia again.
All three laughed.
"Obvious. Everyone knows the events that happened in our lives, and they weren't so good," Edward said with a sad face.
"Let's not worry about the past, let's worry about the future and how happy we can make them," Harold said.
"We all know this world. We always protect ourselves alone, in our own way," Tina said seriously.
"That's true. Everyone protects their loved ones in their own way," Ares concluded, patting Sylvia again.
"Train your disciples well. In a year, I will return with my younger brother so they can get to know each other. Make the children have a good relationship with each other," said Ares, taking his leave.
All three responded with a sober "yes".
....
[In South Korea]
[Pov Kayden]
I descend from the starry sky at high speed and crash into a trash can in a dark and silent alley.
"Shit..." I mutter as I look at my body and see wounds and blood on it.
I realize that I need to hide for a while to recover a bit, as if I keep running away they will easily find me.
Pulling out a black card torn in half with the sign of an eye inside a triangle, I lament "Why did you have to break now?"
Desperate, I think of ways to contact Ares, when I see a fat orange cat.
I put my bloody hand on the cat's head, and in a moment, a big white flash appears in the alley.
As many people walk down the main street oblivious to what is happening in the alley, I realize that I slowly lose consciousness and fall into a coma.
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