Chapter 534 - The Truth (2/2)

Leonel wrinkled his nose and shook his head, trying to regain his bearing.

”Stop, you're not going to die.” Leonel said sternly.

”Are you going to let an old man say his final words? Or are you going to keep crying like a little bitch?”

”I'm not...”

Leonel opened his mouth to speak, but a sudden salty taste touched his tongue. He wiped his face with a forearm, only to find a moisture that shouldn't have been there. But, even as he looked into the darkened skies, there were no clouds of rain to be found.

”You're a grown man now, brat. I even heard that little girlfriend of yours earlier, she's kicking more ass than you. Is this the face you want to show her?”

Leonel's face couldn't be considered any different than usual. In fact, it was even somewhat cold at this moment. Yet, there was no denying the redness of his eyes and the stream of tears flooding his cheeks. It was almost as though he was simply too tired to stop his normal reactions anymore, his body having reached the end of its rope.

Sitting at the very edge of exhaustion, his body no longer had the same failsafes it once did.

Seeing Leonel remain silent, Coach Owen chuckled.

”Finally, took you long enough. You brats these days can never just sit and listen. All of you scram.”

The medics looked at one another and had no choice but to distance themselves.

Coach Owen laid on a concrete, looking up at the sky and the two moons that hung above.

”I hate to drop this in your lap, but I think a dying man has the right to be a bit willful. I've held this in for a long time and honestly its eaten me up inside.”

Coach Owen's voice was as low as a whisper. Leonel could feel his life draining away.

'Hurry up old man. Say what you need to say already so I can stuff you into a snow globe.'

When Leonel cleared his mind, he realized he had options. Though he wasn't guaranteed to find a method to save his Coach, he hadn't lost all hope. He just needed to improve [Grand Heal].

Thinking to this point, he inwardly berated himself for getting emotional. It really must be that his body was at the end of its rope.

Leonel was already inwardly celebrating and his mood took a turn for the better. He even thought of making fun of the old man's mustache again. But, what he heard next left him frozen in time.

”... 'Leonel' isn't related to you, though he probably believes that he is. That said, you're more related than not... you both have the same eye color, same skin tone, same hair color, and were both born in the same month... And, when you were three years old, you both took your Gene Assessments at the same time in the same Province...

”.... That day, you were both found to be a risk to society and slotted to become Dark Prisoners.”