Chapter 418 - 418: Their Lives Were Interconnected (1/2)
After hearing the story of the first encounter between Phantom and her father, Elle couldn't help herself from laughing out loud. She just felt happy that her father and her foster father were not that mortal enemies, to begin with.
It seemed that their lives were already entangled to each other by fate. Her father saved Phantom while Phantom saved Elle.
Meanwhile, Phantom continued to tell her more when Elle stopped laughing.
”Your father was the one who removed my mask. He saw my face during our second encounter. Because of that, he started to investigate my real identity. Your father was the kind of person who wanted to know more about the culprit's background so that he could understand the person.”
”For him, there is no such thing as natural evil or pure evil. He believes that everyone has a story to tell. Upon digging about my background, he learned what happened to my wife and my son.” Phantom's eyes sparkled with admiration whenever he would think about Elle's father and his generous actions.
”Do you know what your father did behind my back?”
”What did he do?” Elle asked him, her eyes filled with anticipation and intrigue.
”He investigated the case privately. He realized that I became an assassin because of what happened to my family. I didn't ask him to do that. It learned about it when he sent me a message. Funny, but it's true, your father had different ways and methods of how to send me a message.” Phantom chuckled as he recalled those moments, feeling a little bit nostalgic.
”What did he find out after investigating your family murder case?” Elle asked Phantom curiously.
The smile on Phantom's face suddenly disappeared. He took a deep sigh before responding to her.
”He said I killed the wrong man. I blamed the wrong person.”
Elle was dumbstruck when she heard that. She wrinkled her brows and said, ”Then who's the true culprit?”
”At first, I didn't believe him. I thought he was telling me that in order to set a trap for me using my family's case. But later on, I realized maybe he was telling the truth. Because even the moment I was about to kill that person whom I thought who ordered the hit for killing my family, that person denied it. He didn't do it.”
”I decided to listen to your father and talk to him. We decided to meet at a certain place and at a certain time. I waited for hours but he didn't come. It turned out that's the day your household got attacked by the members of Los Molasses Gang.”