Chapter 478 - 478: The Truth in the Past (2/2)

”I blamed the wrong person. The Dark Lord manipulated everything from the start. No wonder, even the police didn't get any clue about the true culprit. They made it looked like a mere robbery rather than murder or assassination.” Phantom said through his gritted teeth.

Then Phantom turned to Elle. ”I think your father learned about this. He said to me that I killed the wrong man who was responsible for my family's death. He was about to tell me what he had discovered when that massacre happened.”

A cold glint flashed through Elle's dark eyes. She also suspected that the Dark Knight had something to do with her family's death.

”The Dark Knight called the hit on my father. My father must have learned something about this.” Elle didn't know how to feel about this.

”Wait, did you say that you gave my wife an antidote?” Phantom asked Mr. Carter.

Mr. Carter nodded at him as a response.

”So, this explained why I still survived after I exposed myself with the bio-weapon. I think I accidentally drank it without knowing it's an antidote for bio-weapon. When I found the lifeless body of my wife, I found a small transparent bottle in her hand with a purple substance. Thinking that it was a poison, I drank it with one go. But I didn't die. Nothing happened to me.”

”Yeah, I think. That's the antidote I gave to her. That's the only case that could explain why you survived after being exposed to the bio-weapon.” Mr. Carter confirmed it.

”So, Mr. Carter, how are you able to escape from them? What happened to your family? The Dark Lord had threatened you using your family. Why did you escape?” Elle asked him with intrigue.

There was a gleam of sadness and regret when Mr. Carter remembered his family.

”I wanted to avenge Beatrice's death but I couldn't move freely because I was heavily guarded by Dark Knight's men. I tried to gain the Dark Lord's trust once again to claim my freedom. It took me five years to achieve it.”

”I started to implement my plan. I looked for a trustworthy man in the police department who was not a member of the Dark Knight Organization. I already learned my lesson. Luckily, I met someone, a very respectable and skillful man in the field of crime investigation. A man with a good heart, a true man of the law.” Mr. Carter paused as he reminisced the past.

He couldn't help but smile and feel nostalgic as he remembered the man.

”That person was Agent Cedrick Falcon.” Mr. Carter said.

Phantom: ”...”

Erick: ”...”

”T-That man… h-he is my… father.”

Mr. Carter: ”...”