Chapter 156: Fair (1/2)

Chapter 156: Fair

Translator: Double_LEditor: Hitesh_, Tehrn

Wang Tong and Apache were confused. Both of them were taken away after a brief medical treatment, and they could somehow feel that they were taken into custody judging from the serious looks of the METAL Fighters. However, they couldn’t understand why.

Wang Tong kept asking for an explanation, but no one answered them; the boys felt like they were talking to a bunch of dummies.

They had no idea where this place was. The boys were locked up in a cell, and no one was telling them what was going on.

On the other hand, Wang Ben’s plane had landed, and he was immediately taken to the command center by a military truck. Apparently, General Hu Ben was waiting for him.

Wang Ben was grabbing his fists throughout the journey and was a bit shaken when he saw his father, but he wasn’t excited.

”You’re back,” General Hu Ben said coldly, as if he had expected what Wang Ben would say next.

”Father, what’s going on? Why were there so many Zergs on the island? Is the military trying to frame the FFC?” Wang Ben seemed agitated.

Actually, Wang Ben purposely invited Wang Tong for tonight’s ”adventure”. His admission to Ayrlarng was not a coincidence, and of course, it had nothing to do with that letter. Everything was only a part of a plan.

General Hu Ben was one of the members and also an important figure of the Golden Hawk Union. Their mission was to weaken the power of both the House of Li and the House of Ma in the Earth Confederation, and in order to succeed, they had first to deal with the House of Ma. Without them, the House of Li would become a toothless tiger. However, the FFC was not an easy target, which was why General Hu Ben had sent Wang Ben to befriend Ma Xiaoru, and no one had suspected anything fishy about it.

After knowing that there would be a special training, Wang Ben’s mission was to infiltrate Paradise Island and look for FFC’s secret laboratory. Wang Ben accepted it because he wanted to prove himself to his father, but all of a sudden, everything seemed to look like a filthy trap judging from the overwhelming number of Zergs and the perfect timing of the Confederation Army. Everyone knew that experimental Zergs needed to be sterilized at the beginning, yet, the Zergs on Paradise Island had obviously multiplied. Hence, the military had clearly been plotting this since a long time ago, and his infiltration was the trigger of this event.

”You’re here just to say this?” General Hu Ben kept his straight face and glared at Wang Ben.

”Father, what you did was despicable, and I’m disappointed with your decision. I need a better explanation!” Wang Ben ground his teeth. He was ashamed of himself as he remembered the moment when Wang Tong saved him, and it hurt his feelings. In the beginning, he had agreed to help because he wanted to be recognized by his father. But as time went by, Wang Ben hated himself because of the betrayal and the fact that he was a spy, and what had happened today had totally pissed him off.

”Despicable… haha.” General Hu Ben chuckled as the word caught him by surprise. Nevertheless, no one would have the balls to say this in front of him other than his son, perhaps because he was still a teenager. However, he had never planned on giving Wang Ben an explanation. He stood up and said, ”I’ll lay out two options on the table again: either you continue to stay in Ayrlarng as a spy, or you get your *ss to Capth.”

”But father, that’s not fair!”

”You want me to be fair huh? This is the biggest explanation you will get!” General Hu Ben said firmly. Not everything needed an explanation, and he would understand when the right time would come. What had happened today proved that Wang Ben was not suitable to play a part in politics. Aside from knowing how to fight, one would also require other knowledge in order to become a general or a famous warrior. In conclusion, his son was too naive!

Wang Ben’s body was shaking because of his anger and frustration, but eventually, he calmed down and replied with all his strength, ”Capth!”

It hurt when he said that word, the pain was unbearable… this was an absolute betrayal. His friends were doing their best to get ready for their challenge against Capth, yet he was abandoning them and switching sides to Capth. However, he’d rather do that than continue to stay in Ayrlarng as a spy. He couldn’t forgive himself for hurting his friends.

General Hu Ben waved his hand and decided to let him be… one had to pay the price in order to grow, and the best way to learn was to learn from one’s mistakes!

Meanwhile, Wang Tong and Apache were taken somewhere else. Apparently, they were arranged for a series of body check-ups.

”Anything suspicious?”

”Everything seems fine. Their Soul Energy is quite active for their age, but it would still be impossible to handle one thousand Zergs.”

”How about their injuries?”

”No broken bones. They should be alright.”

”Alright then, I’ll take over.”

In the military, every sort of injury was known as minor injury, except for bone fractures. Although Wang Tong’s leg was severely injured, somehow the attack had missed his bone, and the wound had healed after giving cellular treatment. However, he was weakened by the attack, and he would need time to recover.

Unfortunately for the boys, no one cared about them and treated them like students from military academies.

Even those who detained them had no idea what was going on. The only order they were given was to take the boys into custody and lock them up in the prison cell of the headquarter. Things were not going according to standard procedure, yet, they had no choice but to follow every single order from their superiors.

”Alright lads, be careful inside,” The sergeant who escorted them somewhat felt bad for them and gave them a friendly reminder.