Chapter 84: Stubborn Sean
Gong Bing didn't know what the other party was thinking, and skipped the part where he disguised his identity by wearing a skull hood, and he began to slowly talk about his experience in Lington City, especially the conversation with Arwyn in the hotel.
Sean listened quietly all the time, without interrupting or asking questions halfway, his expression was flat and unpredictable.
"Father, are they telling the truth? Do you belong to the group of Strangers called the Song of Evans? ”
"Well, they're right." Sean nodded and admitted directly, as if to say something insignificant: "Although I have never seen it, I also know the person Alvin." ”
"I've never heard your father talk about it." The memories that Gong Bing inherited from Gabriel did not contain any information about the Adept, let alone his father's background.
"It's all in the past." Sean said lightly.
The world of the Alien is complex and dangerous, and Sean doesn't want to involve his family, so he pulled out of it early, and now he just wants his children to live a peaceful life like ordinary people, and live a carefree life.
This is also the reason why Sean has been hiding everything, but it has come to this, and since his son already knows, he does not continue to hide it.
"Are all the people in this printing house supernatural?" Gong Bing picked up the coffee and took a sip, frowning: "Is there sugar?" ”
"Do you think the Adept is a cabbage? The vast majority of the workers in the factories are ordinary people, and they don't know anything about the Anomalous. Sean opened the drawer of the coffee table next to him and took out a glass jar with sugar cubes from it: "Do you want milk?" ”
"Spare me." Gong Bing waved his hand to stop it, and at the same time lit a cigarette and said, "It's rare that this is really not a branch of the Evans Song?" ”
Seeing Gong Bing smoking, Sean frowned, but didn't say anything, just pushed the ashtray on the table towards him while handing him the sugar cube.
"It's not as complicated as you think, Greentown and its surroundings are indeed the sphere of influence of the Evans Song, but this factory enterprise is not its branch base, and my job is genuine, and it has nothing to do with the Evans Song." Sean leaned forward and put his hands together under his chin, which was his habit, a subconscious action when chatting.
Gong Bing smiled, obviously not 100% convinced, with his understanding of Sean, most people like him who mixed in the underground world have secretive plots, but they will have reservations when they speak, which has become a habit.
"Then father, why did you leave the organization back then?" Gong Bing spat out the smoke and shook the ash into the ashtray.
Sean shook his head again.
"It's all old things, you don't need to ask, as for the things of the supernatural, since you know it, you will know it, and then you just need to hide it in your heart, and you don't have to pay attention to anything else. Gabriel, you're still a student, and finishing your school is what you're going to do. ”
"But ......"
"You're worried about the Red Spider's revenge, right?" Sean said disapprerovingly: "This father will take care of it, don't worry about it, my words have been finished, you should also go home, don't let your mother worry." ”
Although Gong Bing is now more mature and will give Sean the feeling of talking like an adult when he is face-to-face, in his heart, Gabriel is still a son who needs his protection.
What's more, he didn't want Gabriel to get involved in the affairs of the Anomalous One, he just wanted his son to stay away from these things.
"Then mother, does she also know ......" Before leaving the door, Gong Bing turned around and asked again.
Sean frowned, but nodded.
Although I want to know more about it, but the other party is resolute, and there is no intention to continue to say more, so I can't use a strong one, right?
Whether it works or not, now as a son, there is no reason to force his father, so he can only shrug his shoulders, leave the office stupidly, and go straight out of the factory to go home.
As night fell, the factory had already turned off the lights and the workers were returning home from work, but the lights were still on in the manager's office on the third floor, and Sean and James were sitting opposite each other in the room with the windows closed and the curtains obscured.
James poured a glass of red wine and took a sip from time to time, while Sean was holding a cigarette in his hand, swallowing the clouds and smoking in his seat, and there was also a glass of red wine in front of the table in front of him.
"Alwyn? I've met once before, and I remember being a pretty strong little girl. James said with some emotion: "I don't know what it looks like now."
"I asked you to come here, not to let you sigh here in remembrance." Sean knocked on the table.
"As before, you decide, I'll do it, and you can just tell me what the plan is." James had a submissive expression.
Sean looked at this friend for many years helplessly, and knew very well what the other party was, the other party was not assertive, and the execution was very strong, but his personality was a little lazy, and he never liked to take the initiative to do anything, but this was also one of the reasons why he was willing to live incognito with himself and lived so many years.
"More than ten years have passed, and finally a new holy costume has been born, there is no doubt that there will be some turmoil in the supernatural world, under the temptation of such a treasure, all forces will keep an eye on them, and they will do everything they can, no matter how powerful Arwin is, he is only one person, and he can't add a black bear." James rubbed his sip of red wine and said, "But this has nothing to do with us, it's just that Alwyn said he wants to ask us for help, which is not good news for us." ”
"Not to mention Alvin, the affairs of Lington City alone are too big, they haven't been so lively for many years, and some people in the council are simply unscrupulous, are they not afraid of the national government, or do they think that the old guys in the government are really old and can't move?" Sean scoffed.
"As the deadline for the transcendent battle approaches, many people have lost their patience and are starting to move." Sean flicked the ash.
"This is the general trend, and no one can stay out of it." James sighed, "Alwyn and they are just a handful of them, and if they weren't for them, someone else would have found us sooner or later." ”
"Countless more people will lose their lives for it." Sean said quietly.
"In fact, there are not many people left who knew about it back then, and we don't have to be so cautious anymore." James looked at Sean, who was also a little muffled: "She'll be safe." ”
"I recently received news that there seems to be an antidote that can instantly restore health and make people younger, and this news has been circulating among the elite and the rich circles." Sean didn't answer his words directly, but brought up something else.
When James heard this, his expression became solemn.
"What do you mean......"
"It's so similar to what happened back then." Sean sighed.
"Could it be that another one with the same talent has appeared?" James asked anxiously, "Didn't we confirm that Rita was the last survivor?" ”
"Rita is indeed the last bloodline of that family, I can guarantee that, but this matter...."Sean was silent for a moment, and continued: "You know, from ancient times to the present, birth, old age, sickness and death are natural laws, but there are always people in the world who are delusional about immortality, especially those who are full of ambition, people will always try to break this boundary between life and death...... As for what's going on behind this potion, we'll have to find out. ”
James nodded.
In the smoke screen, Sean's appearance loomed, the cigarette in his hand had long been extinguished, and he took a sip of the wine glass in front of him.
"What are you going to do about Gabriel, he now knows about the Adept." James changed the subject.
"None of this has anything to do with him, he should go his way, he has his own life."
"But he's already crossed paths with Arwyn and the others, and after knowing so many things, do you still think he'll turn a blind eye?"
Sean didn't say a word.
I have been careful every day all these years, walking on shaved ice, and painstakingly concealing everything, isn't it just so that my son can live an ordinary life?
"If you're worried about Gabriel's safety, do you know his current martial arts strength?" Compared with Sean, James seemed more optimistic, he smiled and said: "Seventeen-year-old high-level human level~ You must know that Gabriel has only been a full-scale martial artist since he began to practice martial arts, and he has been a high-level secret martial artist ...... him."
"Enough!" Sean put the wine glass on the table and interrupted James in a loud voice: "It's just a high-level human level, if you are facing a second-level or even third-level ability, do you think Gabriel can handle it?" ”
"I can't say it so absolutely, I think Gabriel can protect himself even if he is not an opponent in the face of those people."
"Do you want Gabriel to fight and kill like we did?" Sean questioned James.
"I said man, in my opinion, with Gabriel's talent, it is still very possible to take that step to reach the Heavenly Rank." James argued.
"There are thousands of people who practice martial arts in this world, but how many can they achieve the Heavenly Rank? Not to mention the Martial Saint who goes up. Sean was unmoved.
James looked at his friend with some helplessness, and the other party was as stubborn as a stone.
"Sean, you also know the Purple Charm Martial Saint, in fact, I think Gabriel's current situation is quite similar to her."
"Don't mention these old calendars, they were all fifty or sixty years ago, and you and I weren't born at that time." Sean waved his hand and interrupted him impatiently: "Okay, he has his creation, all we have to do is to be his umbrella, that's enough." ”
The two have a deep relationship, not only friends for many years, but also close friends who can fight side by side, life and death, James naturally understands Sean's temper, as long as he identifies things, he will not change easily, so he can only keep his mouth shut for the time being.
But... Children will grow up, just as the eagle needs to spread its wings and soar by itself, how long can you protect him, James thought silently in his heart.