X- Ming by Cheng

"Are you Ming ?" I said hiding my terror behind a frozen expression.

" You already know about me? Perfect, I don't have to spend time introducing myself. Follow me."

He turned around to go down the stairs with his two bodyguards. I didn't want to follow him so I tried to trick him by getting down a few steps with him and then quickly climb back. but it didn't work because one of his bodyguards was faster than me. He closed the door before I could reach it and carried me on his shoulder.

"Put me down, I don't want to follow you! Brother, brother please what do you want from me? Where is dad? What happened to Chulin? Why does she..."

" Don't play dumb with me Wei Cheng. I know you better than anyone. You already have the answer to your questions. Dad is dead, the professor too. Most of your men died too and The subject 0 must have had the same fate."

I stopped moving and talking after hearing that. The professor and his creation are dead? How is it possible? My men were supposed to handle everything out.

"Why did you kill Chunli?"

" I didn't, she did that to herself. She was just a worker, not your friend. You must know that everyone who works for our family signs a confidentiality contract. But that's not enough we put a micro bomb in their heart to inaugurate this contract. If they don't respect any part of the latter the bomb detonate."

I knew about the contract but nothing about this bomb. I didn't have time to think about it when I remembered the letter I received from my men.

"The letters, it was you ?"

"No."

I know about my sibling's faces and natures thanks to Chunli hence I know Wei Ming very well. He is 23, he worked with my dad as his closest partner in a few projects in the company as the future suburb project. He is the most ambitious among my 4 other siblings. He is intelligent, fierce, and also powerful. He manages to oust Wei Gu the original future heir of Amper the company of my family. He is an illegitimate son but thankfully his mom was sincerely loved by my dad which help him to achieve his goal with hard work and determination.

He is the person I'm the most afraid of because of his real goal. He wanted to use me as a weapon to restore our family image.

The alarm kept ringing even though I was with me. That's mean...

"Why do they look for you?"

He stopped in front of a door, we may have reached the last floor, took out his phone, and dialed a number.

"Can you put me back on the floor? I won't flee, I swear."

Well, I have nowhere else to go. The only issue was hidden by my brother's imposing body.

"Brother, can we talk?"

The phone in his ears he turned around to look at me with a cold gaze. I knew that I was nothing but an object for him, but this situation accentuated my pitiful state.

He said a few words on the phone and ended the call.

"I will take care of you."

"Why did you kill the subject? You need it to resurrect the Shou family."

"No."

"Why ?"

"He was important but the Kim family made an important discovery."

"What is it?"

"You ask too much."

He opened the door and a strong scent of blood came to my nose. It almost made me throw up. I looked at the scenery to see a bunch of corpses lying on the ground. I was shocked, I heard nothing, not even a scream nor a gunshot. How did they...

I looked at my brother, tears dropping from my eyes.

"Are they workers?"

He looked at me without answering. I could not stand it anymore, I sensed a strong ache in my stomach and threw my meal up. They are all dead because of me? Did he kill all these people to get me out of this tower? Am I that dangerous to a human being?

"They don't have any relatives. they are from the lower city and their lives do not..."

"Shut up! I don't want to hear from you anymore! You killed so many people and you still want to explain yourself. I will never let you succeed Wei Ming. I, Wei Cheng, will kill you and all the dangerous people like you. I will never let you use my blood!" I told us with difficulty.

"You're so weak and naive." He said with a faint smile. "Take him, we have no time to lose."

"The party started, didn't it?"

The bodyguard took me in the same position and followed my brother who didn't reply to me.

"The Kim want my body, the Oh my ancestor's pieces of knowledge, the Park my support and the Byun the suburb project as their Shou project. You play against each other to reach first place or to keep it. That's the meaning of the Party. The last one was won by the Byun and Kim families. They entered into a pact to kill my mother and me because the Kim family knew about us. Back then, Kim fought against their father to stop blasting the lower city. But they soon find out with my medical result that the Shou family is the most powerful seers humanity has ever carried."

He stopped in front of the bloodied door, then two people came to open them. I walked out for the first time, someone went in front of me to put a mask on my face and he opened a car door. My brother entered then the bodyguard sat me next to him before closing the door and reaching the front door and taking place in the engine.

"Is the subject 0 not dead ?" My brother asked me.

I looked at the window amazed by the scenery displayed in front of me. After a few minutes, I turned around to look at him.

"He'll kill your wife in a few days." Then I return my attention to the outside, not paying attention to him anymore.