Involvement

I felt a shake on my body and opened my eyes, "Yes, I'm awake. What is it?"

"I've found people that are involved in Igor's death." Yin Hee replied. 

I didn't immediately respond to her as I looked around and noticed that Mark had gone and Calvin was eating on the table. He seemed to be calm.

"That's good, but tell me about it next time. I need to go." I opened my phone to check the time, it was morning already.

"What about the kid?" Yin Hee pointed at Calvin.

"Watch him while I'm gone." I got up from the sofa and stretched my body a bit.

"I'm not going to babysit him!" She refused.

"You said you want to help me, is that a lie?" I looked at her.

She paused for a few moments before reluctantly give up, "Fine, I'll watch over him."

"Thank you, and don't do anything unnecessary while I'm gone." I gave them a warning before taking a puff, creating a hover board from the smoke, and flew away.

After I was gone, Calvin finished his plate and got off of the table. He casually walked out of the door.

"Hey, what are you doing! Stay put!" Yin Hee yelled as she walked close to him and grab his shoulder. However, just when her hand was about to touch his shoulder, a humanoid robot came out of the shadow and grab her hand.

"I'm not going to stay still after I know what's going on. Those Revenant bastards, I need to kill them."

Yin Hee watched Calvin strangely and said, "Are you really just a kid?"

"What? Just because I'm young, I can't kill people, but adults can? While the adults are killing innocent kids, they cannot retaliate because they're just kids?" He said to her with rage and intense hatred.

Yin Hee stayed silent and slowly retract her hand. Calvin noticed her retreat and continued walking, only to sense something was approaching him quickly.

Cunning fox! He thought to himself as he thought she tricked him. However, what occurred next was not in his expectation. 

She gently wrapped herself around him. Calvin struggled for a few moments, his struggle slowly ceased as he fell to the effect.

His head resting on her shoulder. His eyes, once distant and lonely, slowly closed as he savored the warmth. The girl's embrace was soft but firm, conveying a sense of safety.

The boy's breath, once irregular and shallow, starts to steady as the quiet comfort of the hug begins to dissolve the loneliness he's felt for so long.

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At Synth's HQ, I was walking to the meeting room and encountered a familiar face.

"Good morning, Sunny." He gave me a hand shake

"Morning, RD. Congratulations for your success on the recent mission." I gave him a nod and shook his hand. 

"Thanks, but it's not easy. I've lost many good friends. When will this war end?" He said in a melancholic and exhausted way.

"I'm sorry to hear that." I said regretfully and we stop our handshake, retreating our hands

"No, it's okay." He paused for a moment, "So, I heard there's something going on with you and Vie."

"It's nothing much, why?"

"I like you, Sunny. I don't want anything bad to happen to a friend. In fact, you're the only guy I like in this damn place, so I'll give you a warning, be careful of Vie and Synth." He said seriously.

"Did something happen?" I frowned.

"Your teammate, Ginto. Something happened to him. His house explodes, killing his sister and his dog. He's the only one who survives. Synth is looking for the suspect, but I believe it's them that did it." He dropped devastating news. Rage filled my heart. 

I tried my best to control it from leaking.

"What?" I asked with concealed rage. At the same time, the air was visibly trembling and a crack seemed about to form.

"Hey, calm down! I know you're mad and upset, I would be too, but going out of control won't solve anything!" He said quickly, slightly in panic and fear.

"They killed a precious member of my comrade, and you told me to take it as if nothing happened?" My voice grew colder than the North Pole. RD felt inexplicable chills and intense killing intent.

"I'm not saying that. There's a better way to avenge your friend, and doing it recklessly will only make things worse. You also have a family to protect, right?"

"Are you threatening me?" My eyes became sharp.

"No. You know me, Sunny, but they– I'm saying these things to protect you. We need to play our cards right. 

"Let's admit it, we can't take down this behemoth of a company, we have to do it right, and what are you going to do right now, you'll only get yourself killed." RD explained calmly.

After listening to his words, my rage slowly disappeared. The turbulence in the air that was about to crack it slowly went away.

I closed my eyes as I controlled my breath, once rigid and hasty.

"Why do you assume this is caused by Synth? Ginto never did anything that's against their goal, or never in their way." I pondered after I calmed myself.

"He must've found something in Vie's house." He replied. 

"How could you be sure?" I leaned against the wall and crossed my arms, looking at him suspiciously.

"What else could be the reason?"

Ginto found an item that's crucial to Synth and wants the latter to be destroyed, hence why Synth decided to burn his house, and to make sure Ginto knows they're not playing, they make sure to kill his loved ones.

"It could be another organization that take advantage of the recent case with Vie. Either way, it's not clear who did this to Ginto." I proposed another possibility. 

"I don't think there's many that want to make an enemy out of Synth." RD opposed.

"Isn't there one?" I exclaimed.

"Them? It's possible. What are you going to do next?" RD pondered.

"Take a visit to their place, of course. I also have some business with them." I push myself from leaning against the wall and continued, "Why are you certain Ginto has something from Vie's house?"

"An Honor intuition." He replied short. I tried to pick any signs of lying from his expression. I didn't find any. 

"I see. Thanks for the news. I'll be on my way then, see you later." I moved my hand to the left and right as I continued my walk.

"Yeah, stay safe." He gave a nod and watched me from behind.

I could hear whispers from him, "Stay safe, kid."

I turned around instinctively to see if I didn't hear anything wrong. He's already gone. I stayed there for a few more seconds before walking again.