Bad Born Blood Chapter 315

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Michael Aegis is the head of Border City’s Metropolitan Investigation Unit. He brought up various topics as he transported me.

Michael’s cigarette smoke filled the airbus. He didn’t even care that there were no smoking signs inside the vehicle.

Michael unravelled his story like a flowing smoke.

‘Mary’s eldest son, Michael.’

Michael was Maria’s eldest son, born when she was a teenager. Perhaps because of this, Michael had many direct conflicts and confrontations with Maria.

“… … I felt like I would kill my mother with my own hands if I stayed like that. So I just ran away. We’re on better terms now than before. Family members grow distant and love each other, and when they get close, they start to hate each other.”

Michael shrugged and laughed. I wondered if that was what Gabriel would become when he got older.

“It seems like you helped Maria many times even though we were on bad terms.”

“Because my younger siblings follow their mother well. Like it or not, if their mother does well, their children will have a future. I have no illusions because I have been with my mother since she was a little clumsy, but to my younger siblings, their mother is an absolute charisma.”

As I continued to listen to the story, I found that among Maria’s children, there were quite a few who were independent like Michael. The younger Maria was, the more likely she was to have children like that.

‘The children scattered here and there became Maria’s insurance and background.’

The bond between blood relatives is not easily broken.

“I was a special agent in Border City, and then I got noticed and became a son-in-law to a good family. Despite my humble background, I got married and was promoted to where I am now. This is my story, Lucas Custoria.”

The air vehicle we were riding suddenly stopped. The propulsion system maintained its altitude by emitting heat only downward.

‘It’s not for nothing that he tells his story.’

This is a technique that investigators often use. They build rapport by sharing personal stories, and then give the other person the floor to speak.

“Chief of the Investigation Team, don’t you know my history?”

“I only know the history of Border City’s activities. I don’t know what he did before that. Ishmael also refuses to answer, saying it’s confidential.”

Michael seemed to be acquainted with Deputy Minister Ismael Ra.

“It’s confidential, but there must be a reason.”

As I said that, I tapped my neck.

Michael also narrowed his eyes and moved his mouth without making a sound. He immediately understood the meaning of my movements.

-It wasn’t decoration. I thought you had a taste for wearing leashes.

Since I came from the Pioneer Temple, the wooden armor will work. It’s not good if many people know my identity.

“You’d better remember my favor. I broke my longstanding unwritten rule of non-aggression to get you out.”

“I know. It must not have been an easy decision.”

Michael leaned back in his chair and took a beer out of the wall-mounted refrigerator.

“First of all, since you said you were tracking down the son of a bitch who killed Raphael and Uriel, I’m letting you go.”

Michael’s cheeks twitched in anger. The veins on his face bulged out fiercely. He gulped down his beer to cool himself down.

Woohoo.

The air vehicle, which had been put into operation again, landed on a private airstrip on the roof of the building.

OMG.

The door of the air vehicle opened, and I went out in a wheelchair pushed by Michael.

At the airfield, Maria and her three children stood armed, including Sariel, a crawler with a good nose.

‘Ilay is not here.’

I blinked.

Illei and the special agents were nowhere to be seen. Only Maria and her group were there.

“Ah, my eldest son has finally arrived.”

Maria welcomed Michael with open arms, and Michael clenched his fists.

Phew!

Michael struck Maria’s temple with his fist.

Maria was pushed so far that her head almost touched the floor before she managed to sit up.

“You’re still the same, you unfilial son of a bitch.”

Maria shook her head and squinted her eyes.

“I hate you for being able to laugh after losing two children.”

“Losing someone is a daily occurrence in the wilderness. If we mourned every single one of them, we would have to hold memorial services all year long. Have you forgotten such obvious truths after living in the city?”

“If my mother hadn’t been so greedy, Uriel and Raphael wouldn’t have died. If she hadn’t been so cruel to men, she wouldn’t have lost Gabriel. You are the worst mother.”

Michael spewed venomous words.

“You’re the one who ran away, saying you’d live well on your own, but you talk too much.”

I watched the hat fight. Since my limbs were immobile anyway, there was nothing I could do but watch. I wish there were some snacks.

“That’s why I did your mother’s favor so many times. If I hadn’t helped you, you would have been working in the mines. Anyway, this is the last time I’ll help you. No, if it weren’t for Gabriel Gun, I would have ignored you.”

“Haha, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard you say ‘last help’. You’re a good boy, Michael.”

Michael got angry and this time he punched Maria in the face.

Kwajik!

Maria’s nose was broken.

Maria sat down, rubbing her nose from side to side, from which blood was dripping down her face.

“If you feel better, I can hit you more. If I got this much help from you, I hit you cheap.”

Mary was no ordinary woman. She could smile even after her child broke her nose.

“Damn, you look like an old hag.”

Michael wiped his bloody fist on his pants. He took three steps back and put a cigarette in his mouth.

“Give this mom one too.”

Maria snatched the cigarette from Michael as if she was naturally trying to steal it from him and put it in her mouth.

Cheek!

Michael also sighed and lit Maria’s cigarette with his lighter.

‘The form of family is different for each person… … .’

I looked at the expressions of the other children. It seemed that Michael and Maria’s fights were commonplace for them. They were not shaken even when Maria was hit hard.

“I will accompany you when you go to see Gabriel. Don’t go alone.”

Michael let go of his grudge. But judging from Maria’s expression, it seemed like it wasn’t working.

Maria approached me, smoking a cigarette.

“Maria Oganov, I never thought you would come to my rescue.”

I blurted out my honest feelings. In fact, I thought that if anyone was going to save me, it would be Ellie.

“Luke is the kind of guy who always repays debts. If you help him like this, he’ll never forget our family. Well, this lady also likes you.”

Maria didn’t just help me because of Gabriel. She saw through my tendencies and invested in me for the future.

“What about my colleague?”

“That handsome young man will be quickly tracking down Kinuan. And you… … .”

Maria put her hand in her bosom, trailing off.

I couldn’t respond even after seeing Maria’s movements. If my limbs move, I can do whatever I want.

All the way.

Maria injected me with a shot in the neck. It seemed to be some kind of sedative.

“… … plague.”

I tried to open my heavy eyes, but the drug was spreading quickly.

“He said if you didn’t do this, you wouldn’t get any rest. You have a good friend.”

Maria’s voice seemed to come from far away. My consciousness began to fade away.

* * *

When I opened my eyes, I saw familiar blue skin.

‘Lapis?’

Lapis was repairing my body. She was expertly handling the plasma emitter while wearing goggles.

“Don’t move. I don’t want to turn a healthy living being into charcoal.”

Lapis severed the lower part of his left arm, which had been damaged by plasma.

My mind is still hazy.

‘Why am I here?’

I tried to absorb the information around me. But my thoughts were dull due to the effects of the sedative. My head felt like it was malfunctioning. I felt like I was tripping on a rock every three steps when I was running.

‘There’s no way Maria knows that Lapis is my mechanic.’

This was Illei’s arrangement.

Looking around a bit more, I saw Lars lying on the bed next to me. Like me, Lars was undergoing prosthetic repairs, so his outer shell was wide open.

“Hey, long time no see, Luca.”

Even in the midst of all that chaos, I kept my gaze focused on the unique smile.

Knock, knock.

In the corner, Jafar sat, his long claws clicking. He had recovered from his injuries and was able to move on his own.

“Japa… … .”

“I’d love to spend the night drinking snake wine and talking openly… … but I don’t think you have time for that, lol.”

Jafar woke up and tried to communicate with holographic text.

‘Jafar knows about the wiretapping in my armor.’

I stared at the holographic letters floating in the air.

-Illei has entrusted you to us. We will need Lapis’s hands to repair that body anyway.

However, I was planning to replace my broken left arm with a ready-made one and go straight to tracking down Kinuan. I had no intention of asking for Lapis’ help.

‘One step now.’

… … It’s really just one step. With just one help from someone who was guided by my manpower, I could have broken Kinuan’s prediction and caught the bastard.

So it’s natural for me to be impatient.

-That armor can be removed, according to Lapis. The problem is that you have to stay still for two days.

I squinted my eyes. There’s no time for that.

‘Kinuan used a mind-bending device. I don’t know what his purpose is, but… If we lose track of him now, we’ll never find him again.’

I wiggled my right arm fingers. My prosthetic body and my biological nervous system were connected.

“I’ll send it to you as soon as the body repairs are completed.”

Jafar muttered something different from what he had written. He injected more sedative into the drip at the back of his neck.

‘Ilay, what the hell are you doing!’

I wanted to scream.

Before I lost consciousness due to the effects of the drug, my gaze turned to Lars. Lars was still unconscious.

‘The reason Lars couldn’t wake up was because of the drugs, just like me.’

Lars didn’t suffer a fatal brain injury. He only had damage to his prosthetic body. He was put to sleep by a sedative.

‘Illai is moving separately while leaving Lars and I tied up here.’

… … Anxiety is rising.

I squeezed out one last thought before my consciousness began to cloud over. Just before I could reach a conclusion, my consciousness suddenly snapped.

* * *

… … How much time has passed?

-This is a predatory nanomachine. If you input a specific substance’s components, it will devour and decompose only that substance. This is one of the latest nanotechnologies of the Tarpa race. It’s very hard to obtain, so please stay still. I’ll decompose it from the inside out.

When I opened my eyes, I saw a holographic message from Lapis. She was holding a dropper and carefully dropping silver liquid onto my neck armor, one drop at a time.

The monitors around me were filled with data analyzing my neck brace. A significant portion of it was marked as ‘unknown.’

Tsk tsk tsk.

The silvery liquid disappeared as soon as it hit the armor.

‘no way…….’

Countless questions came to my mind. I wanted to open my mouth right away.

‘After Ilay and I parted ways, the operations carried out in Border City were… . . . ‘

I thought that Ilay had made a separate plan to track down Kinuan.

But that wasn’t it.

‘Jafar and Lapis are obediently cooperating with Illei to keep me tied up.’

Ilay had no qualms about deceiving me. But his lies and deceptions were also for my benefit.

Since arriving in Border City, Ilay has been moving and arranging everything for me.

‘Lars was attacked by Kinuan while trying to contact Ilay.’

Lars was not an incompetent man. Despite his frivolous words and actions, he was a capable soldier.

… … I feel a deep sense of love and hate towards Ilay.