John was relieved. âThank god youâre willing to keep your promise.â However, Alex spoke up again.
âBut you hired assassins to capture my mom and to kill my family. Whatâs
worse was that you had such disgusting fantasies towards my mother. Letting you live wouldnât sit right
with
me.â
John panicked. âWh-What do you mean?â Alex said, âIâll let you live and witness the destruction of
Rockefeller Group! Back then, both you and your
father treated us like idiots, tricking and using my father as a tool to help you earn money⦠Weâll just
take
your freedom away to atone for your sins.â
âAre⦠Are you going to imprison me and lock me up?â
âThatâs right, but Iâm not going to imprison you physically. Iâm imprisoning your soul.â
âHuh? Soul?â
John wanted to laugh. âAre you kidding me?â Just then, Alex reached his arm out with his fingers
spread, each surrounded by lightning. John was appalled upon seeing this. âHe can form lightning in his
hands? Is he even human at this point?â
He turned around and tried escaping. However, Alex released a ray of electric-based Chi that pierced
into his body. John felt his whole body go numb and fell with a thud, unable to move another muscle.
âAlex, what⦠What are you doing? No, noâ¦â Alex ignored his cries. His fingers moved swiftly and
formed an odd talisman with the lightning, placing it
between Johnâs eyebrows.
In an instant, his soul sounded like it had exploded. It was done. âFrom now on, youâve lost your
freedom to move around and speak. You can still see, hear, think and
experience different emotions. You wouldnât even be able to blink at your own will and you will no
longer be
able to express your thoughts.
This is your punishment, to atone for your sins. Iâll give you a time limit. If
youâre still alive after the next ten years, Iâll free your soul.â
John had heard Alex loud and clear, but he was unable to move, no different from a vegetative patient.
If
anything, he was in a worse state than vegetative patients.
If he was unconscious, it didnât matter if he could move or not. But with his consciousness, he was just
a
paralyzed person. This was pure torture, time felt as if it had slow down significantly. âLetâs go!â Alex
said. Brittany took a glance at John emotionlessly. The group followed Alex out of the room.
Azure and his men were already waiting for them outside.
After Alex and the others left, the Thousand Miles Conglomerate members immediately started
cleaning up
the scene and managed to cover up all of their tracks. Moreover, they had switched off all of the
surveillance
cameras that Cooper had mentioned a while ago, so they donât pose a problem.
On the way home, Waltz hugged Alexâs arm and whispered. âAlex, I remember hearing you say that I
could
sleep with you in this lifetime, and that I wouldnât have to wait for the next. Can we do that tonight