As Kanae and the others were staying in the living room, the servant brought Kevin to meet with the master. As they walked, the servant thought about what Kevin said to his subordinate.
"If you can make him get close to you willingly, Iâll grant you higher position."
Right now, he truly wanted to know if Kevin was saying them because he knew that the child was rather special or because of whim. From the news he got, Kevin was not one to act in whim, so he became even more curious.
"We have arrived."
The servant opened a door and Kevin walked inside. The room was quite spacious with several bookshelves on the side. There was one big table in the middle with one man sitting behind it. His laptop was partially blocking the view to his face, but it was easy for Kevin to recognize him.
How could he not? As the head of Doha Family, one of the four big families, he has appeared in numerous shows. He couldnât even count them anymore as it was too often. Besides, his presence alone would represent the entire Doha Family.
"Itâs nice to meet with you, Sir Albert," Kevin greeted the man in front of him.
The man, Albert, glanced up to look towards Kevin. His dark eyes were inspecting the man in front of him through fully for a few seconds before a smile broke out.
"Youâre quite amazing, Clan Head Kevin."
"Many thanks for your compliment, Sir Albert."
Albert pointed to the chair. "Please have a seat. I hope that this humble place wonât disappoint you."
"Itâs me who ask for this meeting. How can I be disappointed?"
"Itâs true."
Albert looked towards Kevin for a few seconds. He turned his laptop to Kevin and pointed to the screen. The screen was showing the scene in the living room where his son and Kevinâs subordinate was there. It was clear that the two girls were currently trying to coax the boy.
"How do you know about my son?"
"From his eyes," Kevin answered. "Heâs a special kid, right?"
Albert sighed. "Youâre really sharp as they said."
"Thereâs no way you would want to leave your son with strangers if I should say, so I assume that youâre pretty confident with him, so I assume that there should be something special about him. If Iâm not wrong, he should be a talented person who recently awakens his talent."
"Youâre correct," Albert smiled. He didnât have any intention of hiding things with this young man. "Iâm pretty sure that you already meet with several talented people so far that you can recognize them easily."
Kevin didnât answer the question. His mind thought about the meeting with the powerful people who wanted his life. There was no doubt about it. They were all talented people because their ability in fighting would make people ask the question about their humanity.
"Most of the talented people who have normal power in terms of physical abilities or brain abilities can easily blend in the society. However, people who have weird abilities to the point that it canât be accepted wonât be able to live amongst us.
Some of them are categorized as crazy while the others are deployed as special soldiers," Albert stopped for a moment as he inspected Kevinâs response."Which I believe, you already know."
"Itâs not a secret that the government makes use of those who have more power," Kevin said calmly. "Since you already know this much, I believe you know my reason for coming here."
"I know," Albert answered calmly. "But I canât answer your demand."
"Is it because of the boy?"
"Heâs one of the reasons," Albert sighed. "Youâre a good friend of my little brother, Taro, so you should know that the entire fate of the Doha Family rest on my shoulder. I canât put my family in danger."
The two men stared at each other for a while. Kevin opened his mouth again. "Even if they start to chase after you because of James, you wonât do anything against them?"
"If it comes to that, Iâll retaliate. Thereâs no way I can let them take my only son, but I doubt theyâll search for my son," Albert smiled wryly. "My family safety is always number one, Clan Head Kevin. Please understand that I canât do anything that put them in danger."
"I understand," Kevin immediately answered. Even he knew the feeling of losing someone he loved as he had experienced it in the past. He wouldnât try to make someone else experience it too. There were too many things on the stake for this man.
"I want to confirm one thing, will you go against me?"
Albertâs eyes shook for a moment. He slowly shook his head. He didnât want to go against Kevin at all cost. Even though they were not really close, he had known Kevin for a long time because of his little brother. This man was not one to be trifled with.
"I donât want to go against you, Clan Head Kevin. If.... If I someday go against you, I can only hope for you to spare my son."
"I understand."
"Maybe, you can spare Taro and my second brother too. Iâll make a way for them to not get involved in the family matter anymore. They always want freedom too," Albert smiled.
Kevin nodded his head. His eyes landed on the screen as he saw James pulled Kanae to him. As the one who arranged them, he knew each of his subordinateâs face very well. This person that James dragged should be Rei from Fiore Group.
"Sir Albert, may I ask what the ability your son has is?"
Albert also looked towards the screen as his eyes widened in shook. Ever since James awakened his ability, it would be a miracle if someone could get close to him. Now this young boy was the one who pulled someone else to play with him. Who was this young person?
"James ability is to see a personâs heart. He can guess what their intention towards him and how theyâll treat him. Itâs rather hard for me to explain, but he only wants to get close to people he knows wonât mistreat him or in his word, âfriendlyâ."
"Friendly?" Kevin looked towards Kanae in the screen. "Do you know who the one James pulled is?"
"Itâs one of your subordinates, right?"
"No, heâs an employee that I ask to come for this rare occasion. Iâm sure you know his name, Rei from Fiore Group."
Albertâs eyes widened greatly. He looked to the screen with disbelief all over his face. There was simply no way he could believe that the person he saw could be Rei. From the news he got, he knew how cold hearted this person could be.
Annihilating a clan, annihilating an entire gang, mercilessly killing people on the street, every pieces of news he got about Rei was always about how his prowess and coldness was. Towards this kind of person, he never thought that this person could be warm towards a child.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
In the screen, the one he saw was the young man ruffling his sonâs hair tenderly. The action of this person was similar to that of an older brother to his own little brother or family member.
Was the news he got wrong?
No, maybe it was not wrong, but it was not a complete picture about Rei. There must be things that drove this person to move so ruthlessly.
"Heâs very interesting," Albert muttered.
Kevin nodded his head slightly. His lips were forming a slight smile without him knowing. "Heâs indeed very interesting."