Chapter 487: Chapter 310: Presumptuous!

Tang Fei fell silent.

He knew the old man’s words made sense.

Skimming the surface of conflict, stopping at the first taste, such methods could never avenge a grudge.

To seek successful revenge, one needed to ignite the fiercest flames, spill the brightest blood, and harbor a wrath willing to destroy everything in its wake.

Was the old man wrong?

Of course, he was wrong, for he had killed the innocent. He killed Wang Chao and injured Shen Yan.

And he would kill even more.

But was he truly mistaken?

Without his every calculated move, his successive pushes that brought the situation to its current state, how could he confidently make his plays while trapped in the game, and ultimately force the Royal Family and the Monitoring Bureau into a corner?

“Can you promise me one thing?” Tang Fei asked.

“No,” the old man flatly refused.

“I haven’t even said what it is yet,” Tang Fei said through clenched teeth.

“I know what you’re going to say,” the old man replied, reverting to his scoundrel-like demeanor, impervious as a dead pig to boiling water, “Keeping you in the dark is for your own good. What if I had to discuss everything with you in advance—would you agree or disagree?”

“Agree, and your conscience troubles you. Disagree, and things don’t go well. If that were the case, how could the plan possibly go forward?”

“You, my boy, are quite the anomaly, born in a dog-eat-dog world yet with a kind heart… Always trying to help when you can, going all out to save whoever you can…”

“This isn’t the Old Land, but this place is far more dangerous. Our former enemies were poisonous insects and strange beasts, now our opponents are people, those in high positions, the masters who can decide the fate of countless lives with just a word…”

“Tang Fei, I don’t oppose such a temperament; in fact, it comforts me. I’m a monster, I certainly don’t hope you’d turn into such a monster as well.”

“But if there are things that must be done, let me do them… Let me create all the sins, let me carry all the notoriety.”

“What I can assure you is that I will never harm you, whatever I do, I do for revenge, and only for revenge…”

“What are you even saying?”

“What? You’re not satisfied?” the old man scoffed, “Let me be blunt. If you agree, I’ll do it. If you disagree, I’ll still do it. How can you achieve great things with misplaced kindness?”

“Of course, I’m not satisfied,” Tang Fei said angrily, “Is the grudge only yours? Is the hatred only yours? Is the responsibility only yours?”

“If we really get down to it, my grudge is deeper, my hatred stronger, my responsibility greater… I should have been the one on the front lines, charging into battle, spilling blood…”

“You’ve done so much for me, spoken the words I couldn’t, done the things I couldn’t… While I just pretended to realize later… from a moral high ground, I accused and complained about you…”

“Isn’t that making you out to be a whore while I set myself up as the sanctimonious one? Is that even human? I, Tang Fei, cannot do such things…”

“If there are sins, they are our joint creation. If there are consequences, let us face the retribution together…” Tang Fei said sternly, with determination in his eyes, “From today onwards, every word you say is mine, every action you take is mine.”

The old man fell silent for a moment, then cracked a smile, “Worthy of his seed… worthy of the General’s seed… If it was him, he’d do exactly the same.”

“We’re family, a single entity.”

“Yes, we are the Avengers.”

“Can we change the name?”

“The x-Agent Team? Paw Patrol, to the rescue?”

“Forget it, Avengers it is.”

“As you wish.”

“Now that we’ve reached an agreement on this… can you at least promise me one thing?”

“No.”

“….”

“Since you resigned, what’s Yan Wenli’s attitude?”

“He threw a cup at me, but he didn’t ask me to stay.”

“The decision to retain you isn’t in his hands.” He wasn’t even there, yet he could analyze everything clearly, always managed to clear the fog to reveal a surprising clarity. “Although you’re his subordinate in name, and you work in the Monitoring Bureau… he’s not the one pulling the strings. Like you, he’s just a knife for killing.”

“This matter is significant, he’ll have to report to Zhong Daolong, who will decide whether to be honest with you, whether to accept you as one of ‘their own’…”

“I think an answer will come soon.”

“Yes,” the old man said in a low voice, “It’ll be tonight.”

After hanging up the phone, Tang Fei turned off his mobile phone and carefully hid it back in the sealed box.

Just then, a knocking sound came from outside the room.

Tang Fei walked over to open the door and saw Little Fatty standing there, asking, “Why aren’t you asleep yet? Is something the matter?”

“I can’t sleep,” Little Fatty answered, “Bro… do you fancy some ice cream?”

Tang Fei was about to refuse, but seeing the hopeful look on Little Fatty’s face, he nodded and smiled, “Sure, I’ve been craving something sweet.”

“That’s great, I’ll get it ready,” Little Fatty said cheerfully.

“Mm, any good movies lately? Let’s watch one together.”

“Oh yes, loads! I overheard a classmate saying that there’s this new movie ‘Ghosts Scaring Ghosts’ that’s really good… I’ve downloaded it but haven’t watched it yet.”