Chapter 106: The Angry Senator

Senator Bong, of course, knew that he could hire people to do this job. There were people who could do a better job than his son, and he can very much afford their services.

He could, but he didn't. After the dinner, last weekend, the leaders of the family strictly told him to not make any moves to which he nodded and agreed, but inside, he already came up with a plan.

His son has made countless clubs close down which is why he chose him to do the job. If the family ever suspects him and comes knocking on his front door, he'll just tell them that he had nothing to do with it, and it was all done by his son.

For him, it sounded more concrete than saying things like, 'I don't know who hired those gangs' or 'I didn't send them to do all those things.'

However, he didn't expect his son to actually pull off something like this. 

Senator Bong walked over to his son who flew a few meters away from him. "You have to answer to the family about what you did, and you are not to say anything about me ordering you to do it. Remember to confess right away in front of them and don't wait until they use a truth potion!"

Senator Bong turned his back and unhurriedly walked away. Even if the family will suspect him, as long as his son will confess, he'll be somewhat off the hook.

Kin lied on the ground. He groaned in pain as he slowly opened his eyes filled with anger and grievances. He came home expecting a reward but he ate two fireballs in the end. The worst part is that he still doesn't know what he did wrong. From what he remembered, he did the job right with no errors whatsoever.

Kin carefully stood up. He then checked his body for any serious injuries and sighed after seeing there were none. He then walked to the house, limping. Every step he took he could feel the anger inside him heighten.

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Marcus and the others arrived at 'The Corner'. They got out of their cars and proceeded towards the building surrounded by people.

Everyone noticed the newcomers. The people around would have loved to stare at the two women, but they were not in the mood to do so.

The commanding officer in the scene saw the four individuals and recognized two of them, so he made his way to them, passing by a few healers and cops in the process.

"Good evening," The officer greeted.

Eva nodded at the cop. "Can you tell me what exactly happened here?"

The commanding officer shook his head. "I'm sorry but the team is still on it. We also don't have access to the cameras inside so we could only check the whole first floor to look for evidence."

"Follow me." Eva walked towards the door of the building followed by the others.

They soon met up with Zoey, Leo, Maya, and Loo.

Marcus glanced at the people in the surroundings. He looked at the few injured individuals on the ground and the healers tending to their light injuries. 

'Looks like the explosion wasn't that strong, but why?' Marcus couldn't understand why the Strongwald's didn't just blow the place up to the ground.

'Could it be that this is just a warning?' Marcus thought as he followed behind everyone.

Soon they arrived at the room where you could see and replay the camera's in 'The Corner.'

Eva permitted the officer to check the recordings. 

They all went through each camera one by one to find the person who did it. 

After one loop, they have now seen the explosion.

"There!" The officer backed it up a bit, paused, and pointed. He then zoomed in to that part of the screen and enhanced the image.

They were now focused on the person shown on the screen including Nexus who was playing with his watch a while ago.

Now they could all see a person who seemed to have been dancing just like everyone else.

"Now look," The officer played the video showing Ned dancing. Not long after the video was played, the explosion happened.

"Was he with someone?" Eva asked.

"One second," The officer zoomed out. The screen now showed a totally different scene. It was no longer inside the building, but outside.

The commanding officer continued. "He should go in right about now."

"Why don't I see him close to the line?" Emily asked. She remembered the face of the person but as she looked at the people who were close to the entrance, the person wasn't there.

"He's probably with someone important," Marcus answered. He could already guess the family name of the person he came with.

A minute or two later, three figures walked beside the line. A blond who looked to be around twenty years old walked in the middle.

As they came closer to the camera, the officer paused the recording.

The cop stood up and sighed. "That person leading them is from the Strongwald family, Kin Strongwald. He's also known to be quite a troublemaker."

As someone with a high rank in the corps, he of course knew the important people to look out for.

"Thank you for your help officer." Leo showed his gratitude.

The commanding officer slightly nodded and walked out of the room leaving only the members of the board in the room.

"I could call my father right now," Loo suggested. "We could ask him for help and get some answers from the Strongwald family."

"My father can also do the same." Although Zoey didn't ask yet, she knew that his father would agree.

"Leo can you tell me more about this person named Kin." Marcus turned to the Flavus man.

Leo nodded. "He goes to Estra just like the rest of us and he's a year lower than both me and Zoey. He's known for going in and out of bars even during school days and he's also quite the scum of society. His father is named Bong Strongwald, one of the senators here in Estra."

Leo paused. "Hmm, he's also classmates with the son of the president. Though I heard they hardly talk to each other. I think that's all I know about him."

Marcus nodded. "That's enough. You can all go home. There's no need to let your family get into this."

"Why?" Zoey couldn't understand Marcus' line of thought. Wouldn't it be better to work together and force an explanation out of the mouths of the Strongwald's?

"Just trust me. Go home, get some rest." Marcus smiled at them.

Zoey, Leo, Maya, and Loo looked at each other, puzzled.

They eventually nodded and left.

"What are you planning?" Emily asked.

"Nothing big, it's just something that could potentially keep the crosshairs of the Strongwald's off us." Marcus now understood why the events didn't make sense.

He could now guess that Senator Bong ordered his son to do something to 'The Corner', but the explosion was all Kin's idea and he didn't run through his father.

The four walked out of the building and headed to where their cars were parked.

"I'll see you guys back home." He kissed Emily and drove off.

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Bong stood in his bedroom. In front of him were holographic images of two Strongwald family leaders, Pald and Merts. 

"Where's Vid?" Senator Bong asked.

"In his lab," Merts knew that Vid wasn't interested in these kinds of late-night meetings.

"We just received the news of an explosion that happened in 'The Corner'. Did you have anything to do with that?"

Bong was the most aggressive of the Strongwald leaders, he was also the one who hated 'Asura' company the most. This is the reason why Merts' first suspect is Bong.

Senator Bong chuckled. "How could I? You already told me to stay put didn't you? So that's exactly what I did."

Senator Bong immediately denied. He would never confess to ordering his son. 

"Hahaha," Pald laughed. "Why are we even asking? Merts you know deep inside that Bong did it!"

Pald wasn't buying it. He has known Bong for a long time after all.

"Shut up!" Senator Bong yelled. He knew that Pald would do something like this. 

"What? You should be thankful that we don't have truth potions that would work on you!" Pald laughed at the end.

He then continued. "If we did, you'd be losing your seat right here right now."

Senator Bong glared at him. His blood boiled as he heard every word that came of Pald's mouth.

"That's enough!" Merts spoke. "Bong, do you absolutely swear that you had no hand in this?"

Senator Bong nodded. "Merts, I would never go against your orders. You know that I put this family above all else. Also, if I wanted to do something to 'The Corner', why would I use explosives?"

What Bong said made sense to Merts. However, Pald wasn't convinced.

"Alright," Merts nodded. "We'll talk more about this tomorrow."

Bong turned off the holographic images of the two and went to lie down on his bed. He sighed as he cursed his bastard of a son.