Chapter 298 - Revenge 299: Test Him First

"Is that so?" Juan replied. Just like what Aaron expected, Juan didn't question him or even suspicious of him. Up until now, Aaron still can't believe that this gullible moron, Juan, was able to make his grandfather fall for his tricks.

He wonders what kind of drug this Juan made his grandfather take. 'It's just hard for me to believe that grandfather had so much trust in him.'

Juan walks his way towards the computer room, and Aaron just followed him behind. Once they reached the computer room, Juan frowned, then turned his whole body around to face Aaron. Before he could even ask Aaron a question, Aaron immediately put Juan into sleep.

Juan falls straight down to the floor. Aaron didn't even bother to catch his body. Once his body is on the ground, Aaron pulled Juan inside the room and then closes the door. He can't have anybody see Juan's unconscious body, it will cause him trouble if someone did.

After dumping Juan's body to the corner of the room, Aaron sat on a chair, then started to work on getting the files he needs.

"Let's see what you guys have been hiding," Aaron mumbled. The whole process was nice and smooth. Since he is using their computer, getting the information he was not able to acquire days ago is easy now.

At the moment, Aaron is only waiting for everything to be downloaded at his device. As he is waiting, someone from behind suddenly spoke, and Aaron was startled by it. "Well, well, well." Aaron turned around and saw a familiar face. That familiar face is smiling at him, "For a young kid like you sure is bold to come to this building without anyone to back you up."

"You're the one who killed Alexandre's mother." His memory of that incident is still fresh. He can never forget the face of the man who killed Alexandre's mother.

He once tried to track him down, however, his mother told him not to. Aaron didn't question his mother why should he not track him down because he can sense that he is not ready to face someone like him. Aaron will be killed right away. So he stopped and focus his attention on other things.

Every part of Aaron's body is tense. He did not expect to meet him in a place like this. Aaron can only predict two possibilities of why that man is in this building: he could be working for Rolfe or he could be someone who is backing Rolfe.

"A young kid like is also very predictable. You're wondering if I am working for Rolfe or if I am someone who is backing Rolfe, am I right?" Back in his younger days, these kinds of questions we're often running in his head, so he is not surprised if Aaron were to ask him a question. "But before I answer that question, I must introduce myself first. My name is Johan Clarke, an old friend of your mother."

"Old friend? That's funny. I've heard a lot of stories about my mother, but I have never heard someone named Johan as her friend." The only thing that Aaron believes is the fact that this man in front of him has some kind of connection with his mother, other than that, he will not believe a single word he says. 

"Of course. Your mother wouldn't say a word about me because she hates me. No. Let's rephrase that. She despises my existence." Johan is not sad or offended at all. In fact, he expected that Mary won't ever mention his name to anyone, especially to her kids. He expected nothing else from his old dear friend.

"To answer your curiosity, I am working with Rolfe temporarily, and no, I am not the one backing up that idiot Rolfe." As Johan is talking, Aaron is looking around to see where did Johan enters the room without him noticing.

Aaron remembers that he closed the door and he even locked it. He looks closely around the room and saw that there is an open door in the dark corner. No wonder he didn't notice that door, the room itself is already dark and there are only two lights on in the middle of the room.

Johan noticed that Aaron half listening to him. "You must be so confident. I can't believe you dare to look around while an enemy is standing in front of you? Are you not afraid that I might attack you when least expected it?" Since Aaron is Mary's son, Johan expected Aaron to be more guarded.

Now that he is facing Aaron face to face, alone in a dark room, he is a little bit disappointed that Aaron is not showing him anything that would interest him.

"My bad. I'm not really the type of person who acts arrogant, I know that I'm not someone who can win against you." Acting arrogant in front of Johan is not going to help Aaron. As he was looking around the room earlier, he was also looking for a way for him to escape.

He doesn't want to face Johan head-on with his current skills. Facing Johan head-on is a bad move. It will only lead him to his death.

Aaron glances at his device and saw that the download is complete. Now, all he needs to do is leave this building with Anna and Harrison. Their objective is to plant a bomb, steal their files, and let the place crumble into dust. They've already done two things, all they need is to make sure the last objective is done.

Johan also glanced at the device Aaron is glancing at. He knew right away what Aaron was doing here in the computer room. Johan doesn't care whether Aaron stole every file, however, he is not gonna let Aaron escape the building that easily.

He won't kill Aaron just yet. He wants to test him first and put a scare to Mary.

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"You know where is the computer room, right?" Arion asked.

"Yes. It's that second door on the left side." Anna replied faintly. She is so grateful to her brother for making her memorize the blueprint of the building or else she and her father would have been wandering around.

At the moment it is just him and Anna, the others already went out of the building waiting for them. Though he is glad that he is having a father and daughter time with Anna, the atmosphere between them is very awkward. And he can't stand it.

"You know, it's alright if you want to curse at me. After all, I left without saying anything." More than anything, it pains Arion that his daughter is not saying anything. He would rather have her curse at him than her being silent about the topic.