Chapter 269 - Not Over Yet

After almost an hour of torturous mental fencing about the pros and cons, Zaki finally decided not to tell him about his wife's accident. And as it turned out, this decision was proven to be the right move.

Sei finally confirmed the truth and both of them could hardly believe it. The witness they found, who was quietly hiding himself in the mountainous region of Country X all this time, revealed everything. He was a close friend of Mr. Miura Ken, the man who blasted the town, and he was also the one who helped Miura Ken announce that warning to make the citizens leave. The man even revealed the real reason behind the blast, including his daughter's experiment.

The truth was indeed too shocking even for Sei to accept. From the beginning, the moment Sei saw young Davi's picture on that list, his heart started beating restlessly. However, he ignored it. He even asked his team to remove her from the list, and his persistence not to involve her in the investigation was what stagnated their mission for a long time. It was not until Sei finally decided to have her investigated that things began to move forward. Since then, all the mysteries began to unfold. Basically, she was the key to all this all along, no matter how unbelievable it seemed to be. Sei couldn't even begin to digest it at first so he spent all his power to search for a witness that would prove that the information he found wasn't a lie. And when that man confirmed it all, Sei didn't know how to react.

No one would have thought that what Sei was actually searching for this entire time was none other than his own wife's biological father, and that his own wife's creation was the reason for the blast that the world had blamed on him.

Zaki, who was watching Sei's every expression, couldn't even say a word as well. He just sat there, speechless. He could see Sei being hurt the moment he found out that his dear wife was just like them. Someone who had experienced h.e.l.l during her childhood. They both knew that Davi probably lost her memory and that was why she managed to live a normal life since her foster parents adopted her.

At that moment, Zaki wanted to know what Sei was thinking. They both thought that knowing the truth about this case would finally set Sei free but they were completely astounded with the result that they both didn't know what to do next. They were supposed to celebrate once they finally uncovered the truth but fate seemed to take pleasure in playing pranks with their lives.

Quietly, they all returned to Country H. Their long mission had ended successfully. They found the truth they were seeking and yet Sei couldn't even speak a single word about it.

"Sei, tell me. What are we going to do next?" Zaki finally asked as the man just remained silent. His silence was unreadable and even Zaki didn't have any idea what was going on in his mind.

However, after a long and deep silence, Sei raised his face, leaned back on the backrest of his chair and he closed his eyes. He took a long and deep breath before he finally spoke.

"Zaki… let's talk about that soon. Don't worry, I have a plan. This is not over yet. But for now, we're going back. I want to see her. I miss her so much. I feel like I'll die soon if I don't see her." He said and Zaki's spirit almost left him. It was because he finally remembered that Davi was currently in the hospital and Sei still didn't know anything about it yet.

...

Inside a plane, Sei's fatigue and tiredness were finally showing on his face. However, he still refused to sleep. His excitement wouldn't let him rest and Zaki was starting to worry that this man might faint in the hospital if he didn't get any rest now.

d.a.m.n, what should I do? Should I tell him that his wife was rushed to the hospital so he will faint now and have a rest? That's actually better than having him faint due to shock in the hospital, right?

Thinking that it would be less troublesome if he told him now, Zaki prepared himself to spit it out. He even asked a doctor to stand by in case something did happen.

"Anyway, Sei… I actually received a message hours ago. I hope you won't be too shocked by this." Zaki said and looked at him with a little bit of curiosity and a little bit of apprehension.

"What news?" Sei asked and Zaki took a deep breath.

"Whatever I'm going to tell you, just make sure to calm down because everything is alright. You understand?"

"Just spit it out."

"Okay, I will say it. Your wife was involved in a car accident and she is now in the hospital." He finally said and Sei immediately looked at him with wide eyes as he stammered.

"W-w-what did you say?"

"She's in the hospital but they said she's fine so..." Zaki paused his statement, it was because the man had become frozen from shock. Zaki waved his hand in front of Sei's face but when the man didn't blink, he continued talking.

"Hey, still alive? Don't just freeze like this, you're supposed to faint!"