I’m Someone Else

Chapter 328

Quincy comforted Thomas, patting him on the shoulder as he read the young man’s mind. “Alright, don’t be so hard on yourself. Come on, give me a cigarette,” he said, extending a hand out to Thomas, seemingly not wanting to dwell too much on the topic.

At that, Thomas pulled out two Marlboro cigarettes from his pocket, put one in Quincy’s mouth, and lit it for him before taking a drag with the other one himself.

“You failed your retreat, haven’t you, Thomas?” Quincy took a puff of his cigarette and asked.

He was almost certain of this fact, for Thomas’ pulse was in complete disarray. Even if he was injured, he wouldn’t be in this state. The only explanation was that he had failed in his retreat.

Thomas nodded, admitting it directly. Now that it was just the two of them, there was no need for him to hide anything.

“Is the consequence severe?” An ominous feeling that the consequences of the failed seclusion would be severe lingered within Quincy from the moment he noticed the young man’s abnormal pulse.

“My meridians are damaged, and my energy is in disorder. In other words, my strength will be greatly diminished. I might even become no different from a defenseless woman,” Thomas explained plainly as if he were narrating a passer-by’s misfortune.

Gasp! Quincy took a sharp breath in response. His expression, too, turned beyond grim, for he knew the result was too cruel for Thomas. Wouldn’t this mean that a generation’s peerless genius had officially fallen?!

Unbeknownst to Quincy, it was fortunate that Thomas hadn’t succeeded, for the cost of a successful body toning was far more painful than failing.

Even if Thomas successfully toned up his body, he could only maintain peak strength for three days. After that, he would become an invalid due to the side effects of the body toning; he’d be immobile, having to live the rest of his life in bed.

There was a reason the crazy elder deemed body toning a forbidden technique, for its side effects were too great for anyone to endure.

In fact, one couldn’t use their strength before the body toning was completely successful, or one’s meridians would immediately rupture, resulting in death! But at that time, Thomas had no other choice. He couldn’t simply watch the three martial arts experts sacrifice their lives to protect him, could he?

Moreover, if he continued to say idle, it wouldn’t just be the three martial arts experts who’d die. It was likely that Quincy, John, Samuel, and Raymond would also meet their demise! Meanwhile, he wouldn’t be able to escape either. After Cordan killed the people outside the villa, he would definitely rush in and kill Thomas.

Since he would have to take action sooner or later, why not act sooner?! That way, everyone would live. What was there to hesitate?!

Initially, Thomas felt a surge of backlash force rushing toward him the moment he used his power. However, at the critical moment, his Blood of the Blazing Sun came into play once more. All the blood in his body seemingly burned, forcibly suppressing the backlash force. That was how he was able to severely injure Cordan in the end. This content belongs to Nô/velDra/ma.Org .

Regarding the Blood of the Blazing Sun within his body, Thomas was rather confused as well. He didn’t even know if this bloodline was innate. Even until now, he suspected the Blood of the Blazing Sun in his body was cultivated through the crazy old man making him consume strange and rare medicinal herbs and soaking himself in medicinal jars from a young age.

In actuality, Thomas felt rather helpless now. Not only had he failed to tone up his body, but he also suffered from the backlash of the medicine. If the six old monsters really came knocking on his door, he could only fight them to the death. Even at his peak, he was no match for the six of them, let alone when his strength had greatly diminished. However, in order to protect Olivia, he could only choose to fight to the death. Even if he died in the battle, he would fulfill the promise he made to Olivia. Even if I die, I will die in front of you!

“Take me to the rental house, please. I’d like to check on Chloe.”

“Alright.” Quincy said nothing more and sent Thomas to the apartment complex and only ordered his chauffeur to leave after watching the young man enter the building.

“Thomas!” Chloe threw herself into Thomas’ arms, unable to contain her excitement the moment she saw him.

A strange feeling had been lingering within Chloe lately. She couldn’t shake off the feeling that Thomas was behaving strangely, and the more she pondered about it, the more she believed the words Thomas said to her some time ago were his last words. The foreboding feeling grew even more intense, especially when she couldn’t reach him on the phone. As such, how could she not be excited now that she finally saw Thomas?!

“I’m sorry for the days when I wasn’t around, Chloe. You’ve been through a lot,” Thomas said dotingly while ruffling Chloe’s head.

The young woman knew Thomas was referring to the assassination attempts a couple of days ago. At that, she quickly shook her head and said, “Don’t worry about it, Thomas. Look at me. I’m fine, aren’t I? I’m okay as long as I find you okay and well in front of me.”

Thomas shook his head and smiled bitterly. They said a woman’s sixth sense was particularly accurate. He didn’t believe it before, but now, he had to, even if he didn’t want to.

At the same time, he was grateful for John and the others’ aid, or there would’ve been nothing left but the Hahns’ ashes by the time he came out of the retreat.

Right now, Adam had gone out for a walk, leaving only Chloe alone at home.

While Thomas walked into the living room and paid his respects to Chloe’s mother, the young woman stood beside him, watching. She parted her lips a few times but just couldn’t bring herself to speak up.

She wanted to ask if Thomas had offended some big shot. Otherwise, why would those assassins target her?!

“I won’t leave tonight. Is there anything to eat at home?” Thomas turned his head to Chloe.

After all, Olivia was currently in Capitalis. He’d be alone even if he returned to Northpine Villa, so he might as well stay and accompany Chloe.

He had already asked Quincy and given him the prescription so that Quincy could use his connections to get Olivia the medicine she needed. No matter what, clearing the toxins from her body was the most important thing.

“We have food. What would you like to eat? I’ll make it for you!”

“I should do it.”

“No, you rest. I’ll take care of it.”

Chloe was exceptionally happy after hearing that Thomas wouldn’t be leaving for the night and scuttled into the kitchen to prepare dinner.

Meanwhile, Thomas sat on the couch, his brows furrowed. He’d be heading to Capitalis the following day. He’d like to see for himself just how capable this Genius of Capitalis was.

Despite suffering from the backlash of the medicine and no longer being at his peak, he remained fearless. To him, the self-proclaimed genius was nothing more than a jester. What was there to fear?