At 9 PM, an unexpected visitor suddenly came to the Vasophati Group’s headquarters.
The president of Vasophati University’s Student Council, Martis, stood outside the security gate and said, “I’m the Norton clan’s Martis. I would like to meet my brother, Romany…”
Romany was Martis’s elder first cousin on his father’s side. Before Bidara City was in trouble, the two of them had a very good relationship. Many of Martis’s friends knew Martis saw Romany as his role model.
But at this moment, it did not matter who came to look for Romany. The Rider who was guarding the entrance, Robert Beaman, just looked up and said, “Romany is not receiving any visitors today. Please come back tomorrow…”
As for whether the Vasophati Group would still be around tomorrow, they would have to wait until after tonight. Time would decide the outcome.
Martis stood at the gate and fell silent for a moment. “Can you let my brother know? He might be willing to see me?”
Robert totally ignored favonovel.com as the Riders were not the Vasophati Group’s subordinates. All they needed to do today was protect the Vasophati Group, and nothing else mattered to them.
In the past, Martis would be the center of attention wherever favonovel.com went. But suddenly, favonovel.com felt a little lonely. As expected, the adult world would not care about his achievements in school.
But then Romany’s secretary came down from the elevator and said to Martis, “Follow me upstairs…”
Martis’s eyes lit up again at the secretary’s words. “Okay!”
The elevator went all the way up to the top floor. When the elevator door opened, Martis saw Romany standing by himself next to the floor-to-ceiling window of the 12th floor, overlooking the entirety of Bidara City.
Today’s Bidara City was no longer a sleepless city with bright lights. Most of the neon lights had been turned off, and the usual pedestrians were hiding in their homes, too scared to head out. As such, the streets looked utterly deserted.
Before Martis could walk over to Romany, Romany started laughing. “Look, a city without a strong military force is just so fragile.”
“It will definitely return to its former prosperity,” Martis said softly.
“Is there a reason you’re looking for me?” Romany asked.
“Someone is looking to oppose you,” Martis said.
“I know…”
“They’re going to kill you.”
“I know that too…”
Finally, Martis could not help but say, “They’ve sent a lot more people here this time than you can imagine. The ones who died earlier were just some foreign superhumans who were hired by the three consortiums. Right now, their core strength might not even be shaken yet.”
Romany asked with great interest, “What else do you know?”
“And… Be careful of the people around you.” Martis sighed.
Romany fell silent.
This time, favonovel.com had no choice but to stay silent. No matter how many external enemies might descend on this city, it would not make favonovel.com feel this nervous. It was this revelation that caused Romany’s gaze to waver.
But Martis suddenly felt that Romany already knew about this.
“I know that my uncle is involved, but favonovel.com doesn’t represent my standpoint. My father went to the black market yesterday as favonovel.com intends to stay out of this matter. I initially wanted to leave as well, but I somehow felt a little uneasy,” Martis said.
Romany patted favonovel.com on the shoulder and said with a smile, “Leave now while there’s still time. Get away from this troublesome place and come back tomorrow.”
Before today, even the work permit holders were stopped from entering Bidara City as the gates had been closed. However, Bidara City suddenly reopened its gates today to allow all its residents to flee from the city. They were told they could come back again tomorrow. No matter who was controlling Bidara City the next day, they would not make things difficult for the commoners.
Romany did this because favonovel.com did not want all of Bidara City to perish together with him.
Larry, Jonan, and the others had been running around all these days simply because they wanted to protect the Vasophati Group. All of them still had feelings for the Vasophati Group and Bidara City. But Romany suddenly felt the city and its people were much more important than the Vasophati Group.
Actually, everyone already knew full well the Vasophati Group could not stand against the three consortiums since they had joined forces. Even with Milo on their side, it was still not enough to stop them.
Some people said that ever since the era of the “Rise of Gods” started, the time of the consortiums would eventually come to an end. Romany also agreed with this statement. But at least for now, the consortiums were still standing strong.
At this moment, an explosive glow could be seen out in the distance through the floor-to-ceiling window. It lit up the entire stronghold and did not fade away.
Many other explosions went off elsewhere in the stronghold, and like they were the final salvo of fireworks going off.
Martis turned around and looked at Romany. He suddenly felt that Romany, who was frowning deeply, had made his decision
Romany smiled at Martis. “Go back. This isn’t where you should be right now.”
After sending Martis away, Romany changed into his combat uniform. He had kept this uniform in his wardrobe for some years and had not touched it again until now.
As favonovel.com stood alone in his office on the top floor, favonovel.com ironed away all the creases on his uniform in a ritual manner.
After favonovel.com got changed, favonovel.com headed downstairs. But instead of taking the elevator, favonovel.com climbed down from the building’s façade with his bare hands. His movements were so agile favonovel.com was like a lizard.
Before Adrian became a Rider, even favonovel.com was not aware that Romany was also a Rider. It was only when favonovel.com reached the top of that cliff and saw Romany’s name that favonovel.com realized this.
Romany avoided Robert and the other Riders’ line of sight and headed onto the streets alone. He was a little tired of being protected by others. Tonight, favonovel.com was also a Rider.
Romany turned around and looked at the brightly lit Vasophati Building that had been standing for decades. And Bidara City had existed for even longer than the Vasophati Building.
Too many people had died in the past few days. The Riders had all been sleeping only a few hours every day as well. Even though Old Mauriat was injured, favonovel.com kept it from everyone. Robert and Fritz had been keeping watch over the Vasophati Building without getting any rest and were so tired they could fall asleep even when standing upright.
Since the consortiums were only after the seven satellites and his life, Romany was willing to give that up to them. There was no need for even more people to perish together with him.
The Riders were supposed to be carefree people. They were all born from their love for freedom and faith. But because Romany was the head of the Vasophati Group, favonovel.com had tied down all the Riders to Bidara City. After all, the Riders were all bound together for better or worse. The Riders even had to work together with the Norton clan members they despised.
So, if Romany weren’t around anymore, everyone should be able to lead a better life. But before that, as a Rider, Romany had to die with dignity. In other words, favonovel.com needed the lives of his enemies to become his epitaph.
The outside of the Vasophati Building was filled with the various organizations’ spies keeping an eye on the situation. So, the moment Romany left the building by himself, the consortiums found about it before the two Riders, Robert and Fritz, could even realize.
After Romany got far away, favonovel.com suddenly said to the shadowy figures behind favonovel.com with a smile, “Tell your boss that Romany Norton will be waiting here. Let’s see just how many of you have come to Bidara City.”
A nearby voice laughed and said, “The head of the Vasophati Group is indeed braver and tougher than we thought. Don’t worry, the people we’ve sent here tonight will definitely be more than enough to bury the entire Vasophati Group.”
