freenovelworld Chapter 126 Pain
Chapter 126 Pain
The two sat silently on the bench; the young man's eyes were melancholy, as if he had something difficult to say.
"Why are you still alive?" Bai Yexiu asked the question he most wanted to ask with a cold face.
Bai Yexiu still vividly remembers the bullet that pierced Jason's chest back then. Coupled with the subsequent explosion and fire, was Jason really that lucky?
“It was just a stroke of luck. Now I’m barely clinging to life.” Jason gave a bitter smile and took off his scarf. “This is one of the costs. Apart from my face, the skin on my body is severely burned.”
Jason's exposed neck was covered in shocking burn marks, with uneven patches of new flesh clinging to it, making it look as if the skin had melted away. Even Jason's hands were covered with terrifyingly red new flesh. Just seeing these partial images was enough to imagine how severe Jason's burns were all over his body.
“Not only that, my boss, Apep Idra, is hunting me down. I’m sorry I hurt you in the past for the sake of false justice.”
Jason's melancholy gaze held a mixture of regret and heartache.
Facing Bai Yexiu's cold and silent expression, Jason could only smile bitterly: "I wanted you to kill me to vent my anger, but I didn't expect my heart to be on the right side. After the apartment collapsed, I was rescued by passersby and taken to the hospital."
This was something Bai Yexiu hadn't expected.
He was driven by a strange desire for revenge, wanting Jason to suffer a more painful death, so he deliberately aimed for Jason's heart instead of his head, but unexpectedly, this gave Jason a chance to live.
"I've been looking for you for a long time. Can you kill me one more time? I'd rather die by your hand than by that bastard Appepp."
After catching up, Jason stated his request very directly.
This was a very strong desire of his after he was discharged from the hospital and went to see Appepp.
Because his superior, Appepp, was simply using him. Jason had infiltrated the organization for three years following Appepp's orders, and it was also because of Appepp's interference that his family was harmed—
After news of Jason's "death" broke, his superior, Appepp, claimed that Jason had perished in the explosion along with Cointreau. Appepp was commended and promoted for his "excellent guidance."
After being discharged from the hospital, Jason went to see Appep immediately, but unexpectedly, Appep wanted to kill Jason on the spot.
Jason then realized that Apep had planned all along to take all the credit for himself. In order to kill Jason and Coindu together, he ignored the fact that there were other innocent people in the apartment building, secretly had a bomb planted in the building, and lied in his report afterward, claiming that the bomb was planted by the organization.
His life, along with the lives of several innocent civilians who died in the explosion, became Apep's achievements, a bargaining chip for promotion, and a stepping stone to a higher position.
This is definitely not the justice Jason sought when he first joined Mi6; tragically, his beliefs were used as bargaining chips by others from the very beginning.
"I'll assume you've already died once, and I won't kill you." Bai Yexiu's cold gaze suddenly turned sharp: "I just want you to tell me what Apep did back then?"
……
After secretly settling Jason in, Bai Yexiu disguised himself and hurriedly rushed to catch his flight.
He originally wanted to stay here to investigate Appep, but Gin kept urging him to go back, saying he couldn't spare the time there.
When the apartment was found to be filled with bombs, Bai Yexiu had some suspicions—Jason wasn't the type to kill indiscriminately, disregarding the safety of innocent civilians. After hearing Jason's account, Bai Yexiu developed a strong interest in and desire to kill this Apep Idra.
Could such scoundrels appear in the righteous Mi6?
Realizing that he had already become part of the scheme, Bai Yexiu's face turned terribly gloomy, radiating an aura that kept strangers at bay, even startling the security personnel at the checkpoint.
If Gin hadn't kept urging him, he would have wanted to stay here and deal with Appep, the man who had harmed him, and he wanted to get rid of him personally to vent his hatred.
As for Jason, Bai Yexiu could tell that his appearance hadn't changed in over a year, which meant that Jason had stopped growing and entered the countdown to the death of the Bai Ye clan. It was obvious that he was currently enduring intense physical pain.
Those already on the death countdown were in far greater pain than those not yet on it. Perhaps out of a childish desire for revenge, Bai Yexiu wanted Jason to continue enduring this excruciating pain until Jason's countdown ended.
For Jason right now, keeping him alive is the greatest torment.
Bai Yexiu was still somewhat conflicted. There was another reason why he kept Jason alive, but he was unwilling to admit it.
……
Inside one of the organization's safe houses, Jason's eyes were dark. As usual, he took off his shoes in the entryway and walked into the house. Finally, as if he could no longer bear it, he suddenly fell down and curled up on the ground.
Jason is 25 years old and has the appearance of a handsome man. However, his beautiful features are now grimacing due to pain, and his eyes are bloodshot.
pain.
His entire torso felt as if it were being fried in oil and burned.
He has had this physical pain since he was a child. The orphanage didn't have enough money to take him to the doctor, so he endured it until he grew up, and he still endures it now.
Fortunately, not long after joining the organization, he came up with a good way to purchase the organization's special painkillers from the research group on a long-term basis, which made him feel much better in the three years since he joined the organization than before.
It seems that starting more than a year ago, the pain suddenly became more intense. Even after taking medication, some pain would still remain, but this residual pain did not have a significant impact on Jason.
The problem is that he's out of medication now.
Shortly after being discharged from the hospital, he finished his last box of medicine. He endured the pain and spent more than half a month running around to avoid Apep's pursuit. During this time, ugly new flesh kept growing from his burns, and he often felt unbearably itchy.
Meanwhile, he has also been searching for Bai Yexiu for the past two weeks.
He was shot in the left chest and fell into a brief coma. When he woke up, he was engulfed in flames and was pulled out of the collapsed and burning apartment ruins by passersby and firefighters.
Where is Cointreau?
This was his first thought after regaining consciousness.
Before he lost consciousness, he heard someone from the organization say that a bomb had been planted in the apartment, but he had never suggested planting a bomb in the apartment when discussing countermeasures with his superiors, because there were so many innocent people in the apartment...
He was filled with guilt at that time.
He feared that Cointreau would die in the explosion or be buried in the rubble, while he himself would survive, which would be a punishment for him.
He never actually intended to kill Cointreau in the final operation, even though Cointreau went against the justice he sought.
The reason is probably—
Are they brothers?
Jason felt a surge of joy during tonight's unexpected meeting, but this joy could not mask the despair in his heart.
Where else could he go?