Wilbur let Ralph into his car and drove to Greensource Corp. Barney called right after they had parked. "Have you brought him?" "I have. We've just arrived. Just give me a minute." "Alright. I'll be waiting." The call ended, and Wilbur took the elevator up to the balcony with Ralph. Ralph's expression was icy. "I'm here now, Barney. Just say whatever you want to." Barney smirked coldly. "I didn't think you would've stooped this low, Mister Ralph. We used to be powerful colleagues, but now we're at Wilbur Penn's mercy." Ralph shouted, "That's enough, Barney! Stop bringing up the past and just tell me what you want from me!" Barney lit himself a cigarette. "There's something you know I care about deeply, and I'd like an answer from you." "It's been ten years, and you still haven't let it go yet!" Ralph exclaimed. Barney shrugged. "There are some things you'll never be able to let go of. You should know that better than me, Mister Ralph." Ralph said, "I'm not the man
Ralph loosened his tie, smirking smugly. "Barney used to be in love with this girl named Annie ten years ago, but one day, Annie killed herself. I knew the reason all along, but Barney didn't. He wanted to know, so I finally gave him an answer." Wilbur stared at Ralph in shock. "What? Barney killed himself?" Ralph said, "I told her that Annie had been in love with me, not him. I rejected Annie very harshly, and she couldn't take it. That was why she killed herself. You must know how beautiful love is to a young man and woman, sir. That lady had been the entire world to Barney, but I fooled him too." "You lied to him?" "That's right." Ralph looked nothing but smug, looking extremely confident when it came to talking about women. "The truth was that Annie was in love with Barney, too. She knew Barney and I were close, so she came looking for me on her own hoping that I'd help her give Barney her love letter." "I took her body in my very house, and she hung herself not long afte
Wilbur nodded, glancing at Ralph's corpse and not feeling surprised in the slightest. His phone rang then. It was a call from Paul. "Mister Paul." "Good job, Wilbur. Congratulations on completing your mission. Now, please leave with Demetra as soon as possible. There's going to be a massive change within Greensource Corp tonight, and a storm coming for Cametra in a matter of days. You can take the time to talk about living in Dasha with Tina." The call ended, and Wilbur left with Demetra. It was late at night by the time they returned home, and Wilbur restored his health on his bed. Tina did not send breakfast to him the next morning, so Wilbur skipped it altogether and focused on channeling his spiritual energy. That afternoon, Kyra called Wilbur out for lunch. Wilbur saw Tina with reddened eyes at the table as she kept her head bowed and was just about able to guess what had happened. He kept to himself, digging into the food silently. It rained heavily that night, and Wil
Wilbur said, "True love might not be a real thing after all. Barney and Annie were too stubborn and believed too strongly that they had made the right choice, but things were never black and white like they believed." "Mm." Tears welled up in Tina's eyes. "Yeah, there's no clear right or wrong. Love might just be a temporary feeling that exists for a certain period of time. It'll fade after that." She got to her feet before Wilbur could respond, pushing the door open and leaving without another word. Wilbur took a deep breath and stared at the ceiling. He did not blame Tina, as long-distance relationships hardly ever worked out. Besides, Tina was a good daughter. The rain eventually lessened but did not seem to be stopping anytime soon. Wilbur bought a few crates of beer and drank to his heart's content with Demetra. Demetra downed an entire bottle, his expression twisting as David took over his body to say, "Ah, I haven't drunk like that in a while." Wilbur clinked his bot
Things had been quiet for a while. Wilbur was able to find out from the news that there had been a huge change throughout Cametra in the past few days, and the medical industry was completely uprooted. The medical industry was one of the strongest pillars of Cametra, and the revolution was a huge blow to many businesses big and small. The news spread around the world quickly enough, and even the people from the Cultivators Association found out about it. Wilbur thought that the weather would clear up by the fifth day after so much rain, but the skies remained dark and cloudy, and the rain continued to rage on. Wilbur was about to get some beer to drink up a storm with Demetra once more, but Kyra came looking for him before he could head downstairs. Kyra looked at Wilbur with a serious expression. "Mister Penn, Mister Paul would like to see you." "Mister Paul? Where is he?" "Come with me." Kyra brought Wilbur to her room, where Paul was. Paul was wearing a coat, a wide-brim
Now, it was going to take someone to go underwater to restore the cables so that the cage could be opened to free the ocean beast. "The Dark Messenger's far more powerful than me. Why are you looking for me instead of him?" "The Messenger has a mission of his own to complete, and he has left Cametra. You're the only one who can help with this, Mister Penn. Of course, we'll compensate you handsomely for this once it's done." "I've just got one request," Wilbur said. "Take care of Tina and her mother. As long as you agree to that, I'll go." "Of course. That's no problem at all." That afternoon, Wilbur drove out of Aidementon with Paul. They sped all the way to the beach, driving into the Greensource Corp building by the water. Paul had the technicians show the structure of the cage hidden in the sea. The 3D image was pulled up onscreen, and Paul pointed something in front and a little to the left of the cage. "This is where the cables broke. Please help us restore them once y
The ocean beast was enormous. Wilbur looked like an ant in front of it. However, the beast seemed to be extremely sensitive to its surroundings in the water. When Wilbur appeared, the sleeping beast slowly opened its eyes. It got up abruptly when it saw Wilbur, striking its tail against the cage and letting out a series of deafening noises as if to show its hatred for humans. Wilbur had never seen a creature this big, and a chill ran down his spine as he froze at the sight before him, unsure what to do. Bang! Bang! Bang! Just then, the loud thrashing shocked Wilbur out of his stupor. He did not hesitate any longer, looking around him in search of the cable. According to the template, it should be in front of the left corner of the cage, but it was nowhere in sight. Upon making a round, Wilbur realized that the cable was behind the beast. The cage was a massive thing, but the unplugged cable had completely fallen into the mud at the bottom of the ocean. Wilbur swam to th
However, releasing the beast would require connecting the cable, or it would continue to rain heavily in Aidementon and even lead to a flood. Wilbur glanced at the cable that had fallen into the mud. He looked up at the beast, only to see that the beast was looking at him as well. From the size of the ocean beast, it was obvious that it usually fed on larger marine animals such as whales or sharks. Human beings seemed impossibly tiny in comparison, but the beast was looking straight at Wilbur right then, sending a chill down his spine. After all, no one would enjoy being stared at by such a huge creature. Wilbur did not know how to express to the beast that he was trying to help it and could only swim once again to where the cable was to pull it up. Wilbur originally planned to stay away from the beast and approach after bringing the cable up to a suitable height. However, the space he had to maneuver the cable around was not much to work with, so he could not go further than t