Chapter 421: Trouble
It was only in the evening that Michael finally left the Wilson family residence. He had quite an extended chat with Abel, who was much more enthusiastic than Michael had anticipated.
Abel a had a lot of things to talk about, and he managed to engage Michael, and with him chatting like this, Michael got familiar with him.
The gap that was between the two of them vanished, and Michael talked more and even laughed with Abel. The atmosphere was great, especially after the two ladies joined them.
Even though the dishes that were prepared could not match the level of the dishes that he always prepared for himself, Michael still ate.
And it was during meal time that he realized that there was something different about the food. It was not the taste of the food, but the feeling that he got while eating the food was different.
It reminded him of the time that his parents were alive, and they would eat dinner together. Probably, this was brought about by the feelings that they shared.
"Make sure to come back when you have time. Or if not, you can always invite us to come over, we can spend more time together." Abel said to Michael as Michael was leaving.
"I’ll remember that, uncle. You have a nice evening, and when I get a chance, I will make sure to come back." Michael responded as he genuinely smiled.
His words were genuine. He really liked the atmosphere here, and he did not detect the hypocrisy that some of the members of the Santos family had.
This family genuinely cared about him. Therefore, he was much more willing to come back later on, so that he could relive this feeling, the one that reminded him of his parents.
The memories of his parents obviously left him sad at times. But, with the fact that he was planning to bring them back to life when he got a chance in the future, he became happy about it.
At least, even though it had already been a few years since they had gone, he could remember them by talking to others that knew about them.
Even though they mostly talked about his mother, Michael did not mind. In any case, the short time that he had spent with the Wilsons left him happy.
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"Do you know what you did? I remember that I instructed you that you are not supposed to act unless you have been given permission.
Then, what did you do? You went ahead and caused so much chaos, for no reason. Do you understand how much trouble you have caused by killing so many people?!" A woman furiously asked.
This lady had a slightly plump physique, with blonde hair and a pair of glasses. She was currently wearing a casual outfit, a pair of black jeans and a white T-shirt, with a white lab coat over it.
The person that she was talking to was none other than Jackson. And at this moment, Jackson’s expression was grim.
Previously, when he took action against the blood reapers syndicate, he did not think much about it. In any case, he believed that after he was done, and did not use his abilities, apart from the innate strength, it would not be a problem for him at all.
In his mind, he believed that the organization would not really care that much about such as small action. After all command the people that he had taken care of could be considered small fish.
Additionally, he did not think that it would cause so much commotion. Yes, there were several gunshots, but other than that, there was nothing more.
Several mutants had acted, but they were easily taken care of by him. They did not have a chance to allow ordinary people to know about mutants.
Unexpectedly, just a few days later, here he was, facing the top figure in the organization, being questioned about his actions.
It just never crossed his mind that something that he had done so casually, would actually reach the ears of the top figure within the organization.
This lady, Isabella, was the director general of the International Health and Biosecurity Organization. This institution was in charge of responding to pandemics, biological threats, and advanced medical research.
From his knowledge, it was clear that this organization was one of the major forces that were involved in the research of the mutation serum.
The level of the mutation serums that they could produce at the moment was something that Jackson did not know about. But, when he was still 18 years old, he had signed a contract with this organization.
At the moment he was still under the contract, which implied that his actions had to consider this organization.
Definitely, would he previously did was not in line with the organization. They usually sent him to take action against some people, mostly mutants, but it was only once in a while.
"I’m sorry, I had a grudge against that force. They were targeting my family. I had no other choice but to deal with them." Jackson responded in a low voice.
He understood that if he did not give a good explanation to why he did what he did, it could be detrimental to him.
That was especially because unexpectedly, dealing with just a small syndicate had caused so much chaos within the capital. This had attracted the attention of so many major forces, and quite a number of mutants had acted.
Of course, those mutants were swiftly dealt with by the force that was in charge of monitoring mutants. But even then, the damage was already done.
Some ordinary people had seen them take action, or had faced the mutants. Most of those that were targeted by the mutants were of course dead. But a few of them had survived.
From this, it was pretty clear that the issue about mutants would be exposed very soon. Even though the government had already taken action, swiftly controlling the situation, but things had already escalated.
If it was just mutants acting, this would have nothing to do with him. It was just that, this was a chain reaction of him dealing with the blood reapers syndicate.
Without leaders, the syndicate was obviously about to collapse. The other forces noticed this, they immediately decided to take the chance, to seize as much assets as possible.
This ended up leading to a conflict between several forces. Then, the conflict between them escalated, to the extent that several mutants were involved.
It was because of this that, after an investigation, they found out about him taking action. Even though he had tried to hide his identity, simply because he was within that building on that day, he was picked out.
"Do you take me for an idiot? Before I called you here, I had already had someone investigate. From the information that I got, it seems that you initially had a collaboration relationship with Amos, the leader of the Syndicate.
You targeted someone, Michael Santos. That person, he is not simple, and he is currently under the radar of several major figures in this world.
With him being involved, of course, there will be a lot of scrutiny. And guess what? You have just gone against the contract with your actions, and the consequences are not small.
So, what do you think should be done about what you did? It is not something that you can do, instead, it is something that should be done to you." Isabella asked, still frowning.
Just 2 days ago, there was a meeting. She was in the meeting when Michael was mentioned. And not long after, someone under her was involved with Michael.
Even though it had not yet been proved, there was definitely an association between Michael and Jackson. After all, it was after Jackson went to kill Michael, which did not happen, that he went to deal with the blood reapers syndicate.
Previously, this had nothing to do with her, and she was intending to focus on research. Even though she was the director general of the research institute, that did not mean that she was idle.
In fact, most of the management work was done by her subordinates. Instead, she usually spent most of her time in the lab.
Jackson was someone that she had been using for research. It was because of this that he was even talking to him right now, because she was about to have a breakthrough.
And Jackson was crucial for that, which implied that he should not have any accidents. Otherwise, things could easily fall apart, and he would need to take a very long time in order to be able to have the breakthrough.
If she succeeded, the fatality rate of the mutation serums would be greatly reduced. This obviously included the low level serums.
But now, it seemed that things would be a little difficult to handle. After all, anything related to Michael was not simple. That was especially with his identity still not clear.
Upon hearing Isabella’s question, Jackson went silent. He did not have a response. But in his heart, he was tremendously shocked.
Of course, he knew the identity of this lady. She was one of the top figures in this world, quite well-known.
From what she had said, it was clear that Michael was someone that she knew. And more than that, please identity was not simple.
As he thought about the fact that he had attempted to assassinate him, he felt his blood going cold. If Michael wanted to kill him, from the looks of it, it was much easier than he had previously thought.
Isabella was not expecting Jackson to give her a response. Instead, she was trying to think of a solution. And just then, her phone began ringing.
Looking at the phone, she realized that it was not her normal phone. Instead, it was the one that was used by the members of the main organization that her research institute was part of.
Immediately, her expression shifted, and the anger on her face intensified as she glared at Jackson.