Deathstroke frowned deeply. In fact, this was a little counterintuitive. It was precisely because that boy was so blunt, and because Deathstroke had never heard him complain, that he had assumed everything must be fine. Because if something were wrong, the other party would definitely have said it outright, without hemming and hawing at all.
But from the angle Schiller described, it really was a little abnormal. Because Deathstroke had had more contact with that boy, he knew the other party had many strengths, but his weakness was that he had a rather explosive temper and was overly protective, flaring up at the slightest spark.
Before, when he had come to their home to visit, they had gone shopping at the mall together. Someone stole their parking space, and he jumped out, ready to fight the guy. Though it was indeed that person's fault, his reaction had been far too intense, and the whole way back he kept talking about how utterly lacking in civic virtue that person was.
In all fairness, that person might not have deliberately meant to steal their parking space. He had only seen that the spot happened to be empty and driven over. But that boy described him as heinous beyond redemption. That proved he really was very emotional, and also someone who liked to exaggerate.
Even so, Deathstroke had probed indirectly several times, and had also asked him outright several times, "Has Joseph been bullied at school?" Yet he had said no every time. That was a little strange.
How could Deathstroke not know? Whether it was a public school or a private school, there were bound to be plenty of oddballs. Public schools had more of them, because public schools had hardly any threshold and the quality of students was mixed. But the