A Qualified Father
February Siege's appearance gave the leaderless Guardians a backbone. Everyone in the conference room voiced their opinions, and they quickly finalized the plan for their next move.
Looking at the calm, composed figure in the seat of honor, everyone was no longer as tense as they had been when they first received the news. The Guardians organization, like a precise and efficient machine, began operating smoothly once more. Everyone knew what they needed to do next, and the moment the meeting ended, they immediately sprang into action.
However, the woman who looked like a secretary did not leave with the others. After only she and February Siege remained in the conference room, she hesitated before speaking. "About Lox, I actually have a guess..."
"I know." February Siege did not look up. After the meeting, he had taken out his phone and was reading the WeChat message his wife had sent him an hour earlier. "Lox is Simon's father."
"Ah."
"I had my suspicions long ago. Mainly because Simon went to Ireland during the holidays, and Lox's IP location had also recently been in Ireland. After suspecting him, I had someone investigate his background. Since he was a researcher, he kept moving around with different projects, but the places he had been to were never too far from Lox's previous IP locations." February Siege said, "That was enough for me to basically confirm that he was Lox."
"As expected, nothing can be hidden from you," the secretary-like woman said admiringly. "I only began suspecting Lox's connection to Zhang Heng because Lox pulled three elite squads away from us. Then yesterday, one of our people in those squads secretly sent me a message, and that was when I learned they had entered the mountains too."
After saying that, the