Mutual Protection

"Fortunately, Robet wasn't influenced by my teachings. Robet, you did well. Don't burden yourself mentally—you're a good kid! No, you're a true man. You not only protected yourself, but also protected our family!" Jonathan looked at Robet with relief and praised him.

In Jonathan's eyes, Robet was only fifteen. Even if he was an alien, and even if he had spoken so casually about killing people just now, Robet's heart definitely couldn't be at ease. That was why Jonathan wanted to encourage him and keep him from feeling burdened.

Jonathan even turned to glance at Clark. He felt that Clark should have been the one to take on the Brotherhood.

After all, just as Jonathan was willing to protect the secret of his son's abilities with his own life, Clark should also shoulder the responsibility of being an older brother and protect his younger brother, Robet...

But Jonathan soon thought of Clark's personality, as well as the influence of his earlier teachings, and ultimately said nothing.

Jonathan had to admit that when he taught Clark, he had viewed many matters too one-sidedly. He had never considered the complicated situations Clark might face when dealing with problems. Fortunately, Robet had been there today. Otherwise, given Clark's personality, he might really have let those two assassins go, or turned them over to the police...

"This is all something I should have done. I believe that if you, Dad, had encountered this kind of situation, you would have protected our family without hesitation too, wouldn't you?" Just as Jonathan was sighing inwardly, Robet smiled at him and spoke softly.

"So, I hope you won't say things like, 'Even if I'm about to die right in front of you, don't choose to save me' anymore. That kind of thing is impossible! Exposing our abilities and saving your life are two completely unrelated matters!"

"Besides, you're willing to sacrifice your life to keep our abilities from being exposed, so why can't we expose our abilities to save yours? You're also a member of this family, Dad. How can you be the only one protecting us and not let us protect you?"

This was also one of the reasons Robet had chosen to be completely honest. He had never been able to agree with Jonathan's earlier way of thinking. How could they ignore their family's safety just to hide their abilities?

"You were so dull for the first fifteen years, but now you've become quite the smooth talker, and you even know how to adapt..." Jonathan laughed with relief. He patted Robet's shoulder, then looked at his two sons and said seriously, "You're right. We're family, and we should protect one another!"

"Clark, Dad didn't consider that you might face such a complicated situation. That was my mistake. You've grown up now, so go and make the choice you believe is right!"

"Didn't I already make the right choice?" Clark listened to Jonathan and Robet's conversation. He was moved for a moment, then shook his head and said with a smile.

At that moment, Clark suddenly felt much more relaxed inside. He didn't know whether he could step forward and face everything, but he felt that he no longer needed to hide his abilities as cautiously as before!

Living while suppressing himself like that had been far too exhausting!

"What's the situation? Did you figure out why that lousy Loom targeted you?" Robet looked at the codebook in Clark's hands and asked.

"According to the translation in the codebook..." Clark flipped through it as he explained, "the Loom predicted a scene: I was floating in midair while the people below worshiped me as a god. The Loom didn't want gods to appear in this world, so it had the Brotherhood kill me before I could become one."

"That's it?" Robet stared at the codebook in surprise. "It saw you floating in the air and decided you could become a god? Then why didn't it think I could become one? And it only saw one scene—how did it dare send people to kill you without even understanding your strength?"

"Judging from the limited information we have, that does seem to be the case. Moreover, it appears that the Fate Weaver can't decide what exactly it predicts. It can only randomly see certain scenes, then lock onto a target and have the Brotherhood act..." Clark analyzed it briefly before speaking softly.

"These predicted scenes may or may not have anything to do with it. So rather than calling it the Brotherhood's faith, it would be more accurate to say that it's a self-aware machine capable of making predictions. You have no idea—the things it said while begging for mercy when you appeared before it were something I had never seen in my life..."

"So it was begging for mercy!" Robet sneered, speaking disdainfully. "Even knowing that, I still wouldn't have spared it. Something that schemes against people from behind the scenes deserves to be completely destroyed!"

"So you weren't exposed and targeted by someone else?" Jonathan asked, relieved, when he heard this. He looked at Robet and Clark.

"We probably weren't exposed. Robet didn't leave any traces at the Brotherhood, and the police haven't found any clues either. However, the police have discovered that the textile factory was hiding the Brotherhood, an assassin organization..." Clark's eyes flickered slightly as he gazed into the distance and spoke softly.

"So the police believe that the Brotherhood was wiped out because someone from the underworld sought revenge. And since Robet's methods were somewhat... well, traceless, the police have no way to continue investigating."

In front of the Kents, Clark slightly altered his description. He didn't mention that Robet had beaten most of the assassins until not even their corpses remained. Although Robet didn't seem to care much, Clark still wanted to help him maintain his image.

Clark didn't know whether the Kents could get used to Robet's ruthless way of killing. At least Clark himself was not entirely accustomed to it... However, he had to admit that perhaps, in some situations, Robet's style of dealing with matters was better at eliminating future trouble.

If Clark were handling the Brotherhood now, he should be able to kill Fox and Carlos, who had sniped at them, in order to protect his family. But he probably couldn't bring himself to personally slaughter every assassin in the Brotherhood. Even though he had changed his outlook and stopped suppressing his abilities, killing was simply not something Clark liked...

"From now on, leave the task of ending our enemies' lives to me!" Clark remembered what Robet had said earlier. He felt that letting Robet handle such matters might also be a viable choice. At least until he found a path that suited him, this way of dealing with things was the best choice for The Kent Family right now.

And so, the alarm surrounding The Kent Family was temporarily lifted. However, the Brotherhood's destruction caused quite a stir in the underworld.

For Clark and Robet, dealing with the Brotherhood had been effortless, and the actual fight had taken less time than the journey there. But to the underworld—especially the assassin world—the Brotherhood had been an organization with extraordinary abilities. The destruction of such an organization put everyone on alert...

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