"I'm glad you think so highly of me, Brother Shuichi. But..."
Tangze set down the documents he had not finished reading, letting out a breath as a trace of frustration rose within him.
It was not that he resented Shuichi Akai asking about the situation. The fact that he cared about these things meant that someone cared about him.
Everyone wanted to probe the knots in his heart and help him through his problems and hardships because they were concerned for him. Tangze was grateful for all of it.
What frustrated him was that, in his shaken state at the time, he had not prepared himself carefully enough.
He should have been more cautious. For example, he should have gone to see Lavenza only after returning to the café attic. Then his loss of composure in his shock would not have been exposed to others...
"Enough with the 'but.'" Shuichi Akai shook his head, interrupting Tangze before he could start dodging the subject. "I know you have many concerns. You're hiding many secrets that you can't tell others. Some things are unimaginable, and some are of great importance, so they cannot be revealed lightly. But I'm not asking for the truth. I only want you to be safe, Akira."
Tangze now played far too many roles.
He had planned many operations and completed many templates. He had never wasted his power. Because he had enough ability, he had always done everything he could and taken on greater responsibility.
But Shuichi Akai had known Tangze before all of that. He had never become acquainted with him because of Tangze's abilities.
To Shuichi Akai, the name Tang Ze Zhao had always meant family first and foremost.
He was the child Tang Ze Yichuan and Tang Ze Leona had left behind, the younger