"How about you rest some more? I’m sure no one would enter Xander’s room at this point with how tight the security is right now," Tyrone commented, seeing how Raine was up early to coax her not to go back to the hospital.
They just got back at the penthouse at around 4 AM, so Raine only got to sleep three hours or less. She looked so restless, and Tyrone could feel how greatly she was affected by the loss of two of her squad members.
"I can’t afford to have one. I thought that leaving that assassin alive would somehow help Xander and his team gather more information about uncle and his plant. But it seems I underestimated Uncle too much. That sudden turn of events was unexpected," Raine hollowly commented.
"I’ll go with you then. You still need your secretary, Doctor Yao," Tyrone said with a frown as he quickly grabbed the car keys to drive Raine to the hospital. Raine let out a loud breath as she watched Tyrone’s back.
Tyrone knew what was bothering Raine. Just this morning, Levi updated her on the conversation between Rui and the military officers. On how the assassin suddenly spasmed violently and died just as Rui and the military police were about to question him. Later on, during the autopsy, they found a chip implanted in his brain in such a way that it completely controlled his life.
"All this time... Uncle must have had his own laboratory experimenting on people and mutants," Raine helplessly whispered while they were inside the car.
In the conversation from Rui’s bugged mobile phone, there was an improvised device that controlled the functions of the brain to extreme levels. It had the power to shut the brain of the person down should the need for it showed itself.
"Do you plan on investigating this too?" Tyrone asked.
Clenching her jaw, Raine exclaimed, "Of course! This is against our laws! Treating humans and mutants like guinea pigs for their experiments is disgusting and abhorrent!"
Tyrone was surprised to know about it as well. It seemed as if Yun was committing many heinous things without the Mirage Council’s consent. He wondered if his brother, Raine’s father, knew about all of this.
"I’m curious. Do you think your father was aware of all this before he fell into a coma?" Tyrone asked. "It seemed as if Yun had been planning all these things for far too long. King Arthur’s twins, including their bloodlines, died in his hands..."
Raine didn’t reply. Although Tyrone was already her right-hand man, she purposely kept some confidential details from him. Like how her father had eradicated King Arthur’s family and followers years ago...
So... the question he asked... was obviously answerable by YES. However, Raine was not so sure anymore. She might have found out once that her uncle confessed, or maybe once her father awakened.
She looked at Tyrone. He acted as if he wasn’t aware. Maybe he was really just Tyrone and not Nathaniel Yue? Yet... she still had her doubts...
Raine’s mobile phone rang, interrupting her from her stupor.
"Boss, Xander had just woken up, and he was shifted to the VIP room with an around-the-clock neurosurgical nursing team around," Levi reported.
"Alright, I’m on my way to the hospital. I’ll fly back to deliver Jill and Johnny’s bodies personally. See you guys soon..." Raine said before she ended the call.
She looked at Tyrone, "You stay here and make sure Xander is safe. I know that they’ll tighten the security around him more, but let’s still make sure that he’s safe."
Tyrone only nodded. He was hoping that Raine would let him accompany her to the Moon Clan Territory, but he understood the situation right now and how Xander’s safety was way more important. Other things could wait...
Raine went straight to Rui’s office as soon as they arrived at the hospital. She knew Rui wasn’t around yet, so she waited patiently in his office.
Rui was startled to see Candice in his office and comfortably swinging on his chair as if it was hers.
"Do you think you’re having fun at your home?" he scorned as he sat down on his couch instead. Next time, he should scold his secretary for always allowing this woman to wait inside his private office.
Candice laughed, "Why are you that harsh Dr. Dee? Don’t worry, I’ll disappear from your sight soon, so at least be good to me during my days in your hospital."
Rui’s face became dark and gloomy as he looked at Dr. Yao intently. Dr. Yao laughed as she stood up from his chair. She sat on the opposite couch where Rui was sitting, crossing her legs and arms as she leaned on into her seat
"You see... The environment in your country is too stifling for me. I feel like someone or other dies every now and then. By the way, how is Dr. Xander Yang? I hope he’s doing well. I wanted to visit him, but the security around him is. Hmmm... Should I say it’s tight? Such tight security that even a mouse can’t enter his ward!!"
Raine scoffed, and Rui could sense the mocking tone in her words as if she was aware of the attack that happened in Xander’s room.
Rui straightened his back and leaned a bit forward towards Dr. Yao. "Yeah, I guess it’s quite tight since they’re not allowing a mouse like you to enter his room. Anyway, if you want, you can visit him with me as soon as he’s all well. Tell me, Candice, how soon are you going to disappear?"
Raine stood up and smirked, "Don’t worry. I might disappear for a bit before returning here again just to bother you. I just need to fix a few things..."
Raine walked outside his office and back inside her clinic with heavy footsteps.
"I already filed your indefinite leave," Tyrone informed as soon Raine arrived.
The latter only nodded. She didn’t look good, and Tyrone was worried about letting her leave on her own so he suggested, "How about I come with you, Boss? You see, it’ll be hard for me to closely monitor Xander too since I can no longer come inside the hospital as an employee, and seeing me around lurking would be suspicious. All I can do is monitor the outside like Dan and the rest. And with that, I strongly believe Dan could handle it already. Plus, Dylan is the man we can have inside as a patient..."
Raine was not used to having someone this close around her, but she was getting used to having Tyrone constantly around her. She started leaning on him and she wondered if it was a good thing or not. Although, she knew that she shouldn’t really do such things.
She looked at him and whispered, "Alright. Let’s leave together..."