After Max left the room after leaving everyone suspicious, he went out into the city where it all began.
"Max, is that you?" an elderly lady asked as Max walked into a restaurant in the city. "Yes, it's me," he said as he smiled.
"Oh, my... It's really you!" the lady said as she broke down in tears and hugged Max. "Why, cry, Mrs Lin?" Max asked as he comforted her.
Mrs Lin is a lady Max helped back then when he came to China for a mission to help Dark Society on. After completing the mission with Dark Society, he came here to eat and then explore the city after, but instead, he was encountered by someone he wished he never encountered.
Mr Dark came with his men on that day to ruin Mrs Lin's restaurant, because her son had got himself entangled with Mr Dark and his people. In order for Mr Dark to get revenge on Mrs Lin's son, he came to Mrs Lin's restaurant to try to destroy it, but since Max was there, that plan never came true.
Max saw what was happening and got into a fight with Mr Dark and his men. Max took down all of Mr Dark's men but was encountered by a surprise attack from Mr Dark. Mr Dark went behind Max as he was distracted fighting Mr Dark's men and injected him with sleep medicine.
From that day, Mrs Lin has always been looking for Max to thank him, but couldn't until this day.
"Thank you for what you did for my restaurant when you were here! It means a lot! Everything on the menu is free for you!" she bowed after saying with tears running from her eyes.
"No need to thank Mrs Lin. I just did what I thought was right," Max said with a cute smile. "Oh, Mrs Lin, can I get some dumplings please," Max asked politely.
After 30 minutes, Mrs Lin came back with ten dumplings prepared neatly in a bowl for Max.
"So, Max, why are you here?" Mrs Lin asked. After Max heard her question, he started choking on the dumplings Mrs Lin prepared for him.
Max gulps some water then looks at Mrs Lin then says, "No real reason!", then winks at her with a smile.
"Max, you haven't visited China since that painful nightmare you were living in ended," Mrs Lin said again, which shocked Max.
"Can I say because I wanted to visit here?" he asked as he scratched behind his head. "No, you can't," Mrs Lin replied in a stern tone.
Max sighs before saying, "Dark is back...". Hearing that Dark is back never shocked Mrs Lin because she knew that Dark heart is cold as ice and anything involving money, weapons or drugs that man will show.
"So, I'm guessing the reason for this visit is to warn me?" Mrs Lin asked in a serious tone. "No." Max replied.
"I came here to find out if you have seen him around here or heard anything about his presence," Max said in a low tone as he looked around to see if anyone was watching or listening to Mrs Lin and his conversation.
"No son, I have heard nothing about that man for months now..." Mrs Lin replied. Hearing that, Max nodded his head then said, "Well, thanks for the meal and stay out of trouble now!".
"Bye son and take care!" Mrs Lin shouts as Max leaves the restaurant.
After visiting Mrs Lin's restaurant, Max went back to his room, but before entering, he stood by the door and listened to what was happening inside.
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"Are you sure we can trust this guy?" Angelina, who was around a table with the rest of the squad members, asked.
"I still believe in Max and know he will never side with the enemy," Alex, who trusted Max with his own life, said.
"What about you Gel, can you trust him?" Angelina asked. "So far, he looks like a good guy. I don't think I have a problem with him, but if he's playing us, I won't hesitate to put a bullet through his brain with my tiger roar gun," Gelissa replied.
"France, what do you think?", Angelina asked. "I... um... I'm not sure," Francisco replied, as he scratched behind his head.
"Well, What I think is that Max has an outstanding personality, but his kind face won't fool and deceive me. Until I know or figure out what he was doing, calling someone last night will tell if I should or shouldn't trust him," Angelina said.
"But in the meantime, watch your back, because this is a dangerous mission. The world practically depends on us to pass this mission and save them, so let's not mess this up...", Angelina said again, then after making such a speech, she left from around the table and went into her room.
After listening to his squad make plans without him, he opened the door and went in. As he entered, everyone who was around the table looked at him with suspicious eyes.
"I got dumplings!" Max said as he put on a smile on his face and put the dumplings on the table.
"How do we know it's not poison?" Alex asked, which shocked Max. Max said nothing, but took one dumpling up and bit into it.
"You eating one proves nothing, Max," Alex said with a stare at Max, which could kill anyone.
Max never tries to comfort his squad and tell them that he's not a traitor or anything because he believes that they should be the ones to choose if they should or shouldn't trust him.
"Well, if you don't want to eat my dumplings I got for free, I will take them and leave," Max said then smiled cutely at his squad who was unsure if they should or shouldn't believe him then walked away with his dumplings to his room.
"Hmm, a message from the headmaster of Dark Society," Max said to himself as he received a message from the headmaster of Dark Society.
*1 message from Headmaster*
Headmaster- Zero, Why don't you tell them what happened with you and Dark?
Max- Not sure I should now...
Headmaster- Okay. The press conference will be tonight. Be prepared!