Toni Armstrong looked at the two children and revealed a smile, gesturing with his hand as he spoke, "Come here."
Perhaps because the aura he emanated was too daunting, Classmate Howard Adams not only hesitated to approach but involuntarily took two steps backward, while Tristan Leaf, holding Grandpa Turtle in his arms, stared blankly at the man in front of him without reaction.
Seeing the children's response, the smile on Toni Armstrong's face remained unchanged, but there was an added chill in his eyes that was reminiscent of the cold gleam of a surgical knife.
Joshua Sulliven turned his head to look at the two children; aside from a bit of dust on their clothes, they seemed otherwise unscathed.
"Call me grandpa," Joshua Sulliven spoke indifferently.
Upon hearing him speak, Classmate Howard Adams hesitated for a moment before finally saying, "Grandpa."
Tristan Leaf, on the other hand, looked up at Toni Armstrong with a childlike voice and asked, "Are you an immortal?"