Rex started to walk towards the old man. Each step he took felt like a century with the atmosphere he made but he was walking normally towards him.
"You might be thinking"
"How does this brat know everything"
"Can he read minds"
The five shadows also swallowed their saliva.
"Maybe…"
Rex said, a smile spreading across his lips. Yet, it wasn't a reassuring smile. Between the two options of whether he could or he could not, the former would be more believable.
"Abolish his cultivation"
He said to the five shadows and they did as told. The old man's muffled scream echoed through the room, the gag in his mouth failing to block the entirely of it. Blood trickled from the corner of his lips,
"I don't need you to tell everything you know"
"Because I already know everything"
"By the way…"
"This is a gift for you"
He stretched his hands towards the old white hair of Burton and grabbed it. Then a purple black fire started to light up on his entire head from his hair to his face to the entire body. Though it didn't burn anything, he started screaming hysterically even more than when his cultivation was abolished. Though the sounds were blocked by the gag in his mouth, it didn't sound any less terrifying. Rex on the other hand watched with an amused smile on his face.
It lasted for a while before the old man passed out, his eyes were white and tears and snot were dripping and even white foam was coming out of his mouth.
Rex went back to his mother's desk.
"He didn't die"
"Also wait a moment.."
He wrote down several names,
"Monitor these fellows and see what they do"
"They shouldn't be all of them"
"You five can go now"
The five shadows were fast and they left quickly taking Burton along with them.
"Rex…"
After the group had left, Isabella looked at him not knowing what to say.
"Mom, I was worried something would have happened to you"
"I wished I could have found out earlier"
He hugged her. She released a sigh of relief and hugged him back. The tension in the air as well as what she felt eased and a smile lit up on her face.
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"Mom can I see if there was anything done to you"
"It won't hurt, just don't resist"
He touched his mother's hand and probed. Fortunately there was nothing done to her which meant that their target was not entirely his mother but himself. But seeing that they still targeted her business, it might also mean that they might target her in the near future which was one of the reasons for his searching.
"How is it?" she asked anxiously.
"You are fine mom"
She breathed a sigh of relief. Afterall she wasn't ready to die yet. She still wanted to watch over her son. But she quickly shifted her concern to him.
"What about you, my dear"
"I'm fine"
"I've even recovered my dantian"
Isabella's eyes widened in surprise.
"Your dantian?"
"Yes, though my talent hasn't returned with it"
"Did you get help from that woman?"
To her question, Rex hesitated for a moment before nodding.
"I still don't know why she would take you as her disciple"
"But if this is the result, I suppose I can tolerate her a little."
She clasped his hands tightly, her face lighting up with joy.
"This calls for a celebration!"
"Mom, please don't tell anyone about this" Rex said quickly.
"Why not?" she asked, frowning. This concerned her son's reputation. She didn't understand why he wouldn't want to announce it.
"There are enemies everywhere" "If they find out I've recovered, it might be bad news"
"And if the Grimes learn of it, I might be taken into the army again."
Her expression darkened.
"They wouldn't dare."
"Last time, they caught us off guard. But if they try it again, I won't hesitate to involve your Grandfather"
"Mom, it's fine. Just keep it between us for now."
What happened at the time was quite unfortunate for him. Though all the main off springs of the Grimes had to go to the military, where and when they go could be managed though there was a time limit, most of them went at least in their late twenties.
He was taken in rather too early and more so if mother could prepare for him, he could have been sent to a better camp which would have guaranteed him better achievements.
Almost all of his elder brothers did this but when it was related to him, why was it changed. More so, why was he dragged into the battlefield while he was still in the royal academy.
"Mom"
"Fine, I understand"
"You still haven't explained how you were able to tell how Burton was a traitor"
Rex became silent at those words,
"It's fine if you don't want to tell, everyone has secrets"
"Mom, it's like this "
After a while,
"So you are saying that, in a dream like world you met with a person who looked like a divine being"
"He told that you and him had some relation in your past life and he gave you his inheritance"
"Yes"
Though he lied, if he had to show more and more powers he obtained to his mother in the future, he wouldn't have to hide it in front of her. Isabella's eyes sparkled with radiance.
"My son was blessed"
"Our ancestors are watching over us"
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That was what happened in the morning of the day after he had arrived here. Currently, he was now in the manor of his mother. His mother was still busy since even though he told his mother that he would come soon, he didn't specify the time. The reason for Ayana arriving as soon as he came here would be that his arrival at the other city was sent to the other party.
It was already night time, he had slowly met the people around his mother secretly with one of the shadows and already noted down who and who was to be monitored. He would give this note later when he had the chance to his mother.
The powers he used during the interrogation was the new function that had unlocked along with the eyes of true sight. Eyes of True sight though was the reason for the unlocking of this new function, was one of the abilities of this new function.
The new function of the system was called Information Gatherer. There were three steps to gathering information and the first would be the use of the eyes, depending on the strength of the person as well as the favourability loyalty and trust of the person, the amount of information he would be able to gather would vary. If the strength of the other person was stronger than him, he would only be able to gather a limited amount whereas if he is stronger than the other person, he would be able to gather more. The information he could gain from using this would only include superficial things and more such as trust, loyalty, affection, cultivation etc. But currently since he didn't even have any strength nor cultivation he wouldn't be able to see the other person's strength unless he did the second step.
The second step of the information gather would be the Abyssal Touch, just by touching the person, he would be able to gather the information of where he has been, what he had done during the past still depending the strength and trust of the person in opposition of whom he is trying to get information. Aside from that memory, other information would also be gained.