Unusual Fate Records

Chapter 368.060. Father and Son

In a secluded room, Akira Akahoshi was wiping his black suit and carefully taking care of his evening gown.

He was focused, his movements were slow and deliberate, and he made no sound.

Until the phone rang suddenly.

"This is Akasei." The square-faced man answered the phone, his voice as steady as a rock.

"I am Qi Tongli."

The caller was the man who was theoretically going to become his in-law.

On the other end of the phone, Qi Tongli said, "Something has happened on my end. My daughter is back, but I've spoken to her, and she'll keep quiet to avoid alerting anyone."

"So, how is the imposter's daughter doing now?"

"Still under surveillance."

Have any other suspicious individuals been identified?

"Not yet."

"Good work."

Qi Tongli hesitated for a moment, then said, "Lord Wu Xiang... are you planning to attend tonight?"

"Lord Wu Xiang has entrusted me with full responsibility," Akashi Akira said.

“Okay, I understand,” Qi Tongli replied.

"Is there anything else?" Akira Akahoshi sensed that the man's words seemed to have a hidden meaning.

"It may be offensive to ask this, but... could you bring yourself to harm your son?" Qi Tongli asked.

Akira Akahoshi said calmly, "There's nothing to be ashamed of. Public matters are public matters, and private matters are private matters. If political stances differ, then he is an opponent, and the most respectful thing to do to an opponent is to spare no effort."

"Can you really be ruthless?" Qi Tongli muttered to himself. "It's nothing, I just wanted to learn from you."

Akira Akahoshi's expression hardened slightly as he said, "You're going to harm your own daughter?"

"Ah, how should I put it?" Qi Tongli smiled magnanimously, "Only after losing a close relative once do you realize that different positions don't seem to matter that much."

"Moreover, girls don't need to worry about fighting and killing. It's enough for them to live their lives peacefully."

Akira Akahoshi was unusually silent for a moment before asking, "Have you considered what your daughter wants?"

“Hmm…” Qi Tongli on the other end of the phone was obviously stunned for a moment, and after a moment of contemplation, he said, “She doesn’t tell me anything, there is no communication, she keeps everything to herself, and she has no mother by her side. She has always played by herself since she was a child.”

After saying that, he laughed self-deprecatingly: "What a failed parent I am."

Then, he shifted the topic to Akira Akahoshi: "And you, do you know what your nephew Luan wants?"

Akashi Akira's eyes darkened, a glint of light flashing within them:

"Supreme power."

"What he wants is never important; what an ambitious person enjoys is the thrill of desires swelling to the point of devouring the world. Conquest and madness only excite him; only by reaching the summit can he satisfy his insatiable selfishness."

"No matter the era, there is a possibility of becoming a powerful and ruthless figure, but one day, when his ambitions expand to their limit and his body can no longer contain them, everything will return to nothingness."

"This is the final destination of all schemers and ambitious people."

"Wow, like father, like son."

Qi Tongli's words seemed like a boast, but weren't quite.

"Unexpectedly, the Red Star Governor, who is known for his impartial law enforcement, has such an arrogant and unruly son. Is this a tragic fate?"

“He is not my son,” Akira Akahoshi said calmly.

Even if it is, I will destroy it with my own hands.

His tone was light, but his promise felt incredibly heavy.

Qi Tongli did not reply immediately.

"I'm so glad my daughter wasn't born into your family."

Qi Tongli said sincerely.

Their conversation contained no sarcasm, no questioning, and no attack, yet every word was like a knife.

At this moment, the key figures from the two major White Walker factions were exchanging parenting experiences, just like ordinary fathers.

"If her father is strict and rigid, restricting her in every way, forbidding this and forbidding that, it would be worse than killing her."

Qi Tongli sighed.

"Of course, I couldn't raise your son even if I left him with me. My brat has run away from home so many times, but I've never seen her raise a single voice, raise her arms, or shout 'Liberate all mankind' to start a rebellion."

"Your daughter is having an affair with a human?" Akashi Akari's eyes darkened.

"It's no big deal, it's like playing house." Qi Tongli said nonchalantly. "The person I'm talking to now is a parent trying to convince himself to put family aside for the greater good, not the strategist Zuo Jingdu governor. Don't you dare sell my daughter, or I'll make you pay."

Akira Akira's face was expressionless.

"Have you always spoken so rudely?"

"Look at people."

On the other end of the phone, Qi Tongli's mustache seemed to be sticking up high, and you could guess his smug little expression just by listening to his tone.

"I'm the kind of person who's used to bullying the weak and fearing the strong."

"I used to envy your success, but I'm not so envious anymore."

"I used to envy you for having such a promising son, it made you so proud. But I'm not so envious anymore."

"They are all just pitiful people who will grow old alone."

Akahira narrowed his eyes and said in a cold voice, "If there's nothing else, I'll hang up now."

"and many more."

Qi Tongli interrupted him.

"What else?"

"If humans were to intervene, how would you handle it?"

Akira Akira did not answer him immediately, but said, "Leave it to the Minister of War."

“I know their plans, but I have no room for negotiation with Wu Xiangke.”

Akira Akahoshi's expression turned serious: "Do you know what you're doing?"

"I know, but I guess you also want to know what humans are planning to do. Are you sure you don't need to let me know?"

"To make amends for your daughter's mistakes?" Akira Akahoshi calmly analyzed the other party's motives.

"What kind of talk is that? Isn't it normal for parents to clean up the mess their children make?"

Qi Tongli revealed a proud little expression, his little mustache twitching.

"What if I don't need your information?" Akira Akahoshi asked, enunciating each word clearly.

Qi Tongli said, "That girl will lose the chance to make amends and will be branded as a criminal for conspiring with humans."

The man said this quite casually, as if he didn't care, or as if he was confident of victory.

“You pose no threat to me,” Akira Akahoshi said.

"Humans wanted to use Shan Ya to lure Luan Zi out at noon."

Qi Tongli didn't try to bargain with him at all.

For anyone else, his approach would have resulted in losing both intelligence and troops.

But the person he was talking to was Akira Akahoshi.

Akira Akahoshi was an upright man who always followed the rules and never resorted to trickery or deceit.

The square-faced man's expression turned ugly.

Is this your answer?

"Yes."

Qi Tongli's tone carried a hint of smugness that was not typical of middle-aged men: "I have lived up to Shan's expectations."

Akira rubbed his temples, closed his eyes, and released his strength.

"If there's nothing else, I'll hang up now."

"and many more."

"Ok?"

"My daughter came to see me."

Akira Akahoshi suddenly became alert.

The "daughter" here is not a real daughter, but the woman who disguised herself as Qi Tongshan.

"Dad." A woman's voice came from the other end of the phone.

Akira Akahoshi frowned slightly.

All that could be heard was Qi Tongli chuckling as he asked:

"Tongshan, what brings you here?"

"I want to... talk to my dad."

That's how the other party replied.

(End of this chapter)