“God, Suga, why did you get involved with that guy?”
Suga, resting his back against a tree, let out an aggressive scoff and rubbed his forehead.
Yuze sat beside him, while Trevor gave Suga a sympathetic look.
“…
It’s all because of Marcus, that bastard—ugh…” His throat still hurt, and he struggled to use his vocal cords, “Damn it, do I have marks on my neck?!”
Trevor nodded, grimacing as he darted his eyes to Suga’s neck, “…That guy didn’t hold back at all, I was almost afraid he was going to snap your neck….”
Instantly, the thought of that scenario sent shivers down his spine.
Given the size of the man’s large, strong hand, breaking Suga’s slender neck would’ve been a piece of cake.
He almost lost his life because of that lunatic.
Aaron who was walking towards the three of them who were gathered, with a bowl in his hand, blinked and his eyes landed on the red marks on Suga’s neck, almost turning purple.
“It’s kind of a good thing you’re neither an alpha nor an omega…” He muttered softly, then took a spoonful of the venison stew.
Suga raised an eyebrow at his comment, but Aaron didn’t elaborate, instead casually sitting by the campfire, savoring the warm broth.
“What do you mean?”
“Oh yeah…
Aaron’s right, luckily you’re a beta, Suga.”
“Yuze, I don’t understand.”
“….
That guy, Zion Hughes…”
Yuze and Trevor exchanged glances, silently communicating who should explain, but after a prolonged look, Trevor shook his head, leaving Yuze to speak up.
“His family… They are important pioneers in medical science in America, Diana Hughes… Have you ever learned about that woman in school?”
That name sounded familiar.
Suga tried to recall his school days, history lessons— Diana Hughes.
A crucial pioneer in medical science—
“Oh!
The one who invented suppressants for alphas and omegas?
What’s the connection with that crazy guy?”
“He’s a direct descendant of her, you could say she’s his ancestor.”
“So what does that have to do with him being feared?
What does he have to do with working here?
I don’t understand.”
Suga leaned back even deeper, rubbing his forehead.
His throat felt dry, so he reached for his water bottle again and took a sip.
Besides, it was his ancestors who had the significant influence, not him.
Yeah okay, your ancestor invented suppressants and medicines, so what?
Is that why he can just do whatever he likes?
Is that why he’s so arrogant?
I hate spoiled rich people.
“Diana Hughes, an Irish woman who moved to America and studied at the university, she discovered a plant that became the essential core of suppressants, but over time the alpha and omega bodies became more and more resistant to the plant substance, which eventually led her grandson to conduct illegal experiments.
The experiments were stopped because they were inhumane.”
“….”
Honestly after listening to Yuze’s explanation, he finally remembered about this history lesson, the Hughes family, a family of geniuses who had created medicine for generations. New chapters come out on g.com first.
You could say that all the medicines, antibiotics, antivirus, and other important medical available in the world today owe their existence to the intelligence of that family.
However there was a dark period in the history of this amazingly talented family, right after Diana passed away, her eldest grandson found her secret notebook full of theories written of some of the experiments that Diana decided to discontinue because they could be dangerous for society.
Initially, he experimented on animals and created suppressants that were now widely distributed in the modern world but secretly at that time, he also committed a criminal act.
He bought slaves from an illegal human trafficking ring and subjected them to inhumane experiments.
For years, he secretly sold the suppressants created from these slave experiments to nobles and the elites at high prices because their effects were also extraordinary, much more effective than the regular suppressants.
However, for some reason, his crimes were eventually discovered, and he was sentenced to death.
“…..
And Zion often conducted those experiments in this place.”
“Huh?”
“So, many alphas and omegas don’t want to mess with him.”
“Wait, wait!
Is that allowed here?”
Yuze paused for a moment then shrugged his shoulder as if telling he didn’t know what to answer.
Biting his lower lip and glancing around as if afraid that the man they were talking about might suddenly appear.
“Dominic George Hughes…
Do you know what happened to him?”
“Of course.
He was sentenced to death.”
Yuze shook his head weakly.
“…
Although there’s no clear evidence, but it’s common knowledge that Dominic was helped by other elites to go into hiding, and then he lived in another country with a new identity.
He was never executed.”
“…..”
After hearing Yuze’s explanation, a sudden shiver ran down Suga’s spine.
Almost all of the Hughes family was credited with so many medical science inventions, making the family one of the world’s elite.
And only one man in their family had committed an illegal act— though, more precisely he could be the only one who was caught.
If what Yuze said was true, even if it was just a conspiracy theory, for some reason, it seemed believable …
The world’s elites wouldn’t simply kill and waste the life of a genius man like Dominic.
The man was certainly no longer alive, he lived hundreds of years ago, so there’s no need to be afraid.
Nevertheless, his name felt extremely intimidating.
As if piecing together a puzzle, the thoughts that had been passing through his mind drained the blood from Suga’s face, and his body felt as if it were suddenly drenched in cold water— Mad scientist, experiments…
That’s what he heard about Zion.
“Don’t tell me that Zion is doing the same thing as Dominic…”
Suga muttered under his breath, if so, there’s no way…
Why would IHPS hire a guy like him?
God, how could I almost forget that IHPS is also made by the global elite?!
Of course they would allow a man like him to roam around and do as he pleased as long as he was beneficial to his fellow elites.
“Suga, you’re a beta, so there’s no need to be afraid!” Trevor, who had been listening to their conversation nervously, tried to reassure him.
“Because he only conducts those experiments on alphas and omegas.”
“… And he’s not as cruel as Dominic. The man is trying to perfect Dominic’s experiments but in a slightly different way.”
Even though Yuze said that the man’s methods were different, Suga could confidently guess that what he was doing was still inhumane. You are reading on g.com, the official source.
If the man were conducting experiments humanely, there’s no way the members here would be afraid of him.
“So he …
killed people…?”
“Yes and no.”
“Huh?”
“It depends on his mood.” Aaron suddenly chimed in, standing up and placing his clean bowl with no leftovers on the small wooden table.
“And also, Trevor, you said Suga doesn’t need to be afraid of Zion because he’s a beta? Well, you’ve only been here for a year, so you haven’t witnessed the time when Zion was here and he ‘accidentally’ killed two betas in self-defense. Not only that, he said, and I quoted ‘betas are the most useless creature on earth’— although I admit, it’s rare for him to target a beta.”
Suga swallowed hard.
So earlier, he really came close to meeting his end.
I don’t want to die young, even though I’m not quite sure of my purpose in life because I’ve never thought about anything other than Danny.
Still, I’m not ready to die.
Remembering, the fact that the man said to me he would give the punishment at the beginning of the next month.
That means at that time, I won’t be able to avoid interacting with that lunatic.
“…. Moreover, there are no CCTVs in the forest, you could have been killed earlier and your family wouldn’t have been able to do anything because that man is untouchable by the law.”
Like pouring lemon juice on a fresh wound, Aaron added to his explanation, Suga closed his eyes as he snorted harshly, then massaged his forehead even more vigorously, damn, it looks like today my forehead will turn as red as a tomato.
I could die here, and my family wouldn’t be able to do anything because that crazy man is untouchable by the law…
That means if I die here, Danny will be all alone over there in America, and it’ll make Danny even more stressed, losing the only family he has.
Wait a minute ….
‘Untouchable by the law’
Suga’s heart pounded, he held his chest feeling the rapid thumping.
This conversation suddenly reminded him of why he came here in the first place; to hide in IHPS to protect himself from the organization that killed his parents and to find out more about that organization.
Could that crazy man and his family be part of that organization…
The sneaky murderers who made it look like his parents had an accident.
Suga didn’t want to jump to conclusions, but considering Zion’s family is part of the elite world, it would be easy for the organization to collaborate with the Hughes family.
Haha, yes, there are many elite groups in this world, and that family isn’t the only one.
And I don’t know the reason why the organization targeted my father and killed him.
Suga unconsciously fiddled with his necklace string.
This is the only evidence I have but I can’t even—
But then, if the ones who killed my parents are one of the groups backed by the elites, what can I do after finding out?
I’m powerless, they could easily silence me before I gather enough evidence to expose them to the public.
They can do anything with money, using their power to manipulate public perception according to their agenda.
Mom, dad ….
What should I do?