Capítulo 84: Disagreement
On the "Tobion Family Group", there were only three people that were currently online. The first was Byron, Gray's grandfather and the second was Alex, Gray's father. The other two that were offline were Noah, Gray's younger brother and Gray's uncle, Michael. These five were considered the main brains of the Tobion family.
Although, Gray's father was the current Head of the family, Michael, Alex's brother, worked alongside him in almost everything. Together, they were the unstoppable duo. If it weren't for their teamwork, their family would not be where they are at today.
On the flip side, Gray's brother, Noah, is unlike Gray. Gray worked in the military sector, commanding political power in Country Z. Ever since the war with Country N, high ranking military officials have more say in how the system was ran in Country Z's government as compared to the past.
For Noah's case, he worked in the business sector. Most of the time, he was learning the ropes from his grandfather and father. Ever since Gray and Noah were young, Gray had never been interested in taking over the Family businesses. As a result, Noah had to bear the responsibility of it. He didn't have much say in retrospect of his family's situation.
Seeing that his father and grandfather were online, he started to type in the chat group. "Father, Grandfather, are you there?"
Within 30 seconds, a message followed through. It came from Alex. "Yes Gray. Is there something important you got to discuss about?"
"Yes. Do you remember the last active mission I completed? The one with regards to the drug cartel group, The Saints."
"I remember it vividly. At that time, your mother was so shocked that she immediately flew over to check on you." Alex answered back in two separate messages. "Why do you ask?"
"Their leader, Yroth has escaped from prison."
"Oh?" A minute later, Gray's father continued on. "There is currently no news reporting his escape from Country H. Where did you get the information from?"
"I got it from Yroth himself. He called me to inform me of his return."
When Gray sent this message, his father went silent for a short while. Only after he consolidated his thoughts, did he reply.
"I'm guessing you want our family's aid to track him down."
"Yes." Gray answered simply. He knew his dad's strong analytical skills wouldn't fail him. "Could you activate a squad from the Horsemen?"
The Horsemen that Gray was talking about is similar to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, as described in the bible. The four were Conquest, War, Famine and Death. Unlike how the Bible described it as four people, these were four Squads of specially trained soldiers that worked under the Tobion Family. Only in times of trouble will they be activated to help the family carry out tasks of grave importance.
"Oh? What is the reason why you need the Horsemen so badly?" Alex was curious as to why Gray was so desperate.
The last time the Horsemen was activated was in fact 3 years ago when Gray had nearly died again the surprise attack. It was the squad of Horsemen that managed to track down the escaping Yroth and neutralise him effectively. This showed the prowess of this elite squad of men under the Tobion Family. Even the military couldn't catch up with their reconnaissance speed.
"I am afraid that history may repeat itself again." Gray answered honestly from his heart.
"Don't worry Gray. Nothing would come into harm with you. Even without the Horsemen's aid, I'm sure bodyguards around you is enough to ensure your safety."
"I am not worried about my safety, father. I am worried about the people around me."
"Hmm? Are you perhaps talking about that boy toy that you are keeping in our home?" As soon as Gray's father addressed the elephant in the room, the atmosphere immediately turned cold.
"Do not call him a boy toy." Gray never liked it when someone denounces Sato. Be it family or even his closest kin, if someone were to insult Sato, they would get on Gray's bad side.
"Is he not just a gigolo you found on the streets? Wasn't it also because of him back then, you almost died yourself?"
From the beginning, Alex was never welcoming of the thought that Gray was a homosexual. He assumed one day his son would be normal again. Yet after three whole years, he had not changed one bit. It even got to the point that he wanted to activate the Horsemen to protect this young man.
"Gray, if your reason for activating the Horsemen was to ensure your safety, I would consider it. However, you choose to use it for the sake of protecting a stranger? My answer will always be a no."
"Activate a squad for Gray." Just as the conversation started to turn sour, Byron had butted in. He spoke his words clearly, shocking not only Alex, but Gray too.
"Thank you, grandfather." Gray thanked him sincerely.
"Anything for my grandson. :)" Byron sent an emoji while he was at it. "Later on, I will give you the contact information of the leader of the squad."
"Alright, I will be off then. I will visit you soon, grandfather." With that, Gray left the group without saying goodbye to his father. Then, the chat was left with the older pair of father and son.
"Why did you give Gray a squad? All for the sake of protecting this nobody?" Obviously Alex was dissatisfied with the way his father did things.
As soon as Byron read finished his message, he replied without hesitation. "Alex my son, there are two reasons I did that."
"The first being that, by giving Gray a squad from the Horsemen, he would be able to more effectively neutralise a looming threat. It may be used to protect another person, but in return it would my grandson get rid of an obstacle in his way. Anyways, we have four squads and only one is currently deployed off. I see no harm in letting him use one."
"Now, comes the second reason. This was actually the main and most important factor that I considered. The person the Horsemen is deployed to protect will most definitely become the lover of my beloved grandson. You may not agree to Gray's love interest. Even I do not agree to it fully. However, you have to remember that this is his life that he is living. It is not for you to decide what path he takes or who he can love. We just got to learn to accept things as the way they are."
"In the worse case scenario, if anything were to happen to Gray's lover, you may even lose this perfectly great son of yours. Do give it some thought, Alex. I will be going offline now. It is getting late."
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