Aidan, who had previously lowered his head, raised his head again and looked at Lucas quite sharply, "Maybe Vernandes deliberately didn't tell me about this prisoner's existence because he didn't want me to be a soft person." Aidan also gave a reason that had absolutely nothing to do with the question Lucas had previously asked. And even those words were able to make Lucas chuckle in disbelief at what Aidan had just said.
"Hahaha… Getting mushy? Aidan, he doesn't want to tell you about this because he doesn't want you to become a traitor and side with all the captives by healing them or releasing them like what you're doing now!" Lucas said to Aidan who was now silent looking at him still with the same sharp gaze as before
Aidan said, "Maybe he did all this because we still need territory to live in!" Again the defense remarks that Aidan gave to Vernandes made Lucas only chuckle in annoyance.
Lucas straightened his stance in front of Aidan, stood taller, and said, "Don't you realize how big the territory of the Devil Rebel is right now?" Aidan was silent, frowning at the question Lucas gave him because he didn't even know what area the Devil Rebel currently had.
Lucas, who knew that Aidan didn't know about it, immediately approached the man and took him away from that place to go to a place where they could see firsthand the territory that the Devil Rebel currently controlled. Lucas grabbed Aidan's hand quickly and snapped his fingers.
Whoosh!!
Shut!!!
A hill that was located higher than the other plains was where they were now. Aidan and Lucas stood side by side looking at the plains in front of them. But both of Aidan's eyes immediately turned to the area that Lucas pointed with his index finger. He also saw from the end of the area that Lucas pointed to the end of the other area which was very wide.
"From here you can see all the territories they control. You need to know that the Devil Rebels have captured one-third of the territory of this country, and they have killed over a hundred thousand people over the past eleven years. Do you trust me now, Aidan? Or do you still want to deny it?" Lucas' explanation and the question made Aidan very surprised to see and hear it at the same time.
"Impossible! How is it possible for us to reach that many points in such a short space of time?" Aidan asked in disbelief, he turned to Lucas who was now silent beside him.
"Prisoner, the Devil Rebel leader you defended half to death made the captives as collateral to be ransomed by the government, or they would kill the prisoners. Many people were injured because of this plot, Aidan... Do you still want to turn a blind eye and don't you?" realized it?" Lucas asked Aidan who was currently shaking his head, he still didn't believe Lucas' words. He couldn't believe that the Devil Rebel he was so proud of turned out to be a very cruel and vile group.
Lucas knew if Aidan still didn't believe him, he again gave an explanation that might make Aidan believe it. "They didn't attack the soldiers, Aidan. The tactic they use is to kidnap people and take them as hostages and torture them so that the government will make peace and give them their territory little by little. When the government resists and war breaks out, they will use you as a tool to treat injured Devil Rebel members so that the government soldiers feel overwhelmed against you." That's how the Devil Rebel works all this time, which Aidan just found out. People who have worked in the gang for years, just found out how the gang works.
"S-so… they've been lying to me all this time?" Aidan, who finally believed it, asked Lucas. But the man could only shrug his shoulders because he didn't know for sure.
Lucas then said explaining why he shrugged his shoulders, "I don't know for sure about the truth whether they are lying to you, or they are just hiding this from you… But if you want to know all that, come on! We can both find out the truth together." Take Lucas to Aidan who is now frowning at the offer.
"How do we find that out?" Aidan asked Lucas who was now smiling and held out his hand to Aidan while saying,
"We are going back to a time where the truth may be almost exposed but something is blocked," Lucas replied to Aidan who felt incredulous.
"What do you mean by that, is we going back in time?" Aidan asked Lucas back, clarifying what Lucas said earlier.
But the man didn't answer her in a clear sentence and simply said, "Let's see!" Seraya again stretched out his hand that he had lowered earlier. Which finally made Aidan could only exhale and then grab Lucas' hand.
Lucas smiled and snapped his fingers, disappearing from the hill where they were standing now. To a place that only Lucas knew while Aidan could only guess where the man would take him.
Whoosh!
Shut!!!
Currently, Lucas and Aidan are in a corner of the city, where at that time the city felt very quiet. Not only because it was night, but also because of the situation between the government and the rebels of the Devil Rebel which made the atmosphere tense.
"Hahh ..." Aidan's breath was now blowing as if he felt familiar with the atmosphere of the night they felt at that time, which made him walk towards the front.
Lucas, who was still standing where he was, looked at Aidan who was walking with unsteady steps forward. "Do you remember this moment, Aidan?" Lucas asked Aidan that question.
The man who was asked the question looked back to look at Lucas who brought him back to the present.
Lucas could see the look Aidan was showing him at this moment, he also knew how Aidan was feeling right now. Which then made Lucas regret bringing him here, and feeling that they shouldn't have gone to this time. But somehow Lucas felt that he wanted to go to eleven years ago.
"Is there anything I should know here?" The question that Aidan asked Lucas made Lucas shrug his shoulders because he wasn't sure, then he explained.
"I don't know, but my heartfelt like I had to come here… So I wasn't sure what was here either. Maybe there is a truth that will be revealed at this time." Lucas explained to Aidan who could only exhale heavily. He was now standing in front of Lucas, trying to hold back his tears as he nodded his head slowly.
Aidan said, "Okay... Maybe what you think is right." Said Aidan who then pulled his hoodie cap to cover his head.
Lucas walked first, ahead of Aidan who was still standing in his place. The man also avoided the very quiet street, followed by Aidan from behind.
The two's not-so-fast steps stopped when suddenly they heard a gunshot, and a fast-moving bullet almost hit Lucas. The bullet could have hit Lucas if Aidan hadn't immediately pulled Lucas back into hiding among the buildings.
DARR!!!