"What can you say as the brain of the group, Ash Brandon?" Jones finally asked him as he concluded Braze did have a point. A point where the rest of the group wasn't able to grasps. He saw Ash flinched and from the looks of it, he knew that he was thinking the same way of what Braze thought. That's why throughout the entire conversation he didn't dare to speak. He was busy trying to think of a way to counter attack Braze statement but no matter what they do, they were obviously at a disadvantage."Young warrior. I know that you are given with exceptional talents that made you stand out in this generation. But please think that the real situations and scenarios are far different than you got in training. You cannot engage in the battle head on. You need to see the other side, the whole picture, in an outside perspective. You need to go out of the box and assess everything before you make your moves." Celly finally spoke as she watched the wretched face written on the

"Team. You pursue fighting even though you knew there is a hostage victim? Have you truly lost your mind? You do know your actions will be held liable! You guys are insane! You had committed multiple serious rule violation against the authority!" Jones finally yelled as his voice roared throughout the room that made everyone quiet."We can't do this. This is an insane interrogation. They had committed multiple rule violations, didn't documented and planned the whole operation carefully, and on top of that claiming our allies as enemy! They must be punished!" Another authority member had rose and voiced out his thoughts that was seconded by everyone."That's right! For all we know, that civilian is also part of the little group! His words are not reliable! He is just a fuck buddy of Ash and they paid him, obviously with Ash body to act as a dummy witness in their failed operation.""They should be suspended in their duties!"

Ash groaned, burying his face in his pillow as dread and guilt washed over him. He didn't mean to snap at Team or his friends. He knew they were just concerned for him. But he shut them out, he pushed them away. He was too indulged in his own self-pity that he didn't see they were trying to help him. He knew, whatever happened, his friends would always have his back and never abandon him.'I should apologize to them,' Ash thought. Just as he was starting to plan ways to apologize to them he heard a very loud banging on his bedroom door."Ash, you idiot! Man up, will you? It's been two freaking days already! Get out from your lair and face us!" Rose voice emerged from the other side and he knew that she was beyond pissed right now. She'd gone into bitch mode and Ash knew more than anyone to never provoke the beast inside her. It was no doubt Rose would break his door if he didn't act fast. And so he stood up and walked

After they had their breakfast, the group took up their respective places around the dining room as they got busy decoding on their laptops as they went through their investigation. Seth was inputting all the information to the laptop while Simon was caught up with the paperwork of the results they'd gathered from the dead bodies.Rose and Team were contacting some connections to gain access to sensitive information and resources that they could use to aid their investigation, now that the authority wouldn't give them access to these resources.Ash, on the other hand, was staring on the note the Black Clan Empire left in the crime scene as he tried to dissect every word and decipher it."Having a problem there, Beautiful?" Ash was startled by Alexander voice as he joined him on the table, taking the seat beside him."Ah, yes. There are some things that I still don't get.""Is that so? Well, let

   "As for what I said a while ago, I have a feeling that the note pertains to a certain direction in the USA. It says the revolution of the earth has finally moved. The gears have started rolling. It means that the movement of the revolution has already started. And according to the Cartesian coordinate plane, where do you think the revolution started?" Ash lifted his head as he gazed at Alexander whose eyebrows were meeting in the center of his forehead. "Wait, Cartesian coordinate plane? What the hell is that?" Now it was Ash time to frown in confusion as he was trying to figure out why Alexander didn't know about the Cartesian coordinate plane. Surely, everyone knew about the Cartesian coordinate plane? It was the coordinate system everyone used in Math. Geometry, Trigonometry, Calculus, Speed, Velocity and Physics, among other great discoveries, all used the coordinate plane. Hell, it was even taught during their high