Unfortunate Hero's Retirement Life

The moment Heero told Ryan White all members in the White Household was killed, he went on a rampage. He attacked Heero to avenge his family as he thought it was Heero who killed his family.

The result was obvious, he got crushed. Ryan White had not fully integrated his bloodline. Except for spitting some fire from his hand and strengthening him physically, he had not learned a single thing about Divine Crow.

That was why he was depressed, he was so down. His family's murderer was right in front of him yet he could not avenge his family. It was so frustrating.

"This is just beyond stupid," Heero also got frustrated. He had tried to explain everything that the friends he was talking about were not his friend but the culprit behind the slaughter. However, Ryan White never listened to him once.

"Why would I kill your family? Because of our conflict? It was not even a conflict, it was just you who was jealous of me. You tried to shame me, thinking you are the strongest. So you tried to challenge me to embarrass me, you want to show to your crush who is also my wife that I am weak? That was your goal of challenging me, wasn't it? You were the one who started everything, and now you blamed me. This is ridiculous,"

Heero rubbed his hair. He was on the verge of using violence to make Ryan White talking.

Ryan White flinched and his eyes shook slightly. But he remained stubborn and started at Heero coldly.

"Hah… It seems the jealousy truly eats you off. You don't even bother to find the truth behind the case. Listen to me, if I want something out of you, would I kill your family?"

Heero turned his body toward Ryan White and met with the cold gaze.

"It's just stupid, I would rather use them as a hostage. Then I will line you together here with your family, and I will kill them one by one if you don't spill something I want. Why would I kill your family? There's no logic behind your accusation of me. Maybe the parasite truly broke your brain,"

Slowly, Ryan White fell into deep thought. He recollected Heero's story, and he found out what Heero told him made sense. If Heero wanted something out of him, using his family as a hostage was the best and most logical move.

'No, don't let him gaslighting you, Ryan! He was the killer of your family! Don't fall into his trap,'

There was a whisper in Ryan White. It kept telling him not to trust Heero.

'He's the killer of your family! Avenge for your family and kill him! Kill him!'

The whisper was getting more intense and an acute started to invade his head. Ryan White clutched his head with his two hands as he fell to the ground.

"Stop it! It hurts! Please, stop!" Ryan White screamed in agony as he rolled around on the ground.

Heero stood up and frowned as he looked at Ryan White. This was the first time Ryan White did something like this.

Just as Heero wanted to approach Ryan White, a hand held his shoulder.

"Don't do anything, just watch," Niadin's voice then entered Heero's ears.

Heero turned toward the old man. The old man was back with the unconscious Sun Zhou Yi on his shoulder.

'He keeps beating him up without mercy, huh,' That was what he thought upon seeing the unconscious Sun Zhou Yi.

Ryan White was still struggling with the whispers in his head. At first, it was only one voice but as it kept going, many voices were whispering in his head.

Then he started to hear his father's voice, Melvin White's voice, 'Useless! Useless son! If you can't avenge us, then why don't you join us? Kill yourself and meet me and your mother!'

'Kill yourself!' 'Useless!' 'Go kill yourself!' 'Reunite with us, Ryan!' 'Kill!' 'Useless!'

Such a phrase was whispered into Ryan White's head.

"Arghhh!! Please stop! Stop it! It hurts!" He screamed out of his lungs.

"Are you sure about this? He may go crazy for real," Heero was quite concerned with Ryan White. It was not that he cared for Ryan White but he had the information he wanted.

Niadin shook his head, indicating Ryan White was fine. The old man walked toward the small log cabin and put Sun Zhou Yi inside.

Ryan White was still screaming while rolling around on the ground. Heero wanted to help but the old man asked him not to, so he just watched Ryan rolling around.

"What about Sun Zhou Yi, is he doing okay?" While the two spectating Ryan White, Heero asked about Sun Zhou Yi's progress. Inheriting a bloodline was not as easy as it sounded. Just like a technique, it needed practice to fully utilize the bloodline's power.

"He was doing great and I almost embarrassed myself today…" Niadin raised his thumb as he praised Sun Zhou Yi.

The old man wanted to say something but he stopped midway. He did not finish his words and immediately focused on Ryan White.

"There's no need to be ashamed for almost getting hit by him," Heero grinned toward the old man.

Niadin turned toward Heero with a surprised look. The old man had a "How did you know?" kind of face.

Then the two chatted while watching Ryan White. Yes, under Niadin's request, Heero did not do anything but watch Ryan White in pain.

After a full twenty minutes, Ryan White stopped screaming. He breathed heavily on the ground with his face covered in dirt and sweat.

Only his rough breathing could be heard as he completely stopped moving. The energy was drained from his body after twenty minutes of struggling.

"Hah, he managed to suppress the poison. It's the right choice to take him in, he has potential…" Old Man Niadin commented as he stood up.

"Poison? You poisoned him?" Heero was surprised by the mention of poison.

"Of course not. I am not that cruel to poison some random stranger. It was the Abyss Parasite residual, it poisoned him which made his mind clouded…" Old Man Niadin rubbed his chi, "I guess that what is happened to him,"

"You guess so you don't know what exactly happened?"

"I don't know, but it's most likely what happened to him. As I said, Abyss Parasite is one kind of extremely rare thing. I don't know much about this thing. If you find your Master, he must know something about this parasite,"

After saying that, Old Man Niadin approached Ryan White who was lying down without energy.

He held the body and put his right on top of Ryan White's head. Old Man Niadin then swirled his hand mysteriously while Heero watched from the side.

Ten seconds later, a black miasmic came out of Ryan White's head. The black miasmic was sucked by Old Man Niadin's hand. The black miasmic swirled around Old Man Niadin's hand and he showed it toward Heero.

"I guessed right. There's a residual that could be a poison to his head. But not fatal enough to kill him," Niadin grinned at Heero.

After that, the Red Ki engulfed the residual of the Abyss Parasite. Just like a predator devouring its prey, Old Man Niadin's Ki devoured the poison.

"Come again tomorrow. He still needs some time of rest before he can talk normally again,"

There was no way Heero could talk with Ryan White now. The guy passed out as soon as Old Man Niadin took out the residual.

"Mnnn, there's no other choice," Heero nodded his head and left while waving his hand to the old man, "I will trust you with these two!"

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Meanwhile, at the unknown location, Roman was sitting in a pavilion in the middle of an artificial lake. He was drinking a glass of coffee, a habit he got after impersonating Butler Rodin.

He was not alone, the middle-aged man who picked him up from Star City also there. They had the same coffee.

For a moment, Roman furrowed his brows and it did not go unnoticed by the middle-aged man. It did not take a long time before the frown was replaced with a smile.

"The residual has taken an effect. He must be dying now so you don't need to worry about the pawn of mine," Roman said that confidently.

"That's good. Even though he knows nothing about us, it will be much better to not leave any trace behind," The middle-aged nodded in return.

Little did Roman know that Heero had a dragon who could remove the residual.

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The next night, Heero visited the first dungeon again. On the way to meet Ryan White, he was thinking of how to convince Ryan White.

Once he arrived there, Heero was a little surprised. He did not need to think anything to convince the guy as Ryan White willingly told him what he wanted to know.

Ryan White knelt toward Heero, "I will tell everything that I know about them but in return, I want to be your disciple!"