Chapter 326
While Alex was feeling the hopelessness and despair engulfing him, Richter finally received a piece of good news . The most important guest has finally arrived . Samuel had already brought her to the detention room near Alex"s .
Richter excitedly headed towards the room, where he saw Samuel guarding the outside . In one look Richter could guess what kind of difficulty Samuel and the others had to go through in order to capture Rachel . The wounds were treated, and the ones that could be seen outside of the uniform were all covered up . It was obvious that his subordinates were hiding how disappointing they were .
Still Richter didn"t bother to reprimand Samuel, he would do that later when all of them were here .
"You"re dismissed . . . Samuel, in light of recent events I expect you to train harder than before . " When Samuel heard what Richter said, his body started to tremble in fear as he saluted the old man and then retreated from his position . Once Samuel was gone from his sight, Richter opened the door to Rachel"s room .
Upon entering the room Richter saw a girl laying on the floor asleep . It would seem that Samuel was forced to drug her . Richter slowly approached Rachel"s body, but when he got close enough the lifeless body suddenly bounced awake and attacked Richter .
Rachel was in her basic RELEASE form as she attacked Richter, but even with that, Richter was able to easily catch Rachel"s punch . She then saw the old man in front of her smiling at her .
"Oh, that"s a pretty good punch . Your power is a bit lower than your father"s, but with that one punch I can sense that you would surpa.s.s him eventually . "
Rachel didn"t bother talking to Richter, as she tried to pull her hand away from Richter"s grasp, but couldn"t . Rachel was shocked to learn even in her RELEASE state she couldn"t overpower the old man in front of her . With what she has seen, Rachel had now a good guess on who she was facing at this moment .
"You"re Alex"s grandfather . " Richter hearing what Rachel said smiled as she tossed the girl back .
"Very good, now little girl show me more of what you"re capable of . " Richter stretched his arms outward giving himself a lot of openings to exploit . When Rachel saw how Richter acted, she felt that the old man was mocking her . Still she didn"t charged in, since now that she knew who she was facing, Rachel became a bit cautious . This person in front of her was able to easily defeat her father, Alex, and Niel . If that wasn"t enough he was also a person who was able to escape the chasing Lyner .
When Richter saw that Rachel wasn"t making a move, he frowned .
"Being cautious is good and all, but what happened to overflowing energy of youth . . . Little girl nothing will happen if you just stare at my face . Hmm I guess you aren"t motivated enough . I wanted to see what kind of girl my grandson fell for, but if you keep on being silent like that, and don"t start moving I won"t see anything at all . . . Let"s see how about I give you a prize, if you"re able to beat me or kill me, you can have the master key hidden somewhere in my body . That master key is something that unlocks every room in this base . You can use it to escape with Alex who"s just next door . "
When Rachel heard that Alex was in the room next to her, Rachel"s heart shook greatly . This was the closest she got to Alex after a whole year . Just a little bit more, and she could meet him again . Still that wasn"t enough for her to simply attack Richter . It was obvious that he was agitating her into attacking .
Richter looked at Rachel and found it amusing that even with that kind of incentive she wasn"t charging in . "This girl has a lot more self control than her father . " Richter now understood that Rachel wasn"t the hotblooded type like her father, so he decided to do something else . Richter took an earpiece from his pocket and communicated with a subordinate .
Rachel who was watching Richter closely, waited to see what he would do next . A few moments after talking in his earpiece, a tv screen came down from the ceiling . It then showed a room with a boy sitting down in a corner, his face was bleeding and so was his hands . The boy was crying as the clear look of despair was shown in his face . Rachel was able to quickly identify who that boy was, it was none other than Alexander Samarita .
Rachel couldn"t believe her eyes, the boy whose expression remained always stoic, was now crying in a corner with a mix of despair and fear showing on his face . Rachel couldn"t even begin to imagine what kind of horrors Alex must"ve endured to become like that .
"What have you done to Alex!" Rachel suddenly shouted at the old man in front of her .
"Nothing much, I was just training him . " Richter nonchalantly replied .
"Training!? You called that training?! That"s your own grandson, your own flesh and blood! How can you treat him like that!"
"Don"t talk like you know anything little girl . What I"m doing is showering my grandson with my love and affection . I"m giving him the greatest gift that I could give . I"m giving him the chance to become the perfect Greyhound . " Richter"s tone suddenly got a bit colder as he answered Rachel .
"That"s your way of showing love!? Making your grandson cry, and making him have that look of despair on his face, is your way of showing love? Your mind must be a messed up place if you think that way . "
Hearing what Rachel said made Richter shrug his shoulders . "It doesn"t matter if you don"t understand how great my love is for my grandson . Also it"s not my fault he"s showing that look of despair . For that one, the fault lies in you . "
After saying what he wanted to say, Richter had the tv screen returned from where it came from . At this point he was no longer interested in talking to Rachel . Richter showed Rachel his back as he was about to leave .
"What do you mean I"m the one at fault for Alex feeling despair?!" Seeing Richter getting ready to leave, Rachel shouted at him . Richter didn"t bother to answer anymore and was really about to leave, but before he could do so, Rachel bursted forward blocking his path .
"Tell me!" Rachel looked at Richter angrily, but even then Richter didn"t bother to look at Rachel as he continued onward without a care . Rachel then went into her full RELEASE state and attacked .
Richter seeing the incoming attack tried to block it, using the same move as before, but the moment he caught the punch, he felt his hands being pushed back . Richter then quickly tried to redirect the attack, but it was too late, his right hand got dislocated . He was surprised on how much power Rachel had, since he actually felt like his right hand would be blown away from his body .
The nanomachines inside Richter"s body started to fix the dislocated right arm . While that was happening Rachel continued to attack Richter . Now that he knew how strong Rachel was, he didn"t bother to block the incoming attacks anymore and instead started dodging the whole barrage of attacks .
Richter couldn"t help but smile seeing Rachel"s reaction . "In the end she"s still a kid . " Even now, it turns out the whole flow of events were within Richter"s expectations .
"Now little girl show me if you are worthy to bear a child of a Greyhound . "