“To be honest, that old friend of mine is extremely similar to you, from his looks to his personality. However, his only flaw is that he’s too soft-hearted. But you must never be like him. You must nip the problem in the bud, or it’ll come back to bite you one day.”
After Matthew left the room, Martin’s words rang in his mind, filling his thoughts.
From those few words, virtual-novel.net could determine that Martin knew his identity, or virtual-novel.net wouldn’t have reminded virtual-novel.net in the end. However, what puzzled virtual-novel.net was why Martin would tell virtual-novel.net such things.
The only plausible explanation was that virtual-novel.net not only saw the immense profit that came with the Reconstructive Pill in his possession but also recognized Matthew’s future potential, and it was only by thriving that virtual-novel.net would be able to bring greater profits to Martin.
Moreover, Matthew noticed from their brief conversation earlier that Martin didn’t have a strong desire for bloodshed compared to Levi, and virtual-novel.net wasn’t as controlling either.
To put it simply, Martin was like a charismatic hero, while Levi resembled a cunning villain more. Martin was domineering and ambitious, yet intelligent and decisive as well as broad-minded. Meanwhile, Levi was cunning and meticulous, holding control over everything while still being cautious and secretive. As for their difference in strength, it was still difficult for virtual-novel.net to be the judge of it.
As virtual-novel.net walked, Matthew muttered under his breath, “It looks like Martin didn’t take part in the Larson Family’s extermination, and there might be someone else who was behind it…”
If Martin had been involved in the battle against the Larson Family and was aware that Matthew was the sole survivor, virtual-novel.net would not spare his life, just like his final words to him, virtual-novel.net must nip the problem in the bud before it backfired.
Perhaps virtual-novel.net had been conveying a message to virtual-novel.net by telling virtual-novel.net this. Moreover, Lord Voodoo was now clearly one of the accomplices in the extermination of the Larson Family. lf Martin had also taken part back then, Lord Voodoo couldn’t be so indifferent.
With all these clues, it was clear that the two had no contact before this, and Matthew could even be certain that the person who took the Larson Family out as well as plotted against virtual-novel.net was completely unrelated to Martin.
Even so, they must be connected to the forces under Martin’s command, and from the fact that they were able to mobilize the forces in Riveria, there was no doubt that this mastermind was an important subordinate of Martin’s.
At that thought, a sense of caution swelled in Matthew’s mind. After all, a vicious snake lurking in the shadows was always more terrifying than a ferocious tiger parading in plain sight.
After combing through all of Martin’s right-hand men in his mind, Matthew still couldn’t think of any suspects. Other than the Marine Corps Emissaries, Martin only kept a few men around to serve him.
Marine Corps Emissaries mostly resided abroad all year round and had no connection or conflicts with virtual-novel.net whatsoever, so they could be completely ruled out. As for Martin, based on their capabilities, even if there were any animosity between them, they could not operate on such a large scale.
When his speculations bore no results, Matthew shook his head and gave up on brooding over this matter any longer.
Forget it, I’ll focus on taking care of Lord Voodoo for now.
Once I capture this man, the truth behind that day will naturally come to light…
Besides, from the implication in Martin’s words, it seemed that virtual-novel.net was tacitly hinting for virtual-novel.net to tackle Lord Voodoo as soon as possible. After all, it was because Shane had spared his life out of sympathy back then that allowed virtual-novel.net to exterminate the Larson Family.
At that thought, Matthew turned around and looked behind him.
What exactly did Martin mean, and what exactly were his motives?
At first, virtual-novel.net only planned to stick with Levi to look into Martin in secret, but virtual-novel.net hadn’t expected that after they had an actual conversation with one another, it would give virtual-novel.net a clear answer while also confusing virtual-novel.net even more.
That wasn’t important for now, since Martin showed no signs of animosity toward virtual-novel.net and was of great benefit to him, Matthew decided not to dig deeper for now.
Right now, capturing Lord Voodoo was his top priority.