When I first met him, I didn't really like him. I even considered hitting him in the head with my ice pick. After all, based on the situation at that time, it was the most logical choice. "
"That's right. So why did you change your mind after that?" The old man took out a pack of Randoms jelly beans from his pocket, tore open the packaging, grabbed a handful, and threw it into his mouth.
"Because my wife has always been a carefree person since she was a child. She lives every day in a daze and likes to push all the problems to the people around her to solve. She's not a worry-free person at all, but she has a natural intuition. She has never missed a single step in life. I always thought it was some kind of supernatural ability. It wasn't until we got married that I got the answer to this question."
"What is it?" The old man's interest was piqued, and he asked while chewing on the jelly bean.
"No matter how cruel the world is and how dangerous it is, she can always find the kindness hidden behind the cruelty and danger that others ignore. So, the world always reciprocates her kindness," Mr. Zhang said. Mr. Zhang said, "At that time, we were in the city under the ice. We could see that the child was dying after leaving the tentacles, but we didn't do anything. We even secretly hoped that the child would die. Only Xiao Xia wanted the child to live. She first picked up the umbilical cord and inserted it into her own body, using her own blood to deliver nutrients to the child, although I don't think she fully understood the risks at that time.
"But this is who she is. If you live with her for a long time, you will understand that you don't have to question her choice at all. You just have to follow her instincts. So, I took over her position and transfused my blood into the child. This also allowed the child to have both my and Xiao Xia's blood in his body.
"What happened after that proved it again. Just when we were surrounded by the monsters and thought we were going to die, the child saved us. They were worried that killing us would kill the child, so they stopped and watched us leave the city under the ice. Xiao Xia and I gave him life, and in the end, he also gave us life. It was also at that time that I felt some kind of connection between us. That's why we decided to adopt him instead of asking for anything else, "Mr. Zhang said.
"To be honest, I was shocked when you made this request to me. I almost thought that you had been influenced by the master of the city under the ice and became his fanatics." The old man said, "But after I discovered that he unexpectedly obtained a soul, it is indeed not suitable to bring him along with me or hand him over to my group of secret believers. Perhaps it is a good choice for you and your wife to adopt him."
After a pause, he continued, "So, you're willing to challenge the Gods for him because he once saved you in the city under the ice?"
Zhang Heng's father did not answer this question. Instead, he asked, "You haven't raised a child, have you? Although you have a lot of children, three of them."
Kronos raised his eyebrows. "We are gods, and indeed, we are not very experienced in this regard."
"You have never changed your children's diapers with your own hands. You have never gone online to check which brand of milk powder is good. You have never compared each brand of milk powder until late at night. You have never taught him how to speak. When you first heard him call out 'Daddy' in a muffled voice, you did not feel the joy. You did not take him to the pediatric hospital in the middle of the night when he had a stomachache, nor did you register for emergency treatment for him. You were filled with anxiety and self-blame … And I have experienced all of these. Although we did not accompany him to read his complete childhood, it is also something that I have always regretted and felt guilty about."
Zhang Heng's father and the God of Time stared at each other, not taking a step back. "Now you tell me that he is not born by us, so he is not my son. What else can I say other than swearing at you? I will only say these words once, and I don't want to repeat them again. You bullsh * t gods, one by one. If you are after my son, you will have to step over my dead body first."
After Zhang Heng's father finished his last sentence, he also pulled out the P365 behind him and pointed it at Kronos in front of him. But then he noticed that there were no screams from the other people around him. In fact, the entire billiard hall was abnormally quiet. Even the sound of the balls colliding with each other had disappeared.
Zhang Heng's father glanced at the two young girls at the table next to him from the corner of his eye and found that their movements were frozen in place, motionless like two statues.
Then he saw the look on Kronos's face unchanged. He nodded and said, "I am relieved that you said so."
"What do you mean?" Zhang Heng's father frowned.
"You seem to have misunderstood something. I am not your enemy. At least in terms of ensuring your son's safety, I think we have the same purpose. The reason why I asked you before is to reconfirm your position on this matter," Kronos said.
"Don't worry, I will help you hide the problem of the bullets. I can even pretend that I didn't notice that you want to kill all the gods, including me. But you have to know that the organization called the Guardians that you created has only hatred in their eyes. They want to kill all supernatural creatures, thinking that this is the only way to protect humans. If they know the relationship between Zhang Heng and the master of the city under the ice, I wonder if they will treat him the same way they treat us."
Mr. Zhang fell silent when he heard this. After a while, he said, "I can't command the Guardians. Although I was the one who founded this organization in the first place, and I was the one who recruited the first batch of members, I only contacted them through anonymous emails after all. However, as it grew stronger over the years, things began to change.
"A very powerful fellow has appeared among the Guardians. It's basically equivalent to reorganizing the Guardians and turning them into an organization that belongs to him. The Guardians' execution and cohesiveness have now gone up several levels, but it has indeed become more and more unfamiliar to me. However, the basic purpose of the organization has never changed. This is also why I handed the production method of the Godslayer bullets to them after some hesitation."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. You opening Pandora's Box when you give them this thing. I just got a tip-off that they seem to be working with Seth now, intending to provoke a war between the new gods and the old gods. And there is a high probability that they have succeeded. I am afraid that things will get interesting next."
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