The Warden of Sexy Witches

Chapter 484: Chapter 485 You Are Also A Villain_1

An idea naturally emerged in Aiden’s mind, instantly reconnecting the broken threads in his thoughts and dispelling the newly formed doubts.

It was as though a long string of code, hindered in its execution, suddenly ran smoothly again after the missing line was added.

Why would Professor Dodge make the refugees disappear en masse without any hesitation, just like the military...

The missing link was that he was in cahoots with the Kingdom’s military!

Aiden realized he had been influenced by inertia thinking because Professor Dodge had once defected from the Empire and clandestinely worked to destroy the Empire’s demon project. Aiden assumed that the professor’s stance stemmed from his son’s failed case, which led him to persistently oppose the research on artificial demons. Therefore, in regard to Gistas’s "infection" plan, he ought to have been opposed as well.

Following this train of thought, Aiden never considered the possibility that Professor Dodge and the implementer of the plan could be on the same side.

At the start of Gistas Kingdom’s "infection" plan, an officer involved in the project disappeared, and subsequently, the plan was shelved due to research impasse. After the plan was rebooted, Professor Dodge stopped interfering, and Aiden subconsciously guessed that it was because the "infection" plan had broken through the impasse, giving Professor Dodge hope for improving his son’s condition. Thus, Dodge had been planning to steal this research breakthrough.

But upon closer thought, wanting to utilize the research achievement of the "infection" plan doesn’t necessarily require "stealing" it.

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If he were willing, there was no reason for the Gistas Kingdom Intelligence Service to turn away this former Empire demon project participant and Empire defector. After all, the Intelligence Service could establish the "infection" plan thanks to the Professor’s whistleblowing. If Professor Dodge was willing to lower his pride, the Kingdom’s military should be absolutely welcoming towards this technical expert.

In that case, Professor Dodge ought to be in a position to set some terms with the military, such as borrowing the Kingdom’s research achievements to restore his son to a state where he could live normally.

Then, the act of Professor Dodge kidnapping refugees around the same age as his son made sense.

The military of Gistas had achieved breakthroughs in research, and perhaps Dodge had begun to see hope for his son’s recovery.

However, after his failure in the Empire, he must have become much more cautious.

This time, he might have planned to carry out thorough experimentation before applying the treatment plan to his son, just as a new drug is always tested on animals before being used on humans.

Lab rats for sacrifice in experiments were necessary, and fortunately, the Gistas Kingdom was not lacking in such lab rats.

Those refugees around his son’s age were the test rats—perhaps Dodge had merged them with possessing demons hoping to create cases similar to his son, then use the Kingdom military’s research results for treatment, intending to find an absolutely reliable treatment plan for his son.

The military’s experiments were more comprehensive, so they kidnapped people of all ages and genders. Dodge’s experiment was based on his personal needs, so it was something he did on his own, with probably just a bit of assistance from the military.

In this matter, Professor Dodge might also be a great villain.

At this thought, Aiden felt a shiver down his scalp.

He had destroyed the Empire’s project yet assisted the Kingdom in executing this plan. It seemed contradictory, but his ultimate goal had always threaded through his series of actions—to restore his son by any means necessary.

Can I really work with such a person?

Aiden did not mind using those burdened with heinous crimes; he had always done so in prison.

But Aiden still doubted his own thoughts; he had thought Professor Dodge would be a man of conviction by now, but it seemed that for the sake of his son, the man was capable of anything.

This kind of partner in cooperation was extremely dangerous.

"Please, please may I ask..." Tabus, the rag-picker, treaded on thin ice as he struck up a conversation with Aiden, drawing his attention back.

"What’s the problem? Speak up!" urged Aiden.

"Are you with the Cult of Resurgence?" Tabus asked cautiously, "If, if I choose to convert, would you spare me?"

"The Cult of Resurgence is involved in this too?" Aiden immediately pressed, by now somewhat sensitive to that name since it stood for the power of his mortal enemy.

"I... I heard that the Dilon people from the Cult of Resurgence are all over the place, investigating who’s behind the kidnapping of their kin. Those days, when those young people who had disclosed their whereabouts went missing en masse, the Cult of Resurgence seemed to intensify their search, and there were rumors that they were spreading the word that someone in the refugee camps was colluding with the kidnappers. I’ve always been worried that if they find out it’s me..." Tabus said anxiously, "Miss, you... you really aren’t with the Cult of Resurgence?"

Aiden felt a sinking feeling in his heart.

Now the Cult of Resurgence, riding on the waves of the refugee crisis, had expanded significantly; most of its members were refugees from various camps around the city, and the organization’s intelligence network had penetrated deep into the refugee community. The Cult had apparently picked up on selective kidnapping activities like those of Professor Dodge.

Mr. Bloodshed, could he have already noticed that Professor Dodge might be collaborating with the Kingdom’s military?

If he continued to leverage his power to infiltrate that base, it was likely that he would soon find Professor Dodge’s whereabouts.

Looking at it this way, there didn’t seem to be much time left for him.

...

Meanwhile, on the outskirts of the city, in a rented house.

Professor Dodge was sitting by the bed, his sheepdog lying on it, looking somewhat frail but breathing steadily.

"It’s okay, the situation has stabilized a bit," said Professor Dodge quietly, patting the head of the sheepdog—his son, Tony, "But this body won’t last long, maybe you should consider—"

"Dad," Tony interrupted, speaking up. When he inhabited an animal’s body, he could modify the host’s vocal cords to make it capable of human speech, "Was that doctor really your friend?"

Professor Dodge looked at his son and sighed. Each time he suggested that his son should live in a human body for a while, his son would refuse.

To ensure his son grew up safe and tranquil, Professor Dodge deliberately kept his son away from the world he frequented, raising him as an honest and kind ordinary human.

The result was that his son had developed convictions of his own—unwilling to harm others for his special circumstances.

Professor Dodge was proud of his son’s strength, but it also caused him pain.

"Of course, he’s the friend who has always looked after us here, how else would I allow him to know about you and bring you to his clinic for treatment?" he said, with a flawless smile masking his own feelings.

"Dad," Tony stared into his father’s eyes, as if trying to see into his very soul, "Maybe you should stop getting involved in those dangerous things."