After Hall finished speaking, everyone in the house fell silent. If things were really as he suspected, then General Williams would become a thorn in the side of the current leader...
But, would the head of state really do this?
As it turns out, yes.
That evening, Oakland received a call from Delagar, who looked worried. "Oakland, I think I did something wrong. I feel really uneasy right now."
"What's wrong? What happened?" Auckland asked hurriedly.
"I... I have an uncle who works in the military. He just sent me a message saying they might need your help on a mission. He heard we have a good relationship, so he wanted to know why you haven't been at school lately, why you've returned to the capital planet, and why you've been quiet for days. Is there something unusual? I was immediately displeased. What could be wrong? Didn't you just go home with Senior Hall to deal with Arnold's matter? As for why you two haven't been together, I guess you're probably in seclusion... Anyway, I didn't tell him about it, just said I didn't know." Delagar paused. "Then my uncle started asking about your relationship with Hall and whether your heraldry skills are as good as the reports say. Of course I was going to praise you profusely, but after we ended the call, I felt something was wrong. Could he be trying to recruit you into the army? He and General Williams are not on the same team! You don't know! My uncle is a man of his word. What if he uses force? Hey, you better be careful."
"Okay, I understand, thank you." Although Delagar did not say who his uncle was, Auckland knew clearly that Delagar's uncle was Aiden Gladstone.
Why was Aiden Gladstone suddenly asking about him?
Oakland immediately told Hall the news, and Hall frowned.
Hall recalled Aiden Gladstone's request that Arnold create fifteen modified mechas within fifteen days. While he didn't know exactly what he was planning, he undoubtedly needed a skilled herald. With Alvin dead, Auckland, even more skilled in heraldry than Alvin, would be a target.
However, Oakland has been labeled as a member of the Williams family, and it is unlikely that he can be used by him like Ivan. If Aiden wants to make Oakland submit, he will inevitably use some extraordinary means.
"I'm going to the military headquarters soon to help my father prepare. You should be careful these two days and go out less often." Hall said to Oakland.
"Don't worry, I'm not afraid of these people's conspiracies and tricks." Auckland was not afraid at all. Although he was only at the Foundation Establishment stage and could not compare to Hall, he was much stronger than those ordinary people who did not know how to practice, and there was absolutely no problem in protecting himself.
Sure enough, the next day, Oakland spotted the people stalking their home. While these people were skilled trackers, their movements were extremely covert, and they employed a variety of high-tech methods, making detection virtually impossible, who was Oakland? He possessed divine awareness! Even Owen, the slowest cultivator, sensed something was amiss.
Aiden Gladstone took his men to General Williams' Second Army, ostensibly to cooperate with him to find out the details of those imperialists, but in fact to delay him. Hall hurriedly sent a message to Auckland, asking him to be more careful.
Oakland was indeed on high alert. When he discovered that those people hiding in the dark might be ready to attack at any time, in order not to affect Irving, whose body had not yet recovered, and Joey, who had no ability to protect himself, Oakland deliberately walked out of the house to divert those people's attention.
Those people were no match for him at all. He found a place without surveillance, completely eliminated them, and then leisurely returned home.
But he underestimated his enemy. When he returned home, he found it in a mess. Quentin, who was responsible for protecting Owen, was shot in the abdomen and lay in the corner. Owen was nowhere to be found.
"How could this happen..." Oakland scratched his hair in frustration. He had clearly set up a formation barrier at the door when he left, so there was no way these people could break in!
He used his spiritual sense to scan up and down and found that the windows on the second floor had been removed. Those people entered the house from the second floor. He underestimated the enemy. He thought these people were coming for him, so he led them out. However, he did not expect that these people had other arrangements and actually attacked Owen!
"Awoo, awoo, awoo!" A ball of white fur jumped out from behind Quentin, its big blue eyes full of tears, and it barked at Auckland.
Unfortunately, Auckland didn't understand a word he said. But he could sense Joey's anxiety, so he quickly hugged the little fur ball into his arms and stroked his messy fur lovingly.
"What happened? Where's Owen?" Oakland hurriedly took out the healing potion and gave it to Quentin, and asked immediately after he woke up.
"Owen was taken away... They said... that you should wait at this coordinate... It's my fault that I failed to protect... him..." Quentin reached out and grabbed Oakland's sleeve, telling him the coordinates those people mentioned, "Please... rescue him..."
After all, Quentin had only been training for a short time, and unlike Hall, who possessed the power of divine beast bloodlines, it was too difficult for him to defeat the enemy with a small number of people. If they weren't afraid that the death of someone would upset the Williams family, those people wouldn't necessarily have saved someone alive to pass on the message to Oakland.
"Don't worry! I will definitely rescue him!" Oakland left a few bottles of healing potion to Quentin, left Joey by his side, then immediately hailed a taxi, told the driver the coordinates, and quickly rushed towards the target location.
Quentin drank the healing potion and his wounds gradually began to heal. He propped himself up, contacted Hall with his light brain, and told him the situation here truthfully.
Hall, who was in the meeting, suddenly stood up with a ferocious look on his face, causing General Williams and Aiden Gladstone to look at him in surprise. Hall really wanted to tear Aiden Gladstone to pieces right there and then, but he couldn't...
In the absence of any evidence to prove that Aiden was involved in this matter, if he rashly took action against a general, he would be expelled from the military and tried by a military court, and his father's reputation would plummet, which was exactly what these people wanted!
He took a deep breath, quickly forced himself to calm down, and then said to Aiden in a slightly cold tone, "General Aiden, something suddenly happened at home, and I need to talk to my father alone immediately."
Aiden's eyes flashed with understanding, and he said very reasonably, "It must be a very urgent matter, right? Then I'll go wait in the lounge and not disturb you two."
"Thank you, General Aiden." Hall said through gritted teeth, his eyes almost spitting fire as he watched Aiden's departing back.
"What happened?" General Williams also noticed something was wrong.
Hall sighed and told his father the news he had just received.
Although Owen was kidnapped, he remained remarkably calm. His face was still extremely pale due to a genetic condition, making it clear he was seriously ill. Those who were aware of his condition didn't tie him up, but instead prepared a number of first aid kits, ready to rescue him at any moment. This gave Owen the impression that they wouldn't harm him for now, and that their purpose in kidnapping him was likely to threaten his family.
After confirming this fact, he was no longer panicked. Each of his family members was a strong person, especially his younger brothers Hall and Oakland. Once they got the news, they would definitely be able to rescue him.
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