Adopted Soldier

Chapter 360: 360

A few hours before Alex’s confrontation with his grandfather, Matthew was walking down a mountain path . He was heading towards the border of a small country, where he heard rumors of some underground people spotted in this area . Alongside the information on the rumors regarding the Shadow Mercenaries, Matthew came to the conclusion that the Shadow Mercenaries were hiding in an underground base .

Matthew and his cat Leo who was sleeping on top of Matthew’s bag felt the ground trembling . When Matthew felt that tremor he smiled happily and started running towards the source . When he got nearer to the area with the greatest reaction, Matthew felt that someone was already behind him .

This immediately sent warning signals in Matthew’s mind . Someone skilled enough to get so close to him without him noticing, meant the other party was a powerful individual, or it could be an extremely competent assassin . Either way, Matthew knew what to do, he charged forward to avoid the person behind him . The next thing he did was to get a hold of his weapon and aim it at the person who snuck behind him .

Leo who was on top of Matthew’s bag was clinging onto the dear life because of the erratic movements Matthew made . After it was able to stabilize its position it looked at the newcomer and hissed .

The person who snuck behind Matthew looked surprised at the sudden movements of the boy . At first, he was amazed to see someone so young to be able to feel his presence even though he was sure that he masked it completely . Yet when he got a good look of the opposing side he finally understood the situation, when he was about to say something Matthew started shooting at him .

All this time Matthew knew that attacking first and securing the initiative was key to winning, especially after the numerous encounters he had .

. . .

Viktor who was about to talk to Matthew was now trying his best to survive . He wasn’t really all that good in a gunfight . Usually, he would have rendered his opponent unconscious before anyone notices him, but since his surprise attack didn’t work, he had little to no choice in the matter .

Viktor wanted to tell Matthew he wasn’t an enemy, but he had no chance to speak under Matthew’s attacks .

’This guy is like Dan, attack first asks questions later, if they die then whatever . I really hate this kind of people . I always thought the holy son was calm individual like his master, turns out his the total opposite . F*cking b*stard making things so difficult for me!’ n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

While Viktor was cursing Matthew in his head, he tried to once again hide from Matthew, but before he could mask his presence he saw a cat beside him . The cat who saw him suddenly hissed, which once again alerted Matthew to his presence . Every time Viktor tried to hide the cat would be able to spot him and alert Matthew .

At one point Viktor wanted to kill the cat but then decided against it . If he did kill Matthew’s pet cat, even if their misunderstanding goes away Matthew would still try to kill him .

Viktor had no choice was about to make a move, but then he spotted Sora in the distance . Viktor signaled Sora to help him, but the other just smiled and winked at him . Viktor who was evading the hail of bullets was totally enraged by Sora’s actions .

Matthew who was attacking Viktor without pause noticed the shift in the other party’s attention, that was when he spotted Sora . Without any hesitation, Matthew attacked Sora as well .

. . .

Now that a majority of Matthew’s attention was on Sora, Viktor had the chance to tell Matthew that they weren’t his enemy . Yet looking at Sora being cornered, Viktor decided to delay his announcement .

’You didn’t help me, so I won’t help you . . . Well, I’ll just make Matthew stop . . . After a while . ’

. . .

Sora who noticed the situation has turned for the worse for him looked at Viktor who was smiling smugly at him . Sora knew that this was some sort of karma, because of his deeds earlier, but he decided to simply blame everything on Viktor .

’I’ll get back at you Viktor!’

. . .

Matthew who was attacking Sora with a passion felt it was weird . He waited for Viktor to attack him, he even showed an obvious opening but the person in question simply stood there smiling at the one he was shooting .

’Are they not allies? Actually, are they even enemies?’ Matthew knew that his attacks normally left no room for a counterattack, but base on the way the two people he tried attacking were able to dodge his attacks in a way that made it look like it was easy, made Matthew start to have doubts . Given their apparent skill level, why weren’t they fighting back and simply dodging?

Matthew then took a gamble and stopped shooting . He waited for a few seconds but an attack never came . He then saw that the two people question were no arguing and fighting each other, instead of him who attacked them both .

This scene before his eyes left Matthew utterly dumbfounded .

"Why the hell didn’t you help me you lazy bum!" Sora shouted at Viktor as he tried to overpower his self-proclaimed comrade .

"Right back at you! Why should I help you, when you didn’t help me!" Viktor shouted as he tried to push Sora down to the ground .

"Well, I thought you were playing with one of Alex’s friends . I didn’t know you were really in danger . "

"The hell! Getting shot at doesn’t look dangerous to you?! What the f*ck makes you think you were playing!"

"Didn’t Dan and Alex use to play a similar game?"

"Don’t you think it absurd to compare me to those fighting monsters!"

Matthew who was listening in on the two’s conversation heard something he could not ignore . He went near the two who were in some kind of tug of war and spoke with a bit of excitement in his tone .

"You two know Alex?"