Ben  promptly rushed over. Tony  dug a ck rope out of his bag.


    “Although this isn’t rock-climbing equipment, it should work just fine!” Tony  crowed. There was a hook-shaped item that appeared very exquisite on one end of the rope.


    Taking it, Ben  turned it over in his hands. A glimmer of surprise showed in his eyes. “Why does this look just like those ropes thieves use in movies?”


    “It’s about the same. It’s a bit different but functions simrly,” Tony  replied.


    “No, I don’t get it. W-Why would you carry such a thing with you?” Surprise inundated Ben .


    “Back when something happened to Donna , we had to climb down the cave. After that, I had someone customize this. I’ve been carrying it with me ever since. Never had I thought that it’d reallye in handy now!” Tony  exined.


    Words eluded Ben .


    “Come, let’s try it out!” Tony  gushed, heading to the window with the rope in hand. “Wait!” Stretching out a hand, Ben  stopped him.


    “What’s wrong?”


    “Wait for a while longer. There are people down there right now!” Ben  warned. Looking at him, Tony  hesitated for a moment before nodding.


    “Calm down first. Think about where we’ll be going and what we’ll be doing after we get out of here. Even if we go and look for Daddy, can we still find him?” Ben  questioned.


    As he spoke, he strolled over to the couch and sat down. He held Tony ‘s gaze.


    By then, Tony  had already calmed down. “Even if we go out now, we definitely won’t be able to find him. But still, we’ve got to look for him, no?”


    Ben  was silent for a while, seemingly thinking about something. Subsequently, he lifted his head and looked at Tony . “Alpha  Dave said that Daddy drove off in his car. Didn’t we track his car previously? Can’t we use the same method now?”


    His remark was a timely reminder to Tony . “We can, but how would we know which car when he has so many cars?” he wondered.


    “We’ll just try one by one, then.”


    Feeling that it made sense, Tony  turned on hisputer in the next second. “Do you remember the license tes?”


    “When I walked past previously, I took a few nces, so I somewhat remember.”


    Upon hearing that, Tony  immediately ced his hands on hisputer. “Let me check the previous car first!”


    Ben  got up and walked over, watching beside him.


    A momentter, the location indicated was two hundred meters away from them. “This isn’t the one!” Tony  groaned.


    “Try this one!” Ben  typed in a license te on the keyboard. Again, the location indicated was two hundred meters away from them. “This isn’t it either!”


    Glimpsing the pen and paper at the side, Ben  snagged them and jotted a few license tes down. When it came to the final figure, he wavered slightly.


    “It’s seven!” Tony  interjected. Ben  stared at him.


    “I didn’t pay attention to the other cars, but I’ve got some impression of this one!” Tony  maintained. After noting down the figure “seven” on the paper, Ben  turned to him. “This is all.”


    “I’ll try each one,” Tony  remarked.


    Ben  didn’t budge but continued watching from the side. There were five to six cars in total.


    Only when they reached thest car that the location indicated was a distance away from them. “Bingo!” Tony  eximed excitedly.


    Ben  bent down and leaned closer for a look. Sure enough, the car was presently on the move. “Say, could it be this one?” Tony  inquired.


    “My instincts say yes!” Ben  gazed at him, seemingly seeking affirmation. A whileter, Tony  echoed, “My instincts say the same!”


    “Then, this is it!” The corners of Ben ‘s lips turned up, and he shifted his gaze back to the screen.


    They both fixated their eyes on the screen and studied the direction in which the car was moving. Half an hourter, the car came to a stop.


    “It has stopped!” Ben  cried out.


    “Where’s this ce?” Tony  wondered, his eyes pinned on the screen. “Send it to Thalia and ask her. Perhaps she knows,” Ben  suggested. “Great idea!” Thus, Tony  sent the location to Thalia.


    At the same time, Ben  phoned thetter. After a few rings, the call was connected.


    “Hey, Thalia!”


    “What’s the meaning of the location you sent?” Thalia asked. “Do you know where it is?”


    “Judging from the location… it seems to be an uninhabited zone.” “An uninhabited zone? What does that mean?”


    In response, Thalia elucidated, “Many years ago, this was a prosperous area. Later on, there was war, and the area became barren. For that reason, it’s known as an uninhabited zone. But that was years ago. I haven’t been there recently either. What happened? Why are you asking?”


    “My daddy went there.”


    “Alpha Kilian  Morris ? Why did he go there?”


    “If I’m correct, that person with the codename Boss asked to meet him there. Daddy went there to save Nelly !”


    “How many people went along?” “He went alone.”


    A brief pause came from Thalia. “Did he go to die?” Ben  went speechless.


    Seeing that Tony  hung up on Thalia, Ben  asked beside him, “Are you mad?” Tony  shook his head. “No.”


    “You’re still denying it when it’s written all over you?” Ben  didn’t believe him.


    Inhaling deeply, Tony  closed his eyes and admitted, “I’m mad at myself for being too young and weak. Actually, Thalia is right. Her identity is inherently sensitive in regard to Daddy. We can’t impose this on her. I understand the principle of treating others as you want to be treated. I was just too reliant on her out of habit.”


    Ben  nodded as he listened. After all that reasoning, he had ascertained that Tony  was indeed not angry.This belongs to N?velDrama.Org.


    “But why did you hang up on her?”


    “That’s because realization suddenly dawned upon me, and I was a tad upset. This isn’t her responsibility and she has no obligation in the first ce. In fact, we should be grateful that she apanied us here and went around with us, investigating this and that. We shouldn’t have demanded more from her,” Tony  answered.


    Hearing that, Ben  bobbed his head. “Then, you should have talked to her nicely. With you having hung up on her, she’ll probably-”


    Before he had even finished his sentence, the phone rang again.


    Lowering his eyes, Ben  stared at the caller ID. “Speak of the devil!”


    Tony  realized his mistake as well. He took the phone away from Ben ‘s hand and answered the call.


    “You’ve now gotten brazen, huh, Tony  Jackson ?” Thaliambasted as soon as the call was connected.


    “Sorry about earlier!”


    “Uh…” Thalia was still venting when she abruptly stopped upon hearing Tony ‘s sudden apology. Tony  was exceedingly arrogant and had never apologized. Thus, she was promptly stumped.


    “Hey, what other tricks are you up to now?” Thalia only managed to gather her thoughts after a long time had passed.


    Unexpectedly, Tony  remained solemn as he admitted, “I failed to consider the matter from your perspective earlier. You’re right, and I indeed shouldn’t be troubling you. As such, I apologize!”


    Thalia was entirely lost.


    She still had some tantrums in her if he hadn’t apologized. But when he had done so, she couldn’t shake off the feeling that she was abandoning them and leaving them to their fates.


    “What is wrong with you, Tony ?” “What do you mean?”


    “Why are you saying that you shouldn’t be troubling me? I’ve said that I’d always go all out and never back off when it’s something to do with the two of you. That aside, I promised Nelly  to take good care of you both. What do you mean by saying that now? Are you trying to provoke me deliberately?” Thalia demanded in return.


    “No!”


    “What a lie!”


    “In that case, I’ll apologize once more-” “Tony  Jackson !”


    “All right, I’m really serious. I don’t mean to provoke you at all. Really!” Tony  vowed earnestly. On the other end of the line, Thalia had nothing else to say to that.


    “Okay, I’ve still got something to do over here, so I’ll be hanging up. We’ll meet again when everything is over. At that time, I’ll leave with you,” Tony  uttered.


    At that, Thalia really didn’t know what to say on the other end of the phone. “Then…”


    “Then, that’s it. It’s decided! So long!” With that, Tony  hung up the phone once more.


    Looking on beside him, Ben  couldn’t help but admit that he harbored some admiration for Tony  at that instant.


    He admits it when he makes a mistake, willing to humble himself. On top of that, he can calm down quickly even when he’s at the height of fury and is able tofort those who care about him. That alone had him impressed to the core.


    Subsequently, Tony  handed the phone to Ben . “Don’t answer first if Thalia calls again.”


    “Why?”


    “I’m worried that she still won’t be able to resisting over in the end.” “Isn’t that exactly what you want?”


    Tony  shot him a re, upon which Ben  quirked an eyebrow. “What are we going to do if she isn’t going?”


    “Why worry about going anywhere when we’ve got money? If there’s no other way, we can hire someone and rent a car. Anyway, we don’t have any problems making simple conversation now,” Tony  replied.


    In response, Ben  nodded. “Okay!”


    “Go and see how are things below,” Tony  urged.


    Ben  walked over to the window and looked down, but there were still peopleing and going beneath.


    Standing by the window, he shook his head at Tony . Tony  frowned, racking his brain for a solution.


    “Otherwise, we can only wait until evening to make a move. It’s now broad daylight, so we’re too conspicuous.”


    After mulling it over, Tony  nodded. “That’s our only recourse, then.”


    “Let’s check and see whether Daddy’s location has changed,” Ben  proposed. Once again, they both fastened their gazes on theputer.


    “It isn’t moving anymore,” Tony  answered.


    “I remember that this watch has a positioning function back when we searched for Donna . Can we send the location to our phones?” Ben  queried.


    “Yup!”