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Interstellar General (10)

Grey took a sip of the soda and didn't find anything strange about it. He was about to take another gulp but he heard alarms going off in his head.

System 225 shouted, [Don't drink any more of that drink, Grey! It's been poisoned by something that is odorless and tasteless! It's able to kill even S-ranked individuals. This poison was banned and the production was supposed to have been discontinued.]

Grey just found out his rank, only to be threatened by poison that could kill him! It was strong enough to kill his husband, so of course, it could kill him too.

He quickly put his drink down and grabbed Silas' drink before he could even touch it. He felt a pain in his chest and couldn't help but cough. Blood dripped down his mouth and sprayed onto the tablecloth.

'How badly injured is my body from the poison?'

[There's been a bit of internal damage, but you will heal. If you drank just one more extra sip, you would have died prematurely.]

'How fucking terrifying!'

"Grey! Are you okay?!" Silas jumped out of his chair and ran over to him.

Grey couldn't talk a lot, but he did his best to voice out what happened. "Drinks... Poisoned. Don't drink..."

Silas felt a surge of anger as he picked Grey up.

"Don't worry. I will make sure Uncle Gio helps you! I will be sure to kill everyone involved in this."

His voice was filled with murderous intent and his eyes were red with anger but he knew he had to calm down. He had to get help for Grey!

He didn't even have to think hard to know this was the work of Norton and Caspian.

Silas quickly called Christoph to block all the ports as well as search far and wide for his half-brother and Norton. He already had the evidence he could use against them but they worked one step faster than him!

He gritted his teeth. If it wasn't for him, Grey wouldn't have gotten into this mess.

He would be sure to avenge Grey.

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The moment he got his men to spike Silas and Grey's drinks, Caspian already left the capital without Norton. He didn't tell Norton about his plans to escape the area. If Silas and Grey died just as intended, Norton would be safe. If not, then only he would be safe. It was every man for themselves!

Caspian could care less about what happened to Norton who was waiting for results.

With his mercenaries, Caspian was able to escape the capital before Christoph closed all the ports.

Hearing of Caspian leaving, Silas grabbed half his men to chase after Caspian while the other half, led by Christoph, went to detain Norton.

In the meantime, Grey relaxed in the nutrient fluid in the spacecraft while Dr. Gio made sure that Grey would have a speedy recovery.

Grey didn't want to be a damsel in distress so he teamed up with System 225 to hack into Caspian's hologram and ultimately the spacecraft he was using to escape. They then sent the information to Silas' Intel force using a pseudo account created by System 225.

He may have gotten injured, but he was definitely not gonna let Caspian escape from him.

Silas was furious. Out of all the times he gave Caspian mercy for the things he had done, this one crossed the line. He didn't care if Caspian was found dead or alive. He wanted him gone...

He dialed the Silver-Tongued Pirates to help with the chase.

Silas didn't care what methods he had to use. He needed to make sure Caspian would never hurt him or his loved ones ever again.