Chapter 409 Mysterious Jesda Family
"So, all the stories that I have been hearing about, they have all been a lie?" Jack asked dazedly.
Benjamin looked at him silently, he could not say anything about the matter. After all, even though it was true that he did not know how it felt, to be lied to for the whole years that he had been living, but, at least, he could imagine it.
He could clearly remember the anger that was within Jack's eyes during the time that he had gone to look for him, to ask about Nathan's whereabouts from him.
At that time, Jack also blamed him. After all, by going there to look for a person who had been involved in a murder, then, that implied that, he might be together with the murderer.
Even though it was true that Benjamin knew about the fact that, Nathan was cruel, but, he knew that, with Nathan's capabilities, there was no way that he was going to be able to deal with Anne.
Not only was Anne strong, but, she also possessed an incredible ability. With just that ability, other than the fact that she had already become a superhuman, then, if she wanted to deal with Nathan, then, all of that was going to happen with just a single snap of her finger.
In the end, and due to the anger that Jack possessed, he ended up killing Nathan. Even though it was true that Nathan was considered cruel, but, at the end of the day, he was still his son. So, after knowing that Nathan had passed away, then, Benjamin wanted to arrange for his funeral.
Of course, Benjamin never blamed Jack for killing Nathan. At the end of the day, all of this was a result of Nathan's own actions. Due to the fact that he didn't know about the ability that Anne possessed, he had orchestrated for her to be killed.
Additionally, even though she had not done anything that deserved death, just from the fact that, by getting away from home, she had prevented her generation from taking over the position of the family head in the family, Nathan held a grudge.
Until now, Benjamin felt that it was a pity that Nathan had died just like that. Anyway, there was no need for him to continue thinking about the matter considering that, no matter how hard he thought about it, there was no way that they were going to bring Nathan back to life.
"Cloning. Does it exist? You said that the body that we buried was just a clone of my mother. So, with the current level of technology, why have I never heard of cloning?" Jack asked after a moment of silence.
"Currently, with the level of technology that is present in our country, there is no possibility of cloning successfully. But, the same cannot be said when you go to the strongholds.
The strongholds possess incredible level of technology. With that level of technology, it is completely possible to do the cloning. But, it is just that, the results are not that pleasing.
Even though they can successfully clone a person, they cannot clone the memories, abilities, and the lifetime of the clone is only a few days. So, not only does it consume a lot of resources to do cloning, but, the clone is completely useless.
Had it been that the clone was able to have a lifespan like that of a normal person, then, they might as well go ahead and try educating that clone, trying to see if it could possess the same capabilities as the person that they had cloned. But, it is a pity that the clone only survives for a maximum of 4 days." Benjamin replied.
Jack furrowed his brows once again. In Azima, he had already investigated the matter of cloning. Since he was also involved in the health sector, then, he had to do some research about the health industry, even though he was not planning to dominate the entire industry.
From his research, he had realized that, even though several scientists had tried several times to do the cloning, they had never succeeded. Although they managed to produce a clone, but, the clone did not have any signs of life.
From this, Jack could tell that, the matter of the clone involved the strongholds. And since that was the case, that implied that the disappearance of his mother was also something that involved the strongholds as well.
It was true that Benjamin had claimed that they had managed to search into the strongholds that they could access, but they had never managed to find any traces of her.
"How many strongholds do you have access to?" Jack asked once again.
Benjamin remained silent for a while. And after a moment, he replied, "Currently, there should be a total of about 120 strongholds in the world. And amongst all of them, we have access to five."
Jack: ??
"Seriously? Only five out of 120, and he claimed that you had really done your investigation, trying to look for the traces of my mother? Are you kidding?" Jack asked incredulously.
Benjamin looked at Jack as if he was looking at a fool. Then, he asked, "Do you think that gaining access to the strongholds is that easy? It is not just a matter of the fact that, the strongholds are spread all around the world, but, you have to be given permission to be able to enter even a single stronghold.
Just having the capability of entering one of them is a hurdle. It is already good enough that we have managed to get entry into five strongholds out of 120. You have to remember that, all the strongholds are under different managements.
Even if we are possessing great influence in this country, but, when it comes to the strongholds, the wealth and everything that we possess here, is completely useless there. So, your influence here right now, if you go to the strongholds, if you don't possess any strength, then, you are useless." Benjamin explained.
"Even then, you should not have said that you looked into the strongholds. Five out of 120, that is such a small number. I guess I will have to do the investigation myself." Jack said as he got to his feet.
It was then that he suddenly thought of something. He looked at Benjamin and asked, "Do you know anything about the Panther's organization?"
"I have never heard of it. Was it the one that came after you? If that is the case, then I will do my investigation on them." Benjamin replied confusedly. He didn't understand what the Panther's organization was, but, he could guess that it was related to the strongholds.
"Alright then. I will be leaving." Jack said nothing else, and decided to leave. As for the Panther's organization, he said nothing more about them.
He had already spent enough time here, and he had gotten enough information, well, all the information that he could get from the old man.
He didn't see that there was any need to continue listening to the old man. After all, just like him, he was completely clueless about where his mother had gone to.
Benjamin did not stop Jack from leaving. Instead, he began contemplating about the reason as to why Jack had asked about this.
'It seems that the people from the strongholds have already begun getting involved in the matter concerning the ordinary countries. If that is the case, then, our family will have to make a move.' Benjamin thought to himself.
He had been observing Jack all this while, during the time that he was explaining to him about the strongholds. But, he realized that, Jack was not surprised after receiving the information.
That implied that, he already knew about the existence of the strongholds before he came over. Additionally, due to the fact that he had also targeted the point where he said that, his mother would have been capable of leaving the Alfonso family if she wanted to, and, where he said that the world was hiding a lot, that implied that, he already knew about the superhumans.
As for where he was surprised when he heard that his mother was a superhuman, that was to be expected. After all, Jack had been living a life without knowing that his mother was possessing incredible abilities.
'Mhm. He hasn't showed any signs of possessing incredible abilities like his mother. But I guess we will have to keep an eye on him, trying to ensure that, we don't miss anything.
Even though it is true that he has decided that he is not going to come back to the family, it doesn't matter. He still has the blood of the Jesdas flowing through his veins.' Benjamin thought to himself after Jack had left.
Benjamin could already tell that, Jack was going to do investigation about his mother. And if that was the case, that implied that he was going to know many secrets about the Jesda family.
Of course, the Jesda family was not like the other reclusive families. Other than the fact that they possessed incredible influence over Azima, there was also another fact that, they were involved in the matter concerning superhumans.
And of course, not everyone knew about the existence of the strongholds. This was just a matter that only those at the very top of the government knew about, and perhaps, a few mercenaries. But, this much had always been kept as a secret.
Even though the presence of the strongholds was being kept as a secret, that did not imply that the strongholds were not getting involved with the ordinary people that were not members of the strongholds.
Just from the fact that, outside of each stronghold, there was another city, this implied that, this was the place that they were using. In the cities that were outside the strongholds, that was where people from the ordinary countries went there, trying to look for chances of entering the stronghold.
Of course, they knew that, if they managed to enter the stronghold, then, their lives would change. Not only would they become strong, but, they might have a chance of getting incredible wealth.
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