Deeply Astonished

Hearing the guy's happy voice sounding endlessly through the voice transmission, black lines began to appear on Travis' forehead. He realised that he had made a huge blunder. He shouldn't have made that promise earlier. If he were to go back on his promise now, he would be known as a person who couldn't fulfil his promises and Travis seriously didn't want that to happen so he had to figure out a way to escape from the trap he had set for himself.

"Hey bro, can you begin now? It would be better if we work together." The voice sounded again. This time it was filled with more anticipation for what was about to happen.

"Em, I actually –", Travis tried to quickly give an excuse so that he would be at least free for now. However, he never expected to be questioned the moment he tried to escape responsibility.

"Bro it can be that you are trying to escape responsibility right? I thought you were an honest person. No?"

The voice sounded.

'Surely, he is not as stupid as he seems', Travis thought as he thought of a way to reply to him. Travis noticed that even though the person at the other end seemed to be stupid, Travis knew for sure that he wasn't a stupid person. The reason why he believed that this was true was very simple.

It was mainly because, the person managed to figure out right away that he was trying to escape responsibility. This showed how smart the person was. Even though Travis didn't know who that person was, he had a strong feeling that he wasn't stupid.

'So why would he submit to him? At least he is smart enough to figure out that Martin Hale was tricking them. So why did he insist on following him? Could it be that Martin Hale suppressed them?' Travis deeply pondered.

From his observations, he noticed three things about the person he was speaking to. He noticed that person was smart; moreover, he seemed like a righteous individual who wouldn't try to lie or partake in any bad deed.

To be able to convince him to do such a wicked thing to Lance and Bryan, Martin must have done something to them. He wasn't certain, but he clearly felt that way. His conscience was telling him that Martin must have truly done something to them. So Travis decided to finally take the risk.

He cleared his voice and said to the unknown person,

"I would do it. But I have one last question. Will brother be willing to answer me?"

"Great, great, go on! Go on. I will answer all your questions." The unknown person said happily. Hearing what Travis said, he knew his work would be easier with the help of Travis. Only if he knew the question Travis would ask next, he wouldn't be so happy.

"Em, Please answer me truthfully. Did Martin do something to you that made you agree to his suggestions? I mean did he force you to agree?" Travis asked after a slight hesitation.

"This…" the unknown person was simply shocked by Travis' question. He didn't know how to reply him. It could even be said that he was speechless. Due to the sudden amount of shock, the unknown person's voice disappeared for a while before appearing again.

Seeing the unknown person clearly hesitating, Travis became more certain of the fact that Martin did something to them. After hesitating for some time, the person spoke. And as for what he said, it was exactly as Travis expected.

"Yes, he forced us", the person spoke in a low voice akin to a whisper. One could even tell that he was very scared that someone would even accidentally hear what he was saying.

"What did he do? Can you tell me?", Travis asked in a low voice. He knew that the technique he was using was a mind transmission technique but he still lowered his voice. He did that so that the unknown person would feel a sense of safety and could tell him everything he knew.

"Well, before I start, I want you to know that my name is Duane. Duane Gregory. I am telling you this so that if any problem arises, you can know the person who led you into that problem.", The unknown person said.

This came as a great surprise to Travis. The person who was transmitting the information was Duane. That never even crossed his mind. When they were communicating, Travois noticed that the voice sounded familiar but he couldn't recall when he heard the voice. It turned out that it was Duane all along.

However, with all that being said, Travis' heart actually softened when he heard what Duane said. His honesty was on a different level. Duane wanted to bear the responsibility if someone happened to even listen to their conversation. This clearly showed that Duane was an honest individual.

Even with that, Travis didn't react to the news. He didn't even tell Duane who he was. There were two main reasons why he did this. The first reason was that he didn't want Duane to know that he was talking to him. The reason was simple. If Duane found out that he had superpowers, he would definitely be shocked and try to spread it out. After all, only those with superpowers could use techniques.

Also, he didn't want to reveal his identity because he knew Duane very well. If Duane found out that he was Travis, he would definitely not say what Martin did to them on the base that Travis couldn't do anything about it. He knew very well that the main reason why Duane was trying to talk to him was that; he thought Travis had a way to stop the problem. After all, he had witnessed Travis' technique first-hand. And since he could use the mind transmission technique, maybe he might help them escape from Martin's grasp.

"Okay", Travis said, after thinking it over if he wanted to tell Duane his identity.

"Okay, it all started when…", Duane began to narrate the whole story to Travis. As for Travis, he listened attentively and calmly. His facial expression didn't even change after listening to about half the story.

However, after hearing the whole story, Travis was deeply astonished.