“Grandad,” Abel said from the side, “You were the one who started it, and now you blame others?”
“Yeah,” Emmeline chimed in. “I shall follow in your lead, Old Mr. Ryker, and deal with you first. An eye for an eye!”
As she spoke, she raised a silver needle and pretended to aim it at Oscar’s heart.
“Wait, how can you do this?!” Oscar panicked. “I have no quarrel with you!”
“Do you not?” Emmeline retorted. “I belong to the Adelmar family. So, tell me, should I save you or kill you?”
With that, she removed the mask from her face.
Oscar was stupefied for a long moment before exclaiming, “Wonder Doctor, you’re Emmeline?!”
“Yes,” Emmeline admitted with a quirked brow. “I am both the Wonder Doctor and Robert’s foster daughter. Old Mr. Ryker, tell me, should I save you or kill you?”
“You… You… You!” Oscar stammered, unable to find words beyond those three ‘you’s.”
He had just said that vengeance must be sought and that he wouldn’t spare anyone from the Adelmar Clan. So, according to his own logic, shouldn’t he eliminate the Wonder Doctor, who stood before him, since she was from the Adelmar Clan?
“Old Mr. Ryker has a point,” said Emmeline. “An eye for an eye is the way to go.”
The silver needle suddenly darted toward Old Mr. Ryker’s chest.
“Ah!” Oscar cried out. “You wretched girl! I was wrong, okay?! I was wrong!”
“Oh, but you’re very much right,” Emmeline insinuated. “How can someone like you with a distinguished. life be wrong? I should follow your belief and seek vengeance no matter what!”
“Abel,” Oscar fumed. “What are you doing just standing there? Are you not going to stop your wife?!”
“Grandfather,” Abel said, folding his arms. “Emma’s only learning from you. You said we should eliminate anyone from the Adelmar Clan on sight. Now that someone from the Adelmar Clan has caught up to you, it’s just your bad luck!”
“When will the cycle of revenge end, then?!” Oscar argued. “I’m old and confused, alright?! Tell Emma to move the needle away!”
“I can ask Emma to remove the needle,” Abel replied, “but what about your grudge with the Adelmar Clan? You need to make things clear with Emma. She has finally caught up to you!”
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