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Chapter 348 348: The Shocking Truth?

The human insight skill allowed Michael to be able to tell that when Matthew was saying those words, he was not lying or acting. Instead, everything he displayed was genuine.

The determination that was in the old man's eyes could not escape Michael's detection, as he immediately understood what the old guy was thinking about. Most probably, he was thinking about making sure that he went with them to the Santos family.

Regardless of what the old man was thinking, Michael decided not to beat around the bush.

Hence, while gazing coldly at Newton, he asked, "Don't you know who is the reason behind the death of my parents? Initially, I also thought that it was just an accident.

But after a while, upon realizing the origin of my parents, which was just a few months ago, I did my investigation, only to realize that he was from the Santos family from the capital.

And more than that, the death of both of my parents, even though it was quite well orchestrated, once I investigated those that were behind the bank heist, I realized that someone from the Santos family was involved."

Michael went ahead and gave a little more details about the results of his investigation to the two. The entire time, his eyes were locked on Newton, making him completely uneasy.

And as the two heard his words, they were left shocked. Neither of them had anticipated this when they were coming over.

Something that left even Michael puzzled was the fact that he could see that Newton was genuinely shocked and angered. It seemed that this guy was kind of clueless about what had happened?

But how was that even possible? From the investigation that Michael had carried out, it was clear that Bob was the one who had given the instruction for his parents to be killed.

And from what he knew, Bob was someone very close to Newton. For him to target a member of the Santos family, it was impossible for him to act on his own. It had to be under the instruction of someone.

And within the Santos family, who else could give such instructions, if not Newton himself? But if he was the one who had instructed Bob to orchestrate the death of his parents, why was his reaction showing otherwise?

If not for the fact that Michael possessed the expert level human insight skill, he might have thought that Newton was a very good actor.

But of course, in front of the human insight skill, unless someone possessed expert level acting skills, it would be impossible to deceive Michael.

"You are trying to say that we, the Santos family, were the ones that were involved with the death of Zachary? That is my big brother, you know?!" Newton was the first to say something.

He himself found this hard to believe, especially considering that Michael had mentioned that Bob was the one who had instructed for the death of both Zachary and Cynthia.

No matter how much he thought about it, Newton just could not understand this. He began wondering, could it be that there was a time that he had drunk too much, and spouted nonsense?

Otherwise, while he was completely sane, Newton would never do something like that. Not to mention that the two of them usually had a good relationship, they did not even have a conflict that would lead to him intending to kill Zachary.

As he was still confused about this, Matthew on the other hand was completely silent. Looking at him, Michael could tell that the old man seemed to know something.

"Hey, you seem to know something, right? Why don't you just say it out loud? Or do you perhaps have an argument that claims that the Santos family was not involved with the death of my parents?" Michael asked indifferently as he gazed at Matthews.

Matthew let out a helpless sigh, not only was it filled with sadness, but anger as well.

"Initially, I had my own suspicions. It is not about this incident, but about that Bob guy. We brought him in when he was still quite young, and he worked under Newton for many years.

But a few years ago, I noticed that there was something unusual about him. When I investigated, I realized that he seemed to be having an affair outside, his wife unaware about it.

But because this was a personal matter, something that his family would need to get involved in, I did not say anything about that. So, I stopped paying attention to his movements.

It was just that, the frequency of his moves seemed to have increased a bit, and at the same time, some of our plants were failing.

The moment that I began investigating, I realized that he had already stopped going out sneakily. In the end, I did not find any other leads, so, I decided to end the investigation there.

It is just that, I never expected that he was actually a spy? That is the only reason that I can get, to explain why he sent someone to kill both Zachary and your mother Cynthia." Matthew said in an almost tired voice.

Newton who was sitting beside the old man was left doubting himself. At this point, he realized, it seemed that he was not the one who was behind this?

While it had not yet been proved, it seemed that he would have to investigate Bob. Previously, when he had heard about the death of Zachary and Cynthia, he had asked Bob to do the investigation on this matter.

In the end, Bob informed him that it was just a group of gangsters that had gone to rob a bank, and both Zachary and Cynthia died there. Additionally, they were not the only victims.

At that time, Newton was quite busy himself, so, after receiving a report from Bob, he did not dig deep into this. Instead, he thought, he would find a chance to visit Drenn city, to deal with the burial of Zachary and his wife.

He obviously had no intention of bringing Zachary's body back to the Santos family, so that he would not shock the old man.

But on the day that he was supposed to go there, something happened, a conflict with the Blood Reapers syndicate, which prevented him from going.

And now that he thought about this, he realized, there were just too many coincidences, especially related to Bob and the Blood Reapers syndicate.

Even though he hoped that this was not true, his intuition told him that there was a probability that Bob was related to the Blood Reapers syndicate.

On the other hand, after listening to Matthew's words, Michael fell silent for a moment. It seems that there was another probability that he had not anticipated before?

Previously, when he was investigating about the death of his parents, the moment that he realized that Bob was working for Newton, he immediately finalized the investigation there.

Since Newton was currently the family head of the Santos family, even though Matthew was the one who held the final say, Michael believed that if Bob did something, it had to be under the orders of Newton.

Unexpectedly, that seemed not to be the case. Of course, there was a probability that the old man was just trying to shift the blame to someone else, but Michael could tell that Matthew was not lying.

With a slight frown on his face, Michael communicated with Onyx, so that the investigation on Bob could be carried out.

Unlike the time that Michael did the investigation himself, Onyx was way more efficient. Additionally, it seemed that Onyx had already done some of the investigation on Bob, ever since his first visit to the villa.

So, just about two seconds or so later, Onyx began informing Michael on the results of the investigation.

"According to the data that I have collected, including bank transfers, messages, call logs and so on, I can clearly tell that Bob is a spy.

He has been receiving quite an amount of money from the Blood Reapers syndicate for over 10 years now. And all the money has been transferred to his international account, which is why it has never been noticed by anyone within the Santos family.

Additionally, this bank account is not directly linked to Bob, instead, there is a relative of Bob, who frequently visits Bob. It is this person's account that usually receives the transfers from the Blood Reapers Syndicate.

The most recent task that Bob was given was to make sure that there was a fallout between you and the Santos family. That way, it would be much easy for the Blood Reapers syndicate to be able to recruit you to join them.

On the other hand, regarding the issue of the death of your parents, this was something that was orchestrated by the Blood Reapers syndicate as well.

Not sure about the details, but from all the clues available, it seems that they had the intention of causing an internal conflict within the family.

Most probably, they wanted Newton and Matthew to fall out with each other, which would then cause the Santos family to be unstable. But for some reason, Bob never revealed the death of Zachary to Matthew." Onyx reported.

As he listened to the report by Onyx, Michael's expression shifted. At the same time, the anger within his heart suddenly surged, as the determination to kill suddenly increased.

Matthew seemed to have noticed the shift in Michael's expression as he immediately asked, "Michael, could you perhaps have any clue about who might be involved in this? Maybe, during the time that you were investigating, did you find any person that was close to Bob, that might not be part of the Santos family? Most probably, our enemy?"