Kenneth lowered his eyes. “I don't have any plans. I'm just going to do whatever works!”
Frowning, Anthony looked at him with a suspicious gaze. “Daddy, are you serious? Or are you kidding me?”
Instead of answering the question, Kenneth looked at the boy and asked, “What do you think?”
“Daddy!” Anthony's gaze remained fixated on his father.
“I'm serious!” Kenneth replied.
The young boy was still in disbelief. “You really don't have any plans?”
“Plans are just plans. I prefer to tackle things head-on. Your enemy won't find out about your plan if you don't have one!” Kenneth stared at his son and enunciated each word slowly.
Suspiciously, Anthony looked at Kenneth. Although his eyes were filled with doubt, he felt that the latter's words made sense.
Pursing his lips, he mulled over it for a while before he asked, “Daddy, aren't you worried unforeseen circumstances will happen?”
“I am worried!” Kenneth replied. “But am I guaranteed not to encounter those circumstances if I have a plan?”
“You must have some ideas, right? For example, what are you going to do?” Anthony questioned, eyeing his father.
“I have some ideas.”
“What is it?”
“To have your Nat leave first!”
“You want to keep Nat in the dark?” Anthony inquired.
“Nat said nothing about these matters. Do you think she'll allow us to do them?” Kenneth responded with a question.
Anthony agreed after thinking about it for a while.
“But Nat can't be fooled easily. What if she finds out?” he then asked.
“The only people who knew about this are you, me, and Dave. How will she know if the three of us say nothing?” Kenneth replied.
Immediately, Anthony sat upright. “I will never tell her.”
Kenneth glanced at his son. “I believe you.”
Just then, Anthony looked at him and contemplated for a second before saying, “Actually, when Anonymous posted a bounty list on Hacker Community a while ago, he had already angered Vermillion Base. Previously, their hackers attacked Darknetz. Now, they've become sworn enemies with Darknetz.”
Hearing how calmly Anthony mentioned the name “Anonymous,” Kenneth merely raised one brow and did not show any expression. “So what?”
“Given the chance, I want to—”
“There's no need to!” Kenneth interrupted Anthony instantly.
The boy's gaze fell on him. “Daddy...”
“I don't need Darknetz to take revenge on my behalf!” Kenneth declared.
“Daddy, you're not the only one who wants revenge. I want it, too. She's my Nat!” Anthony retorted.
“She's my woman!” Kenneth said promptly after that.
The father and son locked their eyes, both staring at each other.
“I came out of her womb, so I'm closer to her than you!” Anthony said.
At the mention of that, Kenneth sneered. “If it wasn't for me, you won't even be born. Although I'm not as close to her as you are, you're not as tight-knitted to her as me.”
Hearing that, Anthony was at a loss for words.
They continued staring each other down. It seemed like neither of them would admit defeat.
“Daddy, if you must put it that way, does this mean we can't come to an agreement?” Anthony asked.
“I'm just telling you that I can seek my own revenge!” Kenneth exclaimed.
“So, you're saying that I can't get involved in this matter?”
“If you can do this without getting Darknetz involved, I won't stop you!” Kenneth riposted.
“Daddy, you're deliberately making things difficult for me!” replied Anthony.
“So be it!”
The young boy nodded. “Fine. If that's the case, then don't blame me for what I'm about to do!”
Kenneth gazed at Anthony. “What do you mean?”
The latter smiled. “If you don't allow me to participate, then I have no choice but to tell Nat about this matter.”
“No, you won't!” Kenneth declared.
“You don't believe me?” Anthony raised his brow.
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