BROTHERS TOGETHER: US AGAINST DOOM

Getting Down To Business

Constantine stood on a patch of cloud in dumbfounded silence as he stared at Ruger, who had already assumed his carefree attitude once more. He could not recover in time from the sudden turn of events and before he came back to his senses, some time had already passed.

Ruger watched Constantine make a fool of himself in silence and he did not say anything. When Constantine finally came to his senses, he quickly looked at Ruger warily, as if he could not believe what he was saying.

"Is it really over just like that?" Constantine asked once more.

"This is not a trick for me to let down my guard so that you can attack me unawares, right?"

Constantine was still finding it hard to believe that Ruger was just going to let everything go like that without doing anything to him.

Looking at Ruger right now, he had adopted his usual carefree expression, as if what had transpired before was nothing and he couldn't be bothered to care about it at all.

Suddenly, Constantine felt like a clown...

All this time, he felt like he was facing a great enemy, one that was very powerful and whom he could not face off against. But now he suddenly found that the person he thought of as the enemy could not even be bothered to care about him at all.

It was like in Ruger's eyes, Constantine was nothing more than a monkey jumping on a stick and displaying his insignificant tricks.

This feeling was not pleasant at all and Constantine shot a look at Ruger with a gaze filled with a deep-seated grudge.

Noticing the grudge-filled look that Constantine was giving him, Ruger smirked and said to him, "what's with the look brat... are you feeling unreconciled?"

"Do you feel your existence is pitiful because I can't be bothered with you?"

"Well, there is no helping it. That's just how things are. For someone like me, I can't be bothered to deal with the ant that crawls up my boots not to talk of a clown like you. Don't throw my goodwill in the gutter, so you'd better behave from now on."

Ruger was patronizing Constantine, and he knew it. He was actually filled with disdain for Constantine and didn't deign it necessary to care about him at all.

Constantine did not want to accept this treatment from Ruger, so he rebutted subconsciously.

"Heh! Are you sure that's why you didn't do anything to me... because you couldn't be bothered to do so? Or is it because I was right and you really can't do anything to me at all, eh?"

At these words, Ruger sent a glare Constantine's way and retorted coldly, "Want to try if I can or not?"

Hearing Ruger's cold words, Constantine was immediately chilled, and he sensed danger.

Immediately, Constantine looked away and didn't dare bring up the matter again. Although he was fairly certain that Ruger really couldn't do anything to him, Constantine was not willing to test that theory anymore. Previously, when Constantine had really been crazy enough to try, he had felt like his heart was about to stop.

Constantine didn't want to experience that feeling once again.

Even though Ruger might now actually be able to do anything to Constantine, the fact that he could affect him mentally enough to scare him and make him feel uncomfortable... that much was enough for Constantine to not want to mess with this maniac.

Finally, Constantine was able to calm down. At this moment, they had already wasted a lot of time with this little episode of theirs. He was not willing to waste any more time, nor did Constantine want to spend another second with Ruger.

In that case, Constantine finally said, 'you said you wanted to get down to business. Let us hear it then..."

"What do you want to talk to me about?"

Finally, Constantine and Ruger got down to the business.

Ruger said to Constantine, "Well then, I guess that despite our aversion to each other, which we both mutually share, we still have to admit the fact that we have an issue in our hands..."

"I admit that when I was trying to possess your body, something went terribly wrong with the process and a part of my soul became fused with yours. In the process, you inherited a lot of my memories and other things along with it. As for me, I am currently trapped in your body and can no longer get out."

"As much as I hate to admit it, I have no idea how this happened and what we can do to resolve it. That is why we have to come together to think of a way to deal with this situation. Not that I expect you to be of any help anyway, but in any case, since this matter also concerns you, I believe you have the right to make an input regarding this matter."

Constantine listened to Ruger's words, and a frown appeared on his face.

Constantine ignored what Ruger said about him not being of any help and instead focused on the real issue... was he going to stay like this forever?

This was the thing Constantine was most worried about... he didn't know whether he would have to live with Ruger staying inside his body for the rest of his life. The thought of that terrified Constantine and he felt goosebumps rising on the surface of his skin.

Although Constantine felt like this, he understood that currently, there was no way for them to resolve this issue and it was possible there might never be. This meant he had to consider the possibility of staying like this forever.

There was naturally not much of a problem if this was the case. At most, he would only have to make adjustments to his life in order to cope. But the main problem with this possibility is that right now, with all the changes happening on earth and the united earth government paying full attention to everything that went on in the world... now was a very dangerous time to be going through this problem.

The commotion Constantine had caused when he woke up was something that was already bringing a lot of heat to his family just to cover but if Constantine continued to go through any more unknown changes, he might not be able to hide this from his family or the government. If his condition was later found out, it was unknown what others would do to him.

As for Constantine coming clean about the changes that were happening to him, he thought about it for a moment before dismissing this idea. It was one thing to inform his family since he would have to tell them sooner or later. But Constantine would never consider revealing his situation to anyone but his family.

With the uncertain elements that would arise due to the changes on earth, Constantine would not trust his life with other people, much less the government.