Guards For The Princess

Chapter 77: The Biter

The door slammed shut, and Tang San locked it firmly, despite understanding how small the benefits of a locked door were. After all, this man was the Aviator, even if he threw this man into prison, he could come out just by relying on manpower alone.

Ardian Prasetya walked to the office sofa and sat down quietly. "Captain Tang, isn't he? What exactly do you want? Two burly men together in an office like this, it would be very bad if rumors spread you know?"

"Just pretend, there's no outsider here, and my office walls are soundproof. Biter is my code name, you know that, and you know how powerful my reconnaissance and anti-reconnaissance abilities are. I'll detect any peeping insects in the room if there are any." Tang San said as he stared intently at Ardian Prasetya.

"Insects? What are you talking about? Are you really planning on doing something to me? Sorry, I'm not interested in men." Ardian Prasetya said fearfully, his eyes wide open showing a pure innocence.

“Stop acting, Aviator! You know what I'm talking about!” Tang San snapped in seriousness.

"I'm sorry, but it looks like you've got the wrong guy, sir. I'm not Avi what that is and I don't know what you're talking about." Ardian Prasetya replied with a shrug.

"That's impossible!" Tang San's eyes sparkled with vigor as he lunged at Ardian Prasetya, gripping her shoulder and shaking her again. "Aviator, is anyone threatening your life? Why won't you admit who you are to me?!"

Ardian Prasetya was still a little indifferent as he pondered over Tang San's words. The days of war together, the absolute trust between warm friendship, with amazing determination and heartbreaking gaze. Ardian Prasetya's heart seemed a little cramped at the thought of it.

"Little Princess has been looking for you for years," Tang San said, her face wrinkled in panic, Ardian Prasetya's denial starting to make her heart ache. "Little Princess? Who's that?" It was as if a needle had pierced through Ardian Prasetya's heart, but his face remained calm, trying to be uncaring and ignorant.

"You're serious!?" Tang San's eyes turned red as he stared intently at Ardian Prasetya. "You tried to run, didn't you? It's not something you can avoid, you'll ruin his whole life if it goes on like this!"

Tang San suddenly stopped his gaze, grabbing his own chest as beads of sweat dripped down his forehead. His face turned white, and his body trembled.

"What's? Is something wrong?!" Ardian Prasetya can deny his relationship with this man at will, but the man is a warm, absolute friend whom he has entrusted his life with before, she had to ignore Tang San when the man started convulsing like that.

Tang San gritted his teeth, struggling to pull out a bottle of medicine from his chest pocket with trembling hands. He took out one of the pills inside and put it in his mouth, then the convulsions subsided. He was still panting, but he was not pale anymore.

Ardian Prasetya glanced at the prescription in his bottle, it was a painkiller, a powerful sedative imported, and was a very powerful breed, devoted to soldiers on the front lines. Ardian Prasetya dropped an indifferent act as he looked at his friend. "Why did you get this?"

"Huh, you son of a bitch. You finally acknowledge who you are now." Tang San smiled and reminisced. His pale face made a new needle of guilt piercing the heart of Ardian Prasetya.

"Alright, don't talk about it just yet, okay? Now tell me, what happened to you?" Ardian Prasetya answered with a question as she helped Tang San get onto the sofa. Maintaining his denial has lost its meaning.

"I'm not that weak, I'm fine!" Tang San laughed, obviously very happy when he saw Ardian Prasetya. "I know it's you, Aviator. How many years have we not met? You become taller, your flat face is perfect, and you also seem more reserved. However, I know it must be you."

"Biter, don't try to shift focus. Tell me, what's going on? Also, how can you retire from the military? Isn't the organization you've been following for life?" Ardian Prasetya could not imagine what Tang San had experienced over these past two years.

The man still looked as strong as ever, but Ardian Prasetya felt a slight illness inside him. Prasetya's grandfather was the one who finished all the medicine books in the secret library inside the tower, Ardian Prasetya himself had inherited some lost traditional medical abilities.

"As you can see, I've retired from the organization." Tang San laughed at himself. "I had a pretty severe internal injury. So, I can't handle high-level operations anymore like I used to, and now here I am, with a new identity and a new title."

"Injured?" Ardian Prasetya asked. "Yes, I received a new mission after parting ways with you, we had to hunt down a huge international drug dealer. They have someone who is very skilled with them." Tang San laughed bitterly. "However, I was lucky enough, I managed to survive the bombardment, but 'Barier' and the others..."

"What's? What happened to Barier?" Ardian Prasetya tensed up, asking slowly. "Barier sacrificed himself..." Tang San replied weakly. "What?!" Ardian Prasetya's face turned dark. The man who was always smiling brightly and full of jokes lost his life, Ardian Prasetya could not believe it.

Tang San looked at the expression that Ardian Prasetya made. He empathized with her very much, he knew what it was like, Barier was just like Ardian Prasetya, he already considered them as family. She cried like a girl when she woke up in a hospital bed and heard about Barier.

"There's still a chance he's alive..." Tang San tried to comfort Ardian Prasetya. "His body has not been found?" Ardian Prasetya's eyes sparkled with a glimmer of hope. Barier is a man who always acts like he's a fool, but in fact he's very intelligent, he can certainly get away with it, as he always escapes death and laughs at it. He must still be alive somewhere out there.

"You know how the drug mafia did the cleaning, right? They didn't care about identity and obliterated their victim's body into the cement grinding machine and threw it to the bottom of the sea," Tang San said with a sigh.

"sorry. When I woke up that day, I had no choice but to curse and cry on my bed. This may sound like an excuse, but I am not what I used to be. My body functions are in decline so I have to take care of myself first before doing anything."