The Guardian's Return by Old Pumpkin

Chapter 338

Simon felt numb after understanding what had happened.

He thought Stephen's silence meant everything was progressing smoothly in Hill City, but now, it was clear that something big had been brewing behind the scenes. Even he found it difficult to handle the situation.

In a hospital in Hill City, Stephen and George watched as a white sheet was draped over Julius.

His parents wept beside him, so devastated they almost fainted; a woman lay sobbing over Julius' body, and a four- or five-year-old girl stood to the side, her wide eyes looking around in confusion.

Stephen remained silent. George, on the other hand, was bandaged all over, all minor injuries from his struggle with Julius. However, he did not feel the pain at all.

His eyes reddened as he turned away from the scene in front of him. If not for him, Julius would not be dead, and his parents and wife would not be grieving

Julius' child, a girl, who had no idea what was happening, walked over to Stephen and

George.

"Where's my

and George could no longer stop the tears from rolling down their cheeks. They looked up at the ceiling, not wanting the child to see them crying, unable to

had been deceived and manipulated by Nico. Only Julius had the courage and strength to stand against him. However, because they did not trust Julius, Julius had to sacrifice his life to stop Nico. If not for Julius, the situation

over and pounded Stephen's shoulder in

he was wrong, so he did not fight back. He silently accepted her blows until security pulled

said powerlessly, "I'm

North Hill City, Seaside City, Aqua City, and Celestial City, but he had done so much for Hill

and crouched on the ground,

prickly, and the air was so heavy that he found it hard to breathe. He turned to leave. Another second in there would

body, then followed

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cared

call, he struggled to

looked at George and said, "Let's go and

hospital. Although he was shot, it was not fatal. The bullet missed his vitals, and