Arthur continued his thought, he had poured all his love and energy into Zac. He treasured Zac, scared he might get hurt. How could he look at his precious Zac with fear instead of doting eyes? Arthur thought he must've seen it wrong. Seeing John like this, Arthur felt a mess of emotions. He never thought that in just a few months, John had fallen so far. He still remembered clearly what John did to him. But he was his biological father. They shared the same blood. Seeing him this way, Arthur didn't feel as good as he expected. He wished he could live without ever seeing him again, just focusing on his own life. Arthur never imagined Solivair would target John and Zac!! Hugo and Ryder were shocked when they saw John! They rushed to Arthur's side, standing with him. They both thought, Solivair was vile! Using John to attack Arthur! Since he had something on Arthur, with Solivair's nature, he'd have dug into Arthur's past thoroughly. That meant he knew the bad blood between John and Arthur. So using John now, huh, it was a sharp move! Arthur guarded against everything, trying to protect those he loved. But he never expected Solivair to drag out John! When the crowd saw John's face, they were all a bit stunned! Even though he was filthy, bearded, and his hair hid his face, they could still see the resemblance to Arthur in his outline. They'd seen John's pictures when checking Arthur's background. They never thought he'd turn into this ghost of a man in just a few months. Solivair watched the crowd's mixed reactions, his eyes growing more playful. He looked at Arthur's pale face with amusement. Picking up the microphone, he went on, "As you can see, the man on stage is Mr. Hugo's student, Arthur's father! John!" With Solivair's confirmation, the crowd buzzed with talk. "I thought Arthur had talent, but I didn't expect him to be so disloyal and unfilial. No matter what, that's his biological father!" the crowd said. "Parents might raise kids in ways they resent, but he's still the father who gave him life! How could he treat him like this!" the crowd said. "Arthur treats his own father this way, it shows how heartless he is. We can't deal with him!" the crowd said. "Good thing I didn't talk to him earlier. This young man doesn't know gratitude." The crowd said. "…" Many older folks, being parents themselves, had already sided with John without thinking. Plus, these were words Solivair wanted to hear, so it made sense they'd say them. But some didn't want to just follow the crowd and judged fairly."I heard John abused Arthur for eight years for that foster son next to him. Maybe this is what he deserves?" the crowd said. "Yeah! I looked into Arthur's past. John brought this on himself," the crowd said. "They say even tigers don't eat their young. John had his own son but took in a foster one. And for that foster son, he abused his real kid! He even let the foster son bully Arthur for eight years," the crowd said. "If Arthur didn't fight back, he might still be suffering under that foster son. As his father, John didn't protect him at all," the crowd said. "So, John ending up like this isn't worth pitying." "…" The crowd's chatter was loud, but clearly, the voices against Arthur were strong, while those for him were weak. The reason was simple. It was Solivair's power and ruthless ways. Those backing Arthur were mostly tied to Ryder and Hugo. With those two big shots there, they didn't want to go against their conscience and offend them. But this event still left a mark of "ungrateful" and "unfilial" on Arthur in people's minds. To say it didn't affect Arthur would be a lie.