Both of them had a cigarette, and they stood amid the wind while looking at the moon.Richard said with emotion, “I remember that when you first came back, the Hill family was still a second-rate family with internal and external problems. The younger generations in the family were very disappointing, and a bunch of big companies outside wanted to annex us.“More than a year has passed. Under your hard work, the Hill family has changed tremendously.“Harvard has improved greatly, and he now has the ability to serve as the head of the Hill family. Emma has a prominent position, and she became the general manager of Stellar Jewelers in the Southland District. The most important thing is that you successfully rebuilt the broken relationships between the Hill family.“The Hill family today is unprecedentedly strong. I believe that it will no longer have any rivals in the Southland District. One day after I die, I’ll be able to explain when I see my ancestors.”Richard looked at Thomas
Late at night, at the police station.Angus told Thomas the latest news and asked for an arrest plan.At three o’clock in the morning tomorrow, Brad and his son would take action against Gabriel with tough methods. If they did not come up with a solution as soon as possible, Gabriel would probably encounter an accident.“Mr. Mayo, let’s arrest Brad and his son,” Angus said.Thomas pondered for a moment and said, “Okay, but we don’t have to take the initiative to attack. We are going to wait for Brad and his son to come to our trap.”Angus asked puzzledly, “Mr. Mayo, I don’t really understand what you’re saying.”Thomas sneered and said, “Arrange someone to do as I said now.”He told Angus the specific plan of action. Then, Angus asked someone to do what Thomas said. In this seemingly calm night, an earth-shattering string of arrests was officially launched.This trap had been started for a few months, and finally, it was time to catch them.After being silent for so long, Brad
Was this a coincidence?If it was a coincidence, it was a bit too coincidental, right?But if it was not a coincidence, did that mean their plan of action had been found out a long time ago, and a trap had been set in advance?Merrick did not believe in any coincidences in this world.That could only be the second case.“Shit!”Merrick realized that something was wrong. He threw the scalpel away and ran toward the entrance of the warehouse as he was planning to escape.Unfortunately, it was too late.All the lights in the warehouse were turned on, and seven or eight police cars stopped outside the warehouse.Dozens of police officers surrounded several of them with pistols.“Merrick Dawson, you guys are already surrounded. Hold your head in your hands and crouch down!”It was over. Everything was over.Looking at the surrounding scenes, Merrick knew that there was no chance to escape.He thought all the plans were perfect, but in fact, each of their actions was known by th
The entire airport was cordoned off, and a large number of police officers rushed in. They frantically searched and rummaged every corner of the airport, but they could not find Brad.How was that possible?How could a living person disappear before everyone’s eyes?His method of escape had been terrific.Angus was going crazy. He had promised Thomas that he would bring Brad back, and he arranged for his subordinates to monitor him. He would arrest him whenever there were any actions.But it had turned out to be like this. He had messed up at some point.Angus addressed the person who had been disguised as Brad and asked, “Tell me honestly. Where is Brad?”The man looked dumbfounded. “Brad? Who is he? I don’t know. Sir, my plane is about to take off. You can’t delay my boarding. I’m in a hurry.”He would not admit to it, no matter what.Angus really did not have any evidence to show that there was any relationship between him and Brad.Let him go?It was impossible.But if
A cunning person like Brad would be particularly slippery. If they let him escape abroad, hehe, they did not have to even think about arresting him in this life.The car continued to drive.Brad let out a sigh. He let the cold wind blow on his face and calmly thought about what to do next.Although he had escaped, his son had been arrested.He only had one son, so it was impossible to ignore him. What made him even sadder was that the big organization from Central City had gone south.The bigwig probably would not contact him anymore.“Now, I can only save my son by myself,” Brad muttered to himself.At that moment, the car was driving, and the surrounding gradually became lively. There were also more people.Brad frowned as he thought something was wrong.“Excuse me, you’re headed the wrong way, right?”“What is wrong?”“I’m going to Mountain City. You should have driven toward the center of the city. It should be more remote and less crowded. Why are there more people now?
Now, Brad had to go in even if he did not want to. If he did not go by himself, then the police would definitely take him bodily and march him in.He snorted. Then, he kicked the door heavily and gave Thomas a grin.Under the close supervision of the police, Brad walked into the police station.He was not taken directly into the interrogation room, but he was taken to a staff room. Just as Thomas said, he already prepared high-quality tea in the staff room.He sat in a chair and grabbed a cup of tea. Then, he drank it, regardless of whether there was nothing wrong with the tea or not.Of course, he had already reached this stage. He did not care if there was a problem with the tea or not.Thomas followed in and closed the door.He sat opposite Brad.Brad did not even look at him. While playing with the teacup in his hand, he asked, “Thomas, tell me, how did you know my escape plan, and how did you bring me here from the airport?”Thomas also took a cup of tea and took a sip.
Brad gave a dry chuckle. It was not a sarcastic laugh, but rather, a laugh intended to mask his panic.He was a clever person, and he knew Thomas would never crack a joke at this point in time. Thomas had said the truth; Angus was his subordinate. Hence, his rank would at least be as high as the deputy director, if not higher. Brad would not be so terrified right now had he known about Thomas’s prestigious status from the start.People were always scared of the possibility of marching straight to their own deaths by challenging someone of a high status even after learning of their distinguished status. If Thomas’s position was truly distinguished, then Brad’s actions all along might be summed up in one word—foolish.True fear would be born after learning about how foolish their actions were. “Don’t keep me guessing, Thomas. You said that Angus is your subordinate, correct? Then, are you the deputy director or the director?”“Neither of them.”“Then, what are you?”“Chief o
Angus pounced on him right away as if he were a starving wolf who had spotted a fat little lamb.“You’re quite good at running, let’s see if you’re still able to run away this time!”He swiftly pulled out his handcuffs and prepared to arrest Brad.Thomas cleared his throat and said, “There’s no need for that.”Angus calmed down after hearing that.He was right. They were at the police station, and since Brad was already inside, there was no way for him to get out. Any random officer would be able to subdue an old man like him. Thomas was also present, so it was not Angus’s turn to go berserk. He realized he had just lost his composure and acted out of line. He scratched his head in embarrassment and took a few steps back. “Why is Brad here, Mr. Mayo?”Thomas waved his hand and said, “There would be someone coming over to specifically report the details to you later, I won’t be talking much about it here. All right, now that the criminal has been captured, and the evidence i
No one knew how far down the title Emperor of Luck was inherited.They had finally caught Luck.Following that, Eric leaped into action and reeled in his haul as fast as he could. With that, all the remaining accomplices of Luck were caught in one fell swoop!The two million innocent citizens were saved, as all of them took the antidote.Once again, Thomas saved the day.In order to express their gratitude, the citizens decided to erect statues of Thomas in Celandine City and many other cities as well.In the House of Vistaria.Phoebe ran towards her father hurriedly. She then smiled at him and said, “What did I tell you, dad? Thomas will definitely turn things around, right? I won!”Declan was so agitated, that he started tearing up.Thomas was really too amazing. He was capable of turning things around, even in such a predicament.At the same time, the curse that had plagued the Mars family for over a thousand years was finally broken. From then onwards, Declan was finally
Luck was dumbfounded. Why was Thomas still alive and kicking?“No need to doubt your own eyes. I am indeed still alive.”The crowd parted, making way for a very familiar figure. It was Thomas, the very Thomas whom the public watched him die.As he walked, he said, “Our previous research has already reached ninety-nine percent completion. But no matter how hard we tried, the final one percent remained out of our grasp. At that time, I thought that perhaps the only way was to drink the Ancestral Water and experience the poison itself, which would allow me to have a breakthrough for the final one percent.“And that was what happened. I managed to do it.“After drinking the Ancestral Water, I finally understood what the one percent was and successfully created the antidote for Ancestral Water. Now that the antidote has been created, it will sever your connection with the Ancestral Water.“You will not be able to kill anyone anymore.“You have lost, Luck.”Lost?Luck's eyes were wi
It was obvious that Eric could not afford to take a gamble this time. But he had no choice. His only choice was to listen to whatever the other party said and prepare a helicopter in twelve hours’ time.That was not all. He was also supposed to request for his superiors to help Luck get out of the country.The thought of it made Eric furious.“Damn it!”He left in anger to deal with the rest of the matter.The sky of Celandine City was covered with clouds.The patriarch, Declan, was in his garden in the House of Vistaria. He stared at the withered flowers as he grieved.His entire life was spent supporting Mr. Cole in hopes that he would be able to create an antidote to Ancestral Water. But at the end of the day, Mr. Cole accomplished nothing.His two disciples — Capricious Holy Hand Elliot, and Thomas — were both dead.There was no one in the world who was capable of creating the antidote for Ancestral Water anymore.“Alas...” Declan sighed. It seemed that it was impossible
At that moment, the general public was suddenly dumbfounded, as if struck by lightning. Everyone was down in the dumps.Many of those with poor psychological strength directly collapsed on the ground.They believed Thomas' death could be exchanged for their own safety, but who knew, in the end, they got nothing, and Luck, as usual, used their lives as a bargaining chip to force the authorities to listen to His Majesty's words.No antidote to Ancestral Water would ever be created by chance.The lives of people were still in His Majesty's hands.Whenever luck wanted them to die, they would die without any ability to resist.However, this was not the most frightening part. What was even more frightening than this was that the only person who could create the antidote to Ancestral Water had been forced to die alive by them.It would be impossible to create the antidote to Ancestral Water without Thomas.Mr. Cole and Elliot had all died, Thomas was the last person who mastered the
Eric sighed deeply, "Thomas, even though things have reached this point, you still remain so kind.""I have nothing to say except to choose death because the research failed." Thomas let out a long breath. "Before I die, I want to talk to my family on the phone."Originally, Emma and the others came to Celandine City because they wanted to be reunited with Thomas.Who knew it had turned into a life and death situation?The world was like a chess game; everything was unpredictable.When Thomas was video calling with his family, Emma was already bathed in tears at the other end. She was crying and shouting at Thomas to not be impulsive, and saying perhaps there was still room for things to turn around.That was what she thought, but it was not the case.Every minute Thomas dragged on, more people perished as the result of Ancestral Water, and the crowd’s fear and rage grew.Thomas’ life no longer belonged to him."Honey, take care of the baby."I love you."Those were Thomas’
For such demanding research, half a day was really too short.Thomas had recruited the best doctors and researchers he could find to work on a detailed study of Ancestral Water.In the past, it was difficult to achieve breakthroughs in the research on Ancestral Water. That was because figuring out how to create an antidote for the Ancestral Water was challenging. On the other hand, it was also because obtaining the Ancestral Water was incredibly difficult. Because they only had a few samples, the results were underwhelming.However, it was different now. Because the entire city's water supply had been turned into Ancestral Water, they were able to collect the samples at their convenience. This made it much easier for Thomas and the others to get the materials.With Thomas in charge, hundreds of researchers were conducting a massive study in just half a day. Unfortunately, things did not go according to plan.Thomas still failed. “We almost got it.“We were so close to makin
How sinister. “All we want is nothing but—safety.“As long as we’re safe, we definitely won’t make it difficult for everyone. If we’re safe, no one will die.“Now then, I have a small request to make to ensure everyone’s safety.“I demand that Thomas drink Ancestral Water immediately! This person is a real hassle for His Majesty, and we must keep him under our control for our own protection. Please forgive us for the inconvenience.“We'll only give everyone half a day to consider this. The emperor will begin killing people if Thomas does not step forward and drink Ancestral Water by this afternoon.“Okay. I've said everything I wanted to say. Goodbye.” The TV screen went dark, and so did Eric's face.He kicked the trash can over and said fiercely, “What is this? You're the only person in the world who can create an antidote for Ancestral Water’s poison, Thomas!“Once you drink Ancestral Water, you’ll be controlled by them!“Won't you have to obey Luck's every command by the
After listening to Thomas’ description, Eric also displayed a look of shock and said two words, “As expected.”What did he mean by, as expected?Was it possible that Eric knew that Luck was behind it from the start?“Thomas, follow me.”Eric took Thomas into an empty ward and locked the door. The two sat in the corner of the ward.He whispered, “There is a piece of news that I haven’t announced to the public, that is, besides Celandine City, there are more than ten cities that have problems. Do you know which cities they are?”Thomas’ eyes lit up. He already knew what Eric wanted to say.At the previous meeting, Eric had clearly stated that more than ten cities across the country had been controlled by Luck. Now, there happened to have more than ten cities where residents had been poisoned.Was there such a coincidence?Thomas said, “The residents are poisoned by Ancestral Water. Over ten cities are all under the control of Luck’s forces, so it is almost a certainty that Luck
“I didn’t. I saw the news early in the morning and was shocked. I haven’t dared to drink a sip of water until now.” Pisces took a deep breath and said, “Is this a natural disaster or a man-made disaster? It’s really terrible.”No matter whether it was a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, it was no small matter.Soon, Thomas drove to the hospital.Eric had been waiting here for a long time. As soon as he saw Thomas coming, he quickly let him enter the ward.He saw a patient lying on the hospital bed with his eyes closed, and his body was trembling. Although it was very hot, he was as cold as if he had just been lifted out of the freezer.A doctor walked over and said, “Mr. Mayo, let me tell you the general overview of the current situation.”The virus was spread through water sources.After drinking water with the virus, the virus would lurk in the human body.However, lurking did not mean that it would cause an outbreak.At present, over one hundred thousand people had b