Thomas looked at it.He saw that the girl had been showing off recently.She showed off what she ate one day, where she would go the next day, and what luxury goods she would buy the day after the next.A lot of luxury brands even filled her personal living space.The most eye-catching thing was the girl’s mention of the name “Young Master Nolan” from time to time. She said that Young Master Nolan had bought everything she owned and treated her fantastically.This “Young Master Nolan” referred to Jacob.There were a lot of candid photos, and the girl’s account, where she showed off, was exposed. So, Jacob’s action of spending a lot of money to pursue a girl was unquestionable.It was evident, so Jacob could not deny it.Looking at the photo proof, Birch breathed heavily and nearly fainted.Thomas quickly supported him.“Mr. Nolan, are you all right?”“Haha, am I all right? How can I be all right? I’ve been upright in my life, but I can’t maintain my reputation at such an old
“Mr. Mayo, um…” Everything made Jacob’s face turn red and pale. He was just in a relationship, so why did it make such sensational news?He wanted to explain, but there seemed to be nothing to explain.Did he not do those things?No, all were done by him. He could not deny it.However, there appeared to be a vast difference between what he had done and what the media described.Aries supported Birch as he sat down. He put on his shoes again before he slammed the table and yelled, “What have you done? Tell us everything now!”Jacob looked aggrieved. “I… I have nothing to explain.”“Nothing to explain? Haha! Where have you spent all the fundraising money? How much did you spend? Say it now!”“Dad, I really didn’t do it.”“Are you still lying?”Birch raised his hand and acted as if he wanted to slap Jacob, but Aries stopped him.Thomas reached out to push Birch and Jacob to both sides, and he sat in between them. He said, “Mr. Nolan, please calm down first. I believe what Jac
“Jenny?”Jacob instantly felt a shiver run down his spine.Did this mean… Jenny was the culprit who defamed and framed Jacob? Had the so-called romantic relationship been a setup?The more he thought, the more he felt a shiver run down his spine.“You met her when it rained, and you even coincidentally found the examination identity card that she left. That is very dramatic. Later, she even fell for you for some reason. She asked you to drive her everywhere. In a few days, you brought her everywhere in Central City, and you spent a lot of money.“Haha! No matter what, this looks like a trap that was carefully set up.“You were set up. When you and Jenny went shopping and bought some stuff, the whole process was captured. Then, they made an exaggerated report and made all kinds of vicious speculations. They made stories about you filling your pockets with the fundraising money.“This trick was pretty brilliant.”Jacob gulped. He knew that he still could not accept this.“I’m ca
“So, the situation now is obvious,” Thomas said. “This is the original badger game. Someone set a trap for Jacob, then they sneaked some shots and defamed him.“The money was Jacob’s savings, and I lent him the car.“In short, what Jacob said was just a little stupid, but there is nothing wrong from a moral and the legal aspect.”After they heard what Thomas said, they subconsciously sighed in relief.Jacob said, “That’s great. I’ll now go to the media and clarify these to earn back justice!”He got up and wanted to leave.“Hold on.”“Mr. Mayo, what else is there?”Thomas shook his head. “Although we’ve clarified the situation and you’re innocent, it doesn’t mean the public will believe us.”Huh?Jacob scratched his head. “Mr. Mayo, shouldn’t we clarify it?”“How do we clarify?”“Just be honest.”“You think you’re being honest, but will other people believe you?” Thomas stared at Jacob. “Other people would just believe what they want to believe. Now, this is exposed. Even
Everyone knew that Jacob had been wronged. The problem was, other people did not believe him! Even if he explained things, there would not be any good effect.The public would just think he was defending himself and covering up the truth.If the opponent took the chance and brought up public opinion, the situation would become worse.What should they do?Even Thomas was also trapped this time. He could not help but feel puzzled as well.He leaned on the couch and thought of the solutions.A long time later, Thomas raised a question. “After our long discussion, we have neglected the most important question. Who is our enemy?”Yeah, who wanted to frame them?Birch was also thinking. “Who wants to frame the Nolan family? Other than Mighty Dragon Properties, we do not seem to have any enemies. Besides, isn’t Mighty Dragon Properties bankrupt?”Thomas said, “They were so careful, and they played their trick secretly. It doesn’t look like Mighty Dragon Properties’ style. Besides, do
Early the next morning, just as Thomas had predicted, a large group of people stood in front of the door to ask for explanations."Birch Nolan, get out now!"You're using our money to live in a villa, drive a sports car, and pursue a girl. Are you having fun?"You're despicable!"God knows everything. He was right to burn down your century-old store."It deserves to be burned!""Birch Nolan, you jerk! You better get out now! Return our money this instant!"Central City's entire medical industry scolded him loudly in front of the door.It was understandable.After all, from their perspectives, Birch and Jacob had used their kindness and donations to have fun. How could they just put up with it?They donated the money because they wanted to pass down the spirit, not for the two people to have fun with women.Thomas expected this situation earlier, so he arranged a large number of security guards at the door at the beginning to make sure these people would not rush inside and d
Since Jacob had knelt and begged for mercy, that temporarily gave Thomas and Birch some time to investigate the culprit and truth.Birch stared at his son kneeling there, and he felt so heartbroken.But then, he was the one who caused this to happen.He should kneel.He should pay the price for his naivety and silliness.“Gah!”Birch turned back and entered the house. He sat on the couch, but he could not drink any water. He was so depressed that he lost quite a lot of hair.Thomas sat at the side with his eyes closed to rest.He patiently waited.After two hours, Aries finally came back.He directly rushed into the living room, and he could not wait to speak. “Commander, I’ve made a discovery!”Thomas immediately opened his eyes. “Who did all this?”“Master Centipede and Laura from Pivot Technology!”Thomas narrowed his eyes, and a glint of cold light crossed his eyes.“It’s them.”When they got involved last time, Thomas had set Master Centipede up. He became so angry
In the chairman’s office in Pivot Technology, Master Centipede held a red wine glass while he drank its contents. He was tasting the delicious wine and feeling pleased.“Well, Laura. This bottle of wine that you brought me this time is not bad. You should bring some again next time,” Master Centipede said happily.Laura smiled leisurely.Godfather, it’s not the wine that tastes good. It’s you who are in a good mood, so you feel anything you drink is delicious. Even if I let you drink a glass of water now, you’d find it tasty.”Master Centipede laughed heartily. “Yeah, this is what people mean by when everything is in a good place, you will feel happy. It’s been such a long time, and we have finally forced Thomas, the jerk, into a dead-end for the first time.“No matter what he will do, it’s impossible for him to be forgiven.“Even if he makes a public clarification, we can also immediately get some people to attack him, defame him, and ruin his reputation. He would not be able to
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