Thomas frowned. Why would a kid come into the picture?“Tell me more clearly.”Ballard patted his thigh. “Gah! I also can’t explain it. I will just call him in and let him tell you.”“Okay.”A while later, Ballard led a skinny man into the room. He was also a bald man. He was skinny, but his body was muscular.Ballard said, “Boss Tom, this is my buddy, Bones.”Thomas smiled. His name fitted his image quite well. He really looked like a skinny wolf.Ballard motioned at Bones. “Tell Boss Tom about your thing. Perhaps Boss Tom can help you to settle it.”Bones was stunned. “Huh? It's inappropriate to disturb Boss Tom for this small matter, right?”Thomas waved his hand. “Just tell me.”“Oh, okay,” Bones said. “My son is six years old, so he should be in preschool now. I sent him for registration a few days ago, but I didn’t expect the preschool to reject my son, and the reason was that I’m a gangster. I already explained to them so much, but they were not willing to accept my so
Cyrus Brooks was disgusted when he saw him. “Stand farther. Go farther away. Don’t come so close to me!”Bones immediately led his son to the back.He grinned while he said, “Mr. Brooks, I came here this time because I still want to register my son. Do you think—” “No way.” Cyrus frowned and said, “Haven’t I told you a few times? We have some restrictions on student recruitment. Other than the requirements for the students, we have stricter rules for the parents. You can’t even achieve our standard.“Don’t come again. I won’t agree even if you come. Please leave. Please go to another preschool.”Bones lowered his dignity to whisper, “Mr. Brooks, your preschool is the only preschool in our area. If you don’t accept him, where else can my son study? Please be kind and accept my son.”As he spoke, he took a heavy envelope and handed it to the principal.Cyrus immediately reached out to stop it. “What is this? Do you think this trick can be used everywhere? Keep your tricks. All of
In half an hour, all the parents arrived.Cyrus led Bones and the others to the classroom. He explained the purpose of them being there, and all the other parents showed a look of disdain.Some even looked at them while they felt pleasure at Bones’ misfortune. They could not wait to see Bones’ son unable to study.Bones submitted to the humiliation. He forced a smile and said to the people, “I know I’ve made a lot of mistakes all these years, but I will bear the consequences for the mistakes I’ve made. You can’t involve my son.”“Also, I know I was wrong. Mr. Thomas Mayo has introduced me to a stable and reliable job now. So, I want to beg you to give me a chance to start again and allow my son to study here.”Bones was extremely sincere in everything he said.But, actually, nobody pitied him.One of the mothers impatiently said, “Are you done talking? Can you leave now? We’re here for the parents’ meeting today. We are discussing the arrangements of the rules. We didn’t come he
Thomas shook his head. In the end, he asked, “Are you really not planning to let Robert study here?”A parent felt worked up. “Hey, are you really this stupid? We’ve said it a lot of times. Why the heck are you still asking?”Thomas did not get angry. He chuckled before he said, “All right. Since all of you are so heartless, I can’t say anything. You’re right, the kids should bear the consequences for the mistake their parents have made. All of you who are here today should listen to me now. From today onward, all the mistakes you’ve made will be borne by your children.”All the parents looked at each other. They did not understand what Thomas was trying to say.Thomas reached out to pat Bones on the shoulder. “Get up. Your son is right. It’s not worth kneeling down for this group of people.”Bones gritted his teeth and stood up.“Come back with me.”“Yes.”Thomas brought Bones out of the classroom. Before he left, he cast a glance at the parents in the classroom and reminded t
In the subsequent days, Thomas focused on the base construction of Scott’s Remembrance Cultural Arts Entertainment. It would be completed in a few days.Bones listened to Thomas’ instruction, and he had been waiting patiently at home.It made his wife furious. Their son was unable to attend school, but he was still waiting at home in a daze for those people to come and apologize. Was something wrong with his brain?Bones also felt doubtful, but he still patiently waited, as he trusted Thomas.One day...Two days...Three days...On the fourth day, something drastic happened.Bones was doing house chores at home in boredom when suddenly, a woman came to the door. She grinned as she said, “Um, Mr. Bones, hi.”Bones was stunned for a moment. “Who are you?”“I’m Lily’s mother. Oh, Lily is studying in Bright Future Preschool. Didn’t we meet a few days ago?”Bones frowned. Haha! Did she still dare to talk about what happened a few days ago?“Why are you here at my house?”The wo
As long as Bones agreed to their request, they were willing to do anything for Bones.In the end, Bones smiled, and said, “All right, you don’t have to say it. I know everything.“Take back all of your presents. I don’t want any of them. Besides, I also don’t need you to pay the fees. I’m still able to afford it.“I just want to tell you that children are innocent. I should not have suffered this kind of unexpected disaster in the first place. Please go back.”The others looked at each other.“You…” “I’ll bring my son over there for registration later.”“Great! That’s awesome!”Everyone took their things and happily left Bones’ family.Bones sat down happily. He raised his head, looked at the ceiling, and laughed out loud.Robert walked over. “Daddy, are you really that happy?”“My son, you can finally go to school now. Your Uncle Thomas didn’t lie. I’m finally done waiting for everyone to apologize to us!”Before he finished speaking, Cyrus carried a big bunch of document
Thomas drove a company car and rushed to the chief officer’s office building.When he passed by a riverside highway, he surprisingly saw that many cars were parked along the road. A group of people was standing by the river while looking at something.An elder with gray hair was crying loudly at the riverside. It sounded like he was crying because his grandson had been swept away by the river.Thomas parked his car, opened the door, and walked toward the crowd.“What happened?” Thomas asked.A nosy old lady said, “An old man brought a kid and played by the river. Unfortunately, a big wave splashed on them, and the kid fell deep into the river, so he was instantly swept away by the wave.”In that case, the kid might have died.The old lady pointed into the distance and said, “Look, the kid’s there.”Thomas looked over in the direction of her finger. He saw a kid holding a foam board while floating amidst the waves.The kid would have already died without the foam board.Even w
Jordan tried to grab Thomas, but Thomas easily evaded him.Thump! Thomas plunged into the river and swam in the direction of the child.“Crazy! Crazy! A madman who values money over his life!” Jordan shouted after him.Other onlookers also shook their heads.“Sigh, the temptation of money is so great. It literally drives people to their deaths.”“Haha, in my opinion, he is just rushing to die.”“You’re right. I don’t think the young man would survive in such a big storm.”As they were speaking, a huge wave hit Thomas.In the blink of an eye, Thomas’s figure disappeared. No one knew where he went.Jordan sneered. “What did I say? Why did he have to show off? Now, look at him. Another young one lost to us.”As everyone was sighing, someone suddenly pointed to the river.“Look. What is that?”Everyone’s gaze followed his hand. They saw a figure popping out of the river, and he happened to appear next to the child. Who else could it be except Thomas?It turned out that Thomas
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