Elliot sat in his own office idly. He just lay down and rested with his eyes closed as he waited for Fury.“Horny, old man.”When Fury visited Elliot’s office again, he returned the card.Elliot took the card, looked at Fury, and said, “You’re a real horny old man!”Fury felt embarrassed as he scratched his head and said, “I was delighted! My wife’s too ugly.”When Elliot heard that, he burst into a fit of laughter. He reached out to pat the chair beside him. “Come and sit next to me.”“Okay.”Fury sat next to Elliot, and the two horny men started talking.They chatted happily as they shared the same interest.The subject slowly changed from women to gambling. Elliot was puzzled as he asked, “I heard that you lost a lot of money gambling? You even owe a huge amount of debt?”When they talked about it, Fury let out a long sigh. “Sigh, the more I play, the more addicted I become. At first, I wanted to put in a huge amount of money so that I could win more to make up for my prev
Elliot chuckled. “Haha, I like you, so I’d like to befriend you. Don’t overthink it.”Fury shook his head. “Dr. Katz, please don’t flatter me. If there’s anything you need, please just tell me. If you don’t, I wouldn’t dare accept this money.”As he spoke, he returned the check.Elliot lowered his head and looked at the check before he raised his head and gazed at Fury. Then, he chuckled.He said, “Okay, let me be honest with you. Fury, I heard that your department’s holding some of the company’s confidential documents, right?”Fury immediately became solemn. “Yes, but Dr. Katz, why are you asking about that?”Theoretically, Elliot was a doctor, so he had nothing to do with that.Elliot continued. “Fury, do you think… it’s possible to leak those confidential documents?”Fury instantly stood up, widened his eyes, and stared at Elliot.“Dr. Katz, what are you trying to say?”He was nervous.The confidential documents were related to Art Trading Corporation’s core strategy. Onc
The first thing Fury did after he returned to his department was chase his staff away. He remained in his office alone and prepared to leak the company’s confidential core documents.However, halfway through his operation, something unexpected happened.For some reason, Fiora, who never visited his department, suddenly arrived and conducted a spot check!Fury was shocked, but it was too late to stop his actions at the last minute.Most terrifyingly, it seemed like Fiora had known what Fury would do since the beginning. She went straight to Fury without giving him any time to cover up.“Fury, how great of you. How dare you betray our company?”When Fiora glared at Fury, he lowered his head and lost the ability to speak.“Take him away!”A few bodyguards immediately came forward and dragged Fury away.Fiora and Damian exchanged looks. This pawn had outlived his value. Next, they should go to the main culprit, Elliot, and get rid of him.At that moment, Elliot was sitting on the
There was only one explanation for this situation: Fiora and Thomas had been secretly colluding for a long time!That bullshit performance from Thomas was just a trap that he had set up. Elliot jumped into the trap like an idiot, and Fiora wrapped things up.The two of them had worked together and followed Elliot ruthlessly!“You… You…” Elliot’s body shook as he got up from the ground. His body trembled not because he was drunk, but he found it extremely unbelievable that he could not stand still. Who would have expected Fiora, Art Trading Corporation’s vice chairman, as well as Lord Vedastus’ biological daughter, to actually cooperate with Thomas, who should be her top enemy?It was such a ridiculous and hilarious thing. Even Elliot could not have ever guessed it no matter how many times he tried.Hayden was the only person who managed to guess it, and he also happened to be secretly killed off by Fiora.Elliot rubbed his head and said, “I was wondering how Mr. Barlow could di
“When you’re young, you think you’re the only one who has the world in the palm of your hands. But once you wake up from your dream, you realize that everything seems to be out of your control. You have everything, then you lose everything. Whatever you have is not what you want, and you lose the things that you dream about.“There’s wine, meat, and women here.“How awesome!”Pof! Pof!Some muffled gunshot sounds were heard, and a bullet was fired through Elliot’s head. It entered through his forehead and exited from the back of his head. Then, the bullet got lodged in the wall.“Bah!” Fiora kept her gun. “This horny, old scumbag acted like he was some kind of hero. He’s disgusting.”Damian kicked Elliot’s dead body away before he said, “We’ve taken care of the last problem. Ms. Vedastus, your dream is coming true.”Fiora nodded. “We can go and meet Lord Vedastus now.”Two bodyguards were left to guard the scene. Then, Fiora and Damian left Elliot’s office in search of Lord Ved
Lord Vedastus did not care about anything anymore. He did not plan to take a look at the dead Elliot either. Perhaps that was how it was like to have your heart broken into pieces.If he had encountered the same thing in the past, he would have rushed out and checked on the situation before Fiora finished speaking.Now, he did not care about it at all.After he heard Fiora’s report, he immediately waved his hand in dismissal and allowed Fiora to leave.When Fiora saw that, she felt both happy and sad.She was happy because Lord Vedastus was not suspicious about Elliot’s death. It saved her a lot of trouble.However, she also felt sad. When Fiora saw how devastated Lord Vedastus was, she felt gloomy too.She stood there for a few seconds before she plucked up her courage and said, “Dad, I’ve been wanting to tell you something for a very long time, but I’ve never had the chance. Now, I think it’s time to tell you.”Lord Vedastus was a little surprised as he stared at Fiora.When
The woman chuckled. “I’m Aurora Barker, Dr. Katz’s personal assistant.”…… Thomas stood in front of Food and Medicine Hall’s door, raising his head and staring at the sky.The sky slowly turned from bright to dark before it started to drizzle. Pisces held out an umbrella for Thomas.“Commander, why aren’t you going inside? Why are you standing at the door and getting wet in the rain?“Are you feeling sentimental?”Thomas chuckled. “Stop your sarcasm. This rain is giving me a bad feeling, like things might go out of control.”Pisces said, “Commander, based on your prediction, Elliot should be dead by now. After this, Fiora will definitely give Lord Vedastus the suggestion to leave Celandine City. Are you worried that Lord Vedastus will turn her down?”Thomas shook his head. “Changes in the environment will force people to change. With the current situation, I believe Lord Vedastus doesn’t have the desire to stay either. He’ll agree with Fiora’s suggestion.”“So, why are you
Within the chairman’s office in Art Trading Corporation…Lord Vedastus looked at the woman and felt puzzled. “Aurora Barker?” He remembered her. He had seen this woman beside Elliot a few times. She was a rare woman who was close with Elliot, and she was also the only woman Elliot favored. He never shared her with others. Why was she here?Theoretically, Elliot had betrayed Art Trading Corporation, so anyone who was related to Elliot would either cut ties with him or pack their things and run away.Nobody would directly come to Lord Vedastus' office like Aurora.Did she really think that Lord Vedastus was in so much distress that he could not even deal with a woman like her?Lord Vedastus became furious.She was underestimating him.He sarcastically said, “Elliot has betrayed Art Trading Corporation. As the woman he favored, why is it that you have the guts to come to my office? Why? Do you think I don’t have the power to even deal with the likes of you?”Lord Vedastus slam
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