Gemma said, “My mother recently fell sick and has been admitted to the hospital recently. I need a large amount of surgical fees, and I don’t have any savings now. I’m thinking about whether I should sell the house to get some money. I’m troubled about this.”“Oh, I see.”Thomas casually tore out a cheque. “How much is the surgical fee?”“Two…million dollars.”Thomas did not hesitate at all. He jotted down and wrote down ‘two million dollars’ on the cheque quickly before he passed it to Gemma.“Take it.”“This… Mr. Mayo, I…” “Don’t have to hesitate. Just take it.” Thomas said, “Of course, I didn’t give you the money for nothing. You have to focus on training and shooting more films. Repay me when you’ve earned big.”“Thank you!”Gemma took a bow and took the cheque over. After she thanked him again and again, she left the office.Lunch break.When other people were eating and sleeping, Gemma left the company alone.She stopped a taxi and went to a bar nearby.The Old Goat
Wormie licked his lips. “Don’t talk nonsense. I’m asking you. Is that woman really Gemma Peake the celebrity?”Harvey smiled. “It’s true. It’s really her.”Wormie and Toady looked at each other, and they showed vicious and disgusting smiles at the same time.They had slept with a lot of women, but they had never slept with a celebrity before.At most, they had just slept with some insignificant female live streamer. They had not slept with a real celebrity.The normal homebodies would drool when they saw those glamorous female celebrities, let alone these two perverts.Toady grinned and asked, “What’s your relationship with her?”Harvey shrugged. “She was my girlfriend, but she has now become famous. So, she has nothing to do with me now.”Toady coughed, and he whispered, “So, do you have any way to get her out and let us try her?”“Um…” Harvey was not that bold.He was just a gangster. At most, he would just scare other people, take some intimate photos, and blackmail them
The sky became dark. Gemma went back home alone.She was both physically and mentally tired. She took out her key, opened the main door, and walked into the house.She closed the door and switched on the lights.She immediately saw three men in front of her!One of them was her ex-boyfriend, Harvey, while she did not know the other two people. But judging from their disgusting appearance, they would be up to no good.“Harvey Baker, I’ve given you the money. Why do you still come to my house?”Harvey shrugged. “Don’t misunderstand me. I didn’t want to come here today. But, Toady and Wormie want to make friends with you because you look pretty to them.”“Sorry, I’m not interested in making friends with you. Please get out of my house. Otherwise, I’ll call the police.”Toady giggled. “So stubborn, but I really like a woman like this.”He took out a cheque and put it on the table.“Don’t worry. I won’t let you suffer for any loss.“If you’re willing, we can make a ‘monthly appoi
Wormie grabbed Gemma’s hair and walked to the bedroom.Gemma struggled on the floor in agony while she screamed.“Let me go! Let me go this instant.“Please don’t do this. I really can’t do it.”Neither the moon nor a star was visible in the sky that night.It was extremely dark.However, there was a beam of light that was rising slowly. It was like the light from a firefly. Although it was weak, it was enough to bring hope to the person in the dark.Knock! Knock!A few light knocks on the door could be heard, and it disrupted the atmosphere in the house.Wormie responded swiftly by covering Gemma’s mouth with his arm to stop her from asking for help.Toady motioned to Harvey.Harvey nodded and tidied his shirt before he walked to the door. Then he opened the door slightly and looked out.A tall man was standing outside.“Who are you?”“Thomas Mayo.”“Never heard of you. Why are you here?”“I’m here to look for Gemma.”“Gemma hasn’t come back yet. Please leave.”Thoma
During that critical time, Thomas took a small step forward.This step was the difference between life and death.Wormie’s baseball bat smashed nothing. It did not hit Thomas but Harvey who had rushed over from the back. Meanwhile, Harvey had also swung the iron road in the air and hit Wormie’s belly.Bang!Bang!Two loud sounds were heard. Wormie and Harvey had been hit by each other’s weapon, and they lay on the floor as they moaned in pain.On Thomas’ side, he swung his hand and smacked Toady’s dagger away.Subsequently, he gave Toady a kick in the face. Then, Toady was sent flying like a ball. He twirled around in the air before he fell on the floor. His chin hit the floor hard, and he lost about five teeth.In the blink of an eye, Thomas had taken care of three people. His capability surpassed their imaginations.He walked toward Gemma and took off his jacket to put it on her. Then he gently asked, “Are you all right?”A woman...A weak woman...When a weak woman encou
A gust of wind blew from Thomas as he threw out a few punches at an invisible speed. All of the eight people fell down on the floor in less than one second!Everyone had been punched in the face. Their faces were distorted, and their facial bones were broken.Pained groaning could be heard continuously.Wormie was dumbfounded. Was this person a human being? He was a monster!Thomas nonchalantly said, “Do you only have these few people? They can’t even take my punches. Do you still have anyone else?”“You! Good lad, just wait. I have a lot of manpower!”He made another call, and in less than fifteen minutes, five vans arrived. Each of them had about eight people, so a total of 40 people had come.Everyone was holding a machete and iron road, and they looked very aggressive.“Get him!”After Wormie shouted, those people rushed forward one after another.Wormie flashed an evil smile. “Lad, you can be more arrogant. You can beat ten people at a time, but can you beat forty at onc
Wormie had been a gangster for twenty years, but it was his first time being so lousy!He used to be punched by others until he could not get up from the floor.He also used to be surrounded and arrested by the police.However, he had never been forced by someone to keep calling his people to come, and he had no one to call in the end!He wanted to cry so badly.Even if he had not thought about it before, not to mention that this really happened.Wormie felt quite awkward as he said, “Hero, you have the great martial arts and you’re superior. I underestimated you, and I offended you. I’m sorry, it’s my fault. Please spare me.”Thomas’ eyes became red with ruthlessness, and his blood was boiling. It was really hard for him to stop this time.He indifferently asked, “So, what do you plan to do to atone for your sin?”“Atone for my sin?“Yes, oh yes, atone. I want to atone for my sin.”Wormie thought for a long time, yet he could not think of how to atone for his sin. His expre
The floor was in a mess, so she could not stay there anymore. Even if she cleaned it up, she would still recall the scary memory again. This house was not suitable for her to continue living. Thomas found a new suitable place for Gemma, which was Iris’ villa.Seeing that Thomas and Gemma were here, Iris initially felt puzzled. When she knew that Gemma wanted to live here, she was extremely happy.She said, “This villa is too big, and I’m staying here alone every day. I’m so scared that vampires will show up, and I’m so freaked out. It’s great to have Gemma move in and stay with me. We can even discuss how to improve the acting skills on usual days and talk about the scripts.”Gemma was also very happy.It was very lonely after she had stayed alone for a long time. She also wished to live with someone else.Besides, this villa was very big. Even if they lived together, they could have their own independent rooms and personal privacy. They did not need to worry that they would aff
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