“So, I asked all of you to come today.”It was only when Cain and the gang heard this that they understood it. They guessed that John was their competitor. By looking at Vic’s flattering face, they could nearly be sure that the price given by John must be higher than theirs!Cain was a little unhappy.He questioned, “Mr. Sherman, you’re doing it wrong. Don’t we leave the final confirmation of the details as we confirmed the purchase two days ago? No matter what, you have to sell your club to us, to Shalom Technology. How can you change your mind at the last minute?”Before Vic spoke, John at the opposite giggled. “You did talk about the purchase. But, it was just a talk, isn’t it? You have to talk about it slowly. How can he give it to you when you ask for it?“Besides, did Mr. Sherman sign the contract with you? Was it written down in black and white?“There’s nothing, but you want to buy it by force. How can this happen?”His words refuted Cain to the point that Cain was speec
The office instantly became quiet. Time seemed to have paused at the moment, and no sound was heard anymore.Everyone looked at Thomas who looked unremarkable at the corner.Their eyes looked shocked, doubtful, excited.John put down his legs, and he frowned as he asked, “What did you say? Please say it again. I didn’t hear your words just now.”“One point five billion dollars. I want FC Kingston,” Thomas repeated indifferently.This time, everyone heard it very clearly.One point five billion dollars was an absolutely sky-high price, and it was five hundred million dollars more than John’s one billion. It was impossible for normal people to afford it.But, Thomas said it out loud.This time, nobody could be calm anymore.Vic the boss of the club who was sitting at the end of the table grinned. He was willing to see this kind of situation!“Sir, are you serious?”Thomas nodded. “One point five billion dollars. Those are my words.”“Okay!”Vic was so excited that his body w
Was he General Manager? Did he not ask more about the acquisition amount’s increment from $700,000,000 to $1,500,000,000? Was he rich or silly?Cain let out a long breath and smiled as he said, “Mr. Sherman, you also heard what Mr. Hudson said. There’s no problem with buying your club for $1,500,000,000. Please don’t change your mind again this time.”Vic grinned so brightly. He would definitely not change his mind unless John could offer a higher price.So, he asked John to test out, “Mr. Hawkins, what do you think? Do you want to offer a higher price?”John’s expression became dark.Honestly, $1,000,000,000 was already more than his budget. Now the price was raised to $1,500,000,000, so it was impossible for him to take more money to buy it.The club was not worth it!John gritted his teeth without speaking. He looked reluctant to let the club go, but he could not help it.Vic was sly, so he knew what was going on when he saw John’s face. Therefore, he instantly treated John
The inspector’s eyes were full of coldness. After Cain stared at him, Cain felt a cold shiver down his spine as if he had entered a cold storage.“Ahem, um, the documents are here.”Cain extended his hand to hand over the documents, but the inspector did not bother about him. It was as if he did not want to look at the documents.When the inspector wanted to take the documents, Thomas gently put his hand on the documents.“Hmm?”The inspector was angry. How could there be someone who made a scene with him?But when he turned around and looked at the person who extended his arm, he was completely stunned.The chief officer in charge of the Southland District?The inspector knew of Thomas. He had seen Thomas at countless events, but Thomas had always sat at the corner, so he never observed Thomas.How could he expect that the chief officer in charge of the Southland District would attend an occasion like this?He did not even expect that Thomas would sit at the corner.The ins
John’s expression became quite dark. The inspector had been quite polite to him just now, but why had he suddenly become so fierce?“How can you talk to me like this?“Do you know that this is against the rule?”The inspector sneered. “Their documents are complete, and the procedure is legal. If there’s anything about my judgment that is against the law, you can point it out!”“You!”John was so angry that he became speechless. He did not expect to suffer a setback on this matter.Did this mean that he had spent his money for nothing?Actually, he would not know that Thomas sitting across from him was very noble. In front of Thomas, the inspector dared not play any tricks. How dare he go against the chief officer in charge? Did he not want to live anymore?When someone was angry with this result, then someone would be happy.Cain and the Mileard brothers were so agitated that they jumped up.“Thank you! Thank you for being fair!”Vic also wiped away his cold sweat. Actually,
In a dark house, two men awkwardly sat across from each other, face to face.They were Warren and Caleb.Caleb had designed a way to escape previously, but he had not been able to run away. He had come up with all sorts of methods, but he still could not leave the Southland District. A person with his intelligence soon realized that he was “caged up” like a rat.He had to helplessly go back to Warren.Warren stared at him coldly, and he pouted arrogantly. “Rascal, how dare you come back here? You killed my housekeeper, and you didn’t inform me in advance before you escaped and came to me?“Run away. Go and run away!“Why? Did you feel scared when you couldn’t run away, so you came back to me now?”Caleb looked down, and he awkwardly said, “Mr. Parkinson, I was forced to do it to survive. Besides, we are on the same boat now. Only three days are left to the deadline that Thomas set. Once the deadline is over, both of us will be done. We can’t have internal conflict now. We have t
There were crowds, but most of them were just watching the show. Nobody dared to move forward to help.The man with medium-length hair moved forward and grabbed Maple’s wrist. “Come back with me!”It was only at this time that Maple realized that she had encountered a scammer. She quickly yelled, “Let go of me. I don’t know you. Stay away from me!”“Okay, you’re annoying me now! Do you not recognize your own husband when you’re with the kept man?”Other people might not know it, but would the staff not know it?He moved forward and pushed the man with medium-length hair. “Do you believe that I will call the police?”“Hey, you want a fight, huh? Brothers, he is pushing me!”In an instant, four muscular men showed up and surrounded Maple and the staff. They did not want to give them any chance to run away.Two muscular men pressed down the staff without giving him any chance to call the police.Then, the man with medium-length hair and the other two men grabbed Maple’s hands and
A sedan was driven speedily on the wide asphalt road, and happy singing was heard in the car.People including Cain were still immersed in the happy atmosphere of successfully signing the contract.Suddenly, Adery from Kindness Clinic called him.“Hello, Dr. Owen, what’s up?”“Cain, where are you? Come back now. Something happens to Maple!”Twenty minutes later, the car stopped in front of the Kindness Clinic. As soon as Cain opened the car door, he rushed into the clinic.“What’s wrong with Maple?” Cain asked.Adery also dared not be careless when something like this had happened. She let the staff talk about everything that had occurred, while Thomas and the Mileard brothers stood at the back and listened.After all of them heard what happened, they looked shocked.How could such arrogant and bold people exist in a civilized society?They stopped and kidnapped a woman in the middle of the road, and they could act so well that they were able to stop all the men and women who
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