In the blink of an eye, Tobias’ claw pierced through the air and approached Kaze’s neck fast. Kaze did not move. Tobias assumed he was terrified and could not react in time, which aroused his bloodthirstiness. It was then Kaze looked up at him with a calm and cold gaze. The gaze struck fear in Tobias’ heart. Then, Kaze raised his left hand for a forward swing. “Aargh!” On the other hand, when Rex and Paul got rid of two of Conan’s men and were ready to approach him, they heard an excruciating cry from behind. They instinctively turned around and were shocked by what they saw. “Tobias!” Tobias was sent flying away with blood spewing from his mouth. “Kaze! What did you do to Tobias? You’re fucking dead!” The two of them ditched Conan and jumped toward Kaze immediately, wanting to avenge Tobias. However, no matter how fast they moved, Kaze was faster. When the two of them were less than a meter away, Kaze swung his hand forward again. Astral was protected by
Astral straightened his back and stared into Kaze’s eyes fiercely. He had nothing to be afraid of. He had the entire Glitter family behind his back, which was his strongest support. “Die?” Kaze shook his head and said, “Astral, death is a sensitive word. If I were you, I wouldn’t use it so lightly, or else I would let you have a real taste of it.” Astral grinned. “Kaze, are you threatening me so that I will kneel? Too bad you got the wrong person!” He then looked at the men Conan brought and said, “I admit that I lost today but it’s because you caught me off guard. I didn’t expect you to get Conan and his men here with just one call.” Kaze raised a brow and looked amused. “What’s wrong? You don’t seem too happy about it.” “Don’t talk to me like that. It’s an insult. You really think I lost to you? If it wasn’t for Conan and his men, you would be in my shoes now!” Astral scoffed. If not Conan and one thousand of his men, reinforcing Kaze, there was no way Astral would
Before the men could react, Astral twisted his arm and grabbed their wrists. Crack! The men who seized Astral had their arms broken with just one twist! Even Conan was shocked by Astral’s sudden display of his power. Kaze raised his brows and looked amused. “Interesting.” He started to believe Conan. Based on what Astral just did, he was indeed stronger than the four titans. More precisely, he and the four titans were not the same. The four titans were more about brute strength, emphasizing muscles and raw power. Astral focused more on techniques and agility. Although his physique was slimmer than the four titans, his techniques gave him an upper hand. It somehow fit his image—a gentlemanly monster. Bang! Bang! Astral kicked the men away and then walked up to Kaze with a frosty look. “Kaze, dare to fight me fairly, one on one? If I win, I walk and you can’t do anything to me.” Kaze smiled. “If you lose? You take your own life?” “I won’t lose.” Astral narro
Kaze slapped Astral repeatedly like a whip. Astral’s fair and handsome face was swollen and covered in blood. He shouted, resisted, and tried to fight back, but his efforts were futile. The eldest son of the Glitter family was being slapped like a sore loser by Kaze. No matter how he moved or dodged the slap, Kaze’s slap would precisely land on his face without a miss. The most unacceptable thing was that Kaze did not overpower him with some superpowers but just a simple slap. “Aaargh!” Astral shouted, spewing blood from his mouth. He was internally hurt as well. Slap! Kaze slapped him again. “Astral, you said your family shouldn’t be humiliated. What was that phrase that came before it?” Kaze continued to tease him. Astral shut his eyes and stayed quiet, refusing to answer the humiliation. It would be the biggest joke if he tried to answer Kaze. “Playing dead are we?” Kaze smiled. He looked into the crowd and called someone over. “Max Kang, get over her
Astral was dragged to the helicopter like a pile of meat. He was tied under the helicopter after he was stripped down to his underwear. As the propeller started to spin, the helicopter rose to the sky and flew toward the city. Soon, Lilyrose was bombarded with the news. Many people saw a naked man being tied under the helicopter and flew around the city. Twenty minutes later, the helicopter returned to Landor Residential Area. “Kaze, I think I might have wasted my whole life. I only know how to use my fists and never thought of something this fun!” Conan dragged Astral over, looking extremely excited as if he had just finished a roller coaster ride. Kaze said, “If you do what I did, your Pops will definitely break your leg.” The Queens were a strict family. Even though Mathias and Conan had the looks of a playboy, they knew when to do the right things and never cross the line. “Hahaha, right…” Conan awkwardly laughed. Kaze looked at the unconscious Astral. Eve
Kaze went home after the incident at Landor Residential Area. “Kaze!” Darcy lost her appetite for dinner as she was worried about Kaze. When he finally came back in one piece, she bolted up with delight and a wide smile replaced the gloominess on her face. “How did it go? Are you hurt? Let me have a look at you!” Agnes pursed her lips when her daughter ran over to Kaze excitedly, checking on him as if he were some treasure. Agnes instinctively wanted to scold Kaze but the words did not escape her mouth. Since Kaze stepped up for her at Golden Edge, she decided to spare him this time. “You guys see each other every day. Get a hang of yourself, Darcy.“And you, are you eating? If not, I'll throw the food away.” Agnes grunted and then went inside the house. Darcy blushed. She asked, “Kaze, did Astral Glitter give you a hard time?” “You should be asking me what I did to him. I said I’m fine.” Kaze was captivated by Darcy’s beauty, especially when she looked worried
“I understand, Mr. Lee. I will make sure that your office is spotless, so that you can have a comfortable working environment.” Jennifer held the urge to slap Kaze and bowed before she walked away. Kaze smiled. Jennifer was like Miru, both proud women. She might have complied verbally, but deep down she continued to resist the idea of bowing at Kaze. It was the reason why she set the little verbal trap for Kaze earlier. Though Kaze was confident enough to make her submit wholeheartedly. If he could not even control a subordinate, then he would have wasted his entire life up until now. “Darcy, I’m going to take a shower.” Later that night, Kaze brought Darcy to the bedroom to have some fun. “No, you are sleeping next door!” Darcy was still mad at Kaze’s little joke earlier and pushed him outside, slamming the door on him. “What the…” Kaze stood in front of the closed door, annoyed and depressed. Ever since Darcy received the treatment of love, even though she
“No.” Jennifer shook her head. “We requested to meet Hart Lyfe but the receptionist said he doesn’t want to see us. Mr. Lee, is it because we refused to invest in Rove the other day, that’s why he’s mad at us?” “I don’t think so. Hart isn’t like that.” Kaze took his phone out. “I’ll call him and ask him what happened.” Unfortunately, Hart’s phone was turned off and so was Daphne’s. Finally, Kaze contacted an executive at Rove named Eddie Fork. The man sided with Hart during the hardest time and whenever Kaze met Hart, the man was beside Hart, showing respect to his boss. When the call got through, Kaze asked, “Eddie, I sent my team from Hudson Investment Firm to Rove to talk about the investment but they were rejected. Your receptionist did not even let them in, what happened?” “Mr. Lee? My, my, isn’t this Rove’s greatest savior!” Eddie answered in a rather unusual tone. Kaze frowned. He sensed the change in tone as well and it sounded like a mockery. “Eddie, what i
The hostages were locked up in the containers. Some of them were elites in their own field while some were ordinary people with average income, yet all of them got into trouble when they boarded the plane. Most of them could not accept their fate. Yet they dared not defy or resist the mercenaries. When things started to calm down, they broke down in tears, weeping in silence as resentment consumed them. Kaze sat down at a clean corner that allowed him to look outside the window. The window was dirty but at least he could see outside. The space inside the container was filled with people sitting closely, offering comfort to one another. They were aware they were just temporarily safe in this container. No one knew what the mercenaries would do to them at the next moment. “My parents must be worried. I said I would call them when I land but now I can’t even get in touch,” Barney muttered as he sat beside Kaze. He too looked outside the window, his feelings mixed. He watc
Kaze thought of what he had overheard in the toilet. If he told the hostages about that, they would probably panic. “It’s nothing. They are just going to separate us into different rooms or containers. They said the buses would be disposed of,” he said. He did not want to reveal too much because it would cause panic. Once the hostages knew their lives were on the line, things might spiral out of control. The mercenaries could kill a few of them to make an example, and none of the hostages would dare to cause problems anymore. Kaze kept it a secret because he wanted to protect the people. “That’s it?” “Is there anything else? How many men are there? What is their plan? Who are they looking for?” “We want to know because we want to survive. This isn't our problem—we just got caught up in it.” The hostages looked at Kaze, their eyes filled with worry. They felt aggrieved because they should not be caught in such a huge problem. “I don’t know either.” No matter how m
“There’s a room there. Get in.” The mercenary pointed his gun at the mother and son, which led them to look at Kaze nervously, seemingly asking for help. “What do you want?” The mother was nervous. She clutched her son’s hand tightly, nearly making him cry, but she reacted quickly enough to cover her son’s mouth to prevent him from doing so. “All women must go into that room. You go in now,” the mercenary explained. He did not want the woman to get the wrong idea. “You people won’t hurt me, right?” the mother asked, worried that she might be ravaged. “We are not into MILF,” said the other mercenary who was escorting Kaze, indirectly assuring the mother. Kaze shot a glance at the mother and nodded at her. “They told us they were going to separate us, so there’s nothing to worry about,” he said, worried that the mother and son would not cooperate. The mother then carried her son and followed the other mercenary into the room. It was called a room but it was actually ju
“Can you make him stop? If the man comes back, we’ll be done for,” someone said. The kid’s crying made everyone anxious. “What can I do? He’s crying because he’s scared. I can’t just stop him.” The mother was afraid as well, and she did not want her son to be taken advantage of. “Calm down. Just don’t alert the men and we’ll be fine,” Miguel said, hoping to ease the situation. “I’ll fight him if he comes in. I believe I can make it,” someone said. Those with an impulsive nature grew restless from being kept on the bus for too long, feeling like livestock being kept in cages. “Shut it. They are coming,” Barney said after a glance outside the window. The other passengers fell silent, sat back down, lowered their heads, and tried their best not to look out the window. The mother quickly hugged her son and covered his mouth to prevent him from crying. Kaze felt peace and quiet once more, even the air felt smoother. He knew the passengers were merely ordinary people and
Unfortunately, Leah knew she would not get an answer out of Snow since she was refusing to help. Everything seemed to have changed following her mother’s disappearance. She tried to stay for answers but when security came in, she could not resist them anymore. It was the first time she was escorted out by security guards and it impacted her. She used to be the daughter of the CEO of Northborn Group—everyone respected her. She used to enjoy a privileged status. No matter where she went, she was the star of the event. Yet when her mother disappeared, everything changed. She wanted to look for Kaze but she had just lost the chance. Snow turned her down and gazed at her with contempt and irritation. Leah could not accept the changes but some things felt like they were destined to change. She was forced to leave the branch office but then had no idea where else to go. She felt abandoned by the world. Before this, she could still hope for Kaze’s help, but now she had no
Leah went to her mother’s company but did not find her anywhere. Joey was busy working in the CEO’s office. Leah went over and asked, “Joey, where’s my mother? I can’t reach her.” She wanted to know what happened to her mother. “I don’t know about your mother either. We went out together earlier in the day but I don’t know where she went. I can’t get in touch with her.” Joey was so busy that she could not even free herself from the desk to explain to the girl. “Where did she go? How am I supposed to find her?” Leah panicked. If even Joey did not know where her mother went, then something must have happened. A bad feeling rose from her heart. Things just got serious. “I don’t know. Why don’t you ask someone else?” Joey did not have time to deal with the girl. Leah was unfamiliar with Joey’s coldness. Joey had always treated her with kindness and flattery, so the sudden coldness caught her off guard. She felt like something had changed. “Who should I be looking f
“No! My daughter is still in the hospital!” Katie refused to accept her punishment. She started to regret her decision but it was too late. “Now only you think about your daughter? I guess you are not that foolish, but have you thought about her when you betrayed Chairman Lee? “Don’t worry. Leah knew Chairman Lee personally and we won’t hurt her, but she might not live a good life anymore,” Snow said coldly. She did not want to put the girl in a difficult situation but her life as a princess would come to an end. “You can’t do that!” Katie could not believe Snow would do that. “I bet you never thought of the consequences when you leaked the information. Too bad. You’ve lost.” Snow revealed the truth because she wanted Katie to suffer for the decision she made. Katie would now regret every decision she made because she knew she had jeopardized her daughter’s life. She would feel like a fool. She devoted her life to climbing higher to gain more power but she ignored the
“I went to a bar to have a drink and I bumped into an informant of the Viper’s Den.” Katie looked helpless as she explained as if everything that had happened was planned out for her, pushing her to the edge step by step. It was a lively night at the bar. The atmosphere was pleasant and most of the guests were having a good time. Katie was a single woman. She needed care and love at times. She was alone when she visited the bar. She started off by ordering some drinks at the counter, waiting for a chance to meet a man who shared the same ideals. A drink or two later, maybe she could get herself a company for the night. As a grown-up woman, she had her desires. It was a way to release her stress. Katie entered the bar in a casual outfit but it did not diminish her elegant demeanor. When she sat down at the counter, a few young men approached her but she was not interested in immature boys. She continued drinking. She looked at the dance floor occasionally, searching for a
“Who do you think will believe you?” Arthur frowned. There were too many coincidences that it felt like a giant setup. “I’ve explained what I need to. Don’t interrogate me like I’m a criminal. I am the CEO of the Northborn Group.” Katie left them speechless. She had said the necessary and it was up to them whether they wanted to believe it or not. They did not have the evidence to charge her anyway. “You really think we can’t hold you responsible?” Snow was not really looking for a definite answer. The moment she suspected Katie, whether or not she was truly the traitor, Snow already had the right to hold her accountable. It was necessary to make things clear and it was to find out who Katie leaked Kaze’s information to. “It has come down to this. No matter how you deny it, it’s useless. We already know what you have done and you can’t escape. Even if you don’t want to confess, we can continue the investigation, and we’ll eventually find out the truth. “If you come clean