“Aaaargh! You little fucker…” Mr. Ceb screamed in pain as blood gushed from his mouth. He almost lost his mind. He had never been insulted like this before. “Two slaps and that’s it? We are just getting started.” Kaze curled his lips into a frosty smile and stepped on Mr. Ceb’s wrist. Crack! A loud and freaky crack of the bone resounded. With just one step, the bones in Mr. Ceb’s wrist were crushed. “I’m going to crush every bone in you.” Crack! “You got yourself a few dogs and you’re trying to scare people?” Crack! “You want to punish my wife with the Hackses’ family rule? What nonsense is that?” Crack! “You threatened to break her legs? Who gave you the nerve?” Crack! “Rose is my niece, how dare you slap her?” Crack! “You are just a dog for the Hacks family, what gave you the confidence to slap my mother-in-law?” Each sentence uttered was followed by a loud cracking of the bone. After he was done, Mr. Ceb’s wrists, ankles, elbows and knees were
“Kaze, this old bastard is a jerk but it’s enough. You broke all his limbs, though I think you can do better like stepping him to death, you can let him live on in humiliation and suffer…” Rose and the other young ones tried to persuade Kaze to stop as well. To be honest, even as family, they were shocked by how cold and brutal Kaze was. They knew he was angry because Mr. Ceb threatened them but they still had goosebumps. Therefore, they tried to speak softly and not trigger him further. Little did they know, Kaze was not angry at all and he had been calm throughout the whole confrontation. Otherwise, he could have killed Mr. Ceb with the first blow. “Take your master out of my place,” Kaze bellowed and kicked Mr. Ceb away. The three dog slaves came over to carry Mr. Ceb. They wanted to bring the hounds away but Kaze said he wanted to make a stew out of the dogs, so they dared not defy him and simply turned a blind eye to the carcasses. As the dog slaves brought Mr. C
Conan and his men arrived. They worked together to clean up the mess in the house and even fixed the broken tiles. The three hounds were dragged out together when they left. The family was no longer surprised that the second son of the Queen family came over just to clean the house for them. They knew he was Kaze’s biggest fan and would do anything for him. When the living room reverted to how it was, it felt surreal to everyone, as if Deborah and Mr. Ceb’s arrival was just a nightmare. “Kaze, you’re awesome!” Rose cried excitedly and jumped over to Kaze, hugging his arm and cheering. The girl’s energetic scent filled Kaze’s nose and he felt rather uneasy. He wanted to pull his hand away but Rose clung to him tightly. “Rose, you are not a little girl anymore! Behave! Go put some ice on your face! And don’t you mess around again next time.” It was Agatha who pulled her daughter away in the end. Rose pouted. “I’m not messing around. I know Kaze could protect me and
The situation reminded Kaze of Gareth’s death. It was exactly the same. Someone was targeting him in the shadows. After a while, Hector and Agnes woke up as well. Without saying much, the family hastily arrived at the funeral home, having no time to collect themselves. The funeral home was unusually lively in the middle of the night. When Kaze and family arrived, the place was already crowded with mourners. Mr. Ceb was with the Hacks family of Geranium, so his status and position were considered prestigious to the folks of Lilyrose. Of course, most of the mourners were just there to find out more about what happened. The two major incidents caused by Gareth’s death still left most of the factions in Lilyrose unsettled. Mr. Ceb was from the Geranium Hackses and his status would only be more prominent than Gareth. No one knew what would befall the city with Mr. Ceb’s death. Therefore, it was necessary to gather as much information as possible and take a stand before
“Grandfather, please don’t be like that. Mr. Ceb is dead. If something happens to you, then the killer will gloat at us.” “That’s right! Grandfather, you must stay strong and find the killer! We must demand justice for Mr. Ceb!” The Quint family spoke up to console him. Deborah, who had just regained her senses, spoke up as well. She even said they must avenge Mr. Ceb and while she spoke, she shot a vicious gaze at Kaze. The more they talked, the angrier Master Quint got. He stomped his walking cane on the floor and shouted at the top of his lungs, “Where are Hector and his family? Come out if you are already here!” The others were frightened by the loud shout. No one had ever seen him so angry before. “Father, we are here…” Hector was in his wheelchair. He bit the bullet and urged Agnes to wheel him forward. Agnes said timidly, “Father, Mr. Ceb’s death has nothing to do with us. We would never dare kill someone…” Before she could finish, Master Quint raised his wal
“Old man, whenever something happens, you shift the blame to us and it’s nothing new already. We have gotten used to it. “I understand you want us to take the blame so you can explain to the Hacks family, but at least try to come up with some evidence. You are trying to make me admit that I killed the dog man without any evidence, and you think the Hacks family will believe you? You think they are as stupid as you?” Kaze did not hold back with his sneers. He lost his respect for Master Quint a long time ago. “You little bastard! You called me stupid?” Master Quint choked with rage when Kaze humiliated him in public. He diverted his anger to Hector and Agnes once more. “You two, you two incompetent fools! How can you allow your son-in-law to talk to me like that! Disrespectful!” He glared at his son and daughter-in-law before he turned to Kaze again. His eyes were still burning with rage. “You little bastard, I’m warning you. Our family is going home, to our main family
Kaze suddenly felt a terrifying presence locked onto him, much more terrifying than the men armed with guns. “Darcy, watch out!” Without a second of hesitation, Kaze quickly hugged Darcy, looking pale, and scuttled out in between the two men. Swish! Swish! As soon as he darted out of the encirclement, several black shurikens flew in and aimed at where he and Darcy were standing. Fortunately, Kaze and Darcy had moved away. The shurikens continued flying after missing them. Thump! Thump! Following a few heavy thumps, three of the Hackses' bodyguards who tried to seize Kaze were hit by the shurikens and fell onto the ground with disbelief on their faces. Each of them had a shuriken embedded in their neck. At the next second, the skin around the shuriken started to turn black and the blood that gushed out was black as well. The shurikens were poisoned! The sudden twist of events shocked everyone at the scene. “Aaaah!” As people started streaming, a rather short
“Ninja from Ryokan?” Kaze narrowed his eyes. Based on the shurikens that killed the bodyguards and the sword in the killer’s hand, Kaze was able to identify the man’s nationality. The man was obviously a trained ninja from the island country, Shimada. His accent proved that he was not from Arcadia, or any of the western countries. Could it be the Well family? Kaze pondered. After he settled down in Lilyrose, he no longer had contact with people from Ryokan. Other than Kai Well’s death being slightly related to him, he could not think of any reason a Ryokan ninja would attack him. Kaze felt aggrieved. Kai was killed at the hands of Samson. Sirius already came after him with the Viper’s Den agents, accusing him of the crime and now killers from Ryokan were after him. Could it be related to the Viper’s Den? Kaze could not be sure since he lacked information. After all, Magnus died because of him and if someone within the organization wanted him dead and unable