“Argh!” Collier let out a harrowing cry. He shook his head violently and contorted at the excruciating pain. No one expected Kaze to assault Collier. He was brutal at it. The butter knife cut through Collier’s hand. The crowd empathized with Collier’s pain. “Why do this to yourself, Mr. Ettinger? “You could have agreed to my terms and walked out here without a hitch. Why must you make me hurt you? “You suffered for nothing,” Kaze said with a faint smile while slapping Collier’s face. “I-I…” Collier trembled and looked at Kaze in fear. His arrogance and insolence disappeared there and then. The fact that he was the young heir of the Ettingers and the deputy chief of the South River branch did not matter. He knew that his life was in Kaze’s hands. Besides, Kaze did not see him as a threat. Kaze’s brutality said enough. He was nonchalant throughout and attacked without warning. Kaze was vicious. “Let Mr. Ettinger go.” “Unhand boss!” Coming back to
Kaze whacked Collier multiple times on the face without holding back. Soon, Collier’s cheeks were bruised and battered. Collier was seeing stars at this point. The worst part was the unbearable humiliation. For the thirty years of his life, Collier had never been so insulted. “Have you considered the consequences for what you have done to me, bastard?” Collier shouted angrily, his eyes red-rimmed. “Ugh.” Kaze’s response was to stab Collier’s hand with another butter knife. The blood spilling from Collier’s palms stained the table. The surrounding tough-looking men gritted their teeth in a panic. However, Collier was at the mercy of Kaze. Conan stayed close with a stolen gun aimed at Collier. The burly men knew better than to open fire. Collier’s sidekicks, both men and women, were stunned. The women put their hands over their luscious lips, stopping themselves from shrieking. Losing their attitudes, they looked at Kaze in horror. Kaze was a mean killing mach
Without looking at Hux who was yelling his lungs out, Kaze said indifferently, “Don’t you people ever learn?” He plunged the butter knives into Collier’s hands once more. “Argh!” Collier lifted his head and screamed harrowingly. As his hands were pinned to the table, Collier could not break free. “What’s that again? If anything happens to Mr. Ettinger, what are you going to do to me?” Kaze dug his ear and asked. Collier struggled desperately while Kaze remained nonchalant. The stark contrast was striking. The anger on Hux and the others’ faces turned into fear. It dawned on them that Kaze, a harmless-looking guy from out of town, was ruthless. Collier’s life mattered more than anything else. Yet, Kaze did not care. If the group carried on clamoring, Kaze might just torture Collier to death. “Why did you stop shouting? Weren’t you making a fuss about doing stuff to me?” Kaze grinned and looked at Collier, wincing on the ground. He tapped Collier’s forehead with t
Kaze removed the four butter knives lodged in Collier’s hands and carried him out. “W-Where are you taking Mr. Ettinger?” Hux asked with a grimace. He kept his voice low, fearing Kaze might harm Collier further. Kaze replied indifferently, “Mr. Ettinger is taking us for a ride. I’ll drop him back two hours later. “All of you must wait here.“If any one of you sneak out, I will break one of Collier’s limbs. One limb for each person.” Kaze then carried Collier out of the restaurant as the crowd watched on. Collier knew he met his match when his eyes fell on the Rolls Royce. The Rolls Royce was nothing special to someone of his caliber. Heck, Collier’s family owned several Rolls Royces. However, the vehicle proved that Kaze was not the country bumpkin Collier thought he was. Without time to care what was on Collier’s mind, Kaze dumped him in the trunk. Conan kept the firearm and followed Kaze into the car. Soon, the Rolls Royce turned around and drove off. Hux and
“Did you take me here just to humiliate me, Kaze?” Hannah felt her hot cheek and said curtly, “You can kill me, but you can’t insult me.” Kaze? Playing dead on the ground, Collier found the name familiar. “Insult you? Do you think you’re worth my time?” Kaze sat down opposite Hannah and wiped his hand with a wet wipe. Hannah raised a brow and took a deep breath to fight back the rage. She quickly let out a wry smile. “That’s true. You defeated Magnus and crippled me with one hand after all. “I don’t qualify to fight you. Now that I am nothing, I don’t even deserve any humiliation from you. “You can kill me easily.” Hannah glanced at Collier before meeting Kaze’s gaze. “I heard that you killed Newell’s family. Is that true?” “What? Are you planning to avenge Newell’s family?” Kaze smiled amusedly, not denying that fact. He had no reason to hide anyway. “Uh…” Collier went through a range of emotions. Kaze!Collier’s memory was coming back now. Kaze was th
Kaze shook his head. Even now, Hannah was so full of herself. “Why don’t you tell me how you plan to repay me?” Kaze said amusedly. Hannah grimaced and said coldly, “Why must you insult me, Kaze? “I am just a loser. What can I even do for you? “Power? I’m just the deputy chief by name. No one takes me seriously. Even Collier can corner me.” Collier shuddered and replied, “I was blind, Hannah. I really respect you.” Hannah snapped at him with an angry look and brushed him off. “Money? That’s something I don’t have. “You just want to see a high and mighty woman standing humbly before you. “Maybe you’re after my body just like Collier. “Do as you please. I can’t fight back anyway. “But we’re even after tonight.” With a pale face, Hannah closed her eyes, ready to accept her fate. Hannah could be a virgin for all Kaze knew. Kaze pursed his lips. “Forget it. I prefer the romantic type, not the unwilling ones like you. You just lie there and play dead.“Besides,
“It’s the least I can do.” Hannah narrowed her eyes at Kaze, her body shaking. She never fully appreciated what she had until she lost it all.Hannah experienced the harshness of the world when she lost her combat prowess. The companions, who used to be all over her, now behaved like strangers. The executives at the Viper’s Den West State branch, who protected and adored her, turned their backs and reassigned her to be the deputy chief at the South River State branch. Hannah was constantly picked on at the South River State branch. She dared not imagine what would happen to her if she fell into Collier’s hands today. “What are your terms?” Hannah asked with a struggle. “You work for me willingly. You’ll be my lapdog. “You take orders from me. “When I tell you to bite, you bite,” Kaze said curtly. He wanted to trample on Hannah’s ego. It was the only way to keep her under his thumb. Kaze was not a saint. He was happy to restore Hannah’s powers for his own benefit,
The Nether Viper Sword was Autumn’s weapon, a sacred blade that symbolized the Viper’s Den’s supreme authority. The blade in Kaze’s possession was a replica. Even so, only the Viper’s Den branch leader had the right to possess the sword. Hannah, one of the most promising members out of the 36 Viper’s Den branches, was given one by the Viper Queen. Previously, Hannah arrived at Lilyrose, armed with the Nether Viper Sword. She thought the weapon alone was enough to crush her godfather’s killer. To her dismay, Kaze crippled her and took the Nether Viper Sword away. Later, the blade triggered a series of tumultuous events. Seeing the blade she once possessed stirred a complex mix of emotions in Hannah.More shockingly, Hannah wondered how the Nether Viper Sword ended up with Kaze. There had been a rumor going around the organization. The person who could kill Kaze would become the Viper’s Den West State branch leader. Magnus, Sirius, and Newell’s family were killed and c