Collier put his bandaged hands in front of his chest and barked like a dog, looking ridiculous. Everyone else was stunned by the scene yet once again. One word from Kaze and the eldest son of the Ettingers, a prominent figure of the Viper’s Den South River Branch, knelt and barked like a dog! What happened? Everyone’s mind went blank. No one understood what happened. Kaze said, “Kneel straight.” Woof! Woof! Seeing Kaze roll up his sleeve, Collier moved forward on his knee and straightened his back to extend his face for Kaze. Slap! Kaze slapped Collier in the face. The powerful momentum turned his face to the left. “I told you and Hannah to settle Josiah Dubb and you came here to crush me?” Collier was in so much pain. He gasped but he dared not argue. Slap! Kaze slapped his face back to the right. “Did you think I let you live so that you can continue to act like a bully?” Collier clenched his teeth tightly and dared not make a noise. Slap! Kaze slapp
Everyone knew how arrogant Collier was in the underworld of Riverbank. In fact, he could even disregard the government officials, let alone the young masters or gangsters from another city. After all, with the Viper’s Den behind his back, no one dared to disrespect him. Yet one word from Kaze turned the man into the most loyal dog. Ridiculous. Cole did not expect Collier to demand him to apologize. He flushed red and argued, “Collier, this stupid idiot is just a live-in husband who got kicked out. He came to Riverbank to be a freeloader, why should I kneel before him…” Bang! Before Cole could finish, Collier jumped up and landed another kick on his stomach. Bang! Thump! Thud! Collier kicked Cole furiously, causing the arrogant young man to cry excruciatingly. “You little piece of shit! Who gave you the balls to challenge Mr. Lee?!” Thump! “You ungrateful fuck! Mr. Lee can crush you with his pinky!” Woosh! “How dare you look down on Mr. Lee?! You ignorant stu
Cole was surprisingly tough. Even when beaten up, he refused to submit and apologize. He looked down on Kaze from the bottom of his heart. He saw Kaze as a loser who could not make it in his own city and decided to come to Riverbank to curry favors with the mayor. Making him kneel to a peasant like Kaze would be more miserable than killing him. “Cole Libra, if you want to die, be my guest!” Collier was furious. Even though Kaze spared his life and made him a lapdog, he knew he had to perform to stay alive. If he could not even deal with Cole, why would Kaze keep him as a lapdog? Under everyone’s surprised gaze, Collier grabbed a baseball bat from one of the young men. He then kicked Cole to the ground and then swung the bat at his arm. “Aaaargh!” Cole screamed excruciatingly. He held his broken arm in pain, twisting and twirling on the ground. “Collier, you fuck! I will kill you!” Collier grunted and then swung the bat down again. Cole’s other arm was broken. Th
“Kaze, are you free to talk right now? If you can wake up early tomorrow, come to my place and have breakfast.” Kaze instinctively declined the invite. “Mr. Yemen, I don’t think it’s appropriate for me to disturb you or your family in the morning.” “It’s no problem at all. You came all the way to Riverbank to visit me and gave us tens of millions worth of herbs, but we wasted them all. I feel like I have wasted your kindness. “Ryna said she wants to make it up to you as a token of apology. You can come over tomorrow morning, we are still staying in the same place. I’ll see you tomorrow.” After the call, Kaze put down his phone and shook his head helplessly. The herbs might be wasted but they seemed to work magically. …On the second morning, Kaze woke up early. This time, he went to Lock’s place without bringing Conan. Lock’s place was located in a residential area and arriving at the entrance brought back some memories for Kaze. He knew the place far too well. Man
“He can give us that much and he doesn’t have any more? Sounds a little too ridiculous.” Ryna rolled her eyes at Lock and then smiled widely at Kaze. “Am I right, Kaze? You must have more of those herbs, right? Can you give us more? You know how weak Lock has always been.” She could not sleep last night due to the frustration. In the end, she and Cyan believed that if Kaze could give them tens of millions worth of herbs in a single meeting, then he must have more of them. She refused to believe that Kaze gave everything to them on the first meeting. Therefore, after a discussion with her daughter last night, she decided to invite Kaze over for breakfast and tried to persuade him to give them more expensive herbs. If they could get the herbs and then give them to prominent figures, they could earn a lot of resources and connections. Kaze looked at the enthusiasm on Ryna’s face and finally knew why her attitude was completely different from yesterday. He said, “I’m sorry,
Lock could not expose his wife in front of Kaze because she would use his in-laws against him. His in-laws used to be government officials and served at a rather high-ranking position, which explained their strictness and temper. If they found out that he wanted to marry their favorite granddaughter to Kaze, they would turn the house upside down and probably skin him alive. “Kaze, I…” Lock looked at Kaze and had a difficult time explaining himself. Kaze gave him tens of millions worth of herbs yesterday. He just invited Kaze to his house and offered a room for him to say but then he had to ask him to leave because of his wife. It was embarrassing for him to spew the words. Kaze smiled and said, “Mr. Yemen, you don’t need to arrange anything for me. I got a place to stay yesterday.” Lock glanced at Kaze’s clothes and they were the same as yesterday. He believed Kaze was just trying to make him feel less guilty. He felt bad for his student. Little did he know that it
Cyan then said with a sigh, “What can I do? I have been going live for two months and I don’t see any growth in my account, or my followers. “People like me who only have looks and no talents must rely on follower’s gifts to be popular. “Money doesn’t grow on trees. Beautiful girls have to sleep with people only then they can get boosted by real money, but I just can’t sacrifice my body.” The girl might have the tendency to be vain but she still had a bottom line. Wesley said, “You don’t need to worry. Don’t forget that the platform that you go live on belongs to Golden Scale Corporation. I, as an insider, have discounts to spend on it. “When you go live later, I will throw in a few million worth of gifts to boost your popularity. People will flock to your live stream.” Cyan’s eyes widened brightly. She sat straight up and asked, “Really? Can you really boost me?” “Of course! It might be a little hard for me to boost you into one of the top influencers but I can guarantee
From the main recommendation page, Kaze could already identify SnapTok’s target audience. Most of the live streamers were beautiful girls who danced and played games. Their main objective was to attract a following. From there, they could earn gifts and rewards from their loyal followers. The Viper’s Den South River Branch operated in the gray area, so they were involved in many different fields, as long as they could make money. It was completely normal for Golden Scale Corporation to develop an app like this. At least the company had the connections and resources to scout beautiful women to stream on their platform. A quick thought later, Kaze texted Hannah. Hannah took over Magnus’ position in Golden Scale Corporation and became the largest shareholder. A while later, Hannah asked her men to upgrade Kaze’s account to a King-level account, only for internal use. The internal King-level account was the most prestigious administration account, used only by the developers
“How dare those men hijack the plane and take Kaze. They must be punished…” Despite her grumbles, Snow grew anxious. “Given Mr. Lee’s capabilities, he won’t be hurt.” The agents around her tried to comfort her. They believed she was being too nervous. “I know, but we as subordinates have failed him by allowing this to happen. We have to do our best to make up for the mistake, and not rely on Mr. Lee to get out because he can.” Snow drowned in self-blame and regretted not being able to help. It was her negligence that allowed the hijacking to happen. “But there’s nothing you can do now. It’s late. Even the hijackers need to rest. They won’t do anything yet.” “It’s because the hijackers need to rest that we have to hurry and beat them to it. That’s the only way to solve this matter!” “But we’ve searched high and low and didn’t find anything. No one knows where they have gone. Even if they transported the passengers via buses, we didn’t see any tracks.” The agents discu
Kaze breathed a sigh of relief. He quickly went over to Miguel and pressed his hands with the gun down so that it would not misfire. “Good job.” “Thanks.” Miguel curled his lips into a nervous smile. He frequently trained in the gym and mixed martial arts but had never encountered any real-life incident before, thus being inexperienced. Fortunately, his mentality was stronger than the others and allowed him to act accordingly. “I’ll be taking the gun. This is self-defense, you won’t be charged and you won’t need to take responsibility,” Kaze said. Miguel’s pale face looked relieved. “What should we do now? Are there more of them?” Miguel dared not let go of the gun, worried there might be more enemies. “I’ve counted the numbers and this guy here should be the last one.” He then took the gun from Miguel’s hands. “Really? Gosh! That was crazy! I was so terrified!” Miguel finally loosened up and let his instinct take over. His heart was pounding so fast that it
Manson came over and saw the mercenaries lying in their own puddle of blood. The gore shocked him and made him sick. He tried his best to hold back the urge to throw up as it would attract attention. “Don’t look if you can’t take it! Don’t make things worse!” “Yeah! Professor! Grow a pair of balls!” “I have never seen dead bodies like this before!” he explained with a flush of embarrassment on his face. “Can we go out now and run away?” The hostages were eager to leave as things had settled down outside. They thought the danger was over. A dead mercenary was inside the container with them and they were still horrified. Once the others found out about this, the hostages would be shot to death. “If you want to die, be my guest. The moment you step out, you’ll be shot!” Callahan said as he looked at the others scornfully. One of the hostages had already put his hand on the handle of the door and was ready to dash out, but he quickly pulled his hand back after listening
“Tsk. Hold on.” Vexed, the man clicked his tongue and then waved at his colleague. “Come here. Someone fainted. Help me get him out.” The man wanted to take the professor out of the container. Manson’s heart pounded as he listened to the man. He was afraid he might be exposed, but there was no turning back now—he had to play along. Kaze stood behind the door, calming his breath down to lower his presence. “Get back. Stay away from the door. If anyone gets close, don’t blame me for being rough,” said the man as he unlocked the container. He opened the door and saw a number of hostages still sleeping. He then looked at the professor on the floor. He went closer to nudge him but did not get a response. It seemed like the professor needed medical attention. “Come on. Help me get him out.” The other man outside the container was on edge, looking as if he would pull the trigger at the slightest movement. “Why don’t we do it?” Callahan and Miguel volunteered. “You two
“It’s freaking troublesome.” “Boss, don’t worry about it. We’ll get an update tomorrow.” “Yeah. It’s late. Get some rest.” Tiguan’s men told him to get some rest and not worry so much. A few of them were already snoring on the chair. Tiguan sighed and killed the cigarette. He then closed his eyes to get some rest, too. The container that Kaze was in fell into silence once more. No one dared to make any noise but they all looked at Kaze, hoping to find out about his plans. Kaze’s eyes remained fixed on the window and showed no intention of revealing his thoughts. Miguel and Callahan were annoyed by the other hostages. “If you people want to get out of here alive, you better cooperate or come up with your own idea. No one is responsible for saving you.”“Yeah. I don’t want you guys to turn on us after we do all the heavy lifting. It will cost us our lives and you people won’t even be grateful.” Miguel’s tone was sarcastic because he disliked how the others looked at t
Kaze read the hostages’ minds and refused to be used. He wanted to leave but not under such circumstances. “That’s not true. We just don’t have the skills for this kind of situation. You guys are stronger, of course, you should be in the front,” said the man in glasses and a suit. A hint of sharpness gleamed in his eyes. Miguel knew what the man was planning, either. “That’s some plan you have there. You are just trying to use us to escape this place and no matter what happens, you’ll win.” “That’s not it! I just want everyone to stand together and get out of this place. I’ve never thought of using anyone!” the man argued, trying to look innocent. Even a monkey knew what he was planning, yet no one dared to speak up because they would benefit from it too. “Why don’t you guys think of something? If you need our help, we’ll help,” said another middle-aged gentleman who looked more just and fair, as if he could lead the group. “Then what is your plan?” Kaze suddenly wante
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