“You little wretch, who do you think you are?!”Ted stopped, gasping for breath as he glared at Sasha with bloodshot eyes. “I'll give you one last chance!"Serve me well tonight, and I might forgive your rudeness. Otherwise, I'll lock you in this villa. You'll never get to see the outside again. Who's going to come looking for a nobody like you anyway?“And as for that so-called ‘brother’ of yours, I’ll break his limbs right in front of you.“Now, get into that room and strip!”As he spoke, he retrieved a box of blue pills, popped one into his mouth, and swallowed. It would take a moment for the pills to kick in. Hence, he prepared himself in advance.“No… Please don’t do this, Mr. Lee…”Although she did not know exactly what he had just taken, dread filled her as the implications settled in.“Hmph, I tried to be nice before, but you didn’t appreciate it.“Now it’s too late!”Dropping his pretense entirely, he motioned to his guard. “Go find out why Steelclaw Guild hasn’t b
“Well, interpret it however you like.”Kaze would not give anyone leverage. He smiled knowingly and continued, “However, if someone kidnapped Sasha and she ended up at your place, can I take that to mean you sent the kidnappers? Are you the mastermind behind the kidnapping?“In that case, wouldn’t it be quite reasonable for me to kill you right now?” As he spoke, Kaze took a step forward.Ted’s face shifted dramatically. He quickly retreated. “What are you trying to do?! Do you know who I am?!”Just then, the sound of a car engine roared from outside.“This is my boyfriend's villa. We occasionally come here to stay. Come on! I heard he’s captured that bastard, Kaze. This time, we’ll smash that bastard’s face to pieces!” Soon, Nadia and her friends burst into the living room, full of energy.However, as they entered, they saw Ted's bodyguard sprawled on the floor, covered in glass shards and unconscious. Upon seeing that, they stopped in their tracks.“W-What’s going on?!”
“Bet you never heard of the prestigious Lees. They are worth tens of billions, and that’s just the threshold into higher society, hick!”“The Lees basically own the South River State.” “You won’t know what hit you for disrespecting Mr. Lee!” Nadia’s influencer friends stare at Kaze cockily. The fact that Kaze whipped Keiko and crushed Miya was fresh in their memories. They may just be small-time influencers, but they were well-versed in the art of social navigation. The influencers were just going to swallow their pride and forget that the whole thing ever happened. However, Nadia pulled out her ace, Ted. With Ted in their corner, the influencers could hold their heads up high. They no longer had to fear Kaze. Smug, Nadia yelled sternly, “Bastard! Get down on your knees now! “Apologize to us. If you play your cards right, we might feel happy to talk to Ted about sparing your life.” Paying no heed to Nadia, Kaze looked at Ted and said callously, “You had Sasha tie
“Alright! Get her bruised and battered before stripping her down for branding.” Nadia chuckled and raised her hand to hit Sasha in the face. “Smack!” Before Nadia’s hand could reach Sasha’s face, Kaze came forward and grabbed Nadia by the wrist. Despite giving everything she got, Nadia could not move her arm away from Kaze. She was outraged. “What are you doing, bastard? I can’t believe you would touch me in front of my boyfriend. You’re asking for it!”“Smack!” Without wasting his breath, Kaze released Nadia’s wrist and whipped her face. “Argh!” As Nadia cried out in pain, she was flung back and crashed onto the marble coffee table. She whimpered agonizingly. “How dare you, bastard!” Nadia’s friends were horrified and furious. They did not think Kaze would attack Nadia ruthlessly in front of Ted. Kaze looked back and stared the influencers down. “I guess you vile women haven’t learned anything.”Kaze strode forward and grabbed a woman by the hair, pulling her
Ted realized he had met his match, and there was no way out of it. Anyone else would have taken the high road so as not to make the Lees an enemy. However, Kaze hated the family’s guts, so Ted was out of luck. “Thump!”Without hesitation, Ted fell to his knees as Kaze approached menacingly. Ted said shakily, “Don’t do anything reckless, Kaze! “We’re family, you know. “My side of the family lives abroad. I have never picked on you like Cosmo and Narian did. “You can’t do to me what you did to them. “I was wrong! It was my mistake! “I didn’t know it was you. Had I known, I would’ve been nice.” Ted’s bodyguard was shocked to see Ted, a young heir of the Lees, kneeling before Kaze in utter defeat. Even Kaze was taken aback by Ted’s sudden act. A brief moment later, Kaze chuckled and said, “You’re right. You’re different from Narian and Cosmo. You never picked on me. We have no beef.” “That’s right. We have no beef. It’s all a misunderstanding today.” Ted heaved
“Do you want to die?” Kaze asked indifferently, a gun in hand. The bodyguard put his hands in the air and shook his head while looking at Kaze pleadingly. “Stuff the box of medicine into Ted’s mouth.” Kaze kicked the box of blue pills to the bodyguard. The pills were clearly potent. “D-Don’t!” Ted, whimpering with his hand over his mouth, was thrown into a panic. The box of drugs would be the bane of him. With a gun pointed at them, the bodyguard hesitated for a few seconds before starting to value his life. He drew close, poured the pills into his hand, and pried open Ted’s jaw to stuff them in his mouth. “Give them some too.” Kaze pointed at Nadia and the others. Nadia and her friends, who were playing dead, did not get Kaze’s intention, but they quickly caught on. “No! Ah! You’re a bastard!” Amid the women’s screams and crying, the bodyguard stuffed the pills into their mouths. The drug took effect almost immediately. The sounds of heavy breathing fille
“Don’t cry, Emiko. I was just asking. I suspected that Sasha was tattooed against her consent. She might not even know it.” Kaze ended the call. Sasha’s fever disappeared quickly, and she started to suffer chills. It was disheartening to see her curled up into a ball, her lips quivering. Emiko mentioned that Sasha had been to many hospitals, but no diagnosis was given. With her savings gone, Sasha had to scrimp and save. Given Sasha’s peculiar situation, Kaze did not take her back to the hospital. Instead, he grabbed his phone and dialed a number. “I didn’t think you’d contact me, Kaze. What is it?” Holfman’s cheerful voice came on the call. After Kaze defeated June at the Otters’ residence, Holfman saw Kaze as an equal. They even exchanged contact numbers on that day. Kaze went straight to the point. “I have a girl exhibiting strange symptoms. I thought you could examine her.” “It must be a difficult case since you’re stumped.” Intrigued, Holfman said, “Take the
No one expected June to honor her bet out loud. She hissed through clenched teeth, “Happy now, Lee?” “You could’ve just said it once and the rest another time. I mean, it’s not a chance I get every day.” Kaze shook his head in regret. June was arrogant and short-tempered, but she was quite outspoken. She would hold up her end of the bet in front of an audience. The crowd gave them funny looks. It was bad enough that June admitted that Kaze owned her ass. June was about Kaze’s age. After what had happened, the public began to gossip about the nature of their relationship. “Young people today are so open-minded.” “Shh! She’s Dr. Wright’s student.” Faced with multiple voices, June turned red. She wanted to sink into the ground. She realized that she had been reckless. June scoffed and took Sasha from Kaze before walking into Herbal Spring. The study of medicine was physically demanding. It was not surprising that June could carry Sasha without breaking a sweat. “
“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