“Hurry up. Hit your wife up to get me the shares.“Otherwise, you’re dead meat!” Patrick said impatiently. His tone was intimidating.Patrick needed to get everything sorted before Neely arrived. That way, he could hog all the credit. Kaze glanced at Patrick and said, “Come here. I’m borrowing your phone. I left mine upstairs.” “Did you get so scared that you lost your phone?”Patrick assumed Kaze had given in to his demands and smiled smugly. He took out his phone and gave it to Kaze. “Wise choice. Go on and dial the number.”“Smack!” Kaze knocked Patrick off his feet, sending him flying with a bloody mouth. Patrick’s expensive phone was damaged from the blow too. Silence befell the place. Maxine and the others were stunned. What was going on? “Bastard! What the hell, Kaze? How dare you hit me!” Lying on the floor, Patrick picked his dizzy head up and yelled at Kaze. Kaze looked at him in confusion. “Didn’t you ask me to dial you up?”“Hahaha!” Rose was the fi
It was a devastating blow to Granny Snake. It took her days to get her act together, and now, she was out for revenge. She was there to get even with Kaze. Soon, Granny Snake locked onto Kaze in the crowd and stared straight at him. Granny Snake was not the only one with Neely. Instead of bringing dozens of reinforcements, Neely took a few with her this time. The group of four men and three women gave off dangerous vibes. Kaze recognized them as the ones who had escaped from Bronze Sparrow. He remained composed, unfazed by the group’s presence or the evil look from Granny Snake. “Since you’re with Mr. Weather, do come in.” Blackie’s people welcomed Neely’s group inside. “There you are, Neely.” Patrick covered his face and glared at Kaze resentfully. He quickly put on a courteous face and approached Neely. Neely, a personal assistant to Casius, was his most trusted aide. Though Patrick was Casius’ cousin, he was aware he did not hold the same level of importanc
“You don’t know me?”Neely made a grimacing face. The dismissal from Kaze gave her more distress than getting caught in the dust explosion. “It’s fine that you didn’t know me before. “But you will soon remember me to your dying day.” Neely said icily, her eyes steely, “I should introduce myself. I am Neely Tramp, a personal assistant to Mr. Weather. I’m here to kill you.” The crowd kept their mouths shut and held their breaths. “He sent you to kill me?” Raising his brow, Kaze said with a smile, “It’s a pity that Casius didn’t die the last time, but he hurt and killed dozens. He has the cheek to send people my way to annoy me.“I guess I hadn’t sent a strong enough message.” With Kaze rubbing salt into her wounds, Neely gnashed her teeth and said coldly, “Don’t worry. You won’t be so lucky this time, Lee. “I doubt you can create another explosion in Buckridge Lounge.“You’re dead meat. “I’ll make sure you die in the worst way possible.” Neely hissed through clench
“Stop!” Everybody turned their heads to the source of the voice. “Uh… Mr. Stormborn!” Patrick and the others were surprised that South would take Kaze’s side. Neely grimaced. South’s presence gave her a bad feeling because he was of equal standing with her boss, Casius. In some ways, South was a league higher than Casius. More than one of the Riverbank Seven, South was also one of the Steelclaw Guild leaders. “Hold for now, Granny Snake. This is Mr. Stormborn.” Though baffled by South’s behavior, Neely stopped Granny Snake anyway. “I don’t care who he is. No one can stop me from killing the boy.” Granny Snake had no intentions of stopping. She did not know South. Even if she did, she would not care anyway. She did not carry out Casius’ bidding out of loyalty. Granny Snake was old and had many enemies. Casius happened to offer a safe haven. Granny Snake swung her staff at Kaze. “I told you to stop, old hag!” South, on top of the steps, yelled.“Because of your
South cut Neely off and said indifferently, “Granny Snake should know her place as a lapdog. “She had some nerve baring her teeth at me. I can’t believe she gave me a death threat.“Who did she think she was?“Casius?” South’s barrage of questions weighed over Neely. South saw Neely no more than a lapdog as well. The questions were not just directed at Granny Snake. South had a problem with Neely too. Neely bent over and said submissively, “You got the wrong idea, Mr. Stormborn. Granny Snake wasn’t disrespecting you. She simply didn’t know who you were. “Had she known, she wouldn’t have defied you.” “Oh…” South took strides ahead and kicked Granny Snake’s body. He sneered. “She’s dead now, so you could say whatever you want. Tell me. What brings you here?” His attitude toward Granny Snake left Neely feeling despair. Putting her personal feelings aside, Neely said humbly, “Mr. Weather heard of Kaze’s disrespect toward you at Buckridge Lounge. He sent me here right
Instead of attacking Kaze like before, South started defending him. South even beat Neely to a pulp and threatened to kill Casius. It was such an unexpected twist that left everyone baffled.Surely, Kaze had some kind of hold on South. It was no wonder Kaze descended the stairs unharmed. Patrick’s version of the truth was a lie. He was not the reason why Kaze got off scot-free. In fact, Patrick’s group was saved from South’s wrath thanks to Kaze. With that in mind, everybody changed their perception of Kaze. There was something very mysterious and profound about him now. The young Otters, represented by Patrick and Maxine, looked at Kaze with a mix of emotions. The very man they looked down upon was full of surprises. “Get your ass here!”Ignoring the surrounding people, South yelled at Neely, who was sent sprawling across the floor. Neely sat herself up in a struggle and crawled her way to South, unable to keep her head straight throughout. She said in despair,
“You weren’t wrong.”Kaze shook his head. “You looked down on me the moment you met me at the Otters’. With Maxine egging you on, you won’t stop picking a fight with me. “Even though I make you eat your words each time, you still have no respect for me. You think of ways under the sun to pull me down. “Ultimately, you only have disdain for a hick and wife moocher like me.“You didn’t try to hide your intentions to end me here at Buckridge Lounge.“You’re Casius’ cousin. You are part of the prestigious Weathers. It’s only right that you frown on me. It makes sense that you want to kill me for humiliating you and having no regard for your authority.“You could do no wrong.”Kaze’s flat statement washed the color off Patrick’s face. “K-Kaze, I was wrong. Maxine was the idiot who pushed me to get on your nerves.” Patrick pointed at Maxine and shouted, “Her jealousy of your wife was why she urged me into pushing your buttons. There’s really no beef between us.“I wouldn’t have
“Sure… I mean, no. Um…” Patrick was going to say yes until he realized what he was giving his word to. With his face turning pale, he looked at Kaze and pleaded. “I can’t, Kaze. These shares belong to my cousin. He’ll kill me if I give the shares away.” The others looked at Kaze in surprise. If Casius were to find out, it would be the end of Patrick. Before Patrick could make his case, Kaze interrupted him. “I won’t kill you because of the Otters, but you need to be taking my orders. “Do you want me to kill you now, or later at the hands of Casius?“Take your pick.”Kaze patted Patrick’s shoulder and glanced at South before uttering in a flat tone, “Give him two hours. If the shares don’t reach Sky Ocean Corporation by then, you can kill him. “We’re even once that is done.” “Alright.” South nodded without a second thought. Kaze spared South’s life, and in return, South killed Granny Snake and Neely. He would be robbing Casius of his company shares too. South believe
Kaze’s phone rang. The call was from Snow in the car. He knew she was concerned about the situation, so he answered the phone and said, “It’s someone I knew. He was tortured and then tossed on the road. Stay in the car, and tell the driver to stay put.” Kaze realized someone set up a trap to keep him busy there. The mastermind behind this must be related to the person in the car that tailed them earlier. In other words, they might have been surrounded already. That was why he dared not let the driver drive Snow away. The driver was just an ordinary man, not a professional bodyguard. Based on his reaction to the crash, his mental state was fragile. If Kaze allowed the driver to drive Snow away, literally moving Snow away from his sight, it would only put her in danger. Kaze had to keep Snow close to himself. “Snow, call Conan. He’ll know what to do.” Kaze hung up the phone and took a pouch from his inner pocket. Inside the pouch was a set of silver needles. After per
There was only one mountainous path back to the city center from Emerald Bull Palace, and it was usually less crowded. After the car drove off and stopped tailing them, Kaze finally breathed a sigh of relief and got a shuteye.The Ghastly Thirteen Needles was indeed a powerful technique. He performed on Sasha yesterday and it consumed a lot of his energy. He had yet to recover fully after a whole day. Bang! Suddenly, a loud bang came from the front of the car, seemingly hitting something. The driver, assigned to Snow by St. Mary Hospital, immediately stepped on the brake and caused the car to screech to a stop. The car shook violently for a few moments before it stopped by the side of the road. “I’m sorry, Ms. Frost! Something suddenly appeared on the road and I couldn’t react in time. I think I hit it…” The driver turned around and apologized before he went out to check. When the driver had a better look at what happened, he was petrified on the spot, his face paled.
Reiko spoke those words with a smile on her face, yet her expression remained frosty. Even when she opened her mouth, her teeth glared coldly. Aiden said, “The Krad family doesn’t care, and neither do they want to care, what the Refined Blade Clan wants to do. I came to Riverbank just to deal with Kaze Lee. “How dare a live-in son-in-law lay his hands on the woman my brother fancies? He’s already dead! Even though Snow and my brother are not yet married, for the sake of my family, he must die! Only then can the true strength of the Krad family be demonstrated.” His tone was calm but the murderous intent was obvious. To the Krad family, killing Kaze was like squashing an ant. Reiko smiled and nodded. Her hand moved upward, subtly unbuttoned Aiden’s shirt, and then reached into his shirt to stroke his chest. “Your goal is aligned with ours. There’s a saying in your country that we should always pick on the weakest. We also have to crush Kaze Lee first, so we can flush out his
“That’s right.” Reiko nodded and added, “More precisely, we are after the ones behind Kaze Lee, like Hannah Delmore, the chief of the Viper’s Den South River Branch, and Kent Synder, the mayor of Riverbank. “We tried helping Casius to get control of the South River Branch and then slowly infiltrate the West State Viper’s Den.” Her words put a frosty smirk on Aiden but it faded quickly. Reiko did not notice the unusual expression. She continued, “Too bad our actions fell short. We’ve been planning for so long and spent countless efforts, but Hannah recovered even after she was completely stripped of her powers. She made a comeback and became stronger than before. “Yesterday, Casius was decapitated and Jude Gwake, the deputy chief of the South River Branch, was defeated. We lost big time…” “Wait!” Aiden interrupted her and asked, “Casius really died at Kaze Lee’s hands? If that’s true, then this guy is more than meets the eye. The so-called Riverbank Seven is a joke to the
The killers from Hell might not be the strongest but they could easily overwhelm the target with numbers. Not all organizations had the power to withstand their relentless attacks. It was also the reason that the Frost family lived in fear once they found out Midas King was after them. The fact that the Frost family members were not frightened by the news was a testament to their strong mental fortitude. Snow nodded and said coldly, “That’s why the Frost family hired the Krads and sent Aiden…” …In the car tailing Kaze and Snow sat Aiden, dressed in a white suit. He leaned back with legs crossed and a cigar smoldering between his fingers. He expressionlessly stared at the car in front, his gaze icy. Beside him was a woman in a traditional Ryokanian outfit. Her black traditional outfit had golden linings around the edges and an open chest design, showing off her large bosoms wrapped in bandages and her shoulder with a tattoo in red and green. The woman’s hair was tied i
The Frost family wanted to unite with the Krads by marrying Snow to Aaron. Therefore, when Kaze mentioned the Krad family, Snow turned to him and asked softly, “Mr. Chairman, did you know which organization of assassins was after the Frost family?” “Which one?” Kaze had no idea. When May visited Lilyrose, he overheard a mention of the Frost family’s enemies returning for revenge, with the leader being Midas King. Snow said, “The organization has many names. At first, they were known as Hellsearch, but people eventually just called them Hell. “I heard they don’t take normal payments to take lives. It’s either gold bars or a debt.” Kaze narrowed his eyes and said, “So once they had their eyes on a target, they would do whatever it takes and send them to hell?” There were meanings behind their name. The first would be that the killers of Hellsearch were difficult to find, or in a more direct iteration, as hard as hell to search. Secondly, once Hell received an assignment
Draig’s expression might have darkened but he was able to hold his emotions back. He knew Snow was trying to make him mad. As for Kaze, if even Cyan had no respect for him, he believed Snow would never lower herself to such standards. Draig was confident that he could move Snow with his actions and eventually, he could get under her pants. “What’s the matter with Draig?” Kaze asked Snow after they got into the car. Snow lifted her chin slightly and said, “We were at St. Mary Hospital for a while back then. This guy wanted to protect me 24/7, and on the first day, he tried to hold my hands and said it was love at first sight. “The second day, he tried to get into my room. After I scolded him, he said he grew up in Uleania and people there are open-minded. “I kicked him out, but then he got to Cyan and used her to bring me here. He’s just a shameless guy. I hate people like him.” After going through thick and thin with Kaze, Snow started to show her more vulnerable and fe
Kaze’s frivolous tone left Jude speechless, his eyelids even twitched helplessly. He did not argue and simply nodded without hesitation. “I will transfer my remaining shares to Buffy.” He knew Kaze was not trying to negotiate with him. If it was a suggestion from Kaze, then there would be no space for resistance or negotiations. Kaze nodded and hummed a reply. He did not show any mercy to Jude, the old fox. Jude was on the weaker side at the moment and he was doing everything he could to earn favors. Therefore, Kaze wanted to use the chance to secure some benefits for Buffy. Otherwise, once he was no longer in “power”, Jude would turn on him faster than a bolt of lightning. Kaze continued eating and lecturing Jude and Alfonso. The two old men nodded repeatedly and were as obedient as loyal dogs. After the meal, Kaze rejected Juan’s offer to relax at a hot spring and then went back to Cyan’s gathering. “Oh, Kaze! You’re back. You haven’t eaten anything right?”
Kaze had a wonderful meal at Emerald Bull Palace. The dishes prepared by the chef were amazing. “Branch Leader, with this cup of tea, I propose a toast.” Jude got up with a cup of tea in his hand and proposed a toast. Kaze did not drink alcohol, so the others dared not consume it either. He picked up the cup for a sip and then continued eating while waiting for Jude to speak his true intention. He knew Jude had something in his mind. Jude then bowed and said, “Branch Leader, Alfonso and I are here today at Emerald Bull Palace to discuss how we should apologize to you. “As for other ulterior motives, after yesterday, I have gotten rid of them. From today onward, I will serve you wholeheartedly. “As for Buffy, I have also apologized to her. I used my connection to transfer her mother to the best rehabilitation center in Westeros. Also, from today onward, Buffy will be the head of the Gwakes. She will have the power to decide every affair in the household. “Both my fat