Harvey called a local cab and pointed the driver to his desired location. Then, he took out his phone. In just two days’ time, he had already figured out the entire process regarding Lilian’s kidnapping through his sources.Lilian had a few bodyguards accompanying her, both in public and in secret.Three days ago, they suddenly lost Lilian after she entered a public restroom in a mall. She mysteriously vanished after heading inside. When the bodyguards couldn’t find her, they informed Mandy of Lilian’s strange disappearance.Mandy took action instantly and sent a large group of people to search the entire mall. Unfortunately, it was to no avail.But after studying the footage of the restroom’s entrance, Harvey came to an educated guess.Not long after Lilian headed inside the restroom, a cleaner walked out, wheeling a cleaning cart.Harvey suspected that Lilian received a blow on the head and promptly passed out, and was then shoved inside the cart before she was taken away.
Harvey’s gaze was stern and severe.He bumped into Teresa Thompson at the very place where Lilian was suspected to be held hostage.Was this just a simple coincidence? Or was this planned all along?Countless thoughts ran through Harvey’s mind, but he still put on a surprised act.“Oh! It’s you!”“What a coincidence. Unfortunately, I have something to do though. Let’s talk another time.”When Teresa saw that Harvey was about to slip away, she stubbornly held his hand. “Wait! I still don’t know your name, my savior,” Teresa said quietly.“I’m Teresa.”Teresa’s face was so close, it was almost glued to Harvey’s. On her lips was a brilliant smile, and her eyes were sparkling. The fragrance unique to a young lady filled Harvey’s nostrils, making him slightly uncomfortable.Harvey let go of her subconsciously, taking an immediate step back.“It’s inappropriate for us to touch like this, Ms. Thompson. Also, please just call me Harvey. If you keep calling me your savior, peopl
After hanging up, Teresa looked at Harvey apologetically and said softly, “I’m afraid I can’t treat you to a drink today, Harvey. Something happened, and I have to deal with it right now.”From the phone call alone, Harvey could tell it was something urgent.“What happened? Tell me about it. Maybe I can help,” Harvey asked without realizing it.Teresa’s face changed slightly. She then brought Harvey into the presidential suite and poured him a cup of water.“It’s really nothing that serious,” Teresa said, sighing.“I established my own company that’s focused on import and export businesses.”“This time around, we imported some high quality Red Tea to Las Vegas.”“Because of historical reasons, people here adore Red Tea. That’s why the sales of Red Tea have been quite good.”“Then, we partnered up with a small business here that’s backed up by the Hamilton family.”“There weren’t any problems during the early stages of the partnership. In fact, they already paid thirty percent
The men in sunglasses glanced over, their faces fierce, the second they realized that people were here.However, Teresa spared them no attention. She completely ignored them, moving past them as she took Harvey into the warehouse.Inside the warehouse, several citizens of Country H could be seen bound tightly.A roguish man clad in a flowery shirt, with a cigar dangling in his hand, was pointing at the shelves behind him while shouting coarsely.“Look at this! What the hell are these supplies?!”“They’re all rotting tea leaves with a foul smell! How am I supposed to sell them to my customers?!”“Because we didn’t find out about this sooner, I’ve already sold a batch to one of my customers! They’re demanding us to pay for their losses right now!”“Your company is truly evil! How dare you try to fool us on our first partnership?!”“Do you have a death wish?!”“Get your boss here right now! If you can’t give me a proper explanation, I’ll chop off all your limbs and feed you to th
Several men outside walked in with cold smiles, their eyes glaring at Teresa the way a wolf that had spotted prey would.Teresa’s expression changed slightly at their sudden appearance.“Are you serious, CEO Hamilton?” she asked coldly.“I am! I’m as serious as ever! If I lie to you, may my entire family be struck by lightning!”The roguish man swore an oath.“But! If you even do so much as to spit the tea out, I’m afraid it won’t be as easy as paying for damages. When that happens, you’ll have to compensate with your body as well!”His men, who were surrounding the place, chuckled coldly. They looked at Teresa with lustful stares.Teresa took the teacup, face full of disgust, and prepared herself.But at the most crucial moment, Harvey slapped the teacup away from her hand and let it fall to the ground.“What’s the point in you strong men bullying a young lady?”“Aren’t you embarrassed about trying to fool someone with tea leaves that have been rotting for at least twenty ye
Slap!Harvey’s movements were as quick as lightning, and he swung his backhand with a speed invisible to human eyes.“Are you sure you don’t want to talk about this?”Slap!“You know exactly what happened to this tea, don’t you?”Slap!“And yet, you have the guts to ask for compensation? Do you really think you’re allowed to do as you please just because we’re in Las Vegas?”The roguish man was completely dazed after being slapped around so much.When Harvey lifted the man up by his collar, his face had become completely bruised and swollen.“You… H-how dare you hit me?! Do you know who I am?!”“I’m a member of the Hamilton family!”“If you go against me, you’re going against the entire family!”“You’re going against the entirety of Las Vegas!”“You’re dead, kid! Not just you, your entire family’s done for!”“We’ll feed you to the fishes and get that woman behind you to serve customers at Sky Casino-Palace! Her life will be a living hell…! Heh, heh, heh!” Even after get
“Thank you, Young Master Flynn. I’ll be sure to thank you properly once the situation has been resolved,” Teresa replied quietly, and then glanced at the roguish man.“Where is everyone meeting tonight?”“Sky Casino-Palace.”“The Emperor’s Diner!”The tone on the other side of the phone was quite condescending.“Seven o’clock at night. You better be here on time, CEO Thompson! Don’t be late!”“Another thing. The Third Young Master said that he’ll let you off the hook for getting his men beaten up, all for my sake.”“You can take your staff members away for now.”“But you should think hard on how you should be thanking him!”“Thank you, Young Master Flynn. I’ll be there on time. Please say some good things about me when everyone’s there.”After hanging up the call, the roguish man’s phone rang. He spoke to the phone for a moment, before showing Teresa a wretched smile.“You’re pretty lucky to have Young Master Flynn’s support, CEO Thompson.”“The Third Young Master will give
Teresa stepped on the gas and drove as she explained her situation.“After I graduated from university two years ago, I went back home.”“My family wanted me to marry a rich playboy from an ancient family as a sacrificial tool. It was an arranged marriage.”“But I declined. I told them all that I want to live my own life, and that I have my own goals to strive for. I’m not their prisoner! They can’t just tell me what to do.”“I’d rather die than to be forced into marriage.”“And so, my family gave me a chance and made a deal with me.”“They would give me seventy-five thousand dollars to establish my own business.”“If I’m able to double the money within three years without any help from my family, I’ll regain my freedom.”“But if I can’t, I’ll have to marry that rich playboy and be my family’s sacrifice.”“Of course, my family won’t cause me any trouble during the process.”“I accepted the deal, but I only realized that everything wasn’t as simple as I thought once I started
As he said that, the Islander switched on his phone and started streaming the event. It was obvious he wanted to see how Harvey was going to react to this.If Harvey agreed to fight ten warriors in one go, then the people he had arranged would swarm him and kill Harvey.If Harvey refused, then he would verbally humiliate Harvey.In other words, he had made full preparations for today.Harvey calmly drank a cup of tea and clapped. Rachel, who was fully prepared, walked from the back of the crowd. She turned on her phone and played a video clip on the TV screen. In the clip, it was obvious that Hale was the one who claimed Harvey could fight ten to one, not Harvey."What? Since when must our representative bear responsibility for something he has never said? If someone said he can fight 100 to 1 suddenly, should he fight a hundred men at the same time?" Rachel said.While fighting ten to one was something simple to Harvey, he wasn't interested in being involved in a plot the Island
Once Harvey was at the Dragon Gate training hall, he narrowed his eyes.A huge crowd was right outside the entrance of the training hall. He counted at least a thousand of them with just a glance.They were all either martial arts elites or mutants. None of them were normal human beings.Of course, these people were mostly here to watch the show.There were also plenty of Islander men and women in their traditional summer garbs. All of them looked quite eager. Harvey could tell from first glance that they were either from Sky Plane or had the right to enter Grand City due to being at the top of the social pyramid in the Island Nation. All of them were filled with anger and resentment after Harvey chided them as weaklings. They were here to try and reclaim their dignity.When Harvey appeared, all of them instantly turned around. The anger within their eyes is apparent."Harvey York! Are you sure you want to go your own way? You're quite brave to challenge the entire Island Natio
"Dominating the Veiled Sanctuary?" Harvey asked Alexei curiously.Alexei scoffed. "Many years ago, a prodigy was born in the Veiled Sanctuary. He was said to be just a servant born into a small family. However, his powers grew exponentially after he accidentally learned martial arts."He became a King of Arms when he was 18, and then a True Warrior at 22. After that, he secretly stole the martial arts techniques from all the schools and mastered them. Finally, when he was 30 years old, he created his own martial art technique that had never appeared in the Veiled Sanctuary—the Technique of Elephants and Dragons."It's said that those trained in this technique can possess the power of ten elephants and ten dragons. They can forcefully tear apart space itself and step into the void, reaching unity between Man and Nature. Unfortunately, he has too little influence in Veiled Sanctuary. He stole too many secrets from the different schools, causing him to offend the higher-ups."In the
"Of course, only people from Grand City are supporting him. Whether it was Sky Plane, Sky Garden, Lost City, or the other locations, everyone criticized Harvey. They believed that we should have peace with all the other Sacred Lands. Harvey's existence would only cause fights between all of us."But the so-called peace from these Sacred Lands were only maintained because they were able to benefit from Grand City. Once Harvey's here and becomes mayor, the other Sacred Lands won't be able to get used to it," Geoffrey said.He was obviously quite pleased with this.For a long time, Grand City needed someone who could take control of the big picture. One of the reasons the E-A Battlefield occurred in the past was because the mayor went missing, and all the other Sacred Lands believed they could take advantage of this situation. That was why the five nations had worked together at the time.Luckily, the Chief Instructor was there at the time. He helped them defeat all their enemies and
When Harvey remembered that Vaida was schizophrenic, he suppressed the discomfort inside of him and smiled. "Ms. Vaida, why didn't you go back to rest? Isn't it boring to be at my place?"Vaida opened the door leading to the dining room. "I don't feel bored at all. I've been cooking for you the entire day. Since you're the man of my destiny, I'm simply doing what I'm supposed to, aren't I?"Cough!Harvey couldn't stop himself from coughing before saying, "Thanks, then.""That won't do, Senior Vaida! We grew up together and have known each other for almost two decades. You've never cooked for me. What's this, then? Do I really have no place in your heart?" Alexei said, almost to the point of crying and rolling on the ground.Vaida shot him a disappointed look. "Oh, you! Look at yourself. Are you acting like a man? I'm not expecting you to become an important person, but even if you're set on being someone spoiled rotten, can you at least be like a proper one? I heard that when I
With just a simple move, the Islander swordsman screamed in pain and crashed to the ground. He didn't even have the chance to spar with Harvey.An Islander wrestler immediately rushed out of the crowd. "I dare you to try me, Harvey!" Harvey calmly kicked a chair at the wrestler, who didn't even manage to enter the door before collapsing on the ground."Fool!""Die!"One by one, the Island Nation's elites attacked, but none of them could pass through the entrance into the training hall before collapsing.Harvey's technique was indeed very terrifying. What Harvey did without exerting much effort turned all the Islanders' excitement into despair. All the Islanders that had collapsed had some reputation in Grand City. But now, they were nothing before Harvey.Meanwhile, those from Country H were overjoyed. Many of them started to go around and spread the good news throughout Grand City.Harvey's reputation had spread in Grand City. A lot of people knew that the representative of
"All you Islanders are always acting so arrogantly in our territory. You'll sneer at us, calling us weaklings every now and then. Now, we simply stated the fact that you're weaklings too—and you find it hard to accept? Don't you understand that you should treat others how you like to be treated? If you're not weaklings before him, what are you then? Feces?"Hale shouted at the Islanders fearlessly, feeling refreshed as he did it. He seemed to have suffered a lot at the hands of Sky Plane, so he didn't hold back when he started his speech. It was enough to make the Islanders hear it go mad.However, Hale wasn't scared at all. Instead, he pointed at the Islanders and went on, "Yapping of sore losers."The Islander with the mustache almost went crazy. "Do you know what you're doing? You're trying to start a war! Can you bear this responsibility?"The other Islanders also joined in; all of them called for war, as if that would be enough to threaten Harvey. However, Hale didn't even b
Harvey couldn't tell what Hale was up to by borrowing his influence, but he knew very well that what he needed to do right now was to liven Grand City up. It would be best if he could cause a wave. Only then would he have the opportunity to achieve his goals.That was why he didn't stop Hale, despite not knowing what Hale was up to. Instead, Harvey let Hale do as he wanted.Hale took a deep breath. His eyes carried a meaningful gaze as he looked at Harvey, and he said with a dry smile, "What I'm going to do is to be quite intense, but I believe you can take it."Harvey chuckled. "Is it the kind that I prefer?""I don't know if you'll like it, but I believe you won't hate it," Hale said.Harvey clapped. "Sure. Let me see just how much of a ruckus your method that I won't hate will cause in Grand City!"Hale didn't waste his breath and grabbed a white piece of cloth and started painting something. Then, he immediately put it at the entrance of the training hall. As soon as the clot
There was cheer from the crowd when they saw how Harvey could easily defeat those from the Sky Plane and win back the pride of Grand City and the people from Country H.At this time, a middle-aged man, somewhat short and plump, approached Harvey with admiration on his face. "The way you fight is brilliant, friend. Most importantly, you managed to defeat the haughty Islanders without any trouble. Simply brilliant! You've won all our admiration!""That's right!" The people in the crowd all nodded, the admiration on their faces clear.It was said that amateurs watch the show for excitement, while the experts grasp the details. However, the people who formed the crowd this time were mostly martial arts elites. They understood just how powerful Harvey was from how he easily defeated Kuro, Mikan, and the other Islanders."It doesn't matter whether I earn your admiration or not," Harvey said with a faint smile as he entered the training hall. "Since you're not my training hall's student