Before the crowd could react…Another shocking thing happened.Harvey took a step forward and ruthlessly slapped Ezra around.Slap!“This one’s for you tarnishing Longmen’s name!”Slap!“This one’s for you being unable to tell right from wrong!”Slap!“This one’s for you taking advantage of the weak!”“As the vice head of Longmen’s Law Enforcement…”“Not only are you not doing your job properly, but you’re acting as you please without restraint!”“If you won’t abide by the rules, then who in Longmen will?!”“Longmen has been governing Country H’s underworld for many years, and has achieved a lot of great things…”“But because of b*stards like you, all those accomplishments are reduced into nothing!”Harvey slapped Ezra’s face over and over again, to the point his face became as swollen as a pig’s.Ezra was an experienced fighter, but he wasn’t able to dodge the slaps. His body swayed all over the place as he endured all those slaps in the face.Everyone could tell just
After Harvey exposed his thoughts, Ezra gritted his teeth.“I am! I really am!” he exclaimed after a long while.“You say that, but you actually feel resentful, don’t you?”“You’re planning to find out my identity before coming for my entire family, aren’t you?”“You’d even dig up my ancestors from their graves and turn them to ash too, right?”Harvey smiled as he pointed out exactly what Ezra was thinking. Then, he kicked right at Ezra’s stomach.Ezra was about to react to the attack, but he was a bit slow since he was kneeling.His entire body felt weighed down, as if he was hit by a sledgehammer. Decades worth of strength and hard work was destroyed in an instant.His spirits were crushed along with it.He felt extremely powerless; his entire body collapsed onto the ground as he trembled uncontrollably.Ezra gritted his teeth, boiling with anger.“What did you do to me, you b*stard?!”“Nothing much. I only ruined all your training,” Harvey explained calmly.“People like
The two people were Mac and Logan, whose faces bore horrible expressions.In a way, they were still fine.Right behind them, Ezra and Dylan were both lying on stretchers.One was completely robbed of his strength and was forced to be an ordinary human.The other had all of his limbs broken. Nobody knew how long it would take for him to recover.However, Joseph’s emotions didn’t change much even after seeing all them.Instead, he smiled calmly and said, “Talk. What happened?”Logan’s eyes twitched.“Young Master, Dylan provoked Harvey by accident. After that, Dylan called both Vice Head Bauer and me to support him…”“Harvey brought out Longmen’s Law Enforcement Badge before crippling Vice Head Bauer.”“Crippled?” Joseph frowned.“If I remember correctly, didn’t you and Mac talk to him before?”“What? He won’t hand over his position and he’s beating up my men for it?”“He must be ready to go against me…”Logan looked resentful as he wiped the sweat off his head.“Young Mas
On the next day, early in the morning at the Flutwell Police Station.Someone sent over a note.The note stated that because of Kayden’s help, other than the fact that Lilian and Mandy were behind bars, they weren’t poorly treated.That said, since the two of them were still family, Harvey decided to go and meet them.Harvey signed a few papers in the police station’s guest room. Due to Kayden’s connections, the police didn’t make things hard for Harvey.After the police left, two women in prisoners’ clothing were sent to the guest room.Mandy, who was falling behind, looked quite miserable; her aura felt a little more distant than before.Lilian stomped in front with a pompous look.“I told you already!” she exclaimed smugly as she entered the room.“Even if there’s a problem, it’s the thirteenth young master who’s at fault!”“Tell him I’ll do as I promised! I’ll let him marry my daughter! The gold mine…”Before Lilian could finish speaking, she saw Harvey and froze immedia
“Let me tell you something!”“I don’t care if you’re a little capable now! In my eyes, you’re not worthy to have Mandy!”“Get us out of here if you can!”“Why even bother coming here?”“Do you want a consolation award or something?”“A country bumpkin like you has no right to cling to Mandy!”“Mandy’s going to marry the thirteenth young master!”“If you know what’s best for you, you’ll leave her as soon as possible!”“There’s nothing for you here!”Lilian was still planning to force Mandy into marrying a wealthy family so she could live the most luxurious life there ever was.In her eyes, she was no longer suited to simply be rich. She deserved so much more!“You’re daydreaming this early in the morning?” Harvey sneered.“You’re still dwelling in your fantasy of Joseph becoming your dear son-in-law?”“Are you even worthy?”Lilian screamed, “Shut up!”“Get out of here already! Stop ruining my plans!” Lilian exclaimed, a resentful look on her face.“Don’t try to push me!”
Lilian changed her expression frantically and screamed, “No! I don’t trust this little b*stard! He might just sell us out!”“When that happens, we’ll live the rest of our lives behind bars!”“Cut it out, Mother!”“Why would Harvey even do that?!”Mandy had a helpless look on her face.“He’s not that kind of person! How do you still not know him?”“If he’s planning to hurt us, he would’ve just left us here!”“Why would he waste time talking to us?”Harvey glared icily at Lilian.“What are you trying to do?”“Are you really going to wait for Joseph?”“Are you waiting for him to have a guilty conscience? Or are you waiting for pure luck to get you out of this damn place?”“Can’t you be a little more realistic?”“Who else is going to save you other than me?”After sizing up Harvey, Lilian chuckled coldly and sneered, “Wow! You know how to threaten me now, huh?!”“I don’t mind telling you that I do have a backup that can turn the tables in my favor!”“You can have it, but yo
Harvey couldn’t help but clap for Lilian’s unreasonable conditions.He didn’t think that Lilian could get much worse after not meeting her for a while.Harvey shrugged.“I don’t think I can do that for you.”“How about this? I’ll just bail Mandy out.”“You can sit here and wait for Joseph to get you out instead.”Having said that, Harvey turned around and started walking away.“This is too much, Mother! Just give it to him already!” Mandy couldn’t hold in her frustration any longer. She took a deep breath before speaking up.Lilian’s face darkened in an instant.“The gold mine doesn’t belong to you in the first place! Can you not be so unreasonable?!”Lilian was enraged.“What’s with the attitude?! I’m your mother!”“As long as you have nothing to do with this little b*stard, the thirteenth young master will fulfill his part of the contract!”“There’s no problem at all!”“Or are you saying you’re jealous of me, too?!”Having endured many days in jail, Lilian couldn’t h
“And that’s how we got in here. It didn’t matter if we committed a crime or not.”Mandy sighed dolefully.“There’s something I don’t understand. Joseph did so much to gain my mother’s trust and make such an absurd contract, but why?”“Is it because I didn’t reciprocate his feelings? Is that why he’s taking his revenge?”“This might be one of the reasons. But since we’re here, there’s no point thinking about the past anymore,” Harvey replied calmly.“Let’s talk about something else.”“Do you have a backup or not?”“We do,” Mandy quietly replied.“Mother’s pretty unreasonable, but she’s quite careful in terms of business.”“The police have a copy of the contract regarding the gold mine.”“But the real one’s locked inside a storage room of Flutwell International Airport.”Harvey was impressed after hearing Mandy’s words.Indeed, Lilian would stop at nothing to ensure her interests were safe.“Tell me the code to the storage room.”Harvey stood up.“Since Joseph wants to shu
Linus almost wanted to slap the secretary out of fury. "I'm warning you! This is something we have to deal with ourselves. If we can, Emery will ally with us and help us deal with the small problems that we might encounter. But if we can't… Let me tell you what'll happen. Emery will kick us when we're down and will never offer us a helping hand!"Linus's expression became even darker after he said that. Those who were able to become one of the highest ranking members of the family, it didn't matter how arrogant they were or how materialistic they were, their basic judgment wouldn't stray too far away from being accurate. He was already able to guess Emery's personality. It was said that there was no love within a royal family. It was the same for wealthy families.The beautiful secretary nodded and whispered, "But Mr. Linus, our biggest problem is we're running out of resources. Without powerful locals from the country to help us right now, we're nothing when we're facing Yvonne
Wolsing Grand Hospital. Midnight.Linus was covered in bandages, looking in extremely bad shape. While he had plenty of bodyguards, the Islanders refused to stop no matter what. After the clash, they had beaten him up thoroughly. While there was no permanent injury, he was still covered in bruises.He used his right hand to pick up a cigar as he cursed, "Bastard! All these traitorous Islanders… They took my money… Not only did they do nothing, but they even attacked me! I will kill them after this!"He gritted his teeth. "And that witch Yvonne! She better not think this is over! One day, I'll find a way to kill all of you! Not only you, I will kill your whole family and that man of yours too!"At this time, Linus was no different from a woman scorned. All that was left for him to do was to take out his little book of grudges and start recording. As for how Yvonne managed to retaliate… Though Linus was furious with her, he was also terrified of her.The plot he had so meticulousl
Everything was over. Whether it was the Xaviers, the Islanders, or someone else, they couldn't do anything about this case anymore. With this video, no one could undo anything.On the second floor, Journi looked at what happened with shock. Only after a long time did she whisper, "All we needed to spend is 5,000?""I guess," Harvey said with a shrug. "But I needed to prepare some money beforehand. My subordinates found out that Linus bribed Nomura and the Islanders 100 thousand per head. Nomura and his ilk are greedy, so they agreed to it. I told my subordinates to leak the news that after the negotiation, Linus could gain a lot more benefits."The Islanders naturally wouldn't accept the fact that they'll only be able to gain a little profit, so our men approached them again and pretended to be part of Linus' men. They agreed to hike the price. I even transferred the money to them, so the Islanders had to give today's performance their all. If they had to go as far as to commit suic
"All of us were ready to commit suicide for the 50 million A dollars!""We even sold out our country, meaning we could never return to the Island Nations!""You either give us all the money back, or we'll never stop hounding you for it!" All the Islanders were extremely furious.In truth, the Islanders who were paragons of unity and love were ordinary people in the end and could be swayed by profit. Without the money, they wouldn't have given such a performance.Linus couldn't help but shudder when he saw all the Islanders looking at him with murderous intent, as if a pack of wolves were glaring at him, with the intent to kill. "Stop making such wild accusations!" he cried. "While I really did pay to tell you to work, all I did was give you 10,000 dollars! And that's not A dollars, but H dollars. As for paying all of you 50 million dollars per person… Do you think I'm stupid? Do you think I'm willing to pay so much just so you'll frame Yvonne? Why don't you consider if you're w
The phones of all the Islanders who were willing to commit suicide started to vibrate. All the Islanders who were in their righteous fury took out their phones. When they saw the content on the screen, they roared—they were so angry that they almost went mad.They instantly got up from the ground, their eyes bloodshot. All of them glared at Linus, as if wanting to tear him apart. The reporters and spectators were a little shocked, and instinctively took a few steps back. It was obvious that they felt a murderous intent.Before anyone could react, Nomura waved his hand. All the Islanders surrounded Linus and his men. Linus frowned slightly. "What do you all want?""Fools!" Nomura immediately aimed his longsword at Linus. "Don't you people from Country A call yourself a civilized world? That obeying the contract is important to you? Why did you suddenly break the contract when we've done everything you asked us to do?"The other Islanders all looked at Linus with a murderous expres
Linus wore a victor's smile. The reason he looked for Tojo Nomura earlier was to accuse Yvonne and the Xavier family on the spot, to make sure they would be accused of being traitors.He didn't expect a little money to be enough to make them act. Good, good. All he could say was that no matter how powerful or barbaric the Islanders were, they were nothing before the great people of country A. Not to mention, he had already given them their rewards. Even if he didn't, the Islanders still had to act as he ordered.Yvonne frowned. Of course, she knew that nothing the Islanders said was true—merely defamation. The problem was that she couldn't understand why someone like Nomura, who was a disciple of Shinto Way, had to make up such lies.The moment that thought crossed her mind, Yvonne looked coldly at Linus and said, "Just how much did you give them to the point they're willing to sell their country?""Tsk! You think that's enough to scare me?" Linus smiled wryly. "Everybody knows h
Very quickly, many Islanders ran to the stage. All of them were wearing the Islanders' traditional summer garb. The way they stood and the way they lifted their beard made them easily identifiable as Islanders.According to how unified Islanders were, everything they said would most likely be true.When Linus saw what was happening, sat down and folded his legs. His sexy secretary helped him light up a cigar. He took a deep breath, then looked at the unfolding scene with interest.Very quickly, the Islander leading the men took a step forward and said angrily, "Everyone! I'm Shinto Way's disciple, Tojo Nomura. I'm also the leader of the disciples still in Country H. "A few days ago, the Xaviers of Wolsing requested a marriage with our Young Master, Shingen. They have also signed a lot of contracts with us. Some of them include how Shinto Way will transfer the shares of our assets in Country H to them, while they will have to transfer ownership of their business on the Island Natio
When Yvonne saw Linus pulling out things they shouldn't and even giving them to the reporters, she instantly realized that he cared little about the consequences anymore.What he did was to ensure the Xaviers were blamed for everything. Even if he gained nothing from it, he still wanted to do it just so the Xaviers would have a hard time in Country H. He even wanted to use this to make both Country H and the Island Nation to force them to publicly deal with Shingen's death.Harvey, who caused all of this, would be in a lot of trouble. Yvonne looked at Linus coldly. "Linus, you know that taking things out of context and making up stories won't be beneficial to you. Where's your conscience?""Conscience? What's that?" Linus said with an exaggerated expression. "I'm not the one who killed Shingen. It's you Xaviers of Wolsing and the prospective son-in-law you wanted. Are you afraid others will find out? I'm just someone who knew the truth with a righteous heart!"I can't bear to see
The faces of Yvonne and the others from the Xaviers all shifted a little. It was obvious they didn't expect an Islander to appear. Meanwhile, Harvey simply looked at all of this coldly.Journi, who was a little bit surprised, turned to Harvey subconsciously. "What's going on?""We're simply giving the full package. The most difficult part of all of this was to explain why the Islanders would give up. Rather than waiting for others to expose the truth, why don't we give everyone the truth?" Harvey said calmly."What do you mean?" Journi said with a frown. "Simple. While these people are Islanders, they'll work for money. In this situation, the words of an Islander are more effective than the words of a hundred people from Country H…"Journi was curious about what Harvey wanted to do, but then some of the reporters realized what was happening. "Are these allegations from the Islanders true? Did you really assassinate Mr. Shingen Tokugawa, who wanted to improve the relationship