Everyone was shocked silly by the sight. Nobody would dare question the man’s credibility. After all, everything the man did was simply insane!The journalist already thought of a title as they kept taking pictures.“Murderer tries escaping the law, victim’s family shed blood to prove otherwise…”Harvey glanced at the spectacle with an amused look.The journalists thought Harvey was too arrogant, and that the law would punish him soon.Meanwhile, the other relatives began to speak up while everything was still happening. Friends and family of the Bowie family rushed forward at the sight.All of them were sure that Harvey was the murderer, and that he had to pay his life for all the crimes he committed.The crowd had righteous looks on their faces. They all shared the exact same thought.‘It’s bad enough that he’s a murderer, but he even bought off the entire police station and host a press conference! He thinks we’re all idiots!’“Mr. York! Mr. York, what do you have to say ab
Bam, bam, bam!The victims’ relatives were truly ruthless; they slammed their heads on the ground without an ounce of hesitation. Blood was flowing out of their heads.The men screamed in pain.The women cried in agony.The crowd was completely shocked by the sound of screaming and crying mixed together.Nobody expected that the families would be this extreme.But it was to be expected. If the murderer wasn’t released in the first place, why would they act this way?As for these people being bought off?What a joke!They were practically sacrificing themselves at this point!“You…”Rachel and the others frowned; this felt too much like a conspiracy that it was almost unbelievable.August couldn’t help but be impressed by the sight.He spent tons of money just to buy these people off…But it was well worth it after all!Such Hollywood-level acting wouldn’t be seen anywhere else!The journalists kept pressing the shutter button, trying to record everything that was happ
“What text?”August instinctively looked over.The journalists curiously glanced at the contents as well.Everyone gasped soon after.“Fifteen million dollars has been returned to the payer.”“Fifteen million?!”“From all the families?!”“What the hell?!”“What’s going on here?!”“August gave these families fifteen million dollars each?!”“And now he’s taking it all back?!”A reporter who had an idea of how finances worked immediately understood what was going on.August made an appointment to transfer the money. Logically speaking, everything would be transferred after twenty-four hours.But after he canceled the appointment, the transfer would naturally become invalid.While the crowd was gossiping up a storm, August’s expression changed instantly.“What?! I didn’t ask for a return!”“This wasn’t me!”“Then give the money back already!” someone exclaimed with a furious look.“We agreed that you’d hand over the money if we put on a show!”“We gave our lives for this
“We would’ve been fooled if we didn’t turn on our notifications!”“I’m warning you! You better give us the money, or we’ll come for you sooner or later!”“We’ll tell everyone that everything we said to Harvey was just a damn script you wrote for us!”“You got us here to slander him because you wanted him behind bars!”“We have seventy-six thousand dollars that you happily paid us beforehand! Here’s the record!”“In the first place, we wouldn’t even trust you if it weren’t for this!”“We can’t just put up a show for nothing, August! We shed blood for this!”August’s face darkened slightly; he didn’t know how he managed to slip up…But he knew that there was no chance for him to keep up the facade.After seeing a huge group of people trying to get to the bottom of the situation, August’s expression changed slightly. Then, he stood up together with his followers.“We’re leaving!”“You’re leaving?!”“You’re not going anywhere if you don’t hand over the damn money!”Seeing Augu
Everything happened just as Harvey predicted.August was finished!The victims’ families were out of their minds for all that money.Not only were they going all out against August, they even exposed every single one of his schemes.August contacted them and bought them off a few days ago so they could cause trouble at any time.Someone pointed out that August said that he even managed to fake the entire surveillance footage, and that it would be easy to get a bunch of fake witnesses.Not only were August’s crimes exposed, Harvey was also proven innocent in the process.The journalists were all too happy to take advantage of August’s misfortune. Why would they even give him a chance to save himself?Everyone reported the news as soon as they could. Simply put, August was done for!…Flutwell. Inside Longmen’s Budokan.Ozzy had a horrible expression when he reported the situation to Joseph.“Young Master, August is done for.”“He lost everything.”“Our well-laid plans have
Joseph narrowed his eyes for a moment.“A few days later, the second phase of my property’s launch will be held in Flutwell’s new district.”“If all three thousand properties can be sold, we’ll have most of our funds back.”“For now, let’s just focus on that.”“As for Harvey, we’ll let August handle it.”“Tell him to use force if playing dirty doesn’t work. I treated him well for this day.”“If Harvey doesn’t die, August dies!”…“Cheers!”“For Brother-In-Law’s innocence!”“I told you he’ll be fine!”Six o’clock in the evening. In the Flutwell Hotel, Harvey and the others were sitting under the bustling lights of a box.Xynthia used her own money to treat everyone to a meal.Aside from Mandy and her family, Rachel, Kayden, and the others were invited as well.Unlike the rest, Lilian had a horrible expression.She didn’t think that Harvey would be able to get out of the situation completely unscathed and still be together with her daughter. She couldn’t help but grit her
Ten o’clock at night. In the Hatchet Gang’s base camp.Harvey was casually making himself some tea in the garden.A slender figure could be seen walking from afar not long after.“Your wife won’t get jealous of me for this, right, Sir York?” Rachel said with a smile before taking a seat in front of Harvey.She was wearing a gown made of silk. Together with her wavy hair, her exquisite feminine look was quite apparent.Harvey admired her beauty before flashing her a warm smile.“Are you going to tell me that I’ll anger Mandy just by drinking tea and watching the moon with you?”Rachel smiled back.“Of course. I’m different from the others. I only care about you, after all…”Harvey chuckled. He didn’t think Rachel would crack jokes like this, especially considering her serious demeanor.He poured a cup of tea for Rachel before changing the subject.“Alright. Enough jokes.”“Let’s talk business.”“Let Mandy take care of the company starting tomorrow.”“You deal with Longmen’
During the chaos at the police station last time, August had bodyguards of the Bauer family with him. Unfortunately, there were simply too many journalists chasing after him.The bodyguards wouldn’t dare strike back, while the victims’ families had no restraint.August had no way to defend himself against the crowd rushing toward him.Many people pulled out their weapons to attack him. If it weren’t for August being well-versed in martial arts, his limbs would’ve long been gone.Yet, he was still bruised everywhere. There were even dark circles around his eyes.August didn’t bear a grudge against those people. There was no point to that.However, he knew that Harvey was to be blamed for all this!“How dare he keep going against me?!”“He’ll pay!”Though August was shocked to realize that Harvey kept thinking of ways to break through his well-laid plans, he was more startled that Harvey actually had the guts to fight back. In fact, the man constantly put Joseph and everyone els
Harvey still didn't relax and continued to make a roll.Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!The assassins with the Royal Flush continued their attacks. Very quickly, all the assassins wearing their military uniform fell to the ground, dying with a peaceful look on their faces.This also proved just how powerful the Royal Flush was. That weapon could kill even the True Warriors of legends. The ordinary assassins didn't stand a chance.At this time, Harvey had already confirmed the location of the assassins using the Royal Flush. He immediately headed straight to the entrance and raised the repeating crossbows in his hand. Then, he aimed on top of a streetlight right outside the entrance and pulled the trigger.Whoosh!The masked man standing on the street light with the Royal Flush in hand couldn't react in time. He immediately let go of the Royal Flush in his hand. A dagger slid out into his hand and he immediately jumped right on top of the street light, heading straight for Harvey, the dag
The assassin who opened the door of the fridge couldn't even cry out as he felt a pang of pain in his neck before crumbling to the ground without making a sound.All the assassins were stunned. Before they could reach, Harvey's figure appeared and the knives in his hand began to dance. Blood splattered everywhere as a few more people slumped to the ground noiselessly.However, these assassins were indeed quite skilled. When they were ambushed, one of them managed to escape the room to call for help. As he did that, all the assassins scattered around the café instantly assembled in this location."Fire! Right now!"As if they knew just how powerful Harvey was, the people outside didn't care if the assassins inside were still alright. The moment they were in position, all of them raised the guns and repeating crossbows in their hand and pulled the trigger as they aimed into the kitchen.Harvey's expression was calm. He kicked on a steel trolley outward, then immediately took a step
When Jessica saw how Harvey glared at the assassins and gunners with dark eyes, her expression changed again. While she was considered part of Grand City and was also trained in martial arts, she knew she couldn't fight off so many people.She was not a King of Arms or a True Warrior. How could she stop an assault from so many sides? When the thought flashed through her mind, she held on to Harvey and said, "Harvey, if you can protect me and my family, I can tell you everything. Everything I did was ordered by Dan. Other than Dan, Emery is also part of this, and I have proof!"They have two objectives. They want you to become a permanent enemy of Sienna. They're going to even find a chance to make it look like Sienna ordered this and overtake her completely!"Harvey glared at the group and said, "I can understand why Emery wanted to overtake Sienna, since familial love is a joke in such wealthy families. But I thought Dan was courting Sienna. Why is he doing that?""Because Dan c
Jessica noticed that while Harvey was simply having a friendly chat, he had almost revealed all her activities when she was in Wolsing. She knew very clearly that once he told everything to the Wrights and the Yates, not only would they kill her, but they would also kill her entire family.Most importantly, he was able to easily deduce that Dan was behind her. That filled Jessica with horror. She was terrified by how direct Harvey was and knew everything that had happened.The last person that made Jessica feel like this…It was her employer, Dan. Just when Jessica was hesitating if she should sell Dan out, Harvey suddenly narrowed his eyes and looked at the corridor not far away. Several kids were running around in the corridor. It was quite noisy, especially in a quiet atmosphere like this.Many passersby simply glanced at the children and didn't give them another look. But for some reason, Harvey felt like there was something wrong. Then, he smelled something like tobacco.
"Or maybe you're thinking that after working a little bit harder for a while, you'll be able to leave the country and live under the radar. Then, you can go to Country A and live the life you want? Your parents have already been sent over, right?"No matter what happens, Dan treats those who work for him well. But… There's something I don't understand. You're willing to leave your home permanently just because he treats you well? You're willing to give him your undying loyalty just like that? Is it worth it?" Harvey asked as he put his cup of latte down on the table with a curious expression.The ordinary young woman shuddered slightly before raising her head. She gave Harvey a look and said, "Are you talking to me, sir? Do we know each other?"Harvey smiled. "We don't, but I'm pretty sure you know me. Or should I say… It's exactly because you know me that you went to Country A and persuaded Royce to come to Wolsing. Whether it's the 150 million dollars given to Lilian or lying to X
The next day…What happened to Geraldton Hotel was being reported on the news. It was about how an underground criminal empire in Wolsing was being swept by the authorities. Harvey didn't expect things to go so out of hand. At the same time, he now knew that no matter what the Yates of Country A wanted to do, they wouldn't be able to make any moves in the short term after what happened.There was another rumor that Kyros alone had borne the brunt of the crimes for the Wright family. The Wrights of Wolsing had removed his name from the family and that was enough to settle things. They were also not part of the media report.It was easy for one to see that a compromise had been reached by all the factions involved. Otherwise, if the Wrights of Wolsing really wanted to get involved, no one could estimate how this would develop.Just as Harvey was reading the news, his phone buzzed. Yvonne's stern voice came from the other side. "Sir, I've managed to investigate everything clearly.
Just as Harvey was thinking about who was behind this, his phone suddenly started to buzz. He picked it up—there was only one message."Interesting," Harvey said with a deep smile as he read it. "It's George. After his investigation, the one leading the task force has a really clean background. However, when he was at university, he was fully sponsored by a charity fund belonging to the Jeans of Mordu."After his graduation, the speed he gets promoted is also much faster than his peers around the same age. No matter how I looked at it, someone had been giving him a boost. However, is this the result of Mandy going over to Purdue Mountain? It doesn't look like Zayden, as the patriarch of one of the top ten families, wants to calm things down…"Feels like he wants to make things even worse. How is this going to benefit the Jeans of Mordu?"Yvonne narrowed her eyes slightly. "At the very least," she said, "there are two ways they can benefit from this. Firstly, it's to clarify their
The next day.The estate in the third ring of Wolsing.Harvey had originally planned to go to Mordu at night when Mandy called him. She told him everything that happened in Geraldton Hotel had been settled. Zayden's side would make a move and demand a direct explanation from them for what happened.Harvey was quite shocked when he heard this.The leader of the Jeans of Mordu had been too discreet, so much so that this was the first time he heard about this name. But the problem was, Harvey didn't believe that the Jeans of Mordu who had been making things difficult for Mandy all this while would suddenly make a move without cause.However, Mandy kept on telling Harvey that everything was over. She would keep Xynthia in Mordu for a few more days. Once the dust had settled, she would then send Xynthia back to Wolsing.Hearing Mandy so confident with herself, Harvey decided not to say anything else. That being said, he still her Mandy that if anything happened, she must tell him imme
"In other words, you don't have to worry about this. I'll take care of it," Zayden said. "As for the Ninth Branch, that's the fruit of your labor. At least, I don't see anyone has the right to replace you as the head. Unless you have made a very serious mistake, your status as the head of the Ninth Branch is guaranteed. Remember, never say something like giving up your spot as the head ever again."Top families like the Jeans of Mordu have their own rules. There are certain positions that can't be taken just because you wanted to, and there are those that you can't leave just as easily as well."Mandy was stunned after she heard Zayden's criticism of her. Then, she nodded. "Understood. Thank you for your lesson, sir. I will do everything I can in the service of the family."Mandy wasn't that surprised to see that Zayden was willing to make a personal appearance. Since Kyros didn't show any respect to the Jeans of Mordu, Zayden needed to make a show of force once things reached thi