“Other than that, there’s one more worry that’s causing us to stay away from him.“We suspect that he might be a bioweapon prepared by the Island Nations. After all, they’re quite proficient at that sort of thing. If Nobuyuki is a weapon to cause chaos to the country…”Kairi let out a huge sigh.“Besides, if the virus were to spread throughout the city with twenty million people in it… The Patel family would be blamed for all this.”Harvey frowned.“Open the door. I’ll go take a look.”Harvey had a speculation, but he didn’t want to draw a conclusion just yet.The doctors hesitated for a moment. However, Kairi waved her hand for them to open the door.Creak…The door slowly opened, and Harvey looked inside.“We meet again, Mr. Nobuyuki.”Nobuyuki instantly turned his head and pounced on Harvey with bloodshot eyes. Safe to say, only one thing came to mind for the people who watched movies: zombies!“Look out, Sir York!” Kairi exclaimed.Harvey frowned, then kicked Nobuyuki
Chief Jackson scoffed.“At least you know that much!“But look at the patient! He’s still struggling!“His heartbeat’s still showing on the sensor! He’s not dead!“To us doctors, it’s our biggest humiliation to see a patient die in front of our eyes!”“That’s no heartbeat. It’s breathing. Something’s breathing inside of him.“If you get close to him, then believe me… That thing will enter your body.“You’ll turn exactly like him! I speak nothing but the truth. It’s up to you to believe me or not.”Chief Jackson’s righteous expression disappeared, and he instinctively shivered.“Nonsense!” he exclaimed, gritting his teeth. “How did the staff who put Nobuyuki in there come out perfectly fine a few hours ago, then?!”“The thing inside him isn’t matured yet. It probably matured an hour or so ago.“If I’m correct, Nobuyuki’s heartbeat must’ve restarted during that time, right? He was probably no different from a dead person before that.”Chief Jackson froze. “How did you know?”
A white worm wriggled right out of Nobuyuki’s mouth.The worm was long and furry; it pushed itself straight into the rooster’s neck.Nobuyuki’s body went stiff, and he reverted to a corpse.The rooster tilted its head, eyes bloodshot, and stumbled around the room endlessly. It’d occasionally cackle, striking fear in everyone’s hearts.Not long after, the rooster shivered before falling flat on the ground.The same long white worm crawled out of its mouth.At the crucial moment, Harvey kicked the isolation room open and threw a lit lighter inside.Fwoosh!A foul stench seeped out; the worm went stiff, losing all signs of life as it was burned to ashes.Harvey finally let out a sigh of relief. “Right. It’s done now.”“Is it really?” Chief Jackson asked.Harvey nodded before wiping his fingers with some tissues.“Are you not going to explain this to us, Sir York?” Kairi asked. “Is this a part of a Yin-Yang Technique, or a Frontier Possession Technique? Why is it so scary?”Ha
Kairi didn’t believe there’d be a spy in the Patel family…But she didn’t say anything about it. She only made a gesture to the driver to follow Harvey’s orders.The car quietly went to the back.Harvey put on a face mask with a cap to hide his face before heading to the isolation area again.When he went through the fire exit, he frowned. The exit was only supposed to work from the inside, but he could push the door open easily.As soon as he touched the lock, he knew someone had tampered with it before.Without any hesitation, he quickly went to the room Nobuyuki was held in. A few figures were gathered inside, with some taking pictures with a phone.Harvey turned on the lights in the corridor.“What are you people doing there?” he demanded. The people taking pictures were clearly startled.According to their information, nobody should’ve been here since everyone in the hospital was changing shifts. And yet, a mysterious man showed up just in time.A woman with beautiful
The representative of Golden Sands’ Island Nations Embassy bringing expert martial artists to the isolation room…Anyone bright enough would know what was going on behind the scenes.Harvey pointed at Ayaka’s phone without wasting any time.“I don’t care how you people got in. You can leave after deleting all the pictures and videos on your phone.”“Delete them?”Ayaka was surprised.“This is evidence of you people shamelessly using a bioweapon on a mighty Islander!“Just you wait! Your country will be judged once we hand this over to the World Civilization Department!“You better not get yourself involved! A small fry like you has no right, nor do you have the ability to!”“You better cooperate. It’d be bad for both sides if anything bad happens,” Harvey warned.Ayaka showed utter disdain after hearing Harvey’s words. She took a step forward, and studied Harvey.“You think we’ll believe you just because you say that? Who do you think you are?”“The Patel family has fifty-o
As the representative of Golden Sands’ Island Nations Embassy, Ayaka had the most exposure to the upper social circle of the city. Naturally, she knew who Kairi was as well.To her, the five hidden families and the Hermit Families had always been discreet as to hide themselves from the top ten families.It was why Kairi had been respectful toward her before.Who would’ve thought she’d slap Ayaka in the face without holding back?The Islanders were enraged. They were used to flaunting their strength back in the Island Nations. Suffering such humiliation was simply unforgivable!“Do you understand the consequences you’ll bear for doing this?”Ayaka came to her senses, and covered her face.“Don’t you know just how uncivilized you are right now?“Shaming a new royal family like this would get you immediate jail time back in the Island Nations!“Let me tell you something! Because of this slap, you and the family behind you… No! The entirety of Country H will have to pay for this!
Harvey and Kairi looked at each other after hearing Ayaka’s words. Harvey was completely speechless.“Are you that stupid?“You want Country H out of the World Civilization Department? You want the counties to sanction us as well?“Are you still dreaming?“Let’s not even decide if the matter’s even worth escalating to that point.“Even if it was…“Did you forget something? Country H also has the right to vote.“You want to kick the country out? Are you insane?“As for Nobuyuki, you people know exactly what happened too.“If you’re going to escalate things, then be my guest. Hopefully, you’ll be able to deal with the consequences after this!”Harvey couldn’t be bothered to talk to Ayaka anymore. He signaled Elias to take the Islanders’ phones and delete everything inside before throwing them out.-When everyone was out of the hospital, Kairi looked at Harvey. “Are we really going to let them go like this?”“They clearly came prepared,” Harvey replied. “If we detained or hu
Sounds of a keyboard clacking could be heard on Kairi’s side. She shook her head.“No. Nothing at all. It’s as if everything Ayaka said yesterday was fake.“Also, there was another news.”Harvey narrowed his eyes. “What is it?”“One of the members of the Five Royal Families, Ibuki Masato, the young master of the Tsuchimikado family, has arrived in Golden Sands. If my guess is correct, Ayaka must’ve stopped her arrangements for the time being because of him.”Harvey frowned. “Ibuki Masato?”“That’s right. He came with another identity as well—the envoy of the Island Nations Embassy. He could represent the emperor of the Island Nations while in Country H.”Harvey’s eyes lit up, and he smiled. “Looks like someone’s desperately trying to put Golden Sands in more trouble…”-At this moment, the Golden Sands International Airport was filled with people. It was barely morning, but a lot of tourists were flooding the gateways.Compared to the ordinary gateways, the ones designated fo
"Bro! Big bro! I finally got it now! You're Harvey York, the guy who stole Dan's spot of becoming representative! To be able to become a lackey of someone like you… Oh, this is such a glorious day for me and my family!" Alexei said excitedly."Big bro, since this is your first time here, you're not familiar with Grand City, right? Let's see… Let me personally take you to the Golden Road! I have a car, so it'll definitely be faster than you travelling on foot, right?"Alexei had already swiftly got into his Range Rover. After starting the car, he performed a handsome drift and stopped right in front of Harvey. Harvey hesitated a little but still got into the car.Since… He really didn't know Grand City well. By the time he arrived, it might already be too late.As he got into the car, Harvey checked the texts in his phone. There should be a livestream from Geoffrey's people who were on the ground. The Dragon Gate training hall had always been quite discreet. While they had put up
After hearing that, Harvey was stunned. The corner of his eyes twitched. He didn't expect that Alexei would be so idiotic.One shouldn't say such words without running them through their mind first!When Alexei saw that Harvey didn't react, he continued. "What? Do you think my Senior Vaida is not pretty enough? Too aggressive? It's fine, there are plenty of clubs in Grand City too! I can always take you to the clubs to check on the pretty ones to make you understand what it means to have paradise on Earth! No matter what happens, you're my big bro now! You'll be my big bro forever! You have to protect me from now on!" As he said that, Alexei even wanted to drag Harvey to get their relationship certified.Harvey blinked. He really had no idea how to deal with someone like this. But with Alexei close by, Harvey believed that Alexei could able to help with his objective here. Currently, Grand City is like a body of still water. No matter how much things were bubbling underneath t
After saying all that, Vaida turned and left. Harvey understood that Vaida probably had some clues about this, but she needed to do her investigation.Harvey didn't know how to feel when he saw Vaida was back to normal. Other than mistaking him for her man of destiny, Vaida was acting like a normal person.Once Vaida's figure had completely disappeared, Alexei turned around and looked at Harvey for a while, his expression still dark. He snorted and said, "Don't take this the wrong way and think you're my big bro now, Harvey. It's true you saved me, but you still deserve to die for putting Senior Vaida in your crosshair! I'm someone who compartmentalizes these things. I'll repay you for saving me, but I'll snuff out your desire as well."Harvey smiled and said calmly, "Don't worry. I won't stay in Grand City for long.""Really?" Alexei said happily, but then he quickly spoke in a huffy manner. "If that's the case, you're my guest! No matter where you want to go, or what you want t
When Vaida saw that she managed to scare Alexei, she sighed. However, there was pity in her eyes. After a moment, she still coldly said, "Remember. From now on, Harvey is your big bro. From now on, you'll have to listen to everything he says in Grand City, okay? If you won't, I'll immediately kick you out. Understand?"Harvey didn't sense any maliciousness in Vaida's words. Instead, he could sense how frustrated and disappointed she was from her tone. If it wasn't because Alexei was being so useless, Vaida wouldn't be in the situation she was in right now.But… Harvey didn't hate Alexei's character. From a certain angle, he liked Alexei."Understood, Senior Vaida. I'll listen to you," Alexei said in a defeated tone. He even looked deflated physically, as if he was sighing.Looking at how pitiful Alexei was, Harvey couldn't stop himself from smiling. He took a step forward, saying, "Vaida, I was a little harsh on him just now, so it's not his fault. But both he and I got to know e
Harvey realized why Dan was the best choice to succeed the previous mayor. Vaida was schizophrenic, and then his oldest disciple was…this.Who else can the Belladonna Cult depend on other than Dan?"Senior Vaida! Where are you? We haven't met for so long, but you brought a man home just like this! He's bullying me! This Harvey is bullying me!" Alexei screamed. His next step was probably going to be rolling on the ground."I have enough! I don't want to live anymore! It's either he's gone, or I'm gone! It's either he dies, or I die! You have to know who has a closer relationship with you! Don't become an enemy to your dear junior just because of a pretty boy!" Alexei's face was full of tears and mucus. No matter how Harvey looked at him, Harvey felt like he didn't have much intelligence at all.Harvey's eye twitched. Whether it was an arrogant scion or a haughty young master, he could simply slap the man to the ground and kick him to the curb. But… What was he supposed to do w
Harvey was stunned. What was going on? The childhood friend was out here too? Harvey stared intently at the man with the machete, who looked around 23 or 24. He was at least around 200 pounds, and he looked like an explosive keg. While he held a machete, his face was a strange, pallid color.With just one look, Harvey was sure that had severe internal injuries and didn't manage to recover. Harvey glanced at the Beads of Eye he was carrying on his chest, finding it strange."Come out, Harvey! Face me if you're a man!" roared the man, looking like he was going to explode at any time. The moment he saw Harvey, who was on his way to go on a walk, he instantly stormed forward and raised his machete.He roared at Harvey, "You're that idiot Harvey, right? Tell me, how did you lie to Vaida? She's my goddess! You can't just get close to her whenever you want!"Harvey looked at him curiously. "Why don't you tell me who you are?""Who am I?" The angry man waved his machete. "I'm the olde
Harvey could not stop rolling his eyes as he could feel his head throbbing again, but he still suppressed what he was feeling. "Thanks, but I don't like anything too greasy in the morning. I prefer vegetarian if possible. You can put the deep-fried hoppers aside. I'll reheat it in the afternoon."Vaida blinked her beautiful eyes. After some hesitation, she said, "I see. We'll set it aside for now, then. This is a local delicacy in Grand City. You can't even buy this with money.""Thanks; I appreciate it," replied Harvey, feeling the pressure. He had no choice but to get himself a bowl of oats with milk and slowly eat it. Harvey was worried Vaida might add something special to the oats or milk, but after eating, he realized there was nothing weird in it. It was just delicious.If food also had realms, while this was not at the level of a True Warrior, it was definitely at the level of a King of Arms. That was something that Harvey found surprising."Right, Harvey. I heard you become
"Oh, right," Geoffrey remembered something else. "While Harvey was the representative of the Country H Martial Arts Alliance, his identity isn't accepted by the seven families of Grand City. In other words, he has no support in Grand City at all. Even if everyone recognized that he is indeed your man of destiny, it's difficult for him to become mayor. Grand City is no longer the same city as it was a decade ago."Vaida frowned and said, "Getting Harvey to garner support in Grand City is not difficult. Find a way to make him the leader of the Belladonna Cult. Before making him the mayor, we can make him the cult leader first."That way, not only can we make it easier for Harvey, but we can also disgust the hell out of Dan. He's been obsessed with taking over the cult, right? Does he really think he can become mayor after becoming the leader of two of the seven families? He's dreaming!"Geoffrey was speechless. "Things aren't as easy as you think. If you simply give the cult to Harvey
"Not to mention, during the decade that the ex-mayor had disappeared, the entire Grand City had lost their respect toward him and the Belladonna Cult. Even you have become someone who only existed in the fringe. While Grand City looks like it didn't have a singular leader, the Hierophant's prophecy was guiding everything."That’s why we must be patient. On the one hand, we needed to make Harvey accept all of this. On the other hand, we have to rebuild a solid foundation as we advance. We will make the entirety of Grand City understand that the Belladonna Cult is still the same cult that rules over all! Only then can we obtain everything he has left for us."Then, Geoffrey cleared his throat. "Even I can wait for so long. I believe you'll be fine, correct?"Vaida gave it a thought, but she still hesitated. It was good for her that someone like Harvey, who fit the prophecy, appeared. But the problem was… This was supposed to be done slowly. Trouble was brewing underneath Grand City. H