“Are you begging me right now?”Harvey York smiled at Blaine John.Blaine’s eyes twitched before smiling back.“That’s right. That’s exactly what I’m doing.”“Good boy.Harvey patted Blaine’s face.The simple move was enough for the shadows around them to start moving. A few fierce men in suits stepped forward with firearms in hand, but Blaine waved his hand to stop them.“You’ve got a keen eye.Harvey patted Blaine’s face a little harder.“I knew that you’re an impressive man.“It’s not the first time that you’ve been this tolerant! Impressive!”Harvey raised his thumb.Kairi Patel rolled her eyes.Harvey was the only one who would dare disrespect Blaine in public, after all!“Let’s save Westley then.”Then, Harvey walked to the ICU.Five minutes later, Harvey put his fingers on Westley’s wrist before smiling faintly.“He’s already in a bad state. The lymph in his brain’s almost about to burst…“And yet you still gave him another injection.“Now that his cerebellum
“The royal court agreed, but we need some time to implement the procedure…”“I’m pretty impatient,” said Harvey York before Blaine John could finish his sentence.Blaine chuckled.“Listen to me first. We only need a day at most.“If we’re fast, we’ll see Ms. Kairi’s appointment document during our meal.“If she wants to, she can attend all sorts of meetings of the Golden Sands government.“She also can solve many problems with just her words alone.“It’s no joke that she’d have thousands of people serving under her after that!Blaine showed a pleasing look before glancing at Kairi Patel.“Ms. Kairi, or should I say Madam Kairi?“I hope that you don’t let the people down!”Even Kairi felt a little sluggish after hearing such words.She did not expect the Patel family to have a chance to be involved with the government.It was just a part of it, but this was a crucial move.She took a deep breath before looking at Blaine.“Don’t worry, Young Master John.“The Patel family
Harvey York explained his technique while poking the needles in Westley Wright’s body. When he finally poked a needle in between Westley’s brows, Kairi Patel was shocked to find out that dark blood flowed out of his orifices.The blood had an extremely foul stench with an unspeakable malicious aura.Harvey frowned before he quickly grabbed a test tube to collect the liquid.The room door opened not long after. Blaine John instinctively came in after constantly pacing around outside.“How is it, Sir York?”“The lymph’s out of Westley’s brain,” replied Harvey.“He won’t die if he isn’t stupid enough to inject himself with the drug again.“He’ll be fully awake after an hour’s sleep.“That said, you need to remind him to eat a light diet and refrain from doing anything intimate for the next seven days.“It’d be better if he decides to seclude himself entirely.”Blaine smiled when he waved his hand for a few doctors of the John family to check up on Westley. Naturally, he did not
Blaine John’s eyes twitched and looked horrible after seeing Harvey York and Kairi Patel’s backs.He thought he had been too respectful toward Harvey.‘Isn’t he scared of me going all out against him in a fit of rage?’The people beside Blaine looked at each other without saying a word. They realized that they knew nothing about the situation.After a while, Blaine heaved a long sigh to compose himself. Then, he dismissed his people before pulling out a dumbphone.The cold voice of a woman echoed when he dialed the only number inside.“What is it, Blaine?”Blaine smiled.“I have something to inform you, Your Holiness.“There’s a possibility of the map resurfacing.“A man named Harvey has gathered the six Hermit Families.“Operation Stormfield is a go.”-Harvey did not know what Blaine was planning, nor did he care.If he did, he would probably be pleasantly surprised.After all, he came to Golden Sands to deal with Evermore…But there had been no news about the organiz
According to the rules, Kairi Patel would oversee the government’s finances, real estate, and other daily affairs.To prevent Harvey York from accusing the John family of turning Kairi into a figurehead…Damon John decided to give Kairi authority despite his reluctance.Of course, Kairi knew that without any power over the other personnel, the first-in-commands of each department probably would not submit to her either.Yet Kairi did not feel insecure or sad about the situation. Rather, she was filled with excitement about what would happen next.At nine o’clock in the morning, inside the government’s multi-functional meeting room.The first-in-commands and directors of each department were gathered.Many gazes shifted when they saw Kairi in a proper business dress, bare-faced, along with Harvey beside her.Harvey casually glanced around before sensing the derisive gazes.It was only natural.Kairi’s rise was completely sudden. Because of her, many people’s opportunities to r
A man in a silk suit and a badge labeled “Land Department” was showing Harvey York a deathly glare.It was as if Harvey’s existence was affecting his promotion and stealing his favorite item.Harvey could not care less about the odd gazes when he looked around him and smiled.“Hello, everyone. We’re all colleagues from now on.“We naturally don’t have much experience since we only recently took position.“I do hope that you’ll all support Madam Kairi.”“Heh! You realize that you’re inexperienced?The director of the land department glared at Harvey disdainfully.“I know that you appointed fifty men to work here, Madam Kairi…“But the government isn’t playing games here.“I have no opinion if you’re appointing just a few men…“But why would you put a kept man like him in such an important position?“Do you think we’re playing games here?“The position has no actual power, but it represents the government’s image!“On special occasions, he can even assume the duty of both t
Kairi Patel looked into Chanse Foster’s eyes.“I already made a mistake right when I took position?“Maybe you should enlighten me as to what I did wrong.”Chanse gave a cold chuckle.“You don’t even know what’s been happening in the government…“And yet you still dare take the position as the second-in-command? How shameless can you get?“Looks like you won’t be here for long after all…Chanse let out another chuckle.“A few days ago, the reconstruction of the old town’s been mostly handled.“Our designated consultant managed to convince many residents to move.“With these people, not only will we complete the reconstruction without much effort…“We wouldn’t have to spend too much on the relocation either!“They trust Mr. Trevor Foster, the man who discussed about relocation with them!“Reconstruction of the old town and land relocation is the government’s most extensive project this year!“This is also one of the tasks appointed to us by the royal court!“If we don’t c
At this moment, many higher-ups were squinting at Kairi Patel.They wanted to see how the new second-in-command would handle such an accusation.Kairi was also in charge of the land department. If she could not deal with one of her own departments…She would be reduced to being a mere figurehead.Kairi frowned. She had no time to deal with this in just a single day.She could not ascertain whether Chanse Foster was speaking the truth.Chanse casually sipped his tea before smiling faintly.“Let’s cut to the chase, Madam Kairi.“Why don’t we stop the meeting here?“Come with me to the land department to hold a staff meeting.“On one hand, I’m sure everyone would like to meet you.“On the other hand, you’d need to apologize to everyone as well.“After all, their efforts are all for nothing because of your sudden rise to power.“As the second-in-command, it wouldn’t be hard for you to make a simple apology, right?”The deputy and the small leaders of the land department in th
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