Westley’s eyes twitched after hearing Harvey’s words.Even if Westley decided to cause trouble in the future, it wouldn’t affect Harvey at all. Thus, Harvey had no intention of putting any sort of restrictions.Westley was a little unhappy to know that. But since he still had other things to do, he took a deep breath before speaking up again.“Let me ask you something, Sir York. Are you interested in expanding in Wolsing?”“What if I do? What if I don’t?” Harvey asked. “If you do, Young Master Emery said he’d prepare you a gift.“If you go, you’ll become the government’s consultant there. Maybe you’d even rise as the country’s imperial preceptor!“And if you make Wolsing the main branch of your businesses… Young Master Emery’s willing to give you two years of tax exemption.”Harvey chuckled. “Two years of tax exemption and the position of the country’s imperial preceptor? Tempting! What would the price of that be?”Westley smiled.“Simple! Be a guest in Young Master Emery’s
Harvey squinted, staring at the man for a moment. “I don’t think I know you.”“Of course you don’t. But I know you.”The man smiled.“Let me introduce myself. I am Shepard, of Evermore’s twelfth branch.”He then gave Harvey a name card.“Here’s my card. Please take it.”Harvey stared at the card, seeing all sorts of well-known titles in the medical world.It was clear that this man was well-versed in the medical field. It was only normal that someone like him was involved with Evermore.“Aleah sent you here?” Harvey asked. “If that’s the case, I can tell you that there won’t be a map, nor there will be a map in the future. Even if there is, I won’t give it to you anyway. Give up already.”“Heh! Her Holiness threatened you for it?”Shepard looked at Harvey politely.“Looks like she’s just asking to die at this point!“How dare she do something like this to a prominent figure like you in my territory?“This is quite vexing indeed…”Harvey frowned. “Your territory?”Shepard
Harvey took a deep breath to calm himself down.“You know exactly what would happen if you even lay a single finger on Mandy.”“Oh, no, no! We have no grudge against each other. There are a lot of opportunities for us to work together, too!“Why would I go for Mandy?“I came here because I got word.“Maybe you don’t care about the news, but if you do, you should know that there was a plane flying from Wolsing to the outskirts of the city that suddenly disappeared.“Ms. Zimmer was on that plane…”Crack!Harvey grabbed the handle of his chair with a fierce look on his face.-At Golden Sands Food Market, inside a secluded room.A plate of Margret de Canard lay in front of Harvey. The smell of the dish was mouth-watering.However, he had no intention of eating just yet. He only held his utensils, as he looked at Shepard.Shepard took off his jacket. He rolled his sleeves up before munching down on his food with a grin.“You’re not really well-versed in the cuisine of Golden
Harvey stopped in his tracks.“What do you mean?”Shepard smiled.“I’m just worried you’d go there for no reason.”Harvey glared coldly at Shepard. Before he could lash out, Shepard spoke up again.“According to my news, the people on the plane were all held hostage.“They’re all gone by now. Other than a few staff without any value, who were taken out immediately, the rest were sent to their corresponding places.“The most important elites of research institutes were sent to Evermore’s headquarters.“A few higher-ups from companies were arranged for ransoms, too. “As for the ignorant ones who wouldn’t name their identities, they’d have to suffer.”Harvey frowned. “You people are no different from ordinary bandits.”Shepard shook his head.“No! We’re different!“Maybe I wasn’t clear before…“Evermore has a structure, but every person has their own way of doing things.“For example, I love chatting and making friends.“It’s a lot better than just fighting and killing ot
Harvey glared coldly at Shepard.“So all you’ve been trying to tell me…“Is that Aleah has Mandy. And she doesn’t know about it?“Are you going to tell her if I do anything wrong to you?”Shepard chuckled.“You misunderstand me, Sir York. Maybe I should tell you something so you wouldn’t look at me that way.”Shepard waved his hand for his subordinates to leave. He slowly stood up, and looked at the Indigo Mountain’s silhouette with a lonely look.“Before, I was just an ordinary medical student.“My graduation thesis was about the theory of getting rid of all senescent cells.“Because of this, the last generation’s Shepard found me.“When he died, his position became mine.“And, I found something greatly beneficial after being in position.“Evermore has money and power, and the strength to obtain unimaginable things for me to further my research.“I was Evermore’s shining star. I had the right to attend all sorts of grand events the organization held. As time passed, I man
Shepard smiled brightly.“Of course. I know how you work.“Whoever touches Ms. Zimmer, their fate has already been sealed. Aleah and her men would definitely suffer as soon as you take action.“Am I wrong?”“What are your conditions?” Harvey asked.Naturally, he knew that the opportunity wasn’t for free.“Straightforward.” Shepard raised his thumb.“Since you’re that impatient, I’ll be frank. I have a request: I’d like you to keep me safe during Damon’s inauguration ceremony.”Harvey’s eyes darkened. “What are you trying to do?”Shepard smiled.“Blaine wants me dead because he wants my position, right? Of course, news like this needs to be on TV and newspapers. Am I wrong?”Harvey’s eyes lit up. Then, he passionately tapped on Shepard’s shoulder.“You should’ve told me that sooner!“We wouldn’t have such a misunderstanding if you did.“Come, come! We’re brothers now!“Your problems are mine as well!“From now on, I’ll make sure you’re safe everywhere you go.“Not just
Harvey followed Shepard to the cabin without looking around the place properly.The auction was going to be held here.The place was decorated extravagantly; it only took one-third of the entire cabin, but it was still quite spacious.Other than Shepard, Rachel tagged along to keep him safe as well.Shepard didn’t need to come, but he decided to anyway just to show his sincerity.After all, he knew he had to do that if he was working with someone like Harvey. He might be killed if he had too many ulterior motives.Since he needed to sell a favor, why not sell a bigger one?“Hold it! Who are you people?”Right as Harvey and the others were about to enter, a few fierce-looking men blocked the entrance, firearms in hand.When they saw Shepard, disdain filled their eyes. Naturally, they knew who he was.Shepard was from Evermore’s twelfth branch, and they were from the same organization. But in an organization obsessed with combat power and pure strength, a bookworm like Shepar
“The real owner?”The men froze after hearing those words.“You belong to Evermore? We didn’t hear about anyone new taking position, though…”“That’s not it. I’m the one who’s going to destroy Evermore,” Harvey said.The men came to their senses.“How dare you?! Do you want to die?!”They quickly took off the safeties of their firearms, about to charge forward.Swoosh!Rachel, who had remained silent, took a step forward and swung her palm forward.Pfft!A light swing, and the men were instantly sent flying and slammed into the ground.Their eyes were wide open; they couldn’t crawl back up, even if they wanted to. Rachel’s simple movements were enough to cripple them.Harvey nodded; Rachel had grown much stronger recently.Shepard looked curiously at Harvey.He knew who Harvey was, along with the identities Harvey possessed…but he didn’t expect that Harvey’s mere subordinate would be just as terrifying.It seemed like he made the right call to work together with Harvey.