“It must be for this.Mandy Zimmer pulled out a picture on her phone before handing it to Harvey York.Harvey froze after seeing the picture.“It’s just an ordinary Two-Eyed Bead, right?”“No, this is the legendary Bright-Eyed Bead.”“One of the Nine-Eyed Beads left by the founder of the Origin Sect?”Harvey had already been very well-versed in antique appraisal, but he did not use it as a means to make money.That said, it was clear to him that the bead’s quality of wax, porcelain, and craftsmanship was extraordinary.It was not something that could be imitated by future generations either.It was safe to say that only the Nine-Eyed Beads would have similar qualities to each other.Harvey put his phone down before he started muttering to himself.“According to the records, the founder was a practitioner of great merits.“He was the one who made the legendary beads before he buried them.“He knew there would be a downfall to his sect, and it would rise again if all nine be
On the next day, the entire city was bustling with lights.Everyone knew it was the day of Damon John’s inauguration ceremony.For some reason, the position of the city’s second-in-command was handed over to the Patel family…However, since Damon integrated the government and business corporations into one, it was enough to prove the John family’s strength and the people’s acknowledgment of the family.At dusk, Harvey York rubbed his temples as he walked out of the Fortune Hall.He had been thinking of ways to help Mandy Zimmer so she would not get involved with the Two-Eyed Bead.That said, she had been extremely stubborn.Not only was she persistent in continuing her journey outskirts, but she also kept telling Harvey not to butt in as well.If he did, she would break off with him completely.After a heated altercation, Harvey walked out of the Fortune Hall when he was just done telling Rachel Hardy to keep an eye on Mandy.On one hand, he wanted to give them both some spac
Harvey York smiled.“I wouldn’t say that.“We’ve had our moments with the top ten families.“Some members were born with a silver spoon in their mouths. It’s only natural for them to be a little cocky.“Then again, at least they still have a bottom line.”“A bottom line?”Kairi Patel let out a cold chuckle.“You don’t understand these people, Sir York. For them, the bottom line is just a line to be broken through.“With enough benefits, they can surely disgust you with their actions.“For example, Blaine…”Harvey’s gaze turned dark after hearing that name.Out of all the princes and young masters, he was the most outstanding.That said, his ambition was so strong that he simply could not contain himself.Evermore, America and the Island Nations were all deeply connected with him.If Damon John rose to power, Blaine John would take control over Golden Sands…The entire country would be in deep trouble if that were the case.Harvey heaved a sigh.“I managed to deal with
Kairi Patel looked profoundly when she saw Harvey York spacing out.“What is it?” she asked with a smile while handing over a bottle of soda.“Thinking about your ex-wife?”Harvey returned to his senses before putting on a frown.“What about it?”“If that’s the case, you can invite her here anyway.“If she sees you crushing a top-rated family before everyone’s eyes…“I’m sure she’ll start to regret divorcing you, right?” said Kairi playfully.Harvey felt utterly speechless.“You’re joking.“I’m not arrogant enough to think I can crush a top-rated family just like that.“At this point, combat strength is still a crucial factor.“But the current situation, our luck, and the enemy’s plans are the most important.“How can we be so sure to crush the John family after knowing that?“Maybe we’re being led into a dangerous trap…”Kairi smiled before pondering about the situation.“Right. Do you still remember Ibuki Masato?”“I do.Harvey nodded.“I’ve been waiting to see if
Harvey York could not decline Kairi Patel’s kindness.He kept the split bead with a smile before changing the subject.The car drove on a little further.It was just about to enter the residence’s parking lot.Harvey’s eyes suddenly twitched when he screamed, “Stop the car!“Hurry!”Almost simultaneously, a truck carrying alcohol tilted to the side.If not for the driver, everyone in the Lexus would have turned into minced meat by now.The sudden stop immediately halted the parking lot’s traffic.“Go! Save the people!” exclaimed Kairi, afraid that something had happened to the driver.Harvey waved his hand.“No need. There’s nobody inside.“They’ve already left.”The doors of the luxury cars behind were kicked open.A dozen robed Islanders came out.A five-foot-seven man was leading the group. He was considered a tall and handsome man in the Island Nations.The man showed utter elegance with every step he took.He reached in front of the Lexus before knocking on the wi
Kairi Patel was just about to say something…But Harvey York waved his hand to stop her before calmly walking in front of Ibuki Masato with a smile.“You want me to kneel?“Do you even think you have the rights?“You and your people are delusional!Harvey glanced at the Islanders with their phones out.Their eyes frantically twitched. They seemed a little awkward after realizing that.After all, they knew exactly who they were dealing with.The prince of South Light, the representative of the country’s Martial Arts Alliance, the young master of Longmen himself…Every single one of these identities had been constantly disrespecting the Islanders before.Other than prominent figures like Ibuki from the Island Nations…The small fries would probably kneel instantly after realizing Harvey’s identity.“Do you think I wouldn’t dare go against you people on an occasion like this?”Harvey glared coldly.Ibuki smiled.“Of course, I wouldn’t even assume.“But don’t forget. Diplom
Harvey York’s soft tap was enough to change Ibuki Masato’s expression.He was a compelling martial artist…But as soon as Harvey tapped him, he felt a sharp pain as his shoulder sank instantly.It dislocated.Ibuki did not expect Harvey to dislocate his shoulder that easily without taking the choices offered to him.‘This bastard!’Harvey ignored the look on Ibuki’s face when he leaned closer.“You’re an expert martial artist yourself.“If you weren’t this cocky…“You wouldn’t have to deal with this either.”Ibuki gritted his teeth.“How dare you sneak up on me like this…?”In his mind, he would not have been hit by something like this if Harvey had not played dirty.Harvey gave a chuckle.“Does it matter?“I put a bit of my aura into your shoulder. It might just get crippled if you don’t relocate the bones soon…“How is the young master of the Masato family going to take control with one less working arm?“How are you supposed to be the best of the younger generation?
“He had planned for all this.“He only has one goal…“To prevent me from attending the ceremony.”Harvey York shrugged.“This means that the ceremony’s nothing but a blatant trap!”Kairi Patel smiled.“He’s gone now, though.“The mighty young master of the Masato family would be completely disgraced if his people knew about this incident, wouldn’t he?”Harvey froze before frowning. He figured that something was wrong.It seemed like a plan to stop him from attending the ceremony…But why would a young master of the Five Royal Families use such an underhanded tactic for something like this?The Islanders would use everything in their power to accomplish their goals…But there was no need for such a prominent figure to do all that dirty work.While Harvey pondered the situation, the car had passed a few checkpoints before arriving in front of the John family’s residence.When the car was parked, a servant quickly came over to open the car door.Kairi was fixing her makeup
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