“You’re shameless! How dare you side with the outskirts’ greatest traitor?!Ernie Surrey showed a horrible look.“Don’t you know that his disciple, Creed, came here to cause trouble?! He won’t be going back anymore!”“Of course, I know that!Conrad Surrey shrugged.“Without this, I probably wouldn’t be able to come back!“But I’m different!“He’s just a brainless brute!“But I use this…”Conrad tapped his head.He smiled as soon as he saw the Surrey family completely enraged.“I’m giving you one day, old man.“I want to see every asset liquidated and transferred to me.“Right. I’ll also be having the One-Eyed Bead and the Nine-Eyed Bead.“I do hope you can convince Sir York here.“After all, a man’s wealth is his own ruin.”Conrad waved his hand before turning around with his entourage.Compared to Asher Klein, his dominance was through the roof.The Surrey family looked at each other with stern expressions.Judging from Conrad’s way of doing things, he’d definitely
“Aaagh!”Conrad Surrey screamed in pain when he stumbled back.His face was completely red when his body trembled. His gaze was filled with disbelief as he glared at Harvey York.After making such a strong comeback, he did not expect to suffer such a significant loss despite having the knowledge to use against the Surrey family.‘I got hit by that scrawny man?‘I have such a strong background, I have such an immense identity, and he still slapped me?Soon after, Conrad came to his senses as he gritted his teeth.“How dare you lay your fingers on me, you little bastard?!“Don’t you know that…”Slap!Harvey swung the back of his palm forward, slapping Conrad to the ground. He could not be bothered to speak reason with Conrad any longer.“So what if I lay my hand on you?“Can’t I do that?”“Come! Kill him right now!”Conrad was utterly enraged. He came all the way here just to show off…And yet, he was completely disrespected.This was simply unbelievable.He only wanted
After hearing all of Conrad Surrey’s remarks…And that this was the Surrey family’s business…The captain instantly frowned.There were too many people involved.The four great tribes had already muddied the waters enough. Along with the green card…Anyone would be in deep trouble if they got themselves involved.“Everyone residing in the country will abide by its laws.“No matter who you are, you have no choice but to obey.”Harvey York casually pointed at Conrad.“This man came out of nowhere and threatened me to hand over the bead I purchased through an auction! It costs 1.3 billion dollars, you know!“I started talking back before these people pulled out their firearms, preparing to pull the trigger!“I’m so scared right now!“If I didn’t behave properly, I would’ve been gunned down at this point!“Please! Do what you must! Uphold justice, for my sake!Harvey smirked while he casually shifted blame toward Conrad and his men.“I suspect they’re involved with forces wh
An hour later, Harvey York left the police station unscathed.Without him using his connections with Dutch Cobb, the Surrey family had already hired a few prominent lawyers from the outskirts to take care of the situation.Harvey slapped Conrad Surrey in the face but did not hurt much despite the extremely humiliating action. Conrad simply did not have enough proof to sue Harvey in the first place.That said, not only did Conrad intrude on the Surrey family’s residence, he even brought illegal firearms inside. Under these circumstances, the situation must be dealt with slowly but surely.If not, Conrad and the others would need to be sent behind bars for a few years.“I didn’t think you’d get dragged into the Surrey family’s business, Harvey…”Harvey walked out the front door before the Surrey family quickly came over.Lennon Surrey nodded at Harvey with a strange look.“You really are impressive, but Conrad doesn’t have any decency. He will do everything he can to get what he
On the next day of Conrad Surrey’s detainment.A door was pushed open in the side hall of Aenar Temple before Miley Surrey stepped inside.Stefan Augustus made a gesture while reading a scripture. When finally done, he raised his head to look at Miley.“Something wrong?”Miley’s beautiful face was showing an odd expression before letting out a sigh.“We were late, Mr. Stefan.“Last night, Conrad came all the way here, threatening the Surrey family to grant him full authority…“Harvey tricked him into forty-eight-hour detainment at the police station. The American Embassy can only bail him out after that.”Stefan paused before frowning.“When did the Surrey family’s business have anything to do with Harvey?“Who does he think he is to get involved like that?“He might as well deal with the entire outskirts’ business at this point.”“It’s probably just a coincidence Harvey got involved this time.Naturally, Miley had her sources planted in the Surrey family to be in the know
Miley Surrey heaved a sigh.“Lennon wanted that at first, but Harvey refused.“He’s probably trained so hard he forgot he had a brain!“He previously fought you for the One-Eyed Bead, and now he’s refusing to get the beads right before him!”“You oversimplify things.”“Harvey knows he’d be everyone’s target if he acquires those beads.“After all, him having the One-Eyed Bead is already public knowledge.“If he gets another three, then he’d have collected half of the Nine-Eyed Beads.“He’d be the one who gets the most attention that way.“Since a huge battle is about to occur, being everyone’s target surely isn’t the wisest choice.”Miley paused.“That bastard!“I thought he was brainless, but I sure underestimated him.”“Not quite. You’re simply still in denial after suffering losses against him.Stefan stood up before slowly playing with his string of ivory-carved beads.“At this point, I’ve confirmed that his identity is most likely fake.“As for who he actually is, m
Miley Surrey instinctively shivered after hearing Stefan Augustus’ words.She realized all the upperclassmen had profound meaning in their words.She thought Stefan was being too reckless previously, but she had not expected that he was only faking a persona.It was a shame that Harvey York was no ordinary person either.“If that’s the case, how should we proceed?Miley gazed sternly.“Are we just going to watch as the three beads are sent to the Aenar Temple?“It’d be no different than us accepting nukes.”Miley’s head started to spin.She would naturally be willing to accept the beads before. After all, this was her true goal for trying to take over the Surrey family in the first place.But times had changed. With Conrad Surrey making such a strong comeback using his identity as an American…The beads were definitely no good to have.At least, all sorts of influential figures had come just for the Nine-Eyed Beads.Whoever obtained half of those beads first would be invit
At one o’clock in the afternoon, after lunch.Harvey York was just done making tea in his villa in Eden Mountain.Based on the current situation, staying in the villa provided by Harlan Higgs would be unwise. That was why he decided to stay here instead.Ding dong!The doorbell rang nonstop when Harvey was just about to have his afternoon nap.He glanced at the surveillance footage before unlocking the door with his phone.Aria and Ernie Surrey hurried inside.“This is bad, Sir York!”Ernie was panicking as if his head had fallen off of his body.Harvey glared at him.“Aenar Temple agreed?“Are they going to take the beads?“They must be planning to send experts to keep the family safe too…“That said, they must be asking to pick an auspicious day to accept the beads, and that everyone in Aenar Temple needed to make preparations of some sort…“Am I right?”Ernie’s jaw instantly dropped. He was speechless at that moment.Aria was confused as well.“Did Grandfather call
When Harvey and the others heard about Journi, they were all shocked. All of them took out their phones and started to check the trending searches. Very quickly, the screenshots of the role model husband and wife cheating started to appear. Photos of them and the audio of them fighting slowly appeared.To most of the netizens, something like this was much better.Very quickly, the role model husband and wife became everyone's talking points. Countless moral crusaders started to condemn them with words. Some were laughing at them, cursing at them, speaking for them… The entire internet became very lively as different types of people took different stances.When their romantic partners were all revealed, it allowed people to build up their own scenarios in their head. Many people started to search for all kinds of evidence through the internet.As the netizens continued to discuss it, news about the Xaviers ceased becoming important. While there were still some people who had a pro
"If that really doesn't work, maybe Yvonne can hide for a while?" Rachel said after giving it a thought. While she didn't know much about the internet, she knew about one thing. Trends like this would only remain for a few days. Ignore them and they would go away pretty quickly."It won't be that easy this time," Harvey said as he shook his head. "Since Linus is the one who planned this, he would definitely watch how things are going. Once he noticed things didn't develop how he wanted them to be, he'd do something else instead. He may publish the second half of the video that we don't want to. In other words, we're in his complete control."Everyone looked at each other, not sure how to deal with this mess."Sir, it's not good if you don't tell me something is happening at home when I'm your assistant, right? Or do you think the Country H Commercial Group is too small, and we can't help you?" Just when everyone was getting a headache, a slender figure walked into the residence'
It was obvious everyone knew the kind of situation Yvonne was in, so none of them were in the mood to cook. Instead, they simply ordered some takeaway and tried to see what they could do about this as they had dinner."Sir, according to the clues we can cover, the one pushing and controlling this should be Linus. The data he had should be complete, but he knew we wouldn't publish the second half of the wedding, which was why they could do this without fear of reprisal," Ray said angrily."Also, all these people on the internet are so stupid. They started to spread rumors without knowing any truth… Damn them! Didn't they know they should let the bullets fly a little?"Tyson thought about that, and said, "Sir, give me the word and I'll be able to find all of them one by one. We'll make them pay for their mindless ramblings!"Harvey glared at him. "Do you think you're George? Find one for me, then. Not to mention, this isn't something that violence can solve.""But we can't let them
"Despite being one of the top ten families, they worked together with the Islanders to profit themselves. They allied themselves with our enemies and made the eldest of their daughters marry an Islander. The Xaviers, one of the most powerful families in Country H… Hmph. Just what kind of filth are they hiding under all the glamor?"Our people have been at the top of the world for so many years, but now, there are those that kneel to some Islanders? Disgraceful! Shameful!"After Linus had gone to the rest stop, several of the most famous message boards on the internet started to show some hot searches which included words like top ten families, collusion, Islanders, and words like that. These words are all very eye-catching, and since there are people intentionally pushing things along, a series of events very quickly occurred on the internet.First of all, someone summarized that the Xaviers of Wolsing, one of the top ten families, were in a state of weakening. Then, someone pointed
Harvey narrowed his eyes. "Early?"Yvonne nodded. "Correct. According to our sources, he went to a rest stop about 10 miles away from Wolsing to pick up someone."Harvey was quite curious. "Who can make Linus so passionate to welcome? Who is this person?"Yvonne massaged her forehead. "Speaking of which, this man can be considered your subordinate in a way. Unfortunately, it's fate that he won't be under your control."Harvey narrowed his eyes. "Someone from the Sacred Martial Arts Training Grounds?""That's right. The scion of the Sacred Martial Arts Training Grounds in Parkerville, Dan Parker. Previously, he requested to marry someone from the Wright family, and the Wright family had officially responded. He'll soon be the son-in-law of the Wright family," Yvonne explained sternly.Harvey was slightly stunned. "The son-in-law of the Wright family? Which means…Sienna's fiancé?"Meanwhile, at the rest stop 10 miles away… The rest stop which was usually quite plain was lavishly
Harvey had been freed, but there was still some paperwork that needed to be done.Harvey was patient, as if he really wanted the key to the city and prevent Country A from trying to stir up another storm with him. He was very cooperative throughout the entire process.Only once all the paperwork was done did Soren sigh in relief. "Leave the rest to us, Harvey. In the next few days, stay discreet so no one will get you into any problem.""What? I've already proven that I'm innocent. What kind of problems will there be?" Harvey said curiously.Soren didn't want to hide anything from Harvey and said with a bitter smile, "I won't lie to you. While the people who died were from Country H, they had already obtained permanent residency in Country A, which meant that they were a part of Country A as well. Just today, Country A's side had already given us pressure through their embassy."Logically speaking, we have to find the culprit as soon as possible. However, all the evidence we've co
Ten minutes later, Soren personally asked Harvey to join him in the director's office. After a pot of hot tea had been brewed and poured, he sighed and said, "I'm so sorry for today. It's my subordinates' blunders. He did whatever he wanted already despite just being promoted. I'll be sure to make up to you."Harvey smiled. "I can understand that with your family's size, you'll inadvertently end up with a few people with questionable behavior. You better keep an eye on things and don't let one person ruin everything for you and your family. Wolsing is different from Golden Sands. You have to be extremely careful when you're here."Harvey's words were cold, but it was enough to make Soren think about it. Meanwhile, Garrick, who was standing there with his arms next to him, almost fell on his knees as he felt his legs lose strength. Since simple words from Harvey had already ended his future."Of course… It's best if someone can correct themselves after knowing the errors of their
"Ha! What an idiot! Who does he think he is? If he really is someone important, why is he even here?" Snowe sneered.The only emotion Snowe had for Harvey was disdain. She despised men who have no capabilities at all the most.Garrick and the others went to the main hall of the precinct. Everyone from Country A had been told to go home. At this moment, a row of cars with flags drove toward the entrance of the precinct. Judging from the car plates and the flags on the car, it was obvious the person inside the car was someone important within the police force. Very quickly, the door was opened. Garrick and the others saw the most important and newly promoted man within the police force in Wolsing—Soren Braff, ranked two within the Braff family.There were several high-level members of the police force with him in white uniforms, and all of them exuded an incredibly powerful presence. The moment Garrick and the others saw Soren appearing, they quickly greeted him with a smile."Wh
Hearing Harvey's conversation, the beautiful female officer said in disdain, "What? Are you pretending to contact someone from the Braff family? Do you think that's enough to scare the director? Our director is someone important within the family! If you really know the people from the Braff family, why wouldn't he know you?"I'm telling you right now. If you really did call someone from the Braff family, I, Snowe Leo, will eat this phone right in front of everyone!"In the beginning, Garrick was taken aback as well. But after he quickly glanced at the number on the screen, he smiled coldly. "You probably didn't know this, but aside from the number of my family's patriarch, I've saved the number of everyone important in the family. Do you want to trick me using just a random number? You're quite bold!""Really, now?" Harvey said with a smile. "At the very least, you know that you don't have the right to know his number. In that case, I'll help you delete that number. It won't be g