The place was dead silent.The prominent figures around didn’t want to admit it, but Harvey had won the entire competition. From then onward, he’d have total control over the outskirts!Kyren let out a long sigh before stumbling off his seat.“You have my respect for what you did today, Master York! From now on, I won’t stop you from getting close to my daughter!”Harvey smiled faintly. “Judith and I are just classmates. Don’t think too much about it. For her sake, I’ll let you off the hook as long as you give me an explanation that I’m happy with.”Kyren instinctively shivered; he locked eyes with Harvey with a profound gaze, while his mouth twitched.“From now on, my troops and I will leave Country H. We will not be involved with anything in the outskirts, either.”“Not enough,” Harvey said. Kyren gritted his teeth. “I will order the Siberian Border Force not to cause conflict with Country H.”“Not enough.”Kyren looked at Harvey for a long time, before letting out a huge
“Please, Uncle Harlan.”Harvey poured a cup of tea, and signaled Harlan to sit in front of him.Harlan’s eyes twitched for a long time. He slowly sat down, then mustered his courage to finish his drink. He looked at Harvey deeply, hesitating to even speak up.Harvey glanced at Harlan for a moment. “Just ask anything you want, Uncle Harlan. I’ll tell you everything you want.”Harlan took a deep breath.“Who are you?” he asked hoarsely. “What happened to my nephew?”Harvey knew that after what happened, there was no way to hide from an experienced man like Harlan anymore.“Good eye,” Harvey said, smiling. “When did you start suspecting me?”Harlan chuckled bitterly. “I don’t know. I felt that there was something wrong already… But after everything that happened today, I know that you’re not him.”Harvey nodded.“I’m not the man with an arranged marriage with your daughter.“I have the same name, but we’re different people.“I have some business in the outskirts, and the ident
Harlan gritted his teeth. “I want nothing else but justice!”“Right.”Harvey nodded.“Since I’m already using your nephew’s identity, I naturally have to take responsibility for everything that comes with it.“If you want justice… I’ll give it.“Go back to the outskirts for now. I’ll handle the situation after I deal with matters here.”Harlan repeatedly thanked Harvey before dragging Whitley and Billie out of the place.-The next day, after dealing with the matters about the competition and restricting forces in the outskirts from getting involved with the Nine Eyed Beads, Harvey returned to the outskirts.Aside from preventing things from getting more complicated, he could sense someone pulling the strings behind the scenes.However, he could only deal with the problem after seeing the entire truth.Harvey wasn’t in a rush to go back to the No. 1 villa. He told Ernie to prepare a room for him in the Gangnam Outskirts.Romina and Ernie needed to take action for what was a
Harvey and the others went inside the room.Ernie waved his hand, and specialty dishes were all sent there.A huge box of 1982 Riesling was ordered as well. Ernie was ready for everyone to get wasted as a celebration for Harvey. After all, the best thing he ever did in his life was to cling to Harvey.After three rounds of liquor, Romina’s subordinate entered the room with some documents in hand.Seeing that, Aria locked eyes with Ernie, and the two left the room. They knew that they weren’t considered close to Harvey yet. Romina, on the other hand, was Harvey’s subordinate in the outskirts.“I found some things that you asked me to, but it’s not much.”Romina flipped through the pages, then put the documents in front of Harvey.“Someone intentionally made the situation a mess because of the Nine Eyed Beads. According to our trail, the one who did all this from Evermore’s Twelve Earthly Branches, Roue.”Harvey nodded. “Can you be more specific?”“You should know there are th
“Welt York?”Harvey frowned. “Is he a direct descendant? Or just a relative?”“He’s a direct descendant, but he’s only the second son.“Even so, because of his immense reputation and his status in the Adenar Temple… He has a lot of authority in the outskirts.“More importantly, I heard Welt doesn’t care about the rules when he does things. He isn’t scared of the law or martial arts, either!“He’s the kind of person who’d do whatever it takes to achieve his goals.“If you go against this man, Sir York, you should be careful, even with your impressive martial arts. After all, combat strength isn’t the only thing in this world.”Harvey nodded before looking through the pages in detail.Judging from the information, both Roue and the well-known disciple of the Adenar Temple—the direct descendant of the outskirts’ York family, Welt…were quite extraordinary people.After Harvey had completely integrated many of the outskirts’ forces, the Adenar Temple and Evermore appeared at the
The elevator door opened the moment Harvey reached the deluxe room. Dutch came out of the elevator, dressed casually. After seeing Harvey’s expression, Dutch quickly followed Harvey. From his vast experience, he could tell that Harvey was in trouble with just a single glance.At the same time, inside the deluxe box.A sickly figure in a robe could be seen inside; it was none other than the Adenar Temple’s top disciple and the direct descendant of the outskirts’ York family, Welt.He held a glass of red wine, slowly sipping it while sizing up Aria beside him with a cold expression.He had been playing with women who’d pounce right into his arms; he was more interested in the ones who completely disdained him. Conquering women like that would be a fun game for him.Besides, as the fifth lady of the Luster Tribe’s Surrey family, Aria had a high status. Welt would enjoy a good few days’ worth of fun if he could have his hands on a woman like her.“What are you trying to do, Miley?”
“Impossible!”Aria gritted her teeth after hearing Welt’s words.“Sir York is in the room on the other side of the corridor! He won’t let you go for this!”“Oh? Is that so?”Welt chuckled wretchedly.“Someone else dares to call himself that in front of the outskirts’ York family? Does he want to die or something?“My little darling, there’s only one man that you serve. And that man is me!”Welt took a step forward before raising Aria’s chin.“You’re shameless!” Aria screamed.She swung her palm across Welt’s face before stumbling backward. She trained in martial arts as well; she wasn’t as impressive, but she was still quite nimble.“How dare you, Aria?!” Miley exclaimed.Welt wasn’t angry at all; he licked the blood on the side of his mouth, then flashed a determined gaze at Aria.“You’re pretty spicy, huh?! Bitch!“The harder you hit me, the harder I’ll screw you later!“Come on! Hit me! Make me feel good! I’ll make sure to return the favor!”Aria glared coldly at Welt
The two men were wearing suits, but the suits didn’t seem to fit them at all. Their heads were raised up high, and their glares were blinding. No matter how anyone looked, they were clearly experts.Despite that, Harvey’s glare was enough to send a cold shiver down their spine, as if they had taken a cold shower during winter.They instinctively stepped back, but Harvey moved a lot faster. The moment they were about to do something, Harvey instantly appeared in front of them.Harvey didn’t hold back, since they were planning to take advantage of Aria; he instantly grabbed their heads before smashing them onto the marble table. The two experts lay paralyzed on the ground, with no strength left to struggle.It was a shocking sight; the other men in suits stopped in their tracks, looking cautiously at Harvey.Slap!Welt proudly slapped Aria on the butt before turning around to size up Harvey with a smile.“You took out my subordinates just like that… Impressive. Truly impressive.
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
"Ha… I'm the director of the precinct in the Third Ring, and I'm not worth your time?" Garrick was so angry that he was laughing. "You made yourself sound like you're someone very capable. Come on, show me just how capable you are right now!"Garrick immediately grabbed his phone and tossed it at Harvey. "Come on, make a call! If you can find someone who can overpower me, I'll bend my knee right now."The other two officers also looked at Harvey as if they were looking like a fool. "Forget the fact that you're just an ex-live-in son-in-law… Even if you really did become a CEO through your own abilities, what is there to be proud of?" the female officer said with a smirk. In her eyes, Harvey was just a loser. If a man like him wanted to pursue her, he would have already kicked him to the rub.Harvey didn't waste his breath and immediately picked up the phone, giving Eliel Braff a call. Very quickly, the call came through and a stern voice came from the other side. "Who is thi
"Your deduction is quite interesting. Sounds like a detective show, to be honest," Harvey said calmly. "Unfortunately, I have a clear conscience. Why should I admit to a crime I never committed?""Not you?" The female officer slammed the table again. "If you didn't do it, why are you so willing to cooperate with us? You're telling me it isn't because you're feeling guilty? Harvey York, you have to understand that the crime you committed is very serious, especially when the person you killed is from Country A!"If the Embassy sends a specialist to interfere with this investigation, you're going to be in trouble. You better confess when the precinct can still help you. Otherwise, I'm afraid there's nothing you can change no matter how much you regret it in the future."Their phones would buzz every once in a while, which meant new information coming in. From the new information, not only was Harvey the live-in son-in-law of the Jeans of Mordu, one of the top ten families, but he was a
"A lawyer?" Garrick scoffed. "Forget about a lawyer, it's pointless even if you find a wizard! I've already read your information. The CEO of Sky Corporation? Maybe in other cities, the CEO of a public company deserves some respect, but don't forget that this is Wolsing, the country's seat of power! There are plenty of CEOs walking around here!"When you're in Wolsing, it doesn't matter who you are, or what kind of special identity you have. Those who commit crimes here will be punished! You won't be given any special treatment!"Garrick then looked at Harvey as if he had an advantage over him. "Confess the crimes you've committed! That way, I can grant you some leeway. Otherwise, you'll suffer a terrible death!"Harvey merely looked at Garrick briefly and said, "You didn't interrogate me, and you didn't show me any evidence. All you do is to tell me to confess. I must say, you're quite tough. But aren't you afraid of accidentally offending the wrong people here in Wolsing, especial
Yvonne frowned slightly when she realized what Garrick meant. "Director, my boss isn't a suspect. He's only here…""Whether he's a suspect or not isn't up to you or me. It's up to the law and the evidence," Garrick said, glaring at Yvonne. His gaze became somewhat sleazy, and he began to scheme how he could use this scenario to throw this beautiful woman into his bed.He continued to say righteously, "Ma'am, I'm warning you. You better not interrupt our investigation. Of course, if you have something to say, you can always lodge a complaint to the office."After that, he waved his hand, and the two officers behind him led Harvey into the interrogation room. Seeing what had happened, Yvonne hesitated a little before sending out a message quickly on her phone.This was something quite serious. If Harvey went in because of this, it would be quite troublesome for the Xavier family as well. Unfortunately, it wouldn't be convenient for the Xaviers to do anything…Meanwhile, Harvey w