At the center of the business district in Lannopolis was a shopping mall. But it was not open for business today. Even so, the lights were still on. It was 8 p.m. Cars continued coming in and parked themselves in the underground parking lot. The people who came out of the cars were all leaders of Lannopolis underground society. Many were so formidable that their names alone could strike fear in others. Because of the summons, they had come here. The Chandler family was the strongest family in Lannopolis, and their name carried a lot of weight. The Lotus Sect was also like a sleeping giant, and no one dared to disrespect them. Dustin was among them. No one recognized him. Myst was right beside him. Her alluring figure and pretty face attracted quite a number of lewd gazes. As the powerful leaders of the gangs in Lannopolis arrived, the ones who knew each other gathered closer to talk. No one knew what the Chandler family and the Lotus Sect were planning, but they all
The leaders of the gangs were furious, but they did not dare voice their anger. Many of them found Elisa an eyesore, but they could only keep their thoughts to themselves. “In a moment, I’ll have someone bring pen and paper here. If you submit to my family and me, sign your name and leave your handprint behind. If you don’t want to submit to me, you don’t have to sign.” Elisa sneered. “Once you’re all done, I’ll start a roll call. Those whose names are not called… Well, you’re on your own. “In three days, the Lotus Sect will destroy the gangs who didn’t submit to me. I promise you, these gangs will disappear forever from Lannopolis!” Elisa’s blatant threat made these leaders even more displeased. But she did not care. She sent someone to bring a book to have them sign their names and leave their handprints. Quite a number of them had to endure a great deal of humiliation while they signed their names in the book. Some were reluctant to do so, but after some thinking, they
“Hell Hall again?” Elisa looked annoyed. Because of Hell Hall, the Chandler family was chased out of the black market. They were here to cause trouble again, and it made her mad. This just went to show that Elisa did not actually have any inkling of the powers that existed within the underground society. Since Hell Hall kept a low profile and stayed neutral in Lannopolis, their reputation did not spread far and wide, so she did not think they were really that important. “Who do you think you are? Do you think I’m scared of you just because you have Dustin supporting you? I have the Lotus Sect with me! Why should I be scared of you? If you make me mad, I’m going to destroy you!” she said condescendingly. Everyone fell silent as they stared at her in shock. Chad and Robin both went pale when they heard that. Robin’s heart even leaped to his throat as he stared at Elisa like she was a fool. How could she say that?! Even if she wanted to challenge Hell Hall, she should
Before she could finish her words, Myst slapped her squarely across the face, and Elisa fell to the floor. Myst had slapped her out of rage, and so, she did not hold back in the slightest. Elisa nearly fainted from the impact. She spat out a mouthful of blood, while her nose was runny with more blood. She only managed to recover after a long while. She was stunned. Then, the stinging pain on her face made her screech. “You hit me?! How could you?!” She jumped to her feet. She looked like she had properly lost her mind this time. “Why shouldn’t I, you stupid idiot?” Myst said coldly. She slapped her again. The slap was just as powerful as the last one. This time, Elisa was flung to the side. She was in a daze. Her face was numb, and her thoughts were in turmoil. Not even Dustin had slapped her that harshly last time. “Ahhh!” Elisa fumed. She bared her teeth as she shouted at the gang leaders around her, “Didn’t you say you’d submit to me?! How could you watch as so
Elisa was utterly perplexed. Hell Hall was stronger than the Seven Clans? This was something she could not wrap her head around. Dustin represented Hell Hall! How could he?! “Miss Elisa, you should apologize to them. Hell Hall is really powerful…” said Robin and sighed. Elisa’s face soured. Even when a long time passed, she said nothing. She would only apologize to Dustin if pigs started flying. How could she possibly apologize to the piece of trash she once viewed with disgust and scorn? “Apologize? She insulted My Liege. An apology won’t be enough. Hmph! If he weren’t so merciful, I would have skinned you alive by now,” said Myst coldly. Dustin had told her that she could hit Elisa, but she could not kill her. ‘D*mn it!’ Elisa thought in dread. ‘All of them should just die!’ The Wyatt sisters were Lucas’s daughters, so Dustin could not kill them. He did not want to betray his teacher and seem ungrateful. “Slap yourself, or I’m going to do it for you!” Myst s
Dustin gave her an enigmatic smile. “Oh? You want to silence us? Can you really do that?” he asked. “Why not?” Elisa looked at him icily. “Robin, Mr. Chad, I’m ordering you two in the name of the Wyatt family to kill Dustin and all members of Hell Hall. Don’t let any of them escape!” she ordered fiercely. All of them were shocked. “All gang leaders, listen. Either you will kill them, or I will kill you!” Then, she waved her arm. Whoosh! A group of people showed up on the second floor. They were dressed in the uniform of the special forces, and they pointed submachine guns and machine guns at the people downstairs. Red laser points swept across them. Aside from Dustin and his group, everyone else’s face changed, including Chad and Robin. Neither of them had expected Elisa to have this trick up her sleeve. “When I left the Wyatt family, my aunt gave me a number and told me to call it when I needed help. It’s the number to the center of power in Lannopolis.” Elisa s
Under the intense barrage of gunfire, smoke billowed into the air. Elisa ran away because the soldiers were firing indiscriminately. Under the rain of the bullets, everyone was equal. Even though she wore bulletproof gear, it would still hurt if she got shot. Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! The sound of gunshots drowned everything out. She could neither see nor hear anything. The soldiers fired for a few minutes till they emptied their magazines. While they changed to another magazine, bullets finally stopped raining down in the shopping mall. The gang leaders were either injured or dead. They were either groaning or bleeding all over the floor. They had chosen to submit to Elisa, but they were still shot at. As the smoke cleared, Elisa looked everywhere for Dustin and his group. They were not among the corpses on the floor. When she looked in another direction, she was shocked. What was that? She could not believe what she was seeing. Dustin stood in perfect shape. T
“If it weren’t for you, so many people wouldn’t have died. The sins you have committed are great and numerous, and you should face punishment for them!” Elisa was furious. Not only had she been backstabbed by someone she trusted, but she was also being lectured. She was livid. Yet, she could do nothing but rage at the moment. Myst walked over to Elisa and grabbed her by the hair before dragging her off. Elisa was in so much pain that tears welled in her eyes. She struggled to break free. Myst flung her at Dustin’s feet when they reached him. “Kneel!” Myst roared. Elisa’s face was livid. She did not move. Myst did not waste her breath. She slashed out with her knife, and a gash appeared on Elisa’s face. Her cheek was split open so deeply that her whole face looked bloody. Elisa shrieked in fear and pain. “If you don’t kneel, I’ll give you a hundred cuts on your face!” Myst sneered. Elisa fell to her knees before Dustin with a loud thud. Right then, the
“You should know where all the nerve centers are in the body, right?” Dustin asked. “I… I do…” “Good,” said Dustin and told her to step forward. “You’ve got to be kidding me. Is he really going to let an intern physician treat Germaine? This is Germaine Vance of the Vance family!” Everyone was taken aback. They could not believe their eyes. “This is preposterous!” The other physicians felt skeptical. If Dustin wanted to pick someone to help, he should have picked a more experienced physician! Rowan’s expression was chilly, and he clenched his fists tightly. He was at the limit of his patience when it came to Dustin. Dustin ignored all these comments directed at what he was doing. He talked to the nervous intern physician for a bit and told her to clean Germaine’s mouth and nose. Then, he had her massage Germaine’s head at a few key nerve centers. The amount of pressure applied and the time needed in each area was different. After all that was done, Dustin h
Dustin moved to stand before Germaine and regarded him with his head lowered for a while. Then, he walked to the desk nearby and sat on a chair. “So? What’s the condition?” Rowan asked. “You won’t understand even if I told you. It’s a very rare condition. There’s something wrong with the old man’s cranial nerves,” Dustin said flatly. Dustin could tell that Germaine was skilled at fighting. Such people tended to put a lot of stress on their nerves all the time. In that way, they were very different from ordinary people. In rare cases, a light hit would result in a pinched nerve and might even cause paralysis. Germaine’s nerves were pinched so badly that his cranial nerves had been affected. Thus, he was paralyzed in several places, and it was affecting his whole body. As such, he had lost consciousness and fallen into a coma. Moreover, he was spitting out blood constantly. If he stayed in that condition for another fifteen minutes, Germaine’s life would be in dan
“What did you say?!” Rowan’s eyes widened as he was enraged. “I’m sorry! I’m sorry! Please spare me.” Clarence quickly fell to his knees and bowed. The might of the Vance family and Rowan’s fierce reputation terrified him. ‘We’re done for…’ Simone thought. That was what the entire staff of the hospital thought. “You’re a quack!” Rowan yelled. “What kind of trash hospital is this that you can’t even deal with such a small problem? I’ll destroy this hospital!” Rowan’s tantrum made everyone go quiet. “What’s all this noise? Shut up!” said a sudden voice. Everyone froze as they looked toward the source of the voice. It was Dustin! He had actually dared to shout at Rowan! The hospital staff were surprised. Dustin really had a death wish. “Dustin, have you gone mad?” Simone was flabbergasted. She quickly tried to pull Dustin aside. Rowan was not someone they could afford to offend! “What did you say, punk?” Rowan’s eyes narrowed as anger exuded from him in
At the outpatient section of the neurology department, there was a group of suited men in sunglasses surrounding an unconscious old man. By the old man’s bedside, his family members looked anxious and worried. Rowan Vance was pacing the ward. His eyebrows were knitted tightly. That day, the Vance family was on a day out. When they passed through Hattan, Germaine Vance had suddenly collapsed and started coughing up blood. It scared the entire group. Panicked, they rushed him to the nearest hospital. But the neurologist at the hospital had already done some checks but was unable to find out what the problem was. He then said that he would get an expert to examine the patient. “If you can’t save him, we’ll use all the power of the Vance family to destroy this hospital!” Rowan said viciously. The nurses in the neurology department were so terrified that they all went pale. After a while, as the members of the Vance family stood around impatiently, Dustin and the others ar
Clarence and the others felt insulted. “Punk, don’t regret your choice later! Even if you beg us, we won’t come back!” “That’s not likely to happen,” said Dustin and chuckled. Clarence and the others were even more livid. They all packed up their things in a huff and got ready to go. Simone was anxious. She wanted to make them stay, but everyone ignored her.“Dr. Boudin! Dr. Boudin!” As Clarence and the others were packing up, another physician suddenly rushed into the room in a panic. “A new patient was just transferred from Goodwill Hospital. He’s in a coma, but he’s coughing up blood. The files say it’s a brain condition, but tests aren’t showing where the problem is. Please hurry and take a look! “The patient’s family seems important. If we can’t save the patient, they’ll ruin the hospital!” “Oh?” Clarence raised an eyebrow. He was just thinking about how he could make things worse for Dustin when an opportunity presented itself immediately. “Please hurry and
“I’m so damn angry!” Clarence had never been so insulted before in his life. He was so mad that his face turned a shade of purple. He thought that Dustin and Simone would walk on eggshells around him and cater to his every whim to keep the hospital afloat. After all, he was the last resource the hospital had. Yet, he had never imagined that Dustin would not care at all. “You punk! Do you know what will happen if you fire me? Hmph! The hospital will go under immediately! There’s no chance of saving it!” Clarence said with a scoff. Dustin was terrifyingly calm. “On the contrary, I think that the hospital will do better without an old fart like you,” he said indifferently. “So, you should get lost. Don’t make me say it again!” “You… You…” Clarence’s mouth opened wide, but he could not say anything further. He had miscalculated. He definitely did not want to lose out on the significant benefits that being the assistant director of the hospital gave him. He did not u
“Who are you? Do you think you can boss us around? What are you shouting about? Do you have any manners at all?” someone yelled. “I am the new hospital director, Simone Langley!” Simone said angrily. No one seemed to care about that. It was clear that they knew Simone would show up, but it still did not matter. “So, you’re the new hospital director. Well, you’re certainly accomplished for your age. A hospital director so young…” Clarence said mockingly. “You still haven’t answered my question. Why are you playing cards during work hours? This is unacceptable.” Simone was furious. Clarence frowned. “Hey, miss, you’d better speak with some manners,” he said harshly as he glared at Simone. “Don’t think you can boss everyone around just because you’re the hospital director now.” Simone’s face reddened at Clarence’s tone of voice. Clarence smirked. He had gotten instructions early on from the main branch of the Langley family to create trouble for Simone. Besides, th
“Mr. Fox, the Langley family’s hospital is named Goodwill Hospital. They have their own pharmaceutical business and because they brought in a top grade physician a few years ago, they have a better reputation than the most prominent public hospital in Hattan.” Skyler was making a report to Dustin in the villa. “For the past two years, the Langley family has basically taken up the entire market share for the private hospital business in the area. Only a couple of small hospitals are still surviving.” Dustin chuckled softly when he heard that. “Buy the hospital closest to Goodwill Hospital,” he said calmly. “I will use what they look down upon the most to ruin their hospital.” … At the Langley family villa, they got the news about the purchase. “What? They’ve bought Peace Hospital?” Josiah had arranged for someone to keep an eye on what David and his family were doing. Once they found out about the purchase of Peace Hospital, the members of the main branch of the Langle
The person Killian addressed as Mr. Little took a few steps closer to him. He looked condescendingly at Killian. “It’s very simple. It’s because you offended someone you shouldn’t have,” the man said. “W-What does that mean?” Killian was in a daze. Dustin approached him with a smile. “You’re really bold to set me up on my own turf,” Dustin said sarcastically. “Your turf?” Killian looked at him in disbelief. “Everyone at the Antiquities Trading Hall obeys me. And yet, you dare to challenge me?” Dustin asked. Killian was instantly struck dumb. Luna was also taken aback. Her body shook violently. What? How could he call the shots here? Besides, they had never heard that the Antiquities Trading Hall had a secret boss. Killian and Luna were both stricken and nearly lost their reasoning. That was especially true for Killian. He knew that the Antiquities Trading Hall was a very powerful one. Even his father was polite to the people here. The owner was Dustin?! Ho