Margaret thought about it for a second. “In the beginning, I didn’t want to use the trump card of the Winter family …” She took out her phone and made a call. This was a special phone number. Soon, the call connected. “Hello. What are your orders?” The voice on the phone was exceptionally courteous. “I need you to do something for me,” Margaret said grimly. … At the police station in Lannopolis, the commissioner was dressed in his uniform as he issued an order to all officers of the station to gather immediately that night. “Everyone, gear up and surround the West family villa in the east of the city!” Richard Nelson ordered. A troop of people immediately set out confidently. At the foot of a hill on the outskirts of Lannopolis, there was a military outpost for the Honora region. There was a large team based there. The troop was not very huge, but it comprised the best of the best. It was led by a three-star general of Lovellia and tasked to protect Lanno
The report stunned all the members of the West family. “Be more clear! Who surrounded us?” Lucius asked. “I don’t know. I think there are police and also the military… I think there are also men from the Martial League!” the messenger said fearfully. Everyone panicked. “Access the villa’s full surveillance system. Let’s see what’s going on,” said Lucius firmly and got up. There were surveillance cameras set up in all corners of the West family villa. Once they accessed it, they could see everything. They all went to the control room. What they saw made their eyes go wide. The whole villa had been surrounded. There were countless people outside. “Those are police officers! The commissioner is leading them personally!” someone cried out when they saw the police. “Those people are from the military! Which team is it? It can’t be the elite team based outside the city, right?” someone barked as they saw the military uniforms. “Those people look like they’re from
His behavior surprised the members of the West family. They could not believe that Victor was being so respectful to them. Victor was a national hero and the greatest fighter in Lannopolis, after all. Currently, they were surrounded by three different forces and were in a tough spot. Yet, Victor was being so polite and humble with them. It was baffling. Soon, someone came back with the news. “Mr. Fox has asked you to come in,” the person said. “Many thanks,” Victor said before following the person into the living room. The moment he stepped inside and saw Dustin, Victor bowed respectfully. “Mr. Fox, I am pleased to meet you!” he cried and bowed deeper. The members of the West family all froze. This was the most renowned person in all of Lannopolis… Also, they were pretty sure that he was here to arrest Dustin. So, why was he being so respectful? With his status and position, was this really necessary? “Rise.” Dustin gestured. “Thank you, Mr. Fox!” Only
“Mr. Nelson, General Sweeney, since Mr. Cain has failed, it’s up to you two now,” Margaret said icily. It did not matter that the strongest fighter of Lannopolis had been defeated. Margaret did not see that as much of a problem. At worst, she was only surprised for a quick second. Sending Victor in had only been a test. If sending Victor in had resulted in Dustin’s capture, then it would have saved them a lot of trouble. Since he had failed, it did not matter. Besides, she did not really have much faith in Victor. Victor was only muscle. Meanwhile, Richard represented power, while Nathan represented military might. No matter how powerful a fighter was, he could not accomplish everything with it. “I’m sure you two know what to do?” Margaret said icily. “Don’t worry, ma’am, we do,” Richard and Nathan said and saluted her. When they arrived, Margaret had already told them that there was no need to worry if Dustin did not comply. They only had to keep applying
Dustin had grown so brazen and had gone too far! “I gave you a chance, but you didn’t appreciate it,” Margaret said with a sneer. “Mr. Nelson, General Sweeney, you know what to do,” said Margaret and looked at the two men. The two men understood. “Don’t worry, ma’am. With the Lannopolis police forces and the Lupine Special Forces here, it wouldn’t take much to destroy such an insignificant family as the West family!” Nathan said loftily. “You asked for this, Dustin! You deserve all that you get!” Amara said icily. Richard stepped forward and pointed at Dustin. “Dustin Fox, bow before the Winter family matriarch and tell us what we want to know now. If you do, you may still survive. This is your final chance!” he said condescendingly as he showed off his influence and power as the police commissioner. “Get on your knees!” roared the police officers Richard had brought with him. Their voices were full of spite. Dustin’s face finally changed and showed a flicker of
“Pass down my order for the full troop of the Lupine Special Forces to move out. Transfer the Western Forces into Lannopolis and prepare to bomb the West family villa!” Nathan shouted with a grim face. “Under my orders, the police will help the Western Forces. Seal off the five-mile radius surrounding the West family villa to minimize the impact. Also, get twenty people over to help clean up the bodies,” Richard said. The members of the West family turned white as a sheet. They were going to be bombed… Who could handle such a threat? “Who cares if you’re a sovereign grade fighter or whatever? A bomb treats you the same as anyone else!” Nathan said coldly. He was a cold-hearted military man. He had always been annoyed by these fighters, who thought so highly of themselves because of their martial arts skills. His face was full of spite. “Let’s go,” Nathan said to Richard before turning to leave. They were going to leave the villa to avoid being bombed as well. “Do y
“How can I not come when you’ve surrounded the West family villa?” Howard’s voice was low, and he seemed very displeased. Nathan instantly frowned. “Sir, does someone in the West family have a relationship with you?” Nathan felt like he was stuck between a rock and a hard place. If he was correct, then moving against the West family would be the same as disrespecting his teacher. Yet, the order from the Winter family was similarly impossible to disobey. “Sir, I can back off from the West family, but I need to capture the surviving descendant of the Fox family. Is that okay?” Nathan asked. “If you touch him, you’ll have to face me!” Howard looked grim. Right then, Nathan’s face turned dark. He never imagined that his teacher would try to protect Dustin. “Sir, must you really protect Dustin?” Nathan looked firm. “Protect him? Me?” Howard looked like he was about to laugh despite his anger. “I’m here to protect you!” Dustin had never seen Howard so agitated.
“General Sweeney, you…” Richard looked flabbergasted. His face stiffened. Everyone gathered was shocked to see this. They did not expect a three-star general with so much power to simply bend his knee to Dustin. The most striking thing was that he had been so adamant about bombing the West family villa just moments ago. He had been set on killing them all… How could his attitude change so quickly? These people did not know that Nathan was facing conflicting emotions. “Nathan Sweeney, Hydrus of the Seventy-Two Constellations of Star Tower, reporting to Master Fox!” Nathan announced and saluted Dustin from his spot on the floor. “Oh, you’re part of Star Tower?” Dustin frowned. He looked unhappy. He did not think that Nathan would be a member of Star Tower’s Seventy-Two Constellations. Star Tower did not have as many official members as other top ranked organizations, but every member was someone formidable. Among them were the Seventy-Two Constellations and th
Would Dustin and Simone be able to handle this? Simone panicked a little. For a moment, she was unable to handle the questioning of the media and the crowd. “I don’t have a medical license, but I don’t plan on seeing patients at Peace Hospital,” Dustin announced loudly. “As for the treatment of Mr. Vance, I only treated him because the family begged me to.” “Yeah, right! I’m sure that’s what happened! Since you’re not seeing patients and there are very few physicians at this hospital, you might as well close it down!” Clarence said with a laugh. “The hospital will not close its doors. We do not lack physicians.” “You don’t lack physicians? Do you think we’re all blind? Or did you come up with a bunch of quacks without medical licenses from somewhere?” A ripple of laughter rose from the crowd. Clarence was elated. He felt that he had thoroughly beaten Dustin and Simone. Dustin scoffed and looked at the street behind the crowd. There was the blare of car horns as
“The miracle doctor who cured Germaine Vance is here!” When Dustin and Simone showed up, the crowd immediately surged toward them. “There are so many people!” Simone was a little shocked. In the past three days, Simone had secretly been feeding Dustin’s reputation as a miracle doctor and pushing it all across Hattan. Even so, she had never expected it would garner such a huge response. “There are many patients, too. This is a good thing.” Everything was progressing nicely. “Will Dustin be able to handle so many patients?” David asked. Simone frowned. Dustin was not a robot. There was no way he could spend all day and all night just seeing patients. “Besides, we can’t take any patients other than the ones here for neurological issues because we don’t have any other physicians. In a few days, the hospital will be empty again.” With that, Simone’s mood was ruined again. The members of the main Langley family had arrived as well. The crowd at the entrance to P
“That hospital is an empty shell now. Let’s see how they make a comeback like this. I’m afraid just trying to limit the losses will be harder than fighting God!” As the main branch of the Langley family mocked Dustin, news about Germaine Vance spread. When they heard about what happened, they all shut up. They were stunned to the core. “Dustin saved the Vance family’s patriarch?” They all jumped up as though they had been struck by lightning. “How is that possible? Even Clarence didn’t know what his condition was. How could he have cured Germaine just like that?” The unacceptable thing was that Dustin had managed to get the Vance family to owe him a debt. This was the Vance family of Somerton, which used to be even more powerful than the four prominent families of the present! Even they had to suck up to the Vance family. However, they did not even have that chance! In an instant, the whole family fell quiet. After a long while, they composed themselves. “The Va
“My friend, you saved my father. I shall keep my promise and apologize to you on my knees!” Rowan walked up to Dustin and prepared to get down on his knees. “Forget it,” Dustin said. Rowan was a hot-blooded man. Rowan being willing to set aside his pride and apologize to Dustin, considering the position the Vance family held in society, was quite a feat. Dustin respected such a person. “Thank you!” Rowan looked grateful. He was a very important man in Somerton. If he really got down on his knees, his pride would not be able to take it. “The Vance family owes you a great debt! We will take my father home to rest. Later, we will come back and reward you greatly!” “There’s no need for that. Just pay the medical fees.” Dustin did not take the whole thing very seriously. Soon, the Vance family left. However, Rowan committed Dustin to memory. Dustin had miraculous medical skills. Plus, he had a very powerful martial artist at his beck and call. There was no w
“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