Doug suddenly gave Javier a call, saying that the research center’s lab was on fire!‘Are you f*cking kidding me!?’Javier had been extra careful to prevent something as destructive as a fire from breaking out in his facility. Just the safety measures and firefighting equipment he had invested in cost him millions of dollars.In fact, the facility should have been so safe that the fire alarm would have rang the moment someone lit a cigarette inside, making the place even safer than trains and planes.Hence, Javier was now feeling frustrated that the lab had caught fire under such a scenario, a big fire, for that matter.Javier immediately put on his clothes and left, even asking Suzanne to follow him before he left.He wanted to find out whether Suzanne had anything to do with this accident. However, when Javier mentioned this to her in the car, Suzanne immediately went mad with rage, even cursing at how useless the security at the research center was.‘Judging by her reaction,
Now that the fire had been put out and the perpetrator had been found, this entire incident reached a dead-end for the time being.The police expressed that they would look into the deceased and give Reivaj Group a satisfying answer based on their findings as soon as possible. At the end of the day, a huge corporation had suffered colossal losses after someone had deliberately started a fire in their territory, so nobody was happy about what had happened. After the police left, Javier gave Herschel a phone call, asking him to look into the perpetrator’s family.‘How else would the perpetrator be able to walk to his own death after committing the crime unless a member of his family was being threatened?’After giving Herschel instructions, Javier began arranging for his men to calculate the amount of losses he had incurred by going through all the equipment.After working away busily for a few hours, they were able to come up with a preliminary sum of almost 500 million dollars,
After Javier had given Herschel his instructions, Mackenzie suddenly gave him a phone call as well.Mackenzie had always been in charge of dealing with the less-legal affairs within the family, so he was extra sensitive about situations like these.However, he found out about what Javier had just gone through from the Whites, surprisingly…“I was originally planning on sending men to pursue the Whites, but I ended up finding you instead. The Whites are also looking into this matter.”“The Whites are looking into this as well?”Javier pondered for a moment and understood what was going on.‘I’m sure the Whites are planning on finding out who we’re dealing with first. They would be paying attention to whoever this hidden force attacks and then grab onto whatever little lead they might be able to grab ahold of and beat them up first so that they won’t get targeted in the future.’“Fine, they would actually be of great help to us if they’re willing to get involved.Now that the Whi
The matter was kind of interesting. The middle-aged man was obviously after Javier as he had even used the latter’s name on purpose.Upon hearing Loretta say that the middle-aged man was named Javier, Herschel could not help feeling amused about it as he stood behind them. His glee confused Loretta, as she had no idea what was going on.Javier waved his hand in explanation. “It’s nothing. It’s different from what we know. He’s using a fake name. As for his real name, you don’t have to know it. I’ll send people here to guarantee your safety. What you need to do now is describe his looks, the detailed location of each of your meetings, his contact number, and everything else. I need to confirm if it’s the same person.”Loretta agreed at once and was totally cooperative.She was honestly frightened of the middle-aged man now. He had killed Tony, and now he was after her. What a brutal, savage man!After handing Loretta over to Herschel, Javier left the underground wine cellar.That
On the island where the Whites resided, Renly went to Piers looking glum and dejected.Piers had been enjoying his coffee, but most of his good mood was gone when he saw what Renly looked like.“Tell me. What stick did you get the short end of this time?”The disgruntled Renly could only answer dully, “I heard someone purposely set fire to Javier’s research center previously and confirmed it to be the hidden force’s doing after checking from various aspects. Thus, I decided to get a head start and investigate it following the clue to weed the hidden force out in advance lest they target the Whites.”Piers nodded at what Renly said. There was nothing to criticize since he had done the right thing. He just did not understand why Renly still looked glum when he had done the right thing.Renly continued. “But Javier found it out first and took note of it. As such, he squashed the leader of a small faction but purposely leaked the news to me so I’d go and finish off the rest of that fa
Javier was also worried about this and had hypothesized from another perspective.“If that’s really the case, everything makes sense then. Why all the families were attacked simultaneously, and the blow hits the nail right on the head, striking where it matters—because it’s a blow coming from within one’s family.“Why have they been so bold to open fire at all the families simultaneously? It’s because they’re the combination of all the families themselves. Others are scared and reverent of us but not them. Not only aren’t they scared, but they despise us.”Zephiel fell silent after Javier analyzed the issues. He had also thought of this possibility. Even though he did not want to admit it, he had to think of the worst-case scenario.Many formidable forts had been destroyed from the inside because the insiders knew them the best. Forts like these could not be changed easily. The Kerseys, for example, were akin to a fortress. The fortress guards renegaded and led the enemy in for an
Another half a month passed. Javier finally received a call from home, but it was not from Zephiel—it was William.“Javier, I’m sure you’ve heard about Uncle Arthur from grandpa, so I won’t say more to you. Grandpa’s about to hold a family meeting to talk about Uncle Arthur. Hurry and come back!”William sounded grim and even vaguely aggrieved. Was he mournful about Arthur betraying the family?Javier found it a little unbelievable. He called Zephiel after ending the call with William, only to find that Zephiel’s phone was turned off. He also could not get through to the old man’s butler.It did not sit right with Javier, but he dared not think further about the worst, afraid that he would think of scenarios he could not accept. Nevertheless, he called Mackenzie. The latter was the holder of their family’s underground forces and was absolutely loyal to the old fox.“Mackenzie, William asked me to return home for a family meeting, saying that it’s grandpa’s order, but I can’t get t
To a family dealing in arm0s, getting a few submarines was no big deal. The issue was…why was Javier asking for submarines? Was he fighting someone!?When Angeline asked about the situation, in particular, Javier did not hide the fact, nor could he. His purpose would be clear when Angelina’s submarines arrived at the sea vicinity of his home island, so there was no need for him to keep it from her.By the time Javier told Angelina the entire story, the latter’s tone was one of shock. “Has William lost his mind!?”This was the only explanation that could justify why he would do something this crazy.Javier did not say much to Angelina, telling her, “If you want to wipe the Kerseys out, this is a good chance.”There was a momentary silence from Angelina’s side before she replied, “I wouldn’t want the Whites to take us out in the name of getting revenge for you guys!”‘A clever woman and a smart decision.’ Javier was relieved that Angelina realized as much. Besides, the Kerseys coul