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
William held a trump card in his hand. Nobody knew what it was, not even Zephiel.In fact, Zephiel was curious about what it was and wanted to know, but his conflicting mentality ended up making him give up on the thought.The way he would know what the trump card was would be when William used it. On the other hand, not knowing what it was meant that William still did not have the opportunity to use it yet. Ultimately, William chose not to be swayed by his thoughts and made a phone call… “Capture Ciara right now!”Zephiel was genuinely stunned when he heard this. He looked at William in disbelief. “Is this your trump card?”William sneered. “Why? Do you think I’m shameless? You’re absolutely right. I am a shameless man! I know that Ciara isn’t Javier’s biological sister, nor is she your granddaughter. In fact, she’s got nothing to do with the Kerseys at all!“So, this means she’s Javier’s woman, and he will do anything I say for her sake!”Zephiel was thoroughly disappointed
William’s rebellion had come to an end. Even though it had caused quite a ruckus, this was only caused by someone’s personal capabilities. If it were Javier who had rebelled, he would have stirred up an entire sh*tstorm. However, Javier was not going to rebel, nor did he have a reason to, and it was because of this that William was the one who rebelled, and ultimately failed. After Javier ended his call with Zephiel, he heaved a long sigh.In truth, Javier understood that the old fox could have gotten out of the situation safely even if he had not gone there to save him.After all, William was too weak to hold the old fox hostage.However, Javier was not brave enough to take a risk because it would be very bad if William somehow ended up hurting the old fox.In fact, Javier could vaguely sense that this was all a tactic the old fox had deliberately used.William rebelled, Javier placed him under control, and Arthur went off to their enemies for support…After all of these i
Geoffrey’s disappearance had been kept under very tight wraps by the Whites, so many people did not know what had happened.Coincidentally, this had happened while the Kerseys were having an internal strife, so everyone’s focus had been diverted, allowing Geoffrey’s escape to slip past them. When Piers found out that Renly had defied his instructions and sent his men after Geoffrey, only to realize that the entire island was surrounded by mines, he could not help but suck in a breath of cold air. ‘He only did all this to stop us from pursuing him…But what if he were to try and destroy the Whites completely?‘By then, mines wouldn’t be the only thing deployed. There’d be torpedoes too. He might release so many torpedoes that this entire island would get leveled. ‘Has Geoffrey actually managed to come up with such a grand-scale scheme while he has been under house arrest over the past 20 years?’Piers was filled with disbelief and felt that his youngest son must have colluded wi
“A meeting amongst the major families?!”The old fox had told Javier that the Whites were organizing a meeting amongst the major families. This left Javier feeling rather shocked. ‘What’s all this about?’This was a meeting the family leaders from all the major families would attend, so it was similar to a United Nations General Assembly. The difference was that the people attending the latter were leaders from various countries. Thus, a meeting of this scale would usually not be held unless something important was happening.This was not just because someone wanted to show just how powerful they were, but because whatever the situation was, it had to be very dangerous. After all, there were many people, or many countries in fact, who despised the major families. Thus, a meeting of this scale would usually be the best opportunity for everyone to launch a missile at their meeting venue, and if they did, they would all be sitting ducks. Therefore, such a meeting would only be