Gavin still maintained a five-step distance from Sebastian. It was a distance from which he could both attack and defend."Mr. Shields Senior, I have no hostility toward you, but your people are not treating me very kindly." Sebastian had no choice but to ask Cillian for help. He really didn't want to injure his men."Young man, they may be my subordinates, but I need to cooperate with them to maintain my safety. I don't want them to hurt you, and I don't want you to hurt them, either," Cillian said. Cillian was in a difficult position. He had a special identity, and since the country had sent these guards to keep him safe, he had to cooperate fully."I really don't want to do so. Can you please give me a chance to explain?" Sebastian sighed exasperatedly. The only thing he could do now was to explain things clearly."Yes. Stay where you are and speak." Gavin looked warily at Sebastian. Although Sebastian hadn't attacked, he could sense that Sebastian was very dangerous."Mr. Sh
Sebastian smiled calmly and said, "Are there only three techniques in modern medicine? Physical examinations, administering drips, and operations? You should know that you're treating a human being, not a piece of meat.""You've never even been to medical school! Stop talking nonsense!" Marius yelled, pointing angrily at Sebastian."Stop arguing." Cillian stood with his hands behind his back and walked over to Sebastian. Several men in suits tried to stop him, but Cillian waved at them and gestured for them not to be impulsive. "Young man, I thank you for your concern. However, you know that paralysis would be worse than death to me." There was a determined look in Cillian's eyes. He had already made up his mind to try. "I don't have the needle." Sebastian spread his hands in resignation. A needle like that couldn't be bought in Steinberg at all."I do!" Alexander took out his medical box and retrieved a needle pouch from inside. It had been wrapped with a yellow cloth, and he
Sebastian didn't seem to hear Alexander at all. He closed his eyes slightly and began to fiddle with the needle with the tips of his fingers.In the blink of an eye, half an hour had passed, and Sebastian's clothes were drenched in sweat. If he hadn't been practicing hard on his training, he would have found it difficult to get to that point.Using ancient energy took a huge toll on the person applying the needles. Every single second required the support of the user's vital energy."We can't let him keep going! Mr. Shields Senior has gone pale!" Marius suddenly yelled. Sebastian had been focusing completely on using his vital energy to apply the needles. Marius' shout distracted him, and his emotions were stirred into turmoil.He felt a sickly sweet taste at the back of his throat and spat out a mouthful of blood."You're despicable!" Alexander and Aaron could tell that Marius had done it on purpose.The suited men turned to look at Marius in surprise when they saw that Sebast
Several suited men ran over to help carry Sebastian onto the sofa."How do you feel, Mr. Shields Senior?" Zeke gave Cillian a towel."I feel much better! I feel as if I'm 20 years younger!" Cillian stood up excitedly and took the towel. "What's happened to Sebastian?" Cillian asked in confusion when he saw that the front of Sebastian's shirt was covered in blood and that he looked ashen."Mr. Shields Senior, that's all thanks to Marius!" Liam exclaimed angrily."Shut up!" Wyatt glared at his grandson."What's going on?" Cillian asked coldly. His eyes widened, and his expression grew thunderous. "Mr. Shields Senior, Dr. Chesney really is a genius." As soon as Zeke spoke, the Depps and several suited men glared angrily at him."Huh? What do you mean?" Cillian asked, frowning."Mr. Ballard used a technique called an ancient energy needle. I've heard that if the needle is plucked out during the process, or if anything happens to the person using the needle, the patient is sure t
"This is a book on traditional medicine. You'd better keep hold of it, because your life depends on it," Gavin said. He grabbed Marius by the collar and dragged him down the stairs.Sebastian was drifting in and out of consciousness when he felt a sharp pain in his lower abdomen. He opened his eyes, but all he could feel was an aching numbness in his body. He couldn't move at all."Sebastian!""Sebastian!""Young man!" Cillian, the Depps, and the Holmans immediately crowded around him in concern when they saw that Sebastian was awake.Liam had already run swiftly off to the office building ahead of them, while Zeke had called the best hospital in Sunway."How do you feel?" Alexander asked in concern."I'm alright, just a little tired." Sebastian wasn't afraid that they would worry. He really did feel rather exhausted.After coughing up the blood several times, Sebastian felt as if he had made a breakthrough in his training, which had been at a bottleneck for some time now.Per
"Leave it to us, miss." Two of the men in suits carefully helped Sebastian up to the lounge on the second floor. They put him on the bed before turning to leave."You silly thing. You almost scared me to death!" Rosalie pummeled Sebastian's chest lightly. Liam had called her in a panic and told her about Sebastian coughing up blood. She had almost fainted on the spot."Perhaps I'm just too tired. I want to sleep for a while," Sebastian said, smiling tiredly. "Go ahead. Take your clothes off and I'll wash them for you."Sebastian nodded, smiling. He took off his bloodstained shirt with difficulty and handed it to Rosalie. Before she could say anything, he fell deeply asleep.…Meanwhile, Cillian was pacing up and down the hall. He was obviously still angry about Marius."People like him should be shot dead!" he yelled angrily, getting angrier as he spoke. Finally, he slammed the table hard."Mr. Shields Senior, he's your personal doctor. In those circumstances, we…" Gavin hun
Although Cillian was now old, he had been among the best in the army in his younger years.Every punch, kick, and dodge that Sebastian had made had been perfect. Cillian had been able to see that at once."That may be so, but I—""He is very young and very dangerous." Cillian said meaningfully, "Young people can be impulsive, and I am worried that he'll make an unforgivable mistake. Do you understand?"Gavin finally understood. He now knew that Cillian wanted to take care of Sebastian, who was an amazing talent.With Sebastian's skills, he would either stay completely out of trouble or end up making a disastrous mistake."Yes! I assure you that I will complete my mission!" Gavin saluted Cillian."Zeke!""Yes, Mr. Shields Senior!""I remember you telling me that this young man was very skilled in medicine. You must take care to nurture his abilities, but make sure not to spoil him.""I assure you that I will complete my mission!" Zeke promised, just as Gavin had.Cillian nodd
"You rascal!" Cillian said, laughing. "You aren't efficient in your work, yet you have the audacity to ask me for a position?""Mr. Shields Senior, I'd be willing to never get promoted," Zeke said firmly.Cillian threw back his head and laughed as he said, "You'll have to be promoted. You've been pretending to be a corrupt official for so many years, and you must have suffered many misunderstandings. However, our country will reward those who are loyal."Zeke looked relieved."Mr. Shields Senior, what I've done is nothing compared to you." A few tears rolled down Zeke's face.He owed everything he had to Cillian, but ever since he had taken on the position of chief director at Steinberg Pharma, he had gained a reputation for being extremely corrupt.However, every penny he embezzled had been secretly submitted straight to the country's reserves, and everything he had done was so that he could complete the mission that Cillian had given him many years ago.That was only the way h
"What is your name, sir?" the bodyguard in the lead asked, smiling as he handed Sebastian a cigarette."Sebastian Ballard." As there was a child in the car and the windows were all closed, Sebastian waved the cigarette away."I've never heard of you before!" The bodyguard gave him a name card and said, "My name is Daxton Haddock!"Sebastian took the name card and smiled at Daxton. "I'm not from Boren. I just came here for a trip to Mount Quiln."Daxton was startled. Although the area around Mount Quiln was a popular tourist area, strange things had been happening there continuously since autumn the year before. No one had come there for a holiday for more than half a year."Mr. Ballard, are you confident of being able to save Ms. Candy?" Daxton asked rather worriedly. After all, even Solomon had said that there was no cure for a condition like hers. Sebastian was a young man in his 20s who looked very confident. It was hard not to be doubtful.Sebastian shook his head slightl
Solomon became agitated when he heard that Sebastian wanted to go to the abandoned mine. He tried to dissuade him. "You must not put yourself in danger, my young friend. Even others would have run into ghosts if they didn't heed warnings."The young man glanced at Solomon and said, "Dr. Jackman, they all say that you're a kind-hearted person. Why are you stopping others from trying to save Ms. Candy when you refuse to do so yourself?"Solomon turned red and sighed. "There was a huge mining accident there 30 years ago, and it's always been tainted with evil. To tell you the truth, my younger brother also didn't heed the warnings and—"Tears slid down Solomon's cheeks. Solomon's younger brother had endangered himself ten years ago to try and cure someone's illness. However, he had been carried back on a stretcher three days after that.He had been in the same state as the little girl and Candy. His eyes had been vacant, and he had neither eaten nor drunk nor slept. After just three
"Yes, we have. Mrs. Wilham from our village is a medium, but she says that she can't cure this child and asked us to look for someone else," the middle-aged woman said and started crying again."What else did she say?" Sebastian asked, bending down to look carefully at the little girl.The middle-aged woman hesitated for a long time before she stuttered, "Actually… Mrs. Wilham says that t-there's no hope for our child anymore! She can only live three more days at most!"Before the middle-aged woman could finish speaking, there was a screech of brakes outside the door. Right after that, there was the sound of hurried footsteps, and over a dozen young men in suits barged in."Which of you is Dr. Solomon Jackman?" the young man in the lead yelled urgently.Solomon answered quickly, "It's me!"The young man waved quickly at the people behind him and said, "Hurry!"Soon, a young woman who was about 20 years old was carried inside.The young woman was pretty, and she was wearing clo
The two apothecaries immediately tossed their brooms aside. One helped the middle-aged woman to open the door while the other took the child from her arms."Time to see a patient, Dr. Larsen!" one of the apothecaries called out to an old doctor as he carried the child inside.The old doctor pushed his glasses up his nose and eyed the mother and daughter. He walked slowly over to the consultation table and sat down."Don't worry, ma'am. What's wrong with the child?" the doctor, Ellis Larsen, asked the middle-aged woman. At that moment, Sebastian and Unus walked into Townsend Clinic together. On the way there, Sebastian had remained focused on the little girl because the look in her eyes was highly abnormal. "Doctor, I don't know what's happened to her. She hasn't eaten or drunk anything since last night, and she doesn't say a word no matter what I ask her. All she does is to stare vacantly into space!" the middle-aged woman said tearfully to Ellis. Ellis couldn't help drawing i
Javier had gone to Sunway for a meeting and was not in Acorn City. Whatever the old man said would be representative of Javier. "Mr. Gabbard, we can't let him go!""Yes, Mr. Gabbard. He's caused such a fuss at the Martial Arts Court that he should at least get both legs broken before we can let him go!""Besides, he injured Mr. Lynch! How will we explain to Mr. Berkeley when he gets back?"A few of the younger deacons protested. "I've already said that these two gentlemen may leave. Anyone who tries to stop them will be executed without mercy!" Cohen Gabbard was furious. Didn't these idiots know how to read the room? Did they have to carry out flattery no matter what the situation was?Didn't they know who the minced meat all over the floor belonged to? Who else could they be except the missing deacons?No matter how they had done it, someone who was able to smash a living person into mincemeat must be extremely powerful indeed. Even if they tried to tie Sebastian and Un
There was a dull thwack. The deacon in the lead didn't even have time to turn and escape before he was squashed into mincemeat by a single punch from Unus. Gleaming blood and flesh scattered everywhere. The rest of them tried to escape when they saw what had happened, but their speed couldn't compare to that of Unus. Before they could get to the door, Unus' fist had already reached them.There was a series of thumps as four or five deacons were all crushed. Blood and lumps of flesh fell all over the floor. The smell of blood hung heavily in the interrogation room.Jayden and Bryson cowered in a corner, trembling.Unus couldn't be human! How could it have reduced a live person to mincemeat with just one punch?As Jayden and Bryson looked on, Unus walked up to Sebastian expressionlessly. He raised his hand and tugged lightly on the chains that bound Sebastian tightly. They immediately broke into numerous pieces.Sebastian stood up and stretched before walking in Colton's directi
"Mr. Lynch! Are you alright?" The deacons surrounded Colton at once.Colton had been very unlucky that day. Not only had Sebastian beaten him half to death, but he had even been injured in the head once again by him, even though Sebastian was chained. When Colton noticed how much he was bleeding, he lost it completely. "Kill him!" he roared in fury, looking crazed. The deacons exchanged looks. They knew how skillful Bryson was. However, Bryson was unable to stand against Sebastian, and it made the deacons even more afraid to move forward.Although Colton was the heir of the Lynch family, it wouldn't be worth getting their arms and legs broken by Sebastian just to flatter him. "Go and get him, damn it! I'll give you money! Each person will get one million. Beat him to death!"Colton was very agitated. He yelled at the top of his voice at Sebastian while pointing at him with his crutch. As the saying went, there would always be a hero when there was a big reward. Upon hearin
A faintly murderous light flashed in Sebastian's eyes, and the deacons felt a chilling murderous energy. The deacon who had been pointing at Sebastian with a steel rod couldn't help stepping backward. He took a long time to recover. Sebastian was bound tightly in chains that were as thick as a man's thumb, and he had been cuffed to the steel chair. There was no way that he could fight back at all.The deacon felt annoyed at being scared by someone in that state, and he pointed at Sebastian with his steel rod again and shouted, "You must be tired of living, you brat! How dare you say Mr. Wentworth's name?""Even Joaquin wouldn't dare to speak to me in that manner," Sebastian said calmly.If Joaquin knew that Sebastian had been arrested by deacons from the Mount Acorn Martial Arts Court, he would kill them all without hesitation!"You're very arrogant! Mr. Lynch specifically mentioned this object. I'll give you five thousand dollars, and you can send it to him. Do you have any obje
"You said that Mr. Lynch wanted to take something that belonged to you. Where is the object?" the deacon in the lead asked, sneering. Sebastian pointed at his shirt pocket and said, "Here!" The deacon pulled out the emerald buckle from Sebastian's pocket. He weighed it in his hand and waved at the other deacons, saying, "Take him away!"When Jayden saw that Sebastian had been marched off by deacons from the Martial Arts Court, he called an ambulance for Colton. Luckily, Colton was from an elite martial arts family. Despite being spoiled, he had at least trained in martial arts, which was why he wasn't as frail as an ordinary person would be. Otherwise, he would have succumbed to his injuries long ago.Bryson and the others were also carried into the ambulance by the medical staff. Solomon sighed as he watched Sebastian leave. Although the Martial Arts Court appeared to be upholding the law, they were actually in cahoots with the Lynches. Now that Sebastian had been taken by t