The pair of siblings, Jaime and Sophie, had been transported directly to Kyoto ever since they were brought out of Tokyo.At this time, the pair of siblings were imprisoned in a house less than two kilometers away from this place. A few ninjas from the Iga family were in charge of guarding and keeping an eye on them.They were all waiting for Yoshito’s order. If Yoshito gave them the order to take action, then they would kill the brother and sister immediately before secretly transporting their dead bodies to the Ito family mansion.However, before Yoshito issued any orders to them, they would have to keep the pair of siblings alive. Otherwise, it would not be convenient for them to transport and smuggle their dead bodies into the Ito family mansion if their bodies were to turn stiff after they had already died for quite some time.The ninjas from the Iga family were the best at assassination. In their experience, the most convenient time for a person to move a corpse was within
Charlie turned around before he smiled and said softly, “Don’t worry. I will be back soon.”After he was done speaking, Charlie stepped out of Nanako’s boudoir and disappeared into the snowy night.***The Iga ninja who had come to scout the place was running at full speed in the night under the snowstorm.He moved very quickly and swiftly, almost like an elusive ghost under the cover of night.However, he would never have expected that a super powerful and capable master who was a hundred times stronger than him would be following right behind him. This super powerful and capable master was none other than Charlie.The Iga ninja ran for two kilometers without stopping. After that, he finally stopped in front of the entrance of a courtyard. He subsequently arrived at the courtyard’s simple door before he knocked on the door four times, using two slow knocks and two quick knocks. The door was opened slightly from the inside and the gap was only small enough for one person to pass
Charlie recognized Sophie immediately as soon as the gunny sack was removed.He could not help but curse silently in his heart: “Isn’t this the woman the same woman who was sitting in the Rolls-Royce with Eikichi that night? She had even argued with me when I was teaching Eikichi a lesson. Unexpectedly, she has actually been kidnapped and brought all the way here. Moreover, it seems as though these people are going to kill her before blaming her death on Yahiko. It looks like this woman does not come from an ordinary background!”At this time, Sophie’s mouth was gagged as there was a towel stuff into her mouth. So, even if she continued whimpering for a long time, she could not really say anything at all.So, the ninja in charge stretched out his hand before he pulled the towel out of her mouth. After that, he said coldly, “I will give you one chance. Just say whatever you want to say then.”Sophie was terrified and her eyes were filled with horror. However, she forced herself to c
The Iga ninja immediately replied, “Okay, Mr. Matsumoto. We will be waiting for your instructions at all times!”Yoshito sneered before he said, “By the way, the family members of the two people that you’ve kidnapped have already arrived in Tokyo. So, I hope that you will make the two of them suffer an even more tragic death. It would be perfect if the scene where their corpses are found looks very tragic and horrifying when the police officers eventually find their bodies. The more gruesome their deaths, the angrier their family members would be. This matter would start to get even more interesting then!”The Iga ninja hurriedly replied, “Don’t worry. You can rest assured that we will certainly do as you ask!”Yoshito said, “I heard that the young lady is also quite beautiful. All of you can just assault and abuse her before killing her. If her family members see that she has been assaulted and abused, then they would certainly hate Yahiko to death!”When the Iga ninja heard this,
When Charlie’s voice suddenly rang out, the group of ninjas who were all so well-trained were all startled by his voice!None of them would have expected that they, who were the best at secretly tailing others, would actually be tailed by someone too!Furthermore, before this person spoke up, none of them had noticed his existence at all!Jonin, the ninja in charge, immediately drew his ninjato in an instant. After that, he looked around his surroundings vigilantly before he asked in a nervous voice, “Who is there? Come out now!”At this time, Charlie leaped down from the wall before he entered the room by breaking through the glass window directly. There were many broken glass shards scattered on the floor at this time.Sophie was shocked as soon as she saw Charlie!She really could not believe that someone would actually come and rescue her at a time like this. Furthermore, she really could not believe that the person who would come and rescue her was none other than the Oskian
However, the person that they had met this time was Charlie!The expression on Charlie’s face did not change at this time. He simply rubbed his toes gently against the ground. A triangular piece of broken glass suddenly bounced up from the ground as it flew directly towards Jonin at a very fast speed!In the blink of an eye, Charlie had lifted another piece of glass as he shot it in the exact same direction again!When Jonin was rushing directly at Charlie, he suddenly noticed two pieces of crystal-clear objects which were refracting the colorful spectrum of light passing through his peripheral vision in an instant, like two meteors one after the other!Before he even had time to figure out what it was, he suddenly felt a sharp pain on his right wrist, which was holding the ninjato!In the blink of an eye, he suddenly felt the same pain on his left wrist!After that, he suddenly felt that he had already lost strength in both of his hands. The ninjato slipped from his palm before
Charlie’s words made everyone feel even more terrified at this time!They suddenly realized that Charlie had just kicked two pieces of broken glass with his toes just now, and he had directly and accurately cut off both of the veins in Jonin’s wrist just like that!It was not that difficult to kick a flying piece of glass shard. It was not even that difficult to hurt someone with a piece of flying glass shard.However, what was difficult was that it should be completely impossible to accurately cut off a person’s vein on both of his wrists using a flying piece of glass shard!Moreover, Jonin was not simply standing in place to allow his opponent to attack him. Instead, he had been rushing directly towards Charlie. It was really unbelievable and incredible for Charlie to be able to cut off Jonin’s veins from both of his wrists directly when Jonin was moving at such an incredibly fast speed!Furthermore, Charlie could completely subdue Jonin using just one hand. This ability was s
Charlie sneered before he said, “Based on what you’ve just said, if I casually kill two people and bury them in the snow on your grounds, does that mean that I have no intention to hurt you or your family at all?”Jonin was stunned. He was very desperate to survive at this point and he hurriedly threw Yoshito under the bus as he said, “In fact, we’re simply acting on someone’s instruction. It is Matsumoto Yoshito, who really wants to deal with the Ito family. That has nothing to do with us at all…”Charlie asked him, “All of you are taking the side of the evildoer but now, you’re telling me that this has nothing to do with you at all? Are all ninjas so spineless?”Jonin suppressed the humiliation that he was feeling within before he said, “I believe in an old saying from your country…‘it is better to live a bad life than to die’…So, sir, I hope that you can give me a chance. I will be willing to always be at your beck and call…”Charlie shook his head before he said, “You aren’t qu
Elaine may have led a life as if she was above the rules, but beneath that tough exterior lay crippling insecurities and a horrific inferiority complex.She was always afraid of being belittled—but more than that, of being ostracized and betrayed.Over the years, the greatest source of her complexes could all be traced back to Matilda.After all, Matilda had been a star back in their school days. Because Elaine was a close friend of hers, many boys would get chummy with Elaine, but only because they were interested in Matilda.Being from a poor farmer's family, Elaine had been scorned plenty and therefore felt exceedingly inferior around Matilda.It was from that sense of inferiority that Elaine had inadvertently developed a one-sided rivalry against Matilda, and she believed her greatest triumph over Matilda in this life was the moment she had stolen Jacob from her.However, while Elaine presumed that she could hold that victory over Matilda's head, Lady Wilson had soured that v
Moreover, given Elaine's ridiculous temper, Jacob knew she would definitely go overboard and destroy him.He wouldn't even have a place to live at that point, and it would really be game over if she held a grudge and stormed the Calligraphy and Painting Association!Under such circumstances, he couldn't ask for a divorce—hell, he might even refuse a divorce if Elaine asked for one!However, that was when Elaine laughed coldly. "Oh, my… You're really not going to divorce me?""Come on—how long were we married?" Jacob quickly reasoned. "Getting divorced at our age? People would laugh at us."Elaine scoffed. "Now I'm curious… Matilda's quite old too, and she's a divorcee marrying again. Won't people laugh at her?""Technically, she's a widow—"Jacob blurted out, but soon turned pale, tensing up again not a second after he had just calmed down, asking gingerly, "W-Why would you suddenly mention her?'Elaine stopped pretending right then and snapped, "It's actually impressive that y
Horrified, Jacob promptly grasped the steering wheel and brought the Cullinan back under control while not hesitating to snap, "Are you crazy?! We're on the highway—that could have killed the both of us!"However, Elaine ignored him and seized the moment to open the armrest box, pulling out the large white envelope.As she opened it, she muttered, "So, it really was a wedding invitation… You really are a terrible friend, Jacob Wilson, hiding a wedding invitation like this! What's the point? Just look at that nervous face of yours—would I suspect you of having an affair with the bride-to-be?"She flipped open the card and was experienced enough to check the names first while disregarding the usual preamble. She wouldn't care about the venue or the time either, focusing solely on the professor who had somehow made Jacob very nervous.That was how Elaine found the names in less than a second: Yolden Hart and Matilda Hall.Matilda?!The name could well be knives stabbing Elaine in th
Jacob's brain blanked out, leaving only a dull hum as soon as Walker mentioned 'Professor Hall'.Already feeling nervous in the first place, he quickly said, "Okay, okay—I got it. Anyway, I'm hanging up if there's nothing else!"With that, he promptly pressed the button to hang up.Nonetheless, Elaine was soon asking in curiosity, "Who's Professor Hall?"If Jacob had any semblance of composure, he would have said 'a colleague at Senior University' as if it was perfectly natural, and the matter would have been forgotten.But the reality was that he didn't—in fact, he was the champion when it came to dropping the ball as a casual question from Elaine left him sweating all over his brow.Even as he slid nervous glances at her face, he stammered uncontrollably, "N-Nobody…"Elaine promptly noticed his strange reaction and frowned. "I'm talking about Professor Hall. What do you mean, nobody? Who are they? And what's this about an invitation? Inviting you for what?"Seeing that he was
Jacob had really had too much to drink and couldn't remember the later parts of what had happened last night—even how he had gotten home was a blur.Naturally, he also forgot that Walker had brought Matilda's wedding invitation, and therefore didn't hesitate to answer the in-car answer button.Over the phone, Walker was positively fawning as he asked, "Mr. Wilson? It's Walker. Why didn't you come in today? Had too much to drink last night?""Uh-huh," Jacob grunted, lethargic. "I did—my head still hurts now… Anyway, what's up? Trouble at the association?""No, of course not," Walker quickly said. "I was just worried you're still hungover, so I called to ask. If you need a driver or anything, you just need to ask!"Then, before Jacob could answer, he continued, "By the way, my wife is somewhat knowledgable in Oskian medicine, and she has recipes for brews that cure hangovers and nourish the liver. I'm sure you'll need the latter since you're always drinking at social events, so I as
Fortunately, Elaine and Jacob's bickering never escalated.Even though Elaine was winning, Jacob found it tolerable.After Jacob finished his lunch and cleaned up, he never looked up as he said, "Charlie sent a text, saying Claire's flight would touch down earlier at three. We will leave at two."Elaine grumbled. "Why leave so early? She's coming back from abroad, and there'd be checkpoints she has to clear—she'd be lucky if she could leave by half past three. I'm sleeping a few winks now, and we'll leave at half past two."As she left the dining room, she didn't even look back as she said, "Clean up for me too."Jacob had a million complaints but said nothing as he kept his head down, throwing Elaine's lunchbox in the trash can as well.With Elaine gone, he sat on the couch as her hangover slowly cleared while his mood soured with the lack of alcohol.In the end, the pleasure of being fawned over at the Diamond Room was but temporary—the pain of his beloved leaving with someone
Vera kept her plan to investigate the identity of the abbess deep in her mind and told Charlie nothing.Instead, she smiled as she said, "It seems that it's both yours and Ms. Ito's good fortune that she has attained enlightenment. You've never had anyone who could attain enlightenment and master Reiki at the same time, so Ms. Ito will definitely be a great help to you in the future."Charlie chuckled and said calmly, "I'm not hoping for her to help. I'm simply happy for her with her enlightenment and excited to have another comrade in my solo ventures into the dark forests."Vera nodded in understanding, and she murmured emotionally, "I've lived for so long, and it's only when I opened my heart to you that I felt that sensation you described."There was a flicker of wistfulness in her eyes.She really did not expect to attain enlightenment before meeting Charlie.Years ago, she thought that she would eventually avenge her father.Now, she no longer hoped to murder Fleur Griffi
Vera was inwardly disappointed to hear that Claire was returning.That meant there were fewer chances of Charlie visiting the Scarlet Pinnacle Manor, as were her chances of seeing him again.Still, she didn't let it show, instead asking casually, "How are things at Champs Elys? Are the warriors improving at a rate to your satisfaction?""Well, most of everyone's improvement is within expectations…" Charlie explained, just as he remembered a certain someone. "By the way, there's something I haven't told you yet. Are you perhaps acquainted with the name Ito Nanako?""Yes," Vera smiled. "The Japanese lady who was with you. What about her?""She attained enlightenment days ago.""Enlightenment?" Vera did a double take and soon pressed, "Enlightenment in what sense? Essential Qi or Reiki?"After all, the former was the path to enlightenment in martial arts, while the latter meant enlightenment in cultivation.But despite the distinction between both domains, enlightenment was a comm
While Charlie had long since gotten used to Elaine and Jacob's bizarre marriage, being near the heart of the storm still took a toll on his senses—to the point that he felt physically sick.Leaving right away was therefore his best solution.Once he left, however, he realized he didn't have anywhere to go. Champs Elys was quite far, and it would take a lot of time.As he started to feel bored stiff, he remembered Vera for some reason and called her.Once Vera answered, she quickly asked in curiosity, "To what do I owe the pleasure? Lunch, perhaps?"Charlie chuckled. "Since you've put it that way… I haven't eaten either, so lunch it is!"Vera giggled. "Come over to my place, then. It's cold outside, and I was just lighting up a hot pot. I'll have Madam Marilyn prepare an additional portion.""Okay!" Charlie agreed to it without hesitation. "I can return her car too. Just wait, I'll be right there!"Once he hung up, he got on the Rolls Roycs he had borrowed from Scarlet Pinnacl