Sophie’s self-esteem was once again hurt because of Charlie’s attitude.She looked at Charlie’s side profile as she bit her lower lip without saying anything else anymore. After that, she turned around and left the courtyard with her brother.After the pair of siblings had staggered out of the courtyard, Jaime asked in a soft voice, “Sophie, were all of those ninjas defeated by that young man just now?”Sophie replied solemnly, “He is not ‘that young man’. He is our benefactor.”Jaime nodded in a hurry as he said, “Yes, okay. He is indeed our benefactor. So, Sophie, did our benefactor defeat all of those ninjas with his bare hands, then?”“Yes.” Sophie replied earnestly, “I have never seen such a strong and powerful person… this is truly the first time…”Jaime smacked his lips together as he said, “It would be great if we could take him into the Schulz family and get him to work for us!”“That is impossible.” Sophie shook his head before she said, “Our benefactor has such a toug
Tokyo at this moment.It was still very chaotic at this time.The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department was about to go insane.Firstly, the pair of siblings from the Schulz family was kidnapped, and more than a dozen of their men were murdered. Secondly, the Takahashi family had found several human popsicles. And then, Machi’s son was actually burned alive inside the car!Any one of these cases could easily be regarded as the criminal case of the year.However, these cases were happening consecutively, one after the other, in Tokyo!Moreover, the victims of these criminal cases were all from wealthy and influential families.This matter was simply slamming the faces of the police officers of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department to the ground before hitting them repeatedly with a belt!What was even worse was the fact that the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department had not found any useful or relevant clues or evidence yet.A bunch of useless people had already searched throu
In truth, Sheldon had highly suspected that the mastermind behind the kidnapping of his children was none other than Yahiko.However, the police officers from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department had already been secretly monitoring Yahiko for quite some time, but they could not find any clues at all even after so long.At first, Sheldon even thought that the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department was deliberately trying to protect Yahiko. However, now, he finally realized that Yahiko truly had nothing to do with this matter at all.He not only had anything to do with this matter, but he had nearly become the scapegoat to shoulder the blame for this crime!What Sheldon would never have expected was that the mastermind behind this whole incident had turned out to be Yoshito instead!Sheldon did not even include him in the list of suspects at all!It seemed as though Yoshito was really a very vicious and sinister person!He was actually able to provoke and cause so many incident
About a hundred hidden top masters working for the Schulz family secretly stopped searching for Jaime and Sophie. Twenty of them drove directly to Kyoto in the middle of the night, whereas the remaining eighty top masters were all starting to assemble at the Matsumoto family mansion.Yoshito did not even know that he was already faced with imminent disaster.He checked the time, and he saw that it was already ten o’clock at night. So, he took out his cell phone to call Jonin.According to his plan, Jonin was supposed to kill the pair of siblings now before hiding their corpses in the Ito family mansion within the next half an hour.After that, he would wait patiently for a few more hours. When the corpses had already lost almost all of their residual body temperature and turned cold, he would make an anonymous police report to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department about this matter.This way, Yahiko would be done for early in the morning tomorrow.After Yahiko was done for, hi
Neither Yoshito nor Machi could understand what was happening in Kyoto.However, Yoshito was much smarter compared to Machi.After he was unable to contact Jonin, although he could not understand why, he subconsciously realized that there was probably some sort of big mistake.As he thought about this, Yoshito hurriedly called the other members of the Iga family and immediately asked them about Jonin’s situation.However, the people from the Iga family were also all completely ignorant of everything that was going on in Kyoto.They could not get in touch with Jonin, and they did not even know if he was dead or alive.Yoshito was genuinely panicking at this time.He paced back and forth in the living room of his home anxiously. His brows were constantly knitted together, and his hand was shaking uncontrollably as he held the cigar.When his younger brother, Ryosuke, saw him being extremely nervous, he hurriedly calmed him down, “Brother, you should not start panicking now. If yo
“Okay!” Ryosuke had a grim expression on his face as he said, “Even if we were to die, we will have to drag them down with us so that they can die together with us! Anyway, we will not lose anything even if we lose or win!”***At this moment.After Charlie had set the two-story building on fire, he returned to the Ito family mansion.He continued using the original path before he entered Nanako’s courtyard.At this time, Nanako was sitting in front of the tea table. Her eyes were closed, and she was gently twisting a string of Bodhi beads in both of her hands as she silently recited the Buddhist scriptures to pray for Charlie.Buddhism was not only prevalent in Oskia, but it had also been prevalent in Japan for a very long time. Ever since Master Jianzhen had traveled east to Japan, Buddhism had already begun developing rapidly in Japan.Although Buddhism in both of these countries was somewhat different, there was no essential difference between the beliefs of the Buddhists in
Nanako still could not believe that Charlie would truly be able to heal her.However, when she thought about the fact that the man in front of her who was feeling very eager to heal her was none other than the person that she was in love with, she was more than willing to allow him to give it a try.Thus, she handed her right hand over to Charlie before she said shyly, “Charlie-kun, if that is the case… I will have to trouble you, then!”Charlie nodded slightly before he stretched out his fingers to gently place them on her radial artery to check her pulse.A trace of reiki started traveling from Nanako’s radial artery into her body, and it had already wandered throughout her entire body in the blink of an eye.As the reiki traveled through her body, Charlie also took the opportunity to determine the exact extent of Nanako’s injuries.Just by taking a look, Charlie discovered that Nanako’s injuries were indeed very serious.Almost all of her organs had already suffered some seri
This kind of medicine was simply a panacea for any ordinary person. It could be used by the elderly to prolong their lives for more than ten or twenty years. If a young person took it, their body could become many times stronger compared to any ordinary person. If it was taken by an injured person, even if that person only had one last breath left, the Rejuvenating Pill would certainly strengthen the body aside from restoring it to its original state.When Albert had almost been completely killed by Donald’s men and only had one last breath left, Charlie had managed to save Albert by using a Rejuvenating Pill.The Rejuvenating Pill had not only saved Albert’s life, but Albert had also become a few years younger because of it. His body was now in an even better condition and state as compared to how it was before he had gotten injured.This was mainly because the Rejuvenating Pill was truly very powerful. When Albert’s injuries had been cured, there were still some remaining effects
Unable to nitpick on the air stewardess' response, Elaine pouted, "Well, try to ask management to improve on your first-class cabins anyway. Maybe even make a premium-class or something since it's not like we can't afford it."The air stewardess quickly said, "We will definitely relay your message to the management."Nodding in satisfaction, Elaine waved her off. "Alright. You can go back to work now."Clearly relieved, the air stewardess bowed her head respectfully. "Always happy to be of service."After the air stewardess left, Jacob asked Elaine in curiosity, "Was the private jet that good?"Elaine rolled her eyes. "Didn't you see the stuff I posted in the chat group?""Not really," Jacob blurted. Elaine was ready to snap at him for not caring, but considering that they had made up now and she shouldn't fuss too much over the little things, she snorted, "Just remember to like and comment on all my posts in the chat group, otherwise, I will make you regret it!""No problem!"
While the ten collectors were taking turns studying the bronze sculpture, Jacob and Elaine were boarding their flight.As they were flying first-class, they had priority over the other passengers and boarded from the separate plug door at the first-class section.The capacity of the Boeing 777 was huge, and the wide-body aircraft could be connected to a special double corridor bridge where first class and business class passengers boarded separately from the economy class passengers.As the terminals to economy class and business class were connected, Elaine and Jacob were able to get through the first-class terminal unimpeded, but the passengers in economy class had a queue of over two hundred passengers. Even as she walked, Elaine was looking over her shoulder and exclaiming at Jacob, "Must be nice being rich! We used to have to queue like the rest of them, waiting for over thirty minutes just to board our flight." "In first class, we may be in the same plane, but we don't hav
Meanwhile, once Raymond had briefed everyone about the rules, he opened the door and invited everyone into Treasure Measure.It was not that wide but appeared spacious since the interior was mostly empty—it was not really crowded even with thirty-ish people.Then, locking the door from the inside, Raymond told them, "I can tell from everyone's faces that we are all veterans here, so I'm sure you understand the rules while appraising: no photos or videos, thank you very much."Indeed, there were many rules that governed the hobby, the most important being respecting the seller's requests and privacy.As the collectors listened, they knew that Raymond was selling but did not want the public to know too much about him.They all nodded, and those who had their phones out slid them back into their pockets.With that, Raymond took out the bronze sculpture that he had brought, leaving Trippy a little surprised.He had never seen the bronze sculpture with his own eyes before, only from
"Alright!" Trippy was at once fawning, tagging along behind Raymond like a little child.Around thirty people were waiting in front of Treasure Measure by now. The collectors came in twos or threes, and all ten numbers had since been taken.Before Raymond arrived, he had a brief look at the collectors' faces through the security cameras before walking over, and he was really relieved to see no familiar faces.Having traded Oskian antiques for years abroad, it was only natural that he was acquainted with some of the elite collectors in the country.He also knew that they were especially demanding with the quality of their collection and wanted almost flawless items. As such, the bronze sculpture which had been completely lost wouldn't interest them.Still, he was also a little concerned that amongst the elite collectors he knew, there might be some who were losing money and losing purchasing power in turn. If they happened to take an interest in the bronze sculpture on top of that,
Trippy grinned. "I mean, just look at my stall—ain't no way I'm getting any business here. Why not let me check out this item of yours? And see how interested they are? I'm really interested in learning and upping my game."Then, as if worried that Raymond would refuse, he quickly added, "Don't worry—I promise to stay in a corner and just watch."Still, Raymond could guess right then that someone must have sent Trippy to spy on him.It didn't matter whether it was Mick, Jacob, or Zachary either—they were all in this plot together, and one knowing meant all three knowing.Trippy was a gossiper in nature. If he was allowed to witness the whole process, everyone down Antique Street would definitely know before long.In fact, he could use someone like that right now, and Trippy had come straight to his doorstep.With that in mind, Raymond smiled, "Come join me if you're interested. It's not like there's anything to hide…"Pausing, he then warned Trippy, "But since you're going in my
After watching Mick's video, Jasmine's opinion of the man improved considerably.She was actually well aware that the decline of Vintage Deluxe was mostly due to Mick's incompetence.However, as Jasmine was now managing a billion-dollar company, she couldn't spare any time to ask many questions about Vintage Deluxe's performance. In her opinion, as long as Vintage Deluxe didn't lose too much money or ruin the reputation they had worked so hard to build, she wasn't interested in a regime change.It was the same mindset as Marianne Long, who begged her father to keep that lane full of food stalls in Hong Kong over sentiment.As such, seeing that Mick actually had some skill pleased her considerably.She couldn't resist checking out the comments of the video too.She saw that many were praising the manager of Vintage Deluxe for taking a tough stand against the scammer as well as how Vintage Deluxe's reputation was long-standing and without comparison.She soon noticed Jacob's comme
Soon, more collectors had gathered outside Treasure Measure even before Raymond showed up at Antique Street, with over ten of them gathered outside in no time at all.Since Raymond had only prepared ten slips, the rest left in disappointment seeing that they had no chance.Even so, the ten collectors who had gotten a number were nervous—save for the first man who had arrived.The details on the online sales post insisted that the price was fixed, and that first-come first-serve applies.If he bought the bronze sculpture, the other nine would have come all this way for nothing.However, if the seller decided to make it an auction, they would have a chance too, although their net profit would thin in turn. After all, they could have acquired the bronze sculpture for just 20 million, and that meant a solid 8 million in profit.An auction would at least raise the price to 27 million, and more would make it chicken feed.If they gave up at that point, it was a waste of a trip.If
Trippy naturally wasn't going to tell Mick everything word-for-word, so he said vaguely, "Uh, they were just being stubborn and refused to listen to anything I said. They kept saying that they wouldn't know until they saw the actual item."Mick got out of bed, staring at his phone as he mused to himself.This was getting a little ridiculous, was it not? A fool who was scammed, actually able to scam someone else? But if he really could sell it, wouldn't all their work be for nothing?With that in mind, he promptly called Zachary, who wasn't even up yet.Ever since he had started working for Don Albert, his daily routine was no longer the same as the days when he was a humble stall owner working on Antique Street, but a man of importance who slept late and woke up late.In the evening, he would be spending his time patrolling Don Albert's night entertainment properties as well as holding meetings with subordinates to decide on management policies and the like. That was why he wo
Seeing that Mick had a favor to ask, Trippy was naturally eager to seize the opportunity to get in his good graces."Don't worry, Mr. Crane!" He promptly replied. "Just leave it to me!"Returning to Treasure Measure, he went up to the first man who had come and said, "Hey, brother… Did you come to buy the bronze sculpture from Mr. Cole?"The man asked warily, "You know about the bronze sculpture?""Of course!" Trippy grinned. "I know all too well—it's actually famous here in Aurous Hill."Whipping out his phone, he played the short video that Mick had spent five grand promoting, saying, "Here—check this out!"Curious, the man took the phone and watched the video solemnly.The other latecomer soon hurried over as well and stared fixedly at the screen too.They watched as Bill entered a room with the bronze sculpture with Mick, the latter who checked it out and started commenting on it.The first man exclaimed in surprise, "Oh, it really is that bronze sculpture."The second ma