At noon, in the mountainous area in Nishitama District.The weather in Tokyo was excellent today.The sky was clear, and the warm sun rose high in the sky, spreading warmth and brightness over the whole earth.The visibility was extremely good in such weather. Therefore, it was especially suitable to conduct a search and rescue.The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department searched all night, but they could not find any traces related to Jasmine at all. This made the entire Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department feel very hopeless and desperate.The search range was centered around the location of the accident. First, it was extended to a five-kilometer radius before being extended to a ten-kilometer radius, but there were no results at all.Therefore, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department decided to expand the search radius to twenty kilometers instead. If they could not find her within the twenty-kilometer radius, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department could only announce that J
Lord Moore trembled. “Mr. Wade, I beg of you. Please take some time off your schedule and take a trip to Japan. I’m afraid that you are the only one in this whole world who stands a chance to save her…”Charlie had not informed the Moore family that he had gone to Japan.Therefore, Lord Moore thought that Charlie was still in Aurous Hill.However, since Lord Moore had voiced this out, he too did not want to hide it from him anymore. Thus, he replied, “Lord Moore, honestly, I am currently in Tokyo. I will do my best for Jasmine.”Lord Moore was surprised, and he asked in excitement, “Mr. Wade, you… you’re in Tokyo?! When did you go?!”Charlie replied truthfully, “Last night, I heard that Jasmine was in trouble. So, I immediately asked Isaac from Shangri-La to arrange a plane and flew over to Tokyo as soon as I could.”Lord Moore was visibly relieved, and he said gratefully, “Mr. Wade, to have a friend like you, Jasmine is indeed very fortunate! You’re someone with great mystical
As soon as he heard that Charlie was in Tokyo, Reuben’s body immediately quivered in fear.He never expected that Charlie would be in Tokyo!He knew that Jasmine and his grandfather could also be easily taken care of, but Charlie on the other hand… he was not someone simple that could be easily taken out!Therefore, as soon as he heard this news, his entire person was momentarily stunned from the shock.Lord Moore, who was on the other end of the call, asked Reuben in surprise, “Reuben, what’s the matter with you? Why such a big reaction? What’s the problem?”Reuben, who had just regained his composure, suppressed the tension and anxiousness in his heart and replied, “Grandfather, why did Mr. Wade come? I find it hard to believe. Did he come after hearing what had happened to Jasmine?”Lord Moore hummed and replied, “Mr. Wade is a very loyal person, and Jasmine has always been on good terms with him. Now that something has happened to her, Mr. Wade rushed to Tokyo as soon as he c
‘If it weren’t for you meddling with stuff, that old fart wouldn’t be able to reverse the situation and allow Jasmine to become the head of the Moore family! In that case, I wouldn’t have had the intentions to kill her!’As he thought about this, Reuben’s eyes were filled with resentment and hatred. He then whispered to himself coldly, “Charlie, you’d better not cause me any trouble with Jasmine's case. Otherwise, I don’t care whatever your status is, Master Wade or sh*t! I will definitely find a way to kill you!”After saying that, Reuben was able to calm down a little, take his phone out, and make a phone call to Charlie.As soon as the call connected, Reuben heard Charlie’s voice from the other end of the call saying, “Hello.”He replied hurriedly, “Mr. Wade? It’s me, Reuben.”Charlie spoke, “Oh, it’s you, Mr. Reuben.”Reuben hurriedly said, “Mr. Wade, you can just call me Reuben. Grandfather called me a while ago telling me that you came all the way to Tokyo because of Jasmin
When Nanako heard Charlie’s request for a grand team, she immediately smiled and said, “Charlie-kun, is the chauffeur team not grand enough? Why don’t I just send a few helicopters over!”Charlie smiled a little and replied, “This person is currently staying at the Aman Hotel in Tokyo. To arrange for helicopters in the city center… Isn’t it inappropriate?”Nanako smiled and said seriously, “Charlie-kun, this is just a small matter. To the Ito family, there is no such thing as ‘inappropriate’. If you wish for it, I, Nanako, will make sure to handle it well. Nanako won’t disappoint you!”Charlie thought for a moment and then nodded in agreement. He laughed, “Then, I shall have to trouble Nanako for this. I only have one goal, which is to completely shock him.”Nanako smiled and replied, “Charlie-kun can rest assured. I will give him a vivid lesson of reality!”***Aman Hotel.Reuben asked his beautiful personal female assistant to put on a few bandages on his hands.This girl was
The woman on the phone call said calmly, “In that case, I would like to invite Mr. Reuben to proceed to the rooftop now.”“The rooftop?”Reuben frowned. “What do you want me to do on the rooftop?”The woman replied, “The helicopter is waiting on the rooftop.”“Helicopter?” Reuben’s expression was a little surprised but also a little disgusted.He thought to himself, ‘This Charlie and his friends are indeed truly dull. Why are they piloting a helicopter in the middle of the city? Is it just because they have a little bit of money and don’t know where to spend it? Just because they rented a helicopter, they think that they are amazing? This bit is really too low, isn’t it?’Thinking of this, he smiled contemptuously and then replied very politely, “Alright, please wait a while, and I will make my way to the rooftop shortly.”“Alright. I will be waiting for Mr. Reuben on the rooftop.”After hanging up the call, Reuben immediately laughed contemptuously. “Hmph, Charlie is really in
In Reuben’s opinion, the Ito family’s status was indeed very high. It was, after all, the top family in Japan that had just survived the tragic fatal feud between the three big families in Tokyo. For that alone, the future prospects of the Ito family were beyond the limit.Therefore, Reuben refused to believe that Charlie had anything to do with the Ito family. He assumed that Charlie or his friends must have spent money to rent a helicopter under the aviation company of the Ito family.Hence, he took his assistant and stepped in front of the helipad.There was a beautiful woman in a blue flight attendant uniform standing by the helicopter. When she saw them approach, she looked at Reuben and said with great respect, “You must be Mr. Moore, right?”Reuben nodded and said with a bit of arrogance, “Yes, that’s me. Are you the ones responsible for picking me up?”The woman smiled politely and said, “Yes, Mr. Moore. Mr. Wade and our Young Miss are waiting for you at home now. Please b
At this moment, the helicopter engine slowly started and then accelerated continuously, and soon, it began to slowly take off.Reuben thought, ‘Well, I might as well take this chance to see what the view of Tokyo is like from the sky.’As he was thinking of this, he heard the woman’s voice in his headset as she said, “No. 2 and No. 3, take off. No. 4 and No. 5, start your engines. No. 6 and No. 7, start preparing!”Puzzled, Reuben thought to himself, ‘What the hell? What’s with No. 2, 3, 4, and 5? What is she talking about?’As he was in puzzlement, his assistant who was sitting next to him pointed to the roofs of two other buildings on both sides of the window and said in surprise, “Mr. Moore, two helicopters are flying on the roofs of those two buildings, and they are exactly the same as the one we’re sitting on!”Reuben turned to look, and it was true!There were two identical helicopters on the left and right sides taking off simultaneously and synchronously.Those two helic
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
Charlie shook his head. "It's alright, Dad. You can go ahead if you're busy—I can pick up Claire on my own.""No way!" Elaine promptly snapped. "It's been so long since she came back. We are all going to the airport!"Jacob sighed in exasperation. "Well, I'm sticking to my schedule—first the Calligraphy and Painting Association, then I'll be back an hour before to pick you guys up before going together to the airport."Elaine was left fuming. "Is there no getting through to you? You really have to go to that stupid association, don't you? Okay, fine. If you must go, I will be going with you!""You're their honored vice president who will be promoted to president soon, no? As Mrs. Vice President and the future Mrs. President, is there an issue if I went for a look?"Jacob shuddered at the thought of Elaine going to the Calligraphy and Painting Association as he absolutely didn't want her to humiliate him with her antics. People would talk, asking how a proper gentleman like him c
Jacob yawned, stretching his arms and smacking his cheeks, before finally retorting in contempt, "For Pete's sake, woman—don't make dissing me a habit. Or does it please you so much?"Elaine pursed her lips. "You call that dissing? It's all facts—do you think I don't know you? Tell me, what qualifications do you have? Your knowledge about calligraphy is skin-deep, and even the frauds working on Antique Street could beat you.""Only you would have the audacity to take the role of vice president at the Calligraphy and Painting Association—heaven's above, how blind is the president to appoint you as his second fiddle? Still, you'll be packing your things as soon as he realizes the truth.""Oh, Elaine, poor Elaine…" Jacob grinned smugly at her right then. "I'm afraid things won't go the way you want. Mr. Bay's been chasing a promotion lately, and once he gets it, I will take his place as president. That means I'll be the top dog instead of second fiddle!""Bullshit!" Elaine snapped in