When Kazuo rushed into the room in the basement in a rage with a dagger in his hand, Finley’s hands were already tied up and he was hung up by the soldiers from Ten Thousand Armies.And Finley and Homer were still cursing at each other. They hated each other and at the same time, they did not forget to shift the blame onto the other person. When they saw Kazuo coming in after pushing the door open, both of them stopped cursing at once and trembled nervously. Homer was afraid that Kazuo would use the dagger to cut something off his body.On the other hand, Finley was afraid that he would have his ears cut off, just like Homer.As soon as Kazuo entered the door, he saw Finley hanging in the air.The expression on his face suddenly became very angry and ferocious. He strode forward and kicked Finley in the stomach as if he was a sandbag. At the same time, Kazuo also cursed angrily under his breath, “You b*stard! You tricked me into coming to the United States and nearly caused m
Kazuo was instantly very nervous.He knew of the Fox family’s strength very well and if the Fox family had really sent people to Japan, it would only be a matter of time before they linked this matter to the Iga ninjas.Perhaps, the Fox family’s intelligence officers would have already found out that it was the Iga ninjas even before their martial arts experts landed in Japan. Therefore, Kazuo also understood very well that the Iga family, who was already declining, was likely to be extremely vulnerable in front of the Fox family’s martial arts experts. And now, the Fox family would place the blame for Homer’s kidnapping and the cutting off of Homer’s ears entirely on the Iga ninjas. They would never go easy on them…The Iga ninjas might be exterminated because of this!As he thought of this, Kazuo was already panicking and he even wished to call his father immediately and tell him to hurry up and lead the Iga family into hiding so that they would not get wiped out by the Fox f
Kazuo did not expect that Charlie would have considered the safety of his own family in advance.At the moment when he heard that the Fox family had sent some people to Japan, he was already extremely nervous but he did not expect that Charlie would have already made all the necessary arrangements. After all, the martial arts experts from the Fox family were still on the flight and as long as Kazuo’s own family members could take off before the plane landed, they would be out of the martial arts experts’ reach, even if they were strong.This moment made Kazuo feel completely relieved and he hurriedly said with immense gratitude, “Thank you, Mr. Wade… Thank you very much!”Charlie smiled faintly and said, “Seize the time to contact your father and make sure that everyone gets on the plane within five hours. After they arrive in New York, Ten Thousand Armies will arrange for them to land in Long Beach and their safety will be protected as they rest and wait for my command.”Kazuo k
“Kazuo?!” Hanzo was suddenly very excited and he hurriedly asked, “Kazuo, where are you now? I saw the news and they all said that you kidnapped the eldest young master of the Fox family. What the hell is going on?!”Kazuo hurriedly said, “Father, it’s a long story at this point. We were tricked by that employer! He tricked us into coming to New York and he actually wanted us to kidnap Master Wade’s woman!”“What?!” Hanzo felt everything going dark before his eyes and he was trembling as he asked, “Master Wade… Was it the same Charlie Wade who was up on Mount Wintry in Eastcliff that day and shocked the entire Ten Thousand Armies with his own power?” Kazuo blurted out, “It’s him!”“Baka!” Hanzo cursed desperately, “You b*stard! All of Master Wade’s women were all present up on Mount Wintry that day. Didn’t you recognize them?! Hurry up and tell me! Did you offend Master Wade’s woman?!”Kazuo hurriedly said, “No, Father! How could I possibly dare to do anything to Master Wade’s wo
In the Iga ninja clan, both the ninjas and their family members had been enforcing military management for hundreds of years, with very strict management from top to bottom.Therefore, when Hanzo gave the order, the whole clan began their intensive preparations immediately. All the ninjas put down all of their affairs immediately and they rushed to school to pick up all the children who were attending school. Some of the elderly who were hospitalized due to illness were also picked up from the hospital by their families, as long as their lives were not in danger.All the female family members began packing their luggage quickly at home. Everyone followed Hanzo’s orders strictly and they only brought necessities and small valuables with them, leaving the rest at home, even if they knew that they might not be able to return here in their lifetime. They were not allowed to bring a large amount of luggage. Originally, a five-hour evacuation time was scheduled but the entire Iga ninja
Spencer said coldly, “Make sure to control the head of the Iga ninjas as well as the other key people! Cut off all their ears for me first when the time comes!”The person in charge said without hesitation, “Don’t worry, Master! We’ll definitely complete the task!”However, the person in charge never would have dreamt that Porter had already disclosed an anonymous message to the Japan Homeland Security Department a few hours ago that an overseas force of over a hundred people would infiltrate Iga City that night to create a terrorist attack.According to the original workflow of the Japanese Homeland Security Department, they would have to analyze the reliability of the information first in a systematic manner, and confirm that the credibility of the information was high enough before they would make advance deployment based on the information intelligence. However, the mysterious person who had revealed this information to them only said one thing that put the entire Homeland Sec
Most of the experts sent by the Fox family were martial arts experts from all over the world.In addition to Oskian martial arts experts, there were many experts who had studied martial arts from other countries.In the field of international martial arts, there was Korea’s taekwondo, Japanese karate and ninjutsu, Thai boxing, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, as well as Western boxing and actual combat from Europe and the United States. All of these had their own place and they were all very popular martial arts directions.However, most of these martial arts from other countries did not have a complete internal strength method and most of them simply found a little internal strength by accident.And many Oskian martial arts schools had gradually lost their internal strength methods. So, there was no real big gap between their actual combat ability with that of other martial arts. At this stage, there were also many other martial arts experts from other countries who could raise their own st
However, this was also why the Japanese Homeland Security Department had been condemned wildly by the domestic public.The department could only suppress its anger, and they had always been trying to find an opportunity to turn things around. However, Japan was currently peaceful inside and out, and there was no stage for them to play.The Ito family had become the number one family in the country with an absolute advantage, and several major ninja forces were also attached and dependent on the Ito family. As a result, the internal fighting between the big families and the ninja forces had also stopped completely. And ever since Rosalie’s escape, no powers abroad have chosen to focus on Japan and the entire Homeland Security Department was suddenly placed on the pillar of shame.So, the mysterious tip-off this time became the key to the entire Homeland Security Department to turn things around!***Iga City was in itself a very small city. Even though it was called a city, it wa
Pausing, Charlie then said, "I'll call Steve to drop by later too. I'm sure folks in Aurous Hill won't know him, but your potential troublemaker might.""I-Is that really fine?" Yolden blurted."What's not fine about it?" Charlie chuckled. "He has been treated like a tool ever since he came to Aurous Hill, and now that he has a chance to strut about, he wouldn't ask for more."Yolden appeared slightly relieved at that, and Charlie asked, "By the way, where's Paul, Matilda, and Autumn?""Getting their makeup done," Yolden replied. "Paul's my best man while Autumn's the maid of honor.""Good," Charlie nodded with a grin. "Don't worry—the wedding's going to be a success."As they spoke, Matilda stepped out of the dressing room in a stark-white wedding dress, flanked by Autumn and Paul.Seeing Charlie, Autumn nodded politely, "Good morning, Mr. Wade."As Charlie nodded in turn, Paul started, "G-Good morning… Mr. Wade…"Seeing that he was nervous and tentative, Charlie knew that he
As Yolden and Matilda were remarrying after living abroad for years, the wedding ceremony was much simpler, skipping Oskian customs and having a simple wedding reception for their guests at the hotel hall.There weren't that many guests either—aside from their children and close friends, only a handful of Yolden's colleagues at Aurous Hill University were invited.As the celebrant, Charlie didn't have much to do and was mainly the emcee.He brought along his jacket as he headed out to Shangri-La, not wearing it immediately so that Claire wouldn't guess that he was attending Matilda's wedding.Arriving at the Hanging Gardens before the guests were supposed to arrive, he found Yolden working with the staff to finalize the preparations.Seeing Charlie, Yolden approached him and said, "Thanks for coming this early, Charlie."Noticing that he was a little tired, Charlie asked in concern, "Had a bad night?"Yolden nodded, sighing, "Paul's uncle caused a huge mess. Both Matilda and I a
Tarlon nodded. "How do you suggest we find them?"Fleur scowled. "There's no rush. There are things which I'm still confused about, so just keep a close eye on the Ackers and the Wades for the time being. Report to me right away if anything important comes up—don't afford our enemies any opportunities to exploit.""Yes, milady!" -The next day, more news outlets were covering the joint project between the Ackers and the Wades as word continued to spread.However, neither family revealed too many details, be it the name of the company, who was the CEO, or the scale of their business.While the public was dying with curiosity, nothing else was known.Still, Aurous Hill's officials were especially interested, with the town hall visiting the Ackers the next day and showing utmost sincerity by leasing a whopping 2-million-square-meter land along the southern highway. Still, the condition was for the Ackers to come true on their promise to propel the city's economy to 15 billion US d
Fleur had repeatedly mentioned the conspiracy theory of Ashley using a body double over the last twenty years.Tarlon had investigated from many different angles, but everything from the gender, age, dental records, to body figure pointed to the fact that the deceased was Ashley Acker.And yet, Fleur had never bought it, insisting that Curtis was prepared for them just because Curtis' son had gone missing soon after.There was no way Curtis would save his son but not his wife, and the disfigured corpse only added fuel to Fleur's suspicion.Thus, over the last twenty years, Fleur had kept a close eye on the Ackers, arranging for two 'scholars' to be embedded amongst their ranks as sleeper agents. She went that far all to determine if Ashley was dead or had faked her death.However, the scholars had since been killed in action, and they had no spies within the Ackers left.As for Tarlon, he still doubted Fleur's theory even now, but he remained respectful as he spoke, "Milady, I mu
Meanwhile, on the edge of the South Pole, Tarlon Griffin rushed outside of Fleur Griffin's room, knocking the door gingerly as he announced, "I have news, my lady!"Fleur didn't respond, but the thick wooden door between them slowly opened as if pushed by an invisible force.Tarlon entered to find Fleur seated on the floor with her legs crossed at the ankles. Her eyes remained closed as she molded her Reiki, asking, "What is it?"Tarlon quickly answered, "News from Oskia. The Ackers are partnering with the Wades on a joint venture into electric-powered vehicles."Fleur slowly opened her eyes, asking quietly, "And you're telling me because?"Tarlon quickly explained, "It just came out of the blue, so I thought I should report it to you right away."Fleur sighed. "After I tried and failed to wipe out the Ackers so many times, they wouldn't dare set foot stateside. If anything, they must have decided to seek asylum in Oskia by offering a substantial investment, and it's a base whe
Silent for a while, Matilda then asked Yolden, "Do you think I can do it?""Yes!" Yolden nodded without hesitation. "You definitely won't have any problems!"Matilda sighed, shaking her head. "We traveled far abroad to study while we were young, but we didn't return to Oskia to help the country's development. It's been thirty years since, and now that we have returned to the country at the same time, I definitely wouldn't turn down such an opportunity to help."Pausing, she then said, "That said, major corporations make it a point to not hire family members. Forget spouses—employees aren't allowed to date, and one of the two will be asked to resign if necessary."Don't you think it's inappropriate since we are legally married, having gotten our certificate and all? And if we set these precedents, we would have trouble asking other employees to follow that policy. You are going to be a CEO, so you need a very clear answer on this issue."Yolden shrugged. "In the first place, that p
Yolden nodded slightly. "He does.""My gosh…" Matilda murmured. "That's too much… Ashley's son? A member of the Acker family and the Wades?!"Pausing, she then asked in confusion, "Wait, if Charlie has so much power and influence, why would he permanently reside in Aurous Hill… No, why would he be content as Jacob Wilson's son-in-law? Does Jacob know who he really is?""Definitely not," Yolden shook his head. "There were some compelling circumstances, and his identity is a sensitive one. That's why I'm asking you to tell no one except Paul—and even then, you should only tell him if he can keep the secret."Matilda was sharp enough to pick up on the reasoning, too. "Charlie's hiding because of his parents' accident, isn't he?""Yes," Yolden sighed. "He has his plans, but I didn't pry since I can only do that much, let alone help him on that.""Got it," Matilda nodded repeatedly. "Don't worry. My lips are sealed… And you just said you're resigning? Are you going to help with this e
"That would be Ashley Layna Acker," Matilda replied without hesitation. "She was our age, as well as a major investor in Silicon Valley, while we were only starting to get our first clients. It's no exaggeration to say that she's the shining example in many case studies when it comes to business."Pausing, she then continued, "And she used to be your classmate, right? I remember you mentioning that in our conversations before.""Yes," Yolden sighed emotionally. "She was a classmate and the star of our generation."Matilda nodded but soon shook her head, "Wait, weren't we talking about Charlie's car company? What does that have to do with Ashley Acker?" "Here's where I let you in on a secret," Yolden said. "But first, you have to promise me that you won't tell anyone except Paul."Matilda nodded without hesitation. "Don't worry—if it's a secret, I won't tell Paul either."Yolden scratched his head. "Actually, Paul should know. We are going to marry soon, and he's my stepson, lega
In fact, the legal department of major enterprises covered many responsibilities, the chief of which concerned intellectual property, which was why veterans were needed to lead.Additionally, Charlie trusted Matilda's accomplishments in the legal field, especially since she had worked in the United States for years.With Curtis Autos' intended expansion worldwide, that meant the legal department should also know the laws of countries abroad, ready to file or respond to lawsuits at any time. After all, competitors may use the law to impede their growth, along with the government applying unfair policies to impede their development and impact on local businesses.Moreover, Charlie considered Paul young and therefore lacking in experience, not to mention that it was not likely he would abandon his family's law firm. As such, the ideal solution was to poach Matilda for now.As for Matilda, she was still in the dark and had no idea what she was in for, asking Charlie in confusion, "Lega