Charlie, who had decided to take Hugo along with him, immediately thought of what to say next as well as the two possible scenarios that might arise for him. Firstly, he planned to make a request to Hugo so that he could become a seaman with him. If Hugo refused, he would arrange for the soldiers from Ten Thousand Armies to tail Hugo all the way to his destination after he had gotten off the plane and uncover the other party’s lair.If Hugo agreed, he would then see if Martha’s contact person would agree to take him in. If the contact person agreed, he would then be able to follow Hugo smoothly and enter the other party’s lair successfully. However, if the other party refused, his first option would then be to use Hugo as bait and tail him in secret.So, he pretended to be impulsive as he said to Hugo, “I have nothing to do in Mexico anyway, so why don’t you introduce me to your contact person as well? I’ll go and work as a seaman with you.”Hugo also felt that Charlie was a you
When the young man saw Hugo, he cautiously took out his cell phone from his pocket, opened a photo, and checked it thoroughly. After making sure that it was Hugo, he then realized that another Oskian man was accompanying him. So, the young man pointed at Charlie and asked warily, “Who is this person? Is he with you?”Hugo said with a smile, “This young man is called Charlie Wade, and he is a compatriot whom I met on the plane. Our seats were next to each other. He is running away because he owes some money back in Oskia. He also does not know what to do in Mexico. He wanted to try it out when he heard that I came to work as a seaman. I just do not know if we are still recruiting people here.”Charlie, who was aside, hurriedly said, “I can bear hardships, and I can handle all the hard and tiring work.”The young man could not help but frown before he spoke up, “Wait a moment. I’ll call the leader and ask about it first.”Having said that, he took out his cell phone and walked a long
The young man finally heaved a sigh of relief. After hanging up the phone cheerfully, he turned around and walked toward Charlie and Hugo.The young man did not know that Charlie had heard his whole conversation over the phone with his superior just now.On one hand, Charlie marveled at this organization’s vigilance, yet on the other hand, he could not help but sigh because such vigilance and a well-thought-out plan seemed meaningless in the face of absolute power. Although they were cautious, from now on, they would not be able to escape the fate of getting wiped out no matter how smart and cautious they were. The young man did not know that a great calamity was approaching. He thought that Hugo had brought a free gift along with him, so he returned to the two men with a smile and said to Charlie, “You’re really lucky. We are usually very strict when it comes to recruiting people. You not only need to submit materials in advance, but you also have to go through strict medical ex
The reason why he had asked Charlie and Hugo to call home was because his car was equipped with signal shielding equipment. Once the car left the city, he would turn on the signal shielding equipment to prevent the signal base station from recording the trajectory of the two cell phones. As all cell phone communication depended on the ground base stations and a large number of ground base stations overlapped each other, forming a communication range with basically no dead-end communication range in the city, the cell phone would automatically adapt to the one with the strongest and best signal among multiple base stations before establishing a connection with it.When the cell phone continued to move across regions, the cell phone would then search for the base station with the best signal along the way and switch between multiple base stations. This way, the base station would also record the information accessed by this device. If one wanted to use a cell phone to track a person
Charlie was very surprised when he saw the text on Hugo’s cell phone.He did not expect that Hugo would be able to see through the problem so quickly.So, he took the cell phone while secretly typing on it as he said with a smile, “Oh, Hugo! Your son doesn’t look like you at all. He’s much more handsome compared to you!”As he spoke, he typed a sentence on the cell phone: [What’s the problem?]After that, he handed the cell phone back to Hugo.Hugo took the cell phone back from Charlie and said with a smile, “My son looks like his mother. My wife is really beautiful. Wait a minute, I’ll find and show you a picture of my wife when she was young!” Having said that, he typed on his cell phone and muttered, “Oh, there are too many photos on my cell phone. I have about twenty to thirty thousand photos in here. It’s really difficult for me to find the picture.” After a while, he handed the cell phone to Charlie and said, “Here, take a look. This is a photo of us when we got married.
They could only fight to the death if they wanted to escape this situation now.However, there was a high probability that they would die if they were to fight to the death.After all, their opponent was well-prepared and was even carrying a pistol on his body. If he were to shoot them as long as there was any disagreement, both he and Charlie would definitely be abandoned in the wilderness. After all, Hugo had stayed in the United States for so many years, so he had a relatively good understanding of the situation in Mexico.This place was full of armed criminal organizations, and the number of armed criminals might even exceed the number of police officers and soldiers in the army combined. In this place, it was easier for criminal organizations to kill people than to steal bicycles on the street. Not to mention ordinary people, but even the wealthy folk, politicians, and high-ranking officials in Mexico were also often kidnapped and assassinated every now and then. To the Mex
The pickup truck they were in did not head to the port city of Ensenada as promised.That place was just a cover to fool people.Instead, the pickup truck drove to the edge of a coastal fishing village that was located northwest of Ensenada. They were still more than ten or twenty kilometers away from Ensenada.Before the pickup truck drove into the fishing village, the driver kept looking in the rearview mirror, and he also looked left and right out of fear that someone would be tailing him. So, he slowed down deliberately to see if the cars behind him would slow down with him.Soon, he found that as his speed slowed down, the cars behind him caught up to him one after the other, and none of these cars slowed down just because he had slowed down.According to his superficial anti-tracking common sense, he was basically sure that there was no one or any vehicles following them.Only then did he put his mind at ease and turn the pickup truck into the fishing village.However, l
When Charlie saw the Mexican driving the pickup truck into the dilapidated fishing village, he pretended to be curious and asked the young man in the passenger seat, “Hey buddy, aren’t we going to Ensenada? Why are we driving into this dilapidated fishing village?”The young man casually replied, “Our car is almost out of fuel. There is smuggled fuel in this fishing village that is sold at a cheap price. We will refuel the car here and continue driving afterward. We are not far from Ensenada, only more than ten kilometers away. It will only take us twenty minutes to get there after refueling.”Having said that, he stretched his body lazily and said casually, “Oh, I played cards with a few Mexicans until after three o’clock in the morning. I’m so f*cking sleepy! I can finally sleep well after picking you up!”Having said that, the pickup truck drove into a small courtyard. Charlie looked at Hugo, who was aside. When he saw that Hugo seemed to be getting more and more flustered, he
Ares LLP was the biggest law firm in the States, and only the best of the best were recruited as associates.If Jimmy got to pick ten of their partners, he was basically taking a huge chunk out of their human resources.Moreover, the partners' salaries would be very expensive. With Jimmy included, eleven of them meant over a hundred million US dollars at minimum. Ares would definitely be maimed if they had to pay that much money while losing ten of their elites! Naturally, Jimmy didn't feel confident about achieving that, and he asked Charlie, "Mr. Wade… Don't you think it's too much? Would Nate even agree to that?"Charlie shrugged. "Of course he won't agree if you're the one asking, but he would definitely say yes if it were Julien."Julien almost rolled his eyes.The man was truly ruthless, ready to inflict so much damage at the drop of a hat.Worst of all, he was going to play the villain for Charlie.Still, he said confidently, "Don't worry, Mr. Wade! I will pressure him
However, Jimmy realized something important even as he sighed in relief. "Wait, Mr. Wade… I know I should settle things in the family Stateside, but won't I be arrested upon arrival?""That's Julien's department," Charlie chuckled and turned toward the man. "Tell your butler not to send the evidence to the feds. If it has reached them already, ask to have it back and tell the feds they saw nothing."Julien promptly nodded. "I'll text him right now. You have nothing to worry about, Mr. Wade."Jimmy remained worried. "But sir, I think Nate's not going to let this slide. The man is cunning—he deliberately dug a pit so we'd fall into it, and he gathered all the dirt he could on us to be used as leverage when necessary."Charlie shook his head. "That's no big deal. Julien can make sure that you're fine even if the feds get the evidence."Julien nodded nearby. "Don't worry, Mr. Wade. The decision remains in your hands, either way. Just say the word, and it's 25 to life… otherwise, not e
The fact that Jimmy was a partner in Ares LLP already meant he had skill, while Matilda had herself been retired for years and definitely had lost her touch a little. So, having someone like Jimmy who had stayed on the frontlines all this while would definitely be no issue.And in turn, it was a good thing for Jimmy as it was better than the kennels either way.Charlie then asked Jimmy pointedly, "You say you're interested, but are you sincere about it?"Jimmy nodded without hesitation. "Yes, absolutely!""No regrets? We're talking about ten years here.""None, absolutely none!""Do you know what to say if anyone asks?""Yes, of course! I chose to further my career here in Oskia, and it was absolutely voluntary! That's what I'd say even if my family asked!"Charlie nodded. "Good. Then, you will have two weeks. Go home and set your affairs in order and report in for work afterward.""No problem!" Jimmy nodded repeatedly, actually surprised and grateful that Charlie would let hi
And yet, Julien was suddenly clapping his hands, and exclaiming excitedly, "Yes, right! We should get his wife and son over too for a happy reunion!"He then paused and quickly corrected himself, "Wait, no! I mean, they should each be caged with one empty cage separating each of their cages. They can see each other and talk, but there will be no touching. How dare he flex on me—I gotta teach him a lesson to remember!"Jimmy dropped limply on his rump, and Matilda beckoned for Paul to help him up while turning toward Julien as she pursed her lips. "Please, Mr. Rothschild… Even if you don't accept his apology, don't bring his family into this. It's against Oskian tradition—you'd insult your family's name!"Julien shrugged, not hesitating to retort, "What do your traditions have to do with me? If I mean to hurt him, forget his family—I'll drag his dogs over too!"Seeing that Julien was so furious, Charlie decided to stop him, or he might actually go through with it."That's enough, J
Holding up a thumb at Charlie, Julien exclaimed in approval, "You're right, my friend! That's far more exciting than having him jailed!"Just hearing that he would be sent to a kennel, Jimmy knew nothing would come of it—even if he didn't know the details, it was so obvious that Julien was thrilled by the very idea!Turning nervously toward Charlie, he was sobbing as he asked, "Mr. Wade…? What's this about a kennel…?"Julien chuckled coolly even before Charlie said a word. "A kennel is where you keep dogs, of course. Though there are literal dogs and metaphorical dogs, and you are the latter."Oh, don't worry. It's a really nice place where you get your own cage, and you'll be fed every day. You don't even have to work, so just sit tight and keep eating until the day you die."Jimmy's soul left his body in that instant.He was going to be locked in a cage?! That was way worse than being locked up and sent to jail! Where was the humanity around here?!Even as the thought struck h
Matilda was actually caught off guard by Jimmy's pleas, and even Paul found it hard to watch.Turning to Charlie, he said, "Please, Mr. Wade—my uncle can be a little despicable, but he is my father's brother. Please, let him have a chance to turn over a new leaf, seeing that he's earnestly repenting."While Paul spoke with Charlie, Jimmy was still confused and wondered why Paul would plead his case with Charlie instead of Julien. If there was anyone Paul should ask, it was Yolden since he was Julien's friend. So, why would he ask some young man instead of Yolden?That was when Charlie asked in curiosity, "You want to let him off? After he tried to take away your parents' legacy?"Paul smiled awkwardly. "I mean, I know the guy. He made sure to travel all this way to make a scene because he had nothing legal that could help him claim Smith Group Corporate Law from us. Otherwise, he'd have already filed the lawsuit in the States. Sure, it's a dirty move, but that's basically a des
As Julien finished, he realized something was wrong and turned toward Charlie before he knew it.Charlie held his gaze in turn, his expression quizzical and amused.Julien cleared his throat right then. "See, there are people who can order me around, but they have my utmost respect. However, a third-rate lawyer like you? Who do you think you are?"That was when Julien's butler called, and he reported respectfully as soon as the call was answered, "Sir, I've spoken with Nate Ellis, the owner of Ares LLC. He has since agreed to fire Jimmy Smith right away as well as disbar him nationwide."Julien asked, "Good. Anything else?""Well, Mr. Ellis also delivered some documents that can be used as evidence against Jimmy Smith, which he claims is enough for a lifetime sentence. If you deem it necessary, we can have it sent to the FBI.""Yes, let's go with that!" Julien replied, his tone satisfied. "And ask the director to handle it personally—I want this prick to never set foot stateside
Jimmy was sweating profusely in fear, but he argued back before he knew it, "That's impossible! Everything you say is bullshit! Gaiman simply thought he had a fair chance of winning and didn't want to pay Ares that much, and I have no idea who he partnered with, and I'm certainly not involved. Don't you try to slander me!"Nate chuckled. "Come on, Jimmy. We're all adults here, so there are things we shouldn't have to be so direct about. Mills Gaiman and your old classmate met in private many times, not to mention the private conferences you three had in secret, discussing your overall strategy and decisive points. Just so you know, Gaiman recorded every conversation, and I have the tapes with me."Jimmy's heart was left pounding as he blurted, "B-Bullshit! That's impossible!""Grow up, Jimmy," Mr.Goodman chuckled. "Every partner in every law firm always strives to rise higher, so I'm going to need as much leverage as I can. Otherwise, I'm not about to let them advance any further, e
Although the ringtone and vibration frequency were the ones Jimmy always used, this call somehow felt more urgent, leaving him exceedingly uneasy.When it abruptly stopped and left a missed call on his log, Nate Ellis soon sent a text: [Answer your damn phone this instant!]Just seeing the text left Jimmy feeling like his throat had gone dry, and as he gulped, it felt like his throat was being ripped, leaving him hurting.Still, he couldn't care less as his boss called again.Having seen the text, Jimmy didn't hesitate this time and promptly answered, watching Julien's smug face as he started tentatively, "Y-Yes, boss...?"Nate immediately yelled at him hysterically, "What the hell did you do?! Why did the Rothschilds call to complain about you?! And the complaint was from their heir apparent, at that! I worked hard for them and always toed the line for years, and I still haven't gotten a chance to meet the man, so how the fuck did you upset him?!"Jimmy's heart sank to rock bott