Isaac hurriedly said, “Albert, why don’t I treat you to a meal tonight? Let’s have a drink together!”Albert said, “I’m afraid that I won’t be able to leave for the moment. I am responsible for all the logistics here, so theoretically, I have to be on standby here twenty-four hours a day!”After saying that, Albert added, “Why don’t we do this? Let’s find a chance to have a drink together at Champs Elys Resort after lessons officially begin. We will definitely have some free time after classes.”Isaac said with a smile, “Okay! It’s settled, then!”***Meanwhile, Charlie was driving back to Aurous Hill city. Allowing Caden to stay in Aurous Hill to train martial arts experts for him had far-reaching significance to Charlie. Charlie himself had never cultivated or practiced martial arts, so apart from providing pills and mental cultivation methods, he had no other ways to truly enhance the other party’s strength and understanding of martial arts from its essence. Ever since he
Charlie called Aurora first after making up his mind. He hadn’t seen Aurora in a while now. The last time he had seen her was when she had delivered medicinal herbs to him on her father’s behalf.Charlie felt a little ashamed when he thought of how he had promised her that he would make time to supervise her training but could not do so because he had been too busy.The call was quickly connected after he called Aurora’s number. Aurora asked in surprise, “Master Wade, why do you have time to call me?”Charlie smiled and said, “I’m calling you because I have some good news to tell you.”Aurora asked happily, “What is it? Could it be that you’re coming to my house to supervise and guide me in my training? You’ve promised me for a long time…”Charlie said with a smile, “It’s also related to that in a way. I recently invited a martial arts expert to run a martial arts training class in Aurous Hill to provide systematic martial arts training from scratch. It’s a rare opportunity, so yo
“Okay, Master Wade!”***After ending the call with Aurora, Charlie called Nanako. Nanako was embroidering at home. When she received Charlie’s call, she said happily, “Charlie-kun, what are you busy with now?”Charlie smiled and said, “I’m driving, and I’m on the way back to the city. There’s something I would like to tell you in person. Are you at home now?”Nanako said happily, “Yes! Charlie-kun, you can come over anytime you want.”Charlie said, “Okay, I’ll be there in about twenty minutes.”Nanako quickly put down the embroidery in her hands and said with a smile, “I’ll get ready now and boil some tea first so that we can enjoy some tea together when you come later, Charlie-kun.”Charlie hurriedly said, “You don’t need to trouble yourself. I just want to tell you something in person, and I’ll have to leave after I’m done talking to you.”Nanako said with a smile, “You can enjoy a cup of tea while you speak.”After saying that, Nanako did not wait for Charlie to express hi
Nanako knew that her father had always wished for a development in her relationship with Charlie, so she was not surprised at all when her father teased her. She did not feel very shy either. Instead, she puffed and complained, “Otou-san, I will book a hotel room for you now if you want to stay in a hotel. You can even stay in the hotel until we return to Japan! If that’s not enough for you, I can buy a hotel for you to stay in, Otou-san.”Yahiko chuckled and said, “Nanako, I was just kidding, please don’t mind me…”With that said, he quickly added, “Oh, I’m about to start playing golf, so you should entertain Mr. Wade first. We won’t go back and disturb you for the time being!”Nanako did not say much when she saw that her father had already stopped teasing her. After saying goodbye to her father, she hurried out and prepared to meet Charlie in the basement. She pressed the down button in the elevator, and the elevator door quickly opened after coming down from the top floor. N
“Okay!”When Nanako looked at Marianne’s back as she left, she felt that Marianne seemed to be acting a little strangely, but she could not tell why. She felt that Marianne seemed to be a little afraid of her as her expression seemed to be off as soon as she saw her. Nanako even felt that Marianne seemed to feel a little relieved when she got out of the elevator. Nanako wondered, ‘Am I that scary?’The elevator arrived at the underground parking lot with that thought in Nanako’s mind.Charlie drove into the underground parking lot after Nanako had waited for about five minutes. Nanako quickly stood aside expectantly. She came forward immediately after Charlie parked the car. After Charlie got out of the car, she waved at him eagerly and then bowed slightly as she said, “Charlie-kun, it must have been a tiring journey!” Charlie was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, “It was not tiring at all. How long have you been waiting here?”Nanako hurriedly said, “I just came do
“Martial arts?” Nanako asked in surprise, “Charlie-kun, are you talking about Oskian martial arts?”Charlie nodded and said, “That’s right. Oskian martial arts uses essential qi to open up the eight extraordinary meridians.”Nanako was dumbfounded and asked, “Can I?”After saying that, she said in a low voice, “After all, I’m not an Oskian, Charlie-kun…”Charlie waved his hand, looked at Nanako, and said seriously, “Oskian martial arts have already taken root all over the world. Many sects overseas have recruited foreign disciples, and there are also many foreign members in Ten Thousand Armies, so you have nothing to worry about. If you are interested, I can arrange for you to participate in the training.”Nanako hurriedly asked, “What kind of training is it? Will you be training me personally, Charlie-kun?”Charlie shook his head and said with a smile, “I don’t have that ability. A former leader of a martial arts sect from North America will be conducting the training. This trai
Charlie raised his brows and asked, “Porter, when did you arrive?”Porter said respectfully, “I just arrived not long ago. I quietly disembarked from the cargo ship when it was passing through the Suez Canal and changed my identity three times before I came here. After getting off the plane, I rented a car, and I’m on my way into the city now.”Charlie asked him, “Where are the others?”Porter replied, “Mr. Wade, according to your instructions, aside from me, all those involved in the plan to overthrow the base in Cyprus will not reach land in the next three to six months. They will be drifting on the ocean in the cargo ship and will only return to Syria after this matter has died down.”After saying that, Porter added, “By the way, Mr. Wade, I received some information while I was at sea these days, and I would like to report it to you in person.”Charlie smiled with satisfaction and said, “Okay. You should go to Shangri-La to look for Mr. Cameron first. I will come over and find
Charlie had long known that it would be difficult to hide the clues related to the close-defense missiles, so he had deliberately asked Porter to put all the clues of the close-defense missiles to lead to Blackwater Company in order to divert the attention.Now that Blackwater Company’s executives in the Middle East were going missing one after the other inexplicably, it must be because the Qing Eliminating Society was targeting them through the clues left behind by the close-defense missiles. Porter said to Charlie respectfully, “Mr. Wade, the information that I received is that although Blackwater Company’s executives have gone missing one after the other, their base did not show any signs of being infiltrated. These people were all targeted and only disappeared when they went out. It seems that the people from the Qing Eliminating Society have learned their lessons and no longer dare to sneak into a modern military base rashly…”Charlie nodded and said with a smile, “It’s a good
Salem cursed angrily, "You bastard! We've been desperately waiting for you to rescue us, but now you want to kill us! Are you even human?!" Julien kicked Salem far away and shouted furiously, "Damn it! You should be glad this is Oskia and not America! Otherwise, I would have shot you dead on the spot, you bastard! And your son too!" Then, Julien looked at Charlie very seriously and said, "Mr. Wade, please give me a chance! Give me a gun, and I'll take care of these two scumbags right now!" Edmund and Salem, terrified, knelt on the ground, with Edmund desperately pleading, "Mr. Wade, please spare us! Please!" Salem crawled to Charlie and wailed, "Mr. Wade, please don't believe anything Julien says! If you let him kill us, it will cause you unnecessary trouble. Just pretend that nothing happened today and let us continue to be imprisoned here!" Charlie grinned as he watched the scene and said to Julien, "If you want to kill them, go ahead, I won't stop you, but you can't take t
Salem was stunned by Julien's slap. He covered his face, looked at Julien in shock and sorrow, and sobbed, "But... but I'm older than you... I was given that middle name first." Instead of calming down, Julien became even angrier. He slapped Salem again and furiously scolded, "When your damn father found out my middle name was also Steve, why didn't he change yours? Acting above your station—who gave you the guts?!" Salem's face was swollen on both sides, and his heart was filled with even greater indignation. Crying, he pleaded, "Sir, now isn't the time to blame me for sharing your middle name! You need to figure out a way to get my son and me out of here!" "Get you out?!" Julien laughed in exasperation, pointing at him with rage. "Your wretched son committed such heinous crimes, yet you still expect me to save you? I'd rather kill you both myself to ease Mr. Wade's anger!" Julien's words were not idle talk. For him, the task in Aurous Hill had only two possible outcomes:
Charlie warned with a cold and stern voice, "You must tell him everything you did, or I will make you eat dog food for a month." Trembling in fear, Salem quickly said, "O-okay... This is what happened... My son, he was momentarily misguided..." As he spoke, he detailed how Edmund had become infatuated with Doris and the Emgrand Group. He went on to describe how Edmund had poisoned Doris's father, leaving him in critical condition with kidney failure and then used the promise of a kidney transplant to coerce Doris into submission. Since Charlie was standing right there, Salem didn't dare to omit or conceal a single detail. When he finished, Charlie sneered, "You really are a shameless piece of trash. You just described your son's series of despicable actions in meticulous detail. The careful planning and the step-by-step execution—this clearly shows that it was premeditated and deliberate. Yet, from the start, you tried to excuse him by calling it a momentary lapse in judgment.
Julien was startled by the slovenly old man with a scruffy beard, gray hair, and sloppy appearance. Sensing that the old man recognized him as a member of the Rothschild family, he asked curiously, "Do you know me?" "Yes! Of course, I know you!" Salem cried. "You're Julien Rothschild, Harrison's eldest son. I... We are somehow related. My name is Salem Steve Whittaker, head of the Whittaker family. In fact, we share the same middle name, Steve. Please... Please save us!" After hearing this, Julien looked at the man wailing and begging him and the sickly younger man on the bed crying and struggling to sit up. The scene and the realization that dawned upon him horrified him. Although he had been ordered to look for the Whittaker pair, it had never crossed his mind that he would find them on the first day he arrived in Aurous Hill. What shocked him even more was that it was actually Charlie who had locked them up! And from the looks of it, they were being tortured so miserably.
After descending to the underground level, Julien discovered that this was indeed a miniature prison. There was a long corridor in front of him, and on either side of the corridor were rooms sealed off by reinforced concrete walls on iron railings. Each room had no walls facing the corridor but iron railings that allowed you to see everything inside at a glance. Even the simple toilet inside had only a one-meter-high wall, and people's heads were exposed when using the toilet. Even though it was completely underground, the air, temperature, and humidity inside were no different from those above. Charlie thought there would be a strange smell when he came down, but he was surprised that he didn't feel any discomfort at all. Albert came to him and said, "Mr. Wade, we installed a fresh air system when we built this place. The air in here is circulated twice an hour. It even includes a central dehumidification system, so it doesn't feel humid even underground. I also installed centra
Jiro swiftly ran up from the descending staircase. When he saw Charlie and Albert, he was pleasantly surprised and greeted them enthusiastically, "Hello, Mr. Wade, Don Albert, and Mr. Cameron!" Next, he saw the unfamiliar face of Julien and, noticing his foreign face, couldn't help but feel curious about his identity. Despite his curiosity, Jiro was well-mannered and knew his place. Given his current status, it was not appropriate for him to ask unnecessary questions. So, he courteously greeted Julien, "Hello, sir." Julien, recognizing the name as Japanese, also felt curious about his identity and was even more curious about what exactly this place was. Seeing Jiro's vibrant face, Charlie smiled and asked, "Jiro, how is your life here these days?" "Very good!" Jiro answered with a beaming smile. "Everyone is very nice to me. Everything is fine." Currently, Jiro was considered a semi-free man at the dog kennel. Aside from not being allowed to leave the place, he had qui
But as they waited and waited, the anticipated rescue never came. Instead, Albert's dog kennel became more and more upgraded, more concealed, and more fortified. Eventually, Edmund and Salem gave up on their unrealistic hopes and resigned themselves to survive in this place. At this moment, Edmund had just finished his dialysis and was lying weakly on the bed, having eaten the porridge his father had fed him. Jiro, who worked here, was pushing a small cart over. He called out, "Hey, Whittakers, bring the dishes over after you're done eating!" Salem quickly took the dishes to the iron fence, and after Jiro came by, he threw the dishes into the plastic recycling bin. Just as Jiro was about to leave, Salem hastily said, "Wait a minute, Mr. Kobayashi!" Jiro glared at him. "What?" Salem pleaded, "Tomorrow is my son's birthday. Could you please ask the supervisor to bring a cake for him?" He then quickly added, "It doesn't have to be a big one, just an ordinary cupcake will do.
Albert chuckled and spoke up, "Mr. Rothschild, this is the dog kennel I run. We mainly breed dogs with strong attack capabilities. Before I met Mr. Wade, I used to make money by entering the dogs bred here into underground dog fighting competitions. After I started working for Mr. Wade, the purpose of this place has shifted, and it's no longer about making a profit." Hearing this, Julien relaxed a little and curiously asked, "Why keep so many dogs if it's not for profit? It seems like you really do love dogs." "Well, not exactly," Albert casually replied. "This place mainly handles some disobedient troublemakers. To cultivate the dogs' fighting spirit, I've always fed them raw meat. As you know, dogs aren't picky eaters. As long as it's meat, they'll eat whatever it is." "Oh..." Julien, who had just relaxed, felt a chill run down his spine at Albert's words. As the second-in-command of the Rothschild family, he had encountered his fair share of bloody affairs, but right now, he
"Uh... Mr. Wade..." Julien couldn't help but be a bit taken aback and asked, "The car... Its privacy is a bit too much, isn't it?" Charlie chuckled and replied, "The place I'm taking you to is highly confidential. Naturally, we need to be cautious. But don't worry—your people know you entered the restaurant, so it's not like I can openly harm you. Wherever I'm taking you, just relax and follow me. Once everything's done, I'll return you safely without a scratch." Whatever concerns Julien had were instantly dispelled. He quickly put on a carefree expression and laughed loudly. "I trust you completely. Wherever you take me, I won't even bat an eye." - The van left through the back door, taking an alternate route that led directly to a street behind Heaven Springs, avoiding any contact with Julien's bodyguards. After leaving the city, the vehicle headed straight for the outskirts. Facilities like a dog training compound were typically located far from residential areas due to no