"No."The girl, Lizzie, shook her head stubbornly. "I will repay you because you saved me, even if it upsets you.""Fine! If you say so!"Tidus had had enough and strode up to grab her by the collar, pulling her close as he growled through her teeth, "Then you will repay me with your body!""What?! No…"Lizzie was clearly startled, her eyes widening in panic.However, Tidus was ready to do it as he snorted. "Hmph! You see now? I'm just that despicable, but you insist on coming so close! Well, have it your way!"Lizzie was flustered at first, but she then bit her lip as if resolving herself.Then, gingerly looking Tidus in the eye, she murmured, "I-If that's what you want… I'm scared, but it's okay."Tidus paused as their eyes met, and he soon pushed her away and turned aside, cursing, "Fuck!""Pfft…"With even Frank unable to stop a snicker, everyone else laughed out loud.Tidus wheeled on them, at once grumpy. "Could you stop?! I'll pay you a mil if you get rid of her! How
Lizzie bowed her head at Tidus and turned to leave when Frank called out from the bed, "Wait!""Huh?" Lizzie turned toward him, puzzled."I'm Frank Lawrence, Tidus'… Ahem, boss."Frank stared at her as he asked. "What's your name?""I'm Lizzie." The girl bowed her head respectfully."May I have the lunchbox you made for Tidus?" Frank then asked gingerly with a wink.Then, feeling that he might be coming on too quickly, he added in embarrassment, "I just happened to be hungry.""Sure."Lizzie nodded and smiled. "I cooked enough for five people—Tidus has many friends, and they're always with him.""Oh, you're so kind." Frank sighed softly. "Tidus—"Before he could finish, he found Tidus frowning at Lizzie. "Are you going to make another attempt, bumpkin?"Lizzie said nothing, and Tidus buried his face in his palms and sighed. "You're such a brat…"He then turned toward Frank. "Can I apply for a day's leave, chief?""Nope." Frank refused right away, leaving Tidus scowling."
Winter sighed inwardly, unsure of what to say.After watching as Tidus and Lizzie left, she watched in exasperation as Frank gorged half of the lunchbox that Lizzie brought Tidus.Chewing half of a fried egg, he was even musing to himself, clearly impressed with what he did. "It's good if Tidus gets married—he's at least on the right path instead of hanging with the younger thugs."Winter rolled her eyes at him. "What about you? Aren't you getting married?""Oh. I, uh…"Frank scratched his head in embarrassment and chuckled. "I should focus on my career instead, hehe…"Just as Frank burped from a full stomach, the door opened again, and Helen Lane entered in a hurry."Sorry, I've been busy—it wasn't easy to make time," she said before asking bluntly, "Are you alright, Frank? I heard from Vicky that you're, ahem… Impotent now?"Frank almost fell off his bed and clenched his knuckles awkwardly. "Vicky and her bullshit again…"It was only then that Helen noticed Winter was with t
"What?! I…" Helen did a double take.However, from Kat's point of view from the door, the way Helen had both hands on Frank's groin while Frank was holding on to his pants for dear life did not leave much room for imagination.Kat slowly backed out of Frank's ward as her expression stiffened. "I-I'll come back later."Helen's cheeks flushed as she saw that Kat had clearly misunderstood, and she glared at Frank. "It's all your fault!""My fault?!" Frank was speechless. Would Kat have misunderstood anything if Helen had not been reaching for his pants to check?Even Helen realized that she had no cause to act that way, and that Vicky was just messing around, claiming that Frank was impotent or whatnot.And remembering what she did, she flushed up to her ears, suddenly forgetting why she was so bold a moment ago.Afraid to look at Frank, she turned stiffly and strode right out of the room, fuming."That's it! I-I'll make Vicky pay!" She clenched her knuckles and growled through
"What?!"Frank was delighted by the news Blackie brought and pressed, "Who is it? Where are they now?""He was a patrolman in the commissioner's residence!"Blackie exclaimed, "He saw Podrick Daffey entering the commissioners room for a few minutes on the cameras, and he had blood on his hands when he left!""Wonderful!" Frank exclaimed—it was exactly the evidence he missed at the moment.However, he remained wary despite his excitement. "Are you sure about this, Blackie? And why is he willing to testify?""Well, I heard that Podrick and Stanley Durban are trying to clean the house."Blackie scratched his head and muttered, "Apparently, they're deleting the footage and killing everyone to avoid any problems!"But the patrolman was a step ahead, saving the most important part of the security footage and fleeing before Stanley's men got to him!""And? What happened next?" Frank pressed, still not appearing convinced."And…"Blackie smiled. "The patrolman approached one of my b
Frank was worried that Stanley would catch on and interfere with his deal, after all.Nonetheless, by the time they left the main road and arrived at the ridge where they had agreed to meet with the patrolman, the sun was setting and a bright blood-red.That was when Kat frowned and looked around."Why is it so quiet here, Master Lawrence? I can almost feel like something's wrong.""Quiet?"Frank narrowed his eyes and looked around. He then realized that it really was as quiet as Kat had described, devoid of any sounds one would expect to hear up in the mountainsKat tugged on his sleeve and looked around endlessly. "Mona told me that there's always birds and critters in the mountains, which she used to catch and cook… But I'm hearing nothing at all.""Haha! Our princess is getting worried!"One of the Mystic Sky Guild elites laughed. "It's going to be dark soon. The birds and the critters would be staying in their nests for dinner!""Hah! Don't you know that some animals only h
The skull of the Mystic Sky Guild elite who was just teasing Kat seconds ago exploded like a watermelon, splashing blood and brain all over those around him.At the same time, Frank had shoved Kat to the ground, even as she was still gaping at the man who had just been joking around with her moments ago.And now, moments later, he was but a headless corpse."You… bastards!" Kat struggled to get to her feet, ready to kill whoever it was as her shock turned to rage.However, she was not going to get the chance to when this entire place was a trap prepared by Josh.Just as she got to her feet, she was sent flying by a grenade's explosion."Kat!"Frank felt the grenade blowing up beside him too, and the ensuing shockwave blew away two other Mystic Sky Guild elites."Princess… Mr. Lawrence… Run!" One of them had his body blown off from the waist down, but he pushed away Kat as hard as she could to Frank's side."Run, chief!""It's a trap! You have to run now!"The other Mystic Sk
It certainly left the commander dumbstruck, as it proved that Frank's body was tougher than a tank!Why could he not just die!"Huff… Huff…"Frank was panting even as he reached the highway, where the two cars he brought were parked."Finally…"Bang!Just as Frank was about to get in, however, the car exploded!Both cars had been rigged with explosives beforehand and sent Frank flying!"Bleurgh…"Frank dropped to a roll, never letting go of Kat as he used his body to stop the horrific shockwave, as well as the shrapnel and flying pieces of metal that were the cars.He could stop most with his pure vigor, but more tore through his defenses, stabbing into both their bodies."Blargh…"As Frank dropped to the ground, coughing blood, Kat panicked as she saw Frank losing this badly for the first time.Even though shrapnel was sticking out of her arm, she withstood the pain and cried, "M-Master Lawrence, just leave me and run! You can make it if you run away on your own… Don't wo