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
"Shit!!!"Seeing that, the savagery in Frank's body was truly unleashed.Throwing Kat on the ground, he stared at the three oncoming armored cars and moved to stand before them, with nothing but his physical body to meet them.His eyes were bloodshot as he suddenly bellowed, "I'll kill you, Josh Dellon! You hear me?!""W-What's going on?!"The armored cars actually switched to a halt, the pursuing soldiers feeling panic right then.At the same time, Frank reared his head and roared, "Death Eater…!"A spiraling crimson hurricane descended from above, encircling him right then.The sight left the soldiers in the armored cars terrified, with their commander promptly barking, "What are you spacing out for?! Fire!"Even as bullets rained down on the dark figure in the center of the storm, he stood fast."Roar!!!"Bang!!!An inhuman roar could be heard from the hurricane, and the three armored cars—each weighing fifty tons—were lifted off the air before exploding as they landed.
"You animal!" Tidus bellowed, "Mr. Lawrence and I have done right by you! How could you betray us?! Do you even have a conscience?! What would your mother say if she knew you betrayed me?!"Blackie's face twitched uncomfortably at the mention of his mother, but he soon smirked. "Sorry, but I'm doing this for my mother so that she can have a better life! Selfishness makes the world go round. I'm sorry, Tidus, but it's now time for you to die."With that, Blackie and his lackeys trained their pistols on Tidus.But just as they pulled the trigger, Lizzie pushed Tidus to the ground, blocking the bullets for him with her body."Lizzie!" Tidus shed a tear as he looked on."It's okay… My life is yours anyway, Tidus…" Lizzie murmured, collapsing into Tidus' arms as she bled."Blackie… I'll kill you! Argh!!!"Something snapped in Tidus as he watched Lizzie dying right in front of him.Pushing away Lizzie's body, he leapt toward Blackie, which only prompted a savage laugh from Blackie.