No.1 Supreme Warrior by Moneto

Chapter 701
“What would you kill him for? You’ll marry Cecilia Taylor in the future and we’ll be in-laws with the Taylor family. We’re deemed as one family by then hence there’s no need to slit his throat.”

The head of the Gold family orated straightaway.

“Father, jackie is snobbish and always going about with his nose in the air! Okay. Let’s just forget the fact that he insulted you and Grandpa but for the deed he did to the Gold family today, killing so many of our men, don’t you desire to avenge the dead? Besides, if the words go out of these walls, what’ll be the outcome? It’s shame and humiliation toward the Gold family! We challenged the other party to duels, not once but nine times. And guess what? We lost all nine rounds! None of our men had won even one round! Isn’t that embarrassing?”

Kelly’s expression stayed frosty. The more he looked back on the occurrence, the deeper the irritation welled up in his chest.

“We can’t shove all the blame onto jackie for this. On the contrary, I think the fault is on you! Who asked you to make such a bet with him? Moreover, it’s not a small and casual one. And you kept emphasizing, what, ‘it’s not unheard of to die in fights’? Now that his bodyguard has killed ours, you were saying?”

Master Ezra was not particularly delighted with his son’s behavior—parading his superiority and desire to prevail over others. He thought that this son of his was too impulsive and reckless.

“Hmmm, if we really want to kill off this guy, it’s actually not that painful.”

Old Master Gold tittered and continued, “However, I don’t think there’s a need to kill him right now. Did he not keep on advertising that the birthday party that he’s going to throw for Selena Taylor, will shake the whole Eastfield? That this party will be the grandest and most indelible. Today, he’d shamed us all, so why don’t we return the favor on that day?”

“You’re right, Grandpa. If we end him right now, it would be too simple and painless for him. To shame him and humiliate him in front of thousands is a better idea!”

Old Master Gold’s utterance knocked some sense into Kelly, he nodded to agree. “It just so happened that Cecelia had the desire to compare with Selena, and suggested having our wedding on the same day as the birthday party. This is an excellent opportunity to avenge ourselves! Just imagine, when the day arrives, all relatives of the Taylor family will come to our wedding instead of Selena’s birthday banquet. Many guests of exalted rank will be present at our wedding and no one will go to theirs. Just the thought of it makes my mood soar!”

Old Master Gold bobbed to show unison. “When the time comes, we’ll need to gather as much information as possible about their party. If they’re preparing a dinner worth one hundred thousand dollars, then we’ll throw one that’s two hundred thousand. If they make it to five hundred thousand, we’ll raise it to eight hundred thousand. In short, we have to make jackie realize what true wealth is!”

A gentle smile appeared on Master Ezra’s face as well. “On that day, our event will be more magnificent and eye-catching than theirs will. By then, let’s see how he can stand by his promise—a party that will shake the foundation of Eastfield!”

“Yeah! They even made a countdown just for the birthday party! And we did not even use such exaggerated moves! We’ll wait until two or three days before the wedding and drop the bomb. It’ll be a total humiliation to them when their advertisements are louder than ours but the event is not as happening as ours! Such a shame!”

A contented smug appeared at the corners of Kelly’s mouth. The image of jackie’s vein popped out in his neck and Selena’s white blanched face was like a ray of warm sunshine flooding Kelly’s soul—he would be flabbergasted with joy.

“Kelly, get several men to challenge jackie’s female bodyguards someday.”

Nevertheless, Old Master Gold had abruptly invaded Kelly’s mind and broken his chain of imagination on jackie’s and Selena’s reactions. He did not expect such a question from Old Master Gold.

“Grandpa, what do you mean? What am I going to do with those female bodyguards?” Kelly’s brows drew together.

“These female bodyguards are no vases, all of them are very skilled fighters. The thing that makes me worried the most is that I feel that they haven’t revealed their full strength! Such combat prowess is no ordinary. So, try your best to find out, first, how much jackie pays them, then counteroffer with a higher pay and get them to work for the Gold family!”

Old Master Gold expressed his thoughts, slowly.

Young Master Gold stretched out his hand and gestured a thumbs up right after hearing Old Master Gold’s thoughts. “Smart! Grandpa, your plan is smart! Those ten female bodyguards are indeed powerful and strong. If we could get them to work for us, it’d be marvelous!”

” jackie will spew blood to death by then! Let anger consume him, shall we?”

The head of the Gold family laughed aloud at the proposition as well.

Chapter 702
The next morning, Kelly went out with a few bodyguards to execute their ultimate plan.

He waited until jackie and Selena were both out only then he spent some money to dig out information about the female bodyguards from some servant of the Taylor family.

When he finally got hold of the salary information of the ten beautiful bodyguards, his jaw dropped to the ground and his eyes widened. He was utterly shocked.

The combat strength and prowess of those bodyguards were beyond extraordinary. With such skill, fifty thousand dollars pay a month would not be an exaggeration.

The most overriding fact was that each of these gorgeous bodyguards possessed long and deceptively delicate legs. If the hirer was some young master of prominent families, they would be willing to pay everything, even if it breaks their bank!

“What the heck! And they’d actually agreed to this amount of pay?”

Young Master Gold was almost choking at his rage. He could not fathom what was on these female bodyguards’ minds, were they missing some brain cells? How could they have agreed to such a low pay, were they not self-derogating?

“Hmmm, Young Master, I think it’s good news. The lower their pay, the easier for us to persuade them to join us. Also, we’ll spend less money too, given that the starting pay is so low!”

A bodyguard of the Gold family addressed with a huge grin on his face, wanting to please his young master.

“You got a point!”

Young Master Gold nodded at his words. He and his bodyguards were standing far away from the villa, paying attention to the situation inside the villa’s gate and waiting for the golden opportunity.

After like a century, finally, there were two shadows. Orchid and another lovely bodyguard showed up at the main gate of the villa. They seemed like they were preparing to go shopping.

“Finally, the opportunity is here!”

Kelly smiled slightly at the sight before him, and soon he ordered a few of the bodyguards to tail the two beauties together with him.

Not long after Orchid and the other cute bodyguard left the villa, they sensed somebody was behind them. Both halted and wheeled back immediately.

“Oh, it’s Young Master Gold. are you upset about what happened yesterday, that none of you managed to defeat us? And you brought all these men with you to create trouble this early? Trying to use the number to press against us, to kill us?”

Orchid sneered with a frosty cold tone when she realized the sickos that were tailing them were Young Master Gold and his bodyguards.

“Chill! It’s a misunderstanding!”

Kelly let out an awkward chortle and approached nearer to the two, and explained, “Oh, my two beautiful ladies, you’ve really misunderstood me. How could I let someone tail you and harm you? Look, both of you are skilled fighters with high vigilance. Hence, even if I wanted to do sneak attacks, it’s impossible to succeed! It’s dumb for me to do that!”

“Hmph! Good to know that you’ve used your brain!”

With Orchid’s arms crossed in front of her chest, she jeered with a stoic tone.

“My ladies, we’re actually looking for you to discuss some business with you.”

Kelly explained with a pretentious smile plastered on his face.

“Some business? What do you want?”

Orchid and the other female bodyguard exchanged glances, both looking perplexed at the statement.

“Yup! I noticed this iron fact yesterday, that all nine of you, wait, no, there’s another beauty. All ten of you are strong combatants and your fighting prowess are incomparable! It’s really rare to have ten lovely masters of fighting… How wonderful!”

Kelly said it with a broad mischievous grin on his face, as though he was a greedy moneylender.

An obvious irritation washed over Orchid’s face, she barked impatiently. “Stop talking bullsh*t! If you have something to say, just spit it out! Don’t tell me you came here all the way just to praise us!”

“What a clever girl! And yes, I came here for an important business. I got to know that your combined salary is only twenty thousand dollars per month, which is way too little for a skilled fighter like you!”

Young Master Gold put on a faint smile, and extended his left palm, showing a figure five, “Fifty thousand dollars! How about the Gold family pays you fifty thousand per month? Quit your job and work for us!”

“Young Master Gold, let’s forget what you’ve said just now. Fifty thousand? We’re not interested at all!”

Orchid rejected his proposal straightaway without showing any hint of hesitation.

“Yep! You want us to quit our job? Dream on!” The other beautiful bodyguard refused Kelly’s proposition as well, without thinking twice.

Chapter 703
The corners of Kelly’s mouth twitched as though he was having a stroke. He started to wonder if he had misheard them. He had increased the pay from twenty thousand to fifty thousand, it was more than double! Why on earth did the ladies reject this fantastic raise without even thinking about it?

“Alright, alright. I’ll pay one hundred thousand. One hundred thousand is pretty good now, right?”

Kelly tightened his teeth and stretched out another hand, spreading all fingers of both hands to gesture the figure ‘ten’. “This price is five times your current salary. There’s no reason for you to refuse!”

“Hell no!”

The two beauties looked at each other and yelled in unison. Once the last syllable of the word dropped, the two turned and walked away, not bothering to continue this boring conversation anymore.

“What the f*ck?”

Kelly and his bodyguards exchanged perplexing glances, each of them remained as still as a statue, as though the episode had not registered into their central brain. Did these women just reject one hundred thousand pay per month? Were they stupid or what?

“What the heck, I don’t believe it!”

Kelly was not convinced, so he ran forward, caught up with the two, and then offered again. “Two hundred thousand dollars per month! How about that?”

Nonetheless, the two did not even bother to answer this time. They continued walking, nonchalantly.

“Three hundred thousand!

“Four hundred thousand!

“Five hundred thousand!”

Kelly kept increasing the amount as he followed the two by their side. The number was quickly raised to five hundred thousand per month. Each of the ten female bodyguards would be offered five hundred thousand a month, and it would be sixty million per year. The cost to hire these ten bodyguards was already hellishly high!

Nevertheless, Kelly was not convinced of the refusal, and he did not believe that these female bodyguards would reject such a high pay.

Finally, Orchid and another bodyguard stopped.

Kelly showed a victorious smile when the two had finally stopped for him. He thought that there was hope, and he said expectantly, “How’s it? Five hundred thousand a month and all ten of you will be offered the same amount. This number is considered high in the bodyguard’s market, isn’t it?”

“Young Master Gold, you won’t give up, will you? Even if you’ve offered us one million dollars, none of us will accept it, let alone five hundred thousand.”

Orchid flashed him a mirthless smile, spilling out a statement that would break Kelly’s hope and stop him from dreaming.

“What the f*ck?”

Kelly’s jaw dropped to the ground, and his eyes widened. “Why on earth did you reject such a great offer? Are you nuts or idiots? That you actually refuse such a high salary! Are you a hardcore fan of jackie? Otherwise, why are you satisfied with only two thousand per month?”

“It’s because Master jackie is Master jackie. We follow him simply because he’s Master jackie, it’s Master jackie’s personal charm that makes us follow undoubtedly. It has nothing to do with money. So now, can you f*ck off?”

Orchid smiled faintly, and she left with the other bodyguard in the next second.

Kelly and his bodyguards, on the other hand, stood still on the same spot, completely stunned.

After a moment that felt like a century, Kelly only moved a little—he turned his head toward his bodyguards—and asked in a disbelieving tone, “Master jackie’s personal charm? Did I hear it wrong?”

“No, you didn’t. Do you think that it’s because jackie is good-looking? Or it’s the inner kindness that makes up his personal charm?”

One of the bodyguards managed to spew some thoughts after squeezing all his brain juice. He looked at Kelly with confusion written on his face.

“I know! It must be that jackie has some sort of underground romantic relationships with these women a long time ago!”

Another bodyguard blurted out of a sudden as though some truth had entered his tiny brain. He guessed boldly, “Just try to think about it, women, in nature, are fans of love and romance. Usually, they would be blinded and dazzled by love and thus make such irrational decisions. They’re emotional mammals that can’t think logically. Otherwise, how could they pick two thousand over five hundred thousand? It’s a stupid choice! This proves the secret romance between jackie and these women! They would rather take two thousand than to leave jackie!”

“Jesus fcking Christ! It totally makes sense! Damn, jackie, this brat is something. All those ten beauties are his collection! Sht! This brat is just too good at flirting and seducing, isn’t he?”

Kelly nodded, his facial expression was full of admiration and envy. How he desired he was jackie right now.

Chapter 704
In the end, Kelly had no other option but to return to Gold’s residence, with his gloomy face.

The head of the Gold family frowned when Kelly appeared in his sight. He then asked, “What’s the matter? You look upset!”

“I went to jackie’s villa to persuade those bodyguards to leave jackie and come work with us. But everything is in vain!”

Kelly explained, smiling bitterly.

“Are you sure? How much do they earn per month now?”

Ezra—the head of the Gold family—was slightly startled. The thought of an unsuccessful persuasion had never crossed his mind. Was it because jackie paid them incredibly high?

“Only two thousand per month!”

A wry smile on Kelly’s face as he responded.

“Two thousand? Are you freaking kidding me? They only earn two thousand a month, and you couldn’t even get them to leave jackie? It should be a piece of cake!”

Ezra’s facial expression morphed into one of unpleasant surprise, his eyes were as large as saucers.

“Father, they claimed proudly that they followed jackie because of his personal charm, and even if I’ve offered them half a million or even five million a month, they won’t budge in slightest!”

Kelly added further, his smile bitter. “Ha! Personal charm, can you believe that?”

Ezra’s mouth was immediately shut for a few seconds at Kelly’s claim. “Personal charm? What bullsh*t reason is that? I think they probably have some romantic affair with jackie. Otherwise, how can they reject money? Which type of woman on earth doesn’t like money and branded bags? What a joke!”

“Yeah, that’s what I thought too. But the real reason is not important anymore, it’s impossible to persuade these women to work for us!”

Kelly heaved a deep sigh of defeat. It was obvious that he tried to suppress the disappointment within him.

After all, if he were accompanied by such a group of pleasing and lovely bodyguards, every existing man on the earth would look at him differently—admiration and approbation.

…

At noon, jackie, Fiona, and the others headed to a high-class restaurant in an opulent hotel, with a team of bodyguards together with them.

“Master jackie, are you serious about treating us to lunch? You’re so generous!”

Orchid could not conceal her smiles, obviously elated.

“Of course! You helped me to give the Gold family an unforgettable lesson! And did you notice how snobbish and brazen he was before the duel? And how his expressions turned into one of those ugliest and gloomiest ones, ones that I’ve not been seeing in quite some time! I’m delighted!”

jackie replied and a warm chuckle let out from his mouth.

“Ugh! I’m so frustrated! I’m at big loss! Last night was a priceless opportunity for me to showcase my combat skill, and yet I was not there!” Elaine, on the other hand, whined like a dog, then she shot Ben—who was sitting beside—a cold stare. “It’s all your fault! If I weren’t needed to protect you, I could’ve had a good fight last night! Ughh!”

Ben flashed her a bitter smile in return. “Well, I didn’t ask you to protect me. You worry about me and you’re the one who insisted on following me!”

“Hmph! If it weren’t for Master jackie, that he worried about your well being and asked me to protect you, I didn’t even want to be near to you! And I still have to endure your vicious and venomous mouth every day when my job is only to protect you! Elaine sneered angrily.

“Alright, alright. Don’t be mad. C’mon, I’ll pour you a drink. Thank you for being the most responsible bodyguard and for protecting me every day! Is that good now?”

Ben signed in defeat. He opened a red wine and poured a glass for Elaine.

“Hmph! At least you know how to say thank you!” Elaine snorted coldly, a closed-lip smile formed at the corners of her mouth, a frosty one.

Chapter 705
“Ahem! jackie, since it’s a rare opportunity to gather everyone for lunch, today the bill is on me!” All of sudden, Fiona blurted, followed by a giggly laugh.

jackie and Selena instantly looked at each other, their eyes full of disbelief. The thought of Fiona being generous and treating everyone to lunch with her own money had never crossed their minds.

“Mother, are you sure? I’ll pay for it, alright? Don’t worry about it!”

A pretentious modesty appeared on jackie’s face, he smiled and offered to pay.

“I’m just so happy today. Besides, I’m loaded now, no longer the old Fiona—poor and impecunious. It’s only lunch, I’ll pay for it!”

Fiona chortled in return, her mood obviously high and good.

“Tsk tsk, it’s not easy for a person to change, Ma. You used to be such a stingy person. You wouldn’t pay even if someone gave you money. I never imagined that you would suddenly have the conscience to do so now!” Ben said, grinning.

“What are you talking about? What do you mean I was stingy? We were poor before. I was being frugal, got it? Someone like me is more suited to manage money!”

Fiona rolled her eyes at Ben. “Eat all you want, everyone,” she told the entire family. “Just order more wine if you think it’s not enough. The bill can come up to ten thousand, a hundred thousand—it doesn’t matter!”

“Hear that? Did you hear that? My mom just said that. Let’s eat. Don’t be shy!”

Ben said with a huge grin.

…

At that moment, a middle-aged man was seen in front of the Green Sky Hall’s entrance. He brought quite a few people and went straight in.

The head of Green Sky Hall, Hector, immediately frowned when he saw the middle-aged man leading the group. He then went forward to welcome them with a smile. “Oh my. What’s going on? The head of the Eagle Clan is gracing my hall today. I did have a feeling that an esteemed guest was coming to visit today, but never did I imagine that it would be you, Master Neuman!”

Lee Neuman, the head of the Eagle Clan gave a wan smile. “Master Zaborowski, I have a matter to discuss with you today,” he said. “Let’s talk inside. It’s not convenient out here with so many people around!”

“Oh. Alright then!”

Hector nodded his head, smiling. He only brought a few of his most trusted fighters and they headed back in, along with the leader of the Eagle Clan. “Master Neuman, you’re being too courteous. Just call me Mr. Zaborowski. That’s what my men call me. It feels strange if you call me ‘master’.”

“It doesn’t matter if I call you Master Zaborowski or Mr. Zaborowski. It doesn’t change the fact that you call the shots here!”

Lee burst into laughter. The group quickly filtered into a receiving hall and settled themselves on the seats.

“Alright, Master Neuman. There are no outsiders here. You can say whatever you want to say now. The last time we saw each other must have been two years ago. You wouldn’t come to see me if nothing was going on!”

Hector was still smiling. He looked warm and friendly on the surface.

Lee’s countenance shifted, turning heavier. He looked straight at Hector. “Not too long ago, 300 men from the Eagle Clan died,” he said. “They were killed in the forest outside the city. One of them was part of my cadre—Baldy! Have you heard of this incident, Master Zaborowski?”

Hector picked up his teacup and slowly took a sip from it. Then he nodded his head. “Of course, I’ve heard of it. I even heard that it was a lone murderer. Tsk tsk. A man with such strength is frightening indeed. He must at least be a marshal!”

Lee shook his head. “I think even a marshal doesn’t possess that kind of strength. Among the 300 men, quite a number were masters within the Eagle Clan. You know as well as I do that the Eagle Clan is among the best of all the Halls. Now among the Four Fighters, only three are left. If my guess is correct, it’s highly improbable that the murderer is a marshal. Rather, it’s highly likely that he’s a King of War!”

“A King of War?”

Hector drew his brows together when he heard the phrase ‘King of War’. “It’d be a huge problem if you provoke a King of War.”

Chapter 706
“Judging from the strength needed to kill that many men, it’s almost certain that he’s a King of War. And we’ve been deciphering his modus operandi over and over, and all our men died by a clean break to the neck. It’s definitely done by a single person. Doesn’t seem like anyone else helped!”

Lee’s expression darkened. “Because of this, we suffered heavy losses and our position dropped a lot. Two of our territories had been snatched away by other Halls!”

When Hector heard this, his features twisted into an unreadable expression. “Master Neuman, don’t tell me you want to get my help to take your territories back? They probably aren’t worth much if they’re just small areas, right? Besides, this is a matter of the Eagle Clan. What does it have to do with Green Sky Hall?”

Lee laughed aloud. “We won’t trouble you for this. I’ve managed to recruit quite a few fighters lately. One of them is even stronger than Baldy when he first started out. That’s why we’ve already managed to take our small territories back!”

“Then you just came over to complain to me?”

Hector frowned. He did not think that Lee would come over for something as menial as that.

“We’ve been trying to find the murderer of Baldy and the others for some time now. Finally, we’ve got our man. It’s a 99% guarantee that it’s that person!”

Anger sparked in Lee’s eyes as he spoke. That man had killed 300 of their men, including a top fighter. This thought sent his mind into panic every time.

“Tell me then. Eastfield only has a handful of Kings of War. It should be easy enough to weed him out if you investigate properly.”

Hector spoke slowly after he thought about it, “But let’s say that he’s a high-ranking King of War and that he earned his position through his fists. It would be difficult for you to get revenge then!”

“You’ve seen him before!” Lee revealed, smiling bitterly.

“I’ve seen him before?”

Hector frowned. “No way. I’ve not spoken to any marshals or Kings of War lately,” he said, surprised. “And they think of themselves as the protectors of Daxia. They’re righteous warriors. We would have nothing common to talk about in a conversation!”

“Mmhmm. He came to see you just two days ago. If my guess isn’t wrong, he even fought with your men!” Lee answered, giving a wan smile.

“ jackie White!” Hector and the fighters around him immediately cried out.

“That’s right. It’s the adopted son-in-law of the Taylor family!”

Lee spoke in a confident tone, “I conducted a little investigation and found out that my subordinate had offended a good buddy of his, named Tiger. Tiger is a delivery boy, someone unassuming. But he actually killed 300 of my men to avenge his friend!”

Here, Lee paused for a while before continuing leisurely, “And according to what I know, your men had also offended Tiger and his wife a while ago. And so that punk came looking for you! I believe that he fought with your people!”

The corners of Hector’s mouth twitched slightly. It took a while before he replied in a frank tone, “That punk didn’t come to us just because of that. There was something else as well!”

Chapter 707
“Oh, really? Why don’t you tell me about it?”

Lee was slightly taken aback. He never thought that jackie would meet the Green Sky Hall for anything else other than the whole outcry over what they had done to Tiger.

At this moment, the master of the Green Sky Hall took a step forward. “This is what happened. Our men are also involved in another business,” he explained. “We don’t just make business within the country, but we trade with a foreign organization as well. We secretly take pictures of women and sell them…”

After Lee heard the entire story, he spoke up in a huff, “ jackie really went overboard. This has nothing to do with him. It’s natural for him to ask for compensation from you because of what happened to Tiger, but you guys didn’t even take pictures of his wife. Why did he have to get so worked up about it!”

“Right? This incident really pissed me off too!”

Hector’s expression hardened, then his gaze sidled toward Lee. This entire affair was between him and jackie. He was curious why Lee was reacting in such a manner, blowing up even more than he did.

“Then what happened? Did you guys fight him after he came?”

Lee asked after he thought about it.

“Of course, we fought. Initially, we had planned to kill him if he wasn’t any good. But if he was strong, we would brush the conflict off as a misunderstanding…”

Hector narrated the entire incident to Lee. After he finished his story, he released a long sigh. “Unfortunately, we lost! All our people were no match for him.”

After he said that, Hector looked as though he suddenly recalled something, and could not help but say to Lee, “Right, Master Neuman, isn’t jackie, a commander? I heard that he proclaimed to have two hundred million dollars to his name during Old Man Taylor’s seventieth birthday party. He’s probably a commander. But he claimed that he lost his medal. Why are you saying that he’s a King of War?”

“It’s obvious that this punk is lying. He’s definitely not some run-of-the-mill assistant commander!” Lee chuckled. “I’m very sure that the person who killed Baldy and the rest of our 300 men was jackie. And with that amount of destructive power, he’s definitely a King of War. There’s no way that so many people would surround him together and still be killed otherwise.”

“His strength really can’t be underestimated. Judging from how our best fighters fared against him, he doesn’t seem like a commander. Even a marshal wouldn’t have beaten us so easily!”

After Hector began to deduce the information, a shadow passed over his features. If this was truly the case, he would truly be difficult to deal with.

“Master Zaborowski, that punk told you to cut off the entire photo trade. Do you really want to give it up just like that? You guys make a lot of money from it every month. More importantly, this is a business that will only expand into a gold mine, and you’ll just abandon it? Can you really do that?”

Lee noticed that Hector was in a dour mood, and he intensified his manipulation. “Why don’t our Halls join hands and kill this nuisance?”

At this moment, Hector burst into laughter instead. “Master Neuman, you’ve spoken so much today, but this is your main motive of coming here, isn’t it? You don’t stand a chance against him, so you’re coming to us in hopes that we’ll lend you our strength!”

Lee nodded his head. “That’s right. I was thinking of that when I came here. That punk offended both of our Halls. How can we just let him live?”

Hector went silent, pondering. After a while, he finally replied, “For now, we’re not sure if we want to take jackie on. You said it yourself. It’s a big possibility that he has the strength of a King of War. It won’t be easy to kill him. And in the end, we might suffer heavy losses and still end up on the losing side!”

Chapter 708
“Can you really stand it, Hector? This is a colossal loss for you! Have you really thought about it? At any rate, I’ve got some grudges against the kid!”

Lee chuckled, although he was a little unhappy. He had thought that the master of the Green Sky Hall would agree to cooperate with him. After all, jackie had bullied him practically to death.

He never expected that Hector would choose to compromise himself at this moment.

“Master Neuman, what happened to the Green Sky Hall is a little different from what happened to yours. The Eagle Clan lost 300 men. They were your precious comrades, so I understand if you want to kill jackie!”

Hector released a breath. He picked up his cup from the table and sipped from it. “However, no one from our side has died,” he said slowly, “only two of our men were critically injured. One had his leg broken, and the other had his d*ck rendered useless. So we didn’t lose any men, and we’ve only lost a bit of money. There’s no need for us to provoke a man who has the strength of a King of War. Look, let’s say we fight—we’ll still suffer heavy losses even if we win!”

The corners of Lee’s lips began to twitch. Green Sky Hall was very powerful, and they had the backing of Kingston Hall. That was why he wanted to cooperate with them and gather their strongest fighters to assassinate jackie together.

Now though, if Green Sky Hall refused his proposal, he would have zero chance against jackie, with only the men from the Eagle Clan to rely on.

He never expected that Hector would cast him a long look and suddenly break into a smile. “Oh, right. I heard that jackie had offended Young Master Wilson during Old Man Taylor’s seventieth birthday party not too long ago,” he said. “The Wilsons are very powerful too. That guy really has got some guts!”

Lee was not an idiot. When he heard this, he immediately understood the hidden message behind Hector’s words. His eyes brightened as he leaped to his feet. “Master Zaborowski, think about my proposal for a while longer. Once you have truly come to your senses, just give me a call. We’ll stand together, for the enemy of an enemy is a friend. I believe that there’ll be a day where we’ll be allies!”

“Let’s wait and see. For now, though, I really don’t want to provoke someone who’s as strong as a King of War!”

Hector chuckled and climbed onto his feet as well, preparing to see his guest off.

Soon enough, Lee and the others left Green Sky Hall.

After the men from the Eagle Clan left, the old woman of Green Sky Hall finally blurted toward Hector, “Master, jackie is truly a loathsome man. He’s making us lose at least one million dollars in a single month. If we can’t continue our business, I think we should cooperate with the Eagle Clan and get rid of jackie!”

Yet Hector had a frosty smile plastered onto his face. “Lee will definitely never forgive jackie for killing 300 of the Eagle Clan’s men,” he said. “I reminded him of something else just now though. I believe that he’ll go see the Wilsons and make an alliance with them. They’ll help us get rid of jackie instead. Isn’t that better? We won’t have to do anything. All we have to do is to sit back and enjoy the show. Isn’t this perfect?”

The old woman’s eyes brightened when she heard this. She flashed him a thumbs up. “It’s perfect. It’s absolutely perfect! We’ll reap the rewards for no cost if they’re really able to get rid of jackie.”

“Mmhmm. Let’s just wait and see. We need to continue our photograph business. We can’t just give up a gold mine because jackie threatened us.”

Hector thought about it for a while and added, “But tell our men to be more careful. Don’t let jackie catch them doing our business anymore. It would be troublesome for us if he did. We’ll just be as careful as we can. As for jackie, we’ll let Lee and the others take care of him. We’ll just quietly rake in the dough.”

The few people surrounding him bobbed their heads.

…

At this moment, Lee and his henchmen quickly arrived on the streets.

“Master, are we going to the Wilson family’s estate?”

One of the elders had already guessed Lee’s motives. He could not help but step forward and ask.

After Lee thought about it, he nodded. “We should pay the Wilsons a visit. But the fighters from the Wilsons are no match for those from Green Sky Hall. Furthermore, Green Sky Hall has Kingston Hall backing them up. There’s no way that Kingston Hall will stand by and watch if anything happens to Green Sky Hall. That’s why the Wilson family isn’t as reliable!”

Chapter 709
“Why are we still meeting them then, if they’re not that reliable and can’t guarantee us victory?”

The elder furrowed his brows and asked again.

Lee gave a bitter smile. “Wouldn’t it be better if we made an ally with the Wilson family while we’re forming an alliance with Green Sky Hall? Firstly, let’s go meet the Wilson family and propose an alliance. But don’t rush it. We’ll plan our next move once we have Green Sky Hall in the alliance!”

“But won’t it be difficult to get Green Sky Hall onboard? Hector already expressed that he didn’t want to face jackie with us just now!”

A middle-aged woman chimed in, frowning, “Unless you have some other plan in mind, Master?”

“Of course, I have a plan!”

Lee burst into guffaws. “It’s impossible that Hector doesn’t hate jackie. He just wants to watch from the side-lines because he fears that we are no match for jackie. He even reminded us of the Wilson family on purpose, hoping that we will cooperate with them and get rid of jackie. As for them, they won’t have to lift a finger, and their enemy would be gone. Hmph. Did he really think I wouldn’t see through his schemes?”

The middle-aged woman clenched her hands into fists when she heard that. “Hmph. What an old fox. He meant to use us as fodder!”

The elder asked, “Then how should we drag Green Sky Hall into this, Master? It’ll be very difficult for us if they refuse to join us!”

“Didn’t they say that they wouldn’t sell photos to the foreign organization anymore? I don’t believe a word of it!”

Lee chuckled and said, “We’ll get a few of our bravest men to pretend to be from Green Sky Hall and go around secretly taking pictures. Then we’ll get jackie to find out and pin the blame onto Green Sky Hall.”

“Amazing. Your plan is absolutely amazing, Master. It’d be difficult for them to refuse to join our alliance then!”

A few of the fighters surrounding him nodded their heads. They could not help but admire their master’s intelligence.

“Let’s go and see the Wilson family!”

Lee waved his hand. He and his men drove straight toward the Wilson family’s estate.

…

“F*ck. That stupid jackie. My face still hasn’t recovered!”

A few days had passed since the party incident. Michael rubbed his face. It still felt a little swollen.

However, the injuries were barely noticeable from a glance. He would probably recover fully in one or two days.

“Dad, you must avenge me!”

Michael looked at his father, almost bursting into tears.

“Of course!”

David looked at his son, expression solemn. “Don’t worry. I’ve spent quite a lot of money lately to hire a few fighters to be our bodyguards,” he said, “I even recruited some from other cities. They’re all pretty strong. jackie won’t live for very long.”

Chapter 710
“That–that’s great!”

Michael heaved an internal sigh of relief when he heard that.

“Master, the Eagle Clan is here to pay you a visit!”

Right at this moment, a bodyguard ran in and reported, “The master of the Eagle Clan is here, along with his fighters!”

David and Michael exchanged a glance. They were confused.

“F*ck. What does the Eagle Clan want from us? Organizations that operate in the day like us have never had anything to do with Halls like theirs!”

David frowned. The Eagle Clan could not be easily provoked. They were far stronger than a second-class aristocratic family like his. Their sudden appearance at his doorstep made him anxious.

“Dad, don’t tell me that one of our men offended the Eagle Clan so they’re here to see us now? It’ll be troublesome if that happens. It won’t be easy to deal with them!”

Michael was worried as well.

David looked at the bodyguard. “Tell me, were they extremely angry when they arrived?” he asked.

The bodyguard shook his head. “No. They were all very calm. They said that they’re here to propose a deal to you!”

“Alright. Bring them in!” David loosened a breath when he heard that. Then he waved his hand.

“Looks like they’re not here for trouble!” David told his son after the bodyguard left.

After a while, Lee and the others came in.

Lee raised his hands in a fist-to-palm salute toward David after he sat down. “Master Wilson, long time no see. I heard that the Wilson family has been doing well lately. So admirable!”

David managed a wan smile and returned the salute. “Oh, we’re not that great. We’re just getting by. We have no way to match up to a first-class aristocratic family!”

“From the looks of it, your family is drawing closer and closer to the title of a first-class aristocratic family!”

Lee flashed a polite smile and looked at Michael. “Young–Young Master Wilson, your face hasn’t recovered completely yet? Tsk. What a shame. I heard that Ivan from the Taylor family was the one who beat you up?”

When he heard this, Michael replied immediately in a huff. “It was Ivan’s doing, but the person I’m most frustrated at is that son-in-law of the Taylor family. My face wouldn’t be in this state if he didn’t think of that method to punish me. I’m mad at Ivan, but I’m most angry at jackie…”

Here, Michael ground his jaw and clenched his fists. “If I ever get the chance, I’ll make sure that jackie is flayed and tortured to death!”

“All right. That’s the spirit!”

Lee instantly stood up as he saw Michael’s temper flaring. He clapped his hands as he spoke, “You’re a true man, Young Master Wilson. You have the aura of someone who isn’t afraid of anything. Men should be like that. To bless when they have received blessings, and to take revenge when they have been wronged!”

Delight sprang in Michael’s heart at the other man’s praise. “But of course, don’t judge me just because I’m fat. I’m a grown man as well!” he said, chuckling.

Yet David, who was watching all this from the side, could not bear to watch on any longer. “Master Neuman, just get straight to the point,” he said simply, tone blunt. “The Wilson family hardly associates with your Eagle Clan on a normal basis. What business are you here for today?”

Chapter 711
When Lee noticed that David was raising the issue, he said, “To be honest, you know as well as I do that the Eagle Clan has suffered heavy losses before this. We lost 300 men, and we’ve been searching for the culprit behind their murders. We must avenge their deaths by killing him!”

“Oh? So did you find him?”

David’s heart nearly skipped a beat. He said, “Master Neuman, why are you here then? Don’t tell me that you suspect one of us? Your 300 men were all elites from the headquarters. One of them was even one of the Four Fighters from the Eagle Clan. We certainly don’t have the means to have a man slaughter so many people!”

“It’s all a misunderstanding! You misunderstood me, Master Wilson,” Lee replied hurriedly. “I don’t want to cause any trouble by coming to you. I wanted to cooperate with you!”

Here, Lee paused for a while and cast a glance toward Michael, who stood to the side. “According to our investigations, jackie was the one who killed our 300 men,” he continued. “That son-in-law of the Taylor family, jackie!”

“What!”

Michael immediately exclaimed when he heard that. His expression revealed utter disbelief. “No way. Is he that strong?”

“You don’t know who he really is?”

Lee was surprised. “I know that you’re on pretty good terms with Selena. Shouldn’t you have some knowledge about the circumstances surrounding jackie White?”

“Not really. I’ve seen him fight before, but he was only facing off against a few dozen bodyguards. I know that he’s pretty strong, but no way that he killed all 300 of your men all by himself!”

Michael still felt that it was impossible. He looked straight at Lee. “Maybe you’ve got the wrong guy? The man who killed your people from the Eagle Clan, at least had the strength of a marshal or a King of War. And jackie is probably just a head commander!”

“No way. We’ve verified our sources. It’s definitely him!”

Lee was extremely adamant. “ jackie is a funny little character. I suspected that he was a King of War who was hiding his true strength and keeping a low profile. But once he’s provoked, the consequences are unimaginable.”

At this moment, David nodded his head after he thought about the subject. “ jackie is very strong. I was also curious why so many people respect him even though he was just an assistant commander. And many war veterans had turned up for Old Man Taylor’s birthday party!”

to be a King of War, it doesn’t matter if he’s only a one-star King of War—he’ll be extremely difficult to beat! What do we do? Don’t tell me that I have no hope of taking

a

we have our brothers from the Eagle Clan with us.

just now, that he came over to negotiate an agreement between us. You won’t let him go just like that, won’t

“Bingo!”

for our orders. We’ll get in contact then and set out to kill jackie. We’ll arrange

even if we combine the forces from our two families. In fact, I feel like we’ll suffer many casualties! If we lose too many of

after he thought about

Green Sky Hall. Soon enough, we’ll

and said, “But you’ll

problem. It’s a

two men

finished their lunch at the hotel. They

only spent over seven hundred thousand dollars. I thought

she spoke, there was an undeniable

Did you forget our

She did not know

son-in-law who can bring in the dough, and my daughter makes plenty of money as well. Of course, I should indulge myself. Money is meant to

her. “Let’s go, Joan dear. I saw some nice clothes in a

“Is it expensive?”

frowned. She remembered how jackie had brought her to buy plenty of clothing and all sorts of unnecessary things the last time. Even now, she was still

she could not bear to spend it every time she flashed back to

I’m a little short, so I probably won’t look good in it. Why would I recommend the clothes

given her ninety million dollars yesterday. She was in good spirits now, and she was even feeling amicable

“Alright then!”

to the proposal to go

beautiful bodyguards tailed after them

your cybercafe and see

lunchtime, and now his cheeks were flushed. He patted his son’s shoulder and they left. Naturally, a few bodyguards followed them

take Kylie to the aquarium. I

Selena beside him,

long time now. But I didn’t have the time nor the money,

that you would return soon so that you could bring her

began to reddened as she reminisced about what had

she had been extremely afraid that jackie would never return. She had been fearful that he would die on the

have a father then, and she would officially

returned. He did not disappoint her either, turning out to

worry. I’m back now. All we need to do is live our lives peacefully. We’ll definitely be

He swept Kylie into his

female bodyguards trailed after them, keeping

away from them, Flynn was watching the entire exchange

poisoned for a few days now. He’s definitely

Flynn spoke with such hatred, and he gritted his teeth in fury and

wear yourself out over this. The people I’ve dispatched are ready to give jackie a good beating without killing him. We still need to wait for him to make a fool of himself and die painfully during Selena’s birthday party.” With a cynical

dozen people walked out from an

at the people slowly emerging from the alley.

“Of course, they’re no match to a not-poisoned jackie, but as luck would have it, he’s weakening due to the poison as we speak. It’s been days now, and he definitely seems to be unaware. Rest

ladies with jackie. “Look at him. He has four women with him, and the words ‘Taylor family’s bodyguard’ are written on their clothes… I wonder what

wind. “Now that

fine. Look at those four women. Do they look like bodyguards? All of them have long legs, fair skin and pretty faces. Well, there’s no reason to fret. They’re no match for

employing bodyguards, I’ll give him that. All of them are

Ken. “This womanizer! Selena loves him so much, but he might’ve had secret affairs with these women since long ago. That irks me so much! And here I am, holding Selena so dear to me and treats her

…

them from afar, and she saw the unmistakable look of malice in their

leave them to you guys.” With his child, Kylie in his arms, he gently spoke, “Kylie, turn your head away, don’t look forward now. You might be frightened of what’ll happen next. It might get

last thing jackie expected was for Kylie’s defiant, “No!” She then pouted. “I want to see how the pretty sisters fight the bad guys. I want to beat

At a loss of words for a good while, he felt a warm sensation going through the fibers of his being. “Alright. Since you’re brave enough,

his bodyguards, jackie then ordered, “If they make a move, you fight back, but don’t kill

Orchid and the

but they instantaneously reacted once they came close enough to jackie and his

dyed-blonde hair, and everyone else rushed toward jackie not a moment

female bodyguards encompassed jackie and his family defensively. They attacked at the

blink of an eye, the gangsters dropped like

a dozen of them! Hasn’t it only been a few seconds? Every single one has fallen!” Ken’s jaws nearly dropped to the ground when he saw the turn of events, at

even done

definitely an accident! I never thought these girls would be so skilled!” Ken smiled sheepishly. He could only watch as jackie swiftly walked away

his thoughts. “Since you’re afraid that jackie would recognize the bodyguards you normally have with you, my only remaining choice is to call and get the

thought about it. “Agreed. Make the call, and make sure you get several good ones. However, it’s best if you don’t tell your parents about what happened to your leg for the time being. I’m afraid that they’ll be so angry that they’ll go

We can’t let

…

are? Why are they after us?”

enemy hid behind shadows. It was difficult to hide from these people if

hate me too, so there’s that. Of course, it seems that it might be Ken and Young Master Hugo. Apart from that, I also offended

he exclaimed, “Oh, yes! Young Master Gold from the Gold family also

how many people jackie had offended without her knowing it.

a moment, a thought then stood out among the rest as she exclaimed, “Oh my god! Could it be that the Xenos family from the Sky City had come for us? Didn’t you say that the Xenos family is very powerful? I heard that they’re almost

she continued, frowning as she did, “This is really bad. How are you able to offend so many people? Dear me… What should we do? If it’s people from the Xenos family,

I can assure you that it’s not people from the Xenos family. They’re a strong family, so they would’ve come

the Xenos people wouldn’t come with these people

and muttered, “Oh, thank goodness… It’s best if it’s not the Xenos family. We’re lucky that all ten bodyguards that you’ve employed are quite good.

strong! It’d be so good if I can be as good as them when I

worry! A child with clever and intelligent parents will grow up to be just like them. Kylie, you’ll be an extremely strong

715 jackie chuckled

beside him, lightly pinched at his thigh and rolled her eyes at him. “I don’t want my daughter to be a brawny girl when

skills she has to learn so she could protect

“That’s right. After

….

aquarium. They enjoyed a happy

few

did happen. As

from the car in front of him, and they menacingly

from his car

guy’s body must be extremely weak right now. I do wonder if he notices the condition of his body!” In a car not far away, Ken looked over where jackie was, and a small smile appeared on his face. “I

of the people I asked to come today are team leaders for our bodyguards. I think their fighting prowess can almost

Meanwhile…

for a slightly spacious place. A group of seven to eight men had already

know that, young man! We won’t tell you either!” One of the men smiled coldly as he twisted his head side to

of luck because my daughter isn’t here today.” came jackie’s reply, nonchalant

presence have to do with us? The order we received is to beat you up until you can’t

not here, the only option left for you is to die!” jackie smiled coldly.

cackled sinisterly. He balled his fist and swung it, aiming for jackie when he saw

other, and the powerful force set off

he never thought that the man before him could conjure

fell to the ground as blood oozed out of his mouth.

punch to another man’s neck. The unmistakable sound of something snapping could be heard, and the man fell lifelessly

punches later, several masters died

pale after seeing how the tides had turned. Every companion of

man—one with skills on par with a major—was also killed

now?” jackie smirked sardonically at the man on the floor as

cigarette and lit it up when he reached that person. He smoked

know!” The man gritted his teeth and was afraid. By instinct, the man turned to look at the BMW car parked not too far

this person’s line of sight

that fool looking over here for?!” Ken was immediately afraid when he saw the bodyguard

both he

family. Among them, two were more-than-ordinary fighters. It never occurred to

at the speed of the perpetrators

the eyes of the man lying on the ground. Pulling a dagger

faster. With a flip of his hand, jackie caught his hand and stabbed the knife

hand, the man fell straight to the floor, his eyes still wide open in

went back to his car

to show these people some consequences as it was difficult for him to

…

not trailing after them. He could only get a

among the masters from the Young family, yet jackie… jackie killed them so easily?!” Gulping nervously, Ken wiped the cold sweat on his

spoke, “What’s going on? Why do I feel like

had said. “F*ck. Now that you’ve mentioned it, I’m starting to wonder if we were played by that woman, Xena. If jackie was poisoned, he wouldn’t have been so powerful. More importantly, jackie has killed masters that were on par with

is no commander, that’s for sure. He kept hiding his true strength, but I think he’s a marshal!” As he thought about it, Flynn then asserted, “It’s almost impossible for him to be a King of War. After all, there are very few people who are Kings of War, and they’re very well-known. I think he’s a

a marshal, why does this guy want to

blank and clueless as to why jackie would hide his true

him as his eyes lit up. “I get it! Some people might have the fighting strength of a marshal, and while

might be lying when he said he lost his token and that he’s just a normal soldier. He might’ve had a title but was demoted to a normal soldier after he made a mistake. He must’ve felt embarrassed if he mentioned this, or he might even get scolded by his wife

thought about it some

Hugo to join us too. We’ll tell them about what happened today and see

the hospital with his subordinates. He also

discharged!” said a grinning Ivan as Ken and Neil approached him. “Did Xena tell you that I’m getting discharged? Are you guys picking me up so we can

asked me here, saying that there’s something

grin fell at that moment as he had a bad feeling. “What

Ivan, “Let’s go and find a place

how Ken looked at her.

718 Not long after, Ken brought the group to a hotel, had

finished ordering, Ken looked at Xena and asked, “Miss Xena, are you sure jackie

drink it with my own eyes. I even passed him the mineral

still in doubt of what

it,” came Xena’s defense. “Why? Young Master Clark, what’s going on? Are

nervous I was? I was so afraid that jackie would catch onto what I was

exactly? Why would you ask Xena this? She doesn’t

after ten days, and we’re all waiting for him to die painfully during Selena’s birthday. However, I’ve sent two different groups of people out to get him. I wanted to test how his body was faring, and

and Young Master Taylor looked at each other, somewhat excited when they

his body has no symptoms,

him, nothing much happened

“I think jackie’s got fighting capabilities rivaling

Ivan and the others darkened. If that was the case, it would be very difficult to get rid

was unable to kill this guy. He had been hiding his true strength!” Neil instantly blurted as he

the case, the old master would definitely be pleased with

719 Xena—who sat by the side—was deep in thought with

Ben, and the others spending his money! That must be it! I

This guy might’ve wanted to hide the fact

wore a tight smile on his face. “You guys are definitely imagining things. If jackie has several billion, I’ll write my

think the reason is, Young Master Clark? Apart from being a marshal himself, I can’t think of any other reason for his unwillingness for Fiona, Ben, and

couldn’t present the token despite claiming he’s a head commander. He’s

ability is somewhat like a marshal’s? How can he be

a marshal’s. Even if he’s not a marshal, he must be considered one of the strongest among

mean if he’s so powerful but is just a normal soldier? It means that he

get it now! He’d surely be scolded by Fiona and the others if he says that he has a title of either a marshal, or a major, or a head commander but couldn’t keep it. Moreover, it’d be rather shameful if others heard

jackie was ashamed to tell this to the others, so he kept his actual strength

remembered something and said, “Hey, if jackie used to be some head commander or major, would the country still

who were once majors still made huge contributions to the country. The country

“However, for people like jackie who’s made mistakes and were demoted to a normal soldier, the rewards might go from one billion to two or three hundred million. If the rewards were originally two to three billion, it might’ve been reduced

of Young Master Clark, doesn’t that mean he has around five to six hundred million now?” It was as though she was hit with a Eureka moment; as though she had

about hosting Selena’s birthday grandly. He’s confident because he has the means to do so!” came Ivan’s reply as he, too, saw the clearer picture. “F*ck… jackie had been so low-profile that we thought he only had several million with him. It genuinely didn’t occur to me he’d have four to five hundred million. If he really had that much, it should

had thought. At this rate, he can host

we drink.” Just like that, Ivan’s mood turned

“Suddenly, everything falls into place for him,” he hissed, “while we’ve wasted so much money. F*ck! What did we get out of spending such a big amount of money? He can easily go ahead

for this jerk!” Neil sighed and was helpless. His

before he added, “Regardless, he has no idea that he’s been poisoned. So what if the party stirs up the

concerned that he’s not poisoned! That’ll be a huge trouble!” Ken was downright worried as he eyed Xena warily. “That’s why I rushed to ask Miss Xena if she really saw jackie

many times do I need to say this before you believe me? I, Xena jackieson, swear to the

other choice than to believe that Xena did

you and that you pretended to be with Young Master Taylor so that you can get intel about us. Seems like that’s

you doubt me like that?!” Xena’s chest heaved in anger when she heard this. She looked at Ken angrily and

a point, Young Master Clark. You’re

that he was good in martial arts because he was enlisted

began. “I remember Quil Xenos asked a marshal to fight with jackie, though jackie eventually killed him. I heard that this marshal was Magnus Sutherland’s apprentice who got his title because of Magnus’s influences in the army. jackie said

case. Even if the marshal was slightly weaker, his capability in fighting shouldn’t be that

true

can confirm. Firstly, jackie has about four to five hundred million dollars with him, and that’s enough for him to host a city-stirring birthday party in Eastfield. We’ve wasted money to do free advertisements

to a marshal’s, though he must’ve lost his title due to some unknown reason, so he

effect on him, and he’s still astonishingly strong!” concluded Ken as he eyed everyone in the room. “Alright, tell me now: What should we

to take effect, so it might be normal for us to not see the effect now, right?” started Ivan as he offered his analysis. “The later days will be the most crucial period, and jackie would be physically tortured by then. His body will rot and he’ll die in

happened today. We

vent our frustrations. After all, if he’s still strong, we’d only suffer a huge loss. Let’s also not forget his guy is really good at planning out things, and you’ve said it yourself that his bodyguards are quite strong. Let’s just patiently wait for another twenty

he’d be so smart and play us like fiddles.

something and his eyes lit up. Guffawing, he boasted, “Even if jackie has the money to give Selena a city-stirring birthday party, he’ll bring nothing but shame

can host an extravagant birthday party if he has the money, right? Why will it be shameful for him?” Both Ken and Neil were stunned at Ivan’s sudden burst

Do you guys know Cecilia? She’s getting married to the Gold family’s young master. Nevermind the other details, but Cecilia is holding her wedding dinner on the same day as Selena’s birthday party. One is a wedding, the other is a mere birthday party. Which one do you think Old Master Taylor and members of the Taylor family will attend?” Ivan cackled again, and

with the ads, the entire city is aware of the birthday party. He’ll be in so much shame if so many seats are prepared for the party but no one

day but insisted to choose the same day as Selena’s party! That’s really amazing!” beamed Neil, a huge grin on his face as he did. “Even if jackie changes the date now, he can’t escape the people’s mockery. After all, it’s not good to change dates for something

had turned. “I rang up Cecilia after I heard what happened, just to get the entire story. She told me that jackie was really stubborn and refused to change the dates. He insisted on having the party on the same day as Cecilia’s wedding. This

that’s the case, he wouldn’t be in such an embarrassing situation. The Taylors will definitely attend Cecilia’s wedding instead of Selena’s birthday party at this rate. It’s hard

is a good thing. If he doesn’t do that, how can we see the moment when he succumbs to the poison at the party? Am I not right?” Neil laughed and raised his wine glass. “It’s decided

others stood up and had an

…

jackie went to work at the Drake family’s

A man appeared in the Eagle Clan’s operating base and came toward Lee with a smile on his face. “Chief, great news!

with this, Lee replied, “Really? Did you find information that the people from Green Sky Hall

overseas without anyone knowing. Apart from that,

went to the masters

at the Drake

billiards. Come play with us. Do you know how?” Tanya smiled and glanced at jackie. This guy grew increasingly handsome the more she looked at him. She had no idea why, but

wants to go out and play, I’ll follow you. After all, I’m your bodyguard.” jackie smiled, at ease when he noted the time—two in the afternoon—and

over. Although what he said during the previous meal they had was slightly overboard, the aftereffect was worth it. At the very least, this girl stopped pestering

car with Tanya and Yvonne, something unexpected happened. A sports car followed by several Audis entered the grounds and was parked not far away

Are you guys heading out? It seems like I’ve made it just in time. You would’ve been long gone if I came a little later!” There was a small yet sweet smile on Sharon’s face. She looked like a fashionista with her sunglasses on, and her black hair was styled into big

was dumbfounded when Sharon made her appearance. It seemed that his way of blatantly rejecting her

this, Sharon was not even familiar with both Tanya and Yvonne and seldom kept in touch, but Sharon had been coming over a little too often. If it was not for him, what was

bodyguards were discussing this in private; all of them wished that they were jackie. They wondered if jackie was a dumb guy as he turned down the persuasion of

right on time. It seems like you’ve gone for a hair-do this morning, no? This hairstyle looks good!” Tanya smiled and said to Sharon, “We’re going to play billiards. How

not very good at it,

her

jackie, you don’t have to drive; there’s not enough space for everyone.

other after they heard this, and they had

take up your offer graciously.” jackie smiled bitterly. Since she made the invitation, it seemed too abrupt to reject her. Apart from that, would it not seem

jackie agreeing to her suggestion. Once jackie got in, Sharon tailed after Tanya and Yvonne’s car that left

not help it. She had to ask him as she glanced at him from the corner of her

loss of words, jackie merely answered, “It

feeling that it looks good!” At

long after, several cars were parked

guys can find a place and enjoy some milk tea if you want.” Sharon gave her bodyguards several hundred dollars and added, “ jackie is here, so it should be

bodyguards received the money

place looks quite high-end.

nice. They have all sorts of drinks and dessert for free, though the fee here is based on per entry.

we’ll have to play a little longer. It’d be

comment made Yvonne roll her eyes at jackie. “We’re not asking you to pay. You’re here to company us, so we’re going to pay. Apart from that, it’s only several thousand dollars. How’s

but the sight of a person not far away soured his grin. “Isn’t that Young

looked and was slightly surprised.

Turner family and was progressively gambling with billiards.

he would be

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lost

Didn’t I lose the last game to you?” The man with a cue stick that stood opposite Timothy laughed and added, “Apart from that, ten million per round is still

pulled his collar and said, “Ten million is nothing; I can afford that. That’s

over, took a bottle of beverage and started drinking. After he had large gulps, he growled, “Of course, it’s only natural that I’m unhappy since I’ve lost a game that

man chuckled and reminded Timothy, “It’s been ten games. We make the payment once every ten

corners of Timothy’s mouth slightly twitched before he took out his cellphone. “Don’t you worry, I’ll transfer

man opposite Timothy asked him if

“Of course! Let’s do another ten more games. I’m not satisfied until I win more games

few angels coming this way!” One of the men standing beside the billiards table could

murmured, “Tanya? Why is she here? She walks around with this bodyguard all day long, too. Tsh! The old master and the rest think that this guy is, at the very least, a King of War. Less to be known, he’s admitted that he’s only a head commander with no token. I

man playing billiard beside Timothy was a young master from a third-class aristocratic family. His name was Leo Turner and was great friends with Michael Wilson. He could not help but smile when he heard this and went right next to Timothy. “Young Master Drake, there’s a simple solution. He’s just a bodyguard, and we only need to think of a way to play him. Ask him for a game

chuckled and replied, “It’d be great if you

Sharon is also here? That’s quite rare!” Leo immediately moved forward to greet Tanya and the group when he saw them

him icily. “So you’re the one who’s been bringing my brother to fool around?”

on his face, and he discreetly swallowed his saliva. These three ladies were the object of obsession for many rich young masters at the

high ranks after all. If he managed to marry them, he would be marrying

cousin, her figure was even sexier.

to even entertain the man, she turned to Timothy and asserted, “You should avoid going to shady places with these people. It’s fine

of your concern. I know Father pampers you and that you’re well received by the people of the Drake family. Now that your power grows, you want

favored by James, their father. He had changed after being with the young master of the third-class aristocratic family—Leo Turner—for a

gambling more and more on billiards? I’m only reminding you of better things. Don’t you know

anything. You constantly visit those so-called entertainment places, and they’re unorthodox ones with these kinds of people. My friends

to play? Also, how dare you say that it’s an unorthodox place? I went for massages at regular places.

moment, Timothy looked slovenly, as though he had not groomed himself in ages.

had been mingling with the young men before him, all from

worked up. She immediately stepped forward and plastered a smile onto her face as she spoke, “Don’t bother about him, Tanya. Men have their own ways of relieving stress. Let’s play billiards instead. Aren’t you pretty good at

“All right then!”

the anger building inside her, trying to console herself. Maybe she was overthinking this—maybe her brother was not the man she thought

a lovely sister you

having a little sister looking after the big brother. Maybe she’ll be the one to ‘look after’ the Drake family in

accompanying Leo also began to curve his lips into a

you. You

this moment, Leo placed the cue

looked around him before finally pointing at himself. “Are you asking me, sir?” he

the Taylor family, right? You really had gold falling onto your lap, being able to marry a beauty like Selena Taylor.

lit it, sticking it into his mouth. “Sure, I’m jealous,” he said, expression scornful, “but I have to

Nothing I can do about it though. I had pretty good

by his words. Instead,

was rendered unhappy in a flash when she

mad, when someone

polishing his shoes if you were to pit yourself against him. Do you know that? And a bunch of fresh flowers stuck onto

is being held in very high esteem

the young miss of the George family has had her eyes set

his head and rubbed his nose. “Ah. I really never thought that a young heiress to a first-class aristocratic family would actually fall in love with a married man,” he mumbled. “Doesn’t she feel ashamed? It won’t do good

I like has nothing

herself to maintain the image of a well-behaved lady.

smile before these clowns. “So you’re called Leo? Why did you ask me if I could play billiards, Young Master Leo?” he asked. “I don’t know

all, to us, military people are just reckless fools. Naturally, you wouldn’t know of such a game of gentleman nature, since all you know is how to

of asking you to play a few rounds against me if you knew how to,”

a few rounds earlier. It doesn’t seem too hard. You just have to aim for

after he

not help but giggle when they

This is a game of skill. Why would it be that easy? It requires technique to get the strength and angle right. Besides, did you really think that the game would be over after you pocket the balls belonging to you? And

just straight

those who have. Besides, I’ve played this for two years, but my skill is

tugged on jackie’s sleeve as she chided him. It was obvious that he knew nothing, from the way he spoke of it as though it was an easy game. If word got out about this, he would definitely be taken as the joke of the century

allow ourselves to

rules to me first? Teach me the techniques to play

this, Tanya, Yvonne, and Sharon were all stunned speechless, to the point that they wanted to spew blood. This punk did not know the rules, and he still wanted to play against Leo? It was practically a throwaway

you guys hear that? You heard that, right? This p*nk doesn’t even know the rules of the game.

when he heard those words. His friends also

me tell you this, punk. Our Young Master Leo here can pocket 70 to 80 points in one sitting when he’s in good form. He’s even been dubbed as the ‘Prince of

well? After all, Leo is the Prince of Billiards, but Young Master Drake still dared to play against him. Isn’t it obvious that he’s

“You…”

was extremely angry. That stupid punk—was daring enough to call him an

instantly hardened. “The f*ck are you talking about, jackie?” he said. “You’re the bodyguard of the Drake family. It also

who was paid 20 million dollars a month. It was probably the only job in the entire

have spared this punk’s reputation if his father and the others did not suspect that there was something more to jackie—that this

punk raked in such a huge salary, yet he seemed not to care about his family, coming whenever he liked and leaving whenever he pleased. More importantly, his father and his

party, this punk claimed that he had lost his badge. Would a King of War

thought that he was a marshal. Even

a bodyguard for your family? If your family didn’t help mine, and if you hadn’t helped my wife to find a job, I would have had zero interest in being a bodyguard

the job,” he said nonchalantly. “You have no say in

“You…”

say something like that right in front of his friends. jackie

from the ears. “Hey, why are you getting so worked up over a bodyguard when you’re the young master of the Drake family?” he reminded the other man. “Who are you, and who is he? How can he ever

of his shirt

billiards is easy, right? Then why don’t you play against me? Ten million dollars per round. What do you say? Since you’re so gung-ho about it, do you dare to have a match against me? We always play ten million dollars per round. I have no interest in a wager smaller than

into a goading expression as he spoke to jackie, “I think you should just forget about

If we play, let’s play big.

jackie to retort after he heard that,

stir jackie into a fury. He never thought that he would actually accept the bet—and not only that, he even proposed

“Are you nuts, jackie?”

“You can’t just agree to that even if you’re betting on your pride!” she protested. “You’ve never played

round is too much. If you’re not convinced of that, then just take it down

“Besides, it’s obvious that he wants to get a rise out of you.

Don’t agree with that, jackie.

Sharon said as well.

their protests at all. “What do you say?” he said to Leo. “Are you daring enough to play with one billion on the

But I truly suspect that you don’t have that much cash on

I can’t pay up at the end, I’ll just chop my hand off and offer it to you. How about

jackie said, smiling coldly.

ago. He felt that it was not too difficult. The only thing was that he did

Drake and I will put on a free show for you. You just stand at the side and watch us play.

Leo smiled as he spoke

sure of this. I won’t let you off if you can’t

nodding his

least 5 hundred million in my credit balance now. I don’t

more than five games in ten rounds, you have to win at least eight and lose two. If you

for someone like you to win, seeing as how you’ve

teeth and stood up. “ jackie, you can’t just chop off your arm if you can’t afford to pay. If you can’t pay

billion dollars if

never thought that Sharon would put herself forward and

you thought

straight at her

a first-class aristocratic family. We can afford to

Sharon replied confidently.

you

jackie felt speechless.

you a lot. They really want

could not help

woman

“But now that Young Mistress George is standing up and offering to take the bill for this punk, Young Master Turner won’t have to worry about not getting his

A billion dollars is worth so much

the game. “Look closely, p*nk. It’s called a

played, and jackie watched them very

and Timothy quickly finished their game. Timothy emerged victorious, and he had won

we’re not placing bets on this round and just putting on a show

won, Timothy felt

you tell

reality, it was Young Master Turner who had gone easy on

How could I just go easy on someone when it’s

immediately agitated when he heard

you talking about? Won’t I be able to tell if he was going easy

also spoke in a huff, “I’m a

His angle was off ever so slightly on purpose when he struck the ball, and pretended he almost pocketed a ball. He only needed to go easy once

in a leisurely tone, “Furthermore, I think you’ve thought about why he would go easy on you, Young Master Drake. Would you still play with him if he never went easy on you, and if you kept losing ten rounds out of ten games? Of course, he would need to let you win a few rounds to let you savor the happiness of winning a bet! But it’s obvious that overall, you lose more than you win. Let’s

realized that whatever jackie said was true. Furthermore, jackie had

he had carefully thought about it, he still could not see

my bad luck that I lost

worse player compared than Leo. It was because he felt that he was already pretty skilled at the game, and was almost on par with Leo. If Leo truly went easy on him quite frequently, did that not mean that his friend

evidence to support his claims. He was just being ostentatious. It was possible that jackie was just trying

lose some when playing billiards, punk. We’re good friends with Young Master Timothy. How can

also spoke

through his ruse, so he quickly changed the topic, “Cut the crap, punk. Are we still playing? We’ll play one hundred million dollars per round for ten rounds. And you can’t just give up

that you’re bullying jackie

a b*stard. They were putting a bet of ten billion dollars—ten whole billion dollars. It was not just a regular sum of money for a

about? I had proposed to play ten million dollars per round before. It’s this son-in-law from the Taylor’s who claimed that ten million was too little, raising it to one hundred million. Honestly, I’ve never placed such a big bet

and told

over straightaway and chose a cue stick. Then he walked toward Leo. “You’ve never placed such a big bet before? Then I hope that you won’t be so frightened by the numbers that

punk was playing. He had just watched them play one round of billiards and had just gotten to know the rules. This was even his first time holding a billiard cue, and he actually dared to say something like

will I have

and

go ahead first.

answered after he thought about

“Very

mouth curled upward. In the next second, the cue ball was struck with a great force that sent the red balls scattering around

balls went into

Leo, seems like lady luck is not on

turn! The position of the white cue

white cue ball is in good position, but for a newbie like you, I don’t even have to plot a defense.

Leo laughed.

flashed a wan smile at the situation as well. He sneered, “It seems simple. But

of the billiard table. His posture seemed professional and in the

“It’s pocketed!”

celebrating for

and the strike was pretty

was puzzled at the scene before her. His posture was pretty professional, too. If he had not asked so many questions during the play between Timothy and Leo, Tanya would not have thought that jackie was

the use of only pocketing one ball? There’re so many balls yet to be pocketed, and now it’s time to hit

for jackie, after all, it was her first

whatever they were

one hundred million per round was

I can aim for seven points. But I couldn’t manage the strength well when I struck it out, and the white ball stopped at another position. Hmmm. It’s better for me to aim for six points then, especially for

to himself as he studied the positions of the

act like a pro, huh? Planning for the positions of the balls and aiming seven points? I think he just struck the cue

guy from Leo’s group sneered

After adjusting his cue stick, he flung his arm and struck the white cue ball. In a jiffy, a ball was pocketed and another six points

easy one because it was in a straight line, as a newbie of billiard, how

previously, had slowly morphed into a dry and bitter one. Worries and concerns gnawed inside him slightly. Was this punk

pocketed

was due to luck then what about this time? jackie not only pocketed a six-pointer, but the cue ball stopped at a very strategic position where

jackie really knows how to plan the

her excitement that her heavy breathing

pocket, set it nicely, and then smiled at jackie, “Young man, if this is your first time playing billiards, then you have learned it well. You’ll surely improve immensely after one or two days playing

the balls. As long as the aim is accurate and the strength is controlled well, it’ll be

was at loss for words. How could this

I don’t

a blind cat who stumbled upon a dead rat—sheer luck. There were so many balls on the table yet to be pocketed anyway and each of

was really bright. He actually saw through his ruse—he went easy on Timothy and

did not place any bet on that game but was merely using it

Timothy to some night club tonight and spent a couple hundred thousand on him to make him happy again. He not only won the money but at the same time also established

from Young Master Drake these past few months or so. He would let Timothy win

Thud!

the same time positioned the white cue ball into a very strategic spot. He could strike

up within Leo as he noticed that jackie was aiming for the seven-pointer. He kept his

before him had made him tongue-tied. Another seven points went to jackie’s scoreboard. The strike was fast

this punk is playing dumb about billiards? How

guy who had been playing with Leo and the others all the while, came forward and voiced out his concerns to

played it before, there’s no need to ask about

not believing jackie

balls in a row. The red balls on the table became fewer and fewer, and jackie’s marks on the scoreboard

did

frowned at it, his face sunk, looking a

“Damn, what a pity!”

deep sigh at jackie’s

the scoreboard and jumped excitedly. “Look, Tanya! Look at the points! jackie scored eighty points. He had actually scored a freaking eighty points in one go! This means that he has already won this round, and Leo has lost even if he finished off all the balls on the

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“You’re right!”

did the realization hit Tanya. Even if Leo pocketed all the remaining balls on the table, the highest score would only be sixty-seven, as the total point was only one hundred and forty-seven. And now

“I…I won this round?”

face went blank and confused, then he opened his mouth, “But…but aren’t there a

total point is only 147. You already scored 80 out of it. So, even if Leo finished off all the balls on the table, it’s impossible for him to score more

“Sounds about right!”

looked at

his forehead. This punk scored 80 points in one go. Even if he hit all the balls into the pockets, he

your *ss! You win this

the owner of the place, “Boss, reset the game! We’re going for

jackie a thumbs up as he finished setting up the game. “Young man, amazing play! You’re a genius among geniuses! Before the games, I studied you and realized that you are indeed a newbie. The posture is not particularly correct, and you took several seconds to adjust the cue stick for a better angle. Besides, there are hints of hesitation in your eyes

sharp needle, piercing through Leo and the others’ eardrums. They could feel a

jackie lose one billion. Even if Sharon offered to

did he expect that jackie would win the

game. I guess I’ve underestimated you and that’s why you scored. This time, I won’t go easy on

ball lightly and it spread out a little from its original position.

“Snooker!”

the white cue ball. The white ball

luck! Must

luck. The position of the white cue ball is just

Christ, jackie

with joy that she did her little happy dance. The sight of Sharon’s bouncing chest when she did her little dance had made the

for the show except for Leo. His face twisted and several veins popped out in his neck. He thought that since jackie was a beginner, he would not know how to serve

hit the red ball directly from where the white cue ball was at. He had to study and analyze the angle so that the white cue ball would hit the

Thud!

billiard skill was not bad at all. He managed to find an accurate angle for the

had also spread out the red ball further than before, leaving jackie an excellent stance to

widely scattered, his heart sank. He let out

so much,

hanging on jackie’s face

behind him, and commanded, “Bring me a bottle of mineral

forehead puckered, he could easily sense that

bet per game and one tiny mistake would cost a hundred million dollars, who would not be

merely a third-class family and they did not own many properties and assets. If Leo continued to lose today, his five hundred million dollars credit balance would not be able to pay up the

quickly grabbed a bottle of water and tossed

the meantime, jackie had pocketed several balls one after another

my God! Good moves and great positions! jackie has hope to win this round