The Almighty Dominance

Chapter 36

Outside the Lancaster mansion, a modest car stood waiting with the driver by its side.

Alfred had chosen this low-profile setup, understanding it would help Alex stay unnoticed.

As soon as the driver saw Alex approach, he quickly moved toward him.

"Sir Alex, I'm Morris, the driver sent by Mr. Alfred," he said politely, bowing as he opened the car door for Alex to

enter.

Inside the car, Morris handed Alex an electronic pad.

"Sir, inside that pad is 576 pieces of data on people named to from all over Vancouver, along with their pictures."

He glanced in the rearview mirror and saw that Alex was already rapidly scanning through the files. "Please select the one we should begin with, and I'll guide you there," Morris added, buckling his seatbelt as the engine roared to life.

"This one," Alex said suddenly, handing back the pad without hesitation.

Morris was stunned by the speed. How could Alex sift through 576 profiles and choose someone so quickly?

His eyes glanced at the pad's screen, seeing an old photo from an orphanage. A tomboyish girl stood there, smiling with other children.

The name beneath the picture read 'Josephine'.

"We'll be there in 20 minutes," Morris responded after checked the address. 1

As the car pulled away from the grand mansion and hit the road, the scenery began to shift.

The luxury and pristine surroundings faded into rougher streets.

They entered a poorer neighborhood, where the streets were filled not just with trash and jobless people, but with broken dreams and silent battles of daily survival.

The car moved through the slums, passing garbage and the homeless.

lost to drugs some already eyeing the car

is scarce, the people's eyes held stories darker

streets.

drove further, the surroundings deteriorated into a wasteland of

finally stopped, and Morris hurried to open

wind hit

burned-out structures and trash

is the orphanage where Josephine stayed," Morris explained, gesturing

burning down half the slum. A dangerous criminal on the run

tried to capture him, but he set the place ablaze to escape. The destruction was so great it left this place the

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the tragic events, but Alex had already drifted into his thoughts, his feet carrying him

the rusty sign still hung, the outlines of rooms that once felt

it before the mind could catch

then, but now, looking at it, it felt

than a decade ago, someone had left

no memories from before that time, but something deep inside told him he had a

him there, filthy

spent most of his time bedridden, plagued by headaches and pain that

up on the

had been hostile, but not

only friend-the one who

always clung to Jo's clothes

Alex thought Jo

strong, even feared

day she protected him and punched a

face, saying, "This is my bestie! Don't

she lost her teeth that day after getting hit

made

idea he was being protected