The Legendary Man

Chapter 486 A Dark Night

Soon, an ambulance pulled up alongside a bridge near Highway 908. The driver promptly stepped out of the car and opened the rear passenger door.

As soon as they saw Norman Cooper in the backseat, the two doctors got up to greet him, “Mr. Cooper.” Norman removed his face mask, a weary smile tugging at his lips. “How’s the young Mr. Gomez doing?”

“Don’t worry, Mr. Cooper. We’ve already helped to stabilize Mr. Gomez’s condition. He should be able to hold up till we reach the hospital,” one of the doctors said with a reassuring smile.

“That’s good,” Norman muttered as he stared grimly at the young man on the stretcher.

As it turned out, the latter was none other than Quinton Gomez, whose fight with Jonathan had left him severely wounded.

The elderly Norman Cooper, on the other hand, was the owner of several chain restaurants in Lumonburg’s Petalgrove county.

Even though Norman and Philip seemed completely unrelated, the truth was that they were bosom buddies some twenty years ago.

After Philip had built his business from the ground up, he wanted nothing more than to rope Norman in to share the fruits of his labor. However, the latter refused to have anything handed to him on a silver platter, so the final consensus was to have Philip loan him some cash to start a small restaurant.

Surprisingly, Norman was quite an astute businessman and subsequently built a good reputation in Petalgrove.

Later, when the Gomez family became a branch family of the Osbornes, Philip erased all traces of his relationship with Norman out of fear that the Gomezes might one day get overturned.

That way, even if their family were to get into trouble in the future, he could always depend on Norman to lend a helping hand.

There was no doubt Philip was a shrewd visionary, but not even he had expected that he’d need to call on his old friend so soon.

“Anyway, I’m sure Philip has already told you, but everything that has happened today must be kept strictly confidential,” Norman uttered as he glanced at the two doctors.

“Of course,” one of them replied. “We’ve received Mr. Gomez’s money, so you can rest assured that we’ll keep our lips sealed.”

Upon hearing that, Norman gave a slight nod.

“Good. Since Mr. Gomez’s condition has stabilized, you guys can alight here and return to Lumonburg.”

out of the ambulance with a look of confusion. “The thing is, we’re in the

We’ve prepared cars for you,” Norman instructed while pointing into the distance. “You’ll each get

jumped out excitedly

forward a little more. You’ll see it when you’re on

Norman was chuckling as he spoke, he had reached his right hand toward his back and pulled out

Mr. Cooper? Why don’t

of the doctors turned to look at Norman, all he could feel was the cold barrel of a gun pressed

“Mr. Cooper—”

Bang!

in the dark, blood spurted from the

the other doctor stammered as he

Bang! Bang! Bang!

consecutive shots,

away and mustered up all

Splash!

Splash!

keep secrets…” he muttered, huffing and puffing as he watched the roaring rapids below the

the ground, Norman quickly fetched a large bottle of medical-grade alcohol from his

earlier, Norman threw it onto the blood puddle and doused

the bundle

the ID card in his hand for one last time, Norman tossed it into the fire and returned to his

had removed his oxygen mask by then, choked back tears as he asked, “M-Mr. Cooper, my family’s done for, isn’t

with Norman, and when Quinton pressed for the reason, his answer had been

you see Norman Cooper again, it means the Gomez family is

look at Quinton. According to my calculations, the amount of anesthetic used should be able to knock him out for more than twelve hours. And yet, he’s already awake before the three-hour mark. Is that the difference between

the Gomez family matters. You must remember that from now on, I’m Silas Leiter, your grandfather,

had descended into a chaotic mess as numerous servants scrambled to put up funeral decorations

room had also become a mourning hall, and Philip and Zane stood silently at the door while staring at the black-and-white