“That Richard Smith sure has skills. He was able to resolve each of the traps we set for him with people gaining even more respect for him. It's quite annoying to have such a competent opponent.” Caesar remarked while seated in an expensive suite alongside a few of his subordinates.“Sir, maybe it's because we aren't hitting hard enough. I suggest we attack his family, I'm sure that would force him to make a mistake we can use to our advantage.”Caesar snorted. “Are you stupid?... That man may act calm but he is nothing of that sort when one messes with his family. Right now he hasn't come after us because it's just petty drama, if we do what you are intending, then know that it won't be a battle of wits anymore, and then when that happens, would you be able to dispatch a man that stood up to fucking terrorists?”Immediately, the suite grew silent as they gulped in trepidation.Though it was hard to imagine the videos did not lie.Richard Smith had fought against terrorists and won.W

“Mr. Smith, I'm glad you could join us tonight. You see, amongst everyone here, you are the most important person, after all, who else has the unequivocal support of the masses?” Caesar remarked.The words were meant to be praise but Richard didn't dare think that Caesar would be so nice as to compliment him.Knowing that the battle about to take place would be one of words and convincing the masses, Richard didn't hesitate to activate [Silver Tongue].He didn't think there'd ever be a day he would be so in need of it.Caesar had been trained from a young age how to convince people to support him with a few words and then adding on a martial technique that allowed people to lower their guards around him, Caesar was a force to be reckoned with.But that didn't mean Richard would accept defeat so easily.If that were the case, wouldn't he have given up before now?So with that, he prepared for whatever Caesar had in store for him, and as expected, it soon arrived.“But as a man that has

Caesar's initial plan had been to invite Vincent Dawson who would undoubtedly make Richard come in his place and the subsequent confrontation, humiliate Richard enough to garner support from the dignitaries in attendance.But how wrong was he?How could he have known that Richard was such a great spokesman?No, not just great, this was even better than what his father was capable of.A man that told not a single lie, yet managed to ensure the public supported him.Richard was the bane of the politics Caesar was conversant with.Now, he would have to face the music for daring to think he could turn the masses against Richard.“We are still waiting on a response, Mr. Caesar or are you done?”“... I have underestimated you, Richard Smith.” Was all Caesar could manage as he prevented himself from looking like a complete loser.“Quite unfortunate, I looked forward to putting you in your place.”Feeling humiliated, Caesar turned and left in a fit of rage with the party once again resuming.

Life after high school had been quite good for Jerome.He'd gotten accepted into the college of his dreams to study the course of his choice and what's more, it was on scholarship.As an orphan who had his sister struggling to put him through school, it was the best thing that could happen.He studied like a monster and aced everything there was to ace, ensuring he graduated with honors.It was supposed to be a joyous occasion but who would have thought that things would start to take a nosedive from there?He got a job in a good company abroad and so sent money to his sister every month.Unfortunately, he was framed by his peers as they were terrified of how great he was at his job and were concerned he'd end up as their boss due to how diligent he was.He ended up losing the job and getting blacklisted.Realizing his time abroad was up, Jerome decided to return to Intercity to start over again only to return to the fact that the money he'd been sending his sister had not been enteri

The rest of the day was spent packing up and moving back to Richard's estate after which Richard got the information about the company Jemima had worked for before she got in contact with the radioactive material.It was a sewage company and their worker conditions were downright horrible.Jemima wasn't the first person they left to die after realizing that they'd come in contact with the radioactive material.The owner didn't bother ensuring that his workers were learned enough to differentiate such things and their equipment was just a shame to look at.Knowing that closing down the company would be a waste, Richard just bought the company and then had the original owner try for extreme neglect of the workforce.Considering the company needed a revamp, Richard felt like he had his work cut out for him.Meanwhile, Jerome who was with him through all this couldn't help but gawk at Richard's capabilities.How can he just casually buy an entire company?... Is this the lifestyle of a bil