''Er, doctor...'' Margaret Ban started to say awkwardly. ''You know my brother, right? And the nature of his business...'' she said, glancing at the doctor lightly. The doctor raised an eyebrow lightly. Of course, he knew Mr. Ban's nature of business, everyone in the city knew Mr. Ban and who he was.The doctor nodded. ''Well...the thing is that we are scared to take him back out to the public for everyone to see and hear that he is no longer ill, and is back to do business. The people and pressure that sent him here in the first place would not be happy to hear that, so, doctor, we have decided that we would announce to the media and everyone that he died...'' Margaret Ban said, and then she paused. The doctor was taken aback at first.Who loved to fake their death? That sort of thing always appeared like a jinx to anyone that tried to do it, so it was somewhat unpopular, however, Margaret Ban was asking for it on behalf of her brother.Weird. The doctor, after a brief silence,
''That is to say that there is someone out there. This is serious...'' Bane was saying to Don Black when Greg Chase walked in. ''Greg!'' Don Black, and Bane said at the same time and looked at Greg's serious face.Greg was a hundred percent different from the person that had come out of jail nearly a year ago. He had more stoic, he hardly smiled, and his eyes looked as if they were hiding deep and dirty secrets. Bane and Don Black were now no match for Greg, and they knew it. This was a man that had the highest martial arts skills, and he hardly even used it, yet he defeated anyone that dared to cross his path. Greg sat down at the other side of the desk, beside Bane, and facing Don Black. ''What the hell is going on here? We have to actively do something, especially now that we are sure that Ban is not the one behind the new development...'' Greg said to his comrades. Don Black and Bane looked at each other solemnly. ''We have been talking about it, but we don't even know wher
''Greg...'' Don Black called, but Greg Chase was lost in thoughts. ''Hey, Greg!'' Bane called this time with a higher tone.Greg darted his eyes back to look at the men. Then he adjusted himself gently. ''It's obvious that our problem is not from the Ban family then, so we would do as I have said. Contact the Shen man, and look for a way around finding out what we need to know...'' Greg Chase said to Don Black and Bane.Then he stood up and left.As soon as Greg stepped out of Don Black's office, he started to call Lucy. Lucy's phone rang so many times but she didn't pick up. Greg shook his head, feeling bad. Apparently, he felt that she was mourning the loss of her uncles. Greg knew she loved Charles Ban so much from the way she begged him to give Charles a job, and the more Greg thought about it, the worse he felt. If only he knew that everything was a lie.However, Lucy was not in on the lie about Mr. Ban being dead just yet. She was in on Charles, but the memo had not yet
Mr. Ban had mixed feelings as a result of what he had just heard from his sister. He was delighted to hear that his business was up and running, but he had warned Charles Ban of the dangers of showing himself in the city, and now he had gotten shot at. ''I have warned Charles. I warned him to stay away. What if the bullet killed him? We would have been having a different conversation by now, right? What if he died?'' Mr. Ban asked. He was angry, but because of his condition, he spoke coolly. ''Thank the stars that nothing like that happened, and the family business is back, flourishing. You should be happy about that, instead of throwing tantrums. Come on. Look on the bright side. Your brother saved this family a great deal of shame, and he put his life on the line. You should be thankful,'' Margaret Ban said to Mr. Ban with a calm tone, and sat by him, rubbing his back in a bid to coax him to take it easy on his health. Mr. Ban dilly-dallied and shot a glance at his sister, th
Charles Ban had heard the noise outside and left the study where he had been waiting for Mr. Ban to return. He had mixed feelings concerning his brother's return. Of course, he was happy that he didn't lose his brother, and he was also happy to show Mr. Ban what he had made of his business while being anonymous the entire time, but he also knew that Mr. Ban would scold him for daring to loaf about. Charles Ban took long strides out of the dark corridor so that he could meet Mr. Ban in the open, where his anger would be doused by the presence of others. ''Charles...Charles...'' Laura AKA Ramian called as she heard Charles Ban leaving the study. ''Your husband is back from the hospital. Be quiet so that you can meet his favor...'' Charles Ban advised as he walked past Laura's supposed prison room. Laura yelped with excitement. At least, even if Mr. Ban refused to allow her out of the room yet, she would start to feel safe. She lived every day with her heart in her mouth, drea
Barter grudgingly walked to Laura's room. For some familiar reason, Laura was expecting to be let out of that room sooner or later, that very day. When she wanted to visit Mr. Ban at the hospital, Barter bluntly refused, but now there was nothing he could do. Mr. Ban had returned. The same Mr. Ban that she hated, the very man that she saw as her jailer, had now become her savior. Laura was pacing the room when she heard the locks on the door start to jangle. She quickly stepped towards the door with her eyes wide in anticipation as the door opened to reveal Barter's angry face. ''Come out. Boss is asking for you!'' Barter said to Laura Ban with hate.Laura was as happy as a child that had been offered chocolate, but she dared not express her happiness in front of Barter. She was not going to spite him like that. Laura stepped out of the room and waited for Barter to shut the door, before she walked behind him, as he led her to Mr. Ban's room. It didn't take long for Laura to
''If not that I had saved a lot of money, by now I would have been recklessly poor,'' Greg Chase said to Don Black. ''I thought you sent someone to Boss Shen?'' Don Black replied, asking Greg. Greg laughed with sarcasm and shook his head. ''Need I tell you what went down?'' He asked Don Black. ''What?'' Don Black asked, wide-eyed. ''In fact, a terminator is behind this because Boss Shen could not figure it out,'' Greg Chase replied. Don black glared at Greg. ''Well, Boss Shen agreed to liaise with us to find out who this culprit is. He asked his Marcus guy, so I heard, and that one couldn't go far. Whoever the dropper was must have out smarted him and misplaced him in thin air. He's a major air head,'' Greg explained. ''Either that, or there is a terminator out there, like I said. We can't fathom him,'' Greg Chase added. Both men hissed. Tired as hell. What was Greg Chase even talking about? Why such harsh and sarcastic words against your own faction? ''Greg, maybe t
Mr. Ban had become stronger after about a week and had returned to his usual spot in the study, observing his sales charts and plotting the next moves that he would make, big or small. He could not thank Charles Ban enough for saving his business, if not, what would he have done?He would have become a pauper, and that would be thanks to Greg Chase. ''Charles, I cannot continue to allow you to use my wife to run these sales. It is dangerous,'' Mr. Ban complained. Laura was set to go out to make a drop as usual, and Mr. Ban was skeptical. 'You don't have anything to worry about. Laura does not have to see anyone directly. What she does is she drops the product at its usual location and leaves. We have someone around there that oversees the area to make sure that nobody picks up the product except the person purchasing it. The person does not see Laura at all. The person does not even see the other comrade that supervises the area. It is majorly a blind deal,'' Charles Ban explained
Greg Chase didn't know if he should laugh or cry. He stared at The Man until he was sure that The Man was serious about what he said, then he heaved a tired sigh. ''You cannot afford to do this to me. I mean...you sparingly ruined my life,'' Greg Chase complained, his eyes on The Man the entire time. ''You are the watcher, Mr. Chase. You shame me. The watcher ought to be more powerful than you are, but you are too full of yourself, so you cannot reach your full potential,'' The Man told Greg Chase. ''How powerful can I get?'' Greg Chase asked. ''Did you hear about the natural disaster that happened in the city Aklans weeks ago?'' The Man asked Greg Chase. Greg Chase nodded.''Yes, that was caused by a watcher like you. He was upset about something, and his intense anger caused a stir and an earthquake occurred. Though the government officials claim it to be solely a natural occurrence, it is a lie, and they know it...'' The Man told Greg Chase. Greg Chase was not sure he heard
Greg Chase almost dropped dead when he heard everything. ''If you have anything to tell me, or there is an emergency, I bet you now know how to summon me. It took you two years to learn how to summon me, Greg Chase. Now, you know what pride can do to you. It can ruin you,'' The Man said as he gradually disappeared into space. Greg Chase stared in arrant shock.All this...it had to be a joke.''Boss...at least...you aware that you returned my colleagues back to our company, right?'' Scissors asked Greg Chase after The Man left. Greg Chase looked at Scissors casually and nodded. ''I have told you not to call me boss anymore,'' Greg Chase said.Scissors smiled. ''The boss is really back to himself. Boss, you have not told me that in the past two years, and I have only called you boss throughout,'' Scissors said, smiling. Greg Chase wished it could stop.Someone needed to come and tell him that all this was a dream.Ge desperately needed to hear that he had been pranked heavily. So
''Master!'' Greg Chase muttered. Then he blinked. The next time that Greg Chase opened his eyes, he was in his living room on earth.He was leisurely watching TV and Scissors walked by casually. Greg Chase looked at Scissors, expecting him to freak out and ask how and where he had been but Scissors acted like every other day. As if nothing happened. Or?Had he been in a trance?''Scissors, what day is it today?''Wednesday,'' Scissors said. ''Where have you been in the last twenty-four hours?'' Greg Chase asked, looking at Scissors, squinting in confusion. It was as if his brain had been formatted. Scissors turned to look at him funny.''Keeping tabs on me now, huh, boss!'' he said, taking orange juice from the fridge and heading back inside the house, to his room. Greg Chase's eyes sparkled in confusion. ''I'm not keeping tabs on you. Fuck you,'' he said under his breath.''I heard you!'' Scissors yelled from afar. Greg Chase nodded with satisfaction. The first thing that
''Boss?'' Scissors called, wondering why Greg Chase was looking at him like that. ''What is growing on your head?'' Greg Chase asked Scissors. Scissors frowned.Was it because he had indicated that something was funny about Greg Chase, that Greg Chase decided to switch up on him?''Boss, are you kidding?'' Scissors asked, flashing a weak smile.Greg Chase shook his head. ''There's a radio on your head,'' Greg Chase suddenly said.''Radio!'' Scissors muttered and raised his hand to touch his head but he did not feel anything, and to Greg's shock, Greg saw Scissors' hand pass through the radio. ''Ah, boss...you are playing the pranks on me. But there is an antenna on your head anyway,'' Scissors said to Greg Chase. Without wasting time, Greg Chase raised his hand to touch his head, and he was not surprised when he could not feel anything, yet he saw Scissors gasp in shock. ''Your hand passed through it,'' Scissors said. ''Same thing that happened to you. There's a radio on your h
''You...I must give it to you as the watcher with the biggest ego ever...'' The Man said to Greg Chase.Greg Chase frowned. ''Are there more watchers? I thought I was the only one,'' he said to The Man as he walked towards Scissors and started to pull him up again, but just like before, an unknown force repelled Greg Chase. The Man laughed his usual mocking laugh, one that made Greg Chase upset by all means. ''Can you please release my friend? What the hell?'' he asked The Man, anger flashing evidently in his eyes.''I am not holding your friend to anything, he will get up when he wants to,'' The Man replied.''And, about your question as to if there are other watchers, of course, there are billions of watchers around the world,'' The Man said to Greg Chase. ''I thought I was the only one. Are they also up to anything as big as mine? Do they try to take down their enemies or they are solely connected to the source of wherever this watcher thing comes from?'' Greg Chase asked. ''T
Greg Chase was beside himself, wondering why Laura had suddenly cut off from him.Yes, she might have been spotted in his house, but from the way he felt, he knew that word had not gotten to Mr. Ban about the fact that she was in his house, so why was she suddenly unavailable? Why was she no longer interested in their plan to overthrow Mr. Ban completely this time?He had his hopes on her, especially now that Don Black had looked in another direction, having found another ''young blood'' to show the ropes of the business and get acquainted with. No matter how many times Greg Chase called Laura Ban, it either did not go through, or she abruptly hung the call up on him.''Urgh, what the fuck is going on?'' Greg Chase asked himself. He felt as if everyone he knew and looked forward to helping him achieve one thing or the other, was turning their back on him. But, under what basis? What did he do, or what did they suddenly realize for them to have such a decision made overnight?''Boss
''What is it?'' Shadow asked, looking very interested in Barter's thoughts. Barter had been looking at him with so much intensity, he had to know what was on Barter's mind while he was looking at him. Barter looked at Shadow closely.If he told Barter what he knew, everything could take another turn for the worst, but he also wanted Laura Ban to face the repercussion of the trouble that she had doled out on others. Shadow stared at Barter, waiting for an answer. ''I was just wondering when you will ever settle down with one woman. You should be married by now, you know...'' Barter suddenly said. Shadow was surprised. ''Are you kidding me right now?'' he asked Barter.Barter shook his head. ''Nope! After you lost your ex-wife, I could understand you staying away from relationships and not wanting to commit to anyone anymore, but it's been nearly ten years since that happened. Don't you think you need someone by you to make you feel better? You know what I mean. Even gangstas nee
Barter was getting frustrated, and desperate. After spending more than two decades with Mr. Ban, he was easily going to throw him, Barter to a corner just because of a loose whore he called his wife? He stared at the door of the room as if he wished that his eyes would bore a hole through. ''Preposterous,'' he muttered as he suddenly turned to leave. In the living room, when Barter stormed in angrily, he saw Shadow. Barter looked at Shadow as if he was seeing a ghost. ''Dude, where the hell have you been for nearly two weeks?'' Barter asked, shocked. Shadow rolled his eyes. ''Did you really expect me to hang around so that I will get discovered by Chase and the rest of them that I am on Ban's side?'' Shadow asked. Barter suddenly realized. There was no way Greg Chase and his cohorts would not have found out about Shadow playing both sides, the tension and pressure were too much, especially after the war. ''You are right, you would have been spotted,'' Barter said.
''We just had a few drinks and nothing more,'' Laura Ban said. By this time, they had arrived at the home of Mr. Ban.Mr. Ban hurried out of the car as if, if he stayed there for one more second, something will happen to him. ''Boss!'' Barter greeted him as soon as he sighted him. He had been waiting rather impatiently for Mr. Ban to return and give him a rundown of what happened at Laura Ban's house. Barter would have been the one to follow Mr. Ban to Laura Ban's family house, but his hideous face did not allow him. ''How did it go, boss?'' Barter asked. Mr. Ban glanced at Barter and rolled his eyes. Barter knew at once that Mr. Ban must have been ridiculed and insulted. The look on the man's face was so intensely upset. Barter spotted Laura Ban behind, hurrying up to meet Mr. Ban, and he obviously hissed, loudly enough so that Laura Ban would hear him. But of course, at the moment, Laura was bothered about something else, so she paid Barter no mind. She hurried towards Mr