Shadow looked forward to meeting Greg Chase, the man he had admired while in jail.When Shadow struggled with Greg Chase in jail and discovered that there was something about Greg, he wished the day would come when they would meet under normal circumstances, like being allies.Finally, the day had come.Don Black took Shadow to Greg Chase's house.When Shadow saw Greg's house, he remembered the money that Alina "stole" and he felt a bit disgruntled.However, he was quick to shove the feeling aside, knowing how sensitive Greg Chase was, and the fact that he could sniff out the least weird scent of unconventional behavior.When Don Black informed Greg Chase that Shadow was going to pay him a visit, he was apprehensive.Knowing what had happened between Shadow and himself while they were locked up, he thought the visit would be awkward, and he couldn't wait to get over this first meeting."Mr, Chase, sir, you have guests!" Greg Chase's bodyguard informed him respectfully.Greg was alread
"Honey, Barter scares me a lot," Laura Ban dared to tell Mr. Ban this one day. The fact that he had found out about Alina's money made her feel nothing but dread. Heavy dread. Now, he was more desperate than ever.Mr. Ban, who was sleeping with his back turned Laura, turned and faced her. "What are you talking about?" He asked with tiredness in his voice. "I mean Barter, he scares me. Don't you see the way he looks at me?" Laura Ban asked her husband. Mr. Ban smiled as he stared at his non-so- innocent anymore wife, Laura Ban. "You killed his sister, Laura. What do you expect?" Mr. Ban asked. Laura snacked her lips nervously."I've never denied doing anything like that, but the thing is that it's passed, yet he glares at me as if he would kill me the next moment," Laura Ban said to Mr. Ban."He's just angry, he's not going to do anything that would hurt you in the long run, okay?" Mr. Ban assured Laura, patting her and drawing her close to him. Laura Ban snuggled into Mr. Ban
"Someone has to place an order for supplies. I heard that Boss Shen has been kicked out after the faceless person almost got spotted..." Bane told Don Black, Shadow, and Greg Chase.Shadow and Bane had not exactly kicked it off yet as allies.Frequently, they could be seen eyeing each other, and their egos often clashed.Of course, Shadow did not see himself as the last person in that room, he was a multi-millionaire, if not that someone had stolen his money.Even at that! One robbery could change his reality in thirteen and a half minutes if all things went according to his plan and arrangement.So, Bane could not tell him shit, although, he respected Don Black exclusively to an extent.As for Greg.They had fought before and Greg beat him, so why not leave him be?"A new client springing out soon after Boss Shen had been gotten rid of would definitely be suspicious..."Shadow said proudly, happy to be able to have an opinion in the sphere of power.Before Shadow went to jail, he and
''If Barter proves to be difficult, I will shoot him. I cannot afford to lose anything after coming this far,'' Laura said to herself. Barter could not stop shooting her very angry stares anytime he saw her. Both of them were like ticking bombs, waiting to explode on each other. Laura had not been able to access the money that Alina had. The money that Barter was talking about was in Alina's crypto wallet, and Laura had tried everything she could to unlock the wallet and access the money, but nothing worked. It was pathetic at this point. Or should she just tell Barter what the problem was? That seemed like a better idea than for her to let him do something extreme to her for no reason. She had not even spent a dime of the money.Maybe both of them could share it.Will Barter agree to share the money with her though? After she had killed his sister, now she wanted to share her belongings with Barter.Laura thought carefully about this.Or maybe she should just give the money t
Since Greg Chase's faction was stalling the faceless intruder, not much was going on in the city. Everyone was waiting for the right time to strike. Boss Shen had indicated an interest in seeing Don Black.''What does he want from me?'' Don Black asked the messenger that Boss Shen sent to set up a meeting.''I wouldn't know boss, the don sir. I am only a messenger,'' the messenger replied. ''Because I asked him for a favor which he didn't even succeed in, now he fixes meetings with me as if we are counterparts,'' Don Black murmured, but the messenger heard him loud and clear, and adjusted uncomfortably. Hearing someone insult his boss could not go past him without him reacting in whichever way, subtle or not. ''Tell him I will be here in my company over the next three hours. If he cannot see me within this time, he should forget about it, and spare me,'' Don Black told the messenger with a disrespectful and dismissive tone. The messenger bowed respectfully and hurriedly turn to le
By the time Don Black allowed Boss Shen into his office, Boss Shen could not hide the anger that he felt.His face was dark, and if looks could kill, he would have sliced Don Black in half with his angry looks. ''Is there a problem with your face?'' Don Black asked Boss Shen as soon as he entered his office.It was as if Don Black could not do without bullying Boss Shen.But who could blame Don Black anyway? The gangsta life did not fit Boss Shen at all. He looked out of place, and the harder he tried to fit in, the more out of place he looked.''I have been out there waiting for you for almost two hours...'' Boss Shen told Don Black, showing off how upset e was to have been treated with disregard.''Would you blame me? I had a meeting with others...'' Don Black replied with a frown. He looked at Boss Shen with an expression that yelled the fact that Boss Shen had no right to ask him why he kept him waiting for that long.Didn't Boss Shen know his place, or had he forgotten?''What d
Mr. Ban knew that it was only a matter of time before things got out of hand. For how long would he continue hiding? For how long would Barter be able to stay away from hurting Laura? For how long would Margaret Ban and Lucy continue to pay them secret visits? For how long would Charles Ban be able to stay without seeing other people and... ''Wait a minute!'' Mr. Ban suddenly said to himself. He counted the number of days that they had spent hiding indoors, pretending to be dead. ''Six weeks! For six weeks Charles has not had sex?'' Mr. Ban said to himself, although loudly enough for Laura to hear him. Laura's eyes opened instantly from the little nap she was taking beside Mr. Ban. She was the only female in that house as Mr. Ban had asked Barter to dismiss every single domestic worker. They could not risk any worker mistakenly revealing their secret out of excitement, so they would rather be without domestic workers. It was tough, but they got used to it pretty quickly. While M
Greg Chase had already informed his crew that something was fishy. ''I tell you, I know that young lady, and if she was really hurt in the last two weeks, I would have known, but no! Trust me, she even forgot that her uncles were supposed to be dead,'' Greg Chase said, trying to convince his crew that Mr. Ban was alive. Charles Ban too. ''Yes, but Greg, at times like this, you would have to be a hundred percent sure. Such an assumption is too far-fetched, what if you are wrong? What of it the girl has indeed risen above the heartache?'' Don Black was the one asking. Greg Chase scoffed. He had those sorts of strong inclinations that in fact, Lucy Ban was hiding something. ''Look, you know what? Instead of the back and forth, and constant bickering, let us send someone out there to get in touch with her. We can hire them! Someone would fall in love with her and get us all the information we need. Is that not viable?'' Greg Chase asked. Don Black and Bane looked at him with some io
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