Chapter 93: Strange Carl.
Author: Victorex
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-29 19:42:56
It was impossible to eliminate Carl in prison. It was quite very amusing and strange especially when the call came from that the assassin prisoners who has been sent to eliminate Carl were found dead in their cell rooms.

How they died was still a deep mystery.

The prison guards, chief and officers could only recognize the lost lives as just mere prisoners, but the underworld of the prison were aggrieved as they'd lost the two most valuable destructive weapons of business of all time.

Something was very fishy about their death.

How was Carl Cortes able to stay alive after the most recently assassination attempt on him?

***

[3 days ago]

[10: 30 A.M in the late evening]

Oliver was in his very lambent and enormous chamber when he received a call.

He was just returning from the chamber of his father after having some heated conversation with him and his stepsister, Scarlett.

His eyes were filled with soo much hate for Scarlett that his heart started to burn with rage.

"Young Ma
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