After finishing his conversation with Naomi, Thomas opens a small safe deposit box that is planted in a wall.There isn’t much in the safe, only six necklaces with unique amulets. For Thomas, these amulets are far more important and valuable than the $100 million in the coffin.He unsheathes the katana slightly, and lightly scratches the tip of his thumb with the blade. He holds one of the amulets, placing his bloody thumb on one side of it that has a pattern which looks like an electronic chip.Suddenly, a notification in the form of a blue hologram appears before him.[!][An S-rank hunter has been identified][Name : Thomas Hendrix][Age : 23][Condition : 87 % fit][Balance : 0 Gold Coins][The exchange rate today is $964 for one Gold Coin][To gain Gold Coins, please go back to Icalaterra and complete some quests]Thomas waves his hand on that hologram, and it immediately disappears. He issues a command to open his inventory, and then, another interface occures showing 40 small bo
It’s already past 10 p.m. Meanwhile, Laura Underwood is still busy helping her daughter packs her things.Laura and her husband have already moved most of their belongings into their new house in Strugist Hill.The only thing holding them back now is Veronica, their only daughter, a teenage girl who is currently a senior in high school. It’s not easy for them to persuade the daughter to leave Donovan’s residence.“Then what about school?” the girl whines. “Strugist Hill is too far. It will take an hour and a half from there to my school.”“Your father can drop you off before he goes to work,” Laura replies, forcing to carry her daughter’s suitcases out of the house.“That’s not the problem, mom! If I have to live there, it means I have to wake up much early. Besides, I’ll be too far from my friends.”Laura doesn’t budge, and puts the two suitcases in the trunk of the car. “You can invite your friends to stay at our house in the weekend. Haven’t you always asked my permission to bring f
While her daughter is still confused, Laura looks so desperate and pathetic. She slowly drops to her knees, and starts crying with a pitiful face.“Oh, God! Why can’t you let me have a peaceful life just for a while?”“Mom? Why are you crying?” asks Veronica with a clueless face.Laura just keeps sobbing. “My house? Hiks! Oh, God! Why?”“What the hell?”Veronica’s face turns pale. She holds her head, thinking about the party invitation she has just posted in her social media.She can already imagine how embarrassed she will be after her friends learn what has happened. Her dream of living like a princess has shattered before her eyes.“Is that… Is that our dream house?”The ownership of the house has been transferred to Laura this afternoon. Only six hours the house in her possession, but it’s already been destroyed.Joshua Morris can be said to have fulfilled his promise to buy her the house. There is no way she can ask the man to buy her a new one.Joaquin gets out of the car, and st
By keeping his deadpan reaction, Thomas walks past the girl. But the girl immediately holds his hand from behind.“Wooo! Where do you think you are going?”Thomas turns to her, and sighs with an uninterested look. And again, the girl examines Thomas more intently.She looks even more confused to find that Thomas came without bringing any document despite talking about looking for a job.“Is this your first time visiting a metropolitan city like Drada?” she squints.Thomas shrugs by raising both eyebrows, and asks, “Why?”The girl slightly shakes her head with a disbelieving face. “Ever heard about an application letter?”“I don’t need it,” replies Thomas flat. “I’ve already made an appointment with the boss here.”Immediately, the girl’s face contorts, and then grimacing with a stupid look.“Who are you trying to fool?”But suddenly, Thomas’ attention is attracted by the little commotion that occurs in the lobby. A few people are drawn to one big screen showing the morning news, report
Soon, the luxury car arrives and stops right in front of her. Alfred comes out of the car on the right side, and then walks around the car intending to open the door for Naomi.But weirdly, he stops right in front of Thomas and then pushes his chest. It causes Thomas to lose his balance.“Hey!!!” Thomas scolds in snap.Alfred nonchalantly opens the door for Naomi, while reprimanding Thomas. “You might be someone in Sommerchill. But Drada is a big city.” He then glances at Naomi, and asks rhetorically. “You expect this weakling to protect you? I even doubt whether he can protect himself or not.”Thomas looks so pissed off, but he is wise enough not to create a scene there. He knows his own condition, and admits that this tough looking driver isn’t just tough by the look.Apparently, Thomas isn’t the only one who is offended by Alfred’s condescending words. Naomi is the same.She really thinks of Thomas as her lover, and doesn't like the way Alfred treats him. She stays there, looking he
Thomas asks the question casually, but it leaves Naomi speechless with a blank mind. She doesn’t know what to answer or how to react.The situation in the car becomes so quiet. And suddenly…“Tin! Tinnnnn!!!”A car honks so long from behind. Thomas realizes that the traffic light has already turned green. So he continues driving, shaking his head slightly with an amused smile, ignoring Naomi in her confusion.He doesn’t seem too disappointed not to get a definite answer from her. On the contrary, he would be very unhappy if the girl gave him a promise with sweet words like what Sylvia Williamson gave him two weeks ago.Until more than 10 minutes in the journey, the awkwardness is still clearly visible on Naomi's face. So Thomas speaks up first to change the mood.“You don’t need to worry about my legs. It will be back to normal in a day or two.”Naomi’s face turns bright after hearing it.“I get it that you’ve said in front of people that I am your boyfriend,” Thomas continues. “There
Oliver is gawking with a disbelieving face. He feels satisfied, but also looks somewhat awry about what will happen after this.It has also caught the attention of few reporters not too far from there. They recognize Naomi very well, and are now looking curious with Veronica’s identity.“Who is that girl?”“Does she really know who is the one she just slapped?”Naomi rubs her red cheek. Her eyes are lit with rage, gazing sharply at Laura’s daughter. She looks so pissed off, to find a teenage girl has the audacity to slap her. But then she turns to Thomas, disappointed at something.“Shouldn’t you protect me?” she grunts with a restrained hoarse voice.“You expect me to protect you from her? That girl?” Thomas asks, his face slightly winced while pointing a finger at Veronica.Naomi looks irritated. But she then averts her attention back to Veronica.“What are you waiting for?” Veronica scolds. “Get the hell out of here and take that stinky man of yours with…”Plak!!! Naomi simply pays
Thomas takes a cold glance at them while holding the car door, with face remains flat at the sight of their desperation.He gets into the car, and finds Naomi welcoming him with a sweet smile.“Do you love seeing them in that situation?” Naomi teases.“How would I be satisfied when it wasn’t me who did it?” Thomas denies as he starts the car.Naomi giggles with a silly face. “I know what you feel. You don’t need to hide it from me!”Thomas seems trying hard to ignore her by focusing on driving the car, but the girl finds it amusing.Soon, she remembers something important, and takes out the necklace Erica found yesterday.Once she shows it off…Screech!!!Thomas hits the brakes. He looks so shocked, and immediately snatches the necklace away. It catches Naomi by surprise.“So, it’s really yours?” she asks.“Where did you find it?” Thomas inquires. “Did you steal it when I was unconscious?”His eyes are icy cold, looking angry at something. The mood inside the car slowly turns dark. Now
As if no longer having the strength to stand on two feet, Naomi lifelessly kneels down with a pitiful pale face. Her eyes are watery, and her two hands with trembling fingers covering her mouth.As an educated person, she knows so well that it’s already too late to save her father’s life. Not even the best doctor in the world can save Adam Saunders’ life.On the other hand, Mr. Chicote can no longer argue the two doctors anymore. He looks so stupid, gulping with a pale face, realizing how fuck up he is at the moment.“Now you realize how stupid you have been in my eyes?” Alfred, who has just come out of the isolation room, states coldly to Mr. Chicote’s face. “I don't care whether ghosts exist or not. But I can say for sure that you are just a swindler, taking advantage of other people's suffering to extort their money.”“Nonsense!” Mr. Chicote refutes. “She was the one who asked for my help, and I do what I can do based on my knowledge.”“Based on your knowledge? So what about the gho
Alfred looks so mad, but his eyes are red and sparkling with tears due to anguish and despair. And Mr. Chicote, like he doesn’t give a damn what causes Alfred’s sorrow, suddenly slaps him in the face and yells back.“Just because you can’t see them, doesn’t mean they don’t exist! It’s like your brain, no matter how stupid you are, you still have a brain even though you can’t see it. It’s either you are ignorant, or you know it but deliberately let the devil use you to lead people astray!”Alfred is stunned, his face looks baffled. Not because the word has succeeded in providing enlightenment, but because of the old man’s audacity in slapping him in front of other people.He grabs the man’s black robe with just his left hand and then pushes him hard against the wall, making the glass wall shake with it.The nurse tries to stop the fight, but Alfred ignores her and brings his face closer to Mr. Chicote.“How dare you slap my face? Even my boss never did that to me!” He croaks, his voice
Carefully, she starts tidying the bedroom without disrupting the arrangement of those strange objects. Until a few moments later, she feels a strange breezy softly blowing her beautiful hair.It could just be the wind coming out from the bathroom with an unclosed window. But she thinks it is some kind of bad premonition.Feeling eerie, she immediately gets out of the room while taking her phone out to make a call.[Immanuel Chicote here!]“Mr. Chicote! It’s me, Naomi Saunders!”[My child! How is your father’s situation?”“Um, could you come here, please? I don’t feel quite right about the situation in this house.”[Sure! I’ll be right there!]Not daring to be alone on that second floor, she hurries down to the kitchen to see the maids.“Matilda! Could you make lemonade tea for me?” She politely asks before taking a seat.“We've used all the lemons yesterday?” Matilda deplores. “It's something that Anastasia Nixon didn't like, and that Mr. Chicote used as a talisman to keep her away fro
After listening to Matilda's explanation, Naomi slowly turns her face to the direction where her father went. She no longer sees the car, but her face is now painted with worry.In the past few days, her father has often behaved strangely, always filled with excessive fear, worried about people who might be after his life.Adam even said that he was visited by Anastasia Nixon and her Chihuahua, both in his dreams and when he was conscious.And Naomi, who does believe in superstition, has also called a psychic to cleanse her house of all forms of negative energy. But it seems that wasn't enough.“Alfred! We need to call Mr. Immanuel Chicote back to cleanse my house.”Alfred is grimacing as soon as he hears what Naomi has just said. And of course, Naomi understands very well what his reaction means.“I know this sounds stupid to you,” Naomi continues impatiently. “But we have no other choice. I know for sure that my father is not crazy. Of all the hallucinations he has, he sees the ghost
The situation at the Saunders Properties Trust office is being made busy by Alfred. It’s about Naomi, who left the office without anyone knowing where she went. It’s been more than three hours, and she hasn’t come back.“How come no one knows? What are you guys doing here anyway?” He grunts.“Welcoming guests with greetings and a smile,” replies the receptionist.“Monitoring the people in this lobby,” says one of the security officers.Alfred squints at that man. “And you didn’t see her leaving?”“I did! But it’s not my place to question her, or even prevent her from leaving the office. She is the boss,” the security officer argues.“Oh, God! Don’t you even realize her situation?” Alfred deplores.All those employees can only show their oblivions. Alfred rubs his head in frustration, before coming back to the receptionist.“Have you tried to call her?” he asks.“I have! But it’s out of reach,” replies the female receptionist.“Call it again!” Alfred exclaims as he walks away. “Keep try
Feeling insulted, Alfred vents his anger by throwing a punch. Thomas evades it simply by taking his head away, and again, he responds to it with another slap.This situation continues to repeat, with Alfred continually trying to hit Thomas but never succeeding and always getting slapped in return.“Come on! Is this all you got?” Thomas taunts.Five minutes have past, and that tough looking face is now swollen on the left side. With both knees and hands on the ground, Alfred looks down with a frustrated face.“Is it the gun that you really want, or humiliation?” Thomas provokes coldly.But Alfred doesn't even dare to look back at Thomas anymore. It is a fair fight, one on one, with Thomas not letting anyone interfere with their affair. Yet, he really can’t do anything.Even with the anger filling his heart, he is now realizing how far the gap between him and Thomas is. This is the first time someone has made him so helpless. His self-esteem has been crushed so badly after receiving so m
- Two Hours Earlier, When Alfred Was Taking Erica to Visit Thomas -As before, Alfred's arrival at this dilapidated block is again greeted by several street thugs with unfriendly looks. At least, his car is no longer stopped by these thugs.It seems like they are already familiar with the car Alfred is driving, and they are just following with their BMXs and off road bikes.More than two dozen of them, and all of whom are holding weapons. Metal baseball clubs, big wrenches with some metal chains, wired wooden clubs, you name it. Some of them even have guns tucked into their waists.“Alfred! What are we doing in this place?” asks Erica, looking around with an awry face.“Didn’t you ask me to take you here?” Alfred replies rhetorically, still looking composed driving the car slowly.“What do you mean?” Erica shows her confusion.Alfred doesn’t say anymore. He simply stops the car on the side of the road, right in front of an old and humble apartment building.“This is where he lives,” ut
Some people might think that a woman’s mood can easily improve after a good night’s sleep. However, Naomi’s situation is different. Since ending her relationship with Thomas, she hasn’t been able to regain her usual self.Recently, she has been spending all her working hours inside her office. As she is engrossed with the amulet left by her late mother, a knock on the door suddenly interrupts her reverie.“Come in!”It turns out to be Erica, greeting spiritedly like always. “Yo, Naomi! Aren't you going out again today?”Naomi acts as if there’s nothing wrong. “Why? Is there something that I need to do outside?”Erica gives her a smile by shrugging a little, and approaches her. “Girl! You don't need to hide it from me. Everyone has noticed your changes.”“What changes?” Naomi looks baffled.“Come on! I admit he's a good guy. But you're Naomi Saunders. There are so many better men out there. You shouldn't be so fixated on him.”“Sigh! There’s nothing between us,” Naomi denies. “You shoul
Without saying much, Thomas decides to walk away. Naomi makes a pouting face, looking so dissatisfied.She is indeed upset. But deep down in her heart, she expects Thomas to defend himself, and tries to convince her. Carrying a feeling of disappointment, she gets into the car and starts it.Soon after that beetle car moves past the gate, Adam tilts his head a little like giving an order to Alfred. Knowing exactly what order Adam has given, Alfred hurries after Thomas.“Hey! You forgot something!”Thomas turns around, and instantly, a hard punch hits him in the face that causes him to staggering. As if that isn’t enough, Alfred punches him once more, sending him crashing on the ground.Adam approaches him composedly, and rummages all over Thomas’ body. He finds a roll of cash from Thomas’ pocket, and then gives it to Alfred.He doesn’t stop there! He keeps rummaging, to make sure whether Thomas brings any weapons with him or not.However, there’s no weapon to be found but only Thomas’ w