6. A Mysterious Power

BUGH!

"YOU MUST BE A LIAR!" Andreas suddenly said out loud after delivering a solid punch to Zayden's face.

Zayden's body almost hit the table if he didn't balance himself immediately. The VVIP guests panicked instantly. Meanwhile, the regular guests outside the VVIP area immediately looked at them all in unison.

"Mr. Andreas, control yourself!" Petra said firmly.

But unfortunately Andreas didn't listen at all.

Andreas stepped closer to Zayden without dropping his sharp gaze at all. On the other hand, Zayden's two personal bodyguards were about to deliver the same blow. Then Zayden immediately restrained them both from doing anything.

"A loser like you can't possibly own a company as big as Blue Star Line Entertainment, right?" Andreas asked with emotion.

Now Zayden's black-suit collar was gripped tightly by Andreas. The two of them faced each other with sharp, calm glances from each other.

"I don't know why you're this angry with me, Mr. Andreas," Zayden replied while wiping his lips.  

When Zayden noticed something on his palm, he smiled slightly. Blood.

"Because there are so many people like you pretending to be tycoons!" snapped Andreas as he jerked his grip.

Zayden sighed heavily. Before saying anything, his gaze briefly looked at the VVIP guests who were just dumbfounded on the spot. They all looked exactly like fools.

No one dared to break up the fight that Andreas had started.

They all still seemed surprised that the owner of Blue Star Line Entertainment was Zayden. Including Zevanna, Rebecca, and Petra.

"Why are you judging me like people do?" Zayden asked without taking his sharp eyes off Zevanna and her parents.

"Because you're a loser. Do you think we're going to believe that you own such a big company?" Andreas' voice sounded emphasized.

"Why wouldn't you believe us?" Zayden asked again.

"You really..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Andreas released his grip. In that instant, Andreas delivered another powerful punch to Zayden's face.

This time, Andreas' force was much stronger and more powerful and Zayden collapsed. His body hit the table and knocked over several wine glasses belonging to the VVIP guests.

"Mr. Zayden!" Alan exclaimed in panic. He approached Zayden to help him get up.

Zayden signaled to Alan that he was fine. Also, Zayden spoke in sign language saying not to retaliate against Andreas because they were all being watched by the reporters.

"I didn't know that someone as lame as you had that much total wealth," Andreas said, pointing at Zayden's face.

"You... don't deserve to be a tycoon! You won't be one of us!" Andreas continued his disparaging remarks.

Zayden took a deep breath, then let it out. Zayden stood up even though his body was still staggering.

"I'm not asking you to accept my existence, Mr. Andreas. Why are you acting like I'm going to join you all?" Zayden asked.

Zayden's gaze scanned one by one the VVIP guests who were reluctant to look at him. They all seemed to be wary because it turned out that the owner of the company was a part-time deliver and supermarket cashier.

"Did I join you all this time? I'm standing on my own feet, but I'm still giving a lot of money to your company." Zayden was firm with Andreas.

"Especially for your company, Mrs. Zevanna," Zayden continued, stopping his gaze on Zevanna.  

There was silence for a moment. Andreas' face and gaze were full of Zayden's anger. He felt intimidated after learning that Zayden had more wealth than him.

"I didn't join you all this time, does that affect my company? Absolutely not. So, even if you don't accept me among all of you, it's fine."

Zayden then took one step forward to Andreas, snapping his fingers once.

"But what will happen to their companies if I stop my investment fund?" Zayden quipped subtly.  

"Will they find other investors willing to pay them when the company is on the verge of collapse? I know the weaknesses of all of your companies..." Zayden looked back at the VVIP guests one by one.

Hearing Zayden's words, panic appeared on Zevanna and Rachel's faces. It wasn't just the two of them. Willston and Jackson, who had received the largest investment funds from Zayden, were also worried.

"How dare you!" Andreas was annoyed.

Once again, Andreas punched Zayden as he pushed his body into the table. Glasses fell and broke. Andreas picked up one of the glasses and smashed it on Zayden's head.

Everyone squealed in panic.

Zayden felt his head spin. This attack was unacceptable. Furious, Zayden blocked Andreas's hands, which were about to smash the glass against his temple again.

"Hold your temper, Mr. Andreas! Don't you see the reporters covering you?!" Zayden said.

Andreas didn't care. He threw away the glass in his hand. Then Andreas spun around and swung his leg at Zayden's face.

Andreas' kick to Zayden's face sent Zayden crashing to the floor.

Zayden groaned. His nose hurt like hell. The dizziness was getting stronger. Face down, Zayden hid his face behind his palms.  

There was blood oozing from Zayden's temple wound. As long as the VVIP guests, Alan, and the rest of the guests sounded excited, Zayden remained face down on the floor.

Without Zayden realizing it, the blood dripped onto the floor. Then, a single grain of liquid dripped down the side of his temple, falling on the ring on his finger.

In that instant, a miracle happened. Zayden felt something foreign flowing into his body. It was like a strange swishing feeling. As the liquid blood covered the surface of his ring, Zayden felt his dizziness slowly fade away.

Everyone's voices, which had been a faint echo, slowly became clear. Zayden felt his body gain strange strength from nowhere. Also, a mess of memory fragments swirled in his brain.

"A useless loser like you shouldn't fantasize about becoming a tycoon!" Andreas shouted.

"Mr. Andreas, don't attack him! Stop it!"

"I will trample you to no end! Remember one thing, Zayden, I will be your enemy even if you are the owner of a big company!"

"Mr. Andreas! We accept Mr. Zayden's presence in our group! Don't do anything wrong!"

Zayden let out a small groan. Softly. Zayden slowly tried to get up from his position.

"You..." Zayden's voice rang out as his body began to stand up.

All the VVIP guests stopped talking.

They all looked straight at Zayden.  

Zayden was half-dazed, but he was already fully standing facing Andreas. His gaze was full of anger. Sharp and piercing at Andreas.

"...why act like you're all-powerful?!" Zayden finally could not contain his anger.

In that instant Andreas let go of the hands of the people holding him, and ran towards Zayden. He was just about to attack Zayden, but Zayden was already holding both of Andreas' hands.

Zayden's body suddenly became so strong that it knocked Andreas to the VVIP table. When Andreas forced himself up and wanted to attack again, Zayden was already approaching to hold both of his hands.

Half face down on the table, Andreas' hands were held behind his back. Zayden was about to say something. But strangely, as he held Andreas's palms, Zayden got pieces of memories spinning.

Zayden gasped, freezing as he observed the messy pieces of memory that appeared. Zayden knew very well that these were not his memories.

'What is this? What am I seeing?' Zayden asked in his heart.

One of the fragments of memory was the meeting in the dining room. There was Hendrick and Hanna, Andreas' parents, saying something.

"Andreas, you should have hidden that file! What if the tax agency finds evidence of what we did?!"

Zayden suddenly removed his hand from Andreas' palm. He took a few steps back in a confused state. What had he just heard?

Zayden tapped his own temple as he listened to Hendrick's voice in his brain. There was no mistaking it. It was indeed Hendrick's voice.

Was what Zayden had just seen one of Andreas' memories?

How could it be?!

"Why don't you hit me, you idiot?! Just kill me if you dare!"   

Suddenly Andreas had turned around and was about to lunge at Zayden. Reflexively, Zayden swung his left hand to get rid of Andreas. But what happened was that Andreas' body bounced a few meters until it hit the VVIP guest chair.

"Oh my!"

"Hey, why is he that strong?!"

"What just happened?!"

Everyone became whispering.

While Zayden was stunned on the spot, not expecting that his power was that great.

Zayden looked at his own two palms, then looked at Alan. At that moment Alan also froze with a surprised look at Zayden.

"What happened to me, Alan?" asked Zayden.