“Thank you very much, Miss Elena. I....”While expressing his gratitude to Elena, Hugo suddenly looked up and gazed at Richard. But when he saw the man’s face clearly, he was instantly stunned, as if struck by lightning on a bright day.Hugo’s eyes widened in disbelief, as if he had seen something he desperately didn’t want to believe.“M-Miss. Elena!” The man felt horrified. Pointing at Richard, he asked, “Are you sure he’s my boss? Is he the one who got us out of prison? Wh-why does he look like this?”“You’re not joking with me, are you?!”Elena was sitting on a tall stool, crossing her slender and pale legs. A charming smile spread across her beautiful face.However, that smile made Hugo feel as if the sky were about to fall.“Oh, Boss Hugo. It’s just a change of face. Is this going to be difficult for me?” the woman said. Elena was very close to an official from Vandrelis Country, where there was a doctor who could make masks from human skin. With the connections she had, it wa
At that moment, the situation on both sides was dire. Richard sat with his hands resting on either side of the sofa. The man crossed his legs and sat like a big boss, enjoying the clash between Vincent, his grandfather’s friend, and Reginald.He glanced at the dozen vice leaders of the gangs sitting not far from him. Then he asked Elena, “Can you see how far those just released from prison have come?”“Boss, they should arrive here in about ten minutes,” Elena replied promptly.A meaningful smile spread across Richard’s face. “Ten more minutes. Soon enough.”It was time to end this show today!Thud!A member of the Westfield Group, who had been waiting for a chance to step forward, suddenly stood up from his seat. He then faced the elderly figures sitting in the VIP chairs. “Mr. Vincent, what you said earlier was outrageous. The Dwayne family’s affairs will, of course, be settled by the Dwayne family. What does it have to do with you? Haven’t you interfered too much?”Vincent snorted
“What are you all doing just staring at the door? Hurry up and go inside to see for yourselves the good subordinates you’ve been guiding!” the man said again.After finishing his words, Reginald’s eyes suddenly caught sight of more than ten figures, which was quite shocking.Who are they?The head of the Westfield Group of Rio Dio Country, Bilbo Westfield!The director of the number one casino, Logan Everett!And the others. Each person was a boss of the rebels.And each of these figures made Reginald and the rebels watching feel their heart muscles tighten. What was really happening here?They hadn’t even had the chance to rejoice at finally being able to take up the position of gang leaders today.But their superiors, whom they were so sure would never be able to get out of prison, had suddenly been released without any news? How could this be?How is this possible?“B-Boss…” Upon seeing Bilbo, the subordinates of the Westfield Group immediately felt as if the sky were about to fal
Silence enveloped them for a moment. With his whole body suddenly cold, Reginald began to tremble violently in his place. His eyes widened, filled with fear and disbelief.He shook his head while stepping back, his gaze still locked on Richard’s face until his back hit the table behind him. The man fell to the floor, pale and shaking his head.“No… it can’t be… how is this possible? H-how could this happen?! Hahahaha, this must be a trap for me; they must be trying to prank me,” Reginald muttered.“Who?! Who dares make a joke like this?!” Reginald shouted, staring intently at Richard’s face, filled with shock. The man could not stop denying what he saw with his own eyes.Richard, who rarely appeared in public, meant that most of the guests there did not recognize him.“Who is he? Why is Reginald’s reaction upon seeing that man so extreme?”“I’ve met him before; he looks somewhat familiar.”A big question mark filled the heads of the guests. Even the representatives of important famili
“W-what?!” Reginald looked stunned.His whole body froze and tensed up, leaving him immobilized where he stood. In front of him was the woman, pulling off a skin mask from her face, revealing a face that was all too familiar.“You?!” Reginald shouted.Althea was equally shocked when she realized that the woman standing in front of her was Aurora Nelsons. How could this woman be the granddaughter of the Skyler family? How was it possible that the missing Skyler granddaughter was Aurora Nelsons?!“Are you a demon or a human?!” Reginald demanded, his face full of fear.In his memory, Aurora was dead; he had even seen her body being wheeled into the hospital morgue. What had actually happened? He felt like he was on the verge of losing his mind.Aurora flashed a wide smile, as if she was savoring Reginald’s confusion and fear, while continuing her task. “Reginald, you didn’t expect this, did you? You didn’t expect that I wasn’t really dead, did you?”“No! No, it’s not like that! You have
No one noticed the change in Mr. Clifford’s expression except for Richard. He caught the slight relaxation in the chairman’s tense face upon hearing Reginald’s shout.“You?” the stranger asked suspiciously, his eyebrows furrowed. His eyes scanned Reginald from head to toe before asking again, “Are you Roderick Dwayne’s biological grandson?”“That’s right! I am the heir of the Dwayne family, which means I’m also Roderick’s biological grandson,” Reginald replied, nodding enthusiastically.“You’re friends of my grandfather, aren’t you? You came to help me, right? Hahaha! I knew it!” Reginald continued, not waiting for the strangers’ response.“These people escaped from prison! Don’t let them get away! Remember! Capture them all and throw them back into their cells! If possible, let them all die and rot in there!” the man shouted again, pointing at Richard and the others while glaring at them with wide eyes.Elena, along with the others standing beside Richard, seemed to recognize the str
Everyone looked at Richard with pity when they saw Reginald’s beaming face. They thought that all the power and wealth of the Dwayne family had fully fallen into that man’s hands.“So, Richard is just an adopted child after all?”“Looks like those people have strong backing. Just look, they can shake up people from the main headquarters. Who’s that in the uniform? Is that a high-ranking official from the main HQ?”“There’s no need to bring up the fact that he escaped from prison, because even without that, I’m sure Reginald wouldn’t let him go so easily after that man fully became the heir to the Dwayne family,” the guests discussed amongst themselves.Meanwhile, at the same time, Reginald had already been led away by the strange men to leave the lobby.Mr. Clifford and the S-rank soldiers still stood in their places. Richard, meanwhile, was still sitting on the sofa with both feet propped up on the table.Tonight’s event was supposed to be about him being the main star. But he ended
About seven or eight meters behind the man, precisely behind the window, a pair of eyes filled with vengeance were watching. Those eyes were glaring sharply and angrily at Alexander’s frail body.“Who is that?!” Alexander shouted as he quickly turned around. He sensed someone was watching him. His eyes met the face of someone with a cruel gaze.His heart stopped for a moment, his face pale. The owner of that face was, “Wil-Wilbur?!”***Richard, who had just arrived at The Velvet Fork, didn’t go straight to his room but called Elena to enter a VIP room.“In the next two days, you need to transfer all ownership of Monolith Group. Remember! The news must not get out! Also, we can’t let the people who just got released from detention take over.”“Why is that, Boss?” Elena asked, slightly shocked.“You’ll find out the reason later,” Richard replied with a mysterious smile. “Just make sure to tell them not to take over Monolith Group. If not, they’ll go bankrupt without a trace!”Even thou