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“Followed?” The elderly man asked.“Yes, I have strong suspicions that you were followed, and whoever was sent to follow you and make sure you did what you’re supposed to should be somewhere close—“ Jeremiah’s eyes widened.He recalled the guy with the neck tattoo in the old pickup truck, and suddenly, everything—especially what he had said on the phone—started to make sense.“My friend? What’s the matter?” The elderly man asked after witnessing Jeremiah’s sudden pause.“It’s nothing. As I was saying, your follower is probably parked at the top of the road leading over here”, Jeremiah said, and the elderly man furrowed her eyebrows.“If they are here to watch me, then why park so far away?” he asked.“That's because if they follow you into the bank, they’ll attract suspicion if they’re seen just standing around without doing anything. On the other hand, if they stay outside in the parking lot, they might catch the attention of the security guards. The best place to be is on the road l
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The machine asked if he wanted to do anything else, but he refused by pressing the “NO” option on the touchscreen display, and it spat out his card.The elderly man took the debit card that was sticking out of the machine and put it in his wallet then he faced Jeremiah.“Thank you for all the help. I’ll be going into the bank to withdraw what I can. Please forget everything I told you and just go about your day like none of this ever happened. That’s the best thing for both of—“ he said, but Jeremiah cut him off. He said, “How can you trust that they’ll let your grandson go free after you hand over the money they asked for?”“What?” The elderly paused and looked at Jeremiah with a confused expression. “What do you mean?”“For one thing, your grandson knows who they all are which makes him a liability they can’t have. Secondly, giving them what they want is basically giving up your only leverage in this situation and that’s not a very smart idea, because once you’ve done that, you bec
The Ultimate Mogul Strikes Back! CHAPTER 198
The elderly man’s eyes fidgeted.Was Jeremiah serious about helping him? The elderly man grabbed the hand Jeremiah was offering him and was pulled to his feet.“So, what do I— I mean, we do?” The elderly man asked, completely trusting Jeremiah that he would get his grandson out of the mess he was in no matter what.“Firstly, I’d like us to introduce ourselves and our names. Not that I have a problem with being called your friend, but I prefer hearing my name when being spoken to” Jeremiah said. The elderly nodded, then said “Okay. From this moment onward, I’ll call you by your name. Jeremiah”Jeremiah smiled and said “Thank you. What about you? What’s your name?““Jackson. My name is Jackson Bailey”Jeremiah nodded.“Now we know each other’s names,” Jeremiah said, and Jackson smiled “It’s time to get down to business,”Jackson took a deep breath, exhaled, and was prepared for what he had to do.“Firstly, you’re going to call the number the kidnappers had called you with to request t
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Jackson looked at Jeremiah with a raised brow that denoted skepticism.“What do you mean by you have everything I need?” He asked.Jeremiah looked at the elderly man and said “Just trust me. Go into the bank and withdraw the money you have in your account. The forty-two thousand dollars and meet me here. You’ll see what I’m talking about”Jackson groaned skeptically. Though what Jeremiah said was very cryptic and vague, the elderly man, deciphered it and understood what Jeremiah was trying to do. Seeing the look of understanding on the elderly man’s face, Jeremiah interrupted him before he could say what he was about to say.“Before you refuse the money I'm offering, I want you to know that I'm only lending it to you so you can have the full ransom amount. I plan to get it back once everything is over. If things go according to my plan, the full fifty thousand dollars will be returned, so don’t worry—just go get your share of the ransom while I withdraw mine.”Jeremiah effectively d
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Jeremiah drove his motorcycle to the top of the slopped road and stared at where he had last seen the pick-up truck when he came to the bank.“I knew it,” he said, smirking under his helmet because the truck was nowhere to be seen. It seemed his suspicion about the driver was correct. However, the truck’s disappearance alone wasn’t his only confirmation that the driver was working with Charlie’s kidnappers, as the truck could have simply left while he was still at the bank, even before Jackson had left.Even if the driver had been talking over the phone about someone, which could have very well been Jackson, withdrawing money from the bank, that wasn’t what Jeremiah took as confirmation for his suspension. It was his nose. The moment Jeremiah drove to the top of the slopped road he used his nose to find Jackson’s trail and his nose told him that the pick-up truck was just there but left less than two minutes ago which matched when Jackson left the bank. His trusty nose was how he w
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Jeremiah ignored the hooligan and instead scanned him from head to toe, assessing how much of a nuisance he was going to be. It was clear he had come looking for trouble, ready to resort to violence, given the weapon in his hand.“Are you deaf?! I said who the fucking hell are you?!” The man yelled again, this time pointing the tip of the baseball bat at Jeremiah as a threat.Jeremiah gestured that the hooligan should hold on for a moment.“Gimme a second and I’ll give you all the time and attention you want,” Jeremiah said then strategized his next moves and how he was going to save Charlie.He definitely didn’t want anyone in the building to know why he was there as they would use it against him— making Charlie a hostage and that would be annoying as hell.It would also put Charlie’s life in jeopardy which would be counterproductive to why he was there in the first place. Jeremiah looked at the building.He closed his eyes and used the full range of his senses. From his sense of
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Inside the apartment building, in one of the rooms on the top floor sat the Kingpin of the operation on a luxurious couch and was watching a game of football on his massive fifty-five-inch television.On both sides were two skimpy-dressed girls who couldn’t get their bodies off of him.The Kingpin had his right hand inside the shirt of one of the girls, fondling her breasts while the left hand held both the cigar he was smoking and his betting ticket for the current game he was watching.On each corner of the room was a hooligan who served as his protection and they were all properly armed.The Kingpin took his eyes off the television for a moment and looked at something that caused the veins on the sides of his head to throb.“How long are all of you fuckers going to take before you finish counting that, huh?!” He yelled at the gathering of five scared kids between his couch and the television.They all sat on the floor, counting heaps of cash in their middle while supervising them w
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Since Jeremiah had no way of blocking a bullet if he was shot— as he hadn’t learned any defensive magic yet or any type of magic for that matter—the only chance he had of surviving this ordeal was by either stopping the gun from being fired in the first place or moving out of the path of the bullet if he couldn’t stop the shot.Thankfully, his heightened senses and speed were all he needed to do that.Seeing the hooligan about to pull the trigger and shoot him right between the eyes, even though he still had his helmet on, let Jeremiah know that it was time to take action.He shifted out of position which made the hooligan not fire the shot because he had to aim again. Unfortunately, Jeremiah wasn’t going to let that happen.Jeremiah focused on the hooligans closest to him— the ones with the metal baseball bat and the metal pipe— and he attacked them.They saw him coming and went on the offensive too, but sadly they were no match for Jeremiah.His enhanced strength, reflexes, and spee
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“Crimson is in Bakers View?” One of the silhouettes, colored orange said and the others turned to it. “That’s very interesting. Tell us how your encounter went down”The other silhouettes returned their gaze to Grey and waited to hear the story he was going to give— a tale that was very important because it involved their organization’s greatest enemy. Grey went ahead to give the details of how he encountered Jeremiah— doing so in a succinct manner. From their meet-up at the auction house to their altercation behind the Mercury Jewels Jewelry store after Jeremiah had figured out his identity. Every detail gave them a better understanding of who they were messing with.“So there was a relic out there that could counteract your mind control and illusion spells,” said the black silhouette.“That’s insane, considering the fact that you are the most powerful member of Dark Emblem when it comes to mind control and most especially illusion spells,” said the white silhouette.Grey huffed, h
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Grey drove all the way to a very expensive hotel somewhere in the city. He parked in front of the entrance and the valet stationed there rushed to the car to greet him. However, instead of waiting outside for him to come out, the valet grabbed the driver-door and opened it for him.“Welcome back, Master Grey” the valet greeted, bowing his head with a massive smile on his face. Grey acted like nothing was said to him— his face unbothered and emotionless as turned his body, indicating that he wanted to step out. “My apologies, Master Grey” The valet moved out of the way, giving Grey the space to step out of the car— which he did. “I hope you had a wonderful outing, Master Grey,” the valet said but was ignored as Grey walked past him. But, from how the valet looked, it didn’t seem like Grey’s behavior affected or deterred him from wanting to please the powerful Dark Emblem mage more.The valet faced the interior of the car and had wanted to enter but saw the portrait and box in whic
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Meanwhile, back at the Mercury Jewels Jewelry Shop— at the back where Jeremiah and Grey had their confrontation—two of the staff were there, crouching by the wall and smoking a cigar.It was their break and this was what they usually did.“Damn, today was a really good day. So many customers coming in to buy expensive shit and the day isn’t even over yet. At the rate we’re going, I have a feeling we’ll be getting a pay raise soon” said one of the staff.“It probably has something to do with the auction that took place not too long ago. Business usually booms during it but I hope you’re right ‘cause I really need the extra money. My kid is about to go to college and I want to put him in a really good one that will help him have a bright future” said the second staff. “Speaking of your kid, how is he? He doesn’t visit you as much as he used to in the past” the first staff said.“Yeah. He’s at that age where he doesn’t want to hang out with his old dad anymore but he’s a good kid” “Tha
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“Alright, Lynette, what’s the catch to this so-called ability of yours?” Jeremiah asked, his tone hitting his fatigue. [“Since it's an automatic death sentence for the person I'm linked to the moment I die, it means their life ends when my current lifecycle ends—and a new one begins with me being reborn as a newborn.”] Lynette replied and Jeremiah groaned. “So you’re saying that if you manage to go through this battle without getting temporarily killed, Dad will remain alive no matter what for the next thirty-nine years which is when your current cycle ends,” Jeremiah said, his tone extremely skeptical.[“That’s right. I’ve linked with only one person in all my lives and thanks to them I know exactly what this ability is capable of and what its limits are. I and the person in question cannot be unlinked once linked. That’s the price they pay for accepting the link and gaining short-term immortality”]This meant that Lynette couldn’t just link with any random person. They had to know
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Reginald had to admit that Jeremiah made a lot of sense with what he had said. Things were very dangerous with Dark Emblem knowing Jeremiah’s whereabouts and were going to attack him at any moment. Reginald was already someone they wanted dead— although he wasn’t a priority like Jeremiah and Obadiah were— so it would basically be the same as putting him on a silver platter if he was anywhere near Jeremiah whenever Dark Emblem decided to attack. They would definitely kill him first if the opportunity presented itself. Or worst-case scenario, they would try to use him as a hostage and make Jeremiah unable to attack as strongly as he would have. Granted, the likelihood Dark Emblem does that is very low because they didn’t have a good impression of Lord Crimson and thought he didn’t care about any human being enough for them to work as a hostage against him. However, the fact that Jeremiah risked his life to save everyone at the welcome ceremony, made things different and that narrat
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Jeremiah went ahead to tell Reginald, Kingston, and Lynette what happened— the same as he did with Obadiah, shocking them with each detail he gave, and when he was done, they went silent for an extended period before regaining their composure.[“I didn’t think you would be discovered this quickly after moving back to Bakers View, son”] Reginald said and then groaned—pondering what to say next. [“However, now that the cat is out of the bag and they are coming for you, we have no choice but to look for a way forward. With that said, what’s your plan?”] “My plan, huh? Well, it’s very simple. To fight!” Jeremiah said, resolve echoing from his eyes. Reginald chuckled lightly.[“I wouldn’t have expected anything different. In that case, you will be needing help if you hope to survive this. I’m assuming you’ve decided to have Bakers View as the battleground”]“Yes, I do. This is my hometown, where those Dark Emblem assholes caused my mother to get into an accident that put her in a coma w
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Jeremiah returned the relic to where he got it from and without wasting any second, he took out his phone from his pocket and called Kingston. After a few seconds, the call was answered. [“Young Master, Jeremiah”] Kingston greeted. “Good afternoon, Kingston,” Jeremiah replied.[“Good afternoon young master. How is your—?”] Kingston said but Jeremiah cut him off.“Before you ask any questions, I want to know if you’re anywhere close to my father,” Jeremiah asked, the urgency in his voice eliciting intrigue in the butler.[“Unfortunately, I’m not in Master Reginald’s presence but he is in the estate”]“That’s good. Now, I want you to go find my father and put me on speaker phone cause there’s something I want to tell the two of you—“ Jeremiah said but was interrupted. [“Is that Jeremiah?”] Lynette asked excitedly. [“Yes, Lady Lynette. It is”] Kingston replied and Jeremiah groaned.[“Great! I’ve been dying to talk to him so give me the phone!”] Lynette instructed, her hand already
CHAPTER 301
Jeremiah walked around the store in a soured mood, arrived at the front, and got on his motorcycle. He drove back home, all the while thinking about Grey Lucian, who was someplace he couldn’t find, and the fact that he couldn’t tell if Grey was watching him as he went back to the estate pissed him off. Anyone else would have been in a constant state of fear and worry but not Jeremiah. He believed in his capabilities as a dragon and mage and that he was able to have a calm mind. Plus, he knew that it would take some time for the members of Dark Emblem to be ready enough to attack him so in that meantime he was safe. The future, however, was a different story. For the moment, Jeremiah’s concern was on the issue of the tracking spell Grey had put on him. From the looks of it, Grey might have either been telling the truth or lying through his teeth because no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t sense the magic of the spell on him. Even if he could sense the mana, it would only mean
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Jeremiah’s face twitched after hearing Andrews call him his other name. “So you know about my real identity too. That’s interesting” Jeremiah scoffed then did a scan of the other people standing and watching him and Andrews. “That’s a neat trick. Unfortunately, your illusions don’t work on me— not anymore anyway— so it would be better if you just deactivate it and stop wasting mana” Jeremiah said. Andrews looked at the other people on the premises, who smiled at him and Jeremiah, groaned and said “I wonder what changed to make my magic no longer work on you. Is it perhaps that box you won from the auction because it would make sense why you were so interested in it.” Andrews chuckled, returned his gaze to Jeremiah, and continued, “It’s a shame I didn’t see how valuable it was to bid for it. But even if I had, you would have outbid me, wouldn’t you?” Andrews deactivated his illusion magic and everyone on the premises, beside him and Jeremiah, disappeared. “…” Jeremiah refraine
