Austin's unforgiving reply caused the kneeling Itijah to tremble all over.He lifted his head and stared at the leaving Austin and wailed, "Austin, can't you spare your own family some sympathy? I'm the father of your mother, you know? I'm your grandpa! Please, you're the only one who can save the Emersons!""Shut up!" shouted Austin as he turned back around. "Family, my ass! You haven't been considered my mother's family for 20 long years! Have you forgotten about everything you've done to her? Everything that you've done to your own daughter?"I don't care about you being family! I've already cared enough by not killing you with my own hands!"Get the fuck back to Kandor and leave me alone! Bother me again, and I will actually kill you myself!"Austin turned around and left with big strides.When Walter returned to the Campbells, he had left Dahlia with a huge amount of money. With Dahlia's ability, even if she were not to build an enterprise with the funds, she would still be
Terry's mind was in a frenzy as he laid eyes upon Itijah. His expression became distorted with all sorts of emotions in an instant.A tragic shout would echo across the entire hotel room. "Dad!"Itijah had already slipped off the couch, his eyes wide open.A sharp dagger was stuck in his heart. Blood spurted out along the hilt of the dagger like a fountain.The entire floor and everything around Itijah was painted deep red.The bloody scene almost caused Terry to faint over.His remaining rationale pushed him to stand up immediately.Terry's furious face turned toward the hotel room as he scanned every corner of the room.He was certain that he was woken up by a foreign sound, and given the short amount of time, he reckoned that the murderer was still in the room.Suddenly, Terry shouted, "Stand right there!"He noticed a silhouette passing through the half-open hotel room door.Terry left the room and chased after the killer. He did not feel even the slightest hint of fear
Knocks on the bedroom door would wake both Austin and Cecily up before the sun even rose.They opened the door to find Ezra and Aldus.Ezra was visibly terrified as he explained, "Sir, bad news! Mr. Emerson Senior has died!"Austin was shocked for a moment, and then he sneered, "Okay? So what if he has died? Let me and Cecily sleep in a little longer.""He was assassinated!"Ezra's words immediately stopped Austin from closing the door.With a shaky voice, Ezra continued, "Please come with us, sir… This matter is… Extremely complicated."Austin hesitated for a while. He smiled at Cecily to tell her to go back to sleep before leaving the room and heading downstairs with Ezra and Aldus.He couldn't care less about how Itijah had died.But he was rather intrigued by Ezra's reaction about the matter.Austin was rather perplexed by the fact that the usually calm and collected Ezra was stuttering with his words.As he headed into the living room, he found Vincent, still in his paj
"Blood Money as an organization accepts various assassination missions provided by clients into their webpage on the dark web. The targets will then be graded in accordance with their bounty, the status and identity of the target, and the estimated difficulty of the assassination. "Anyone on the dark web who sees the mission posting can participate in the hunt, and the prize money will be given to whoever completes the mission first."Austin's eyes widened in horror as he stared at the phone while listening to Aldus' explanation.He suddenly felt a chill running down his spine.Even a man like Aldus was visibly terrified. His voice sank as he continued, "There are no rules on the dark web, and there are no rules to the hunt as well. Anyone in the world can try their hand at the prize, and that's what makes Blood Money such a scary organization!"The missions on their webpage are graded from D to A, and an additional S rank for missions beyond A rank. And then, S ranks are further
The living room fell deathly quiet, as if the air within the room had frozen.Austin's hair stood on its end, and he felt numb except for the chill constantly running down his spine.He was calm on the surface, but his heart was already panicking beyond relief.He was not afraid of being plotted against, nor was he afraid of being the target of assassinations.Before Austin had married Cecily, he had already braved the unimaginable hell that was the Grave Prison, partly under the deliberate arrangement from Walter.He had faced death straight in the face multiple times during his bout in the Grave Prison.But now, he would be subject to never-ending attempts at his life that could happen at any moment of his life. It was what terrified Austin the most.It meant that he had to remain vigilant for 24 hours every day, not just to protect himself, but also to protect those that he held dear in life.Ezra, Vincent, and Aldus were all similarly horrified as they sat in silence.Th
Ezra's voice was trembling as he said, "We've all been thinking the same thing… The thing is, we can't provide any evidence to convince the Emersons of your innocence and take down the bounty on your head. I believe we need to begin making arrangements for your safety."Austin smiled helplessly. "True, we'll need to make arrangements. Now that it's come to this… I'm not afraid of death, but I'm worried about my loved ones."He turned to Aldus and said, "Aldus, please ask Raquel to pack up her belongings. I'd like for her to follow Cecily to the Graham Residence."Austin then turned to Vincent and Ezra and continued, "Vincent, bring Iris with you and return to the Redmonts to lay low for a while. Mr. Lockwood, you'll return to the Campbells right away. I'll then need a team of professional bodyguards. Please help me get in contact with Wolf regarding the matter as well."He had never been an indecisive and hesitant man.Now that things had come to this, plaguing himself by worrying
Currently, at the airport's lounge, Cecily was still very much sleepy as she sat on the chair with a frown, seemingly deep in thought.Beside her was a similarly tired Raquel, who was letting out yawns from time to time.It was still early into the morning, and they had already woken up from their dreams to be told to go overseas to the Cactuar Islands, where Cecily's parents lived, as soon as possible.Raquel turned to Cecily and asked, "Cecily… You seem like you have a lot on your mind."Cecily returned to her senses and replied, "Raquel, don't you feel that something's not right with Austin?"Raquel shook her head and replied, "Not really… If anything, I think something's not right with Aldus. He was in an extremely foul mood when he woke me up today. It's not like I provoked him or anything."Even though Cecily had chosen to believe what Austin had told her, she could not help but begin to have doubts. "I feel like Austin's hiding something from me."She spent four years wit
Austin recalled the fact that Aldus used to be a personal bodyguard for his father, as well as being one of his closest confidants.At the start, Aldus was sent to Austin's side to protect him.It was a decision that had severely undermined his father's security standards.And now, Walter would send over the entire team as backup, just to help protect Austin once more.Austin had no doubt that the security team that had protected his father for more than 20 years would be the absolute best in the world. But he could only wonder about Walter's personal security now that both Aldus and the entire team of bodyguards were removed from his side.He could not imagine just how much risk and danger Walter had placed himself in, all for his sake."Is he forgetting about himself?" asked Austin.Aldus was stunned for a moment before he smiled bitterly. "Mr. Walter has always prioritized your safety over his own.""But he's the head of the Campbells! I can't imagine what kind of danger h