A dozen Lord’s Guardians walked forward and stepped in front of the Dragon Palace elites under Marcel York’s orders.

Naturally, Marcel was dead set on letting Akio Yashiro spill the beans.

Akio just smiled before calmly shifting his gaze toward Cory York.

“Now, let’s talk about your incident.

“Thirteen years ago, you were planning to use the family’s funds to invest in an oil mine on the Dark Island, but the Americans were planning to do the same.

“The family’s funds were no match to the competitors back then.

“Since you were so desperate to make an achievement for yourself so you could climb the ranks quicker…

“You asked Misfortune’s help!

“There were no leads to the incident after that. Nobody knew why an oil tycoon from America would throw himself into the sea.

“You used the opportunity to acquire the oil mine and built the Loxus Consortium! What an achievement!

“There’s a saying that I agree with, the first bucket of gold from a rich man is always dirty.”

“You shut your