“Heh! You think so?”Takai chuckled coldly. He raised his head, to find Nanako looking deceitful. “Stop lying to yourself. Even after ten years, I’ll probably still be no match against that little bastard.“He’s at a level that’s simply terrifying! If he keeps growing, he’ll become the Island Nations’ biggest obstacle!“The Kawashima family can’t deal with a prominent figure like that. He’s destined to rival the entire country!“If it wasn’t for you, I wouldn’t have ended up like this in the first place!”Takai gritted his teeth, furious. Defeat wasn’t scary at all, but being crippled was. What was he going to do for the rest of his life?He badly wanted to strangle the one who instigated the whole thing. It was a shame that he couldn’t do that anymore.Nanako hesitated for a moment.“What should we do now? Now that you’re like this, our family’s strength is mostly gone. We’ve become toothless tigers here…” she said. Takai took a deep breath to calm himself down.“Since th
While the Aenar Temple and the Kawashima family were desperately trying to fix the situation…Harvey was in the police station’s interrogation room. He swirled his soda around as he stared at Asher with narrowed eyes. “Asher… Are you still not going to talk? It’s been six hours.“You should know that if someone tried, you would’ve been bailed out by now. The fact that you’re still here means that your family has actually abandoned you.“The Islanders you rely on are nowhere to be found. Your backer is in hiding, too. Tell me, what else can you look forward to at this point?”Harvey smiled.“If you cooperate with Director Dutch and prove my innocence, you’ll get a chance to free yourself! How simple is that? Are you not going to take it? You won’t survive if you don’t!”Asher raised his head to look at Harvey.“Enough showing off, Harvey!“If you had a way to deal with me, you would’ve done something by now. Since I’m still unscathed, then it means that nobody can touch me. No
Harvey shrugged.“I wouldn’t say that…but since I’m being blamed for something I didn’t do, there’s no choice but for me to get involved, right?“Well, proving my innocence alone isn’t enough.“Aside from the person who framed me… I want everyone involved in the dizzy pill incident to be completely eradicated. If not, I wouldn’t be able to live with myself.”Asher scoffed once more.“You’re strong, but that doesn’t mean that you can do everything you want!“I suggest you leave while you’re still ahead. You can probably live a few more years that way. You won’t gain anything else by knowing too much, unless you want to die faster. “I’ll be honest. A powerful organization is involved in this.“That organization has many members—they have a lot of money, and they’re usually discreet. “More importantly, it’s been around since ancient times. The dizzy pills are just a side product for them. Even without those pills, they still have other ways to make money.“You want to eradicat
Asher’s expression changed instantly.“If I let Evermore know that you’re the one who provided me with information about the dizzy pills and the organization,” Harvey went on, “what do you think they’d do?”“Would they save you? Kill you? Maybe they’d make your life a living hell…” he added. Harvey opened another can of soda, and put it in front of Asher.After hearing those words, Asher wasn’t as stubborn as before.“I don’t think I can get out of here alive, either,” he finally said, after taking a sip of the soda.“With the crime I’ve committed… Even if I don’t end up dying, I’d be locked up here for decades anyway, right? If that’s the case, why should I tell you about Evermore?“I wouldn’t want to die faster now, would I?”Harvey smiled.“It’s not impossible for you to walk out of here alive. If you’re willing to be a tainted witness, you’d be out of here after about three to five years.“As long as you tell me all about Evermore, I can guarantee you that I’ll deal with
Harvey kept the card and the badges before speaking again.“Since I’m so capable, shouldn’t you be talking right now?”For a while, Asher hesitated. Then, he spoke.“I’m not sure if my information’s correct.“According to the seller of the dizzy pills that I contacted, I suspect that his products came from the Crora Temple—the most mysterious out of the three great temples.“Compared to the vibrance of the Aenar Temple and the Kronen Temple’s desolate nature… The Crora Temple is the most terrifying.”“The Crora Temple…” Harvey muttered, a grim look on his face.-After receiving the important news, Harvey calmly left the police station. He trusted Dutch to do the right thing, so he left Asher in Dutch’s hands.He went back to his villa as if nothing had ever happened.The entire place had been ransacked, so it looked quite messy. Harvey didn’t mind it at all; after sitting down for a moment, he decided to make himself some tea.He had only been in the outskirts for just a fe
Harvey smiled. “Should I be thanking you, then?”“No need. I’m just saying…” Sierra frowned. “It’s a little awkward to steer the conversation this way, isn’t it?”Harvey was beginning to figure out Sierra’s personality. “Maybe you should just tell me why you’re here instead.”Sierra looked at him with a profound gaze.“You see, my grandfather wants to see you no matter what. The others have been desperately trying to figure out a way to make that happen… I came here just to ask you for that.”“Your grandfather? The head of the Wolven Tribe, Preston Klein? Why does he want to see me? Is he planning to cause me trouble?”Harvey had destroyed the Eve Clubhouse, recruited Romina, and dealt with Asher. After all that, it was only natural for someone like Preston to come at him.“Probably not.”Sierra tilted her head to the side.“If that were the case, I wouldn’t be the one here. It’d be all one hundred and eight fighters of the Klein family instead.“I was hoping you’d entertain
Crack!The teapot cracked while tea was still pouring out of it.Nobody expected the elegant teapot used to serve Harvey would suddenly break. Harvey’s fearlessness and casual attitude when sitting down had panicked Preston.Bam!Preston casually threw the handle on the table, then raised his head to look at Harvey with a smile.“As expected from a young and talented man.“Before meeting you, I always thought that the young ones were simply inferior… But after seeing you, I realized that I’ve been wasting my time all these years!”Preston waved his hand.“Come! Bring me my Darwin Chalice!”Sierra and the others froze.The Darwin Chalice was Preston’s most beloved item.According to him, nobody in the outskirts was worthy for him to bring it out. Yet, Harvey had the honor of witnessing the chalice.More importantly, Preston himself asked to bring it out.Harvey was quite well-versed with antiques; he knew the Darwin Chalice was actually unearthed during an ancient dynasty
The eyes of everyone there twitched after hearing Harvey’s words.He was quite an arrogant man, to be speaking like that in front of someone like Preston!‘Isn’t he scared of Preston getting angry?’“You haven’t?” Preston froze, and he looked deeply at Harvey. “So you’re saying that you’re just doing whatever you want recently?”“Not exactly,” Harvey replied calmly. “I’m just doing all this because the circumstances forced me. I don’t know who’s going against me, but I can’t just sit there and take everything either, right?“It’s a shame; the Klein family is pretty lame.“Romina’s talented, but she’s just too greedy. Asher knows when to back down, but he doesn’t know himself well enough.“Your entire family’s been taking action without regard toward anything.“I don’t think that it’s enough that you people ended up like this. If I were to take action, you’d suffer a lot, even if you ended up surviving.”Preston’s pupils shrunk. “Are you saying that this isn’t over? If you wa