Novels by Mattimeo

"All of this was orchestrated by someone powerful and meticulous. They even severed communication between us and the country. I wonder how they managed that?" She frowned deeply."You know what I suggest? We retreat and wait for the authorities’ decision. We can’t continue staying here. The longer we remain, the greater the risk of being discovered. Many governments are already interested in this matter. It’s only a matter of time before they start sending people in. Worst of all, we can’t even establish contact with our own country," the general said grimly.The entire Panya network had suddenly collapsed, including private channels. This wasn’t random. It was deliberate and perfectly timed.As a result, communication became difficult for both camps. Intelligence moved at a crawl."I’ve already sent people to Burusia. They’ll return with news soon. Just calm down and wait," the Admiral said evenly.But she had no intention of retreating. Never. If anything, this was the moment they n

"Chief Commander Daniel, the Mainland has received shipments from discreet Burusia ships. We can’t confirm what’s inside, but I believe they contain weapons," a young soldier reported.Chief Commander Daniel stood at the window overlooking the barracks. Soldiers drilled in tight formation while officials barked orders across the yard. Every movement carried urgency. He was short and sturdy, with a peculiar beard and a face hardened into something naturally intimidating.He drew in a slow breath and turned."Why do you think they’re weapons?" he asked evenly."Our men tracked several suspicious ships unloading cargo into the Mainland. The routes match Burusia trade patterns, but the manifests are falsified. We also encountered armed men we suspect are Burusians."Daniel’s jaw tightened. "I see."He moved to his desk, pulled out the chair, and sat."We prepare to strike."The soldier hesitated. "Chief Commander… what’s the point of continuing this war? The Mainland will never surrender.

“I want the Secretary of Trade position. That’s all,” he said directly.“What!? This is absurd. Nonsense. I won’t accept it. Say something else entirely,” the president said angrily.Samuel shrugged.“You can just take your daughter and forget about it.”“Do you think you can emotionally blackmail me?” he asked with a smirk.“I’m not even trying to. Go on. It’s nice to meet you and your daughter, Your Excellency.” He stretched out his hand for a handshake.The president looked at the outstretched hand but didn’t take it. His mind churned with conflicting thoughts, and a wave of stress washed over him.“You do realize I can’t just remove the current Secretary of Trade,” he explained calmly.“I can assure you that you can not only remove the Secretary of Trade but also the Commissioner of Customs,” Samuel replied.“Don’t tell me you are targeting that position as well?” the president asked with a frown.“I can get it for myself,” Samuel replied confidently. “That’s if you don’t interfer

“Oh.” The president did not seem angry at what he heard, contrary to Isaac’s expectations.“Just that?” Isaac frowned.He was completely ignored. “You said you have my daughter. Where is she?” the president asked Samuel.“I already asked my people to bring her,” he replied.“Where did you rescue her?”“Panya. She was locked up in an underground prison,” Samuel replied.The president gritted his teeth.“Who kidnapped her?” he asked.“The Urgabas. They had a hidden base in Panya that I managed to uncover by mistake. I killed all of them and rescued your daughter,” Samuel explained.The president did not doubt Samuel’s ability to accomplish such a feat alone. He had already heard the story, after all. It had been huge news, and many powerful ability users knew about it. Even some weaker ones had heard the tale.“Thank you, son,” the president said.Suddenly, he made a move. But the person he attacked was not Samuel. He struck Isaac, who had been secretly retreating. Isaac collapsed insta

Nina grabbed Thesa by the throat.“Dare to repeat that?”“Murder! Murder! Someone help me!” Thesa cried hurriedly.“Excuse me, Miss Nina. We have an emergency,” Gilbert said as he approached them.Nina released Thesa and straightened up.“What’s happening?” she asked with a frown.“There are four military boats approaching our island,” Gilbert replied.“Military boats?” She frowned again. Could it be the president? she wondered.“Go. Take two military boats and meet them. Do not engage. Verify their identity. If Grand elder Brown or the president is aboard, allow them entrance, but they must dock at the southern area,” she commanded immediately.“Yes, Miss.” Gilbert bowed and left at once.“This Gilbert is very disciplined, and he’s very talented too. Already at the fourth level of the Golden core realm, and my breakthrough will be soon,” Thesa commented.“That’s because he’s under Samuel. He has powerful pills and resources that can train a nobody into the Golden core realm. For exam

In the presidential house, the President of Merika, Joe Trump, sat holding a photograph. The blonde-haired beauty in the picture smiled brightly as she posed before a statue.“My baby Abigail. I wonder how you are doing,” he murmured, his eyes heavy with sadness.A sudden knock sounded at the door.“Come in,” he said, slipping the picture aside.The door opened, and a man in a black suit stepped in.“I’m sorry to disturb you, your Excellency. Someone important is here to see you,” the man said with a bow.The president frowned.“I don’t feel like seeing anybody right now. Just tell him I’m not around.”“Your Excellency… he’s a Grand elder,” the man added quietly.“So what? Tell him I’m not around. Unless he’s here with information about my missing daughter, nothing else concerns me right now,” the president snapped.“Alright. I already asked him, but he refused to tell me his purpose and insisted on seeing you instead. He also said he has been calling your personal line, but you are n

"Can you leave already?" Mark demanded, his voice cold enough to send a chill down Simon’s spine."Who... who are you?" Simon stuttered."Her boyfriend. Now leave." Mark repeated calmly, but firmly."Boyfriend? So you have a boyfriend, Anna? You followed me on a date and we even kissed. How could you be so vile?" Simon snapped.Anna froze in disbelief. "Wait... did you just say we kissed?" She needed to be sure she heard correctly."Yes, am I lying? We even did more than that."Pah!The slap echoed through the room. Simon’s eyes squeezed shut as pain exploded across his face. He could not believe such a gentle looking girl could strike with that kind of force. For a dizzy moment he thought he saw two of her."Are you satisfied now? Leave." Anna said firmly."You slapped me, you..." he began angrily, but Mark had reached his limit. He grabbed Simon by the shirt and lifted him effortlessly."My girl said you should go. So fuck off." He growled, then threw him to the side.Simon hit the

The ride home was mostly silent. Anna bit her lip, feeling a bit nervous. She was confused about Mark’s stance. He still had not made anything clear.“I am sorry that I left the country without telling you,” he said.“You already apologized on the phone. I forgave you long ago, and you did nothing wrong anyway. It is not as if we are dating,” she replied, studying his face as she emphasized the dating part to watch his reaction.His face remained expressionless, revealing nothing. He calmly pulled over in front of a grocery store.“You want to get groceries?” she asked.“Mmm. Come.”They walked inside the grocery store. They bought rice, sauce, meat, and many other items.“I never imagined someone like you shopping for groceries,” she whispered. He smiled but said nothing.Meanwhile, the other customers saw them as a lovey dovey couple. Many of the women looked excited, since it was rare to see a man buying groceries with his wife or girlfriend.After shopping, he drove straight to he

Mark breathed in deeply. Finally, he was back in York City. He walked calmly down the plane."Boss!" Liam called as he approached.Mark casually handed him his suitcase."How are things going? Are our people ready to receive the shipped stones?" he asked."Rest assured, boss, everything is ready," Liam assured him."Good. How is Sico Technology faring?"Liam knew the question was connected to Warren's videos."I have requested the videos be taken down and warned the media houses. But it seems there is someone else behind this, and I was not able to succeed completely because they keep protecting the media," he explained."They want to bully me?" Mark smirked. "Then they should be ready to be bullied in return."Whoever was instigating this seemed to think they were only fighting Sico Technology and Willstark."Investigate the person thoroughly for me," he said as they entered their car in the parking lot."I have already done some checking. Here is what I found." Liam handed him a doc

Simon returned."It seems you are bored here. Let's go to the bar counter and have a drink," he offered.She thought about it and nodded. Since she was already here she might as well have a drink before going home.Simon brought her to the counter."Bartender, two shots please." He smiled and gave him a wink. The bartender nodded and poured two shots for them. He handed Simon the first shot and Simon passed it to Anna.Anna was about to take it when her phone rang. She looked at the screen and saw it was Mark. For some reason she suddenly felt guilty."Excuse me, I have to take this." She left the bar and walked some distance away while Simon silently cursed whoever had called her."Hello." She answered coolly."Anna, how are you? I heard what happened. Are you alright?" he asked."Yes, thanks for asking, Mark." She tried to sound polite and distant.Mark frowned. "I am coming back tomorrow, Anna. We need to talk.""Oh, is it about business?" she asked."No. When did we even start tal

A military boat loomed into view."What is a military ship doing here? I don't think they patrol this area, huh?" Isabella asked worriedly.Mark remained calm as he watched them block off their boat."What should we do? Should we exchange fire with them?" she asked, still anxious."Not advisable." He shook his head. "They have the height advantage and can just shoot down at us. They might even throw grenades.""Fuck. Well, I think we can convince them that we are not a threat to the Panya government. After all, other boats pass through this route sometimes.""It is not a Panya military boat," Mark replied, lightly shaking his head. "It is likely a Burusia military vessel illegally exploring this area to see if they can locate gold on any of the uninhabited islands. And they will not be happy that we saw them here.""So...?""So they will either kill us or capture us." He replied. "More likely they will capture us because they will not want to open fire and attract attention, so they w

The full advertisement rollout for the Supercell battery was in progress. Many investors heard about the project and became interested, but Anna had to decline their offers since Willstark would be providing all the funding needed.Things were going well, and she had successfully removed the production line at Austra while relocating the Supercell battery lab from York City to Austra.All the necessary materials had been purchased, and only one final component remained, which the Willstark representative claimed was already on the way. They were also working on securing partnerships with phone companies.To that effect, she had found a company called Vovu. They were about to release a new phone, and if production of the Supercell battery began before two months, Vovu would receive the first supply. Sico Technology would then wait four months before releasing sales to the wider market.By then, Vovu’s new phone was expected to sell like hot cake. But to secure that priority position, t

“Shut up, Jude. That’s just how she is. It doesn’t mean anything,” Alex said with a laugh.“Really? Then how come I don’t remember her kissing me like that?”“Because you don’t work with her. Now cut it off.” Alex patted him.“My mom wants you and Anna to come over. She wants to specially thank both of you, especially you. I told her you were the one who obtained the videos,” Jude said.“Alright. I’ll see about it. Maybe Sunday,” he replied.“Anyway, do you have anywhere to go this evening? Maybe we can go somewhere and drink?” Jude asked after a pause.“No. Besides, I don’t want people recognizing me,” Alex replied.“But you normally disguise yourself,” Jude pointed out.“Derek was able to recognize me yesterday. Who’s to say I won’t be recognized again? Anyway, I’m going on a date.”“With who? Pink? That was fast,” Jude said.“Pink your head. I’m going out with Amber. I owe her two dates,” Samuel replied, kicking him in the butt.“Oh, that’s right. Are you guys going to start dating

The video began.It showed Alex exiting the men’s washroom and walking down the corridor.Moments later, the woman rushed out of the women’s washroom and grabbed his arm.“Please help me,” she said urgently. “My friend is dying.”She pulled him inside.Inside the washroom, Alex looked around in confusion.“Where is she?”The next moment, everything happened extremely fast.The woman suddenly grabbed his hand, pulled it around her waist, and kissed him.A loud gasp spread across the courtroom.Before Alex could even react, the door burst open.Security rushed inside.The woman immediately shoved Alex away and began crying.“Help! He tried to force himself on me!”The video ended.The courtroom erupted with murmurs.The prosecutor’s confident expression had vanished.Across the room, the woman who had accused Alex looked visibly shaken.“That footage proves nothing,” the prosecutor said quickly. “The victim could have been coerced before the recording began.”Alex’s lawyer calmly folded

After Anna left, Alex went to take a long bath. As soon as he finished, Jude hurried into the bathroom as well. He had decided to stay over so they could go to court together the next day at nine a.m.Famished, he headed to the kitchen first. Luckily, there were noodles in the cupboard and hot dogs in the fridge.By the time Jude finished bathing, the noodles were already prepared and set out on a small table in the room.“Gracious, Alex, how did you know I was so famished?”******Saints City Court was more crowded than usual that day because of the media.“Don’t talk to the journalists no matter how much they try to get you to speak. After all this, we are going to press charges against those girls. They will never go free,” Anna said seriously.“Yes, we understand,” Alex and Jude answered at the same time before stepping out of the car together with Anna.“Mr. Alex, how do you feel about today? There’s solid video evidence against you and your producer, so how do you plan to defend

Alex hurried to the car, eager to check his system notification, which he had purposely ignored earlier to avoid getting distracted.“Why the hurry, Jax? Slow down,” Anna called.Alex paused and smiled in amusement.“Are you going to get stuck calling me that name?”“Well, it sounds cool. Hey, Tilly, catch up already! See? Both names sound cool.” She laughed.Alex smiled and got into the car. He immediately opened the system.Ding!(400 star points have been rewarded.)Ding!(The host made thousands of children and parents genuinely happy, attracting the spirit of good luck. Reward: 200 star points.)Alex smiled gleefully. So something like that exists too?“System, show me my stats,” he commanded mentally.Ding!Host level:Entertainment skills:Star points: 810Singing: level 7Dancing: level 4Composing and songwriting: level 9Acting: level 7Music production: level 5Instruments:Guitar: level 7Charisma: 6Special skills:Resonance level one:Resonance enhances the emotional imp

Jax smiled.“Today we heard that thousands of the bravest children have gathered here for Happy Trails Live. So we came to bring you a little song. A song about sunshine, dreams, and the magic that lives in your hearts.”He lifted the guitar and strummed a bright, playful chord.“But this song only works if you help us sing it.”The children leaned forward eagerly.“When we sing ‘La-la, la-la,’ you sing it with us as loud as you can. Can you do that?”“Yes!” thousands of voices shouted back.Jax nodded approvingly.“Good. Then let’s begin.”He strummed the opening melody, a light, cheerful tune that bounced across the venue. Tilly began waddling in circles beside him, shaking his tambourine with dramatic flair.Jax sang.“Rise, little sun, rise and play,Chase the silver clouds away.Clap the morning, sing the sky,Dreams grow tall when hearts fly high.”Tilly clapped loudly above his head, encouraging the children to follow along. Thousands of small hands began clapping with him.Jax

Happy Trails Live was a children’s show held once a month. This year, more than eight thousand children and parents from different cities attended, the largest crowd since the show first began.In previous years it had rarely drawn more than five thousand, but the show was clearly growing in popularity.A car pulled up outside the venue. The doors opened, and a beautiful, mature woman stepped out from the driver’s seat.The back door opened next. A tall man emerged with an exaggerated beard and wild hair, small glasses perched on his nose. He held his chin high and wore farmer’s clothes, moving with deliberate theatrical exaggeration. An old guitar hung across his back.From the other side of the car stepped a round, cheerful man with a wide grin and rosy cheeks. He wore bright patchwork overalls over a striped shirt, huge suspenders stretched across his belly, and oversized shoes that squeaked with every step. A floppy little hat sat crooked on his head, and his face was painted pure