That night, a little after eleven, Leon was getting ready to leave.Evelyn was already asleep, as were Rose and her mother. He came out of the room wearing a black robe. His current appearance was similar to when he carried out missions from The Nocturn.His phone vibrated. A chat message came in from Dimitri.[We are ready outside Silvergate Residences. Do you need us to come in and pick you up, sir?]Leon quickly replied.[No need. Just wait there.]Leon asked Dimitri to bring troops. Of course, they were driving the typical military bulletproof armored cars. It would be too conspicuous if such vehicles were seen entering a super-elite residential area like Silvergate Residences.Leon checked his equipment one more time. Confident that nothing was missed, he left his super-luxurious house. Not forgetting to enter the security code to prevent someone from forcibly entering his house.A few minutes later, Leon's black Rolls-Royce passed through the entrance gate of Silvergate Residenc

The two additional troops requested by Jefferson were now ready. They departed from the military base. Jefferson was in one of the armored cars in the middle of the convoy. His expression was troubled.A few minutes ago, Jefferson had been sent the video clips he had requested by Weist. And after examining them carefully, he began to be overcome with doubts about this particular military operation. The figure of the high-ranking soldier he saw in the videos was completely unknown to him; at least he had never met or seen the soldier before. But, from his demeanor alone, he could be sure: he was no ordinary person.He was referring to Dimitri. As a member of The Nocturn, he rarely appeared on the surface, so not many high-ranking officers recognized him. As for skill and influence, as one could guess, his level was far above most senior generals.Jefferson deployed these three troops, consisting of 80-odd soldiers, to the apartment area where Max lived. He was well aware that Leon and

Leon plunged his trusty knife into Jefferson's waist. The knife went in deep. Jefferson groaned in pain to the point that he automatically dropped his beloved phone."Why are you doing all this? Are you that vengeful towards me? Why are you using the devious methods usually used by a coward—targeting my older sister, instead of me directly?"Leon asked the question while glaring at Jefferson and gripping his shoulder tightly. Jefferson opened his eyes, looking at Leon while grinning through the pain. He was still in too much pain to answer Leon's question.Leon then pulled out his knife and blood gushed from the stab wound in Jefferson's waist. Jefferson collapsed, lying on his back. With such a deep and wide stab wound in his waist, it would be very difficult for him to stand."You... what did you... do to... my nephew...?" Jefferson asked, trying to cover the stab wound in his waist with one hand."You mean that blonde guy? I cut off his right hand. From now on he will live his life

At half-past eleven in the afternoon, Leon arrived at the lobby of Astral Nyx Group headquarters. He was just about to drop off the documents for Rose when Rose appeared from the direction of the elevator, walking towards the receptionist desk and calling him."Did you bring the documents I asked for?" Rose asked."Here they are," Leon replied, showing the documents.Rose quickened her pace and took the documents. After checking them, she sighed in relief."Thank goodness," she said. "Thank you, Leon. I'll treat you when I get paid.""No need," Leon replied, smirking. Honestly, he was happy. This indicated that his relationship with Rose had thawed. An encouraging development."By the way, have you heard the news about what happened last night?" Rose suddenly changed the topic.Leon shook his head. "What news?"Actually, he could already guess that the news Rose was referring to was about the fierce battle between Dimitri's troops and Jefferson's troops last night, but Leon pretended

"What do you mean you can't help me?" Leon asked, staring at Inggrid, puzzled.Inggrid raised her eyebrows. "You said your mother was diagnosed with permanent blindness. This diagnosis was issued by a hospital, after a professional ophthalmologist examined her condition. Right?""Yeah. Actually, my sister took her in for the examination. I just saw the documents. And, frankly, I don't entirely trust them. I'm sure my mother's blindness can still be cured.""What makes you think that?""Why am I so sure my mother's blindness can be cured?""Yes.""Because there are still a lot of options. But before that, I need to know the current state of her blindness. I don't want to make the wrong move later."Now it was Inggrid's turn to look confused."Wait. Correct me if I'm misunderstanding. So, you came to DMC just to have your mother's blindness examined? After that, you intend to treat her somewhere else?" Inggrid asked."Something like that," Leon replied.Inggrid leaned back in her chair,