All Chapters of The Supreme Genius Reborn: Chapter 261
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Scar stood before the estate gate, looking around casually as people filed in and out. He was short with an average build and looked almost ordinary, save for the jagged scar that ran across his face.The scar had been caused by poison, and its cure was not easily obtainable. Even if he managed to find it, he could not afford it, because the people capable of curing him never charged small fees.Because of the scar, his comrades began calling him Scar. Several years later, he had fully adopted the name, and only a few people still remembered his real one.It was late evening, and everyone was returning from work. He crushed his already burned-out cigarette under his shoe and lit another.One of the security guards walked up to him. “Scar, you seem to be waiting for something?”“Yes, Rowan. Here, have this. Buy something for you and the boys.” He tossed a stack of cash at the guard.The security man looked at him gleefully.“You are the best person in this estate, Scar. You always watc
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The young man looked at him incredulously. “You can’t be serious, Scar?”“Well, I’m serious, Noah. If you are not ready, tell me and I will go back to my estate. Also, make sure you brief the cops early on. I want them to clear out of the operation zone. I don’t like extra trouble.”The way he said it made it seem like he wasn’t even worried about the consequences of the police catching him. Instead, he was only concerned that it would inconvenience him. The boldness was glaring.The young man, Noah, sighed. It always cost him a lot to get this man to work for him. That was why he had only hired him twice before, making this the third time.They all cost him a lot. His total net worth was now only ten million. It was all liquid cash, as he didn’t have any properties to his name. The mansion he lived in belonged to his mother.The only expensive things he owned were his cars. With his massive spending and gambling habit, if not for his mother’s family, he would have been dirt poor by n
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Evelyn frowned as the bad memory surfaced, completely blocking out the good ones.She sighed and forced herself to get up, unwilling to dwell on it any longer.She headed straight to the bathroom to bathe. After bathing, she came out and carelessly picked some casual outfits from her wardrobe, blue pyjamas and a pink top. She did not wear a bra for comfort. She was alone in her house anyway.“What should I eat now?” she thought inwardly, biting her teeth. She could not afford to order a meal, so she decided to go to a buns shop near the estate. It was not as if she was now a celebrity. No one knew her, so it did not matter.One could only wonder how someone who had been given fifty thousand credits could not afford to order food and had to resort to buns.She went down to the buns shop, grabbed some buns, then turned back toward her estate.Just a few steps away from the buns shop, a man appeared beside her.“Hello, beauty,” the man said with a smile.“Who are you?” she asked warily.
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They started retreating.“Hei man, you can go ahead. We will pretend we didn’t see anything.”Scar looked up with a smirk. “Too late,” he muttered, and his figure vanished instantly. In the very next moment, he reappeared right in front of them. He did not waste time on any fancy movements. His hand flashed, the gun came out, and two sharp shots rang through the air. Both men dropped instantly, bullets planted cleanly in their heads.The small crowd that had begun to gather scattered in panic at the sound of gunfire.Scar shifted his gaze toward the girl fleeing in the distance.“You are just wasting your energy for no reason,” he mouthed, and moved.Evelyn ran as fast as she could. The gunshots echoed behind her, but she did not dare to turn back. She pushed herself harder, legs burning as she ran as fast as her feet could carry her. She had to reach the estate gate as soon as possible.Suddenly, she slammed into someone. The impact knocked the breath out of her, and she lost her bal
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Evelyn was tied to the bed with ruthless force as she pleaded again and again. Noah, however, had other plans. He made sure to wake her before doing anything else, because he wanted her to witness everything with her own eyes.“Hehehe, you aren’t smug anymore? Why? I thought you were threatening earlier, eh? You wanted to show my video to the whole world. Go ahead now. Do it. Threaten me. Send my video everywhere!” He shouted maniacally, his expression twisted, causing Scar to wonder if he was still mentally stable at all.“Please, please, Noah. I’m sorry. I only did it because I had no choice. I needed money urgently, and I thought I might be able to get a little from you,” she sobbed helplessly.“You wanted to get a little from me by blackmailing me, huh? Then you would store the video somewhere else, tell me you deleted it, and later use it to bill me again and again.” He smirked coldly, eyes full of contempt.“I swear I never planned to do that. I planned to delete it after I got
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Evelyn stood outside, looking anxious. The slightest sound made her flinch. The whole company was empty and silent, an eerie feeling hanging in the air.She had been standing there for thirty minutes now, and she did not dare leave. The man was right. This place looked like a ghost city. The silence was suffocating.“Come, let’s go,” someone said behind her.She jumped, her heart nearly flying out of her chest. “Arghh!”“What’s the matter? You scared?” Samuel smirked.“Oh, it’s you. You scared the shit out of me, honestly.” She bent over, holding her pounding heart.“Where did you come from?” she asked, realizing she had not seen him enter through the main entrance.“I came through another door. Come, let’s go,” he urged.“What happened to him?” she asked worriedly.“Not something you need to know. Come, let’s go,” he repeated.She followed him to where his car was parked, a few miles away from the company. The entire walk, not a single human was in sight. Everywhere remained dead sil
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She said, “If you like, don’t do it. Just know that two weeks is like a blink of an eye. When you open your eyes next, your mom will already be gone.”That statement haunted her far more than she had expected. If her mother truly died, she would never be able to forgive herself, especially knowing she could have saved her.In the end, she agreed. She took out the recorded video, and that was how she started blackmailing Noah. To pay him back, she demanded a far more exorbitant amount than she actually needed, planning to reduce it if it became too much for him.Samuel listened to her story and felt deeply saddened by her fate. She was just an innocent girl trying to survive in an unfair world. Giving up her morals in order to save her mother showed how compassionate she was and how willing she was to sacrifice herself. She was the kind of person who could make a truly loyal friend.“You didn’t do anything wrong. You were raped, after all, and you didn’t forge anything. Blackmailing is
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“Call Scar. Since he didn’t do a good job, he deserves no rest. Call him tonight. Yes, I want it done tonight. Let him go and bring that girl to me personally. I will handle her myself. If she doesn’t want to do it the easy way, then I will dispose of her.”Jefferson looked hesitant. “Boss, handling it yourself is extremely risky. Besides, what exactly are you planning to do? It’s better if we let Scar handle it.”“Scar is useless. If he had done his job properly, she would have handed the label over on a platter of gold already. By the time I am done with her, she will hand over ninety percent of the label shares almost freely,” the man declared coldly.Scar, at that very moment, was exceedingly worried. The supernatural organization did not permit interference in the corporate world, especially by higher-ranking cultivators and magus. It was regarded as a strict taboo. They had already crossed that line many times, and the danger was immense.“I understand your worries, Jefferson,”
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“I underestimated you. You are not ordinary.” He sucked in a breath.Samuel looked at him lazily and replied, “I overestimated you. You are very ordinary.”Jefferson ground his teeth in anger. He forced himself to calm down before asking, “Who are you? What cultivation or magus family are you from?” His tone was blunt and direct.He believed the young man before him was most likely from a powerful family. That was the only explanation for such unimaginable strength at such a young age.“Whoever I am is none of your business, Jefferson. I have some questions I want you to answer.”“Nonsense. I will never answer a damn thing if you do not answer mine first,” Jefferson snapped.Samuel paused and looked at him. Jefferson could not understand the meaning behind that gaze.Samuel faked a light cough and smirked wickedly. “Well, I do not plan to ask nicely. I never get answers when I ask nicely. There is no need to waste my time.”“What do you mean?” Jefferson asked with a frown as he subcon
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Grindock humphed. “I don’t know his cultivation, but at most, he should be at the peak of the third level of the Golden Core Realm.”“I found something interesting.” A Grand Elder dressed in a pure black robe interrupted.“This Samuel is actually very young. He’s just eighteen this year.”“This can be faked, right?” someone interrupted.“No, it’s not. This is his real age. He was born and raised in Ophrah, and his family is somewhat powerful there. However, they disowned him, so he no longer has any ties with them,” the white-clothed elder added.Voices rose as people expressed their doubts and questioned the authenticity of the information. Even if he had started cultivating from his mother’s womb, it still wouldn’t be possible, even if he were a supreme genius.However, some of the Grand Elders, such as Grindock, Staten, Brown, and two others among the twenty Grand Elders present, already knew about this, so they were not surprised.“Enough,” Staten said loudly.“We are not here to