All Chapters of Supreme Legacy: Rise and Revenge: Chapter 81
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Chapter 81
After Adrian set down the menu, he asked, “Where to after we eat? Keep browsing?”Freya shook her head. “We’ve walked enough, and we’ve bought nearly everything we wanted. Why don’t we go to a park instead?”“The park?”Tabitha Grant nodded at once. “Yes, the park. I heard the ferry boats at Lakeview Park are open again. You can even rent one and row it yourself. Let’s go boating!”“I’m in.”Both of them turned to Adrian in unison.He took a sip of water. “Then I’m in, too.”Before long, the dishes arrived. Freya urged Tabitha to help herself. “Status and manners are two different things. Don’t let any of that ruin your day—treat it like a stray dog’s bite and move on.”Adrian agreed. “Rank and refinement aren’t the same.”Tabitha remembered the call he’d hung up on earlier. She hadn’t caught the words, but the raised voice was impossible to miss. “Who was that just now?”“Someone equally short on courtesy—the mayor’s wife. She demanded I see the mayor immediately, as if I were at her
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Clayton Adams’s eyes had gone glassy, fixed on the ceiling, his breath all but stilled.“Old Adams, don’t you scare me—” Ruby Scott clutched the window frame, tears spilling uncontrollably. Everyone in the room was taut with dread.“Let me see!” William Lane hurried over to take Clayton’s pulse, his brows knitting tighter and tighter. “This shouldn’t be happening…”“I’ve already dispersed the baleful miasma—why has it gathered again, and so quickly?”He pried open Clayton’s eyelids for a closer look, disbelief stark on his face. The speed of the resurgence was far beyond anything he’d anticipated.“Dr. Lane, please—purge it again,” Ruby pleaded, desperate enough to take the needles herself if she could.Lane shook his head. “Madam, you don’t understand. Expelling this miasma is extremely taxing and must not be interrupted. A single disruption could endanger the patient’s life.”“Even if I could keep placing needles without pause, each session would only hold for minutes at best. Back-
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The bodyguard nodded, offered a respectful clasp of the fists, and struck. Adrian pivoted sharply, weight shifting, and slipped past the grab.One exchange was enough for both to take each other’s measure.Clean technique, quick reflexes—this bodyguard had solid training. His steady footwork made Adrian think of a man who’d come out of the service.Even so, matching Adrian head-on, gaining the advantage wouldn’t be easy.“Not bad, kid.”Adrian, in turn, surprised the bodyguard—delighted him, even. A few failed attempts only made the man press harder, but Adrian yielded no ground.Speed for speed, strength for strength.The longer they traded, the more the bodyguard’s surprise deepened. Even in the military, he’d had few opponents to test him. This was starting to feel like a spar.Ruby Scott’s patience snapped. “Stop fooling around and drag him back!”Under orders, the bodyguard sighed. It wasn’t a question of willingness now—it was whether he had the ability to take Adrian in.He shi
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Watching the seconds slip away, Finn Thompson didn’t dare lose another moment. The instant he reached Lakeview Park, he broke into a jog, scanning the grounds for any sign of Adrian.Adrian was just about to step onto the boat when he heard someone calling behind him.“Dr. Doyle—”Someone was indeed calling for him. He turned and saw Finn Thompson sprinting over, sweat pouring down his temples.Finn’s face lit with relief when he realized he hadn’t mistaken his man. He hurried up to Adrian, panting, and thumped his chest to catch his breath. “Thank God… thank God…”“Dr. Doyle, I’m not here to disrupt your day, but the mayor, he—”Adrian lifted a hand to cut him off. “I already know what this is about. The mayor doubted me first, and his wife insulted me after. You don’t need to say another word. I won’t be taking the case.”Finn blanched at that. “Dr. Doyle, I know you and the mayor’s wife had an unpleasant encounter. The mayor has already reprimanded her—he truly didn’t realize how o
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William Lane stepped forward without a word, even setting aside the faint sting to his pride.Adrian glanced at the needle marks across Clayton Adams’s chest. The skin around them had darkened slightly, and his approval deepened. “So you’ve realized it too—the mayor’s illness stems from the accumulation of baleful energy.”William nodded. “Exactly. I determined his condition was caused by malignant qi, so I used the Nine Needles of the Vast Void.”“Your diagnosis was correct. And the Nine Needles of the Vast Void is indeed one of the techniques capable of dispelling such miasma.”He smiled, then turned and asked William, “But do you know why the Nine Needles failed to cure him?”William’s eyes flashed. If Adrian was asking the question, then he meant to explain. If William grasped the reason, his medical skill would surely rise a level.Any lingering dissatisfaction evaporated. He could have set Adrian on a pedestal. “Please enlighten me.”“The Nine Needles can disperse the baleful en
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“Glad to,” Adrian said with a casual wave, rising to his feet.The next room was Clayton Adams’s study—where he often spent his time. He slapped his forehead. “That’s right—this is where I suddenly felt awful today!”“Then we’re on the right track.”Adrian opened the door and stepped in first. The study was meticulously kept: books lined up in careful order on the shelves, almost nothing extraneous.His gaze swept from the shelves to the desk, then to a row of display racks along the back wall.He stopped.There.Adrian strode over. In the center of the display stood a three-footed bronze cup—an unquestionably ancient piece.Even from a glance he could see a film of old polish on its surface, a patina—and a cold, sinister aura coiling about it.A steady seep of black vapor was unfurling from the cup, spreading outward.Adrian lifted the bronze vessel, weighing it in his hand.“Someone must have gifted this to me,” Clayton said. “It was ages ago—I can’t remember who. It looked old, so
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Clayton Adams eyed the ancient bronze cup with lingering dread and waved his hand quickly. “Throw it out—get rid of it. Keeping it around is a blight.”He shot Little Five a look. Little Five nodded and stepped forward to take the cup.“Wait.”Little Five halted, puzzled. All eyes turned to Adrian.“This is, after all, an antique,” Adrian said. “Tossing it would be a waste. Why not give it to me, Mayor?”Clayton agreed at once.Keeping it felt like cradling a live grenade. Throwing it away seemed a shame. If Adrian wanted it, all the better.Adrian took the bronze cup as he’d hoped and probed the energy within it.He had sensed during the unsealing that the vessel was anything but ordinary. As the miasma dispersed, a rich wellspring of spiritual energy revealed itself—enough to tempt him.So that was why the maker of the miasma had chosen this cup.It was a genuine spirit vessel.A treasure like this was far more enticing than any terms Clayton had offered a moment ago. For alchemy, i
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“Miss Daisy, how’s the company holding up?”Daisy shot a glance at the two men who had treated them like furniture all day and muttered under her breath, “How do you think? Since morning, no one’s been able to do a thing.”“The entire company, top to bottom, has been ordered to stop work.”She drew a long breath to steady herself. All day long, whenever any department so much as stirred, the inspection team swooped in with “cooperation required” and sealed every document and device on the spot.If they were truly inspecting, fine—but after an entire day, they found nothing and still refused to leave.As long as they stayed, the staff couldn’t move a muscle.Daisy wasn’t afraid of scrutiny. But this? This was pure, deliberate waste.While they were still wracking their brains, one of Roger Irving’s subordinates finally approached with a file.“Mr. Irving, we’ve completed our checks. As of now, we haven’t found any issues in Hill Group’s operations.”“Completed?” Roger didn’t even look
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Freya, who didn’t have any tea leaves at all, looked at Daisy with an awkward expression. Daisy was still puzzled when Adrian stepped out from behind Freya.“Adrian?”Adrian nodded. A moment later, Finn Thompson poked his head out as well.Daisy’s eyes widened instantly—but before she could speak, another head appeared.“Adams…”Daisy felt her brain go blank. She stared at Adrian, dazed, and he answered her with an easy smile.Just then, Roger Irving and Caleb Grant, who were sitting on the sofa, went pale and sprang to their feet.“Mayor Adams!”“Director Thompson!”Adrian stepped aside, revealing Clayton Adams, who fixed Roger Irving with a severe glare.“So you’re the one demanding favors? And premium tea, no less!”Roger Irving stammered out a denial, but Clayton Adams had no patience for him.“How many times have I said this in meetings? You’re public officials.”“This is how you conduct yourself?”“You won’t leave unless you’re handed a ‘benefit,’ is that it? What are our princi
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“We’re being tailed.”The driver had noticed the cars behind them as well. Face set, he worked the wheel, trying to shake them through speed changes and detours.But no matter what he tried, the same familiar license plates kept surfacing in the rearview mirror.Their pursuers were clever—melding into traffic, looping around on purpose to stay invisible.“Mr. Doyle, they don’t look like ordinary people.”Adrian chuckled. “I see that. With tracking this subtle, even if we called the police, they wouldn’t be able to pin anything down.”That was clearly their calculation—obvious in a way that still wasn’t “obvious.”The driver nodded. “I count seven cars.”“No—eight.”Adrian narrowed his eyes at a white sedan slipping out of the flow. Not one more, not one less: eight.“Eight cars?”Tabitha sobered up at once, anxiety chasing the last of the alcohol from her system.Daisy struggled upright, trying to look out the back, but Adrian covered her eyes and eased her down again.“Don’t worry ab