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The next second…The already tense atmosphere completely shattered.BANG! BANG! BANG!A barrage of gunfire exploded throughout the room mercilessly. Not from just one direction—the attack came from all sides. From hidden balconies above, from vents that had gone unnoticed, even from wall panels that quietly opened.Muzzle flashes burst one after another.Dozens… no—hundreds of bullets shot out at once.The air trembled, filled with deadly whistling sounds capable of tearing a human body apart in an instant.Some guests screamed reflexively and threw themselves to the floor.“AAAAH!”“We’re going to die!”Some covered their heads, others froze in place. There was no escape. No place to hide.This attack had clearly been planned to eliminate the target in a single moment.And yet…In the middle of that storm of bullets, Alex still stood there.Calm.Unmoving.Even his gaze did not change in the slightest.As if what was flying toward him… were not deadly bullets.Lori, standing beside h
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Jerom gave a thin smile. "Do you even know who the influential figures from the capital are in this room right now?"Without hesitation, Alex countered, "I don’t care who stands behind you. Touch one of my people... and I won’t hesitate to strike back. If one comes, I kill one. If two come, I kill two. If a thousand come, I won’t leave a single soul standing."Jerom didn’t snap immediately.Instead, his smile widened slowly—a smile full of absolute confidence, as if he had just heard something utterly hilarious."In that case... let me broaden your horizons a little."He rose slowly from his chair. The atmosphere in the room tightened instantly. The men behind him stood straighter, as if this was the moment they had all been waiting for."In this capital... power isn't just about money or violence."He held up one finger."First... Reputation."The screen behind him changed, displaying the symbols of the major institutions that backed the Mahesa family."Those who control the flow of
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Lori lowered her head slightly, her eyes gleaming with excitement.“Understood, Sir.”The moment Alex stepped out of Olivia’s office, a new wave swept through the capital. This time, it wasn’t just an economic shock… but a pressure of power that reached even the highest circles of government.*Inside the Heliox Imperial Palace.A beautiful girl in a golden robe sat upon a high throne, her eyes sharp like an eagle watching over the entire nation. She was the Emperor of Heliox.Before her, a high-ranking official knelt, his body trembling slightly.“Your Majesty… the latest report from the capital.”The Emperor did not respond immediately. She simply raised her hand slightly, signaling him to continue.“In the past hour, the Mahesa Group has lost more than half of its financial strength. Their entire logistics network has been paralyzed… even several underground factions that were usually neutral have chosen to withdraw.”The official swallowed hard.“All of this… was caused by one per
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Lori didn’t ask any further questions. She simply bowed respectfully, then took out a communication device that looked simple, yet emitted a faint blue glow.“Order received.”Her fingers moved swiftly, activating a network that wasn’t recorded in any system. Within seconds, waves of information spread like a deadly virus—piercing through banks, stock exchanges, logistics networks, even the underground channels known only to elites within Dragon Prison.And then…The capital erupted with news.*At the city’s financial center, massive screens displaying stock movements suddenly went wild.“WHAT IS HAPPENING?!”“Mahesa Group’s stock dropped ten percent in three minutes!”“No—twenty percent!”Traders sprang from their seats, panic filling the room.“All buy orders are being withdrawn!”“Liquidity is drying up!”“This… this is like being attacked from all sides!”*At the international port that had just cut ties…Cargo ships that were supposed to dock suddenly stopped mid-sea.“Captain,
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Olivia’s murmur hung in the air. The room, which had just escaped the grip of ice, now felt stifling with a different kind of tension. Alex turned around, looking straight into Olivia’s eyes—still weary, yet beginning to glow with a reddish hue not from the cold, but from suppressed emotions.“Olivia, there’s one more thing you need to understand,” Alex said, his voice heavy with undeniable authority. “What I just did was only emergency treatment. I merely suppressed the symptoms using my external energy, not removed the root of the illness from the depths of your bones.”Olivia frowned, trying to steady her unstable breathing. “What do you mean? Isn’t the cold gone? I feel… much warmer now.”Alex stepped closer, closing the distance until Olivia could sense the masculine scent mixed with a strong Yang energy emanating from him. His dominant aura seemed to trap her between the desk and his tall figure.“Your Absolute Ice Body isn’t just a disease—it’s an extremely rare cultivation tal
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The question struck the air like a sledgehammer. The name “Clara” slipping from Olivia’s lips caused the atmosphere in the hundreds-of-square-meter room to freeze instantly. Lori, who was usually alert and composed, could only stand stiffly in the corner this time. Her heart pounded rapidly as she imagined what kind of storm would crash down on her master.Alex fell silent. His eyes, usually as cold as ice, now showed ripples of emotion that were hard to read. He knew Olivia had an extensive information network as the CEO of a massive corporation, but he hadn’t expected Clara’s name to surface this quickly.Just as Alex was about to open his mouth to give the most reasonable explanation—A drastic change suddenly occurred in Olivia’s body.“Olivia?” Alex’s voice rose, filled with alertness.Olivia’s already pale face turned completely white, like a sheet of paper. Her red lips slowly turned bluish. Even more terrifying, the temperature in the room dropped sharply in an unnatural way.
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