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Chapter 189: The King Returns
The next day, Gary woke up pretty late. He spent the night resting his extremely tired body. He had a series of nightmares he battled with and was only able to sleep after 4am.“You sleep like a log that’s been hit by a truck,” Serena said, her voice cutting through the haze in his head. She was standing at the foot of the bed, arms crossed, a mug of coffee in one hand and a tablet in the other. Her hair was tied back, practical as always, but there was a softness in her eyes that she tried to hide with that smirk.Gary groaned, rolling over, his muscles aching like he’d been in a fight. Which, hell, he had. China wasn’t just a trip — it was a war zone in his mind. “What time is it?” he mumbled, rubbing his eyes. The room was too bright, sunlight streaming through the blinds like it didn’t care about his headache, thanks to his personal assistant.“Past 10,” she said, stepping closer and setting the coffee on the nightstand. “You needed it. But if you don’t get up now, the day’s gonna
Chapter 188: "Hey, It's Me, Miles"
“Not exactly,” Wei said, leaning forward. “But close enough. I know what it’s like to lose everything. My sister, she um… didn’t make it. The gang’s ‘tests’ killed her. I carried her neckalce for years, just like you’re holding that.” He nodded at the sleeve. “It doesn’t fix the hurt, but it keeps you going. You’re out of the hellhole, Miles. That’s something.”Miles swallowed, his voice barely a whisper. “My mom… she’s gone. They killed her. Right in front of me.”Wei’s face softened, but he didn’t look away. “Yeah. I heard. That’s a kind of pain that don’t go away. But you’re here. You’re breathing. And you got people downstairs who give a shit about you. That’s more than I had.”Miles’ eyes flickered, a spark breaking through the emptiness, like he wasn’t completely lost. “You ever laugh again?” he asked, voice small. “After… all that?”Wei grinned, a little crooked. “Hell yeah. Took a while, but I did. Found a dive bar, some bad karaoke, and a girl who laughed at my terrible singi
Chapter 187: Home, But Not Whole
The convoy rolled through Manhattan’s glittering streets, the city’s lights bouncing off the SUVs like a promise Gary wasn’t sure he believed anymore. He sat in the back, one hand on Lola’s stretcher, the other clenched into a fist. She was out cold, medics monitoring her vitals, her face pale but calm. Miles sat across from him, staring out the window, clutching that blood-stained scrap of Mei Lin’s sleeve like it was the only thing keeping him tethered to the world. The kid hadn’t spoken since they left JFK, his eyes hollow, like he’d left his soul back in The Eye.Gary leaned his head back, the leather seat creaking. He was home. His life, his city, his turf, where he’d gone from a broke nobody to a billionaire flipping off the Lancasters. But it didn’t feel like home. Not after China. Not after seeing Grandmaster Wang’s throat ripped out, Mei Lin’s heart in his hand, and the Wang Empire’s sci-fi nightmare — neural links, Model labs, a whole island built to break people into code
Chapter 186: A New World
20 Hours LaterThe jet’s engines growled, a deep rumble shaking Gary’s bones as it dropped toward JFK. Thirty seconds to touchdown.For the first time in forever, Gary let his eyes shut. Not a quick blink to shove down the panic, but a real, heavy close, like he could finally breathe. His hand clung to Lola’s, her fingers thin and shaky but warm, like a tether to something human. He tried to sleep, but nightmares clawed him back—Grandmaster Wang’s throat torn open, Mei Lin’s dead eyes, Miles’ screams. China was a horror movie he’d stumbled into, thinking he was the big shot, only to get played like a damn pawn in the Wang Empire’s twisted game.He’d thought it would be simple. Fly to China, grab Lola, take down whoever snatched her, and get out—dead or alive, whatever.Easy, right? He’d been so cocky, thinking he was the greatest Wang, the shadow king with all the money, all the power. What a joke! China showed him the truth. The Wang Empire wasn’t just cash and clout—it was a machin
Chapter 185: A Beautiful Forest Falls
The air in The Eye was thick with the stench of blood and expected betrayal. Mei Lin’s body lay on the slab, her chest a gaping wound. Her eyes were frozen in a lifeless stare. Grandmaster Wang stood over her, scalpel in one hand, her heart in the other, blood dripping like oil onto the sterile floor. His lips curled into a thin, satisfied smile, as if he’d just solved a puzzle. Miles’ shocking gasps tore through the silence, raw and jagged, each one a knife in Gary’s chest. Gary’s knees buckled, not from fear but from a rage so deep it felt like his soul was splitting. “Grandfather,” Gary whispered, his voice sharp as broken glass. “Wha… what the fuck have you done?” Grandmaster’s eyes, cold as liquid nitrogen, flicked to him. He tilted his head, like a scientist eyeing a failed experiment. “What needed doing, Gary. She was a glitch. A Model with too many… feelings. Her code was corrupted. But this…” he lifted Mei Lin’s heart, blood oozing between his fingers, “...this is progr
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The car tore through the night like a bullet searching for purpose. Its engine roared against the silence of Nirvana, but inside the cabin, it was deathly still. Miles sat crumpled in the seat, shivering violently. His eyes were wide but vacant, lips pale. The voltage had nearly fried his nervous system. “He’ll be okay, Master,” said Langston’s voice from the front. Calm. Mechanical. One of the many assistants Gary had on-call. Gary didn’t look at him. “Well, he better be,” Gary said quietly, “or it’ll be you on a hospital bed. Hooked to a goddamn drip.” Shen fell silent. Gary’s jaw tightened. His knuckles whitened around the steering wheel. His mind was a whirlwind. The silence wasn’t empty—it was heavy. Heavy with all the things he should have done. Should have said. Should have been. His grandfather had warned him. You can’t outrun your blood, son. And oh, how he tried. He ran from the island. From the name. From the empire. He thought this was it. Return home, live a hap
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