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Benjamin Knox's Rise to Riches Chapter 252
A couple of minutes later, the video came to an end. The holographic screen went blank before it faded to reveal Andy's holographic bald head once again.“And that concludes all gathered visual pieces of evidence of File Arson.” Though these words were supposed to be spoken with a much lighter tone to relieve the sadness in the atmosphere, Andy couldn't make it as convincing as he should have.It was like the AI assistant itself was finding it hard to o pretend like it hadn't just played the worst video possible right now. Andy had just displayed a video that contained key moments in how the true arson at Benjamin’s former home had truly taken place.In the series of videos, it is revealed that a bunch of masked men had snuck into the one-room apartment that Benjamin grew up in, raised by his foster grandmother, Theresa.Here, these masked men carried a sizable tank into that apartment. They then proceeded to ransack the room, obviously looking for something valuable they could steal
Benjamin Knox's Rise to Riches Chapter 253
The room was layered in an atmosphere so tense that the thickness of it could be easily felt by the skin and could be cut through with a knife. The horrible landlord, Mr. Isaac, says right beside Benjamin with his hands bound in handcuffs. He, along with the numerous protesters had been arrested by the police who arrived on the university campus a couple of hours ago. He was about to be taken along with everybody when the police received words from their superior.According to the call, Principal Dice had called in a favor - he needed to talk to the old landlord before he was taken to the police station.As for the rest of the protesters, the police were allowed to take them away first, and Mr. Isaac would be sent to join them behind bars later.Now, the old man sat in his seat with a squared shoulder, worried that Benjamin would suddenly lunge and attack him. The seats they were occupying were not very far from each other.The old man recalled Benjamin's gaze after watching his girl
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Principal Dice pulled out a file contained within one of his shelves and retrieved a document, sliding it over the desk to Isaac Shawl.“Landlord Shawl, you should go through the content of this document.”The landlord frowned as he looked down through the document on the desk, unable to understand beyond his recognition of a few things.“Um, Sir…Principal Dice, I can't understand most of what is in this document. I, along with so many of my people, did not finish beyond the scope of middle school. I'm afraid you'll have to elaborate on this.”“Oh, alright.” Principal Dice nodded with a tight-lipped smile before pulling the document back toward him with two fingers.“Landlord Shawl, this document reveals that there was a heavy trace of chlorine trifluoride that indicates, at highest probability, to be the gas which was used to cause the explosion in the first place.”Principal Dice glanced up at the landlord. “Is that right?”Isaac Shawl's gaze shifted from side to side, his eyes refl
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Isaac Shawl didn't know what to say. He had never expected that some kind of investigation, especially one that went this deep, was carried out. Back then, the influence of the Tyrone family had been utilized to bribe police stations in that vicinity from carrying out any investigation until they were ordered to do so by the Tyrone family.This was, of course, to make sure the public and, most importantly, the tenants who were being fooled to blame Benjamin for the explosion never found any evidence that would lead them away from the desired target.Isaac Shawl raised an eyebrow at Principal Dice.“What is this? Did you carry out an investigation behind my back or what?”Principal Dice feigned an innocent kind of confusion.“Huh? I didn't know I was supposed to get your permission to look into a case of arson.”Isaac Shawl was a little lost for words but he continued.“Yeah, but you're not a law enforcement agent either. What gave you the right to hold an investigation?! Especially o
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It was the face of a man who looked like Benjamin in his late twenties, but this man had a battered face and his surroundings looked like an enclosed space with dim light.Still, Isaac Shawl could recognize this man. After all, he was the one who hired him to plant the chlorine fluoride tank in Theresa's apartment, which then gave him the ability to blame Benjamin as the arsonist.That's right. The face on Principal Dice's laptop screen is that of the real culprits - the actual arsonist who caused the explosion of Benjamin’s childhood home.Isaac Shawl felt like he was being doused completely in a bucket of ice water, the unforgiven coldness rushing through his spinal cords and permeating through every cell in his body.The shrewd landlord wasn't dumb. Becoming a landlord in a dangerous vicinity of the slums, this man had to hone his street smartness, becoming incredibly adept in maneuvering through terrible situations, especially when the situation was a crime.Just from seeing the r
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Watching everything, Isaac Shawl was shaking.Seated right beside him, Benjamin couldn't even watch the screen. Listening to the voice of the true arsonist on the confession video was already enough to get his blood boiling. Though he maintained his putter demeanor, he was currently releasing an uncontainable emotion that bleed into his aura.In fact, unknown to Isaac Shawl, Benjamin’s aura played a part in how he found his body shaking uncontrollably.To be honest, growing up in his childhood home was a long-term trial that constantly tested Benjamin's patience and ability to adapt to a constantly constraining environment.Growing up, most of his neighbors actually bullied him and his grandmother. The two were the constant subject of ridicule that everyone around them used to entertain.Also, there had been countless times that Theresa had endured so much humiliation while taking care of Benjamin.The neighbors constantly criticize her for adopting a baby in her old age, coupled with
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“I want the name of the person who hired you.”In reality, Benjamin was already fully aware that the Tyrone family was behind everything that had to do with the arson and even this protest. The fact that such a move was held off for the past six months was an adequate agent of suspicion that there was someone manipulating everything from behind the scenes.The truth was that Benjamin wanted Isaac Shawl to confess publicly, betraying the backer who gave him the guts to fool so many people.Benjamin wanted the old landlord to not only confess in front of Principal Dice and the two police officers, he wanted Isaac Shawl to confess to a bunch of people who had arrived with the two policemen but were hiding just outside the office.Isaac Shawl was currently thinking of how he could maneuver this situation. He didn't like that someone he had always looked down upon was now doing the same to him. It didn't help at all that he was physically on his knees, looking up at Benjamin like he was fa
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Isaac Shawl stared at the faces of his wife, daughter, and everyone else in the office.The expression on each of these faces had their nuances when compared, but one thing was clear - they all saw him as a monster right now.“You guys! Wait, I can explain! You don't understand!”Isaac's attempt to swallow his confession was practically impossible at this point.The wide walked forward with a horrified expression.“You can explain? Fine, then explain yourself. What exactly don't we understand about everything you just spewed from your disgusting mouth?”The guilt dug deeper into Isaac, his gaze showing his hurt as he could feel the wave of disappointment from his wife.“My dear.” He could only whisper this word with a broken voice as he stared up at his wife with eyes conveying a silent apology.Isaac's wife was known to be quite gentle. Even through their decades of being together, she was always careful with her reprimand as she knew that her husband, despite his shrewd ways, had an
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Andrew burst into laughter, immediately followed by Alexa's cruel giggles.“What the fuck is wrong with you, Benjamin?! Do you really believe we'd let her go just because you stupidly thought we struck a bargain with you?!”His gaze became cold as the laugh stopped.“Well let your little girlfriend go when we want to.”Benjamin suddenly chuckled in response.“And you're a fool if you think I was talking to you, Andrew. We both know you're not in charge of this operation. Your brother is.”Benjamin shifted his gaze to Solomon.“So, are you gonna keep your end of the bargain or not?”Andrew was pissed at Benjamin's dismissal.“Orphan bastard! What the fuck did you just say to me?!”Alexa was immediately at his side, hands on his chest to calm him.“Don't let this fool rile you up, my love. It's really not worth it. You don't need to show him who's in charge by words. Let him see you in action. Then he'll know for sure how wrong he was.”Sadly, the two were about to be proven wrong, at t
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“Oh, April, well done. I almost couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the way you fought against Dr. Tank. Who would have thought such a fragile loser would possess such determination when pushed into a desperate situation?!”April felt her already heavy breath hitch against her throat, resulting in a momentary coughing fit. She was too stunned to see Alexa here.It should be mentioned that from beginning to end, April had no idea that the Tyrone brothers were behind her capture. After all, she had been unconscious after she was injured outside the faculty building on campus.Therefore, April had no idea how she ended up in this dark room when she finally regained consciousness.All she found was that her head was heavily bandaged and Benjamin was hung against the nearest wall, completely covered in blood and heavy bruises.Yet, she found herself looking up at Alexa. She couldn't believe it.“You! Wh……What are you doing here?!”Alexa sneered down at April before replying.“I've been ass
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“Fuck! Your screams…..! I didn't think they would bring me so much joy!”With a look of devilish greed, Dr. Tank began to rain punches on Benjamin's left shoulder, reveling in the screams that Benjamin let out as a result.“More! More!! Sing out your pain to me, Benjamin! It's angelic to my ears!”Benjamin was in a world of pain he had never felt before. The punches that Dr. Tank delivered to his left shoulder shouldn't have caused this level of pain, not after the intense tempering his body had gone through since the age of thirteen.Yet, he found himself not being able to hear it. Dr. Tank's punches rained on that left shoulder and his body erupted, almost making him wish he was dead.Dr. Tank was almost teary-eyed from pleasure just from watching Benjamin being tormented.April could see that Dr. Tank wasn't going to stop until either Benjamin passed out from pain or he became too tired and his arms were no longer able to exert any force. She couldn't wait for either to happen.Luc
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Benjamin saw how easily his words had gotten to Dr. Tank. He deduced that his victory over Dr. Tank back then had left a huge traumatic footprint deep within the psyche of the usually egotistical doctor.A huge shadow had been left in Dr. Tank's mind, weighing heavily over his fragile self-worth as a successful orthopedic surgeon. Even after the couple of months that had passed, this doctor had not been able to overcome the psychological blow he had received from Benjamin when he lost everything at Health-Bind Hospital.Noticing all this, Benjamin kept pushing as he needed this man to be riled up in order to trick him into giving him what he wanted.“By the way, did you hear?”Dr. Tank's back was tense as he remained bent on Josh's knees, over the bag containing the various torture devices.“Hearing what?” He didn't sound as confidently sinister as he did earlier.Benjamin didn't give two fucks as he continued.“Dr. Felicia had risen to a senior resident at Health-Bind Hospital immed
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The female nurse clapped her hands while jumping on her toes as if she were a little girl who had just received the best candy in the world.“Yippee! Anyways, the doctor we were working under refused to give that patient those experimental drugs. So we did it instead. Though it has to be done behind the doctor's back. In fact, we didn't inform the patient that we were going to treat him with the experimental drugs.”“We waited until he was asleep, then we began to inject minimum dosage into his bloodstream.”April frowned slightly, looking like her interest was piqued.“Go on.”The female nurse was even more delighted that April was showing so much interest in her narration.“Well, at first, the politician seemed a lot better. Unfortunately, his stupid body began acting funny. It couldn't receive the components of the experimental drugs. So we injected more and more into him, until…..”No one in that dark room needed to be told that the politician from Mexico died from an overdose of
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Benjamin was left to wonder how he had not noticed that April had this capability. There was no way this lady was normal despite the known extent of her past regarding how they met.Benjamin found April being bullied by Alexa and those disgusting sorority ladies, and he assumed that she was a damsel in distress.Yet, April was suddenly showing a mental capability that could only be honed in the most dangerous environment.For example, Benjamin's ability to give off an incredibly terrifying aura, along with his abnormal strength, agility, and power of accurate deduction, were all honed during the horrible incident he endured and later survived although at the age of thirteen.So Benjamin wondered what April could have gone through to awaken such a skill in her.Benjamin even wondered if she had picked up this ability by witnessing him do it multiple times. He quickly erased that, knowing that it should have taken much more than that.Back to the present,For some reason, the nurses bec
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Benjamin couldn't be sure if April was physically all right or not. The room they were both in was dark, with the only source of light being the natural rays from the full moon, seeping through the small window opening opposite the wall where April's bed was placed.“April, are you alright?” There was a sense of urgency in Benjamin's voice.Hearing this, April couldn't help but smile slightly. Knowing that her crush was truly worried about her made her happy.“Yeah, I'm fine. Other than being extremely weak, and the fact that I'm tied to this bed, I don't think I'm really injured.”At that moment, April lifted her head only to let out a groan.Benjamin became alert after just letting out a sigh of relief.“What?! What is it?!”April slowly dropped her head back on the pillow, which was actually a soft neck pillow placed beneath her head.“My head. It hurts a bit.”Benjamin stared at her with worry.“Be careful, okay? You got hit pretty hard with that goofball. Plus, your emergency tre
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Internally, she apologized to April for unknowingly creating a hurdle in her path to creating a romantic relationship with the man of her dreams.Seeing that the head butler was now turning her oppressive demeanor on Olivia, Max stepped in, talking to her with an appeasing tone.“Head Butler Lia, talking down on everyone would not solve the current issue on the ground.”“Then what do you suggest we do, Mr. Max, huh?”Before the non-productive argument could proceed, a maid rushed over to talk to the head butler.“Head Butler, the madam is getting anxious. She keeps asking why Mr. Max hasn't returned.”Max, Anthony, and Lieutenant Jason recognized this had to be one of Grandma Theresa’s private maids.Around the time that the grandmother-grandson duo had begun living in this mansion, Benjamin realized that his grandmother had become quite close with seven female housekeepers, almost treating them like they were her daughters.After discovering that the old woman simply did it out of lo
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Anthony couldn't take this anymore.“With all due respect, Head Butler Locks, you don't know what happened? We had orders directly from the young master to stay put and wait for his return. Someone else's life was in danger because of him and we had no choice but to obey.”“Shut up!” Head Butler Lia did not hesitate to snap at Anthony.She walked towards him and swiftly raised her index finger at him.At that moment, Lieutenant Jason was convinced that the angry head butler was about to slap Anthony too. So he quickly stepped in, standing between her and Anthony.This definitely left everyone watching shocked. There were also housekeepers who wanted nothing but to gossip around all day.Seeing the way Anthony had placed himself between the head butler and Anthony, they were shocked as well.“What's this?! Are my eyes deceiving me?! Lieutenant Jason just protected that driver?!”“Hey?! Shut up! So you want to get punished by Head Butler Lia or the young master himself?! We've been thor
