2025-01-07 20:23:27A well dressed gentleman was standing behind the guards. He looked like a very rich fellow, and the guards seemed to respect him as he walked towards them.
"But sir..." "No buts", he interrupted, raising his right hand in the air. Then he bent forward and lent a hand to Adrian. "I heard everything. Let the young man come." As Adrian came to his feet, the man shook his hand. "My name is James Halton, I am Mr Rodriquez's personal assistant. I heard everything you said about Miss Lyana. Are you sure about what you are saying?" Not that he was super sure, but the system had been his informant. So far, everything the system said had been true. He could heal from serious injuries in a matter of seconds. He could locate Lyana without having any prior idea of where she might have been. If the system was right in all of that, then it must be right about her life being in danger. "Yes sir. I am sure about this." "And you think you can save her?" About that, he didn't know what he was needed to do but something told him he needed to see her first. Then the system would tell him what to do. "Well..." They were interrupted by rushed footsteps which came in their direction. "Mr Halton! Mr Halton!! It is the little Miss!! She is having a serious episode!" James Halton turned around in shock. He didn't need to hear anymore before he sped after the female servants who had come to call him. And Adrian followed him instinctively, knowing something was happening to Lyana. He checked the visible screen, she still had about five minutes left to live. He could still save her. As they reached the super large hospital room, Adrian could feel the tension across the room. The seeds of tragedy growing slowly, waiting to unleash. "Please doctor! Save her!!" Matilda cried beside the bed, holding the hands of the dying girl. The doctors were trying everything they could. The female servants stood together at a corner, sobbing. James Halton rushed to the side of Matilda and looked the lead doctor in the eye. "What is going on, Doctor Lewis? The girl is becoming worse." Doctor Lewis shook his head. "I'm sorry, Mr Halton. We have tried everything, and there's nothing more we can do now. Her chances of survival are way below one. We can only hope for some miracle." "Hope for a miracle?" Halton squeezed the doctor's coat in anger, it looked like he was going to attack him. Then his eyes fell on Adrian. "You! You said you could save her. Then come forward and do something!" Every eye turned to Adrian, wondering how this misfit was going to do anything to save the billionaire's daughter when well trained medical personelle had failed to do a thing for her. "This thing?! I thought I instructed those two dimwits to throw him out!" Matilda boiled. It was as though she was disgusted by the very sight of him. "Who is this?" Doctor Lewis questioned. "Someone who hasn't given up on her!" Halton ushered Adrian forward as the doctors protested it. "What are his credentials?" The doctor asked again. He had none. "We cannot allow him to do anything to her." "The doctor is right, James." Matilda seconded. "This thing cannot even keep himself clean, how can he keep Lyana alive?" "She has about 59 seconds left." Adrian faced James Halton, not minding what the others were saying. If he was going to save her, then they couldn't delay it any longer. "Come on. Do your thing." James Halton gave way for him as he stepped beside Lyana who lay unconscious. "No. We cannot allow an outsider to lay hands on our patient. Especially an high ranking patient like Miss Lyana, and especially not this person dressed in rags, wet with blood and water. We cannot allow this..." Lewis found his voice cut off as his head crashed on the wall behind him and his throat burnt at the choke hold of James Halton. "Shut the fuck up, doctor!" Meanwhile, Adrian held Lyana's other hand and awaited his instructions. "System. Now." He whispered in his heart. "Don't fail me now." A shining light grew between his hand and Lyana's, and it grew brighter, fazing everyone in the room. "What is he doing?" "Is this magic?" "You see, James. I told you he was a fraud!" "Someone stop this man..." Then the light receded, and in Adrian's hand was a little oval glass gourd of glowing white liquid. "GIVE THE POTION OF LIFE TO MISS LYANA. YOU HAVE TEN SECONDS LEFT." Instantly, he swiped the glass open and turned it over on her lips. The potion came out in drops. By the third drop, Lyana Rodriguez coughed and her eyes opened to the sight of Adrian. "Did she just... Open her eyes? Is she awake?" A maid whispered. "She is alive." Another responded. "He truly saved her life." Everywhere was as quiet as a grave house as each person stared at another in shock, then at Adrian, then at Lyana who was slowly sitting up by herself. "What happened?" Lyana muttered, seemingly unaware of her sickness. "Why is everyone staring at me?" In a moment, the silence became chaos as the entire room erupted into jubilations. The maid servants all hugged one another in tears while the doctors shook their heads in shame. James Halton and Matilda held Lyana as if she had come back from the dead, suprised at how good she looked. It was as if she was never ill in the first place. "CONGRATULATIONS, MR BLOOD. YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR FIRST MISSION. YOU ARE NOW OFFICIALLY GRANTED THE STATUS OF ANCHOR." Adrian's work here was done. He had saved the life of the billionaire girl. He had no more reason to be in that room, especially after the loads of insult he had taken today. With everyone else distracted by their jubilations, Adrian turned around to leave. Just as he reached the doorway where the two security guards stayed, he heard a voice calling him. "Wait up, gentleman!" It was James Halton. He must want to thank him personally for what he had just done. "You have done an incredible service to this family. I am certain the chairman would want to meet you himself. You can ask him for anything you want. Anything at all." Adrian was not going to do any such thing. He was not the biggest fan of the Rodriguez family. They had always stepped on the lower families to glorify themselves with their riches. He was not ready to sit on the same table with Federico Rodriguez or any member of that family. Also anytime he remembered what happened tonight with Ricardo and Teresa, his anger doubled. "No, thank you." He declined. "I don't need any reward." Adrian turned around, leaving James Halton with a shocked expression. "I still do not know your name." He requested. "Adrian Blood." A cab stopped in front of Adrian. How convenient to find them when a life was not on the line. As he returned back home for the rest of the night, his phone, almost completely destroyed by the traumas of tonight, vibrated continuously. "CONGRATULATIONS. YOU HAVE BEEN REWARDED WITH ONE MILLION DOLLARS AND TEN CHARACTER POINTS AFTER COMPLETING TODAY'S MISSION!"
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Chapter Three Hundred Eight
Many years ago, when the old butler was first arrested, some people thought he would soon confess to aiding his son in his crimes as soon as he realised that he had been abandoned. But that never happened. Inside his prison cell, the old butler maintained that he knew nothing about the murder.He denied every allegation brought against him, insisting that he had neither participated in the crime nor known anything about his son's involvement. The only thing he eventually admitted was that he and Baldwin had not been on speaking terms for several years."Baldwin is a foolish boy," he told Sebastian Waters and Lyu during one of their conversations. His voice carried the bitterness of a disappointed father. "He has always been foolish. He dreams of things that are beyond his reach, things he has no business desiring."Lyu remained silent, allowing the old man to continue."Some people are born into certain positions, and there is nothing wrong with accepting the life that comes with it.
Chapter Three Hundred Seven
Through the scope, Lyu continued observing the two men seated across from each other.The younger man was the original target, but his attention had gradually shifted toward the individual sitting opposite him. The meeting appeared cordial enough from a distance. A low table separated the two men, with a tea set placed neatly between them. One seemed to be making an offer, while the other listened.Lyu adjusted the scope slightly. Then his eyes narrowed."Baldwin Manchester." He recognized the man immediately.Although several decades had passed since their last encounter, there was little doubt in his mind. Time had added a few wrinkles to his face and silvered his hair, but certain features were difficult to forget.Who would have thought their paths would cross again under such circumstances? He remembered him from a different time, when the Rodriguez family was a dynasty full of flourish and the household operated under the authority of Lyana's grandfather.Baldwin had been the so
Chapter Three Hundred Six
Fists pounded against the restroom door."Mr. Blood? Is everything all right in there?"Adrian stood before the mirror, adjusting his collar. He had already regained control of his emotions, but the revelation about Lyana continued to weigh heavily on his mind. He needed to act quickly. Every second spent here was a second wasted."I'm fine," he replied."Then perhaps you should come out, sir. Mr. Manchester has been waiting for some time."Adrian ignored the remark.For a few moments, silence settled outside the door. Then came another knock, harder than the first."Mr. Blood, we really need you to open the door."The concern in the guard's voice had begun to sound like a lazy attempt to conceal growing impatience.Adrian Blood narrowed his eyes. What's the hurry? He moved away from the mirror and stood beside the door, listening carefully. A few seconds later, he heard footsteps retreating. One of the guards had apparently moved farther down the corridor to make a phone call."Sir,
Chapter Three Hundred Five
Five minutes passed, and the target finally arrived.A black car glided beneath the hotel's grand canopy, its polished surface reflecting the golden lights illuminating the entrance. A doorman hurried forward to open the door, and a young man stepped out, straightening his coat before making his way toward the building.Lyu adjusted his position, bringing the man's face into focus through the scope.It was him.The same young man from the photograph.Lyu studied his features carefully, comparing them with the image he had memorized. The dark hair, the sharp contours of his face, the composed expression that seemed almost indifferent to the world around him. There was no mistake.Yet, as he watched the young man approach the entrance, that familiar sensation returned.It was faint but persistent, like a distant memory buried beneath layers of forgotten experiences. Something about the young man's face stirred a feeling Lyu couldn't explain. It was as though he had encountered him befor
Chapter Three Hundred Four
London greeted Lyu with rain.It fell in thin, gray sheets across the airfield as he descended the airplane's narrow stairs, his single suitcase in one hand, the briefcase Joseph had left him in the other. The cold found the gaps in his coat immediately, and he welcomed it. Cold was clarifying. It kept a man from thinking too much, it kept a man alert.He cleared immigration without incident, a tired old traveler with nothing to declare, and had barely stepped into the arrivals hall when the phone they had forced on him vibrated against his chest. A message from an unknown sender. No greeting, no signature, only an address in a district he did not recognize, typed out in plain text as though it were a restaurant recommendation.He was still staring at it when the phone rang."Mr Lyu." The voice was male, young, careful in a way that suggested a script. "You have received the address." The voice did not await his response."Proceed to it. Your assignment will be waiting there. The det
Chapter Three Hundred Three
Lyu sat alone on a hard plastic bench near his departure gate, a single suitcase resting against his leg, watching the departure board flicker through its endless rotation of cities and times without truly seeing any of it. His mind had drifted backward, unwillingly, to the room he was in just a few hours ago.Melissa's voice still echoed in his ears, cold and satisfied, delivering her ultimatum with the same casual cruelty she had always worn like perfume.You will do exactly as I ask, or your daughter dies. It really is that simple, Lyu. That was the way she made her threat just after the call ended in her room. Lyana had been captured, and only Lyu could save her now. The only way to do that was to obey Melissa's instructions.She had wanted someone dead. She had refused to name the target outright, only informing him that the man he needed to kill was currently in London, and that further instructions would reach him the moment he landed. It had unsettled him more than he cared to
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