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Chapter 43: The Ultimatum
Daisy was genuinely upset. He still wore that unruffled smile—did he not grasp the gravity of any of this?“You’re up against the Skyline City Chamber of Commerce—and the Mafia!”Adrian gave a casual smile, trying to soothe her. “Don’t worry. They can’t touch me.”“If you’re that confident, then go deal with it!”She shot to her feet and stormed toward the bedroom. “Do whatever you want. I’m done caring!”Adrian stared after her, baffled. He truly had no idea why she was so angry.Tabitha Grant watched him standing there and sighed. “Aren’t you going to check on her?”He hesitated. He wanted to, but he honestly didn’t understand what he’d done wrong. “Did I say something out of line? It’s not even that big of a problem.”Tabitha had picked up on it. She didn’t want her friend’s worry to go unacknowledged.“Even if you can handle it, you need to show Daisy that you can. She has to see your capability if you want her to believe it.”“She doesn’t know your true strength—of course she’s a
Chapter 42: Beating Them One by One
Quentin Newman could no longer read Adrian at all. He only knew one thing—he didn’t want to die.“I’m Mythical Tier. If you really kill me, Lord Buddha will never let you go!”“Lord Buddha?”Adrian paused. Just as Quentin dared to hope, a sharp light flickered in Adrian’s eyes, and Quentin’s heart sank.“Is Lord Buddha formidable?”Quentin’s instincts screamed that Adrian’s line of questioning boded ill.Before he could answer, Otto Nelson’s temper snapped.“What kind of question is that? Who in Skyline City doesn’t know Lord Buddha’s name?”“Then I won’t kill you.”Every taut nerve in the room loosened at once. Thank heavens—their lives were spared.“I’ll simply defeat Lord Buddha. No need to waste time on the rest of you.”Decision made, Adrian rose without a care for the shock his words detonated around the hall.What did he just say?Defeat Lord Buddha?Quentin found his voice at last. “Do you have any idea what you’re saying?”Adrian looked down at him with a smile that wasn’t a
Chapter 41: All of You, Together
Silence, sharp as a blade.Then the air turned to ice.“Outrageous!”Murder flashed in Norman Russell’s eyes.“Enough talk. Kill him!”“Mr. Newman, we absolutely cannot let this punk walk out of here!”They’d long found Adrian an eyesore, tolerating him only for the Mafia’s future. To stand equal with the Five Tigers he did not deserve—yet he dared covet the chief’s throne?A brawl hung on a hair. Even Quentin Newman’s smile vanished, replaced by a glacial fury. His aura surged, a storm of dominance filling the hall.He slammed his teacup to the floor. In an instant, trained enforcers swarmed in from all sides.“No one refuses the Mafia.”“And yet I just did.”“Then die.”Quentin’s voice was cold as iron. His raised hand slashed down.The Five Tigers sprang forward. Otto Nelson struck first, driving a fist straight at Adrian’s face.Adrian stood with his hands clasped behind him, not even shifting. Otto’s lips curled in a sneer—until the instant his fist should have landed and Adrian v
Chapter 40: The Mafia’s Offer
Iverson White didn’t dare utter another wrong word. Trembling, he pulled a card from inside his jacket.“It’s all here—everything. I even put in some of my own money. Mr. Owen, Mr. Owen, please spare us.”Conrad Owen snatched the card without so much as a glance at Iverson, then walked straight to old Thompson and, with impeccable courtesy, placed it in his hand.Old Thompson didn’t dare accept it, but Conrad’s smile remained warm and easy.“This was yours to begin with. As for the extra, consider it compensation for everyone.”He shot Iverson White a hard look. “Well? The code.”“Two-three-three-two-three-three!”Iverson blurted it out and wiped the cold sweat from his brow.Hearing the code, Adrian stepped over and patted old Thompson on the shoulder.“They brought it back. Take it.”Only then did old Thompson accept the card, thanking Adrian over and over.With the matter settled, Conrad glanced at Adrian.Adrian finally understood why Conrad could be the Mafia’s number two. The ma
Chapter 39: An Invitation from the Mafia
“What I do is none of your concern. In your world, the only qualification to bully others is a strong fist, isn’t it?”Adrian showed no fear under their looming threat. His tone stayed level, yet his words sent a chill through those listening.“Is he insane?”“He’s going head-to-head with them!”“Ah, youth…”“I hope he wins.”Iverson White wondered if he’d misheard. It was one thing for this kid not to fear him—but to dismiss the Mafia as well?He eyed Adrian’s lean frame and decided it had to be bravado, a hero act. He burst out laughing.“Some no-name punk sticking his nose into Mafia business? Look at this scrawny chick—one kick and he’s done!”His lackeys laughed along, not taking Adrian seriously in the slightest.Around them, sympathy flickered in the faces of the crowd.“What a shame. A decent kid—and now he’s crossed the Mafia.”“He’s young. Probably has no idea what he’s up against.”“He should run while he can, and stop playing tough.”Adrian ignored the chorus entirely, giv
Chapter 38 Trouble at the Night Market
Before the overturned table stood a man bowing his head, apologizing over and over. From this distance, his words were lost in the noise. The brute facing him, however, wasn’t having any of it—he grabbed the man by the collar and hurled him to the ground.The owner of the neighboring stall fell silent on the spot. Adrian, a trained fighter with keener sight than most, noticed a crushed cigarette butt beneath the man’s foot.“Old Thompson,” the brute sneered, “what’s it gonna be—pay up, or pack your junk and scram?”“Mr. White, I…”“Save it. None of your business,” he snapped at the neighboring stallholder, who shut his mouth at once. He glanced at his friend sprawled on the ground and sighed. This was a man none of them could afford to cross.Old Thompson, the one Mr. White had thrown down, fumbled upright, his face drawn with worry.“Mr. White, please—can you give me a little more time…”“Say that again?” Mr. White drawled. “Old Thompson, it’s not like we’re unreasonable people.”See
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