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Relief swept across the Winston family.Many of them slumped to the floor, breathing heavily as though they had narrowly escaped death.They thought it was over.Titan Group had been handed over and their sincerity had been shown.Surely, the God King’s anger had subsided.Conor stood quietly, his expression unreadable.Titan Group. The Winston family’s loyalty. Their desperate apologies.None of it could erase what had already happened.For a moment, his thoughts drifted.He imagined Lily’s tear-streaked face when she had been kidnapped. A child’s fear like that could not simply be undone.Money could settle debts and fix business disputes, but fear and trauma could not be bought back.Could Titan Group really make up for what she had gone through?No. Not even close.Conor’s gaze grew cold.Those who had once threatened his daughter could not be trusted just because they offered wealth in exchange for their lives. He had seen enough of human nature to know better.Fear faded with ti
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Moments ago, these same people had used his daughter as a bargaining chip. They had spoken with arrogance, threatened him and believed themselves untouchable. Now, they knelt in pools of blood, offering everything they owned in exchange for a single chance to survive. At the center of their desperate cries, Conor finally spoke. “You say you’re willing to offer sincerity in exchange for your lives.” His voice was soft. “So tell me…” He looked directly into Mike’s terrified eyes. “How can you prove it?” Mike’s breathing hitched. He opened and closed his mouth several times before suddenly shouting, “We’ll give you Titan Group!” The entire room went silent. Even the Winston family members looked at him in shock. “M-Mike!” the old woman exclaimed. “Titan Group?” Mike gritted his teeth and nodded. “Yes!” He turned back toward Conor and lowered his head deeply. “The Winston family is the true backer behind Titan Group. We’ve controlled it from behind the scenes for yea
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She looked at him, shaken. “This is humiliation…” Mike’s jaw tightened. “It’s survival.” A long pause. Then, slowly, her knees gave way. Her body lowered with visible resistance, as though every inch cost her dignity. Finally… Thud. Her forehead touched the floor. And with that, the last of the Winston family followed. One after another, they knelt, kowtowed and begged. “Please forgive us…” “We were blind…” “We didn’t know…” “Spare us…” The once-proud Winston residence had turned into a field of bowed heads and broken voices. And at the center of it all, Conor stood motionless, just watching. For a brief moment, even in the midst of the bowed heads and trembling apologies, Conor’s expression shifted. A faint crease formed between his brows, it was confusion. Conor was perplexed. How could they possibly have known that Lily—his daughter—would turn out to be a perfect match for their grandson? The thought left him unsettled. He looked down at
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Conor looked at them, then he laughed. “Hah…” The sound wasn’t loud, yet it made everyone shiver. There was no amusement in it. No trace of joy. It was a cold, hollow laugh that sent chills racing down their spines. He slowly lifted his gaze, his eyes sweeping across the Winston family one by one. “What do I want?” His voice was calm. Mike’s heart skipped a beat. “T-That’s right…” he stammered, forcing himself to speak through his fear. “What do you want? Whatever it is… we’ll do it.” He looked at Conor with trembling eyes, clinging desperately to the faint hope that there was still a way out. Conor’s smile faded, and his gaze turned ice-cold. “You targeted my daughter.” The room plunged into silence. “You kidnapped her. You used her to threaten me. You frightened a little girl who had done nothing to you.” His voice remained steady, but each word was colder than the last. “And now…” He took a slow step forward. “You still dare ask me what I want?”
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John’s defeat drove the entire room into despair. The living room had fallen into complete silence, but it wasn’t the peaceful kind. It was the silence of people watching their last hope crumble before their eyes. John remained kneeling on the bloodstained marble, his forehead pressed firmly against the floor. “God King… please spare me,” he pleaded hoarsely. “I know my sins are unforgivable, but I beg you…” His body trembled as he lowered his head even further. “Please… have mercy…” His broken pleas echoed through the room. Nobody paid attention to them anymore. Because everyone else’s minds had already gone blank. Mike stood frozen in place, hands shook uncontrollably. His face had turned as pale as paper. “It’s over…” he muttered. “We’re finished…” One of the Winston family members collapsed onto the sofa, his face drained of color. “Master John lost…” he muttered in disbelief. “He actually lost. How can someone like him lose?” Another person’s eyes reddened with panic
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John’s entire body trembled violently. Tears mixed with blood as they dripped onto the polished marble beneath him. “God King, I beg you! I have an old mother to care for. I have disciples under me. Please don’t kill me!” “Please… I’ll do anything you ask, tell you everything I know! I’ll never oppose you again!” The once-arrogant martial arts master was sobbing uncontrollably. No one in the room could believe what they were seeing. The same John who had entered the Winston residence with his hands behind his back, treating everyone as beneath him… The same John who barely acknowledged their existence… The same John who had spoken as though he alone decided who lived and who died… That very man was now kneeling before a young man, crying and begging for mercy like a frightened child. Mike staggered back a step. His lips trembled. “T-This can’t be real…” He rubbed his eyes frantically. “No… no… I must be seeing things. That’s Master John…” he muttered. “Master Joh
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