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30: From Suit to Soap

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Inside the cold, gray walls of the prison, Conrad Lin and Reginald Thompson stumbled forward like two deflated balloons, dragged by the warden who looked more bored than bothered. Their designer suits had been replaced with dull orange uniforms that hung on them like shame itself, and their faces… Well, their faces looked like punching bags had finally found something to hit back.

"Cell 9," the warden grunted, unlocking the gate. "Maybe you two will last longer here than you did in Cell 6."

Reginald’s lip was still bleeding from a tooth that had met its untimely end hours ago. Conrad’s left eye looked like it was carrying a ripe plum. Neither of them spoke. Their egos were as bruised as their faces.

The heavy door creaked open.

Inside, seven men sat on benches, eating, flexing, or doing absolutely nothing but doing it in the most intimidating way possible. These weren’t just inmates. These were the kind of men who could arm-wrestle a bull and still have time for yoga after.

Reginald a

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147:Bomb In The Bloodline.
Kai’s eyes lit up as Zora’s serious tone faded into one of scholarly authority. Her explanation had stirred something, something he needed. Answers. Clarity. A direction. He leaned forward, nodding eagerly.“Tell me more,” he said quickly. “Zora, don’t stop now, what else can cause this kind of energy rupture? What else could be behind those deaths?”But instead of answering, Zora leaned back with a smug smile and rubbed her stomach. “Tch. You think I run on air?” she said, yawning dramatically. “If you want a lecture, you better feed your tutor. I need energy, physical energy to break down spiritual science, okay?”Kai didn’t waste time. With a sharp sigh, he pulled out his phone and placed an order, two full-course meals, extra meat, fried dumplings, glazed ribs, noodles, and juice. A lot. Enough to feed three people. He tossed the phone aside and narrowed his eyes at her.“There. Happy now?”Zora grinned. “Now that’s the kind of obedience I like. You’re going to make a very fine si
146: Where Did You Hear That Bullshit?
The call has long ended, but the silence that followed was deafening.Kai didn’t speak. His fingers stayed clenched around the steering wheel even as the city lights blurred past them. Zora, who had put on her headphones earlier to give him some privacy, finally pulled them off. She turned toward him, noticing the stiffness in his shoulders, the shadow in his eyes.“Hey,” she said gently. “What happened?”Kai opened his mouth like he wanted to say something, but only a low mumble came out, completely inaudible. Then nothing.Zora tilted her head, brows drawn. But she didn’t push. Whatever he’d just heard had clearly shaken him, and for once, the ever-blabbering girl decided to keep quiet. She sat back in her seat, eyeing him occasionally as the car cut through the city.Kai didn’t say another word the entire ride.His mind was still stuck on the explosion. The deaths. Caleb. The thought that his bloodline was being quietly slaughtered from the inside out. He hadn’t even known these pe
145: Dead Men in the Bloodline
Kai's fingers tapped restlessly against the steering wheel as he drove through the city’s quieter back roads, his mind a storm of silence and fire but he didn’t see anything beyond the thoughts stabbing at his brain.Caleb. The riot. Lies buried years deep.He clenched his jaw, eyes darkening with each turn he made.He said he knew his mother. Said he was family. Helped him with cultivation, protected him more than once…Then why does it feel like every move he made was part of a setup?Was he just a pawn? A name to shadow?Was any of it real?Caleb stepped in like some long-lost guardian..and Kai welcomed him in.But now…Now the cracks were splintering open, and Kai didn’t know if he was uncovering the truth or stepping into someone else's trap. Zora watched the man in conflict with himself and she kept quiet despite wanting to question him but it was best to keep it shut, he doesn't want to provoke kai now.Ella’s voice broke through the silence on the call, cautious but sharp. “Ka
Chapter 144: The Past.
After a few long days of monitoring, antidotes, and endless groaning from both parties, Zora was finally cleared for discharge.Kai pushed the wheelchair with the enthusiasm of someone rolling a ticking time bomb. Zora, of course, was doing the absolute most. Waving at nurses like she was royalty, tossing dramatic goodbyes to the doctors, and even saluting a janitor.“Farewell, noble citizens of the healing citadel,” she announced. “I, Queen Zora of Stubbornland, take my leave!”Kai didn’t even flinch. “You forgot to thank the psychiatric ward.”She gasped, looking up at him. “How dare you! I was poisoned!”“Mentally or physically?”One nurse chuckled as they passed. Two elderly women whispered, and one said aloud, “They must be siblings. They even argue the same.”“I’m an only child,” Kai muttered under his breath.Zora grinned. “Aww. Does that mean I’m your first and last emotional damage?”Kai rolled her to the passenger seat of the car and unceremoniously opened the door. “In.”“Y
143: Awake, but Still Loud-Mouthed
The sharp sound of something being chomped... loud, slow, and unapologetically obnoxious snapped Kai out of his sleep. His eyes fluttered open, heavy from the weight of exhaustion, and for a second, he had no idea where he was.Then he turned his head.And there she was.Sitting up in bed like she hadn’t just cheated death, hair a mess, cheeks puffed with fruit, eyes bright with mischief, and crunching into an apple like the most dramatic patient the hospital had ever seen.Kai blinked. “What… the hell?”Zora grinned mid-chew. “Morning, sunshine.”He let out a low exhale, long and heavy, pinching the bridge of his nose. “You’re alive.”“Very,” she replied, raising the apple like it was a trophy. “And starving. Got a fruit basket delivery from someone. Could be from your rich lapdog Thane. Not sure. But damn, I needed this.”He studied her for a moment, really studied her. Her color had returned. Her breathing was steady. No signs of the poison flaring up again. The cocktail of antidot
142: They Are Dead.
Thane watched him in silence, his gloved hands folded behind his back. He had seen his young master angry before...furious, even. He had seen him storm entire buildings, break bones without blinking, rip through enemies with that infamous cold calm. But this…This was different.There was rage in his silence. Not the explosive kind, but the kind that simmered...that boiled low and steady, slow like lava, and dangerous like a blade pressed to the throat.Thane could feel it in the air around him. The shift in aura. The way Kai’s eyes never stayed still, the tightness in his jaw, the rigid stillness in his shoulders.He was mad.Not for power. Not for vengeance.This time… it was personal.Thane’s gaze flicked to the closed hospital door, then back to Kai.“I’ll find them,” he said quietly, his voice a vow. “Whoever they are, wherever they’re hiding, I’ll dig them out of whatever hole they crawled into. They’ll regret this, Young Master.”Kai didn’t respond immediately. He stood there l

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