A Silent Voice Shouko

THE SILENT SHAREHOLDER Eli Vance was always the one nobody noticed, the quiet outsider married into a family that treated him like hired help. Then a stranger in a dive bar hands him two documents that change everything: his dead father still owns 34% of the company that destroyed him, and his death was never a suicide. Posing as a low-level clerk inside the very firm that bears his family’s name, Eli begins piecing together a conspiracy that reaches from the boardroom to his own dinner table. Every signature, every fabricated file, every carefully buried secret leads him closer to the truth, and to the people who thought a broken, unremarkable man was the last person they needed to fear. They were wrong.

Humiliated and broken, Noah Varyn discovers the truth behind the cruelty that shattered his life — his mother’s death wasn’t an accident, and his own bloodline hides a legacy drenched in lies. From the ashes of shame rises vengeance. With the help of a mysterious woman who calls him “Young Master Noah”, he learns his late father was one of the most powerful men in Verrath City—and that those who mocked his name will soon fear it. Now armed with truth, rage, and a name that can rewrite history, Noah begins his silent war to expose the corrupt and destroy those who buried his family. In Verrath, blood isn’t just lineage—it’s leverage.

Once a ghost, always a ghost. Ethan Vale, a quiet locksmith in East London, hides from a past that officially doesn’t exist. Years ago, he was an MI5 infiltration specialist — until a mission in Prague went wrong, his entire team was killed, and his name was erased. He’s lived in silence since. Until one rain-soaked night, a woman named Clara Daines bursts into his shop with a bleeding shoulder and a biometric case she claims holds evidence of a government conspiracy. Hours later, armed men arrive. Ethan’s calm life is shattered in seconds. When he opens the case, he finds something impossible — an active MI5 kill order with his name on it, dated that same day. Hunted by his own agency, Ethan partners with Detective Isla Hart, a sharp but idealistic investigator chasing a string of assassinations linked to a defunct MI5 unit known as Division 9 — the same unit Ethan once led. As Ethan unravels the mystery, he discovers Division 9 never truly ended — it evolved into The Consortium, a covert alliance manipulating London’s surveillance systems to engineer obedience. Every crime, every target, every “accident” is part of a digital control plan called Project Echelon II. The closer Ethan gets to the truth, the more he realizes: Division 9 didn’t just erase him. It rebuilt him — piece by piece. And now, the ghosts he buried are coming back… wearing his face. The final revelation will force Ethan to confront the deepest question of all: Is he still human — or just another trace in someone else’s code?

Twenty-four years ago, a convoy was ambushed on a mountain road and every passenger was left for dead...except one crying infant with no name and no past. Raised by the wealthy Carter family, Ethan grew up tolerated, never loved, and endlessly reminded he wasn't blood. What the Carters never knew: their "burden" was secretly Evan Black, the anonymous founder of Aether Technologies... and their own company had survived for years only because he was quietly protecting it. The day their real son is found, they disown Ethan without a second thought. Strip his name. Empty his room. Throw him out with a suitcase. The next morning, from the top floor of Aether's headquarters, Ethan gives one order: cut the Carters off completely. As their empire collapses and the mysterious Evan Black finally steps into the light, Ethan discovers the ambush that orphaned him was no accident, it was an execution carried out by an organization still hunting the one survivor of a stolen dynasty. Every company he conquers, every enemy he exposes, and every truth he uncovers brings him closer to the people who spent twenty-four years making sure he'd never remember who he really is.

Reborn as a despised, sickly outcast in a treacherous noble estate where enemies eagerly await his demise, he secretly awakens the Spirit Projection System—a forbidden cheat granting him access to the terrifying Nether Realm. While the greatest cultivators tremble at vengeful ghosts and demonic entities, he actively hunts them down, resolving their lingering earthly obsessions to harvest immense spiritual power and endlessly evolve his strength. Trapped between deadly family politics in the waking world and unspeakable horrors in the dark, he refuses to remain a powerless victim, choosing instead to manipulate these parallel dimensions until he transcends his frail mortal shell to become the absolute sovereign of the underworld, forging a new destiny for the living and the dead.

For seven years, Derick Sekwiga lived like an ordinary, overlooked husband while quietly turning his wife's small company into a powerful empire behind the scenes. But when her charming ex-boyfriend suddenly reappeared with sweet words and hidden motives, she threw her trust at him and pushed Derick aside without a second thought. Tired of being doubted, used, and disrespected, Derick signed the divorce papers and walked away without a fight. What his ex-wife never imagined was that the man she ran back to only wanted her wealth—and the “nobody” she divorced was actually the quiet force controlling half the city’s economy. Now, with his identity revealed and his patience gone, everyone who ever underestimated Derick Sekwiga is about to face the consequences.

Adrian had planned the perfect anniversary dinner—Vanessa’s favorite dishes, a warm, quiet home, and even time for their daughter, Lily. But as the clock neared midnight, his excitement turned into a hollow silence. Vanessa stumbled in, drunk and careless, not even noticing the effort he had put in. She tossed her purse on the couch, waved him off, and mocked his calls. “Can you stop calling me all the time? I was at a banquet, making connections, actually contributing to this family,” she snapped, her words dripping with contempt. Adrian stayed calm, trying to remind her of the night’s significance. But Vanessa scoffed, mocking the anniversary, humiliating him further. “Everyone asked why I didn’t bring a male companion. I wanted to sink into the floor. Imagine saying, ‘My husband is home babysitting a kid.’ I’d rather say my goldfish ran away!” She continued, bitter and harsh: “If I didn’t get pregnant, I’d never have married you. Lily slows me down, and you… you slow me down the most.” Adrian, silent but composed, finally spoke: “Let’s get a divorce.” Vanessa erupted in rage, smashing the dinner he had prepared, shattering more than just plates. In that moment, Adrian walked away, leaving the chaos behind.

He woke up from a years long coma only to realize his entire life was a lie. Ethan Vance thought he was a hero for jumping in front of a speeding car to save his wife and mother in law. But when his eyes open in a dark hospital room, he hears his wife in the arms of another man right beside his bed. Even worse, the man is the exact driver who ran him down. The crash was never an accident. It was a cold, calculated trap to steal his family fortune and collect a massive insurance payout. They kept him alive as a helpless joke while they spent his money. But just as despair threatens to break him, a strange sound echoes in his head. The system has arrived, and it is time for payback.

The rain had been falling on Moonveil City since dawn, running in silver threads down the tiled roofs, spilling from gutters into the crooked alleys. The sky was low and iron-grey, heavy enough to press against the tower-tops of the Martial Regulation Bureau. Inside the courtyard of the Moonveil District Arms Hall, Kael Ruan stood in silence, a new-issued badge in his hand. He was twenty-four, too young, too brash, they’d said, yet here he was, sworn as the youngest Arms Keeper in the city’s history. His mentor, Master Renji, watched from the covered steps, eyes narrowed as if weighing more than just the rain. [Silent Oath System Activated] Oath Energy: 0/100 Core Blade Slots: Shadowsteel (Locked), Frostvein (Locked), Dawnpiercer (Locked) Techniques: Oath Cut (Locked), Sword Recall (Locked) The voice cold, ringing inside his skull had woken with his oath to defend the district. It spoke without warmth, without mercy. It offered strength in exchange for vows sworn before witnesses. But the warning was clear: break an oath, and the System would take more than power from him.

In the cold, high-stakes world of European high fashion, Doni is an invisible man. A junior close-protection assistant from Southeast Asia, he is underestimated by his elite colleagues and overshadowed by his client, the temperamental global icon Cassandra Virelli. As they navigate a perilous trail from the runways of Milan to the aggressive media scrums of London, Doni's sharp eyes see what others miss: a lethal obsession creeping closer under the guise of publicity. In a world where one mistake means professional ruin, Doni must decide if he will remain a shadow or become the shield Cassandra never knew she needed—even if the cost is the heart he swore to keep professional.