Hart was baffled by Kailan’s words. Kailan acquired Rove, not to make money out of it but to destroy it? What did it mean? Hart took a deep breath and then shouted at Kailan, “You are working for foreign brands! Kailan Skyfort, you are a villain!” He shouted with anger and frustration, even his eyes teared up from all the emotions. He suddenly realized why Kailan would say such things. Kailan acquired Rove to destroy it with his own hands, not to milk it. It was the same as what foreign brands did. Some local brands that were thriving and developing would see oppression from the start. Once the local brand grew strong enough and managed to free itself from the oppression, then foreign brands would try to acquire it so that they could crush it from the inside. They would ruin the brand from the inside out once acquired. Had foreign brands allowed local brands to thrive, they would not have been able to seize the local market and disregard the local consumers as if th
Kailan was an ostentatious man. His office was by no means small. It could fit a few families with slight modifications, yet he claimed that his office could not fit that many people. In other words, he must have summoned an army. “Kaze Lee, afraid now? If you are afraid, kneel and apologize to Mr. Skyfort! I will also slap your face off with my own hands!” Phoebe covered her face that was slapped by Kaze earlier and spewed her anger through clenched teeth. Kaze did not even look at her. He got up and said with a smile, “Fine, let’s go have a look, shall we?” Kailan had no idea if Kaze was terrified or simply fearless, but he did not care. There were always overconfident people. Kailan would know if Kaze was simply fearless or just pretending when they went downstairs. “After you, Mr. Lee,” Kailan said as he gestured. The more confident he was, the more humble he looked. If one had not known better that he was a vicious hound that would leave no remains of his pre
Kailan sounded like he had gotten the situation under control as if Kaze was already a dead man. “Mr. Skyfort, that’s a good idea. The chairman of Shangrila Group, stripped and hung on a flagpole. It’s a better scene than Gerard being hung until his skin falls off.” Phoebe looked at Kaze with utmost disdain. She spoke as if Kaze was already hanging on the flagpole. “Mr. Lee, this…” Hart looked at Kaze apologetically. He even considered taking Kaze’s place to be hung on the flagpole. Kaze and Kailan would never have known each other if not for him. Hart was the reason for the conflict. Kaze waved at Hart and then looked at Kailan with a baffled look. “Mr. Skyfort, so you really believed I won’t walk out of here alive? What made you think that you could stop me with two hundred pigs?” He was curious about what fueled Kailan’s confidence. “Kaze Lee, still trying to be stubborn, I see.” Kalian scoffed. He added, “Very well. Even if they are pigs, I have two hundred of t
“Skyfort Investment? Not a problem. We will be there in five minutes, Mr. Lee.” Dwight answered Kaze’s request without a second thought. “Kaze Lee, how long do you plan to keep this up?” Phoebe scoffed as soon as Kaze put down the phone. “Don’t tell me you are bringing a thousand pigs here.” There was no way Kaze could summon a thousand gangsters with just one phone call. There were not even that many gangsters on the street. Therefore, to Kailan and his secretary, Kaze was simply acting, trying to drag it out. “Boss, don’t waste time with this punk here. Let us have him!” The leader of the two hundred men stepped up and volunteered to take down Kaze. Kaze looked down at them and called them pigs, which angered them. They were already thinking about ways to torture Kaze. Kaze did not look at the gangster. He said to Kailan, “Five minutes. But if you don’t have the patience, I don’t mind taking out two hundred pigs and then destroying you.” His arrogance made the
The entire lobby was silenced. Kailan and his men were stunned. Billy’s words shocked them more than seeing a thousand young, powerful men swarming into the building. There were really a thousand of them, not one less, not one more. All of them were from Tensor Martial Arts School! Based on their looks, the two hundred gangsters were certainly no match for them. In addition, Tensor Martial Arts School now had the advantage of numbers. There were five times more students than the gangsters. Kailan felt terrible. He and his secretary did not take Kaze’s words seriously. They simply thought he was bluffing. Now, Kaze summoned a thousand capable young fighters to counter the two hundred gangsters. It was a huge insult to Kailan. Everyone looked at Kaze. His presence grew so strong that it overshadowed Kailan. “Mr. Lee, I am terribly sorry this time…” Kailan bowed and chuckled awkwardly. “Hold up. It’s not your turn to speak.” Kaze stopped him before he could fin
Kailan was deeply aggrieved listening to Kaze’s criticism. He was a proud man with a status and had never lowered himself before anyone. Yet the current situation forced him to bow and surrender. “So you are not going to let me go?” Kailan suppressed his anger and said, “What goes around, comes around. Don’t cross the line and we can still talk at the table. If you continue to oppress me, maybe one day when you are in my shoes, someone else will do the same to you.” He carefully sized up Kaze’s expression as he spoke. Phoebe mustered up her courage and said, “Kaze Lee, Mr. Skyfort is right. Don’t cross the line. Let this go. Let’s use our words, not our fists. It’s better to have friends more than enemies…” “Tell her to shut up.” Kaze did not even look at her. Billy went up straight and slapped her in the face. “Shut up! You have no right to speak here. One more word and I will slap your mouth off your face!” Phoebe dared not make another sound. Things went quie
Kaze then signaled Billy. Billy immediately brought over a chair for him to sit down. “I don't need him here in person. Seeing his face alone can make you kneel.” Kailan pulled his phone out to make a video call. “What is it?” As soon as the call got through, a square-faced person appeared on the screen. The moment Kaze saw the face, he laughed. What a small world. “Mr. Hobbs, I’m sorry. I was going to acquire Rove but someone sabotaged the deal and he even caused problems at my company.” Kailan knelt in front of the camera. “What happened to you?” The man in the call was Samson and when he saw Kailan’s swollen face and bloody lips, he was shocked. “This! This punk here!” Kailan turned his phone to Kaze and shouted, “Mr. Hobbs, it’s him!” “Kaze Lee?!” Samson’s brows rose with his eyes twitching. His expression turned grim as he called Kailan an idiot inwardly. Kailan lost to Kaze and decided to reveal him as the mastermind. If Samson could suppress K
“If Kailan Skyfort isn’t with you, then I don’t need to worry about offending you when I get him,” Kaze said with a grin. Then, he lifted his leg and stomped onto Kailan. “Aargh!” Kailan cried excruciatingly and sweat profusely due to the pain. Kaze broke his leg with just one stomp. Everyone who saw the horrifying scene, including Phoebe and Kailan’s gangsters, all of them were stunned and speechless. Some of them even looked pale. They looked at Kaze as if he was the devil. From this moment onward, they feared the young man who broke Kailan’s leg with a smile on his face. Samson, on the other side of the call, was expressionless but his pupils shrank and his eyes reflected the fear in his heart. Kailan was one of his men who had served him for many years. However, Kailan worked in the dark for Samson and the world should never find out about their working relationship. After a series of complicated procedures, even the most experienced investment manager in the
“How dare those men hijack the plane and take Kaze. They must be punished…” Despite her grumbles, Snow grew anxious. “Given Mr. Lee’s capabilities, he won’t be hurt.” The agents around her tried to comfort her. They believed she was being too nervous. “I know, but we as subordinates have failed him by allowing this to happen. We have to do our best to make up for the mistake, and not rely on Mr. Lee to get out because he can.” Snow drowned in self-blame and regretted not being able to help. It was her negligence that allowed the hijacking to happen. “But there’s nothing you can do now. It’s late. Even the hijackers need to rest. They won’t do anything yet.” “It’s because the hijackers need to rest that we have to hurry and beat them to it. That’s the only way to solve this matter!” “But we’ve searched high and low and didn’t find anything. No one knows where they have gone. Even if they transported the passengers via buses, we didn’t see any tracks.” The agents discu
Kaze breathed a sigh of relief. He quickly went over to Miguel and pressed his hands with the gun down so that it would not misfire. “Good job.” “Thanks.” Miguel curled his lips into a nervous smile. He frequently trained in the gym and mixed martial arts but had never encountered any real-life incident before, thus being inexperienced. Fortunately, his mentality was stronger than the others and allowed him to act accordingly. “I’ll be taking the gun. This is self-defense, you won’t be charged and you won’t need to take responsibility,” Kaze said. Miguel’s pale face looked relieved. “What should we do now? Are there more of them?” Miguel dared not let go of the gun, worried there might be more enemies. “I’ve counted the numbers and this guy here should be the last one.” He then took the gun from Miguel’s hands. “Really? Gosh! That was crazy! I was so terrified!” Miguel finally loosened up and let his instinct take over. His heart was pounding so fast that it
Manson came over and saw the mercenaries lying in their own puddle of blood. The gore shocked him and made him sick. He tried his best to hold back the urge to throw up as it would attract attention. “Don’t look if you can’t take it! Don’t make things worse!” “Yeah! Professor! Grow a pair of balls!” “I have never seen dead bodies like this before!” he explained with a flush of embarrassment on his face. “Can we go out now and run away?” The hostages were eager to leave as things had settled down outside. They thought the danger was over. A dead mercenary was inside the container with them and they were still horrified. Once the others found out about this, the hostages would be shot to death. “If you want to die, be my guest. The moment you step out, you’ll be shot!” Callahan said as he looked at the others scornfully. One of the hostages had already put his hand on the handle of the door and was ready to dash out, but he quickly pulled his hand back after listening
“Tsk. Hold on.” Vexed, the man clicked his tongue and then waved at his colleague. “Come here. Someone fainted. Help me get him out.” The man wanted to take the professor out of the container. Manson’s heart pounded as he listened to the man. He was afraid he might be exposed, but there was no turning back now—he had to play along. Kaze stood behind the door, calming his breath down to lower his presence. “Get back. Stay away from the door. If anyone gets close, don’t blame me for being rough,” said the man as he unlocked the container. He opened the door and saw a number of hostages still sleeping. He then looked at the professor on the floor. He went closer to nudge him but did not get a response. It seemed like the professor needed medical attention. “Come on. Help me get him out.” The other man outside the container was on edge, looking as if he would pull the trigger at the slightest movement. “Why don’t we do it?” Callahan and Miguel volunteered. “You two
“It’s freaking troublesome.” “Boss, don’t worry about it. We’ll get an update tomorrow.” “Yeah. It’s late. Get some rest.” Tiguan’s men told him to get some rest and not worry so much. A few of them were already snoring on the chair. Tiguan sighed and killed the cigarette. He then closed his eyes to get some rest, too. The container that Kaze was in fell into silence once more. No one dared to make any noise but they all looked at Kaze, hoping to find out about his plans. Kaze’s eyes remained fixed on the window and showed no intention of revealing his thoughts. Miguel and Callahan were annoyed by the other hostages. “If you people want to get out of here alive, you better cooperate or come up with your own idea. No one is responsible for saving you.”“Yeah. I don’t want you guys to turn on us after we do all the heavy lifting. It will cost us our lives and you people won’t even be grateful.” Miguel’s tone was sarcastic because he disliked how the others looked at t
Kaze read the hostages’ minds and refused to be used. He wanted to leave but not under such circumstances. “That’s not true. We just don’t have the skills for this kind of situation. You guys are stronger, of course, you should be in the front,” said the man in glasses and a suit. A hint of sharpness gleamed in his eyes. Miguel knew what the man was planning, either. “That’s some plan you have there. You are just trying to use us to escape this place and no matter what happens, you’ll win.” “That’s not it! I just want everyone to stand together and get out of this place. I’ve never thought of using anyone!” the man argued, trying to look innocent. Even a monkey knew what he was planning, yet no one dared to speak up because they would benefit from it too. “Why don’t you guys think of something? If you need our help, we’ll help,” said another middle-aged gentleman who looked more just and fair, as if he could lead the group. “Then what is your plan?” Kaze suddenly wante
The hostages were locked up in the containers. Some of them were elites in their own field while some were ordinary people with average income, yet all of them got into trouble when they boarded the plane. Most of them could not accept their fate. Yet they dared not defy or resist the mercenaries. When things started to calm down, they broke down in tears, weeping in silence as resentment consumed them. Kaze sat down at a clean corner that allowed him to look outside the window. The window was dirty but at least he could see outside. The space inside the container was filled with people sitting closely, offering comfort to one another. They were aware they were just temporarily safe in this container. No one knew what the mercenaries would do to them at the next moment. “My parents must be worried. I said I would call them when I land but now I can’t even get in touch,” Barney muttered as he sat beside Kaze. He too looked outside the window, his feelings mixed. He watc
Kaze thought of what he had overheard in the toilet. If he told the hostages about that, they would probably panic. “It’s nothing. They are just going to separate us into different rooms or containers. They said the buses would be disposed of,” he said. He did not want to reveal too much because it would cause panic. Once the hostages knew their lives were on the line, things might spiral out of control. The mercenaries could kill a few of them to make an example, and none of the hostages would dare to cause problems anymore. Kaze kept it a secret because he wanted to protect the people. “That’s it?” “Is there anything else? How many men are there? What is their plan? Who are they looking for?” “We want to know because we want to survive. This isn't our problem—we just got caught up in it.” The hostages looked at Kaze, their eyes filled with worry. They felt aggrieved because they should not be caught in such a huge problem. “I don’t know either.” No matter how m
“There’s a room there. Get in.” The mercenary pointed his gun at the mother and son, which led them to look at Kaze nervously, seemingly asking for help. “What do you want?” The mother was nervous. She clutched her son’s hand tightly, nearly making him cry, but she reacted quickly enough to cover her son’s mouth to prevent him from doing so. “All women must go into that room. You go in now,” the mercenary explained. He did not want the woman to get the wrong idea. “You people won’t hurt me, right?” the mother asked, worried that she might be ravaged. “We are not into MILF,” said the other mercenary who was escorting Kaze, indirectly assuring the mother. Kaze shot a glance at the mother and nodded at her. “They told us they were going to separate us, so there’s nothing to worry about,” he said, worried that the mother and son would not cooperate. The mother then carried her son and followed the other mercenary into the room. It was called a room but it was actually ju