“Why are you doing this? Let’s just talk about it,” Kaze said, trying to calm Lyra down. There was no need for them to fight or go to such extreme measures. Moreover, they had a ticking time bomb in front of them. He must be careful not to trigger her. “Talk? Of course, we can talk, but you will have to tell me who the Westeros branch leader is. He’s been toying with me, and I want to know who he really is. How can he see through my plan so easily?” Lyra said as she glared at Kaze resentfully. If not for her failures, she might not be in this situation. She was still the young branch leader of the North State, commanding power and immense wealth. Yet, she lost everything she owned. Most of her men were dead, and the rest were missing. Even her partners were all defeated. She could not accept that she had been left alone. She refused to watch everything she had vanish, to face the darkest days of her life.Meanwhile, Kaze was stalling for time, waiting for Edmund and his men
Lyra’s sudden appearance in the West State was abnormal and irrational.The situation in the North State was already dire. She should have been looking for a place to hide or seek help.However, she came to the West State just to settle scores with him.Lyra staked all her lifelong hopes on this matter. For the sake of revenge, she no longer cared about her own future.She had truly fallen into madness.Seeing her expression, Kaze did not want to say anything harsh or provoke her further.The best approach was to ignore her as much as possible. That would minimize trouble.“Why are you silent now? Do you think I can’t deal with you?”Lyra was even more dissatisfied with Kaze’s reaction. It felt like he was looking down on her.“I don’t want to be your enemy.”Kaze spoke calmly while taking a cautious step back. He felt that she must be planning something.“But I have no intention of letting you go.”As she spoke, she slowly unfastened her trench coat.She had been wearing
“Don’t hold back. Take him down!”Lyra could not believe that the dozen of them could not subdue Kaze.Though Kaze’s identity was mysterious and his status might be higher than Edmund's, so what?“You still want to keep coming? Then you might truly become alone in this world.”Kaze thought that his strength would be enough to intimidate Lyra. He did not expect her to be so relentless, but that was fine. He could cut off her hands and feet completely.“If I can’t bring you down today, I won’t be satisfied. I definitely won’t stop here.”Lyra would never admit defeat, let alone compromise.No matter what happened, she had to resolve this trouble.“You actually think that way? That’s strange.”Kaze was curious. How had Lyra sensed something off about his identity, and why had she come looking to make trouble for him?Many things could not be explained clearly, which led to more questions.“We were never enemies to begin with. Why are you so hostile to me?“Isn’t it because of
Lyra grew even angrier when she heard those words.However, she said calmly, “Stop trying to fool us. Do you really think I’ll believe you?”Still, her tone was filled with fury and a trace of unwillingness.She had never been so humiliated before, and now, she had fallen so low that she had to use the man before her as leverage.Lyra needed to seize the initiative first, then use his identity to threaten the West State branch leader. Otherwise, she would have no way to strike back.However, Kaze only smiled faintly, believing that Lyra was struggling in vain.Perhaps she had no cards left to play, which was why she pinned her hopes on others and was even trying to use him as leverage against the West State.If that were the case, his plan would progress more smoothly.“I only spoke the truth, and you’re already angry. Looks like I touched a nerve.”Kaze deliberately fanned the flames.Fletcher felt a chill at those words and wanted to stop things, but it was already too late
Fletcher shouted from behind, “Kaze Lee, if you have guts, then stop running.”Unfortunately, he had no weapon in hand. The other party deliberately provoked them, making them furious and even more reckless.Still, they had no intention of giving up. They wanted to catch up to Kaze as soon as possible and bring him down.“Why shouldn’t I run? Unless I stay in place and wait for you to kill me?” Kaze said coldly, his tone indifferent.He even deliberately stopped in his tracks and stood with his hands on his hips, panting as if he were exhausted.“Why did you hide your identity? We just want to talk to you. Why are you running? Let’s sit down and have a nice chat.”Seeing how uncooperative Kaze was, Fletcher had no choice but to soften his stance, hoping to persuade him. If Kaze would listen, they might still have a chance.“Do you think I was born yesterday? Who would fall for that nonsense?”Kaze only found them laughable. Did they actually think he would believe them?“We ca
Seeing this, Kaze quickly dodged.He immediately pulled back his body and ran upstairs.His purpose was simple—to draw the attention of the people downstairs. As long as they did not stop on this floor, they would not notice that one person was missing.Darcy would be much safer then.“Shoot him!” Lyra screamed furiously.However, the people around her all pulled their hands back.It was not that they did not want to shoot, but that they were out of bullets.They fired constantly on the road, but Kaze’s car was fast and evaded them. It had consumed a lot of their ammunition.Now, they could not shoot even if they wanted to.“Ms. Nash, we used up most of our bullets on the road. There’s not much left.”Fletcher’s face showed some scrapes. He was not in good shape, but he had to keep following.“So what? Go after him! Don’t let him get away. If he doesn’t die today, I’ll drag you all to hell!”Lyra would never let Kaze go.Since they had already chased him to this place, the