Will ended the call, then took a deep breath before walking up to Wilbur slowly and bowing deeply to him. "I'm so sorry, Mister Penn. I was foolish enough to offend you. Please punish me as you see fit." Will's gesture left everyone in shock. Sammy, Steve, and all the men in the room had their jaws hit the ground. Even Nancy was shocked. She did not know what had just happened. Why did Will's attitude make a complete reversal in the blink of an eye? Wilbur was the only one who knew what happened because of his heightened senses. He heard every single word in the conversation between Will and his father. Wilbur saw that and frowned. "I won't give you a hard time. Since you did apologize, I'll forgive you." "Thank you, sir. Give me a second. My father will be right here to apologize to you personally," Will said carefully. Those words shocked everyone once again. They could not understand what could have possibly happened for someone like Will to suddenly be so respectful
Gerard saw Wilbur and hurried over to bow to him. "Gerard Torrent, at your service, sir." Wilbur waved a hand. "Don't worry about it." "Did Will offend you, sir? I'll be sure to punish him," Gerard said. Wilbur frowned. "It wasn't anything too bad, so there's no need to make a big deal out of it." "Will, get over here and apologize," Gerard said sharply. Will walked over, apologizing officially. Wilbur got to his feet. "I said it was just a misunderstanding. I accept your apology. I just want this to be over." Wilbur did not want this to drag on and delay his cultivation schedule. Gerard finally stopped worrying after Wilbur stated that he did not want to dwell on this any further. He then turned to his son. "Get me a card." Will understood what his father meant and scrambled to take out a golden card before passing it to Gerard. Gerard took the card and passed it to Wilbur with both hands. "Sir, the Torrent clan has a good number of restaurants and entertainment plac
The pair continued to chat idly about their time in school just like that. Nancy was currently feeling a whole load of complicated emotions. Running into Wilbur had been a complete coincidence. He had once been Nancy's deskmate, and she knew that Wilbur had lost his parents when he was young. He lived with his grandfather and had never been very well off. That was why she had taken pretty good care of Wilbur in school. It could be said that there had been a bit of a spark between the two. But they were both so young then and hardly even understood what they were feeling before they were separated. Seeing Wilbur again after over a decade, he seemed like a completely different person with some kind of superpower in him. Nancy was no fool. She could deduce from Steve's words that Mister Torrent was someone of power. But the second Wilbur showed up, Mister Torrent turned into a meek little cat. That meant that Wilbur was on another level. However, Wilbur did not seem to w
The kick was heavy and quick as lightning. Nancy shuddered from where she was in the car, covering her mouth in terror. Just then, Wilbur smirked coldly before sending out a strong attack. Both attacks collided with a loud bang, rumbling loudly in the air. Wilbur's attack hit the assailant right at the bottom of his foot. A strong burst of power practically blew up the attacker's foot, filling the air around them with a spray of blood. The attacker let out a cry of agony, stumbling backward on one leg as he stared at Wilbur in disbelief. Wilbur turned around to stare at Jose. "You're telling me that this weakling was trying to kill you?" Jose said shamefully, "Sir, my cultivation level is not as strong as his. I'm no match for him." However, Jose finally vaguely realized just how powerful Wilbur was. Jose's own skill had reached the aura blow level, but there was a spectrum to the level as well. Jose's aura was not as thick as Duran's. That was why he had not only fai
Just then, Wilbur launched another kick at Duran's stomach. A loud thud rang through the air as Duran was once again sent flying. He spat out a large amount of blood before landing heavily on the ground, promptly falling unconscious. As he landed on the ground, a palm-sized token fell from his clothes and rolled to Wilbur's foot. Wilbur waved a hand, and the token flew into his grasp. It was a rather ancient-looking token. The token was completely black and covered with engravings of clouds, save for the blood-red sword in the middle of it. There seemed to be a strange energy that was seeping out of the token, trying to enter Wilbur's body. All Wilbur had to do, however, was use the slightest bit of power, and the token was sealed off, all its energy trapped within itself. After some pondering, Wilbur put the token away. There seemed to be something off about it, so he planned to take it home and study it. All of that happened in the blink of an eye, and Jose had just
Wilbur took a closer look and frowned. "Yvonne? What are you doing here?" The person kneeling at the door was none other than Wilbur's ex-wife, Yvonne. Yvonne looked up. Her neck was stiff from holding the same position for so long. She saw that it was Wilbur and immediately burst into tears. "Wilbur, I screwed up. I'll bear all the consequences for this. Please spare the Willows! Please!" "What are you talking about? I did nothing to the Willows," Wilbur said, confused. Yvonne sobbed, "You didn't do anything yourself, but Cape's powerful enough to land the Willows near bankruptcy. I can leave. I'll disown myself from the Willow family and take whatever punishment you desire to dish out. However, my family worked on Willow Corp for three generations for it to become what it is. I'm begging you. Please have mercy." Wilbur frowned and helped Yvonne to her feet. "Let's talk after you come inside." Wilbur then pressed the doorbell. Faye answered the door, still in her office cl
It was truly a low blow, one that had been debunked just because Wilbur trusted in Timothy's righteousness. A moment later, Wilbur said, "Alright. It'll be as you said, then. Faye, there's no need to go any further with what you're doing anymore." Wilbur also understood that it had been none other than Faye who caused Yvonne's downfall. He was disappointed in the Willows, but he still cared about Chelsea to an extent. After all, Chelsea had been the only one who truly cared about Wilbur in the past three years. He could not really bear to let the Willows go down like that. Faye nodded silently but could not help showing the icy smirk on her lips. Yvonne got to her feet at once, bowing deeply to Wilbur and Faye to show her gratitude. That was the best thing that could have come out of this, and Yvonne was satisfied enough with that. Faye said, "The door's over there. You can leave now." Yvonne nodded silently at those words, making her exit without saying anything else
Wilbur hardly reacted to the voice. "Thanks for the warning, but I quite enjoy being alive." "You took my company and almost sent me to jail. One of us is going down. Just wait," the voice responded viciously. Wilbur chuckled. "Well, I won't fight your bravado, then. Show me whatever you've got." Upon that, he hung up the call at once. Back when he had been in the army, he was accustomed to being threatened at gunpoint by some of the world's most elite fighters. A call like this was nothing to him. This kind of threat was far too hollow. Faye could tell something was off, so she asked, "What happened?" "Oh, it's nothing. I think Blake's been let out of jail," Wilbur said calmly. Faye's expression seemed to grow solemn. "Did he threaten you?" "Well, there's nothing he can really threaten me with. Don't you worry," Wilbur said. Faye gave it some thought, then nodded silently. With how powerful Wilbur was, Blake was honestly not much of a threat. A moment later, Faye