It was this infinitely elongated time axis that caused his consciousness to approach chaos.Although he had opened his eyes at this moment, he still felt as if he was in that endless sleep. But at this moment, he suddenly heard a man’s voice saying, “Merlin Lammy, can you see me clearly now?”Merlin was shocked when he heard this voice. Strangely, no voice had appeared in his dream for so long.Even if he dreamed of his wife, daughter, and his deceased father, the images were like early pantomime movies with no sound and only images.This was the first time he had heard a voice—a real voice.However, this voice was very strange to him.What was even more strange was that although this voice was unfamiliar, there seemed to be an indescribable familiarity amidst the unfamiliarity. He could not help but think to himself, ‘I must... I must have heard this voice somewhere before…’‘It’s just that... too much time has passed, and I suddenly cannot remember it…’But at this time
“What?! You’re Ashley’s son?! How... How can this be possible?!”Merlin had an incomparably appalled look on his face when he heard Charlie’s introduction!He clearly remembered the conversation that he had had with Christian not long ago.At that time, they had been talking about Lord Acker and Christian’s sister, Ashley. Christian had also mentioned his nephew, whose whereabouts and life and death were unknown.Christian had said that the entire Acker family had traveled almost all over the world to find him.However, they had been unable to find any traces of Charlie’s whereabouts no matter what methods they tried.Many people even thought that Charlie had to be dead, but his corpse simply could not be found. However, the Acker family had always felt that Charlie was definitely still living somewhere in this world and that they simply had not found him yet.Merlin never would have dreamt that the first person he would see after opening his eyes upon coming back from the dea
After saying that, Merlin then said angrily without waiting for Charlie to answer, “Of course I would be unwilling! I had just found out that my daughter was pregnant! I was just about to go back to live and enjoy a good life with my daughter and wife! In the end, I was killed before I could even walk out of the stadium! Would you be willing to accept that if it was you?!”Charlie shook his head, smiled, and said, “What I want you to see is that although your body had been pierced by countless bullets, you were lucky that your head was not hit by a bullet. Otherwise, you would really be dead now.”Merlin looked at Charlie suspiciously. “What do you mean?”Charlie pointed at the towering freezing tanks and smiled as he said indifferently, “Look carefully at the stainless steel tanks around you. These are specially used for freezing human bodies. You have to pay attention to tank No. 7 because you were frozen in this tank before you woke up.”Merlin was so shocked by the stainless st
Charlie’s words put Merlin in a trance for a moment.He found that both of his previous assumptions were somewhat contradictory at this moment.First of all, if everything was real now, it would be impossible to explain how he could still come back to life after his body had been riddled with bullet holes.Secondly, if everything now was just his own consciousness, it would then be impossible to explain how his brain could survive in that situation at that time.After all, when the body loses its ability to supply blood, the brain would only last for five minutes at most. According to the situation at that time, it would have been impossible for him to have retained his consciousness. Since he could not retain his consciousness, what was going on now, then?When Charlie saw that he was thinking hard, he said lightly, “Let me tell you how you survived.”“After you were shot that day, I used my method to preserve your brain from dying so you could be brought here to be frozen smoot
Charlie smiled and said, “Oh, so you’ve heard of the Rejuvenating Pill. You heard about it from my uncle, right?”“Your uncle...” Merlin was stunned for a moment, then Charlie’s self-introduction when he had just woken up suddenly dawned on him, and he blurted out, “It was indeed Christian who told me about it...”Charlie nodded and asked with a smile, “Since he mentioned the Rejuvenating Pill to you, he must have also mentioned that the organizer kicked him out of the auction for the Rejuvenating Pill, right?”Merlin’s eyes widened in shock as he blurted out, “How... How did you know that?”“Of course I know.” Charlie said with a smile, “Because just like the Regenerating Pill, the Rejuvenating Pill is also mine. I was the sponsor behind the auction, and I was the one who asked people to kick him out of the auction.”Merlin was appalled and blurted out, “Why did you kick him out when you knew that he is your uncle?”Charlie said indifferently, “When I kicked him out, I didn’t kn
Merlin also felt that it was indeed a little indecent for him to simply sit in this drained pool.So, he asked awkwardly, “Well, are there any clothes that I can change into?”Charlie looked at Kathleen, who was aside, and said, “Miss Fox, can you help solve Chief Lammy’s problem?”Kathleen nodded and hurriedly said, “There are a lot of work clothes for the scientific researchers here. I’ll get a set for Chief Lammy!”Charlie nodded and said, “Okay. Thank you, Miss Fox.”Kathleen turned around and left, and she soon brought back a set of work clothes for Merlin.After Merlin had put on the work clothes, he followed Charlie into the lounge next door. Charlie then handed a bottle of water over to Merlin. After Merlin took it, he could not wait to drink the whole bottle of water, and after wiping his mouth, he could not help but say, “Young Master Wade, thank you for your life-saving grace. I don’t know how to say flattering words, but since you’ve saved my life, I will definitely
Charlie said, “I once heard my father’s old subordinate saying that back then when my parents died, they were besieged by a group of dead soldiers. After they succeeded, all of them bit the poison in their mouths and died on the spot. The method they used is the same as that of the group of dead soldiers that we met at the stadium. Although there is a span of twenty years between the two incidents, considering the fact that the other party is an organization that has lasted for hundreds of years, I think that these two events are probably done by the same organization.”Merlin asked curiously, “Young Master Wade, how did you know that this organization has a history of hundreds of years?” Charlie said, “I caught someone alive and asked him to give me some information about the dead soldiers.”With that said, Charlie then told Merlin all the information that he had gotten from 547 at that time. Merlin was so stunned that he could not speak for a long time after hearing this. He
Merlin was startled when he heard this, and he could not come back to his senses for a long time.He was very familiar with Ten Thousand Armies because of his previous occupation, and he even knew that Ten Thousand Armies had invested a huge amount of money to build its own permanent base in Syria.For a mercenary organization to have a permanent base basically meant that they were ahead of all the other mercenary organizations of the same kind.Mercenaries were more disgusting to law enforcement agencies in various countries than underground forces like Albert.The vast majority of mercenary organizations were considered public enemies who were criticized and shunned in all countries in the world. They could only survive in secret, and they would never dare to show their signboards openly unless the organization could collaborate deeply with the government. Although there were many mercenary organizations in the United States, aside from a few organizations that could collaborat
Holding up a thumb at Charlie, Julien exclaimed in approval, "You're right, my friend! That's far more exciting than having him jailed!"Just hearing that he would be sent to a kennel, Jimmy knew nothing would come of it—even if he didn't know the details, it was so obvious that Julien was thrilled by the very idea!Turning nervously toward Charlie, he was sobbing as he asked, "Mr. Wade…? What's this about a kennel…?"Julien chuckled coolly even before Charlie said a word. "A kennel is where you keep dogs, of course. Though there are literal dogs and metaphorical dogs, and you are the latter."Oh, don't worry. It's a really nice place where you get your own cage, and you'll be fed every day. You don't even have to work, so just sit tight and keep eating until the day you die."Jimmy's soul left his body in that instant.He was going to be locked in a cage?! That was way worse than being locked up and sent to jail! Where was the humanity around here?!Even as the thought struck h
Matilda was actually caught off guard by Jimmy's pleas, and even Paul found it hard to watch.Turning to Charlie, he said, "Please, Mr. Wade—my uncle can be a little despicable, but he is my father's brother. Please, let him have a chance to turn over a new leaf, seeing that he's earnestly repenting."While Paul spoke with Charlie, Jimmy was still confused and wondered why Paul would plead his case with Charlie instead of Julien. If there was anyone Paul should ask, it was Yolden since he was Julien's friend. So, why would he ask some young man instead of Yolden?That was when Charlie asked in curiosity, "You want to let him off? After he tried to take away your parents' legacy?"Paul smiled awkwardly. "I mean, I know the guy. He made sure to travel all this way to make a scene because he had nothing legal that could help him claim Smith Group Corporate Law from us. Otherwise, he'd have already filed the lawsuit in the States. Sure, it's a dirty move, but that's basically a des
As Julien finished, he realized something was wrong and turned toward Charlie before he knew it.Charlie held his gaze in turn, his expression quizzical and amused.Julien cleared his throat right then. "See, there are people who can order me around, but they have my utmost respect. However, a third-rate lawyer like you? Who do you think you are?"That was when Julien's butler called, and he reported respectfully as soon as the call was answered, "Sir, I've spoken with Nate Ellis, the owner of Ares LLC. He has since agreed to fire Jimmy Smith right away as well as disbar him nationwide."Julien asked, "Good. Anything else?""Well, Mr. Ellis also delivered some documents that can be used as evidence against Jimmy Smith, which he claims is enough for a lifetime sentence. If you deem it necessary, we can have it sent to the FBI.""Yes, let's go with that!" Julien replied, his tone satisfied. "And ask the director to handle it personally—I want this prick to never set foot stateside
Jimmy was sweating profusely in fear, but he argued back before he knew it, "That's impossible! Everything you say is bullshit! Gaiman simply thought he had a fair chance of winning and didn't want to pay Ares that much, and I have no idea who he partnered with, and I'm certainly not involved. Don't you try to slander me!"Nate chuckled. "Come on, Jimmy. We're all adults here, so there are things we shouldn't have to be so direct about. Mills Gaiman and your old classmate met in private many times, not to mention the private conferences you three had in secret, discussing your overall strategy and decisive points. Just so you know, Gaiman recorded every conversation, and I have the tapes with me."Jimmy's heart was left pounding as he blurted, "B-Bullshit! That's impossible!""Grow up, Jimmy," Mr.Goodman chuckled. "Every partner in every law firm always strives to rise higher, so I'm going to need as much leverage as I can. Otherwise, I'm not about to let them advance any further, e
Although the ringtone and vibration frequency were the ones Jimmy always used, this call somehow felt more urgent, leaving him exceedingly uneasy.When it abruptly stopped and left a missed call on his log, Nate Ellis soon sent a text: [Answer your damn phone this instant!]Just seeing the text left Jimmy feeling like his throat had gone dry, and as he gulped, it felt like his throat was being ripped, leaving him hurting.Still, he couldn't care less as his boss called again.Having seen the text, Jimmy didn't hesitate this time and promptly answered, watching Julien's smug face as he started tentatively, "Y-Yes, boss...?"Nate immediately yelled at him hysterically, "What the hell did you do?! Why did the Rothschilds call to complain about you?! And the complaint was from their heir apparent, at that! I worked hard for them and always toed the line for years, and I still haven't gotten a chance to meet the man, so how the fuck did you upset him?!"Jimmy's heart sank to rock bott
Fuming, Jimmy snapped at Julien, "If you insist on playing it like that, I will call my boss, and you can talk to him yourself!"Julien chuckled. "That's unnecessary. I've never met him. He would never recognize my voice."Jimmy laughed and nodded despite himself. "Impressive—you can really come up with anything! You don't have his number because he's beneath you, you refuse to call him because he's beneath you, and when I say I'll call him for you, you say he won't recognize your voice. Well, how do you suppose we should sort this out? At least prove you're a Rothschild, or anyone could claim that they are—"Julien held up a hand to stop him. "Then, how about this? I'll ask my butler to talk to your boss."Jimmy laughed even more loudly as if it were the best joke ever. "Hahaha!!! Butler, you say?! You really know how to talk! Alright, I'll wait and see what your 'butler' can do… I mean, what you can do. We'll see whether my boss calls me!"Julien ignored him and whipped out his
Naturally, Jimmy couldn't care less about Julien's suggestion, even looking at him pointedly from head to toe while smirking in contempt, "What, do you think I'd just do what any nutjob tells me to do just because they're claiming to be the Rothschilds' heir apparent?"Julien nodded, still smiling. "Good point, but don't worry—it's the same whether you call him or he calls you."Jimmy laughed. "I was offering you a way out, but you want to keep pressing your luck? Since you don't care to back off, let's see how you're going to finish this fight."Then, he shrugged while pointing at Yolden. "Well, it's the perfect chance to measure Matilda's husband, I guess."Based on what he saw of Yolden, there was no way he would buy Julien's claims, and thus labeled him an impostor in his mind.An ordinary lecturer in Aurous Hill, being friends with the Rothschilds' heir apparent? Not to mention that there had been plenty of fraudulent cases outside the States where the Rothschild name was use
Jimmy was taken aback since he didn't recognize Julien at all, mainly because the Rothschilds had always kept out of the public eye.In fact, it was basically impossible to gather genuine information about the Rothschilds online, as it was a mix of press releases and gossip. Most online biographies would only be about the older generations or certain frivolous figures. Any information about key members like Steve would never be searchable online.Matilda was confused as well, not quite understanding who Julien was since he wasn't on the list of guests invited.Seeing that she was confused, Julien turned and smiled at Yolden, "So, Professor, shouldn't you introduce me to the bride?"Yolden finally remembered that and quickly nodded, "Sorry, it slipped my mind."Turning toward Matilda, he smiled, "Darling, this is Julien Rothschild… A friend of mine from the states…"Julien's full name left everyone within earshot gaping as the Rothschild name was way too famous across the globe.
Seeing that Jimmy was getting a little nervous, Charlie smiled and assured him, "Please, you have nothing to worry about. No one's going to do anything to you, but if you feel threatened in any way, you can call the cops. The Oskian emergency hotline is 110, by the way."Jimmy was slightly relieved as he could see that Charlie really wasn't trying to make things awkward for him, and he straightened his collar as he said, "Actually, I didn't mean to cause trouble—I'm pleased that Matilda has found true love once more, and if we can be friends, I can set aside my claim and stay for the rest of this wedding, offering the newlyweds our best wishes as a representative of my family."Still, his expression showed contempt as he turned toward Yolden. "Also, I'm really curious and looking forward to seeing what connections Professor Hart might have that you say could be better than Bill.""You'll see soon enough," Charlie smiled and nodded.Jimmy remained skeptical and scoffed, "I really do