Chapter 57
"ke Coleman, I''ll ask you this onest time. Where i s my wife?" Manfred’s voice was as cold as ice,
his bloodied face resembling that of a vengeful ghost.
ke was still nonchnt, as if he could not be touched. This was because he felt that neither Manfred
nor Samuel would dare to truly raise a hand against him.
"Didn''t I already tell you? She''s dead. She was already dead when you were taken," he said.
Manfred did not go ballistic like he did earlier.
Instead, he was still deathly calm. However, Samuel felt a vicious murderous intent radiating from the
old man.
"Call your underlings. Get as many as you can," Samuel told Johann. If Manfred truly killed ke here,
they could not escape with just the three of them.
Johann whipped out his phone in a frenzy and quickly punched the numbers on his phone.
"Since she''s already dead, go ahead and apany her, will you? She''s scared of the dark," Manfred
said.
ke looked at him disdainfully and said, "You dare t o kill me? Do you know the gravity of the
retribution you will face if I die here? In the end, it won''t just be you. The three of you and the Sues will
apany me to my grave."
Johann wiped the cold sweat off his forehead. He knew that ke meant every word he said. He was
not like Gareth; that man was a shrimppared to ke even though he, too, had his supporters.
ke’s yearly earnings from his casinos were startling. He definitely bought off plenty of powerful
people. He would have long been thrown into jail otherwise, with so many gambling dens being
operated. If he got into trouble, it would affect the profit of many people. Would they still have a ce in
Cloud City?
"Calm down, Manfred. He’s no use to us dead," Johann advised the old man.
"Johann still has some sense, at least. Do you really have the f*cking guts, Manfred?" ke looked at
him scornfully.
"Do whatever you want to do, Manfred," Samuel said. "I t doesn''t matter how many or how strong his
supporters are."
Johann was shocked. Samuel actually thought nothing of ke Coleman. Then would he seem
cowardly with what he just said?
"Pooh!" ke looked at Samuel mockingly. "You really know how to lie, you good-for-nothing," he said.
"Do you know what kind of people have my back?”
Samuel did not even spare him a nce and said to Manfred, "I''ll be waiting for you outside."
When he left, he called Johann toe along.
ke’s underlings enclosed the entire space outside the office. They saw Samuel and Johanning
out, but none of them dared to make a rash move.
"You disappointed me." Samuel did not give two hoots about the danger surrounding him; his casual
expression was not a mask either.
Johann dipped his head. He did show his cowardliness with this incident. However, from his point of
view, it was only right to fear ke, and the people backing him should not be underestimated. Trying
to chop off the finger here was like trying to provoke the entire body. Who knew what consequences
they would have to face if ke died?
"You’re really not scared of him, sir?" Johann said, almost not believing him. On what basis could
Samuel be so carefree?
Samuel''s lips curled into a small smile. How could he b e scared of people that only had influence in
Cloud City?
Johann''s men arrived, and Manfred still had not emerged out of the office. All the gamblers were
shooed out. Two hundred of Johann''s men filled the entire casino.
Only then did Johann regain some confidence. It did not matter what would happen in the future—so
long a s they were safe then.
It took an entire half an hour before Manfred finally walked out of the office. Blood drenched his clothes,
and his eyes were empty voids.
Samuel knew that it was very likely that his wife had truly died in ke''s hands.
"Can you help me with something?” Manfred said, his voice hoarse.
"Sure thing."
"I want to bring her to Pinwheel Vige. I need a car," Manfred said.
The casino''s interrogation room was also a torture chamber built for swindlers. Manfred had found his
wife’s lifeless body inside there.
Manfred carried his wife’s body, suddenly stopping in the casino hall. "I''m back, Cloud City,” he said
softly.
The Manfred at that moment stood ramrod straight. H e was no longer ying the part of the owner of
a general store. It was as though he had returned to the ruthless, untouchable man with ambition he
had been five years ago.
Samuel drove Manfred to Pinwheel Vige. They did not burn the body. Instead, they both dug a grave
in the backyard of Manfred''s old ce.
That simple grave represented all the pain and sorrow in Manfred''s life.
He squatted before the grave, a smile ying at his lips.
"Eight years ago, she told me that she wanted to see
Cloud City in all its beauty. It took me three years to rise to the top of the entire city. Then five years
ago, she told me she was tired-that she wanted to rest. I dropped everything and lived my days
peacefully with her."
''If you want the moon, I will give you the moon.
''If you want mountains to move, I will move mountains for you.''
Manfred was so brave and bold that he wouldmand the weather for his Juliet.
"The h*ll? Why were you so f*cking impulsive?" Despite Samuel''s even temper, even he could not help
but curse after he heard Manfred''s words.
Manfred shed a bitter smile and looked at Samuel." You would do the same if you were me," he said.
This hypothetical situation drenched Samuel into deep thoughts, but he quickly shook his head. "No, I
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wouldn''t," he replied. "I can only protect her if I''m strong enough." 1
"Maybe things wouldn''t have turned out this way if I had thought that earlier." Manfred curled his
fingers, digging them into the soil.