Chapter <b>209</b>
Late at night, a man sat on the couch of a luxury vi in the suburbs. Holding a ss of red wine with squinted eyes, he carried himself like a monarch
His subordinate, dressed in a ck suit, stood across from him. The man in ck kept his head low and reported dutifully, “My lord, Lily Brooks isn’t involved in Arthur Laurier’s poisoning.”
“oh?” The man raised his tone. “I underestimated her, then. She’s quite patient.”
“We might have made a wrong judgment. She might not even be skilled in medicine at all. From what I learned from the Lauriers, Neil Austin is the one who detoxified Loid Turer. <b>Should </b>we shift our focus to Neil Austin instead?”
“That’s just a ruse to confuse you all.<b>” </b>Taking <b>a </b>sip of the red wine, the man rose from the couch without any expression. “Nell Austin wouldn’t have kept Loid Laurier waiting for <b>half a </b><b>year </b>if he truly had the antidote to the Bloodbane poison. Only fools would bebeve that he’s Shadowbane.”
His subordinate frowned. “Do you mean we should continue to keep an eye on Lily Brooks?“”
The man fell into silence as he mused
“My lord, we have wasted too much time on Lilly Brooks. Your grandpa’s condition can’t wait. Why don’t we pressure Alchos so that will look for Shadowbane? We need Shadowbane’s help,” suggested the subordinate.
Themen shot his subordinate acold re. “What do you take Alchos as? Do you want to get my family cklisted for putting pressure on Elliot Quade?”
“That’s not what I meant,” the subordinate hurriedly exined with his head hung low,
The man scoffed. “Kretused to take our requests after ten such attempts from our side. Either Kor Shadowbane refuses to entertain us. If so, it’s pointless to put in more requests.
Shadowbane was hard to locate. Whether among the Four Great Families of Bridgeport or the Hidden Families, no one could trace Shadowbane through theirworks.
The only person who had ess to Shadowbane was from Alchos. Those fortunate enough to have their requests channeled by Alchos through Kwere more likely to secure <b>Shadowbane’s </b>assistance.
The reason behind K’s refusal to assist was ting–shadowbane was unwilling to help.
His subordinate looked up <b>with </b>worry. “What do we do? We can’t keep your grandpa waiting. If we fail to find a cure, I’m afraid-”
“The family physician will <b>do </b>for now. Our only solution now is to ascertain Lily Brooks‘ medical prowess. The man ced the wine ss on the table. “Recall all our men who were assigned to monitor Lily Brooks. We’ve attracted attention. Ler’s wait until they let their guards down.”
“Roger that,” the subordinate replied politely.
Looking away, the man asked casually, “How’s the collection of the action funds going?”
“It’s done. We’ve gathered all your <b>assets</b>, worth a total of eight billion dors. That should be sufficient,” reported the subordinate.
The man hissed with furrowed brows. “That’s far from <b>enough</b>! Get another fivebillion dors. We must win the Redushil in the Weiss family’s auction.
“Got it.”
The next day, <b>Shaun </b><b>showed </b>up at Alchos with <b>Daniel</b>. The security guards led them into the headquarters after receiving the green light.Material ? N?velDrama.Org.
The Alchos building stood ten stories tall, with Elliot Quade’s office upying the highest floor. This was also the designated meeting ce for K, Venom, Panther, and Hawk.
Given the unique powers and inherent dangers associated with the Elite Four, Elliot <b>was </b>the sole individual present at Alhas most of the time
Elliot entered his office and marched over to Shaun and Daniel impassively<b>. </b>“<b>What </b>brings you here, gentlemen?”