Chapter 1029
Michael and Quinton raced against time to find the child.
More than a month ago, de had gone to steal a nce of the child. Even though he lingered a
distance away from the school, he was still found out.
Thus, the child became a target.
Although de was mysterious, powerful, and had remained on the list of top killers for over a decade,
he was no longer invincible once a chink in his armor was found.
If de had reallye to kill Sophia, she would be dead by now. Moreover, even if Stanley and
Michael teamed up, they would not have been able to kill him.
But, he hade for Celine or rather, for Katrina—a part of Celine that once existed. Despite knowing
that Katrina was long gone, he still came.
If it weren’t for Katrina, he would not have fallen for Michael’s act and sustained those serious injuries.
More so, he would not have died by Stanley’s knife.
A killer’s fate was to kill or be killed.
Upon returning to the hotel, Michael started to dispatch his people. He had the most extensivework of
connections in North America. Several organizations and gangs were at his service, so it would not have
taken long to find a child.
Meanwhile, Quinton had contacted the local killer ck market to find out the whereabouts of the child.
Sophia also contacted Michel Group and a few of her old friends here.
Back when she was a student, she had a group of friends and ssmates at Bayside University. Some of
them went overseas to study and some developed their careers abroad.
Unfortunately, those connections were cut off when she lost her memories. Now that she had returned,
however, she was contacting them to rekindle those connections. She could also ask her ssmates to
help out.
To their dismay, two days had passed but there was still no news about the child.
It was not time for Sophia’s appointment with the representative of Ronney Group yet, but she did not
wander off and kept looking for the child with Michael.
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Everyone who was looking for the child felt weary.
Where on earth was the child?
Regardless of where she was, she must not have been doing well.
Sophia was putting in all her effort even though it was not her own family matter. However, wasn’t
Michael’s problem her problem too? She was also part of the Fletcher Family! They had to bring that
child home!
After searching for two days, they finally received some news—the child was sold off to Ronney!
Ronney was the name of a city because that was where the Ronney Group’s headquarters was.
Everyone made their way to Ronney City promptly.
After the imperial Yard Family fell from power, they fled to North America. They rose to prominence there
and slowly gained a foothold. Today, the south-eastern coastal region of North America belonged to
them, making them the owners of the most bustling and prosperous ce in the world. After they
established the Ronney Group, they slowly developed Ronney City into what it was today.
Ronney City was the origin of many global luxury fashion products. It was named the capital of fashion—
it was the holy ground for fashion icons in the world. It was a city of addiction; no matter who went there,
be it men or women, they were unable to stop shopping.
For the sake of finding the child, however, Sophia suppressed her desire to shop and rushed to book
amodation at a hotel.
Inside the hotel, a haggard Michael went to take a shower and washed his hair. Before his hair was even
dried, he was already on the phone. In the hotel suite where they were staying, there were people
coming in and out of the office with various updates on the situation.
Michael was also mentally drained. There was still no news on the child. After she entered Ronney, it
seemed like she had disappeared into thin air. When Michael finally returned to his bedroomte at night,
he found Sophia sitting on the bed and reading the hotel’s fashion magazine.
Seeing Michaele in, Sophia showed him the magazine in her hand. “Why don’t we go and ask the
Yard Family? They are the local tyrant here.”
She wanted to remind him after seeing the whole magazine filled with advertisements about Ronney
Group’s special luxury items.
Michael put down his phone and let out a long sigh. “Although I have endorsed the luxury products for
Ronney Group’s subsidiary before, I only did it because the assistant manager and I are good friends.
But, I don’t want to interact with the backbone of the Ronney Group, the Yard Family.”
“Why not?”
Sophia felt dumb after asking.
Obviously, it’s because they’re the national enemy!
Drawing the curtains open, Michael was confronted with the view of a vibrant globalized metropolis.
This was one of the most prosperous cities in the world—the origin of the Ronney Group, the Yard
Family’s nest overseas, and the fashion capital. Even the items for sale on the side of the road were all
famous luxury brands.
Aside from luxury goods, there were also casinos, horse betting, and other ythings for the rich. The
pornographic industry was also well-developed, and it was a bustling city for killers to carry out their
business. Additionally, it was where overseas Cethosians gathered typically. Standing there at night, one
could clearly see, among the multi-colored neon lights, the ancient Cethosian-styled buildings—beautiful
sevenyered pagodas. It was even more authentic than those built within the country—as if they were
looking at a second Cethos.
After letting out a sigh, Michael began speaking leisurely. “During the Yard Dynasty, our ancestors were
military generals and the leadingmanding officers. Throughout their reign, our family sent out over a
dozen generals.”
“Nearing the end of the Yard Dynasty, the Imperial Yard Family was beyond cruel. The ruler extorted the
fruits of the people’sbor to live a pleasurable life on their own. At the same time, natural disasters were
happening everywhere. While the rich reeked of wine and meat, the bodies of the poor were frozen at
the side of the roads. The country’s poption declined by a third in a short amount of time. Not long
after, the farmers formed a rebellion. Our ancestors realized that the government was incapable of
salvaging the desperate situation, so they decided to turn against them and join the rebellion along with
other noble families to overthrow the Yard Dynasty.”
“A century ago, the Imperial Yard Family worked behind closed doors to n for a foreign entity to invade
our country. The direct line of the imperial family once personally responded to the n, but their mail
boat just so happened to stop in Fletcher territory.”
“That year, our family was also one of the warlord factions. My grandfather and father led their brothers
and sons, and five thousand people, to sabotage that luxury mail boat, capturing the Imperial Yard
Family and the foreigners they colluded with at once.”
“The Imperial Yard Family put up a strong resistance and were unwilling to surrender. But, the Fletchers
wiped out all the troops of the Yard Family, except for women and children.
Turning to look at Sophia with an aggrieved look, he continued, “Our family destroyed the once
prosperous Yard Family and left them with only one son for generations. To this day, the imperial line still
has not been able to recover from the scale of that year’s event and have remained with only one male
descendant.”
The story left Sophia in a daze. The Fletchers were so ruthless. But, they can’t be med either; the
obsolete imperial family brought it upon themselves.
Nheless, their history ran quite deep.
Hence, asking the Ronneys for help to find the child did not seem usible. At this point, they were
already being quite gracious for not having killed the Fletchers already.
Michael sat by the window and looked out at the lively city. The multi-colored neon lights were reflected
in his eyes.
How many crimes were happening under the guise of this bustling atmosphere? Every year, so many
children were sold off to this ce.
Wherever these children came from, they all disappeared once they arrived in this huge city—as though
they had been swallowed by a giant beast in one gulp, not leaving a single trace