“Any businessman worth his salt will be interested,” Abel said with a smile. “It’ll all depend on the price.”

“We’ll have to see how things go during the auction then,” Inspector Charles said. “Once the investigation and the paperwork are done, it can be put up for auction soon.”

“Mm.” Abel nodded.

“If there’s nothing else, I should get back to work,” Inspector Charles said. “If I linger here for too long, it won’t look good on me.”

“Don’t worry about us. We’ll just take a look around here,” Benjamin said.

Inspector Charles hurriedly went away. He would rather not be seen with those two influential figures.

Abel and Benjamin were about to leave when they saw Adam.

Adam’s head wound had not recovered. He was wearing a hat.

He was also dressed in a black suit and a dark gray trench coat, and that made him look like a mobster.

He looked cool yet amusing at the same time.

“Why is he here?” Abel mumbled to himself and went over to him.

“Adam?”

when he heard Abel’s

“Abel?”

to see you here,” Abel said.

that the Imperial Palace will be put up for auction soon, so I’m here to survey the

Imperial Palace?” Abel handed him a

lit them

Adam said. “I see a few other big bosses around the area too.”

the price is right,”

family can buy the place and let me run it. The rest of you can sit back

good and all, but the Imperial Palace is nonetheless an

my way, the profits will shoot through the roof! Abel thought. “We can think of other business models,” Adam said. “I’m pretty confident in

want you to run underworld activities in the Imperial Palace like the previous owner, Adam. If you get caught, I don’t wish for the Ryker family to be implicated!” Abel

as he watched Abel

wanted to conclude the case

could legitimize

many other big bosses in Struyria would be interested in the

fund him, he might not be able to win the auction.

But that doesn’t

the case… I guess I’ll have to

that thought, he took his

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