Chapter 0195

After exiting the bar, Alexander zipped away in his Porsche. Within minutes, they were checking into

the sleek Lifestyle Hotel.

“Brother-in-law,” Yaser said, steadying the young woman. He fished a phone from her purse, unlocked

it with her fingerprint, and scrolled through the contacts before handing it over with a rueful grin. “Check

this out.”

Alexander eyed the phone screen, his expression flickering with surprise.

The contacts were a roll call of whimsical monikers-Pikatchoo. Ultroman, Fairy… They looked like

buddies.

from a chat room, not a single traditional name in sight.

“Kids these days, huh?”

Alexander shook his head with a smile, pulled out his phone from his pocket, took a frontal photo of the

girl,

and edited a multimedia message before sending it off.

[To: Maxine Griffith]

The message was brief and to the point. [Find out who this person is, get her family’s contact info, and

do it

now!]

In just under three minutes, Alexander’s phone buzzed with a response from Maxine, the Duke of War.

[Her name is Acela Hardy, 22 years old. Her dad’s Drake Hardy, also known as Mister Hardy. Used to

run things in Woolpackton’s shadows. His personal cell is…]

“She’s Mister Hardy’s daughter?”

Alexander eyed the text, then looked over at the young woman still groggy from her night out. After a

moment’s thought, he dialed the number Maxine dug up, using Acela’s phone to reach out to Drake.

At the Tormora Festival, right in the bustling heart of Woolpackton, stood the Rectewald Mall-the

biggest entertainment complex around.

structure soared 140 stories high, dominating the city’s skyline. It

and behind the main edifice lay an old-fashioned

where Drake

his retirement, focusing

the manor’s garden, beneath a pavillon shaded by verdant foliage, a man in

men stood by his side, heads bowed in deference, all

deep respect as they faced the elderly

silver-haired man

shaded pavilion, a serene smile on his face. Across from him, a thin elder in

their tea with evident pleasure, oblivious

men waiting outside.

has grown deep. It’s time for your

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by until the slender elder, Wilhelm

the men below. “Should I send them away? They’ve

hours. They’ve had a

long wait.”

“Invite them over.

Wilhelm approached the pavilion and addressed the five heavyweights of

“Mister Hardy will

and keep silent

Cross Mister Hardy, and it’ll be the last thing you

a shared

of the Hudson family, Raine, the Schneider family’s

underworld, Harry, bound

his steadfast pusher

underworld upside down,

as

meek as church mice.

“Mister Hardy.”

who had left their world a decade

de facto leader, stepped forward with a respectful bow. “Boss,

years. We

paused for a moment, stealing a glance at Wilhelm beside him.

to

over at

the whole saga. The shake-up of Ol’ Mare’s shadowy ranks,

and their rough dealings with Alexander. He left

“Alexander?”

glass of water, mulled over the name

wrist.

it. You can go

five men looked at each other, reluctant to

bit down hard, his face twisted

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