Life at the Top

“Have you seen whalers at sea?”

Fabian patted Conrad’s shoulder and continued meaningfully, “Whalers first find the whale, then follow it until it grows tired. They attack the moment it gets distracted.

“Whalers only get one chance to attack, because the moment they fail, an irked whale will capsize the entire boat and flee into the deep waters.

“We’re like whalers. The moment we attack, we aim to kill.

“I know of the processes and plans that you’ve used against Jasper before. You made the mistake of being too careful with all sorts of buildup and traps, but they all proved to be useless. Rather, you’ve only caused him to be wary of you.

“Hence, there are only two steps to my attack. The first, I hit his confidence hard. Then, I’ll follow it with the ultimate move right after. After all that, it’ll be time for us to taste the fruits of victory.”

Conrad fell deep in thought when he heard Fabian.

After a long while, he nodded. “Perhaps you’re right.”

“Then I look forward to working with you, hahaha.”

…

Waterhoof City, at the beach.

Jasper frowned as he aimlessly walked along the landscape route with Henry following beside him blankly.

The latter would glance at Jasper from time to time, yet, Henry did not disturb him when he saw that the other was still thinking.

man always managed to find a lead within a messy haystack

leave Harbor

“I don’t think so.”

you so cautious about someone. Does he worry

from how the latter always acted. However, this was the first time

like a god to

are capable people. If I can’t understand

may never have met Fabian, but do you know what he reminds me

qualified supporter, he asked cooperatively, “What does he remind

“A venomous snake.”

narrowed his eyes

in the dark and rarely attacking. However, the moment he does, it’s done with

I don’t make the proper preparations, I’ll likely die from just one bite. To be frank with

moment. Even so, he must have thought of something as he suddenly laughed out loud. “You got that right. This man really is a venomous snake that will go

both his hands on the railing and stared at the steady flow of Harpoon River. “We already know that Fabian’s contacting my past enemies and

attack, or even who exactly Fabian

but wait. We can’t make our move until

are forced to

situation and spoke up whilst standing beside Jasper, “Aren’t we playing a very passive

that. After all, they know everything about us, but we know nothing of them. It’s

when he heard Jasper’s suggestion. “I don’t see