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.

strange expressions, since the man always managed to find a lead within a messy haystack of clues. This was something Henry could never

leave Harbor City recently?”

“I don’t think so.”

is the first time I’ve seen you so cautious about

that Jasper would be able to solve any complicated issue or person easily from how the latter always acted. However, this was the first time Henry had seen

I look like

last thing this world lacks are capable people. If I can’t understand that, then death is

may never have met Fabian, but do you

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

“A venomous snake.”

his eyes and stated

and rarely attacking. However, the moment he

make the proper preparations, I’ll likely die from just one bite. To be frank with you, I really

suddenly laughed out loud. “You got that right. This man really

“We already know that Fabian’s contacting my past enemies and they’re going

or even who exactly Fabian has contacted. We have too little leads to

we can do now but wait. We can’t make our move until we’ve

is that we are forced to take everything he prepared

spoke up whilst standing beside Jasper, “Aren’t we playing a

us, but we know nothing of them. It’s not

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