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.

to Jasper’s occasional strange expressions, since the man always managed to find a lead within a messy haystack of clues. This was something Henry could never come up with no

Fabian leave Harbor City recently?” Jasper

“I don’t think so.”

I’ve seen you so cautious about someone. Does he worry

the latter

I look like a god to

capable people. If I can’t understand that,

do

qualified supporter, he asked cooperatively, “What does

“A venomous snake.”

his eyes

attacking. However, the moment he does,

preparations, I’ll likely die from just one bite. To be frank

suddenly laughed out loud. “You got that right. This man really is a venomous snake that will go to

flow of Harpoon River. “We already know that Fabian’s contacting my past enemies and they’re going to

in what way they plan to attack, or even who exactly Fabian has contacted. We

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

we are forced to take everything he prepared

severity of the situation and spoke up whilst standing beside Jasper,

nothing we can do about that. After all, they know everything about us, but we know nothing of them. It’s not like

when he heard Jasper’s suggestion.