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.

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 matter how hard he wracked

Fabian leave Harbor City recently?” Jasper

“I don’t think so.”

is the first time I’ve seen you so cautious

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 such

look like

people. If I can’t understand that, then

do you know what he reminds me

shook his head. As a qualified supporter, he asked

“A venomous snake.”

narrowed his eyes and stated

rarely attacking. However, the moment he does,

likely die from just one bite. To be frank with you,

moment. Even so, he must have thought of something as he suddenly laughed out loud. “You

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 they’re

no idea when, in what way they plan to attack, or even who exactly Fabian has contacted. We have too little leads to derive any useful

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

we are forced

of the situation and spoke up whilst standing beside Jasper, “Aren’t

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

when he heard Jasper’s