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 come up with no matter how hard

Harbor

“I don’t think so.”

time I’ve seen you so cautious about

would be able to solve any complicated issue or person easily from how the latter always acted. However, this was the first

I look like a god

this world lacks are capable people. If I can’t understand that,

Fabian, but do you know what

he asked

“A venomous snake.”

narrowed his eyes

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

be frank with you, I really don’t

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 to any

railing and stared at the steady flow of Harpoon River. “We already know that Fabian’s contacting my

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

We can’t make our move

forced to take

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

everything about us, but we know nothing of them. It’s not like we can run over to Harbor

Jasper’s suggestion.