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.

occasional strange expressions, since the man always managed to find a lead within a messy

Fabian leave Harbor

“I don’t think so.”

the first time I’ve seen you so cautious

always thought 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 such

look like a god

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

do you

qualified supporter, he asked cooperatively, “What

“A venomous snake.”

narrowed his eyes and stated

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

be frank with you, I really don’t want to be targeted by someone like him if

laughed out loud. “You got

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

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

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

worst-case scenario is that we are forced to take everything he prepared head-on

could also sense the severity of the situation and spoke up

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

was overjoyed when he heard Jasper’s suggestion. “I