Chapter 27

Wilbur observed lan carefully. He seemed to recall hearing his last name being mentioned by Lightning Hank earlier.

“Can we talk inside?” lan said politely.

Wilbur smiled and then turned to look behind him. Faye had sat up with the blanket on her legs.

He bowed slightly. “Come in.”

lan made his way to the living room slowly, sitting down on a corner of the couch. Wilbur sat down next to Faye and lit a cigarette. “How may I help you?”

lan looked at Wilbur and said, “Lightning Hank’s dead.”

“Oh well. He deserved it,” Wilbur said calmly.

lan frowned. “The Owens clan started out as a small escort business before switching to corporate when the new Dasha was formed. Nevertheless, we’ve always been good fighters in the past centuries.”

have to do with me?” Wilbur

not respond to Wilbur’s question but said, “Clans like ours place value on keeping our true strength hidden to the outside world, and we’ve built up enough of a name for ourselves to deserve a decent amount of respect from everyone. But now, one of our men

seems you’re referring to Lightning Hank,” Wilbur

and I have to speak up for him to some extent if something happened to him. I wouldn’t be able to face the

Owens nurtured someone of Lightning

what we do know is that he’s part of the Owens clan. Now that he’s dead, someone has

great if a b*stard like Lightning Hank came out of

a rage at those words. “Anyone who dares insult a member of the Owens clan

you afraid that

first?”

member of the Owens clan, someone unimportant. If you killed me, the clan would just pick another runner to talk to you. You won’t affect the Owens‘ power at

pretty courageous of you,” Wilbur

an invitation letter in three days. The biggest clans of Seechertown will be there. I hope you’re brave enough to bear the consequences of

like to see what all those clans are all about,

turned

“The clan

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